Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin
From WNYC Studios, award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Brooks, Roz Chast, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex& Money, Freakonomics Radio and many others.
- Website
- http://www.wnyc.org/shows/heresthething
- Description
- Here’s The Thing is a series of intimate and honest conversations hosted by Alec Baldwin. Alec talks with artists, policy makers and performers – to hear their stories, what inspires their creations, what decisions changed their careers, and what relationships influenced their work.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-02-18 19:30
- last episode published
- 2025-02-18 05:00
- publication frequency
- 9.2 days
- Contributors
- WNYC Studios
- Author
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 531
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- Categories
- Society & Culture
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-02-18 | We’re revisiting some of Alec’s favorite episodes from the archives. In this episode, originally recorded in November 2012, Alec talks with writer and actress Paula Pell – who made people laugh at Saturday Night Live for 18 years. Pell landed her dream... |
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| 2025-02-11 |
On the 50th Anniversary of “SNL”: with Steve Higgins and Susan Morrison This season marks the 50th Anniversary of “Saturday Night Live:” the groundbreaking and iconic show that revolutionized late-night television with its sharp celebrity impersonations, satirical news segments, musical performances and absurd sketches - ... |
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| 2025-02-04 | Chris Wink, Philip Stanton, and Matthew Goldman created Blue Man Group in 1989 as a performance art piece and it has since grown to become a worldwide phenomenon. What started as a small show at the Astor Place Theater in New York City went on to tour ... |
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| 2025-01-28 | Julian Lennon is a Grammy-nominated musician with chart topping records around the globe. He is also a world-class photographer, devoted philanthropist, and the son of one of the most famous musicians of all time. Lennon’s latest photography work is on... |
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| 2025-01-21 | Join award-winning actor Alec Baldwin in conversation with some of the most dynamic artists, policymakers, and performers working today. This season, Alec speaks with musician, and photographer Julian Lennon on his work, and his philanthropic causes, t... |
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| 2024-12-24 | Dunham, the creator of HBO’s GIRLS, says when she was younger, she thought she’d be a "Gender and Women’s Studies teacher who showed movies at the occasional film festival." Instead she's trying to figure out what to wear to shoot the cover of Rolling ... |
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| 2024-12-17 |
From the Archives: Audra McDonald is the "Luckiest Survivor in the World" Much like the staggering beauty of her voice, Audra McDonald is impossible to ignore. The only artist to sweep all four acting categories at the Tony’s, she’s the most decorated Broadway star of all time. Reviews of her award-winning performances overf... |
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| 2024-12-10 |
From the Archives: John Dean: Watergate's Legacy in the Age of Trump When John Dean found his conscience, America found its backbone and impeached a president. The Nixon Administration tried to undermine American democracy during the election of 1972 through now-legendary dirty tricks aimed at their Democrat opponents. ... |
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| 2024-12-03 | Thom Yorke, Radiohead and Atoms for Peace frontman, admits that, even after over 25 years in the business, performing is “either wicked fun or really awful.” He talks with Alec about his pre-show ritual—"I stand on my head for a bit"—and how he and his... |
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| 2024-11-19 | This year marks the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” – and while many of the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” have gone on to achieve remarkable careers, few have had as fascinating a journey as Dan Aykroyd’s. As the youngest member of the 1... |
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