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Tribeca + This week, Beck and Shai recap an unforgettable few days at the Tribeca Film Festival. They share their reactions to two standout music documentaries: “Noga” and “Sara Bareilles: Good Grief”, discussing the moments that stayed with them long after the credits rolled. To wrap things up, Lily jumps in with a roundup of the movies she's recently watched—and they couldn't be more different. This episode is packed with festival highlights, fresh recommendations, and plenty of movie talk.  Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: The Red Tent Fund | HIAS | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Overcast. Play along with Friday Night Movie at home! Read the FNM Glossary to learn the about our signature bits (e.g., Buy/Rent/Meh, I Told You Shows, Tradesies, etc). Email us at info@p4tmedia.com or tweet @FriNightMovie, @pancake4table, @chichiKgomez, and/or  @paperBKprincess.  Follow our creations and zany Instagram stories @frinightmovie, @FNMsisters, and @pancake4table. Follow us on Letterboxd (@pancake4table) where we're rating every movie we've EVER watched.  Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter for exclusive giveaways and news! Theme music by What Does It Eat.   

Filmmaker drew inspiration from Philipstown Lily Weisberg, a 26-year-old filmmaker from New York City, has been directing and producing films in Philipstown since she was a student at Yale. Rare Birds, her most recent short film, was inspired by the natural beauty and "inherent intimacy" of rural Putnam County, she says. She spent many summers in Garrison, riding Metro-North from the city to attend camps at The Depot Theater. Her parents moved to Philipstown while she was in college. Weisberg's 10-minute film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 5 and will be shown again today (June 12) and Saturday. "It's a festival I've dreamed about having a movie in as long as I've been making movies," she said. In the film, a serial klutz named Jerry (Tony Macht) risks losing his job at a local antique store. "He's like a bull in a China shop," Weisberg said, with a laugh. "He obviously should not be working in an antique store." Jerry is also a camp counselor, and one of the campers, 12-year-old Candice (Zoe Ziegler), is a frequent visitor. She is determined to get Jerry fired so the friends can spend more time together. Their relationship, says Weisberg, is "the kind that can only really exist in a small town. They're both these oddball characters, but they're united because they are similar and from the same place." The film was shot at Bowen Barn, a shop in Stanfordville, but Weisberg and her team scouted antique stores in and near Philipstown and Beacon. "We used what we saw in our set design," she said. "I liked the idea of creating this sort of cocoon for them —a cozy, dark antique store where everything's fragile, but it's kind of desolate." Weisberg directed two previous short films, Studio 210 (2021) and Working Summer (2024), at her parents' home. Her mother's studio and gardens served as inspiration for the former, in which an aspiring artist spends a summer at his friend's mother's studio. "I wanted to make something that used all of this beauty that she'd created," said Weisberg of her mother, Deborah Needleman, a basketmaker. Achieving small-town authenticity has its challenges. Child labor laws limited how long Ziegler could be on set, and the Bowen Barn contains many fragile items that required caution when moving cameras and lights. On the plus side, "the energy is just so good with a crew that lives and works in the Hudson Valley," said Weisberg. "People are happy because they're surrounded by nature and beauty. "The fact of just loving a place comes through in a movie," she says. "I want to work in places that I love and have a relationship to." Rare Birds will be screened in New York City today (June 12) at 8:30 p.m. at Spring Studios (50 Varick St.) and on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. at AMC 19th St. East 6 (890 Broadway). See tribecafilm.com/films/rare-birds-2026. For Weisberg's earlier films, see dub.sh/weisberg-films.

Roberta Smith is the exemplar of popular art criticism. For almost four decades, Smith was a familiar voice on the arts pages of the New York Times, serving for many of those years as co-lead art critic. Both feared and revered, she is known above all for close looking, precise description, and a style that's accessible but serious. In 2019, she won the Rabkin Award for Lifetime Achievement. Smith moved to New York in the late 1960s, studying at the Whitney's Independent Study Program and meeting her first mentor, the sculptor Donald Judd. In the early 1970s, she worked at the Museum of Modern Art and Paula Cooper Gallery, then began writing for various art magazines. In the 1980s, she began writing for larger audiences at the Village Voice, and then for the Times starting in 1986. Smith retired two years ago. This week, she is back because a film, called House of Criticism, about her and her husband, New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz, is making its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. Ben Davis took that as his cue to interview someone who has shaped the worlds of art-making and art-writing so deeply. Smith was nice enough to talk to him about her method, what she thinks people get wrong about the art world, and what she's looking at now.

Roberta Smith is the exemplar of popular art criticism. For almost four decades, Smith was a familiar voice on the arts pages of the New York Times, serving for many of those years as co-lead art critic. Both feared and revered, she is known above all for close looking, precise description, and a style that's accessible but serious. In 2019, she won the Rabkin Award for Lifetime Achievement. Smith moved to New York in the late 1960s, studying at the Whitney's Independent Study Program and meeting her first mentor, the sculptor Donald Judd. In the early 1970s, she worked at the Museum of Modern Art and Paula Cooper Gallery, then began writing for various art magazines. In the 1980s, she began writing for larger audiences at the Village Voice, and then for the Times starting in 1986. Smith retired two years ago. This week, she is back because a film, called House of Criticism, about her and her husband, New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz, is making its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. Ben Davis took that as his cue to interview someone who has shaped the worlds of art-making and art-writing so deeply. Smith was nice enough to talk to him about her method, what she thinks people get wrong about the art world, and what she's looking at now.

On this Wednesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid debriefs his night last night at the Tribeca Film Festival where Michael Rapaport's new documentary premiered, entitled Am I Cancelled Yet? In other news of the day, TIME magazine's “100 most influential people in sports” for 2026 list just dropped, President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said there may be a surge of ICE agents sent to New York City as a response to Gov. Kathy Hochul's policies regarding police departments cooperating with immigration officials, Democrat Nazi Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary for the United States Senate, President Trump says that Iran has taken too long to negotiate a peace deal and will now have to “pay the price," and the Knicks get ready for Game 4 of the NBA Finals tonight against the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. John Solomon, Peter King, Rick Scott & Sal Licata join Sid on this hump day installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We study Steven Spielberg's E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial for our MMO UFO (mini) series leading up to Disclosure Day. NON-SPOILER REVIEW - 4:53 M1's 1st Watch Memory & Does it live up to our childhoods? - 7:07 Development Backstory - 10:07 Reception: Box Office, Critical, Audience, Oscars Profile, etc - 14:59 Tremendous Child Actors Made This Movie Work - 17:25 Little Green Men & Men In Black Tropes - 22:04 Other Performance Reviews including the voice of E.T. - 28:41 Production Values featuring the illustrious John Williams - 32:50 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: 36:50 Bad Friends, but Relatable Families - 38:05 Adorable Meet Cutes, Language Barriers & Frogs - 48:56 Peter Pan Storytime & Halloween is a rough day for mom - 57:07 Gripes - 1:01:39 That Glorious Ending - 1:07:18 OUTRO: We continue to discuss our expectations for Disclosure Day. So yes, make sure to stay tuned to our feed for upcoming episodes on Disclosure Day, the Tribeca Film Festival, The Rock, Toy Story 5, Supergirl, Summer Oscar Bets, The Odyssey etc… etc..

Dating in the digital world feels nearly impossible, and for Kevin, it truly is.  In this episode, we dive into the UK-made comedy series "Patterns" focusing on Episode 4: Kevin's Series of Unfortunate Events, which is currently premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival!  Kevin (played by Jake Watkins) is a hopelessly earnest romantic whose optimism far outweighs his self-awareness. By day, he works as a school's Online Safety Salamander. By night, he subjects himself to a relentless series of disastrous dates, convinced that persistence alone will eventually lead to love.  His misadventures become a source of fascination for his colleagues: the confident, sharp-tongued school nurse Vera (Cecilia Noble) and geography teacher Dave Douglas (Ryan Sampson). But what Kevin fails to notice is that a genuine connection has been quietly forming much closer to home.  MEET THE CAST & CREATORS • Kevin (Jake Watkins - BBC's 'I Kissed a Boy'): A lovable friend whose life never quite works out, dreaming of a Hollywood career but stuck as a Safety Salamander. • Dave Douglas (Ryan Sampson - Sky's 'Mr Bigstuff', 'Brassic', ITV's 'Plebs'): An eccentric geography teacher with the best intentions who thinks he's "down with the kids." • Vera (Cecilia Noble - BBC's 'Killing Eve', Netflix's 'Black Mirror'): A no-nonsense school nurse who acts as Kevin's anchor with tough love and emergency sausage rolls. • Creator & Writer: Asad Moghal, who drew inspiration from a string of his own real-life dating disasters to create this sharply observed, character-driven comedy. • Director: Rex Glensy, an orchestral conductor turned entertainment lawyer and filmmaker (director of 'Hill of Vision'), representing production company Aurelia Pictures. INSIDE THE DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT "Everyone has had a disaster date... My goal as a director was to take a self-deprecating view of dating nightmares some of us might have had, so that at least we can laugh at ourselves instead of crying. The lead character, Kevin is all of us." Stay connected with me: https://www.chonacas.com/links/  

