Best Clint Stewart Podcasts (2025)

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What Resistance Means to Governor J. B. Pritzker 27:08

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Few Democratic officials have been more outspoken in opposition to the Trump Administration than J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. He seems almost to relish antagonizing Trump, who has suggested Pritzker should be in jail. Meanwhile, ICE and Border Patrol have targeted Chicago, and elsewhere in Illinois, with immigration sweeps more aggress…

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The Parent Trap (1961) 1:40:19

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RMR 0341: Special Guest, Ainslie Casswell, joins your hosts, Rebecca Davis and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit The Parent Trap (1961) [G] Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance Staring: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ruth McDevitt, Crah…

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Episode 67: #066 Paul Turley 1:10:58

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Paul Turley was a promising swimmer that landed in prison because of a fatal error. Found resilience and a path forward with time spent in solitude. A new career in mining and also teaching young and individuals in general what to do when presented with risk and channelling the right decision before it’s too late. Timestamps added below if you want…

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From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives” 44:27

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The New Yorker contributing writer Heidi Blake has been investigating a new story for the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark. This season is about one of the most notorious crimes in modern British history: the Whitehouse Farm murders, in which five members of a family were killed at a rural estate in England in the mid-nineteen-eighties. J…

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Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump 46:22

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Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”—when Stewart was merciless in his attacks on George W. Bush’s Administration—these are much more challenging times for late-night comedians. Jimmy Kimmel nearly lost his job over a r…

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Sleepy Hollow (1999) 1:27:06

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RMR 0338: Join your hosts, Chad Robinson, Bryan Frye and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Sleepy Hollow (1999) [R] Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson , Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Wa…

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It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse 21:36

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“Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define an entire moment,” the columnist Kyle Chayka writes, in a review of Cory Doctorow’s book “Enshittification.” Doctorow, a prolific tech writer, is a co-founder of the tech blog Boing Boing, and …

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Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control 28:19

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Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, “White Teeth,” twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those who aren’t familiar with Smith’s work outside of fiction are missing out. As an essayist, in The New Yorker and other publications, Smith writes with great nuance about culture, technology, gentrificatio…

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The Lost Boys (1987) 1:43:16

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RMR 0337: Special Guest, Ellis Wilder, joins your hosts, Chad Robinson, and Lizzy Haynes for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit The Lost Boys (1987) [R] Genre: Horror, Comedy Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Alan Frog, Brooke M…

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Richard Linklater on His Two New Films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague” 21:11

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Richard Linklater is one of the most admired directors working today, and yet moviegoers may admire him for very different things. There are early comedies such as “Slacker” and “Dazed and Confused”; there’s the romance trilogy that started with “Before Sunrise,” starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; and the crowd-pleasers like “School of Rock” and…

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Queen of the Damned (2002) 1:48:09

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RMR 0336: Special Guest, Rebecca Davis, joins your hosts, Bryan Frye, Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Queen of the Damned (2002) [R] Genre: Horror, Mystery, Fantasy Starring: Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Aaliyah, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann, Lena Olin, Christian Manon, Claudia Black, Bruce Spence, Matthew Newton, …

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How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target 29:26

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The swiftness and severity with which the Trump Administration has tried to impose its will on higher education came as a shock to many, not least university presidents and faculties from Harvard to U.C.L.A. But for conservatives this arena of cultural conflict has been a long time coming. The staff writer Emma Green has been speaking with influent…

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John Carpenter Picks Three Favorite Film Scores 12:25

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The filmmaker John Carpenter has a whole shelf of cult classics: “They Live,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York,” “Halloween,” and so many more. And while he hasn’t directed a new movie in more than a decade, Carpenter has continued working in the film industry, composing scores for other directors (Bong Joon Ho recently approached him about a hor…

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Audition (1999) 1:55:48

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RMR 0335: Join your hosts, Chad Robinson, Bryan Frye and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Audition (1999) [R] Genre: Horror, Mystery, Drama Starring: Ryô Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Toshie Negishi, Ren Ôsugi, Shigeru Saiki, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuriko Hirooka, Fumiyo …

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Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump 48:19

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Next month, New York City may elect as its next mayor a man who was pretty much unknown to the broader public a year ago. Zohran Mamdan, who is currently thirty-three years old and a member of the State Assembly, is a democratic socialist who won a primary upset against the current mayor, Eric Adams, and the former governor Andrew Cuomo, who was tr…

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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song 30:41

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A Conservative Professor on How to Fix Campus Culture 26:02

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Robert P. George is not a passive observer of the proverbial culture wars; he’s been a very active participant. As a Catholic legal scholar and philosopher at Princeton University, he was an influential opponent of Roe v. Wade and same-sex marriage, receiving a Presidential medal from President George W. Bush. George decries the “decadence” of secu…

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Event Horizon (1997) 1:50:29

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RMR 0334: Special Guest, William Hunter, of HunterWick Productions, joins your hosts, Chad Robinson and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Event Horizon (1997) [R] Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Psychological Horror Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones,…

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Caberet (1972) 1:40:00

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RMR 0333: Special Guest, Mark Gardner, joins your hosts, Bryan Frye and Chad Robinson for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit This Is Where I Leave You (2014) [R] Genre: Musical, Tragedy, Romance, Period Piece Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita,…

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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure 43:58

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The Political Scene’s Washington Roundtable—the staff writers Jane Mayer, Susan Glasser, and Evan Osnos—discuss how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’s politics. They are joined by Hardy Merriman, an expert on the history and practice of civ…

