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Hollywood's in free fall, and David Poland's got the play-by-play. Phil and Ted sit down with the veteran film critic for a candid, funny, occasionally brutal look at how the old studio model is colla…

Hollywood's in free …

Hollywood's in free fall, and David Poland's got the play-by-play. Phil and Ted sit down with the veteran film critic for a candid, funny, occasionally brutal look at how the old studio model is collapsing under the weight of Streaming, YouTube, and a creator Economy nobody saw coming this fast. Festivals Dying. Theaters emptying. Studios panicking. It's all here, and it's a lot more entertaining than it has any right to be.Along the way: the industry's long, weird history of cycling between doom and reinvention (spoiler: this isn't Hollywood's first near-death experience), the never-ending fi…

Phil and Ted sit down with Lisa Graves — author of the bestseller Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights — to ask the q…

Phil and Ted sit dow…

Phil and Ted sit down with Lisa Graves — author of the bestseller Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights — to ask the question nobody in a robe wants to answer: who bought the Supreme Court, and what did they get for their Money?Spoiler: dark money, billionaire puppet strings, and a decades-long plan to gut your rights one ruling at a time. Lisa names names, connects the dots, and lays out exactly how we got here — and what's still on the chopping block, from voting rights to climate regulation to the rule of la…

Phil and Ted sit down with Lisa Graves — author of the bestseller Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights — to ask the q…

Phil and Ted sit dow…

Phil and Ted sit down with Lisa Graves — author of the bestseller Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights — to ask the question nobody in a robe wants to answer: who bought the Supreme Court, and what did they get for their money?Spoiler: dark money, billionaire puppet strings, and a decades-long plan to gut your rights one ruling at a time. Lisa names names, connects the dots, and lays out exactly how we got here — and what's still on the chopping block, from voting rights to climate regulation to the rule of la…

The new voices of Bugs Bunny and Mr. Potato Head walk into a podcast. Phil and Ted are ready.Jeff Bergman is the new Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 5 — and the current voice of Bugs Bunny and the enti…

The new voices of Bu…

The new voices of Bugs Bunny and Mr. Potato Head walk into a podcast. Phil and Ted are ready.Jeff Bergman is the new Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 5 — and the current voice of Bugs Bunny and the entire Looney Tunes universe, following in the giant footsteps of Mel Blanc and Don Rickles. His wife, playwright and vocal powerhouse Carla Delaney-Bergman, is right there with him. Together they unpack the invisible art of voice acting — how you honor a legend, become a character, and make a plastic potato feel like a soul. Funny, fascinating, and a little bit Looney.Takeaways:The episode features…

Not Insane! Firesign Theatre, Psychedelic FM Radio, and the Comedy That Rewired Your BrainBefore the internet taught us to layer memes inside memes inside memes, four guys in Los Angeles were doing it…

Not Insane! Firesign…

Not Insane! Firesign Theatre, Psychedelic FM Radio, and the Comedy That Rewired Your BrainBefore the internet taught us to layer memes inside memes inside memes, four guys in Los Angeles were doing it with reel-to-reel tape, and it changed everything.Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt sit down with Cornell professor Jeremy Braddock — author of Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.If you're a Bozo on this bus, you're in for fresh treats. If you've never heard of Firesign Theatre, the future is now! Their surrealist comedy has influenced hip hop DJs, Stev…

Twenty thousand Ukrainian kids — ripped from their families, shipped into Russia, renamed, re-educated, erased. And some of their parents are slipping behind enemy lines to get them back.Dr. Olga Po…

Twenty thousand Ukra…

Twenty thousand Ukrainian kids — ripped from their families, shipped into Russia, renamed, re-educated, erased. And some of their parents are slipping behind enemy lines to get them back.Dr. Olga Popel, President of the Southern California Holodomor Genocide Committee, has seen this playbook before. Russia didn't invent the erasure of Ukrainian identity — it perfected it. From the engineered famine that killed millions to the drone wars reshaping the front lines today, she traces the through-line of imperial brutality that Ukraine keeps refusing to accept.And here's what the headlines buri…

What does it take to build a subway under one of the most car-obsessed, earthquake-prone, politically tangled cities on Earth? Turns out: a lot of explosions, a few sinkholes, and an almost heroic tol…

