Podcast Episodes
286: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America Part Two
Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is part two of a two-part episode; part one can be found here! What We Discuss with Jack Barsky: We continue Jack Barsky’s story that began in episode 285. Make sure […]
VIEW EPISODE285: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America Part One
Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is part one of a two-part episode; part two can be found here! What We Discuss with Jack Barsky: What Jack Barsky’s childhood was like in postwar East Germany. The stickiness […]
VIEW EPISODE284: Should I Secretly Test My Kid’s Paternity? | Feedback Friday
While doing a little Facebook stalking recently, you noticed that photos of your wife’s ex-boyfriend’s youngest look suspiciously like your own youngest. You’re thinking about discreetly having your kid take a paternity test, but you’re honestly not sure what you’d do if the results confirmed your suspicions. So what should you do? We’ll try to […]
VIEW EPISODE283: Brian Koppelman | How to Make Billions
Brian Koppelman (@BrianKoppelman) is a writer, filmmaker, producer, and director. He’s currently the showrunner, co-creator, and executive producer of Billions on Showtime and the host of The Moment podcast. What We Discuss with Brian Koppelman: Law school is an expensive (but not completely useless) place to learn life lessons. How do you know when you’ve […]
VIEW EPISODE282: Ken Perenyi | The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Ken Perenyi is a former art forger who spent 34 years creating fake paintings that passed muster among the experts in the world’s major auction houses and galleries. He comes clean to tell us how he got away with it in his book Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger. What We […]
VIEW EPISODE281: My Wife Thinks I’m Hiding Money | Feedback Friday
Your shopaholic wife spends like there’s no tomorrow, and is irked that you won’t add her to the account for the business you’ve been running since before you were married. In fact, she loves to gain sympathy from others by telling them you’re hiding money away from her — which irks you. But one practical […]
VIEW EPISODE280: Sarah Hill | This Is Your Brain on Birth Control
Dr. Sarah Hill (@sarahehillphd) is a leading researcher in the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of evolutionary psychology, and the author of This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences. What We Discuss with Dr. Sarah Hill: How hormonal birth control affects women — […]
VIEW EPISODE279: Dennis Quaid | Sharks, a Bear, and a Banjo
Dennis Quaid has been a Hollywood leading man for decades, fronts a band called The Sharks, and now stars in a new scripted musical podcast called Bear and a Banjo. [Featured photo by Ryan Hartford of Ecliptic Media] What We Discuss with Dennis Quaid: Whether or not getting rejected for a coveted job in Hollywood ever […]
VIEW EPISODE278: My Mother Lied about Our Father’s Death | Feedback Friday
When you were kids, you and your brother moved to the other side of the country with your mother and stepfather not long after your parents divorced. You never saw your father again, and believed your mother when she said that he and his mother — your grandmother — had died. Fast forward to now. […]
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