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Rocky (1976) 2:07:19

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RMR 0332: Special Guest, Katie Geilenkirchen, of the Retromade Podcast, joins your hosts, Lizzy Haynes, and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Rocky (1976) [PG] Genre: Drama, Sports Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Thayer David , Joe Spinell, Jimmy Gambina, Bill Bal…

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Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party 50:02

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The author and podcaster Ezra Klein may be only forty-one years old, but he’s been part of the political-culture conversation for a long time. He was a blogger, then a Washington Post columnist and editor, a co-founder of Vox, and is now a writer and podcast host for the New York Times. He’s also the co-author of the recent best-selling book “Abund…

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The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books 11:38

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Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “Passing for Human.” Like many of her forebears at the magazine, Finck has also published works for children, and her recent book, “Mixed Feelings,” explores the ways that emotions are oft…

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Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger? 37:32

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“The Constitution gives the states the power to set the time, place, and manner of elections,” the election lawyer Marc Elias points out. “It gives the President no [such] power.” Yet, almost one year before the midterms, Donald Trump has called for a nationwide prohibition on mail-in voting, an option favored by Democrats, as well as restrictions …

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Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante 17:39

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Kevin Young is the poetry editor for The New Yorker, and the author of many books of his own poetry. His newest work, “Night Watch,” focusses on death, while also drawing upon his wide view of history, from the end of slavery in the U.S. to Dante’s seven-hundred-year-old poem “The Divine Comedy.” Young tells David Remnick that Dante actually played…

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How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster 38:27

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For decades, the United States backed efforts to achieve a two-state solution—in which Israel would exist side by side with the Palestinian state, with both states recognizing each other’s claim to contested territory. The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha, representing Palestine, and Robert Malley, an American diplomat, played instrumental roles in…

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This Is Where I Leave You (2014) 1:38:05

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RMR 0331: Special Guest, Rebecca Davis, joins your hosts, Bryan Frye and Chad Robinson for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit This Is Where I Leave You (2014) [R] Genre: Dramedy, Comedy, Drama Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant, Dax Shepard, Deb…

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Ex Machina (2014) 1:48:12

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RMR 0330: Special Guest, Nathan Lutz, joins your hosts, Bryan Frye and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Ex Machina (2014) [R] Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson Directed by: Alex Garland Recorded on 2025-08-06…

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Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override” 28:27

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Jeff Tweedy is best known as the front man of Wilco, the rock band he formed in Chicago in 1994. In recent years, he’s been working more often as a solo artist, putting out records under his own name as well as a memoir and essays on songwriting. Amanda Petrusich sat down with the singer-songwriter to talk about “Twilight Override,” which comes out…

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Episode 66: #065 Bronwyn Penhaligon 1:35:33

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Bronwyn Penhaligon is a psychotherapist that helps individuals and business's strategically implement intervention strategies for burnout, anxiety, imposter syndrome, procrastination, conflict and boundary settings. How to set goals and have a clearer path of direction and also bring in clinical hypnotherapy if necessary. Timestamps added below if …

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Anna Wintour Embraces a New Era at Vogue 39:30

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Speculation, analysis, and commentary circulated all summer, after the announcement, in June, that Anna Wintour would step back from her role as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue. This changing of the guard is uniquely fraught, because Wintour’s name has become nearly inextricable from the magazine, to a degree almost unknown today. And, as New…

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Lilo and Stitch (2002) 1:35:34

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RMR 0329: Special Guest, Rebecca Davis, joins your hosts, Chad Robinson and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Lilo and Stitch (2002) [G] Genre: Animated, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama, Comedy Starring: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Zoe Caldwell, Jason S…

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Fred Armisen on “100 Sound Effects” 18:11

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The comedian Fred Armisen has a thing for sound. He’s a former punk musician and a master of accents, and he is now releasing a new album of sound effects. “I was lamenting that there aren’t sound-effects albums in our lives as much,” he tells Michael Schulman. “I feel like they just used to exist more or they were more present. . . . And instead o…

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Donald Trump’s War on Culture Is Not a Sideshow 31:56

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The term “culture wars” is most often associated with issues of sexuality, race, religion, and gender. But, as recent months have made plain, when Donald Trump refers to the culture wars, he also means the arts. He fired the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which Republicans want to rename for him. His Administration fir…

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How Extreme Heat Affects the Body 17:17

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The Korey Stringer Institute, at the University of Connecticut, is named after an N.F.L. player who died of exertional heatstroke. The lab’s main research subjects have been athletes, members of the military, and laborers. But, with the extreme heat wrought by climate change, even mild exertion will put more and more of us in harm’s way; in many pa…

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How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America 32:43

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Donald Trump is the most tech-friendly President in American history. He enlisted social media to win office; he became a promoter—and beneficiary—of cryptocurrency, breaking long-standing norms around conflicts of interest; and, in his second term, he brought Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest tech baron, to the White House, to disrupt the federal …

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Night of the Hunter (1955) 1:51:21

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RMR 0328: Join your hosts, Lizzy Haynes, Bryan Frye and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Night of the Hunter (1955) [PG] Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film Noir Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Jeremy Piven, Mitchell Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Benny Ur…

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A Palestinian Journalist Escapes Death in Gaza 26:43

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Mohammed R. Mhawish was living in Gaza City during Israel’s invasion, in the immediate aftermath of the October 7th attack. He witnessed the invasion for months and reported on its devastating consequences for Al Jazeera, The Nation, and other outlets. After his home was targeted in an Israeli strike, which nearly killed him, he fled Gaza. In The N…