How Long Gone

Lukas Gage is an actor and writer. His debut memoir, I Wrote This For Attention, is out soon. We chat about making copies, Mandy Moore, living in a Tribeca frat house, being a PrEP spokesperson, jizz on the sleeping bag, cybering on The Sims, Hollywood homeownership, pornstar names vs. superhero names, what agents and managers do, we haven't heard of half of his top 5 prescription drugs, take me b...

Penn Badgley is an actor known for his work on Gossip Girl and You , and is releasing a collection of essays based on his podcast, Podcrushed , available next week. We chat with Penn about Lana's swamp daddy at Valentino, the smell of Chris' local health food store in Florida, a shakeup at CBS News, Penn has twins now and records the entire episode with one strapped to him, his Baha'i faith, Irani...

Penn Badgley is an actor known for his work on Gossip Girl and You, and is releasing a collection of essays based on his podcast, Podcrushed, available next week. We chat with Penn about Lana's swamp daddy at Valentino, the smell of Chris' local health food store in Florida, a shakeup at CBS News, Penn has twins now and records the entire episode with one strapped to him, his Baha'i faith, Iranian...

Flynn McGarry is a chef and friend of ours from New York City. His newest restaurant, Cove, opens tomorrow. We had a chance to eat there and chat with him about death row meals, rice cookers, New Hampshire wagyu, live squid, wet towels, farmers market drama, how to eat a Copenhagen bun properly, you need clusters in granola, the tasting menu gift at the end, the rise of affordable luxury homewares...

Flynn McGarry is a chef and friend of ours from New York City. His newest restaurant, Cove, opens tomorrow. We had a chance to eat there and chat with him about death row meals, rice cookers, New Hampshire wagyu, live squid, wet towels, farmers market drama, how to eat a Copenhagen bun properly, you need clusters in granola, the tasting menu gift at the end, the rise of affordable luxury homewares...

Gene Pressman, of the Barney's New York Pressman's new book, They All Came to Barneys , is out now. We chat with him from his home in West Palm Beach, FL, about LA being a better morning city, protein foam, Chris is eating his way through Los Angeles, Theo Vons in the news, Jason's Orange County Barneys experience, New York in the 70s, he had a boxing ring in his office, the early 90's financial c...

Gene Pressman, of the Barney's New York Pressman's new book, They All Came to Barneys, is out now. We chat with him from his home in West Palm Beach, FL, about LA being a better morning city, protein foam, Chris is eating his way through Los Angeles, Theo Vons in the news, Jason's Orange County Barneys experience, New York in the 70s, he had a boxing ring in his office, the early 90's financial cr...

Mark Ronson is a DJ, producer, and author of his new book, Night People, which has recently been picked up for television adaptation. We chat about a recent home improvement at TJ's house, sensitive listeners, waking up with his bed on fire, his history with the Chateau Marmont over the years, when James Blunt went diamond, bad bunny at the Super Bowl, directing the Music for SNL's 50th anniversar...

Mark Ronson is a DJ, producer, and author of his new book, Night People, which has recently been picked up for television adaptation. We chat about a recent home improvement at TJ's house, sensitive listeners, waking up with his bed on fire, his history with the Chateau Marmont over the years, when James Blunt went diamond, bad bunny at the Super Bowl, directing the Music for SNL's 50th anniversar...

Lucy Dacus is a singer-songwriter from Richmond, VA, currently living in Los Angeles. Lucy is known for her solo career, as well as her work with Boygenius. We spoke with her from New York about our time in Austin, TX, for the Levitation Festival, ripping the filer off Camel Reds, her Southern Baptist upbringing, female billings, landbacking, cashew cardamon almond butter at Erewhon, her fav resta...

Lucy Dacus is a singer-songwriter from Richmond, VA, currently living in Los Angeles. Lucy is known for her solo career, as well as her work with Boygenius. We spoke with her from New York about our time in Austin, TX, for the Levitation Festival, ripping the filer off Camel Reds, her Southern Baptist upbringing, female billings, landbacking, cashew cardamon almond butter at Erewhon, her fav resta...

Richard Ashcroft is a singer-songwriter, known for his work with the band The Verve. He's currently on tour opening for Oasis, and his groovy new record, Lovin' You, is out soon. We chat about Kimmel's apology, Richard's love of New York City, accidentally getting Liam's hotel room on tour, when Oasis opened for them, what makes an anthem, Manchester United, touring with kids, he'll wear a superma...