Very rarely, you'll watch a documentary, and think...how did he get that all on film? That was the case for me and the film MOUTH FULL OF GOLDS (2026) premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. It's about "grillz" -- the teeth attachments/implants and their cultural connection in New York City, Miami, Atlanta, and Paris.If that description sounds incredible, that's because the film is incredible. Director Lyle Lindgren joins for me the pod and traces his history from car salesman to his first film festival here in New York City.Grillz or not, you'll want to be on this ride.In this episode, Lyle and I talk about:the insular community of "grillz" and how he was able to make this film;how did he get into filmmaking -- it's an absolutely crazy story ("I always thought I'd be a car salesman");what his previous films taught him about making MOUTH FULL OF GOLDS;his many jobs on this set -- what jobs did he like the most and least?how they casted for this film and their philosophy for re-enactments;why Tribeca and what New York City means to him;how he approaches going to the festival as a producer versus coming from a working class background to his first film festival!;what's next for him.Indie Artist Highlight: Pouria KhojastehpayLinks:Follow Lyle On InstagramMONOMANIA Production Company

Survivor 50 Panel at The Tribeca Film Festival Survivor celebrates its 25th anniversary at the iconic Tribeca Festival, bringing fans and legends together to reflect on 50 thrilling seasons of blindsides, alliances, and changing gameplay. In this milestone panel, Jane Rosenthal (Academy Award-nominated producer and co-founder of Tribeca Festival) is joined by Survivor icons including Rob and a panel of recent castaways to break down just what has kept Survivor fresh, relevant, and captivating for a quarter century. The discussion dives deep into Survivor 50, with candid stories about evolving gameplay—from the old school ride-or-die alliances to today's fast-shifting strategies where betrayal might just forge your next big move. Rob sets the tone by highlighting the “tribe” at the heart of Tribeca, while Jane and others reveal how Survivor has become both an archive of human interaction and a mirror for social change. The castaways talk openly about the shortened 26-day format, what it feels like to return to “regular” life after the highs and lows of Tribal Council, and the challenge of keeping up in a world (and show) where attention spans are shorter, but the stakes feel bigger than ever. – How Survivor's social game has evolved from ruthless old-school loyalty to quick repairs and unexpected new partnerships – Rob's perspective on why being voted out still resonates so deeply with our basic human fears and desires – The impact of Survivor's increased representation—including calls for more blue-collar workers and trans women on the cast – Insights into the role of storytelling at Final Tribal: has ‘outwit, outplay, outlast' changed its meaning? – Jane Rosenthal and panelists discuss how Survivor moments—from hard-hitting social issues to unforgettable blindsides—continue shaping viewers and players alike As Survivor 50 continues to push boundaries, the panel raises questions about who will adapt and thrive in an era where gameplay, identity, and society overlap. Does forging new school alliances faster than ever pay off, or do classic Survivor instincts still win the day? Don't miss this rare look behind the scenes and at the heart of Survivor 50—listen in for stories, strategy, and what could happen in the next 50 seasons! Chapters: 0:00 Tribeca Festival Welcomes Jane Rosenthal 0:25 Jane Rosenthal Reveals Survivor Origin Story 2:36 Survivor Legends Join the Stage 3:30 Why Survivor Belongs at Tribeca 5:18 Survivor's Enduring Cultural Impact 6:28 Evolution of Survivor Over 50 Seasons 8:05 Shifting Game Strategies and Alliances 10:52 Technology and Studying Survivor's Past 15:23 Dream Survivor Twists and Innovations 20:08 Survivor's Impact on Personal Growth 26:10 Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Modern Meanings 39:03 Survivor Tackles Real Social Issues 49:51 Audience Q&A: Becoming a Contestant 51:40 Storytelling Tips for Survivor Auditions 54:38 Would Politics Ever Belong on Survivor? To order Rob’s book, The Tribe and I Have Spoken, visit www.robhasabook.com Never miss a minute of RHAP's extensive Survivor coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed WATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube SUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!

Survivor 50 Panel at The Tribeca Film Festival Survivor celebrates its 25th anniversary at the iconic Tribeca Festival, bringing fans and legends together to reflect on 50 thrilling seasons of blindsides, alliances, and changing gameplay. In this milestone panel, Jane Rosenthal (Academy Award-nominated producer and co-founder of Tribeca Festival) is joined by Survivor icons including Rob and a panel of recent castaways to break down just what has kept Survivor fresh, relevant, and captivating for a quarter century. The discussion dives deep into Survivor 50, with candid stories about evolving gameplay—from the old school ride-or-die alliances to today's fast-shifting strategies where betrayal might just forge your next big move. Rob sets the tone by highlighting the “tribe” at the heart of Tribeca, while Jane and others reveal how Survivor has become both an archive of human interaction and a mirror for social change. The castaways talk openly about the shortened 26-day format, what it feels like to return to “regular” life after the highs and lows of Tribal Council, and the challenge of keeping up in a world (and show) where attention spans are shorter, but the stakes feel bigger than ever. – How Survivor's social game has evolved from ruthless old-school loyalty to quick repairs and unexpected new partnerships – Rob's perspective on why being voted out still resonates so deeply with our basic human fears and desires – The impact of Survivor's increased representation—including calls for more blue-collar workers and trans women on the cast – Insights into the role of storytelling at Final Tribal: has ‘outwit, outplay, outlast' changed its meaning? – Jane Rosenthal and panelists discuss how Survivor moments—from hard-hitting social issues to unforgettable blindsides—continue shaping viewers and players alike As Survivor 50 continues to push boundaries, the panel raises questions about who will adapt and thrive in an era where gameplay, identity, and society overlap. Does forging new school alliances faster than ever pay off, or do classic Survivor instincts still win the day? Don't miss this rare look behind the scenes and at the heart of Survivor 50—listen in for stories, strategy, and what could happen in the next 50 seasons! Chapters: 0:00 Tribeca Festival Welcomes Jane Rosenthal 0:25 Jane Rosenthal Reveals Survivor Origin Story 2:36 Survivor Legends Join the Stage 3:30 Why Survivor Belongs at Tribeca 5:18 Survivor's Enduring Cultural Impact 6:28 Evolution of Survivor Over 50 Seasons 8:05 Shifting Game Strategies and Alliances 10:52 Technology and Studying Survivor's Past 15:23 Dream Survivor Twists and Innovations 20:08 Survivor's Impact on Personal Growth 26:10 Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Modern Meanings 39:03 Survivor Tackles Real Social Issues 49:51 Audience Q&A: Becoming a Contestant 51:40 Storytelling Tips for Survivor Auditions 54:38 Would Politics Ever Belong on Survivor? To order Rob’s book, The Tribe and I Have Spoken, visit www.robhasabook.com Never miss a minute of RHAP's extensive Survivor coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed WATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube SUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we chat with the filmmakers behind the movie 'Kingston' which premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival. At the prestigious Kingston College, paths collide between a first generation student, the son of a billionaire, a noncommittal situationship, and a Chinese professor. The semester will shake the identity of each, and of the university itself. Carlos Key (Writer-Director) is a 24-year-old filmmaker based in New York. Spending early childhood in China and Chile, he gained an early fascination with languages and cross-cultural narratives. He continued to develop this passion through filmmaking in the following years, and pursued East Asian Studies with a focus on Chinese at Columbia University. Carlos and his now long-term creative partner Kalijah Rowe met in their Seattle high school film club. Over the past eight years the duo have collaborated on over a dozen short films, with multiple screened at festivals including SIFF and NFFTY. Their most recent projects were the short film MARRIED TO THE GAME and the featurette MEMORIES OF MEAT, where they honed their directorial style in a longer runtime format. Now, the best-friends-turned-co-directors have completed their first feature-length film KINGSTON, where they seek to capture the trials, tribulations, and general absurdity of their generation's college experience. Kalijah Rowe (Writer-Director) Kalijah Rowe is a 24-year-old filmmaker currently based in New York. After feeling limited at his film school in Seattle, he left to develop his style on his own terms. Producing numerous experimental shorts and music videos independently, he consistently found himself drawn to imagery with a surrealist texture as a tool for expressing what words could not. Kalijah and his now long-term creative partner Carlos Key met in their Seattle high school film club. Over the past eight years the duo have collaborated on over a dozen short films, with multiple screened at festivals including SIFF and NFFTY. Their most recent projects were the short film MARRIED TO THE GAME and the featurette MEMORIES OF MEAT, where they combined their individual strengths into a style that is both introspective but also kinetic. Now, the best-friends-turned-co-directors have completed their first feature-length film KINGSTON, where they seek to capture the trials, tribulations, and general absurdity of their generation's college experience. Jenna Shen (Writer-Producer) Jenna Shen is a Beijing-born filmmaker currently based in New York. She is a rising senior at Columbia University double majoring in English and Film. Her approach to filmmaking blends academic inquiry with socio-cultural awareness, with a particular focus in low budget independent, international, and arthouse cinema. EVERYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW, the first short film she co-wrote, directed, and edited in high school, has been viewed more than 40K times online and continues to spark conversations around public education in China. In New York, she has been involved in numerous thesis projects from schools such as SVA, NYU Tisch, and Columbia School of the Arts. Some of her recent credits include co-writing and producing KINGSTON (selected to compete in the U.S. Narrative Feature category at the 2026 Tribeca Festival) and co-producing MASQUERADE (a BAFTA-Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant winner). PERFORMANCE, an experimental feature she assistant directed, is currently in post production. Host: Jamie Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The journey from Yugoslavia to New York City is a wild one, and filmmaker Branislav Jankic has been a keen observer along the way. Coming off a debut feature that was released at the height of COVID, Branislav is now at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival with a story about his wife called WHITE BELT (2026). The film traces the journey of supermodel Monika "Jac" Jagaciak from the runway to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). It's a tight, accomplished film that shows what he's learned about the process, and it was so cool for him to explain how he made such an exciting and personal film.In this episode, Branislav and I discuss:the tight runtime for this film and how he was able to condense so much into the film;how he got involved in filmmaking -- going from Yugoslavia, Germany, all the way to Tribeca;why he's able to tackle topics like " addiction, fetishism, and the complexities of identity";his debut feature, THE WITCH'S CAULDRON (2020), and what he learned from it;what WHITE BELT is about, in his words;why he didn't mention himself in the film and his advice for filming when you're married to the subject;why Tribeca and what's next for him.Links:Follow Monika On Instagram

