Bleav presents On The List with Brett Gursky

It's March 2026- and this is an Encore Presentation of our episode with Michael B. Jordan , who just won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Sinners" . Michael was a guest on my podcast back in February 2013. We had just gotten back from the Sundance Film Festival, where Michael's movie "Fruitvale Station" had premiered. It was also the feature directorial debut of a new...

It’s the seventy-sixth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky ... and it's our Oscar episode! This week's guest is Brett's friend Doug Kolk , entertainment reporter for KTLA & host of "Live from the Oscars" . Brett and Doug make their Oscar predictions in all 24 categories. They also talk about Oscar stats & facts & figures leading up to the big day. They discuss growing up...

It’s the seventy-fifth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Grant Harvey talks all about his new movie “The Accountant 2” , in which he stars opposite Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal . Grant shares behind-the-scenes stories from the making of the movie- Everything from how he got the role of “Cobb” to what it was like working with Affleck, Bernthal, and director Gavin O’Connor...

It’s the seventy-fourth episode of  On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guests Cherry Chevapravatdumrong & Teresa Hsiao  talk all about their hilarious new movie “Joy Ride” . They share behind-the-scenes stories from the making of the movie- Everything from writing the script, to casting the roles with actors like Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, & Sabrina Wu, to shooting t...

It’s the seventy-third episode of  On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Taylor John Smith  talks all about his career as an actor. Taylor shares behind-the-scenes stories from his new movie “Where the Crawdads Sing” . He talks about chemistry reads over Zoom with Daisy Edgar Jones, filming in New Orleans, Reese Witherspoon producing, and Taylor Swift’s original song for the movie. The...

It’s the seventy-second episode of  On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Ruben Fleischer  talks all about his career as a director. Ruben and Brett talk about his latest movie “Uncharted” , starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg , which was just the #1 movie in the world for 2 weeks in a row. Ruben gives Brett all the behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the film, including w...

It’s the seventy-first episode of  On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Walt Becker  talks all about his career as a director. Walt and Brett talk about his latest movie “Clifford the Big Red Dog” , which was both the #1 family film at the box office and the #1 trending movie on Paramount Plus. Walt gives Brett behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the live-action film starrin...

It’s the seventieth episode of  On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Travis Van Winkle  talks all about his career as an actor. First, Travis and Brett talk about how they share the same birthday- November 4th (though Travis explains that his birthday is both November 4th and November 5th). They also talk about how they’re both dog lovers. Then Travis tells Brett everything that went...

It’s the sixty-ninth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Richard Marx talks all about his career as a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. First, Richard and Brett discuss his brand new autobiography “Stories To Tell” , as well as the soundtrack that goes along with it. Then Brett- who’s been a Richard Marx fan since he was 7 years old- tells Richard about the impact his...

It’s the sixty-eighth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Chord Overstreet talks all about his career as an actor and a musician. First, Chord shares behind-the-scenes stories about the making of his new album “Stone Man” , which features his latest singles “Stone Man” , “Beautiful Disaster” , and “What’s Left of You ”. Then Chord takes Brett back to the beginning to discu...

It’s the sixty-seventh episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Amber Stevens West talks all about her career as an actress and her new show “Run The World” , which has been so critically acclaimed it has a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. As a surprise, Brett shows Amber his journal from first grade, which mentioned “Hollywood Squares” and her father Shadoe Stevens . Then Amb...

It’s the sixty-sixth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guests Lance Bass & Lisa Delcampo talk all about their careers and their new TV shows: “Unicorn Hunters” on Amazon Prime & “The Circle” on Netflix. Lance was previously a guest on the podcast back on Episode 10, where he shared his whole life story, including how he joined NSYNC and his experience as part of one of...

It’s the sixty-fifth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Peter Facinelli talks all about his career as both an actor and a director. Peter takes Brett behind-the-scenes of his latest movie “The Vanished” , which he wrote, directed, produced, and stars in. He talks about pivoting from acting to directing, the real-life incidents that inspired the script, and how he put toge...

It’s the sixty-fourth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Max Adler talks all about his career as an actor. Max takes Brett behind-the-scenes of his latest film “The Trial of the Chicago 7” , which is nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He talks about working with Aaron Sorkin, who wrote and directed the movie, as well as his co-stars like Sacha Baron C...

It’s the sixty-third episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Brad Furman talks all about his career as a director. Brad takes Brett behind-the-scenes of his latest film “City of Lies” , which stars Johnny Depp & Forest Whitaker and tells the inside story of the investigations into the still-unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur & The Notorious B.I.G. They also discuss the l...

It’s the sixty-second episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Emmanuelle Chriqui talks all about her career as an actress. Emmanuelle tells Brett about accepting the offer to play the role of “Lana Lang” on the new, hit series “Superman & Lois” , which was renewed for season two after airing just one episode. Then Emmanuelle takes Brett back to the beginning, including her...

It’s the sixty-first episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Soleil Moon Frye talks all about her life as both an actress and a documentary filmmaker. She first came into our lives as the lovable “Punky Brewster” in 1984, starring in the hit NBC series for 4 successful seasons. Now, “Punky Brewster” is back with an all-new reboot (or “continuation”) on Peacock, premiering Febr...

It’s the sixtieth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guests Carl Radke & Lindsay Hubbard talk all about their experience as the stars of Bravo’s hottest reality show “Summer House” , giving Brett all the behind-the-scenes inside scoop. Since Brett knew both of them before they were ever on television, Carl & Lindsay discuss their lives prior to joining the show. Like Br...

It’s the fifty-ninth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Dane Cook talks all about his 30-year career as a stand-up comedian and an actor. Dane offers behind-the-scenes stories from his recent "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" virtual table read with Sean Penn , Jennifer Aniston , Brad Pitt , and Julia Roberts . Then Dane takes Brett back to the beginning, from his...

It’s the fifty-eighth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Cody Calafiore talks all about his recent win on Big Brother: All Stars . Cody discusses the differences between his experiences on Big Brother 16 (where he won 2nd place) and Big Brother 22 (where he just won 1st place) and what it was like to come back this year as an All-Star. He discusses what his strategy was t...

It’s the fifty-seventh episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Evan Antin talks all about his career as a vet, as the star of the Animal Planet series “Evan Goes Wild” , and as the author of the new book “World Wild Vet” . He also talks about what it’s like to be named People magazine’s “Sexiest Vet Alive” . Evan shares stories about how his love of animals began as a kid, how...

It’s the fifty-sixth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Kristin Cavallari talks all about her career as a reality TV star, an actress, a host, and a New York Times bestselling author. She shares behind-the-scenes stories from her three hit TV series- "Laguna Beach" , "The Hills" , and "Very Cavallari" . She also discusses her three bestsellin...

It’s the fifty-fifth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Frank Coraci (“Hot Air”) talks all about his career as a movie director. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from his latest movie "Hot Air" starring Steve Coogan . Then he goes back to beginning and talks all about his days at NYU, where he met his friend & future collaborator Adam Sandler . Together t...

It’s the fifty-fourth episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guest Gene Stupnitsky (“Good Boys”) talks all about his career as a writer and director. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from the making of his feature directorial debut "Good Boys" - an R-rated comedy starring kids. He discusses writing the script with his writing partner Lee Eisenberg , bringing Seth Rogen...

It’s the fifty-third episode of On The List with Brett Gursky . This week's guests Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg (“Cobra Kai”) talk all about their careers as writers and directors. They share behind-the-scenes stories from all of their projects, including the “Harold & Kumar” trilogy, “American Reunion” (the 4th film in the “American Pie” franchise), and “ Blockers” . They discuss how...