Best Ben Winkler Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 615: Henry Winkler, Illeana Douglas, Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh

6d ago

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Henry Winkler talks about being the Fonz, his connection to Milwaukee and HBO’s ‘Barry.’ Also, actress Illeana Douglas on her love affair with Connecticut movies. And Mark Mothersbaugh on how DEVO predicted de-evolution fifty years ago.

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Episode 614: Gary Gulman, Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch,’ Why Tammy Wynette Matters

13d ago

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Comedian Gary Gulman on what it was like growing up awkward in the ‘80s. TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz takes us behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s 2021 film, “The French Dispatch.” And artist Steacy Easton makes the case for why country singer Tammy Wynette matters.

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Episode 613: Greg Proops, Reggie Watts, Myriam Gurba

20d ago

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Comedian Greg Proops talks about his hilarious album, ‘French Drug Deal.’ Also, comedian and musician Reggie Watts shares his memories of growing up in his memoir, ‘Great Falls, Montana.’ And Myriam Gurba on her thrilling, no-holds-barred essay collection, ‘Creep.’

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Episode 701: Nadirah Simmons, George Pelecanos, The Blues Brothers

27d ago

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This week on BETA, hip-hop historian Nadirah Simmons highlights the game-changing ladies that made history in pop music. And one of crime fiction's greatest writers, George Pelecanos, talks aout his most autobiographical work yet. And journalist Daniel de Visé on the history of The Blues Brothers.

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Episode 612: Aparna Nancherla, ‘Telemarketers,’ ‘Sucker’

1M ago

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Comedian Aparna Nancherla talks about her battle with impostor syndrome. Also, “Telemarketers” director Sam Lipman-Stern gives us the lowdown on the shady side of the business. And Daniel Hornsby on his scathing Silicon Valley novel, 'Sucker.'

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Episode 624: Zach Woods, Steph Tolev, Scott Guild

1M ago

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This week on "BETA," actor and comedian Zach Woods on his pitch-perfect NPR parody, “In the Know.” Also, comedian Steph Tolev on being filthy and funny. And Scott Guild on his multimedia novel, "Plastic."

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Episode 611: Sarah Rose Etter, murder ballads, Walter on Walter: ’48 Hrs’

2M ago

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Sarah Rose Etter talks about her surreal novel, ‘Ripe.’ Also, visual artist Kristine Potter shares the haunting reality behind murder ballads. And film critic Walter Chaw returns for another installment of ‘Walter on Walter.’ Today, he talks about Walter Hill’s film, ’48 Hours.’

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Episode 623: Moshe Kasher, Sloane Crosley, Tommy Orange

2M ago

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This week on "BETA," Comedian Moshe Kasher on being a "Subculture Vulture." Also, Sloane Crosley explores love, loss and grief. And "There There" author Tommy Orange on his long-awaited followup, "Wandering Stars."

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Episode 610: Greg Marshall, Ben Purkert, ‘King on Screen’

2M ago

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Greg Marshall talks about his memoir, 'Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It.' Also, novelist Ben Purkert asks the question, 'What do our jobs do to our souls?' And we look at Stephen King films with 'King on Screen' director, Daphné Baiwir.

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Episode 622: Billy Dee Williams, M.D. Dunn on Bruce Cockburn, Ed Park

2M ago

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Legendary actor Billy Dee Williams talks about his lifetime in the arts and his landmark roles (including his famous turn as Lando in "Star Wars"). Also, author M.D. Dunn on the life and career of Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. And Ed Park talks about his mind-bending novel, “Same Bed Different Dreams.”…

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Episode 102: Robert D. Kaplan 27:15

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“The Greeks knew that many problems have no solution,” journalist Robert D. Kaplan says on this episode of The World in Time, about his inspiration for writing “The Tragic Mind.” “They knew that leaders and people in their daily lives often face only bad choices. And yet the world at the same time is beautiful. The Greeks could admit a beautiful wo…

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Episode 101: Elizabeth Winkler 47:42

9M ago47:42

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“Among Shakespeare scholars,” journalist Elizabeth Winkler writes at the beginning of “Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies,” “the Shakespeare authorship question—the theory that William Shakespeare might not have written the works published under his name—does not exist; that is, it is not permitted. As a consequence, it has become the most …

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#202 - Ben Zittlau, CTO at Parakeeto.com (Hiring: Senior Data Engineer; based in Canada)) 30:38

10M ago30:38

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Ben is currently looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Parakeeto team. Parakeeto is based in Canada so the applicant would preferably be based in Canada. This is a remote role and a very unique role for someone that would like to learn the skill set of being a technical cofounder. While this isn't a cofounder role, you would be working sid…

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Episode 100: Jared Yates Sexton 27:55

1y ago27:55

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“When you start looking at deeper, more accurate history,” writer Jared Yates Sexton says in this episode of The World in Time, “you start to realize that a lot of what we have learned through conventional history—and this is in public education, best sellers, documentaries, and television shows—a lot of the history that we have gotten is actually …

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Episode 99: Ben Jealous 36:58

1y ago36:58

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This week on the podcast, Lewis H. Lapham speaks with Ben Jealous, author of Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing, about Jealous’ personal history and his career, and how both inform what he makes of our current moment.By Lapham’s Quarterly

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Episode 98: Edward Achorn 35:24

1y ago35:24

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“I think the mood in 1860 would have a haunting familiarity to people today,” Edward Achorn says at the start of this episode of The World in Time, discussing the setting of “The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History.” “The politics in the country seemed to have broken down. People were talking at each other. They w…

