Actress Drea de Matteo and Bret discuss winning an Emmy for The Sopranos, venturing out late at night to Save the Robots and the challenge of raising curious children in a world of unquestioned belief.
Comic book writer/illustrator Brandon Graham and Bret discuss awkward pinup calendars, getting lost on the road to redemption and the dangers of becoming someone's online project.
Film/TV executive Roy Price and Bret discuss soaking in rare generational wisdom, avoiding Candy Cane Lane at all costs and crafting Amazon's maiden slate of original shows as television changed its form forever.
Film/TV executive Roy Price and Bret discuss Amazon Studios clipping its own tail, the convenient centrality of Hong Kong and the dangers of making art in the middle of the road.
Bret mysteriously vanishes from a party at the Chateau, reveals the secret to dismantling ideology in art and recalls Emilio Estevez carrying a film for the first time.
Bret shares his reason for not releasing a podcast last week, discusses the highs and lows that led to a personal tipping point and complicated clarity.
Bret talks about waking up in a new world, laments never interviewing a key figure of Hollywood history and salutes a comedy legend's pitch-black poker face.
Author/Journalist Katherine Brodsky and Bret discuss showing courage with No Apologies, learning about the self through the study of acting and journalism driven by curiosity rather than activism.
Bret discusses the tawdry past of one of Stanley Kubrick's preferred collaborators, remembers a time of unrivaled devotion and examines an Oscar winner's ambitious ode to Hollywood
Porn actor Dante Colle and Bret discuss getting paid to straddle the sexual spectrum, loose lips sinking his military ship and craving personal connection amid professional pleasure.
Documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim returns to the show and talks with Bret about preserving entropy in Spermworld, inadvertently betraying the expectations of his subjects and watching dreams die on reality television.
Writer/Journalist Shane Cashman returns to the show and talks with Bret about hoarding skepticism when truth is scarce, finding joy in a fresh grave and the end of an era for the modern-day Emily Post.
Bret shares his position on the new Civil War, ponders revisiting a time capsule of 1980's New York City and recalls drifting apart from the Master of Modern noir.
Bret travels down a new road in his quest for proper rest, drowns a popular band's sophomore effort in praise and recalls a lone Eagle's finest moment.
Author Chandler Morrison and Bret discuss publishing fiction outside the corporate sphere, the fallout from a bizarre trip to Portland and finding a girl with the moon in her eye at a Cleveland tanning salon.
Bret attempts to wash away the residue of his own isolation, recalls turning esteemed men of letters against each other and grades a massively popular work of literary fiction.
Bret discusses the best biography ever written about a writer, not knowing what to do with his feelings for a famous 1970's heartthrob and being a conscientious objector to a legendary band's penultimate record.
Susanna Hoffs and Bret discuss learning the elements of melody from radio, watching the Beatles get weird and bringing the Bangles to see Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.