My interview with Steven begins at 28 minutes Watch and Subscribe to 6 Questions with Steven Beschloss Read and Subscribe to Steven Beschloss Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor For more than four decades, Steven Beschloss has created award-winning stories, as a writer, journalist, editor and filmmaker. Consistent in this work is a passion for writing and a belief in the transformative power of story. As a writer and journalist -- from the U.S. and Europe -- his writing on international and urban affairs, politics, economics, education, art and culture has been published by The New Yorker,  The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, Smithsonian, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Parade Magazine, National Geographic, The Economist Intelligence Unit and dozens of other print and online outlets. He's been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, selected Journalist of the Year in Virginia, and honored with a magazine writing award by the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He is the author of the narrative book, The Gunman and His Mother: Lee Harvey Oswald, Marguerite Oswald and The Making of an Assassin, a bestselling Amazon Kindle Single and newly updated and published by Open Road Media. He is also the co-author of Adrift: Charting Our Course Back to a Great Nation (Prometheus Books), a featured guest on MSNBC, Fox Business and NPR, and he writes and publishes America, America, a popular Substack newsletter focused on politics and society, democracy and justice. Beschloss is also an adjunct professor at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He was previously a professor of practice at Arizona State University, where he founded and directed the Narrative Storytelling Initiative and worked at the College of Global Futures and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. At ASU, he also led narrative development, serving under the president's office. In addition to his work as a journalist, writing and editing for magazines and newspapers, Beschloss has taken on various roles as a scriptwriter, producer and director for film and television. His projects have included documentary and fiction films for European television, such as The Miracle, shot in Saint Petersburg, Russia, for the French-German ARTE channel and first screened at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. In 2003, he co-wrote and co-produced Paris, a noir thriller shot in Los Angeles and Las Vegas that premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival, was acquired by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, sold to more than 20 countries, and aired for nearly two years on the Showtime movie channels. A Chicago native and married father of two daughters, Beschloss has lived and worked in New York, London, Helsinki, Moscow and Los Angeles.  He is a graduate of Haverford College, earned his master's degree at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalis On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Listen rate and review on Apple Podcasts Listen rate and review on Spotify Pete On Instagram Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on Twitter Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo All things Jon Carroll  Buy Ava's Art  Subscribe to Piano Tuner Paul Paul Wesley on Substack Listen to Barry and Abigail Hummel Podcast Listen to Matty C Podcast and Substack Follow and Support Pete Coe Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing

For Episode 495, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Will Mavity, and Tom O'Brien, as we discuss what's been happening so far at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, along with the films we've seen. For this week's poll question, for the release of Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" this weekend, we're asking everyone: "Which Is Your Favorite Steven Spielberg Sci-Fi Film?" and reveal the winner of last week's poll question tied to the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, "Which Films From The 2026 Tribeca Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "The End Of Oak Street," "By Any Means," "How To Rob A Bank," "Fall 2: Deadpoint," "Onslaught," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, subscribing, and supporting us. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iconic New York City red carpet interviewer George Whipple has a rich and surprising backstory – and it goes beyond his show-stopping eyebrows. George Whipple and director Adam Paul Verity discuss the new documentary, “Whipple's World,” where the tables are turned and George becomes the subject. The film premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage: NY 1 entertainment reporter George Whipple interviews Elmo at the 7th Annual Only Make Believe Gala at Millennium Hotel's Hudson Theatre on November 5, 2007 in New York City. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this week's trip through the Mind of the Meanie, The Blue Meanie and Adam Barnard talk Knicks, 3PW,  Sam Roberts, Tribeca Film Festival, plus #AskMeanie!Mind of the Meanie is an official Brand Partner of WWE Shop! Click this link here to shop WWE Shop and support your favorite WWE Superstar today: https://wwe-shop.sjv.io/eK26drGet 25% OFF your entire order using promo code MEANIE at GreenRoads.com - Own The Day with Green Roads CBD and Wellness Products!For more information and exclusive updates, follow Mind of the Meanie on Social Media.Website | Facebook | Twitter | InstagramBECOME AN OFFICIAL POD SQUAD MEMBER: www.Patreon.com/mindofthemeanieAbout The Blue Meanie: Since 1994, Brian Heffron, known to wrestling fans as "The Blue Meanie", has been one of the most fun loving and mischievous characters in wrestling. He's been in ECW, WWE, various independent wrestling promotions and several independent films. He is perhaps best known for his comedy and wrestling parodies with the bWo, KISS, Col. DeMeanie, Sir Meanie, The Fabulous Ones and BlueDust. Now, he meaniesaults into the world of streaming audio, sharing his experiences in and out of the ring as well as his views on the world of professional wrestling and anything else he is passionate about.About Adam Barnard: Adam Barnard is a photographer, podcaster, and an award winning writer from Downingtown, PA. Since 2019, he has hosted Foundation Radio, a weekly podcast series with new episodes every Tuesday, focusing on in depth conversations and interviews. Since 2025, Adam has been a writer, contributor, and interviewer for TheSportster for interviews and live results coverage. Adam brings his unique perspective and incredibly dry sense of humor to Mind of the Meanie each week.Hosts/Executive Producers: The Blue Meanie and Adam BarnardEngineer: Carl PannellExecutive Voice: Sam KreppsIntro music: Swamp CandlesOutro music: ChikaraMusical Accompaniment: Enrichment A Butts Carlton Media Production. Butts Carlton, Proprietor.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mind-of-the-meanie--6219755/support.

A Black man watching his Austin neighborhood get priced out from under him. A jazz musical. And a Texas filmmaker who took that story all the way to Tribeca.We sat down with writer and director Alejandro Hendricks at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival to talk Airport BLVD — a jazz-infused, bittersweet love letter to East Austin and the Black community being erased by the city's transformation.Alejandro gets into what it meant to build this story around the displacement of Black Austinites, how he crafted a full musical on a Lo-Fi budget, what it took to get an independent Texas film into the U.S. Narrative Competition at one of the world's biggest film festivals, and why the stories that hit closest to home are the ones worth going all the way for.Airport BLVD is now in competition in the U.S. Narrative Competition at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, presented by OKX. The Last Shot Podcast is powered by Last Shot Media Group Holdings — independent Black-owned media out of Dallas, TX, Orlando, FL, and New York City, NY. New conversations every week on film, music, and culture that matters. Subscribe wherever you listen Connect with the Film:Instagram: ⁠@airportblvdfilm⁠ Website: ⁠https://airportblvdfilm.com/ Connect with UsInstagram: ⁠@lastshotmediagroup⁠Facebook: ⁠Last Shot Media Group⁠Tribeca Film Festival Coverage:⁠Articles/Reviews/Schedules⁠⁠LSMG Quick Links/Coverage