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#201 - Chris Rathgeb, CTO at CureMint.io 1:03:25

1+ y ago1:03:25

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In this episode, Chris, CTO at Curemint.io shares his experiences and lessons learned from starting multiple businesses, including a game cheats business, an iPhone app store business, and an agency for weed companies. He discusses the challenges he faced, such as refusing bitcoin as payment and the difficulties of getting an app on the App Store. …

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Episode 97: Stacy Schiff 45:13

1+ y ago45:13

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“I think that I started the book,” historian Stacy Schiff says of “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,” “with this thirst for somebody who—I’ve just been writing about the Salem witch trials for many years. And I was looking for someone who had the courage of his convictions, to stand up and take an unpopular stand, which is something that takes a ver…

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Episode 96: Adam Hochschild 42:01

1+ y ago42:01

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“If there was one thing that I would want people to take away from American Midnight,” Adam Hochschild says on this episode of The World in Time, “it’s the idea that democracy, despite all the different checks and balances and the separation of powers and whatnot written into our Constitution more than two hundred years ago, is fragile. It can easi…

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Episode 95: Andrea Wulf 36:29

1+ y ago36:29

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“For most of my adult life, I have been trying to understand why we are who we are,” Andrea Wulf writes at the start of “Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self.” “This is the reason why I write history books. In my previous books, I have looked at the relationship between humankind and nature in order to understand wh…

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Episode 94: Kermit Roosevelt III 37:23

1+ y ago37:23

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“We’re at a moment now,” Kermit Roosevelt III says of our national mythology on this episode of The World in Time, “where the standard story isn’t working for us anymore. And I think in part it’s not working for us because it actually teaches us bad lessons. It teaches us that violent revolution against the national government, treason against the …

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Episode 93: Aaron Sachs 19:52

1+ y ago19:52

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“These are indeed dark times,” Aaron Sachs, author of Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times, says at the start of this episode of The World in Time. “And as a historian, I’ve been wondering my whole professional life how these dark times compare to other dark times…I feel like it’s my job as a historian t…

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#147 - Brian Scott, CTO at ClearHello 39:41

2y ago39:41

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Brian is a proven expert in business and emerging technology. A successful entrepreneur, he has created and managed many companies that are disruptors in their fields, with a passionate focus on customer experience. He has a practical, holistic management style that embraces the fact that happy, motivated employees deliver customer value, and that …

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Episode 92: Olivier Zunz 30:40

2y ago30:40

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“Tocqueville’s deepest belief,” historian Olivier Zunz writes at the beginning of “The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville,” “was that democracy is a powerful, yet demanding, political form. What makes Tocqueville’s work still relevant is that he defined democracy as an act of will on the part of every citizen—a project …

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Episode 91: Leo Damrosch 37:33

2y ago37:33

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“There have been a number of biographies of Casanova, but the time is overdue for a biography of a different kind,” writes Leo Damrosch at the start of “Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova.” “He was the first to tell his own story, in a massive autobiography entitled “Histoire de Ma Vie”…The word histoire can mean ‘story’ as well as …

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Episode 90: Eric Jay Dolin 44:55

2y ago44:55

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During the American Revolution—and in all the years since—many believed that “privateering was a sideshow in the war,” writes Eric Jay Dolin in “Rebels at Sea.” “Privateering has long been given short shrift in general histories of the conflict, where privateers are treated as a minor theme if they are mentioned at all. The coverage in maritime and…

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Episode 89: Richard Cohen 43:10

2y ago43:10

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“When Herodotus composed his great work,” Richard Cohen writes at the start of Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past, “people named it The Histories, but scholars have pointed out that the word means more accurately ‘inquiries’ or ‘researches.’ Calling it The Histories dilutes its originality. I want to make a larger claim about thos…

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Episode 88: Andrew S. Curran 42:49

2y ago42:49

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“In 1739 the members of Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences met to determine the subject of the 1741 prize competition,” historians Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran write at the beginning of “Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race.” “As was customarily the case, the topic they chose was constr…

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Episode 87: Peter S. Goodman 35:56

2y ago35:56

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“Davos Man’s domination of the gains of globalization,” journalist Peter S. Goodman writes in “Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World,” “is how the United States found itself led by a patently unqualified casino developer as it grappled with a public health emergency that killed more Americans than those who died in World War I, World W…

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Episode 86: Oliver Milman 32:50

2y ago32:50

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“A world without insects would be a particularly horrifying, grim place,” environmental journalist Oliver Milman tells us on the latest episode of The World in Time, “and certainly not a place we would want to live in—and indeed it wouldn’t be a place we would be able to live in.” This week on the podcast, Lewis H. Lapham speaks with Oliver Milman,…

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#146 - Joshua Crumbaugh, CTO at PhishFirewall 31:56

2y ago31:56

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Joshua Crumbaugh is an engaging and internationally respected cybersecurity subject matter expert, author, and keynote speaker. During Joshua‘s ethical hacking career, he has never encountered a single network that could keep him or his teams out. He has also accomplished many impressive social engineering feats, such as: talking his way into bank …

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Episode 85: Roosevelt Montás 32:24

2y ago32:24

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“In my sophomore year of high school, I came upon a remarkable book in a garbage pile next to the house where we rented an apartment in Queens,” scholar Roosevelt Montás writes at the beginning of “Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation.” “It was the second volume of the pretentiously bound H…

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