What does it take to…

What does it take to build a subway under one of the most car-obsessed, earthquake-prone, politically tangled cities on Earth? Turns out: a lot of explosions, a few sinkholes, and an almost heroic tolerance for bad faith.Phil and Ted climb aboard with Ethan Elkind — Climate Policy Director at UC Berkeley Law and author of The Fight for Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City — to trace L.A.'s wild transit saga from the forgotten golden age of electric streetcars, through the smoggy spiral of buses, automobiles, and gridlock engineered by some very powerful, very shady interests, …

What do a Moscow sitcom and a Romanian punchline have in common? John Vorhaus has probably written both. A comedy writer, author, and globe-trotting laugh merchant, John has spent decades teaching the…

What do a Moscow sit…

What do a Moscow sitcom and a Romanian punchline have in common? John Vorhaus has probably written both. A comedy writer, author, and globe-trotting laugh merchant, John has spent decades teaching the world to be funny — including Russia, which got its own version of Married With Children. (We have questions. John has answers.)His book, The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not, is basically a Swiss Army knife for humor — and Phil and Ted are putting it to the test. Tune in for a crash course in what makes humans laugh, why some jokes fly in Tel Aviv but bomb in Brisbane, and t…

House lights down. Phones down. There's a human on stage — and apparently, that still matters. Turns out the wild, improbable comeback of live theater is being led by the generation everyone assumed…

House lights down. P…

House lights down. Phones down. There's a human on stage — and apparently, that still matters. Turns out the wild, improbable comeback of live theater is being led by the generation everyone assumed was glued to a screen. Nike Doukas of the Antaeus Company makes the case — passionately and persuasively — for the unrepeatable experience that no phone, no stream, no home theater system can touch. The stage is alive. Nike, Phil and Ted dive into the vibrant world of Los Angeles theater, exploring the meaning and importance of classic plays in our modern world. Nike shares insights about the…

The Moon is having a moment — and Phil and Ted are all over it. Space journalist and author Leonard David joins the show to unpack Artemis 11's triumph, space travelers returning forever changed, NA…

The Moon is having a…

The Moon is having a moment — and Phil and Ted are all over it. Space journalist and author Leonard David joins the show to unpack Artemis 11's triumph, space travelers returning forever changed, NASA's earthly headaches and brain drain, and China's Taikonauts racing to claim lunar Real Estate. Oh, and why did Edward Teller — father of the hydrogen bomb — carry a brick in his briefcase? We have answers. Strap in for a fascinating, funny, and genuinely out-of-this-world conversation.Takeaways:The Artemis 11 mission is a pivotal moment in the renewed space race, particularly with China's a…

M. L. Liebler is an internationally recognized Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist, and arts organizer.M.L. blends his poetry with music, collaborating with Al Kooper, Country J…

M. L. Liebler is an …

M. L. Liebler is an internationally recognized Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist, and arts organizer.M.L. blends his poetry with music, collaborating with Al Kooper, Country Joe, and Charles Bukowski, among others. And he went bowling with Ken Kesey in Detroit at Kesey’s request.His just-released book, "Hound Dog: A Poet’s Memoir of Rock, Revolution & Redemption,” is about growing up in Detroit and discovering the world through his Love of music.M.L. took his Motor City grit to Afghanistan, where, under heavy U.S. military protection, he spread artistic joy t…

Emmy-nominated comedy writer and comedian Debbie Kasper talks about her one-woman show, Monkeys on My Back and Everywhere Else — part confession booth, part stand-up set, and 100% unforgettable. Deb…

Emmy-nominated comed…

Emmy-nominated comedy writer and comedian Debbie Kasper talks about her one-woman show, Monkeys on My Back and Everywhere Else — part confession booth, part stand-up set, and 100% unforgettable. Debbie takes us on a wild ride through growing up in 1950s and 60s New Jersey, navigating a household where white-collar alcoholism was a hobby, her own battle with addiction, the gladiatorial sport of writing for Roseanne Barr, and the heartbreaks and hard-won healing in between. It's raw, it's hilarious, it's gut-punching — and it might just inspire you to finally own who you actually are.Takeawa…