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Bono on His Dad's Final Days
Episode overview
"I'd go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a chaser to steady my nerves. Then I'd go to the hospital and I'd sleep beside my father." - Bono. Interview by Anthony .. show full overview
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Surfer Kelly Slater on Problems in his Perfect Life
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"My life was getting worse, not better, and it should have been getting better, because I've accomplished all the things I wanted to accomplish." ~Kelly Slater Kelly Slater is a world .. show full overview
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Muhammad Ali On Going To Mars
Episode overview
It was the summer of 1966 when a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But only a handful of people ever got to .. show full overview
1x4
Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz
Episode overview
"If I told you all the stories about what happened to people if they were caught listening to jazz." - Dave Brubeck in 2008 Interviewer: John Dankosky WNPR Music: Dave Brubeck Quartet live at the 2008 Litchfield Jazz Festival
1x5
Larry King on Getting Seduced
Episode overview
"I'm playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady's voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" - Larry King Interview by Cal Fussman Esquire writer-at-large Los Angeles, 2001
1x6
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
Episode overview
"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison Interview by Howard Smith TheSmithTapes.com / Villagevoice.com Los Angeles, 1969
1x7
David Foster Wallace on Ambition
Episode overview
"If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything." - David Foster Wallace Interview by Leonard Lopate, WNYC March 4, 1996 Interview originally aired on the Leonard Lopate Show
1x8
Beastie Boys on Being Stupid
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"There's a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we'd be arrested for it." - Mike "Mike D" Diamond Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio 1985, Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
1x9
Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales
Episode overview
"I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different." - Wilt Chamberlain Original interview aired in 1992 on "Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori"
1x10
James Brown on Conviction, Respect & Reagan
Episode overview
"Black is not a color; it's an attitude. It's the attitude of independence, respect and dignity." - James Brown Interview by Rocci Fisch 1984. Washington, D.C. Convention Center Originally recorded for ABC News Radio
1x11
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
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"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes." - Maurice Sendak Interview by Andrew Romano and Ramin Seetodeh 2009. Sendak's home in Connecticut
1x12
Louis Armstrong on His Chops
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"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil. ... Even if we had two, three days off I still had to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops." - Louis Armstrong Interview by .. show full overview
1x13
Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power
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"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face." - Farrah Fawcett Interview by Lawrence Grobel 1994, Hollywood
1x14
Fidel Castro: The Lost Interview
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"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro Interview by Clark Hewitt Galloway 1959, Havana
1x15
Janis Joplin on Rejection
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"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly." - Janis Joplin. Howard Smith interviewed Janis Joplin by phone on September 30, 1970. This turned out to be .. show full overview
1x16
Ray Charles on Singing True
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"If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine." - Ray Charles. Joe Smith interviewed Ray Charles on June 3, 1987 during the writing of Off the Record–his oral history of rock and roll.
1x17
Kurt Cobain on Identity
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"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain Interview by Jon Savage July 22, 1993. Cassette Tape
1x18
Jerry Garcia on The Acid Tests
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"When we fell in with the Acid Tests we a started having the most fun we had ever had." - Jerry Garcia Interview by Joe Smith May 23, 1988 Cassette Tape
1x19
Grace Kelly on JFK
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"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you're wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President. However did you know?'" - Grace Kelly Interview by Paul .. show full overview
1x20
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death
Episode overview
"If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur Interview by Benjamin Svetkey March 1994 Microcassette recorder Related profile appeared in Entertainment Weekly
1x21
John Updike on Family Affairs
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"There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say" - John Updike Interview by John Freeman Spring 2002 Microcassette recorder
1x22
Barry White on Making Love
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"When a man is making love, the last thing he thinks about is war" - Barry White Interview by Joe Smith April 3, 1987, Los Angeles Tape recorder
1x23
Carol Burnett on Finding Home
Episode overview
"When I looked in his eyes, he was there. He was home... I had a dad." - Carol Burnett Interview by Leonard Lopate August 19, 2003, WNYC Studios Original interview aired on the Leonard Lopate Show
1x24
Stan Getz on Wasted Years
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"I've done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?" - Stan Getz Interview by Joe Smith August 7, 1987, Los Angeles Tape recorder
1x25
Heath Ledger on Role Playing
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"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into" - Heath Ledger Interview by Christine Spines Fall 2005, Cassette Tape Her profile ran in Entertainment Weekly
1x26
Johnny Cash on The Gospel
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"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on" - Johnny Cash, 1996 Interview by Barney Hoskyns
1x27
John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Love
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"It's all true, folks: all you need is love." - John Lennon, 1969 Interviews by Howard Smith
1x28
Gene Wilder on The Truth
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"On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free." - Gene Wilder, March 2007 Conversation with Ms. magazine founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin
1x29
David Bowie on Stardust
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"I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element" - David Bowie Interview by Joe Smith
1x30
Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness
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"Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live" - Philip Seymour Hoffman Conversation with Simon Critchley recorded live at the Rubin Museum of Art on Dec 22, 2012
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Meryl Streep on Beauty
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"It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug" - Meryl Streep Interview by Christine Spines, 2008
1x32
Jimi Hendrix on The Experience
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"When things get too heavy just call me helium--the lightest known gas to man." - Jimi Hendrix in his final interview
1x33
Michael Jackson on Godliness
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"My singing… i'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly." - Michael Jackson in January 1980
1x34
Bette Davis on The Sexes
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"I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis in 1963
1x35
Liberace on Peacocking
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"Anyone that dares begrudge what I have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it" - Liberace in 1968 as told to Jay Kent Hackleman
1x36
Maya Angelou on Con Men
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"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up." - Maya Angelou, as told to Studs Terkel in 1970
