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Boris Yeltsin and Me

Matteo Liberatore (Molto Ohm) on capitalist abundance and how we need "to move away from a system that... eats away at our only planet."

February 26, 2026

On Weapons and Trumpism

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin explores the parallels between Zach Cregger's new box-office hit and what's happening politically in the U.S.

August 26, 2025

Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) and Miki Berenyi (Lush) Have a Lot In Common

The artists talk Miki’s memoir, the idea of victimhood, losing friends over support for Palestine, and much more.

August 7, 2025

Tim Kinsella and Coffin Prick Make It Entertaining

The friends talk new hats, secret Trump supporters, their new records, and more.

May 30, 2025

David Harrington (Kronos Quartet) and Mary Kouyoumdjian Want to Create Fun

The collaborators talk humor in “serious music,” activism through music, and their new record Witness.

May 20, 2025

A Uniquely American Story: My Winter 2025

Bill Morrison chronicles being an Oscar nominee, the death of his mother and political turmoil at the start of a tumultuous year.

March 14, 2025

How Kamala Harris Could Beat Trump By Using Barbie’s Playbook

Writer-director Onur Tukel has a novel idea for how the Democratic presidential nominee could claim victory in November.

July 26, 2024

The Fight for Democracy: A Texas Story

Former policy advisor Sarah Labowitz, who produced the new documentary TEXAS, USA, on uprooting her life to fight for American democracy.

October 3, 2023

How Severance Perfectly Parallels the Absurd Speakership Debacle

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin unpacks the uncanny echoes of TV’s best show she found in Kevin McCarthy’s bumbling bid for power.

January 12, 2023

Revisited: How the World Became Wellesian

Mark Cousins, whose new film March on Rome just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, on how Orson Welles was a man ahead of his time.

September 6, 2022

Tiller Russell Talks with Kevin Willmott on the Talkhouse Podcast

The man behind The Night Stalker chats with Oscar-winner Willmott about race, politics, duality, collaborating with Spike Lee, and more.

September 30, 2021