Episodes
Episode 34: The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Race, sexism, class and fame were all at the hear…
Episode 33: Jenni Konner, a force behind HBO's Girls + the final Osca…
On this weeks Pop Culture Confidential: Jenni Kon…
Episode 32: Comedy with a Passion! Writer Kevin Avery: Last Week Toni…
This week’s guest Kevin Avery is a writer on HBO’…
Episode 31: From Pulp Fiction to Spotlight - Master Class with Music…
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…
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…
Episode 29: Susan Sarandon on Hedy Lamarr - Actress, Rebel and Inven…
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…
Episode 28: The TV Season Highlights & Franklin Leonard of The Black …
The King’s Speech, Juno, American Hustle, Argo, a…
Episode 27: The Filmmakers of Making a Murderer
This weeks guests Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi…
Episode 26: The Oscar Countdown Continues!
full frenzy and what better way to start the year…
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…
Episode 24: Creating Carol with Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy
Gorgeous, moving and subtle – ‘Carol’ is a beauti…
Episode 23: Mad as Hell - The Journalism Genre in Hollywood
From Citizen Kane, All The Presidents Men, Anchor…
Episode 22: The Star Wars Episode
We are thrilled to speak with Roger Christian who…
Episode 21: Creating the Costumes of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – …
This weeks guests have created some of the most i…
Episode 20: Listen to Me Marlon
Marlon Brando was one of the most acclaimed and i…
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…
Episode 18: Behind the Scenes of Narcos - Escobar and the Blow Busin…
By 1982, cocaine made up 30% of all Colombian exp…
Episode 17: From Friday Night Lights to Cailtin Jenner - Buzz Bissing…
Twenty-five years ago Buzz Bissinger went in sear…
Episode 16: Priyanka Chopra - From Bollywood Superstar to Hollywood …
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…
Episode 15: Making the Impossible Possible – The Visual Effects of Th…
Guest: Kevin BaillieEven a death-defying high-wi…
Episode 14: Superagent Sue Mengers & the Groundbreaking Showrunners o…
In the 1970s, there wasn’t a Hollywood agent more…
Episode 13: Spotlight on Boston with Black Mass & The Oscar Race Cont…
Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp and directed by …
Episode 12: The Pop Culture Confidential Emmy Special
Guest: Debra Birnbaum, VarietyWith the Emmy’s ju…
Episode 11: Project UROK – Destigmatizing mental illness through come…
Guest: Jenny JaffeFunny, fearless and passionate…