1x37
Wayne Coyne on Living With Death
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"I'm pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time." - Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips in 2002
1x38
Robin Williams on Masks
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"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh. To make us realize we still are part animal.... So you don't take yourself seriously and destroy the species." - Robin Williams in 1991, as told to Lawrence Grobel
1x39
Tom Robbins on Jitterbugs
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"If I knew how it was going to end, I probably wouldn't write it." - Tom Robbins in 1994, as told to Tod Mesirow
1x40
Elliott Smith on Freaks
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"A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not." - Elliott Smith in 1998, as told to Barney Hoskyns
1x41
B.B. King on The Blues
Episode overview
"I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch." - B.B. King on September 5, 1986, as told to Joe Smith
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Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo
Episode overview
"I write a song called 'Heroin', you would have thought that I murdered the Pope or something" - Lou Reed on March 20, 1987, as told to Joe Smith
1x43
Dolly Parton on Getting Dirty
Episode overview
"Mama just always said, 'you be what you are and you don't have to worry about nothing'" - Dolly Parton as told to Lawrence Grobel on March 13, 1978
1x44
Ray Bradbury on Madmen
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"Nobody else is going to give a damn what you're doing, so you need a few other people like yourself" - Ray Bradbury as told to two college kids on road trip in 1972
1x45
John Coltrane on Giant Steps
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"I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane in 1966, as told Frank Kofsky
1x46
Joni Mitchell on Illusions
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"I didn’t like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me." - Joni Mitchell in 1986, as told to Joe Smith
1x47
Ayn Rand on Love and Happiness
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" I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions." - Ayn Rand on February 25, 1959, as told to Mike Wallace
1x48
Roger Ebert on Ego
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"I have innate confidence that I am right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose." - Roger Ebert in 1990
1x49
Dustin Hoffman in 1971 on Duplicity and Famosity
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"I did as much as I could do at that time in my life ... I tried as hard as I could and I couldn't do better" - Dustin Hoffman in 1971
1x50
Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws
Episode overview
“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” - Hunter S. Thompson in 1967
1x51
Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing
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"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988. Tom Waits had just released the concert film, Big Time, when he was interviewed by Chris Roberts in September 1988. The .. show full overview
1x52
Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt
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"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982 in the first interview she gave after getting out of prison
1x53
Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious
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"I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do" - Bill Murray in October 1988
1x54
Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys
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"Nothing means anything" - Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970
1x55
Nina Simone on Shock
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"I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed." - Nina Simone in July, 1968
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Garrison Keillor on Humor
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“My family was shocked when I came home with a volume of Hemingway … There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction.” - Garrison Keillor in 1994 In this new episode we .. show full overview
1x57
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions
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“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983. Interviewed by Gloria Steinem. Hear more outtakes from the .. show full overview
1x58
Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance
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“Any man who really has faith in himself will be dubbed arrogant by his fellows” - Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957, as told to Mike Wallace If you’ve ever been to Illinois, you’ll know all .. show full overview
1x59
Temple Grandin On Her Search Engine
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""Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function."" - Temple Grandin in 2008, from an oral history at Colorado State University Hear more interview .. show full overview
1x60
Jane Goodall on Instinct
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"Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan" - Jane Goodall, as told to Ira Flatow in 2002 Hear more .. show full overview
1x61
Dame Stephanie Shirley on Survival Code
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"I have to make my life worth saving, and each day you spend as if it would be your last" - Dame Stephanie Shirley in 2010 from an oral history at the British Library Computers had .. show full overview
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Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life
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"I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper." - Buckminster Fuller in 1965, as told to Studs Terkel Buckminster Fuller was kicked out .. show full overview
1x63
Richard Feynman on What It Means
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"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important, what was exciting, because I can’t learn everything." - Richard Feynman in 1966 Richard Feynman sat down .. show full overview
1x64
Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials
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"A literal reading of the Bible simply is a mistake; I mean it’s just wrong" - Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel. We found this conversation between Studs Terkel .. show full overview
1x65
Martin Scorsese on Framing
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"Sometimes when it all comes together ... you become the film you’re making." - Martin Scorsese in 1990, as told to T.J. English. In this new episode we have a previously unheard .. show full overview
1x66
Patti Smith in 1976 on Getting Bleeped
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“When people say fuckin‘ shit, they don‘t think of a big turd, or two people makin‘ it anymore” - Patti Smith in May 1976, as told to Mick Gold In the spring of 1976, Patti Smith made .. show full overview
1x67
Cher on Kitsch
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“I’m a cookie-decorating mom. I don’t bake them. I decorate them.“ - Cher in 1999, as told to Benjamin Svetkey. On a spring afternoon, Svetkey drove to Cher's house in Malibu for an .. show full overview
1x68
Rod Serling on Kamikazes
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”The most unfettered imagination belongs to young people, and they don’t walk through life; they fly” - Rod Serling in 1963. If you've never seen the Twilight Zone, you're missing .. show full overview
1x69
Frank Zappa on Fads
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"I don‘t think that there‘s a girl around that would fit in with what we do" - Frank Zappa on June 6, 1971, as told to Howard Smith. Frank Zappa had a few opinions. Surly? .. show full overview
1x70
Bob Dylan at 20 on Freak Shows
Episode overview
“I'm never going to become rich and famous” - Bob Dylan in 1962. This interview originally aired on WBAI FM in New York City in February of 1962. Dylan was 20 at the time and it was .. show full overview
1x71
Nora Ephron on Crazy Salad
Episode overview
"It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron. This interview by Studs Terkel with Nora Ephron was recorded on July 28, 1975 and comes from the remarkable WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archive.
