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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin
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 Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom...
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Inside the States Project with Daniel Squadron and Melissa Walker
Daniel Squadron and Melissa Walker are an unexpected duo. Formerly a New York State Senator, Daniel Squadron represented New York’s 25th and 26th dist...
A Life of Music with Tommy James
Tommy James started making music when he was 4 years old and he hasn’t stopped. Tommy is a musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and the fron...
From the Archives: Paavo Järvi Conducts Beautiful Music
Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is one of the most in-demand maestros in the world, and one of Alec’s favorite conductors. Järvi is currently the chief...
Mallory McMorrow Wants Your Vote
Mallory McMorrow is a state senator representing Michigan’s 8th district and also a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2026 election. Mallo...
From the Archives: Steve Jones: From Sex Pistol to Lonely Boy
Coming from a challenging, working class upbringing in the United Kingdom, Steve Jones discovered his outlet in music - as founding guitarist of the g...
Journalist Zoë Schlanger Describes What Happens When a Plastic City Burns
Zoë Schlanger is an author, journalist, and current staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers the newsletter “The Weekly Planet”. Schlanger has w...
From the Archives: Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone was only four years old when she realized she belonged on stage, and she started by entertaining family members in her Long Island living...
Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves on Connecticut’s Future
Andrea Barton Reeves is a former ad litem lawyer, CEO of Harc. Inc - a nonprofit organization supporting people with intellectual disabilities and the...
From the Archives: Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2006 book Th...
Why Is Anyone Still Smoking?
It’s the leading cause of preventable death across much of Europe and North America, responsible for the loss of 41 million lives in the US, UK and Ca...
From the Archives: Steven Van Zandt
Singer, songwriter, producer, and actor Steven Van Zandt aka Little Steven is perhaps best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. But...
Paul Paz y Miño and Steven Donziger from Rainforests to Courtrooms
Two leading voices in the fight for environmental and human rights justice are Steven Donziger and Paul Paz y Miño. Steven Donziger is an attorney and...
From the Archives: Thom Yorke
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...
Breaking the Fourth Wall with Isaac Butler
Isaac Butler is an author, critic, theater director, and professor known for his books The Method: How The Twentieth Century Learned to Act and The Wo...
Moby - Summer Staff Picks
Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick s...
David Letterman - Summer Staff Picks
Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick s...
Barry Gibb - Summer Staff Picks
Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick s...
Thelma Schoonmaker - Summer Staff Picks
Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick s...
Judith Vecchione - Summer Staff Picks
Our summer tradition at Here’s the Thing continues, as staff members choose their favorite conversations from the archives for our Summer Staff Pick s...
Griffin Dunne on Being “Kind of Brave”
Griffin Dunne is an actor, producer, director, and author of his recent memoir The Friday Afternoon Club. Dunne is known for his memorable roles in cu...
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’...
Jake Tapper: From Breaking News to Bestsellers
Jake Tapper is a journalist, news anchor, author, and the current lead Washington anchor for CNN. Tapper hosts the weekday news show, The Lead with Ja...
From the Archives: Nicolas Niarchos Exposes the Cobalt Gold Rush
(Recorded October 4, 2021) Journalist Nicolas Niarchos may be the grandson of a famous Greek shipping magnate, but he can be found covering challengin...
Victor Garber on Stage and Screen
Victor Garber is a prolific actor and singer who seamlessly traverses theater, film, and television. He originated roles in iconic musicals such as “S...
From the Archives: Billy Joel
Recorded July 29th, 2012. Billy Joel has sold more records than The Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and Madonna—though the “rock star thing” is something h...
From Concert Hall to Cinema with Anthony Parnther
Anthony Parnther is a conductor, bassoonist, and music educator prominently known for his work conducting and playing for critically acclaimed film sc...
From the Archives: Activist Gianna Reeve on Starbucks’ Unionization
Against the backdrop of soaring stock prices and multi-million dollar executive packages, the labor movement is undergoing a resurgence. A Starbucks l...
Oskar Eustis Makes Theater for the People
Oskar Eustis is a theater director, dramaturg, and the current Artistic Director of the renowned Public Theater in New York City. Throughout his caree...
From the Archives: Mick Fleetwood Skates Back into the Charts
Mick Fleetwood is the drummer and a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, one of the most successful rock bands of all time. Fleetwood talks to Alec about...
Patrick Radden Keefe: From the New Yorker to the bookstore to the screen
Patrick Radden Keefe is a writer and investigative journalist known for books such as Chatter, Say Nothing, and The Snakehead. His work has been recog...
From the Archives: Marilu Henner Chooses Joy
Actress Marilu Henner is known for a lot of things, from her groundbreaking role as Elaine Nardo on Taxi to her New York Times bestselling books on he...
The music of Paul Williams goes on and on
Paul Williams is an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning composer, songwriter, and musician. He is known for writing and co-writing popular s...
From the Archives: Rory Kennedy Puts The Spotlight on Boeing
Rory Kennedy is a documentary filmmaker and the youngest child of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy. She is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning d...
60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft reflects on his acclaimed reporting career
Steve Kroft is a renowned journalist and former CBS correspondent for 60 Minutes, where he reported for 30 seasons. His investigative reporting garner...
From the Archives: Vanessa Williams: From Miss America to Miranda Priestly
There is bouncing back after adversity, and then there is: Vanessa Williams. The talented multi-hyphenate was only 21 years old when she became the fi...
American Ballet Theater’s Susan Jaffe, onstage and off
Susan Jaffe is a former ballerina who performed for 22 years as a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater. She is known for iconic roles suc...
From the Archives: Amanda Knox Navigates Labyrinths
Amanda knows about living inside other people’s preconceptions. When she was 22 years old, she was sentenced to 26 years in prison for a murder she di...
Jay McInerney: The Consummate New York Writer
Jay McInerney is a New York Times best selling author known for his breakout novel Bright Lights Big City. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 f...
From the Archives: Huma Abedin’s Sliding Doors
Huma Abedin has spent her entire career in public service, from her beginnings as an intern in First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office, to her time as sen...
Governor Gavin Newsom on California’s wildfires, economy, and future
Politician and businessman Gavin Newsom has served as the 40th governor of California since 2019. Prior to his governorship, Newsom was the lieutenant...