Father John Misty drummed and sang with the band Fleet Foxes. But his solo albums -- full of cynical, yet heartbreaking folk-rock songs -- have made him an indie star. The musician sings a little lobby music, destroys our live show set, and suggests you play perhaps one of the most offensive songs we've heard at your next gathering
Each week, we bring in guests to tell our listeners how to behave and we got a lot of help for our live show. Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Lena Waithe, and Father John Misty all squeezed together onto our interview couch-of-honor to answer etiquette questions from our audience. From the perfect place to break up to why it's so annoying to be an adult, our guests covered it all with wisdom... and a little absurdity.
Slate channeled Marcel the Shell to fill Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito shoes while Schwartzman played it straight in Ray Liotta's role as Henry Hill for a parody of the classic mobster film we'll call "Goodshellas."
Jenny Slate had appeared on TV shows like "Parks and Rec" and "Kroll Show." In 2014, she starred in the Sundance hit "Obvious Child," for which she won a Critics Choice award. She also co-created and performs the voice of the beloved animated internet star "Marcel The Shell With Shoes On." The comedian tells us about being the child of "art farts," her undying crush on Michael Dukakis, and the crazy circumstances that led her to find her canine companion.
You know Jason Schwartzman from a million things, but you probably first saw him playing Max Fischer in the movie "Rushmore." That was the first of his many collaborations with director Wes Anderson, which include "The Darjeeling Limited" and "Moonrise Kingdom." He's also starred in films from "I Heart Huckabees" to "Saving Mr. Banks." He gives us some behind-the-scenes insight on his Golden Globe-winning series "Mozart in the Jungle" and reveals how a public radio legend gave him his big break in "Rushmore."
Shereen Marisol Meraji, who reports on race issues for NPR's "Code Switch" team, breaks down the clunky and corny ways politicians have been trying to court Latino voters. She also shares the story of one man's quest to get back at the British Board of Film Classification by making them watch paint dry for 607 minutes. Yes, really.
Watch below as the "Mad Men" and "Chi-Raq" actor shares a soup-er corny icebreaker, which aired during our Midwinter Revue in Los Angeles in January. She chatted with Brendan about her role in "Chi-Raq."
Hear disco godfather Nile Rodgers' tale of the birth of "Le Freak," then wash it down with a very chic cocktail.
Writer Amber Sparks has earned two Pushcart Prize nominations for her fantastical, offbeat stories. The New York Times just praised her "singular voice." She has a new collection of short stories called, "The Unfinished World And Other Stories," which hits bookshelves on January 25. She shares a piece with us from the collection called, "And The World Was Crowded With Things That Meant Love."
When do you make a clean break and when do you just fade away? Our resident experts answer that a few more listener questions on hosting in-laws and more.