We haven’t heard much about the Supreme Court lately, but Ian Millhiser says the justices handed down a surprising decision this morning that will benefit consumers. As he explained on my show, it has to do with class action lawsuits and a tactic the court won’t allow corporations to use to weasel out of them. […]
Thirty-five years ago today, 52 Americans were released by Iran after 444 days in captivity. One of them was Rocky Sickmann, who was was a 22-year-old Marine guard at the US Embassy in Teheran. In 2004, I invited Rocky onto my show to talk about how the whole thing started, explain how the US missed […]
On a bonus edition of the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I discussed the Academy Award boycotts of Jada Pinkett Smith, Spike Lee, and Michael Moore — none of whom were going to attend because they’re not nominated or appear in any of the movies that are — and flashed back to […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I discussed the Academy Award nominations (and snubs), reviewed “Norm Of The North” and “Anomalisa,” and launched the hashtag #AnimatedFilmsMatter. Listen to our conversation here.
Brian Koppelman and David Levien were responsible for “Rounders,” “Ocean’s 13,” and “Runaway Jury.” Now they have a new Showtime series, “Billions,” which debuts Sunday night on Showtime (you can watch the season premiere for free here). It stars Paul Giamatti as a US Attorney and Damien Lewis as the billionaire hedge-fund manager he’s trying […]
Here’s my conversation with Kevin Hazzard, who spent 10 years as a paramedic in Atlanta, Georgia, and writes about his adventures in “A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride To the Edge And Back.” Among the questions I asked him: Is it fun to drive an ambulance? Do drivers always get out of the […]