It's all about animation and Tribeca Film Festival this week on BEHIND THE LENS! And not just any animation, but world premiere animation shorts – DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS and ROAR, both animated gems led by filmmakers with a Pixar pedigree – animation editor SARAH AFFLECK and writer/director JESSE WEGLEIN, respectively. First up, we're gonna roar with writer/director/editor/dp/and songwriter JESSE WEGLEIN and his beautiful short ROAR! ROAR follows a neurodivergent young girl with selective mutism who, after being uprooted from Tokyo to San Francisco, must navigate a chaotic new culture and an isolating silence by transforming her internal K-Pop soundtrack into a vibrant visual language to find her place—and her new roar. Then, more animation goodness for you from animation editor SARAH AFFLECK and DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS. DEAR UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS is the fantastical and all-too-relatable story of one woman's epic battle against her noisy neighbors for a good night's sleep. As I told Sarah Affleck, this short from director Connie He could directly pertain to my condo neighbors, and I'm betting some of your neighbors, too! This is one high-energy, FUN, short film! http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

In anticipation of The Odyssey's release, we're traversing the course of Christopher Nolan's career and plotting his signature hallmarks along the way. Plus: the box office-shattering success of Backrooms and Obsession, and the AI movie showing at Tribeca Film Festival. References Christian Zilko's IndieWire articleNolan's 60 Minutes interview The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan by Tom ShoneIf you love what we do, please like, subscribe and leave a review!Produced and edited by Lily Austin and James BrailsfordOriginal theme music by James BrailsfordLogo design by Alfie GarlandFollow us: Instagram, TikTok & LetterboxdEmail us: groovymoviespod@gmail.comWebsite: groovymoviespod.co.uk

She wrote it. She directed it. She starred in it. And she got it into Tribeca.We sat down with Isabel Lamers at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival to talk KAYA — the short film she built from scratch about a young Filipino woman fighting for a spot on a professional martial arts team where nobody was holding the door open for her.Isabel breaks down what it took to carry every role on this film, why this story had to be told through a Filipino lens, the reality of betting on yourself when the industry doesn't hand you opportunities, and what it actually feels like to premiere your work at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.KAYA is now screening in the Shorts competition at Tribeca 2026 in New York City, presented by OKX.

On today's episode of Female Gaze: The Film Club, Morgan recently spoke with filmmaker Sophia Takal and producer Stephanie Roush about their upcoming film, “Act One” which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. “Act One” follows high school senior Hannah who, after failing to be cast in the school drama, seeks out acting classes, much to her mother's dismay. Hannah stumbles upon Act One taught and run by Melanie, an alluring acting teacher. As Hannah joins the group, she straddles the line between finding herself and losing herself. “Act One” is psychological thriller with a coming of age story at the heart of it, and it's anchored by some brilliant performances. “Act One” premieres on June 10th (Judy Garland's birthday), with additional screenings on June 12th and June 13th. You can find more information at the Tribeca Film Festival website HERE. You can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

This episode of Dope Interviews features a thoughtful conversation with Asante Blackk, Malia Pyles, and director Ty Molbak about their Tribeca Film Festival short film You Tryna Say You Love Me.The trio discusses the emotional themes at the center of the film, including grief, love, vulnerability, identity, and the ways people struggle to communicate what they're truly feeling. Ty explains the inspiration behind the story, while Asante and Malia share how they built trust, chemistry, and emotional authenticity throughout the filmmaking process.A deep conversation about relationships, healing, and the power of being seen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dope-interviews--5006633/support.Follow Dope Interviews on X: https://www.twitter.com/dope_interviewsFollow Warren Shaw on X: https://www.twitter.com/thewarrenshawFollow Warren on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thewarrenshawRock "Dope Interviews" gear: https://19-media-group.myspreadshop.comLooking to book a vacation? Our travel partner Exquiste Travel & Tours has you covered: Call 954-228-5479 or visit https://exquisitetravelandtours.com/Discover our favorite podcast gear and support the show—shop our studio must-haves on our Amazon Affiliate page! https://www.amazon.com/shop/19mediagroupWant to join the conversation or invite us to your platform? Connect with us and share your vision (budget-friendly collaborations welcome)!  https://bit.ly/19Guest

It's a jam-packed show, Screamers. We look at the new horror films Backrooms, and Hokum, as well as discussing horror, in general, and this new crop of directors. We discuss the A.I. controversy at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, and Martin Scorsese's place in A.I. history. We wrap up by talking about Robert Altman's 1974 under-seen gem, Thieves Like Us. Enjoy the show. Support Why Does the Wilhelm Scream Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram and threads @whydoesthewilhelmpod  Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club and Reel House screenings and events at reelhousefoundation.org and @fortworthfilm Support the next generation of film lovers at reelhousefoundation.org and on facebook reelhousefoundation Artwork by @_mosla_

In this special bonus episode, Morgan had the honor of speaking with Steph Herold, MPH, a Research Analyst and lead researcher of the Abortion Onscreen team (AHSIRH) who is featured in the upcoming documentary, "Hollywood Does Abortion." Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, “Hollywood Does Abortion” interrogates how abortion is depicted and discussed in film and on television. Steph has over 15 years of experience in the reproductive health rights and justice fields. She has won several awards including the Rosie Jimenez Award from the Women's Medical Fund. On top of that, Steph has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publication and grey literature papers focusing on abortion onscreen, abortion stigma, and self-managed abortion. Steph is a subject matter expert featured in “Hollywood Does Abortion.” Morgan and Steph discuss the research Steph has worked on and talk about depictions of abortion in media. “Hollywood Does Abortion” premieres on Sunday, June 7th with additional screenings on June 8th and June 10th. For more information, check out the website HERE. You can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

In this episode, Jared & Stephen discuss the sale of Leica, the possible DEMISE of GoPro, if you should be posting on Instragram or YouTube as a content creator, how an AI-generated feature film is being shown at the Tribeca Film Festival & more! Text us with any thoughts and questions regarding this episode at 313-710-9729. This is RAWtalk Episode 199!

In this bonus episode of Female Gaze: The Film Club, Morgan is joined by director Aisling O'Regan Sargent to discuss her film, "His House, Home," which will be screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.  The film follows Luke, a closeted young man who is caring for his father with MS. Soon, Luke must confront his fears of coming out after a queer healthcare worker enters their lives. As a side note, in my past life, I went to school for therapy and worked in social work, and this film really struck me in on it not only balances Luke's struggles with his queer identity, but with how it displays the complexity of one's identity has as a caregiver. The film has its first screening on June 6th, with additional screening June 13th and June 14th. For more information, please visit the Tribeca Film Festival website HERE. You can follow AislingInstagramYou can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

New film chronicles longtime celebrity reporter For three decades, George Carroll Whipple III, who lives in a castle atop a hill in Philipstown, has been a beloved staple of 24-hour cable channel NY1. With his trademark eyebrows, the entertainment reporter would snag the attention of passing red-carpet celebrities and was such a fixture he was parodied on Saturday Night Live. And next weekend, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, a documentary about his life, Whipple's World, will premiere. When director Adam Paul Verity proposed the film several years ago, Whipple demurred. "I said, 'That is a very stupid idea because nobody would be interested in my life,' and even though I'm sort of a public person, I'm an extremely private person." Verity persisted, and Whipple participated, but says he doesn't have immediate plans to see the 78-minute film. "I can't watch myself," he says. "But, somehow, Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal took it into the Tribeca Film Festival [which they founded following 9/11], which was extremely gracious and kind of them." How did a prep school (Choate) and Ivy League (Columbia) grad become a paparazzo and entertainment reporter in signature Brooks Brothers suits? Blame Andy Warhol. The two met at Studio 54. "He always had that Minox camera," Whipple says. "He said to me, 'Take pictures of your friends, George. It's very important.' Andy realized it was a gilded youth and a very unusual time. So I started photographing my friends, and I did that for a decade while I was practicing law." After a decade as a photographer for publications like Playboy, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine and Town & Country, Whipple enrolled at New York University's film school. His student film, he says, was terrible. "I decided I'd report on movies instead of making movies," he says. Whipple digitized his 30 years of celebrity interviews for The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio). He considers them part of the history of New York City. Whipple's World follows him to Putnam County, where his family has farmed for generations. Today, he's on the board of directors and specializes in employment law at Epstein Becker Green. His Whipple Heritage Conservation Foundation preserves endangered North American livestock breeds. "When I grew up here, we used to have to stop on the way home, and the cows would cross the road," he says. "Those days are gone, but I would like to have children in the next generation to at least be able to glimpse farm life." Another family foundation, Preserve Putnam County, protects historic buildings and landscapes. He has been hands-on with one landmark: Castle Rock, where he lives with his daughter, Elizabeth. Whipple purchased the 10,518-square-foot mansion, which had been vacant for 35 years, in 2021 and began restoration work. "My friends who grew up in castles, from old English families, said, 'George, you can never finish a castle. They're always falling down.'" Whipple is a Putnam County booster and is working with former Gov. George Pataki and others for the county's celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. "But for the chain [across the Hudson], we would be under a British flag," he says. "No question about it. The revolution was won in Putnam County." Whipple's home includes a room where he displays an impressive collection of Putnam County artifacts and memorabilia. He also has a wig and Revolutionary uniform ready for reenactments. Next on his list: rebuild the Ludington Mill that burned in the 1970s. "Washington was there. We fed the troops from that mill, and it should be reconstructed," he says. "As George Pataki says, 'The only problem with George Whipple is he doesn't have any energy.' " Whipple's World will have screenings during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on June 12, 13 and 14. See dub.sh/whipples-world.

