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SubwayTakes but longer. Also, it’s podcasts. A co-creation of Kareem Rahma and Andrew Kuo. In partnership with Talkhouse Network.

SubwayTakes Uncut with Kareem Rahma

Podcast

Charlize Theron Defends Her 5 Most Controversial Takes

Benjamin Wagner’s new documentary feature, <a href="https://www.friendsandneighbors.mov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friends &amp; Neighbors,</a> which addresses the current mental health crisis by “looking for the helpers” in post-pandemic America, is now streaming on PBS and is also available on video on demand on Apple and Amazon. Made his Wagner Brothers filmmaking partner and brother, Christofer, Friends &amp; Neighbors was inspired by Benjamin&#8217;s <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friends-neighbors/id1534821326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast of the same name</a> in which he speaks with CEOs, artists, authors and athletes about cultivating depth and simplicity in complex times. Benjamin also researched, wrote, voiced, scored, produced and co-directed the brothers’ 2012 PBS documentary, Mister Rogers &amp; Me, which explores the roots of TV icon Fred Rogers&#8217; values, unmasks the forces acting against depth and simplicity, and helps viewers develop the means to lead deeper, simpler lives.

Benjamin Wagner

Film

Why I Stopped Running Away (and Made a Documentary About It)

939. – Chris & Jason

770: Tacos, Tortas, Tamales, Tostadas: Jorge Gaviria & Fermín Núñez on Mexico’s Street Food Canon

Green Card with Esther Zuckerman

769: From Lucky Peach to the New York Times Bestseller List with Rachel Khong

Raised in the Austrian Alps, Brooklyn-based filmmaker G. Anthony Svatek crafts films that probe humanity&#8217;s fractured relationship with the natural world. Specializing in documentary and experimental film, Svatek&#8217;s work has screened at the New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Visions du Réel, DOC NYC, and beyond. His debut feature, Humboldt USA (2026), plays at <a href="https://movingimage.org/event/humboldt-usa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Look</a> at the Museum of the Moving Image on May 2. His other work includes Testudo Hermanni (2023, sixpackfilm), and Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (2023), narrated by Tilda Swinton, and .TV (2018). He has also collaborated as editor on Contractions (2024, New York Times OpDocs, dir. Lynne Sachs) and as associate producer on Little, Big, and Far (2025, New York Film Festival, dir. Jem Cohen). Working under his production company Kulturfolger Productions, Svatek has directed and produced commissions for BBC World News, New York Magazine, and the New York State Parks Department. He serves on the Advisory Council at UnionDocs in Brooklyn.

G. Anthony Svatek

Nothing to Prove and No Deadlines to Meet

768: Alicia Kennedy on the Power of Memoir and Martinis

Judy Collins

938. – Chris & Jason

Arnaud Desplechin is one of the most acclaimed directors in world cinema, whose new film, <a href="https://kinolorber.com/film/two-pianos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Two Pianos</a>, starring François Civil and Charlotte Rampling, is in theaters through Kino Lorber from May 1. He became the cen­tral fig­ure of young French cin­e­ma thanks to sev­er­al of his early films, includ­ing My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argu­ment (1996) and Esther Kahn (2000). In 2004, Desplechin com­plet­ed Kings &amp; Queen with Emmanuel Devos and Math­ieu Amal­ric, both a crit­i­cal and com­mer­cial hit, with Math­ieu Amal­ric notably win­ning the César for Best Actor. In 2008, he cast Cather­ine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Rous­sil­lon in his dra­mat­ic com­e­dy A Christ­mas Tale and in 2013 went to the Unit­ed States to shoot Jim­my P.: Psy­chother­a­py of a Plains Indi­an, reunit­ing with his favorite actor Math­ieu Amal­ric, along­side Beni­cio del Toro. In 2016, he won the César for Best Direc­tor for My Gold­en Days. Desplechin went on to stage a suc­cess­ful pro­duc­tion of August Strindberg’s The Father at the Comédie-Française, fol­lowed by Tony Kushner’s Angels in Amer­i­ca. (Photo by Marie Rouge / Unifrance.)

Arnaud Desplechin

Three Great Things: Arnaud Desplechin

Michael Imperioli is an actor and the singer/songwriter/guitarist for the New York-based rock band ZOPA. ZOPA’s new record Diamond Vehicle is out now.

Michael Imperioli

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Talkhouse Podcast

Bill Callahan Talks with Michael Imperioli on the Talkhouse Podcast

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