On this week’s episode of 3rd & Fairfax, the official podcast of the Writers Guild of America, the guest is screenwriter-director Joshua Margolin. He talks about his feature debut Thelma, how his grandmother’s own experience inspired the film, how his improv comedy background informs his creative process, and more.
On this week’s Naked Lunch podcast, co-hosts Phil Rosenthal and David Wild celebrate the 10th Anniversary of HiHo Cheeseburger with restaurant powerhouse Jerry Greenberg. As the show writes, they all “discuss how this successful tech genius -- as the co-founder and co-CEO of Sapient -- has gone on to become an important and passionate powerhouse in the restaurant world today, working successfully with various partners, creating a series of remarkable and enduringly delicious success stories starting with Sugarfish by Sushi Nozawa. Plus, some fun talk about the opening of Phil's diner, ‘Max & Helen's in Larchmont!”
I should add that I’ve been to HiHo Cheeseburger several times with a friend. And it’s a charming, very good place – though oddly, I haven’t yet had their burger, and instead we get something that’s not even precisely (or perhaps “foundationally”) from their menu. One of my favorite places in Los Angeles was when a legendary New Orleans place, Willie Mae’s, opened a great Cajun chicken place in town (at first in a ghost kitchen” walking distance from me, and then closing it to open a full restaurant nearby), but it was in a terrible location and closed after only a few years. Though they say they hope to reopen in another location. But it turns out that they gave the recipe for their chicken and chicken sandwich to HiHo Cheeseburger, and we go for that.
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On this week’s ‘Not My Job’ segment of the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, the guest contestant is Olympic Bobsled Gold-medalist Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated American Bobsledder ever, over five Olympics. Her conversation with host Peter Sagal (and new scorekeeper and judge Alzo Slade, with the retirement of Bill Kurtis) light-hearted, interesting and occasionally pretty funny.
This is the full Wait, Wait… broadcast, but you can jump directly to the “Not My Job” segment, it starts around the 20:45 mark.
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Robert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting.
Elisberg is a two-time recipient of the Lucille Ball Award for comedy screenwriting. He's written for film, TV, the stage, has two sort-of best-selling novels, and was a regular columnist for the Writers Guild of America and Huffington Post. Among his other writing, he's had a long-time column on technology (which he sometimes understands), and co-wrote a book on world travel. As a lyricist, he is a member of ASCAP, and has contributed to numerous publications.
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