Craig Hatkoff has spent four decades at the intersection of innovation, culture-building, and institutional transformation. He pioneered commercial mortgage securitization at Chemical Bank, co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival alongside Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal after 9/11, and .in 2010 co-founded the Disruptor Awards with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen and Irwin Kula. His latest initiative is Dragon Camp, which provides a methodology for using CGI (Collaborative General Intelligence) as a practice framework for creating a viable human-AI partnership. In this episode focused on unlocking the potential of AI in a humanist manner, the first order of business is to secure trustworthy information from AI. To that end, Craig discusses a four-stage model for verifying AI's output. The first element is to leverage output from multiple AI sources, rather than just one, in order to guard against what have been called “AI hallucinations” or “fabrications.” To do so, moves organizations beyond stage 1: single-source vulnerability. Stages 2 through 4 then ramp up from cross-checking via multiple AI models (stage 2), to human intervention to verify (stage 3), culminating in stage 4: where a panel of experts serves as a de facto jury. There is far more than just that 4-stage model, however, in this intriguing episode, as Craig traverses from a love of exploring the power of anomalies as a way to explore insights—to using AI as his “lawyer” in tackling Open AI in court. Building a truth economy that simultaneously allays people's fears about AI is the ultimate goal here. Real Transformations: Business Change That Works from the Inside Out is co-hosted by Julie Anixter and Dan Hill, PhD, entrepreneurs with deep experience as corporate change agents, devoted to helping companies make continuous change work for everyone through clarity and connection. To learn about their keynote talks, workshops and labs, check out Real-Transformation.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

On today's bonus episode, Morgan had the opportunity to speak with filmmakers Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs about their upcoming documentary “Kids Like Me.” Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival today, “Kids Like Me” follows the ever imaginative Oliver, a preteen with disabilities who enjoys murder mysteries and filmmaking. The film explores how he navigates life and art, not only telling his story, but that of the village around him including his parents Casey and Chad and younger sister Willa. The documentary balances the whimsy of Oliver's murder mysteries and subsequent film with his day to day realities. “Kids Like Me” is incredibly grounded, showing Olivier and his family as the complicated, multi-faceted, and lovely people they are. “Kids Like Me” premieres today, June 4th with additional screenings June 5th and June 8th. For more information, please visit the Tribeca Film Festival website here. You can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

Craig Hatkoff has spent four decades at the intersection of innovation, culture-building, and institutional transformation. He pioneered commercial mortgage securitization at Chemical Bank, co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival alongside Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal after 9/11, and .in 2010 co-founded the Disruptor Awards with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen and Irwin Kula. His latest initiative is Dragon Camp, which provides a methodology for using CGI (Collaborative General Intelligence) as a practice framework for creating a viable human-AI partnership. In this episode focused on unlocking the potential of AI in a humanist manner, the first order of business is to secure trustworthy information from AI. To that end, Craig discusses a four-stage model for verifying AI's output. The first element is to leverage output from multiple AI sources, rather than just one, in order to guard against what have been called “AI hallucinations” or “fabrications.” To do so, moves organizations beyond stage 1: single-source vulnerability. Stages 2 through 4 then ramp up from cross-checking via multiple AI models (stage 2), to human intervention to verify (stage 3), culminating in stage 4: where a panel of experts serves as a de facto jury. There is far more than just that 4-stage model, however, in this intriguing episode, as Craig traverses from a love of exploring the power of anomalies as a way to explore insights—to using AI as his “lawyer” in tackling Open AI in court. Building a truth economy that simultaneously allays people's fears about AI is the ultimate goal here. Real Transformations: Business Change That Works from the Inside Out is co-hosted by Julie Anixter and Dan Hill, PhD, entrepreneurs with deep experience as corporate change agents, devoted to helping companies make continuous change work for everyone through clarity and connection. To learn about their keynote talks, workshops and labs, check out Real-Transformation.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Hatkoff has spent four decades at the intersection of innovation, culture-building, and institutional transformation. He pioneered commercial mortgage securitization at Chemical Bank, co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival alongside Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal after 9/11, and .in 2010 co-founded the Disruptor Awards with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen and Irwin Kula. His latest initiative is Dragon Camp, which provides a methodology for using CGI (Collaborative General Intelligence) as a practice framework for creating a viable human-AI partnership. In this episode focused on unlocking the potential of AI in a humanist manner, the first order of business is to secure trustworthy information from AI. To that end, Craig discusses a four-stage model for verifying AI's output. The first element is to leverage output from multiple AI sources, rather than just one, in order to guard against what have been called “AI hallucinations” or “fabrications.” To do so, moves organizations beyond stage 1: single-source vulnerability. Stages 2 through 4 then ramp up from cross-checking via multiple AI models (stage 2), to human intervention to verify (stage 3), culminating in stage 4: where a panel of experts serves as a de facto jury. There is far more than just that 4-stage model, however, in this intriguing episode, as Craig traverses from a love of exploring the power of anomalies as a way to explore insights—to using AI as his “lawyer” in tackling Open AI in court. Building a truth economy that simultaneously allays people's fears about AI is the ultimate goal here. Real Transformations: Business Change That Works from the Inside Out is co-hosted by Julie Anixter and Dan Hill, PhD, entrepreneurs with deep experience as corporate change agents, devoted to helping companies make continuous change work for everyone through clarity and connection. To learn about their keynote talks, workshops and labs, check out Real-Transformation.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sat down with Branislav Jankic and Monika Jagaciak at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival to talk about their film WHITE BELT — a story about ego, humility, and what happens when you choose to begin again. From the mat to the screen, this conversation goes deep on discipline, vulnerability, and why starting from zero might be the most courageous thing a person can do. WHITE BELT is now playing in competition at Tribeca 2026.

In this bonus episode, Morgan talks with Ellie Sachs, the writer, director, and star of "Lucy Schulman," which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Lucy Schulman" follows the titular Lucy as she navigates life after a recent break-up, finding herself moving back in with her eccentric single dad and maybe even dares to pursue love again. The film is a really thoughtful, funny, and reflective film, boasting some truly wonderful performances. The film premieres on Friday June 5th, with additional screenings on June 6th, 8th and 11th. For tickets, you can visit the Tribeca Film Festival website. And be on the lookout for a full review of the film later this week on the Female Gaze: The Film Club website!You can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

Rob Arthur's career in music has taken him from his roots in Minnesota, to the coasts, and with a variety of connections and collaborations. But in 2001, Rob made a connection with Peter Frampton that has lasted for a quarter century, and continues to grow. Rob has been a part of Peter's touring band as a keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist, and has served as his music director. But Rob's talents go beyond music, and it was his interest in telling stories, combined with his passion for videography, that led to the production of a documentary about Peter Frampton's life. Rob began filming footage of Peter's Finale tour in 2019, but soon realized that a deeper story could be told. The result is a nearly 100-minute documentary about the life of one of the most prolific rock stars, and debuts on June 4 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Inside MusiCast is pleased to welcome Rob Arthur.

