Episodes
Aug. 18, 2016
Episode 32: Comedy with a Passion! Writer Kevin Avery: Last Week Tonight, Totally Biased
This week’s guest Kevin Avery is a writer on HBO’…
Aug. 18, 2016
Episode 31: From Pulp Fiction to Spotlight - Master Class with Music Supervisor Mary Ramos
More than a music supervisor Mary Ramos is a detective, a negotiator and a fixer when it comes to suggesting and securing the perfect music for her directors. If you have been to the cinema in the last twenty years - you already know her work! Her credits include over 100 films from Reality Bites t…
Aug. 18, 2016
Episode 30: The ‘Spotlight’ Special
Welcome to this very special episode of Pop Culture Confidential that we recorded live in London where we interviewed several of the greats, in and around, this year’s most talk about films – ‘Spotlight’. The film won ‘Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” at the SAG Awards, and is a defi…
March 3, 2016
Episode 29: Susan Sarandon on Hedy Lamarr - Actress, Rebel and Inventor
On this weeks episode we are honored to talk to Susan Sarandon - Oscar winning actress, producer, Ping-Pong enthusiast, social and political activist, and passionately committed to human rights. Together with her production company Reframed Pictures; Susan Sarandon now embarks on a documentary proj…
March 3, 2016
Episode 28: The TV Season Highlights & Franklin Leonard of The Black List
The King’s Speech, Juno, American Hustle, Argo, a…
March 3, 2016
Episode 27: The Filmmakers of Making a Murderer
This weeks guests Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi…
March 3, 2016
Episode 26: The Oscar Countdown Continues!
full frenzy and what better way to start the year…
Jan. 31, 2016
Episode 25: Gloria Steinem – A conversation with the feminist icon
Steinem has been an outspoken champion of women’s rights since the 1970s and has just released her new memoir ‘My Life of The Road’. Her work has been an inspiration to us personally and to a whole generation of women in pop culture – from comedian Amy Schumer to actress Lena Dunham, both of who ar…
Jan. 31, 2016
Episode 24: Creating Carol with Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy
Gorgeous, moving and subtle – ‘Carol’ is a beauti…
Jan. 17, 2016
Episode 23: Mad as Hell - The Journalism Genre in Hollywood
From Citizen Kane, All The Presidents Men, Anchor…
Nov. 20, 2015
Episode 21: Creating the Costumes of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Kurt and Bart
This weeks guests have created some of the most i…
Nov. 6, 2015
Episode 19: ‘The Leftovers’ Carrie Coon & the Science of Good TV
Carrie Coon burst onto the scene in 2014 with two remarkable performances in David Fincher’s Gone Girl and HBO’s The Leftovers. We are honored to speak with her! How would you react if 2% of the world’s population suddenly disappeared, including your husband and two children? This is the premise fo…
Oct. 29, 2015
Episode 18: Behind the Scenes of Narcos - Escobar and the Blow Business
By 1982, cocaine made up 30% of all Colombian exp…
Oct. 29, 2015
Episode 17: From Friday Night Lights to Cailtin Jenner - Buzz Bissinger
Twenty-five years ago Buzz Bissinger went in sear…
Oct. 20, 2015
Episode 16: Priyanka Chopra - From Bollywood Superstar to Hollywood Rising Star
Guest: Priyanka Chopra This week we interview one of the world’s biggest movie stars. She acts, she sings, she dances, and as an FBI agent in the new ABC drama “Quantico” she kicks some serious butt! Priyanka Chopra, the Bollywood superstar has over 50 films on her resume, and is now taking Hollywo…
Oct. 20, 2015
Episode 15: Making the Impossible Possible – The Visual Effects of The Walk
Guest: Kevin Baillie
Even a death-defying high-wi…
Sept. 28, 2015
Episode 14: Superagent Sue Mengers & the Groundbreaking Showrunners of TV and their heirs.
In the 1970s, there wasn’t a Hollywood agent more…
Sept. 28, 2015
Episode 13: Spotlight on Boston with Black Mass & The Oscar Race Continues
Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp and directed by …
Sept. 11, 2015
Episode 12: The Pop Culture Confidential Emmy Special
Guest: Debra Birnbaum, Variety
With the Emmy’s ju…
Sept. 11, 2015
Episode 11: Project UROK – Destigmatizing mental illness through comedy and community.
Guest: Jenny Jaffe
Funny, fearless and passionate…
Sept. 11, 2015
Episode 10: Goodfellas to Forrest Gump - Legendary Casting by Ellen Lewis
Guest: Ellen Lewis The iconic performances in Goodfellas, Scent of a Woman, Forrest Gump, The Devil Wears Prada, Wolf of Wall Street and close to 70 other films have one thing in common - renowned casting director Ellen Lewis. While the director and screenwriter create a films world, it is the cast…
