Comedian and actor Aparna Nancherla is now a published author, with her new memoir Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome. This collection of essays covers her life, her journey with anxiety, and her battle against crippling Imposter Syndrome. She joins us to discuss, and to take calls from listeners.
Bear Proof is the name of a new album from composer and longtime bassist for Ani DiFranco, Todd Sickafoose. It’s his first release of original music in fifteen years. Sickafoose started recording the album in 2013, but then scrapped the project and began again in 2018. The album process had to be put on pause however following the success of the musical “Hadestown,” which he helped compose, winning a Grammy and Tony as a result. Bear Proof is out on September 29, and Sickafoose joins us for a preview Listening Party.
In 1968, a Russian submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean. While the Russian government didn’t know where it was, Americans did, and a new film explores how the Nixon administration, Howard Hughes, and the CIA came together to attempt to retrieve it. The film is called, “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” and was directed by the late Phillip Carter. Investigative journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan joins to talk about the film and her role covering the case.
A recent New Yorker article details comedian Hasan Minhaj’s fabrications and “emotional truths” in his stand-up and political comedy. The story follows another recent article from Rolling Stone alleging a toxic environment at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” We explore the role of truth in comedy and the responsibility entertainers have to their audiences with Vulture critic Jesse David Fox, author of the upcoming book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture and the Magic that Make it Work. Plus, we take your calls.
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