Richard Ashcroft is a singer-songwriter, known for his work with the band The Verve. He's currently on tour opening for Oasis, and his groovy new record, Lovin' You, is out soon. We chat about Kimmel's apology, Richard's love of New York City, accidentally getting Liam's hotel room on tour, when Oasis opened for them, what makes an anthem, Manchester United, touring with kids, he'll wear a superma...

Cass McCombs is a singer-songwriter from the Bay Area, currently living in New York City. His great new record, Interior Live Oak , is out now on Domino. We chat about Tylenol autism, Kimmel predictions, good things about Baltimore, playing guitar while sitting down, his morning routine, cars, the engine of music, overall he's grumpy, cioppino soup, working at the soda fountain in Berkley and crui...

Cass McCombs is a singer-songwriter from the Bay Area, currently living in New York City. His great new record, Interior Live Oak, is out now on Domino. We chat about Tylenol autism, Kimmel predictions, good things about Baltimore, playing guitar while sitting down, his morning routine, cars, the engine of music, overall he's grumpy, cioppino soup, working at the soda fountain in Berkley and cruis...

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in Sylt, Germany, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about airport cortados, chunky soups, Netflix's Black Rabbit and The Spotted Pig, our thoughts on Kimmel's cancellation and late-night equality, will the run club bubble burst? Lorde's treadmill, LA's Noma pop-up, we celebrate the end of summer Euro trips, Harmless Harvest recession indicators, our Pure Beauty...

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in Sylt, Germany, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about airport cortados, chunky soups, Netflix's Black Rabbit and The Spotted Pig, our thoughts on Kimmel's cancellation and late-night equality, will the run club bubble burst? Lorde's treadmill, LA's Noma pop-up, we celebrate the end of summer Euro trips, Harmless Harvest recession indicators, our Pure Beauty...

Ben Lippett, aka @dinnerbyben, is a cook from London. His new book, How I Cook, is out now. We chat about old pizza in Naples, the recession indicating Coachella lineup, season one of Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, beef wellington theories, UK farmers’ markets, Kewpie mayonnaise, drizzling and sizzling olive oils, how to turn your Substack into a book deal, why he stopped working in restauran...

Ben Lippett, aka @dinnerbyben, is a cook from London. His new book, How I Cook, is out now. We chat about old pizza in Naples, the recession indicating Coachella lineup, season one of Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, beef wellington theories, UK farmers’ markets, Kewpie mayonnaise, drizzling and sizzling olive oils, how to turn your Substack into a book deal, why he stopped working in restauran...

Jamie xx is a musician from England. He's one of our favorite DJs, and his band, The XX, is currently recording an album, with the hope of releasing it before their Coachella appearance next year. We chat about Chris & Jason's wildly varying Euro trips, early days XX producing with Diplo, our love of Portishead, TJ dives deep on his live show setup, the physical demand of 10-hour sets, Drake w...

Jamie xx is a musician from England. He's one of our favorite DJs, and his band, The XX, is currently recording an album, with the hope of releasing it before their Coachella appearance next year. We chat about Chris & Jason's wildly varying Euro trips, early days XX producing with Diplo, our love of Portishead, TJ dives deep on his live show setup, the physical demand of 10-hour sets, Drake went...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from the hotel moments before a wedding in Sicily. We chat about an upsell dessert in the Italian countryside, tutto limone at The River Cafe, The Clipse performing live at The Vatican, the Tiny Desk stagedive, we tuck into Zoe and Harry now that we're a few weeks in, Oasis in LA, Kirk's shooter dry snitched on his self, Chris enlightens Jason about the Brook...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from the hotel moments before a wedding in Sicily. We chat about an upsell dessert in the Italian countryside, tutto limone at The River Cafe, The Clipse performing live at The Vatican, the Tiny Desk stagedive, we tuck into Zoe and Harry now that we're a few weeks in, Oasis in LA, Kirk's shooter dry snitched on his self, Chris enlightens Jason about the Brook...

Michael M. Grynbaum is a writer for The New York Times. His new book about Condé Nast, Empire of the Elite , is out now. We chat about Scott Galloway's bracelets, Charlie Kirk's assassination, the untapped powers of Hillary Duff, his love of shawl collared sweaters, being married to a fellow writer, galley proofs are the new sceeners, fact-checking notorious maître d's in Korea, Bruce Weber is bac...

Michael M. Grynbaum is a writer for The New York Times. His new book about Condé Nast, Empire of the Elite, is out now. We chat about Scott Galloway's bracelets, Charlie Kirk's assassination, the untapped powers of Hillary Duff, his love of shawl collared sweaters, being married to a fellow writer, galley proofs are the new sceeners, fact-checking notorious maître d's in Korea, Bruce Weber is back...