AI is moving beyond chatbots and into the fabric of business, infrastructure, and even filmmaking. In this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Alastair Cooke and Guy Currier examine Microsoft's transformation of Microsoft 365 Copilot into a workflow-native AI platform, NVIDIA's unveiling of its custom Arm-based Vera CPU, and the growing battle to control the enterprise AI agent workforce. They also discuss Anthropic's blockbuster IPO plans, Cisco's vision to become the operational layer for enterprise AI, Europe's latest quantum computing milestone, and the AI-generated film Dreams of Violets making history at the Tribeca Film Festival. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Alastair Cooke and Guy Currier. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:21 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown0:55 - Microsoft Makes Copilot the Center of Enterprise AI4:55 - NVIDIA Vera Signals a New Era for AI Computing9:50 - The New AI Platform War Is About Digital Workers16:47 - $2,000 AI Film Makes History at Tribeca22:32 - Europe Expands Quantum Computing with New System in Spain28:54 - Anthropic Files for Historic AI IPO33:11 - Cisco's Big AI Bet: Becoming the Infrastructure Control Plane38:36 - The Weeks Ahead 40:58 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownTune in every Wednesday for the IT news of the week with a variable degree of snarkiness. Guest Host: ⁠⁠Guy Currier⁠⁠, Research Director for ⁠⁠The Futurum Group⁠⁠Follow our hosts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Hollingsworth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alastair Cooke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephen Foskett⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Tech Field Day ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Dan, Manny, & Billy welcome Actor, Producer, and Musician Alisa Reyes to discuss how she went from being on Nickelodeon's All That, to evolving into a high-powered multi-hyphenate talent, and being the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez on the award-winning show The Proud Family.   “It is all about uplifting humanity during Mother Earth's ascension right now, and we just gotta ride this wave gracefully, and we all gotta just stay connected and keep uplifting the vibration of humanity [...] that's why we all do what we do.” -Alisa Reyes   This is a special episode of Nostalgia 101, because Alisa Reyes has been part of so many of the pop-culture moments in all our lives, so it was an honor to have her on the podcast to talk about her time on All That, Teen NBC's  One World, what it's like to keep evolving and transitioning so successfully in such an ever-changing industry, and her recent time on the award-winning show The Proud Family. We also got to hear about some of the fun things she's been able to do, like being on Celebrity Family Feud with  Soleil Moon Frye, Keke Palmer, Paula Jai Parker, and Kyla Pratt, to face Salt-N-Pepa and Kid 'n Play, producing documentaries like The Orange Years and Butterfly in the Sky, being on Reading Rainbow, and what it was like to be on one of the most unhinged soap operas ever, Passions. The guys also got to ask some fun Nostalgia Test Podcast pop-culture questions, and Alisa reveals that she watched a very random sitcom that floored Dan because he's never heard anyone, ANYONE, say they watched this show.   Email us (thenostalgiatest@gmail.com) your thoughts, opinions, and topics for our next Nostalgia Test! Suggest A Test & Be Our Guest! We're always looking for a fun new topic for The Nostalgia Test. Hit the link above, tell us what you'd like to see tested, and be our guest for that episode!     Alisa Reyes is a born and raised New Yorker who is Irish, Italian and Dominican and now resides in California. She is known for her role on Nickelodeon's "All That" as a series regular season (1-3) & season 11 where she played herself and multiple roles. Alisa is also a series regular on the Emmy & NAACP Award Winning Disney Plus cartoon "The Proud Family: Louder & Prouder" with new episodes airing now. Alisa plays the bossy, but oh so lovable "La Cienega Boulevardez". You can also check out Alisa as "Lacienega" on Disney's "Broken Karaoke" & "Theme Song Take Over". She has also starred in NBC's "One World" as the Cuban-born entrepreneur of the group. Peter Engel created the TNBC show. Alisa received the coveted Hollywood Young Star Award for her role of Marci Blake in "One World". Thinking you may recognize her from some other show? Well check out her credits on "Without A Trace" (CBS), "Strong Medicine" (LIFETIME), "NYPD Blue" (ABC), "ER" (NBC), as well as the controversial Trina on "Boston Public" (FOX) and "Six Feet Under" (HBO) and on the Emmy nominated PBS series "The American Family", portraying the younger Vangie. The list is endless, with lots more to come. Alisa was also on NBCs "Passions", where she joined the cast as the beautiful and exotic singer Sydney Valentine causing nothing but heartache for the lovelorn super couple Chad and Whitney, but also making her mark as a strong recording artist. She also was a recurring on CBS's "The Bold & the Beautiful" as the sassy Ginger. Check out Alisa's latest film "Sisters" written and directed by Jahmar Hill. She plays the role of Elise in this crime/thriller airing currently on BET and BET Plus. You can also see Alisa star in "Break Even" which is out now. The film is written by CJ Walley and directed by Shane Stanley. This will be Alisa's 4th project with Shane Stanley. Alisa plays Rosie in the film. "Break Even" is an action, adventure, love story you will not want to miss. Alisa also starred in films such as "Daze", "The Biz" and "FreezerBurn"to name a few. Along with other films such as "A Trip to the Dark Side" and "My Trip Back to the Dark Side" directed by Shane Stanely. Alisa is also in a film called "Heavenly Deposit" which is supported by The Dove Foundation as the role of Jenny. You can also make it a movie night and watch her movie "Players" she stars in with Freddie Rodriguez. Along with her latest documentary that she is producing alongside Scott Barber and Bill Parks starring as herself called "The Orange Years" about 80s & 90s Nickelodeon nostalgia which is out on Hulu and most platforms. You can also see Alisa in a documentary called "Butterfly in the Sky" which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix Alisa's latest music single " Back & Forth" featuring and produced by Linnie King Twigg and mixed & mastered by DJ EVIL DEE, along with her single "Sexy Hot" are now available on all media platforms through TuneCore, iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify and more. Alisa prior to her solo music career was in a girls group called "3G's" signed with Hollywood Records. The group had a song on "The Princess Diaries Soundtrack" called "Second Chance".   Approximate Rundown 00:00 Back to School Intro 01:54 Meet Elisa Reyes 03:00 New York Roots 04:13 Elisa's Career Snapshot 05:50 All That Origins 08:39 Auditions and Set School 10:46 Mom's Support System 13:13 Parenting and Balance 16:03 From All That to One World 20:28 Big Roles and Industry Legends 22:17 Winning An Award for One World  24:22 Voice Acting and Self Tapes 31:17 Proud Family Reboot and Relevance 34:37 Celebrity Family Feud Stories 36:43 Blossom Hats Influence 38:47 Soap Opera Wildness 42:29 Reading Rainbow Memories 47:16 Nickelodeon Nostalgia Shift 49:02 Phones Algorithms Parenting 51:55 Social Media Cringe Culture 55:07 Cartoon Universe Picks 57:46 90s Fashion Comeback 59:38 TGIF Favorites Trauma TV 01:03:06 Kids Shows Vibes Wrap 01:05:10 Plugs Farewell Outro   Book The Nostalgia Test Podcast Bring The Nostalgia Test Podcast's high energy fun and comedy on your podcast, to host your themed parties & special events!  The Nostalgia Test Podcast will create an unforgettable Nostalgic experience for any occasion because we are the party! We bring it 100% of the time! Email us at thenostalgiatest@gmail.com or fill out the form at this link. LET'S GET NOSTALGIC!       Keep up with all things The Nostalgia Test Podcast on Instagram | Substack | Discord | TikTok | Bluesky | YouTube | Facebook   The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic. The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected

EPISODE 145: Rob Arthur is a musician, filmmaker and watercolorist.  He's currently the bandleader for the Peter Frampton Band. His new (and first) foray into filmmaking has riled the new documentary "FRAMPTON". From the explosive heights of Frampton Comes Alive! to the quiet introspection of his final tour, "Frampton" is an intimate portrait of a rock icon who soared, stumbled, and rose again. This feature documentary traces Peter Frampton's extraordinary life and career — from his meteoric rise in the 1970s that made him a global sensation, through the turbulent years that tested his artistry, identity, and resilience. As the roar of stadium crowds faded, Frampton faced the daunting task of rebuilding — reinventing his sound and rediscovering his purpose across solo projects, collaborations, and relentless touring. Behind the stage lights, personal sacrifices and fractured family ties reveal the cost of fame that few ever see. Now, diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis, a degenerative muscle condition threatening his ability to play guitar, Frampton stands at a profound crossroads. framptonfilm.comContact us: makingsoundpodcast.comFollow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcastFollow on Threads: @jannkloseJoin our Facebook GroupPlease support the show with a donation, thank you for listening!

For Episode 494, I am joined by Sara Clements, Larry Fried, Will Mavity, and Tom O'Brien, as we deliver our preview for the 2026 Tribeca Festival. We also touch on the recent box-office successes of "Backrooms" and "Obsession," and what they mean for Hollywood moving forward. For this week's poll question, for the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, we're asking everyone: “Which Films From The 2026 Tribeca Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To?” and reveal the winner of last week's poll question tied to the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, "Which Of The 2026 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "In The Hand Of Dante," "I Am Frankelda," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, subscribing, and supporting us. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Female Gaze: The Film Club, we are revisiting Morgan's conversation with writer and director Lilian T. Mehrel to talk about her film, "Honeyjoon."  “Honeyjoon” is a mother-daughter dramedy which follows June and her mom Lela as they travel to the Azores islands for a grief anniversary, with contrasting ways of coping. A charming surfer slash tour guide brings balance as they (and we, the audience) surf the waves of life, loss, and flirting. It's an unforgettable ride of the light and dark waves of life, women reclaiming their pleasure, and sharing the inside joke of what it means to be a human. The film premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival where it won the AT&T Untold Stories Award. The film has screened at various film festivals throughout the U.S. and internationally, winning numerous audience awards and a Grand Jury Best Feature award. “Honeyjoon” opens in New York on June 10th for a week at the IFC Center. It will open in Los Angeles on June 12th, showing at the Laemmle Royal, Laemmle Town Center, and Laemmle Glendale. The film opens in Chicago on June 19th at the Gene Siskel Film Center and then in Toronto on June 22nd at TIFF Lightbox. For more information and tickets, you can find more information HERE.You can follow "Honeyjoon"InstagramWebsiteYou can follow LilianInstagramWebsiteYou can follow Female Gaze: The Film ClubInstagramBlueSkyWebsite

