Episodes

March 21, 2024

Memories of Melanie: A friend shares fun times with the singer

Melanie Safka's hit song about roller skating didn't reflect her rich talents and history. Get the real story from her lifelong friend, photographer Maddy Miller (Plus: a never-heard Melanie interview)

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Feb. 23, 2024

The Funniest Movie You Never Saw

Why should you watch Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson in 1967's long-lost comic gem The Tiger Makes Out? Their daughter Katherine helps us explain.

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Jan. 27, 2024

Invasion of the Swedish Death Cleaners

The hosts of Peacock TV's The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning give us a lesson about life as we laugh about death and try to reduce my possessions. And then -- surprise! -- there are tears.

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Jan. 6, 2024

Olympic Figure Skating: Meg's Rink-side Adventures

As a director for network TV sports, Meg Streeter Lauck saved treasures that hold memories of Olympic figure skating, meeting teenage Dorothy Hamill, mourning 9/11, and other major moments. Can she toss any of it?

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Dec. 19, 2023

Diana Ross: Three Crazy New York Nights

What came with VIP access to Diana's '80s concerts? Well, chatting with Andy Warhol, stalking Richard Gere, dancing with Diana at 1:30 AM -- and getting very wet

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Nov. 10, 2023

Theresa Rebeck on Her Broadway Play, I Need That

With Danny DeVito and his daughter Lucy starring in her play about our favorite topic, Theresa tells us how she cast them, why she wrote it, what she saves, and what she tosses

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Oct. 20, 2023

2Pac's 1991 Interview: Kindness and Rage

Tupac Shakur talks about his violent arrest for jaywalking; his Black Panther family; Hollywood hypocrisy; and his program for poor urban kids. Plus, special guests discuss his contradictions (explicit)

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Sept. 29, 2023

Dance great Martha Graham: Hear This Genius at 95

Helen Keller’s friend, Hitler’s defier, Woody Allen’s teacher – the dancer who jolted America with moves you now see on TV, movies and music videos told me great tales in 1989.

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Aug. 19, 2023

How I Blew It at the Movie Premiere for Tootsie

As Dustin Hoffman, Andy Warhol, and Diana Ross watched, did I ruin Bill Murray's night at the 1982 premiere party? Former SNL writer Tom Gammill helps us decide.

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July 21, 2023

John Flansburgh: They Might Be Giants Memories

With help from They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, it's time to toss treasures that I saved after writing the band's first 1985 review in People Magazine.

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Jan. 9, 2023

Three Interviews: Cronin, Basquiat and Barris

Hear the 1984 interview tape with this random trio: REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Gong Show host Chuck Barris

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Dec. 28, 2022

Surprise! Shocking Twists in a Family Tree

A 45-year-old tape recording about family ancestry leads to revelations about a kidnapped rabbi, a Johnstown drowning, and Joe Biden's junior high baseball team

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Dec. 17, 2022

Kiefer Sutherland's Very First Interview

In 1983, 16-year-old Kiefer Sutherland met me in Nova Scotia to discuss his first big movie role. Hear how he felt about actor dad Donald -- and how I messed up my People Magazine article.

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Nov. 26, 2022

Perfect Match, Part 1: A Kidney Transplant Tale

Many brushes with death, years on dialysis, and three kidney transplants followed my wife Cindy's lupus diagnosis at 15. Inspired by saved items, we tell the rollercoaster tale of our intertwined lives and challenges.

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Nov. 26, 2022

Perfect Match, Part 2: A Kidney Transplant Tale

When my wife Cindy's health declined after two kidney transplants, how would she find a third organ donor? The answer -- which involves my 33-year error -- could make you believe in miracles.

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Nov. 5, 2022

Gangsta rapper Eazy-E: My Compton Interview [Explicit]

Compton's rap mogul and NWA founder Eazy-E hanging out with me? Unlikely. But it happened in 1991. Hear Dr. Dre (former Yo! MTV Raps co-host) explain Eazy's huge cultural impact, then hear Eazy's candid interview.

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Nov. 5, 2022

Gangsta rapper Eazy-E: Our Final Meeting [Explicit]

Rap mogul Eazy-E's death from AIDS complications in 1995 was a shock. Hear reactions at the time from Wu-Tang's Method Man and others. Plus, hear my 1992 talk with Eazy while driving in Compton during the L.A. riots. (Part 2 …

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Sept. 30, 2022

Novelist Joseph Kanon and His Sneaky Assistant

When bestselling spy novelist Joseph Kanon was a book editor and I was his assistant, I secretly sent letters pretending to be the boss. Until the Brooke Shields incident. Listen as Joe learns what really happened in 1979.

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Sept. 3, 2022

High School Poet: Donna Murphy Gets Literary

Broadway? Movies? TV? That's nuthin'. Stage and screen actress Donna Murphy first found fame on the high school literary magazine. Listen as she reads poems by herself and others 50 years later -- and get a big surprise.

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Aug. 13, 2022

Flashdance's Jennifer Beals: My 1983 Interview Tape

When 19-year-old Jennifer Beals enrolled at Yale – after starring in 1983's Flashdance -- she couldn't escape a People Magazine interview with me. Listen in as I replay her patient response to my ridiculous cringe-worthy mistakes.

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May 30, 2022

Joni Mitchell's Wonderful Tales - 1985 Interview (Part 2)

Joni talks about meeting Jimi Hendrix, why Jack Nicholson missed his musical cameo, and why she failed piano lessons. Plus, she recites a 7th grade poem. (Part 2 of 2)

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May 28, 2022

Joni Mitchell: Our Day Together in 1985

For my People Magazine interview, Joni talked about flunking high school, Woodstock, Bob Dylan, her Chelsea apartment, poetry, painting, and much more. Do not ask me to toss those tapes. (Part 1)

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May 28, 2022

Intro: Why Do We Save Things? Can We Throw Them Out?

I do my best to justify to co-host Sally Libby why many of us feel the urge to save things. But after telling her about treasures from my days as a PEOPLE magazine reporter, there's no escape. Something gets shredded.

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May 28, 2022

Podcast Trailer: I Couldn't Throw It Out

It ain't gonna be easy to throw out never-shared interviews with Joni Mitchell, Kiefer Sutherland and Eazy-E. Can they be tossed? Get a preview.

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