Episodes

Dec. 29, 2017

Awards Season: Sterling K. Brown

Award’s season is upon us and the Golden Globes n…
Dec. 21, 2017

Oscar Race: Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, Dunkirk

As the Oscar race heats up, we look back over our…
Dec. 11, 2017

Episode 91: The Oscar Race with Mark Johnson

With awards season in full swing – we speak to Se…
Nov. 29, 2017

Episode 90: Jennifer Haley – Writer, Mindhunter

Thrilling, dark, gripping and tense are just some…
Nov. 20, 2017

Episode 89: Amanda Hess, The New York Times

In light of the perpetually expanding list of peo…
Nov. 2, 2017

Episode 88: Breaking Bad 101 with Alan Sepinwall

On this week’s episode, we are joined by writer a…
Oct. 25, 2017

Episode 87: Director Kasper Collin & Sasha Stone of Awards Daily

On this week’s episode, we speak to Kasper Collin…
Oct. 5, 2017

Episode 86: Jeff Schaffer – Executive Producer, Curb Your Enthusiasm

After a six-year hiatus – Curb Your Enthusiasm is back! On this week’s episode, we speak to executive producer, writer and director Jeff Schaffer who takes us behind the scenes of the latest season with all of its awkwardnes…
Sept. 18, 2017

Episode 85: Pamela Adlon

On this episode of Pop Culture Confidential, Pamela Adlon speaks about life, parenting, and her jewel of a show – Better Things. After a fantastic, Emmy nominated first season of her semi-autobiographical series, Adlon is ba…
Sept. 14, 2017

Episode 84: The 2017 Fall Movie and Oscar Preview Special

Last week we covered 2017’s Fall TV and Emmy awar…
Sept. 7, 2017

Episode 83: The 2017 Fall TV & Emmy Prediction Special

It’s here! The annual Pop Culture Confidential Fa…
Aug. 25, 2017

Episode 82: Writer & Director Ruben Östlund

Our guest, Swedish director/writer Ruben Östlund, is the newly crowned winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or for his latest film "The Square", which is described as a poignant satirical drama reflecting our times. The suspenseful …
Aug. 17, 2017

Episode 81: Sterling K. Brown

An Emmy winner in 2016 for The People vs O.J. Sim…
Aug. 9, 2017

Episode 80: Peter Baker - Chief White House Correspondent, New York Times

Our guest this week is Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times. During his career he has covered four presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and now the Trump administration. Mr. B…
Aug. 2, 2017

Episode 79: Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema - Dunkirk

Spectacular, jaw-dropping, sweeping and intimate - Dunkirk marks the return of director Christopher Nolan and our guest cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema. The World War ll drama is a different type of war story, about braver…
June 27, 2017

Episode 78: Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud with author Anne Helen Petersen & Our Summer Tips

Just in time for Summer we round up our best pop …
June 7, 2017

Episode 77: Television Maverick: Writer & Producer Chuck Lorre

It’s a real joy to welcome this week’s guest – te…
May 30, 2017

Episode 76: Jon Ronson & Helen Hollyman

On Pop Culture Confidential this week we speak wi…
May 17, 2017

Episode 75: Culinary writer Katie Parla & The Nerdist’s Alicia Lutes

Pasta, Italy, Master of None, Wonder Woman and th…
May 9, 2017

Episode 74: News, Trends and Controversies - The 2017 Spring Roundup

On this week’s episode of Pop Culture Confidentia…
April 11, 2017

Episode 72: Tony Hale – Star of Veep & Arrested Development

From Buster on Arrested Development, to his Emmy winning role as the devoted body man to Selina Meyer on Veep – Tony Hale has already proven that he is one of our generation’s comedy greats. Host Christina Jeurling Birro is …
March 24, 2017

Episode 71: From Frasier, 24, Fargo and Legion - Jean Smart, TV Royalty

With unforgettable performances in Frasier, 24, and now one of this seasons’ most acclaimed new series Legion - Jean Smart is television royalty with a career spanning three decades and three Emmy wins. Smart’s career includ…
March 14, 2017

Episode 70: ‘Missing Richard Simmons’ with Dan Taberski

Richard Simmons, workout and fitness guru, is a true American pop culture icon. One example of the empire he built is his workout video “Sweatin’ to the Oldies”, which sold millions of copies. Three years ago Simmons mysteri…
March 8, 2017

Episode 69: The stars of Orange is the New Black and Netflix Ted Sarandos

Now that the film award season has come to a dramatic conclusion we are happy to turn our attention to the upcoming season of television. This week’s episode of Pop Culture Confidential covers the recent Netflix event in Ber…