Award-winning investigative reporter and long-time Rolling Stone contributor Paul Solotaroff thought he was chasing a single story in Carmel, NY. Instead, he uncovered a sprawling web of cases that would consume years of his life and become the foundation for Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry. What began as a magazine feature evolved into something far bigger: a relentless investigation that exposed shocking new layers with every turn. Listen to a special bonus episode with Bone Valley creator Gilbert King (@gilbertkingpics), Paul Solotaroff, and Senior Editor at Rolling Stone Liz Garber-Paul as they unpack the reporting, the storytelling, and the cases at the center of The Devil's Quarry. An official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry will be available everywhere you listen to podcasts on June 10th. Listeners can binge the entire season by subscribing to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts. Bone Valley Season 5: The Devil’s Quarry is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Rolling Stone Films and Signal Co. No1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you live in Western Canada, your community faces elevated wildfire or smoke risk this season — and the window for conditions to worsen is short. Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski and Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin delivered the troubling news in their latest wildfire readiness briefing, adding they expect a hot and dry summer ahead, while maintaining the federal government is prepared. They also say the West is facing its highest fire danger in years, including many First Nations communities – still struggling to recover from a devastating 2025.Also: Canada's doctors open up about their ongoing struggles to keep up with the nation's mental health troubles. A Canadian Institute for Health Information report suggests visits to family physicians for psychotherapy and counselling has jumped 50 per cent since 2015, putting an additional strain on a system already stretched thin.And: Lights. Camera. Backlash. The controversy surrounding a new feature film, fully generated by Artificial Intelligence. The movie, ‘Dreams of Violets,' will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month, drawing both public interest, and Hollywood criticism as artists scramble to address the growing use of AI in their industry.Plus: PM Carney in New York, Iran War talks, CFL's streaming deals, and more.

SpaceX is gearing up for its IPO, sparking debate about the company's governance and its potential fast track to the Nasdaq 100 index. Investor Nell Minow, chair of ValueEdge Advisors, shares her concerns about SpaceX's fundamentals. This year, the Tribeca Film Festival has accepted a fully AI-generated film entitled, “Dreams of Violets.” Tom Rogers, executive chairman of the production company Fountain 0, believes AI studios offer more opportunities for independent filmmakers. The film's director Ash Koosha points to new roles for workers with traditional production skills. Plus, Trump-endorsed Texas AG Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary, and Micron has topped $1 trillion in market value.  In this episode: Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode of Left of Str8 Show Interviews, Scott Fullerton talks with filmmakers Rex Glensy and Asad Moghal, plus actor Jake Watkins, about their new project Kevin's Series of Unfortunate Events, screening at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 7 and 8. The conversation dives into queer dating, modern relationships, independent filmmaking, storytelling, romantic comedy, and how humor can reveal deeper emotional truths.We dive into the world of online dating, discussing essential dating tips and how to craft the perfect short bio for apps. This episode offers some solid dating advice for navigating the modern relationships landscape. We also touch on the hinge dating app and the broader impact of social media on finding connections.Watch Left of Str8 Interviews every week for smart, funny, and heartfelt conversations with LGBTQ creatives, straight allies, entertainers, authors, musicians, filmmakers, and changemakers. Each episode goes beyond the usual interview to uncover the stories, struggles, laughs, and lessons behind the work — with guests who inspire, entertain, and remind us why visibility matters. Subscribe and come back weekly for fresh voices, meaningful conversations, and a little bit of fabulous you will not find anywhere else.Subscribe for excellent interviews from Entertainment, Music, Books and Advocacy. Hit the little bell for weekly notifications. New Episodes drop every week. Tell your friends.Follow Us on Instagram:Scott Fullerton: @leftofstr8 Rex Glensy: @rexglensyJake Watkins: @jakeybby

Composer Tom Third (Modern Whore, The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg) joins us today to discuss Jerry Goldsmith's groundbreaking, atonal score for 1968's Planet of the Apes. We cover everything from the film's innovations and musical shock value, Third's history with it, how editing helps film composing, and more. Join us, won't you, as we discuss Planet of the Apes and the Canadian Screen Award-Nominated film Modern Whore. You can find Tom and more of his work here:  https://www.tomthird.com/   https://www.instagram.com/tomthird/   Tom's next project, Crocodile, premiered at Berlin and has its US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 5th.    

T. Kyle and Brad discuss the “piece of s—t” Pitchfork headline for the Chris Brown album, promoting Zara Larsson, Luscious Massacr calling out Bob the Drag Queen to his face for “giving male,” Slayyyter's “CRANK” becoming a graduation meme, Lady Gaga's ‘Mayhem REQUIEM' funeral, Spotify's 20th anniversary celebration with First Songs and All-Time playlists, Dua Lipa announcing her Live From Mexico special, Kylie Minogue's ‘Tension Tour Live' coming to Netflix, High Fashion Editorial! featuring Venus Williams at the Kevin Hart roast, Baby Yoda at the Mandalorian & Grogu premiere, Hilary Duff for SI Swimsuit Issue, Taylor Swift popping up around NYC, Jennifer Lopez's stunt walk, a teLOgram from a Little Monster, new music from Becky G, Tove Lo, mother-daughter pop duos, a Madonna Minute update about the Peggy Gou remix of “Bring Your Love,” the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of ‘Confessions II,' the FIFA World Cup Final, and early listening party reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MLVC chats about Madonna's Confessions 2 visual film which will premiere June 5th at the Beacon Theater in NYC as part of the Tribeca Film Festival! We also discuss the Confessions 2 listening party that happened at Club Cumming and the NYTimes podcast that left M off their list of the Top 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters. Tonight's episode is sponsored by Late Night Gallery. Shop their branded merch on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/latenightga... Follow MLVC on all social channels: @mlvcpodcast Subscribe to MLVC's YouTube channel Donate to the podcast on Venmo: mlvcpodcast Listen to more episodes on Spotify/Apple/Amazon/Google Play or here: https://mlvc.podbean.com/   #mlvcpodcast #madonnapodcast #madonna #confessions2 #tribecafilmfestival

I sit down with Casey Baron, Senior Programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival's Games Program, for an exciting conversation about the newly announced 2026 Tribeca Festival Games Program.Casey shares his vision for the festival's 25th anniversary edition, running June 3-14, 2026, and we discuss how the games program has become an early champion of titles that go on to critical acclaim and deeply resonate with players. We dive into this year's selections that showcase the incredible breadth and ambition of storytelling in games today, including immersive projects like "Escape The Internet: Part 2."With over a decade of experience across the games and film industries, Casey brings unique insights into how Tribeca continues to serve as a launchpad for visionary creators who are redefining the possibilities of interactive storytelling. We explore his background as a programmer since 2022, his work on juries at NewFest and Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, and his journey through gaming and film culture.Join me for this deep dive into one of gaming's most prestigious festival programs and the future of games as an art form.Follow Spawn On Me:Twitter/X: @SpawnOnMeInstagram: @SpawnOnMeTikTok: @SpawnOnMeHost: @KahliefAdams

