Literary biographer Blake Bailey and Bret discuss writing about Philip Roth, being consumed by the work of Richard Yates and becoming a pariah in the publishing game. Part 1 of 2.
2025-03-29 17:21:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Actor/Director Reza Sixo Safai and Bret discuss wrestling fear after the Cinema Rex, meeting Gavin Lambert and loving Lou Costello.
2025-03-25 03:16:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce and Bret discuss pitching Tab Hunter, rebooting Susan Sontag and learning from Mr. Goodbar. Part 2 of 2.
2025-03-22 01:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce and Bret discuss cultivating a taste for the forbidden, making controversial art as a recovering academic and reinterpreting Pasolini with The Visitor. Part 1 of 2.
2025-03-18 01:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Podcaster/Author Karina Longworth and Bret discuss baffling misfires from masters of film, migrating online from the printed word and the odd friction between Pauline Kael and an elite actress.
2025-03-14 00:16:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Actress Ione Skye and Bret discuss mapping a lost world in Say Everything, finding beauty by the River's Edge and taking a dive while drowning in nerves.
2025-03-10 17:58:48 +0000 UTC View Post
We know. No puffy Pope Smoke. Bret feels recovered and robust but his voice had remained totally shot... UNTIL NOW. We've had to reschedule multiple guests but Bret's back in the saddle with two tapings this week, so: To make up for the podcast's lack of recent action due to Bret's Bad British Virus, we're gonna double our ou...
2025-03-04 03:15:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Oscar week is here, and a recovering Bret remains the odds-on favorite to walk away with the statuette for Best Adapted Illness (Foreign). Whilst His golden voice is fast returning to podcast form, last week's recording session with a director was postponed by Bret's voided larynx, thus: no new episode this week. We're sorry....
2025-02-25 07:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret spent a few days in Dear Old Blighty last week and sadly returned to Los Angeles with a dastardly British bug stowing away in his chest. We gave it our best but there can be no new episode this week. We're bummed but the lad simply has no voice, and that's not cricket or whatever. He's well on the jolly good mend though ...
2025-02-18 03:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, love is in the air as Bret discusses protecting his territory in public, a careless titan of literature and searching within your own shadow as he fields questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2025-02-11 11:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret discusses a radiant angel setting the record straight, the soundtracks of his life and a lauded filmmaker's erotic first foray as he responds to questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2025-02-04 09:05:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret spoils the ending of Conclave, recalls a faculty member who helped draw him to Bennington and acknowledges accidental greatness as he fields questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2025-01-28 11:25:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret recalls running into a recently fallen hypnotist, ponders a peculiar anachronism and attempts to describe a very rare feeling as he responds to questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2025-01-21 11:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Amid cataclysmic firestorms and widespread panic, Bret discusses his first brush with real fear and starting 2025 atop a surreal hellscape before answering questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2025-01-14 09:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret discusses a Stunt Man's wavering tone, a Babygirl's fearless turn and a former spy's Mexican tryst as he fields questions from Platinum members on the air. Patreon Season 9 premiere.
2025-01-07 09:54:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret discusses Christmas incongruities, keeping calm in 2024 and rumors of a remake as he replies to questions from Platinum listeners on the air. Patreon Season 8 finale.
2024-12-31 09:15:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Jamie Collinson and Bret discuss bells tolling at band meetings and the kinetic benefits of Sub Pop hair as they continue their conversation from last week. Part 2 of 2.
2024-12-24 08:24:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Jamie Collinson and Bret discuss writing about The Rejects of rock n' roll, the unlikely savior of today's music business and maintaining a low profile to keep the party going. Part 1 of 2.
2024-12-17 07:39:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Justine Bateman returns to the show and talks with Bret about old structures breaking under new weight, flummoxing film festivals with the avant-garde and pop culture losing touch with the pulse of popular needs.
2024-12-10 08:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret discusses this year's Thanksgiving, the folly of employing 20th century tactics to tackle 21st century problems and visiting a city enveloped in noir as he replies to questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2024-12-03 10:18:59 +0000 UTC View Post
New Media Journalist Colonel Kurtz and Bret discuss appreciating Edith Wharton more with age, the bleak void nurtured by fantasy and pondering casual barbarism in fiction as they continue their conversation from last week. Part 2 of 2.
2024-11-26 09:35:54 +0000 UTC View Post
New Media Journalist Colonel Kurtz and Bret discuss modifying the human body, the American government's pursuit of P. Diddy and turning to horror to make sense of Hell. Part 1 of 2.
2024-11-19 04:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret discusses slaughtered lambs, caved empires and maritime misfires as he replies to questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2024-11-12 10:18:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Screenwriter Josh Olson and Bret discuss their multiple encounters with a spooky horror trope, the unfolding ramifications of last year's WGA strike and why a spray tan is a terrible thing to waste.
2024-11-05 06:28:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary and Bret discuss a polarizing recent sequel and the return of a legendary TV lawyer as they continue their conversation from last week. Part 2 of 2.
2024-10-29 06:48:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Podcasters Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary return to the show and talk with Bret about the upcoming second season of Video Archives and how time and perspective can alter perception of a familiar film. Part 1 of 2.
2024-10-22 07:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Fresh off his appearance at Paris Fashion Week, Bret discusses an audacious new movie and fondly recalls a cherished old album as he responds to questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
2024-10-15 13:21:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Randy Fertel and Bret discuss writing about the power and peril of improvisation in Winging It, chaos giving birth to order and dark narratives created by charisma.
2024-10-08 08:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer/Filmmaker Matthew David Wilder and Bret dive into movies from the present and the past as they continue their conversation from last week. Part 2 of 2.
2024-09-30 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's hear it for a legend as he enters Heaven's Gate.
2024-09-30 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