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Marlene Dietrich on Sex Symbols
Episode overview
"I have never used my body. I have played roles where the legs were used and the body was used but in life, I have never done that" - Marlene Dietrich. Interview by Jay Kent Hackleman .. show full overview
1x73
Aldous Huxley on Technodictators
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"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled" - Aldous Huxley. In this remarkable interview, Huxley foretells a future when telegenic .. show full overview
1x74
Stevie Wonder on Keys of Life
Episode overview
"If God didn't want me to sing it, he wouldn't have given me the talent to do it“ - Stevie Wonder in 2005. Barney Hoskyns recorded this interview with Stevie Wonder on March 26, 2005.
1x75
Ronald Reagan on Oatmeal Meat
Episode overview
“How did I get over being poor? I got a job as a sports announcer and it led to everything else.“ - Ronald Reagan. Interview by Bill Moyers recorded on April 30, 1979 - six months .. show full overview
1x76
Jimmy Carter on Power and God
Episode overview
“Although I have prayed a good bit, and do, I've never asked God to let me be President.“ This conversation was recorded on May 6, 1976, six months before Jimmy Carter was elected President and comes to us from WNET and Bill Moyers Journal.
1x77
Leonard Cohen on Moonlight
Episode overview
“I don’t feel any compulsion just to stand under the spotlight night after night unless I have something to say“ This interview by Kathleen Kendel was recorded on December 4, 1974 .. show full overview
1x78
Francis Ford Coppola on Solitude
Episode overview
”Death is on the back of everyone’s minds whether they want to admit it or not.” This interview was recorded on July 28, 1996 when Francis Ford Coppola was promoting the film, Jack, starring Robin Williams.
1x79
Stephen King on Childhood
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“We think in a different way as children. We tend to think around corners instead of in straight lines.“ Conversation recorded on October 22, 1989 and originally aired on the Public .. show full overview
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Oliver Sacks on Ripe Bananas
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”I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes” This interview was recorded on July 28, 1996 for the Cover-to-Cover radio show on WGBH-FM in Boston.
1x81
George Washington Carver on Ego and Self
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"You can’t get very far in life if you don’t get away from Self" - George Washington Carver in 1939. The famed scientist and inventor best known for the amazing work he did with peanuts .. show full overview
1x82
Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac
Episode overview
"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what we think is the truth about it" - Jacques Cousteau in 1978 Interview by Roy Leonard on WGN .. show full overview
1x83
Alfred Hitchcock on Dead Bodies
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"If I did a story or a musical about Cinderella, they would be waiting for the body to turn up" - Alfred Hitchcock in 1957. Interview by Colin Edwards from the .. show full overview
1x84
George Michael on Freedom
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"I’m more experienced sexually than I was as an 18 year old. So maybe it’s time for that to start reflecting in the music." - George Michael on November 10, 1986, as told to Joe Smith. .. show full overview
1x85
Charles Bukowski's Crappy Life
Episode overview
"I'm such a spoiled old toad ... I was blessed with a crappy life" - Charles Bukowski in 1993. One afternoon, Bukowski sat down to record the audio version of his classic, Run With the .. show full overview
1x86
Clint Eastwood's Pussy Generation
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"We're living in sort of a more pussy generation now" - Clint Eastwood in 2009, as told to Cal Fussman.
1x87
Sting's Name Change
Episode overview
"Your parents name you, but they don’t really know who you are. Your friends name you... I was very Stingian" - Sting in 2009, as told to Cal Fussman.
1x88
George Clooney's Uncle Chick
Episode overview
"It was part of our family business that you had to be able to tell a story" - George Clooney in 2011, as told to Cal Fussman.
1x89
Johnny Depp Breaks Stuff
Episode overview
"I was in a bad mood and I assaulted a hotel room. I broke a lot of stuff and it felt good." - Johnny Depp in 2009, as told to Cal Fussman.
1x90
Kevin Costner's Ding Dongs
Episode overview
"If you weren't as good as the next guy then work longer. Work faster. ... Sometimes shit needs to get done" - Kevin Costner in 2012, as told to Cal Fussman

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