Meryl Streep and The Movies with Zachary Scot Johnson and Maryl McNally

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.youtube.com/user/thesongadayproject/about ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2014's "Into The Woods", which co-stars Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine, James Corden, DDaniel Huttlestone, Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch, Tracey Ullman, Johnny Depp, Mackenzie Mauzy and more.  Directed by Rob Marshall. Musical by Ste...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.youtube.com/user/thesongadayproject/about ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2009's "It's Complicated", which co-stars Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, Rita Wilson, Alexandra Wentworth, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Nora Dunn and more.  Directed and written by Robert Nancy Meyers....

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.youtube.com/user/thesongadayproject/about ) and Maryl McNally discuss 1992's "Death Becomes Her", which co-stars Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini, Mary Ellen Trainor, Sydney Pollack and more.  Directed by Robert Zemeckis with a screenplay by Martin Donovan & David Koepp. Email the hosts at MerylStreepPodcast@g...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.youtube.com/user/thesongadayproject/about ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2019's "Little Women", which co-stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, James Norton and more.  Directed and adapted screenplay by the brilliant Greta Gerwig . Ema...

Just a quick update with the news that Meryl Streep has broken her own record and received her 34th Golden Globes nomination for "Big Little Lies". Email us at MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com We'll be back soon with "Holocaust"

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally interview New Yorker contributor and Meryl Streep biographer Michael Schulman, author of the New York Times bestseller "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep". Email the hosts at MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com and please remember to rate, review and subscribe to this podcast. Zach's ranking...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2019's Netflix comedy/ drama "The Laundromat", which co-stars  Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, James Cromwell, Robert Patrick, Melissa Rauch, David Schwimmer, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Will Forte, Chris Parnell, Larry Wilmore, Nonso Anozie, Miracle Washington, Jessica...

Zachary Scot Johnson ( http://www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) interviews author Erin Carlson ( http://www.erinlcarlson.com ) about her fascinating new book, "Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, And Legendary Life of Meryl Streep". Find the book at your local bookseller or, if you must buy on Amazon, buy at https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Meryl-Iconic-Heroic-Legendary/dp/0316485276/ref=sr_...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss the second season of "Big Little Lies", which co-stars  Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz, Adam Scott, Kathryn Newton and James Tupper and more.  Directed by Andrea Arnold and written by David E. Kelly. Email the hosts at Mer...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2015's "Ricki And The Flash", which co-stars Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Rick Springfield, Audra McDonald, Ben Platt and more.  Directed by the late, great Jonathan Demme and written by Diablo Cody. Email the hosts at MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com and please remember to rat...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2008's "Doubt", which co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis and more.  Directed and written by John Patrick Shanley, based on his Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name. Also discussed: the season two premiere episode of "Big Little Lies", which co...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss 1994's "The River Wild", which co-stars David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly, Joseph Mazzello, Stephanie Sawyer, Elizabeth Hoffman, Benjamin Bratt and more.  Directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Denis O'Neill. Email the hosts at MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com a...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss 1983's "Silkwood", which co-stars Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, Bruce McGill, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, James Rebhorn, Bill Cobbs and more.  Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Nora Ephron and Alice Ar...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com  ) and Maryl McNally discuss 2018's "Mary Poppins Returns" and the 2018 Academy Award Nominations. Discussed: Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Green Book, Roma, A Star Is Born, Vice, If Beale Street Could Talk, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Willem Dafoe, Rami Malek, Viggo...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson (www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally discuss 2008 jaugernaut smash hit "Mamma Mia!" and the 2018 sequel "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again". In addition to Meryl, the films star Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Lily James, Dominic Cooper, Jeremy Irvine, Josh Dylan, Ale...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.com) discuss the brilliant career of Laura Dern. There's some big Meryl news (another new movie!) and more! Email  MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com  with questions, ideas, comments and follow MerylStreepPodcast on Instagram and be sure to rate, review and s...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.com) discuss 2 of Meryl Streep's earliest roles: her film debut in 1977's "Julia", directed by Fred Zinnemann and co-starring Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook and others; and Woody Allen's troublesome "Manhattan". There's some big Meryl n...

Part two (when we actually discuss "The Post" to our episode that was supposed to come out three months ago but was held up by technical difficulties with our server. Some info (especially in part one)  is outdated, but was recorded long ago. Thanks for your patience with us as we struggled with our hosting site. Email us at MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com and find our instagram merylstreeppodca...

Part one of our episode on "The Post", recorded long ago. Split into two parts to ease the burden on our server. In the first part, we mostly discuss the Oscars, which hadn't occurred yet. Email MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.com) discuss Meryl Streep's 2018 film "The Post", which was directed by Steven Spielberg and co-stars Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Zach...

A quick update on what's been going on that has prevented us from doing an episode lately!  Email MerylStreepPodcast@gmail.com with thoughts and concerns.

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.com) discuss Meryl Streep's 2009 comedy "Julie and Julia", which was written and directed by Nora Ephron and co-stars Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Jane Lynch, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Deborah Rush and Casey Wilson. Visit thesongadayproject on Y...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson ( www.zacharyscotjohnson.com)  and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.com) discuss Meryl Streep's 2009 comedy "Julie and Julia", which was written and directed by Nora Ephron and co-stars Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Jane Lynch, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Deborah Rush and Casey Wilson. Visit thesongadayp...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson (www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.org) discuss Meryl Streep's performance in 1993's white washed, but well acted "The House of the Spirits". Directed by Bille August, and based upon Isabel Allende's beautiful novel, this film co-stars Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, Antonia Banderas, Grac...

Longtime friends and Meryl Streep fans Zachary Scot Johnson (www.zacharyscotjohnson.com) and Maryl McNally (www.neverlandtheatrecompany.org) discuss Meryl Streep's performance in 1993's white washed, but well acted "The House of the Spirits". Directed by Bille August, and based upon Isabel Allende's beautiful novel, this film co-stars Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, Antonia Banderas, Grac...