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Smart Funny TorturedJonathan CapehartPaul sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jonathan Capehart to talk about being black, gay, finding the gray, and the day when America was as close as it ever was to realizing its national ideals.Jonathan Capehart is anchor of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on MSNBC. He is also an opinion writer and editorial board member of The Washington Post, where he hosts the “Cape Up” podcast and anchors Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” and a commentator on “The PBS Newshour.”Follow Jonathan Capehart on Instagram: @CapehartJFollow Jonathan Capehart on Twitter: @Capehart...
2021-09-0349 minSmart Funny TorturedPaul WilliamsPaul sits down with Paul Williams to talk about never not being starstruck, three decades of sobriety and why his heart is the fullest it has ever been.Paul Williams is one of the most beloved and respected music creators in the world today. A lyricist and composer who has won an Oscar Award, three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and earned induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, his songs, from “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “You and Me Against the World” to “An Old Fashioned Love Song,” “Let Me Be the One” and “The...
2021-07-1438 minSmart Funny TorturedApril WinchellApril Winchell has experienced about seven different lifetimes, each one funnier - and up until now - more tragic than the last. The one she lives now is her best life, and she has a hilariously biting perspective on how she got there. The daughter of a famous Dad, April found her own success as an award-winning advertising industry star and acclaimed voice actor. She was also a prolific satirist, L.A. radio personality and monumental hot mess. But today, her creativity and happiness come not from just a very different place, but a far healthier one.
2021-06-2356 minSmart Funny TorturedRob Paulsen on depression and the redemptive power of cancer and cartoonsRob Paulsen is one of Hollywood’s busiest, most talented, and most passionate performers who specializes in the art of voice acting, a career that has earned him a Daytime Emmy, three Annie Awards, and a Peabody. He is the voice of Pinky from “Pinky and the Brain”, Yakko from “Animaniacs”, Raphael from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", just to name a few. His accolades and “sunny disposition” stand in stark defiance to the battles he has waged and triumphed over. From a crushing bout of depression at 54 years old to the diagnosis of stage 3 metastatic throat cancer, Rob remains one of the nic...
2021-06-0958 minSmart Funny TorturedGeorge Hahn on sobriety, tenacity and Cary Grant's suitPaul sits down with the charming and ascendant George Hahn to talk about sobriety, tenacity and Cary Grant's suit.George was recently featured in the New York Times and given the designation of “Urban Raconteur.” Spot on considering how the satirist, humorist, sartorialist, minimalist, bicyclist, urbanist, humanist, soloist and coffee elitist is becoming essential viewing on social media with his hilarious and intimate live-streamed morning walks through Central Park with his dogs. But what made this podcast so rich and meaningful was the discussion around George’s 19 years of sobriety. Where he was at the turn of the cen...
2021-05-2153 min