Singer-songwriter Jann Arden reflects on her lifelong attraction to music ahead of her induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at this year’s Juno Awards. Our online columnist Elamin Abdelmahmoud unpacks YouTube’s major investment into esports and how it could impact other live-streaming platforms such as Twitch. Musicologist Kyle Devine explains how vinyl records are negatively impacting the environment — and why digitally streaming music isn’t a better alternative. Actor Antonio Banderas talks about working on the film Pain and Glory with his long-time friend and collaborator, Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar.
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by longtime friend and Knicks fan Brian Koppelman to discuss the state of the Knicks, Steve Mills’s departure, the possibility of Masai Ujiri taking over, and more (2:27). Then Bill sits down with Wesley Morris of The New York Times to make Oscar picks and discuss 2019 movies (32:05). Finally, Bill talks with actress Claire Danes about acting as a child, some of her past work including ‘My So Called Life,’ ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ and ‘Little Women.’ They also discuss the final season of ‘Homeland,’ premiering February 9 (1:04:12).
On the Gist, Donald Trump slurred his way through the State of the Union.In the interview, Mike talks with public education advocate Diane Ravitch about her most recent book, Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools. They discuss why she left the “dark side” of advocating for charter schools, and why schools should stop testing the children to death.In the spiel, the acquittal of Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the Gist, the Iowa caucuses was created to disenfranchise babysitters.In the interview, Mike talks with NPR’s Steve Inskeep about his new book, Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War. They discuss the ways in which the Frémonts navigated their world, and the modern currents found in their story.In the spiel, the Iowa caucuses were a mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DL Mullen started her first writing business at 18. Since then, she’s continued to create concepts around words with the hope of changing the world one word at a time.Reset talks to the author and editor about her latest endeavor in West Town.
With the development of increasingly smart artificial intelligence and lots more cameras spread around than ever before, we have reached a critical point in the US and other countries where governments can easily track everyone, everywhere, all the time. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
A woman is hoping to find a monogamous partner who is also kinky. But when she puts the word “kinky” in her profile she gets flooded with ridiculous pervs. How can she filter out the clueless horndogs? Hear the very unpleasant tale of a gay couple who venture to an older man’s apartment for a hook-up, only to find there were many more men there than promised. Why was this gentleman so dishonest? Aren’t older men supposed to be supportive mentors for up and coming young ‘mos? On the Magnum, Dan speaks with super-duper smart writer Peggy Orenstein, (author of Girls and Sex) about her new book- Boys and Sex. She and Dan discuss how boys both suffer from and then perpetuate the culture of toxic masculinity. If you have a kid with a penis, you should listen to this one. A man is ordained to marry people through one of those mail-in certificates. His sister has asked him to perform her marriage ceremony. But her fiancé is a lying, coke addled, no-good drunk! How can he bless this mess? 206-302-2064 or voicemail@savagelovecast.com The Savage Lovecast is brought to you by Dame Products: a woman-founded sex toy company. Visit to check out Eva- the hands-freevibrator. This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. They make it easy to build a website or blog. Give it a whirl at and if you want to buy it, use the code Savage for a 10% off your first purchase. This episode is brought to you by . Get 50% off just about any item, plus free shipping when you enter the offer code “Savage”.