Between her time as the frontwoman for 4 Non Blondes, her legendary songwriting catalog (for Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys and more), her own solo career, and her outspoken activism, Linda Perry has already lived countless lives in the public eye. But the new documentary Linda Perry: Let It Die Here peels back brand-new layers to the musical firebrand, from being a mom to 9-year-old Rhodes to losing her own mother just after the singer/songwriter was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. In addition to the film -- which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and is now in select theaters -- Perry also released the album Let It Die Here on Friday, her first solo album in more than a decade. When Perry sat down with the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast in March, she explained that the film and album were both a bit unexpected, with the documentary emerging from director Dan Hardy asking if he could shadow her in the studio and the album sort of pouring out from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph welcomes back Adolph Reed, Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Mount Holyoke College to discuss the latest Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. Then, Ralph and our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, talk about what ordinary citizens can do to pressure their reps to impeach Donald Trump.Adolph Reed is Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Mount Holyoke College. His most recent books are The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives, No Politics but Class Politics (co-authored with Walter Benn Michaels), and Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality: The Farce this Time (co-authored with Kenneth W. Warren).I think the issues are a lot more complex than they seem to be or than seems to be the way that they are represented in the debate [over the Voting Rights Act]…To cut straight to the political case, I think there's a distinction between the Act's guarantee that black citizens and others (where pertinent) who live in areas where there's been a history of suppression of the right to vote have the support of the federal government to make certain that Black voters have the ability to vote for and to elect candidates of their choosing. Which is not the same thing as a right of Black individuals to be elected to office. And I think that's one of the confusions that characterizes, frankly, both sides of the debate at this point. And I think that's definitely something that needs to be clarified.Adolph ReedSome of my friends and I have been talking about this, and have been bouncing this idea back and forth since, frankly, even before the court handed down the [Louisiana v Callais] decision. In thinking about developments in black politics across the board, the idea that all that Black voters are supposed to get out of politics is the representation of people who look like them and share in the same racial identification has also fueled backward turns. Like how all of a sudden the biggest issue in Black American politics supposedly had become the racial wealth gap, which boils down to a complaint that rich Black people aren't as rich as rich white people are. So, yeah, shaking up or reshuffling the deck for how we might begin to try to determine the stakes of Black Americans' engagement in national politics is something that needs to happen. No matter what brings it about.Adolph ReedBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.My website is www.lawofficesofbrucefein.com and my email address is Bruce@feinpoints.com. And I'll respond and give you guidance as to how you can help be part of this effort to impeach and remove by far the most dangerous President in the history of the United States. And he's most dangerous to the world as well.Bruce FeinNews 5/8/26* Our top story this week comes to us from the Bulwark, which reports that dissatisfaction with Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is reaching a fever pitch. Martin has faced criticism over the course of his tenure for reneging on his promise to release an autopsy on the 2024 presidential campaign and for his decidedly lackluster fundraising efforts. The DNC has reportedly “spent more money than it has raised” and “has more debt than cash on hand,” while the Republican National Committee enjoys a “roughly seven-to-one money advantage.” According to this report, high-level DNC members are now privately discussing ousting Martin, only tabling these discussions “after members failed to identify an alternative candidate willing to step into the role.” Martin's failures have even led Democrats to openly wonder “whether the 178-year-old committee should even exist anymore.” Martin was elected DNC Chair last year, beating out Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler, who helped rebuild the party and raise tremendous amounts of money in that critical swing state.* Speaking of money in politics, this week POLITICO released a damning report on End Citizens United, the good-government focused 501(c)(4) that has in past years been a “fundraising behemoth” but has now faded nearly into complete irrelevancy. The issues highlighted in this piece will be familiar to many who have worked in this world. Despite raising $14.8 million, the group's PAC arm is burning through the money more quickly than it can raise it, having just $324,000 on hand at the end of March. What are they spending the money on? According to POLITICO, about $650,000 has gone to candidates and party groups and about the same amount has been bundled. Meanwhile, payments to fundraising firms have eaten up an astonishing $5.3 million. This is just another case of Democratic Party aligned consulting firms run amok and growing fat off of small dollar donations.* Another disappointing story comes to us from the Teamsters. According to Bloomberg, the union has forfeited a hard-won union foothold – the first ever unionized Chipotle – following three years of battling the company and failing to secure a contract. A Teamsters local president said in an email to the National Labor Relations Board that the union “officially withdraws and disclaims interest” at the Lansing, Michigan location. Legally speaking, this means the company will no longer be “required to recognize or negotiate with the union.” The employees of this location voted to unionize in 2022 by a margin of 11-to-3. Chipotle corporate has been decried for seeking to bust this union, with Biden NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo accusing them of employing illegal anti-union tactics like “withholding raises from the store's staff and telling workers that the union was keeping their pay frozen…[and punishing] a pro-union employee to discourage activism.” However, it was the Teamsters themselves who ultimately gave up, paving the way for the demise of the workers' heroic stand against corporate power. As the saying goes, with friends like these.* In more positive political news, during the Washington DC mayoral debate last week, the Washington Post reports democratic socialist mayoral hopeful Janeese Lewis George seemed to endorse the idea of opening municipal grocery stores in DC food deserts, including the impoverished and majority Black Wards 7 and 8. Asked about this topic, Councilmember Lewis George committed to bringing at least one more grocery store to Ward 7 and at least two more to Ward 8, noting that she would seek to shore up investor confidence with public dollars. If private options do not materialize however, she vowed that “we will work towards” a publicly-owned store. Municipally-owned grocery stores were a much publicized part of the Zohran Mamdani campaign platform and, if Lewis George is elected, his success or failure in carrying out that pledge is sure to impact her decision making on this issue.* Meanwhile, in media news, the New York Times reports Lupa Systems – the private holding company representing the interests of James Murdoch, son of conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch – is “in talks to acquire major parts of Vox Media.” Vox, founded in the 2010s by journalists Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Melissa Bell, now owns major media properties including New York magazine, the Verge, Eater and a podcast network featuring Kara Swisher and others. Murdoch, through Lupa, owns a “majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival.” Additionally, the Times notes that Quadrivium, the foundation founded by Mr. Murdoch and his wife, Kathryn, has financial interests in “The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom focused on gender and politics, and The Bulwark, a so-called ‘Never Trump' digital media company.” James Murdoch, along with his sister Elisabeth, are seen as far more liberal than the Murdoch patriarch and his other son, Lachlan, who together successfully ousted the other family members from control of the family trust in a recent legal battle.* Turning to international news, yet another deadlocked presidential election in Peru is looming. A new Ipsos poll, taken near the end of April, shows an exact 50-50 split between the two candidates in the runoff: the left-wing member of Congress Roberto Sánchez and Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori. This election was always going to be close – Peruvian politics have been deadlocked for years, resulting in ultra-narrow presidential victories frequently followed by impeachments. Fujimori has been a runoff candidate in every presidential election going back to 2011, losing each by extremely narrow margins. Most recently, she lost to Pedro Castillo by a margin of 50.13% to 49.87% in 2021. Castillo however was thwarted by, and ultimately ousted by, the Congress. The runoff will be held on June 7th.* In India, the Left suffered catastrophic defeats in this week's state elections, Al Jazeera reports. The state of Kerala – “the first in the world to have a democratically elected communist government” and “the last state in India where communists were in power” – will now be led by the United Democratic Front, a coalition headed by the Congress party, which won over 100 out of 140 seats. The Left bloc will likely capture around 35 seats. Beyond Kerala however, the Left has seen setbacks throughout the country, with no state now being ruled by the Left for the first time since 1977 and the national parliamentary Left bloc declining from 62 in the 2004 election to just eight seats today. Different factors are cited for the general decline of the Left in India, including an inability to adapt Marxist analysis to non class-related issues in the country, such as caste and gender, as well as the decline of industrial trade unions and a general trend towards Right-wing Hindu nationalism. Hopefully, the Left will take this electoral rout as an opportunity to rebuild itself into a viable force for 21st century Indian politics.* Turning to East Asia, the Financial Times reports North Korea has subtly revised its constitution to drop references to reunification of the two Koreas. Specifically, the new text reads “the territory of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea includes the territory bordering the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation to the north and the Republic of Korea to the south, and the territorial sea and airspace established on it”. In acknowledging the existence of the Republic of Korea, more commonly known as South Korea, experts see a move away from the long-held North Korean contention that the peninsula is a single country illegally partitioned. The revision was “disclosed by an academic at a press conference hosted by the South Korean Ministry of Unification on Wednesday.” Though this article notes that “North Korea has not made any comment on the revised constitution and the source of the text revealed by the unification ministry was not disclosed,” it highlights that Kim Jong-un has increasingly moved in this direction in recent years, renaming Tongil (“reunification”) metro station in Pyongyang and dismantling an Arch of Reunification monument.* Our last two stories have to do with the People's Republic of China. First, Reuters reports China's Commerce Ministry has issued an injunction to “block U.S. ​sanctions imposed on five Chinese refiners accused ‌of buying Iranian oil.” Hengli Petrochemical, one of the five small “teapot” refineries primarily located in China's Shandong province, was slapped with sanctions last month, when the Trump administration accused the company of purchasing billions ​of dollars in Iranian oil. The other four have been sanctioned since last year. However, the Ministry now argues that the sanctions violate “international law and ‌the ⁠basic norms of international relations,” and with the injunction in place, “the United States cannot recognize, ​implement, or comply ​with the ⁠sanctions imposed on the aforementioned five Chinese companies.” This is perhaps the most significant challenge to the American-led international sanctions regime in decades and whatever reaction issues from the U.S. will surely inform other states on just how far they can go in flouting such sanctions.* Finally, in a stunning legal decision, Fortune reports Chinese courts have ruled that “companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems.” The case in question hinged on whether a tech firm in eastern China had acted illegally when firing one of its workers, a “quality assurance professional…identified only as Zhou” after he “refused to take a demotion” and a 40% pay cut, when his job was automated by AI. The court found that the termination did not meet established standards, such as business downsizing or operational difficulties, and the court separately stated that “Companies cannot unilaterally lay off employees or cut salaries due to technological progress.” This stunning legal victory for workers in the face of challenges by technology is bittersweet – heartening in that it's happening at all, yet at the same time depressing because it is almost impossible to imagine an equivalent worker protection regime being implemented in the United States.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Peter Frampton -- the subject of a new documentary showing at this year's Tribeca Film Festival -- returns to "Naked Lunch" to discuss his shiny new album, "Carry The Light." This time around, Peter is joined by his son Julian Frampton with whom Peter wrote and produced his first album of all-new rock material in 14 years. For more on Peter and "Carry The Light" -- which will be released May 15th -- go to https://www.frampton.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices