Son of a Binge

Sense & Sensibility Director Georgia Oakley joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her Jane Austen remake for a new generation. Thirty years ago, Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay, in which she played Elinor Dashwood and Kate Winslet, her sister Marianne. Now, Oakley delivers a new legendary cast in Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor, Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne, Caitríona Balf...

Emmy-award winning actor Jeff Hiller joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to give the lowdown on his double hit shows, Widow's Bay and Pluribus . From working with Rhea Seehorn,  Vince Gilligan and Matthew Rhys, to spilling wine on a co-star at the Gotham Awards, to his unforgettable scream in Widow's Bay , Hiller takes us through it all. He reveals what actor he got starstruck by,...

Karolina Wydra joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her triumphant return to television in Vince Gilligan's Pluribus, also starring Rhea Seehorn . Wydra began her career as a model, then went on to appear in various television shows and films. She hung with the slutty vampires in True Blood , rolled in the medical world in House , flirted with Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stu...

Hojo Shin from XO, Kitty joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her role as Jiwon on the hit Netflix show. She tells us which couple has her heart, what she wants to see for her character if they get a season 4, and her favorite character on the show. It's not who you think. She opens up about working with Lana Condor ( To All the Boys I've Loved Before ), who made a...

Logan Marshall-Green joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about The Odyssey, Marshals, And Just Like That , and the role that was a 'real hurdle' to his career. He opens up about working with Tom Holland, Al Pacino, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarita Choudhury, and why a showrunner told him, "Your body, it's not there." Logan also gets candid a...

Aramide Tinubu (Television Critic, Variety ) and Kate Erbland (Editorial Director, IndieWire ) join Reshma Gopaldas to discuss the upcoming Emmy nominations and what we hope to see. Erbland explains the voting process as we lead up to the nominations on July 8. We talk about the shows that have been largely ignored by the Television Academy, what shows you won't see being recognized, why The...

Poet Darah Fleming joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about the Widow's Bay season finale.  From his favorite scene with Patricia throwing a party as a way to get new friends, to all the questions season one brought up, to the one episode that he texted during, and why he decided to start watching the show, Fleming explains why he loved binge watching Widow’s Bay . Listen to the full epis...

Christian Vunipola joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about playing Nicholas Galitzine's best friend in Masters of the Universe . Vunipola plays Hussein, who lives with Adam (Galitzine). Vunipola opens up about getting the role, working with Galitzine, and reveals why he doesn't want his character to become a superhero if there's a Masters of the Universe 2.  He also dives into...

School Spirits Star Nick Pugliese joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about the season 3 finale of his show, which was just renewed for season 4. He teases the storylines he pitched to the writers for the next season, including the one they said they had no budget for! He also opens up about his character, Charley's relationship about Yuli. And confesses what scene challenge...

Michaela McManus ( One Tree Hill, Memory of a Killer ) joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her film Redux Redux , in which she stars as a multi-verse time-traveling mother bent on revenge. Directed by her brothers, Kevin and Matthew McManus, Redux Redux follows McManus's character as she exacts revenge on her daughter's killer over and over. McManus also takes us...

CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk about his Oscar-nominated documentary, All the Empty Rooms, which brings the viewer into the bedrooms of children who were killed in school shootings. Hartman reveals why he chose to do this film, what interview broke him, what brought tears of joy, and why he has hope that the film could change things, so parents and families...

Wuthering Heights , people either love it right now or hate it. H. Alan Scott , Senior Culture Reporter at Newsweek , joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to break down Wuthering Heights , starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff, in Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic book, "Wuthering Heights." Scott gives his hot take on the...

Motaz Malhees joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about his impactful film The Voice of Hind Rajab , based upon the recent true story of 5-year-old Hind, who came under fire by the Israeli army in Gaza. Malhees stars as Omar, the Red Crescent operator who receives the ill-fated call from young Hind, who begs for help. Kaouther Ben Hania directs and writes the film, which has been short-listed f...

Saja Kilani , star of The Voice of Hind Rajab , joins host Reshma Gopaldas to kick off the road to the Oscars with her film that's been short-listed for the Oscars. Kilani plays Rana, who is one of the Red Crescent workers who spoke to Hind on that fateful day.  The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on real-life events where Red Crescent workers receive a phone call from 5-year-old Hind Rajab, who...

Actor and writer Aizzah Fatima ( High Maintenance, The Good Wife ), joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her live comedy show Muslim Girls DTF, her film Americanish , and the shows and movies that made her fall in love with filmmaking.  Fatima talks about her first role as an extra in Shah Rukh Khan's Kal Ho Naa Ho, the shows that she grew up watching, from Friends to E...

Jakob Oftebro ( Black Crab, Lillyhammer ) joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about his role as media mogul, Jan Stenbeck in Vanguard , which is being hailed as the Swedish Succession. Imagine if Kendall Roy, Shiv Roy, Roman Roy, and Connor Roy were actually competent. What'd you get is Jan Stenbeck. Based on the true story of the Stenbeck family empire, Oftebro leads the ca...

Edvin Ryding joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about his new limited series, A Life's Worth , where he plays a young soldier whose life is changed after fighting in the war in Bosnia. Edvin talks all about going to boot camp, and the toughest scenes he had to do. He also looks back on the Young Royals and whether he would ever re-visit the show, should it come back.  He al...

Benjamin Wainwright ( Belgravia: The Next Chapter , Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim ) joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk murder, mayhem, and Maigret . Wainwright takes on the iconic inspector role, in PBS Masterpiece's new Maigret  series . Based on the book series by George Simenon novels about Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret, this is the first modern day adaptat...

The cast of The Couple Next Door season 2, Sam Palladio ( Nashville ), Annabel Scholey ( Being Human ), Sendhil Ramamurthy ( Never Have I Ever ), and Aggy K. Adams ( The Witcher ) join host Reshma Gopaldas to chat all about their thrilling, suspenseful and slightly murdery show. The season finale revealed which of the four turned out to be a stone cold killer.  *Spoiler Alert* - Sendhil Ramamurthy...

Alexandra Rapaport joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk about her new film, Little Did I Know , where she plays a woman, Petra, who has just turned 50, who is the last to know that her marriage is over. The film is based on the two bestselling books, 'There Is Something Going On' and 'Life Goes So Fast,' by Martina Haag, who also directs the film in her directorial debut. Petra i...

Lauren Lyle and Emer Kenny join host Reshma Gopaldas to chat all about the second season of their show Karen Pirie . Lyle plays the Scottish detective who has a knack for solving old cases that male detectives failed to solve 20 plus years ago. Lyle also opens up about her emotional last day on the long-running Outlander , her final scenes with Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan . Karen Pirie is stre...

Belly (Lola Tung) and Conrad (Christopher Briney) of The Summer I Turned Pretty finally got their happy ending in the season 3 finale episode. Host Reshma Gopaldas and journalist Jason Pham discuss the finale, Belly and Conrad's long running will they/won't they - but of course they will- relationship, and what might happen in the newly announced The Summer I Turned Pretty movie. We brea...

And Just Like That has ended after 3 seasons. Culture critic Scarlett Harris joins host Reshma Gopaldas to discuss Carrie Bradshaw's last chapter, for now. From the Aidan factor, to what we really thought of the finale, to Miranda and Steve, to that questionable toilet scene, and Charlotte and Harry's storylines, we break it all down.  And Just Like That stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynth...

Bessie Carter (Prudence Featherington, Bridgerton ) joins host Reshma Gopaldas and guest co-host Sarene Leeds to talk all about her role as Nancy Mitford in Britbox's series Outrageous . Bessie is currently also starring in Mrs. Warren's Profession in London with her mother, Imelda Staunton ( The Crown, Harry Potter ). Bessie breaks down Outrageous , from working with her talented co-sta...

Lucas Englander joins Reshma Gopaldas on Son of a Binge to talk all about season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers . Lucas co-stars with Nicole Kidman, Annie Murphy, Henry Golding, Christine Baranski, Murray Bartlett, and more.  Englander reveals what is was like filming the finale in which he and Kidman's Masha have a life-changing run in on a bridge. Englander opens up about his cast members, and...