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Join Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson, Chris Murphy, and Hillary Busis as they recap and analyze the most exciting series on TV and streaming, and get the inside story on how they came together through interviews with television stars and creators. Get in touch, email us at stillwatching@vanityfair.com.
From Fair Game: Sam Altman Talks Elon Musk, ‘Artificial,’ and the Future of Humanity (Part 1 of 2)
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Every day a new scientific breakthrough or existential threat seems to make the world more aware and more distrusting of an AI future that we’re told is rapidly approaching—whether we like it or not. And nobody is more recognized as the face of artificial intelligence—as a technology, an industry, and a civilizational shift—than Open AI founder and CEO Sam Altman. Long before he became a household name, Altman established a towering reputation in Silicon Valley: persuasive prodigy, visionary futurist, relentless CEO. But as OpenAI’s influence broke out of tech’s insular bubble, some of the very same traits that served him well in Northern California have become his greatest liabilities. In a far-ranging conversation taped in San Francisco on September 11th – the first of two sitdowns with Vanity Fair’s Mark Guiducci – Altman discusses his views on ChatGPT and suicide prevention, safety breaches, and the film ‘Artificial,’ in which Andrew Garfield plays him—along with much more. “I understand the instinct to say, ‘I don't want the change, I don't want the risk. Just stop it,’” Altman says. “I really hope that hundreds of years from now people look back at our lives and just can't believe how bad we had it.” This is the first installment of a two-part interview with Altman. You can find the second installment on YouTube and podcast apps now. Listen to and follow Fair Game from Vanity Fair on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this second of two sitdowns with Vanity Fair’s Mark Guiducci, taped in San Francisco on October 2nd, OpenAI’s Sam Altman discusses the ‘accord’ signed by AI leaders and President Trump, defends his company’s record on safety-related slowdowns, and clarifies how he’d like to be remembered as the story of this era of technology is written. “I'm going to make many individual decisions you clearly won't like,” Altman says. “But if you look at the trajectory of what we have done over the last many years we've been offering this, it's imperfect, but I think remarkably good relative to what I feared it could have been.” This is the second installment of a two-part interview with Altman. You can find the first installment on YouTube and podcast apps now. Listen to and follow Fair Game from Vanity Fair on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Listen to and follow Fair Game from Vanity Fair on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. When you sit down with playwright, producer, and provocateur Jeremy O. Harris, you never really know what you’re going to get; today’s conversation is no exception. In this episode of Fair Game, Harris and Vanity Fair’s Mark Guiducci touch on everything from Jeremy’s childhood to the Democratic Socialists of America, from the state of the American theater to why the tech industry’s leaders are not prioritizing giving back to society. They also discuss Jeremy’s 2018 theatrical debut, Slave Play, and why Jeremy pushed to make sure it made a splash. “People don't realize that every year that I wasn't making real money, my mom was calling me and saying, 'Goodyear's hiring. You could come back and work at the factory,'” Harris says. “I was doing anything I could to not go back to Virginia and have to work at a Burger King.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the first episode of Fair Game, Vanity Fair’s new interview show, Mark Guiducci sits down with actor, writer, and director Colman Domingo for a conversation about Colman’s career, sense of style, and philosophy on the world. They touch on Colman’s role as a peacemaker on the set of Euphoria, his performance as Joe Jackson in Michael, and his early work in a political children’s circus where he played a salamander on stilts. “I've had to build this career,” Domingo says. “There's no career that looks like mine. No one writes musicals and plays and directs and acts and sings and dances… I created this space for myself. But it's not because I wanted to, it's because I had to” Listen to and follow Fair Game from Vanity Fair on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meet Wally Amos. He founded the ubiquitous Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in 1975, turning the brand into an overnight sensation and himself into a pop-culture fixture in the 1970s and 1980s. But there’s a darker side to Wally’s seemingly sweet story. One filled with five marriages to six women and a string of bad business decisions that led him to lose the empire he had created. When he passed away in 2024, host Sarah Amos set out to untangle her father’s complicated past and finally face the life and legacy she had been avoiding. New episodes every Wednesday: swap.fm/l/vf-toughcookie-feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary bid farewell to the podcast by remembering some of their favorite series finales ever—and promise to never stop believin’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary are handing out awards this week and designating which programs deserve to be named the best drama, comedy, and reality series in television history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Girls star Allison Williams joins Chris, Richard, and Hillary to talk about the beloved show's polarizing run, its surprising afterlife, and what Marnie might be up to in 2024: "I think she's still looking." Plus, our listeners reveal their favorite episodes of Girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Hillary, and Richard make the case for revisiting Lena Dunham's Girls and debate which of three standouts is the show's best episode ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary dig into the second season of Netflix's twisty drama, starring Keri Russell as an ambassador caught in a political storm. Plus, showrunner Debora Cahn illuminates the season's explosive ending, and gives just a few hints about what to expect from the show's already-in-the-works third season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Richard, and Hillary dig into the overlap between the election and entertainment as they dig into two long-running comedies with a political bent. Plus, Daily Show host Desi Lydic stops by to discuss finding humor in a nail-bitingly close race and the endless absurdity of a Donald Trump rally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary go up, up, and away with HBO’s newest comedy, which details the dysfunction behind the scenes of a Marvel-esque would-be blockbuster. Plus, showrunner John Brown and executive producer Armando Iannucci stop by to chat about satirizing comic-book movies from a place of affection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Vanity Fair’s TV reporter Joy Press returns to chat with host Chris Murphy about season three of HBO’s breakout hit. Plus, Industry stars Harry Lawtey and Marisa Abela discuss their love triangle with Kit Harington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Survivor superfan Richard schools Chris and Hillary on the long-running reality competition's "new era" before the trio discusses its latest season. Plus, Emmy-winning emcee Jeff Probst stops by to talk 24 years of Survivor, how podcaster Jon Lovett wound up getting the boot so early, and his personal gameplay advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Richard, and Hillary discuss the premiere of FX's latest American Story series, which this time is focused on the tragic life of troubled New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez. Plus, star Josh Rivera drops by to chat about getting into NFL shape and how making the show changed his feelings about football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Hillary, and returning special guest Savannah Walsh dig into Hulu's juicy reality show about bickering Mormon influencers. Plus, executive producer Jeff Jenkins stops by to explain why Taylor and Dakota are the Kourtney and Scott of Mormon Wives, and what a second season of the show might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former Simpsons showrunner Bill Oakley joins to tell Chris, Richard, and Hillary all about working on the show during its golden age, how he came up with the endlessly memed "Steamed Hams" sketch, and why the show did a throwaway joke about Donald Trump being elected president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down two more all-time classic episodes of The Simpsons—did somebody say "monorail?"—then put their heads together to determine which favorite deserves to be no. 1 on Comic Book Guy's best-ever list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Grab a doughnut and a can of Duff: We're doing a special miniseries looking back at The Simpsons, the hugely influential comedy that premiered 35 years ago this fall. This week, we'll talk about three of our favorite episodes of all time; next week, we'll talk about two more, before crowning one half-hour the best of all. Woohoo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary chat about Netflix's frothy hit series (and test out their high school French), while Lily Collins stops by to talk about Emily's evolution, and where she'd love to see her character travel next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary unpack the finale and wonder where its cliffhanger ending may lead. Plus, we reveal which host won our season-long competition to predict who would die next on the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Does Rhaenyra finally have an edge? Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down season two's penultimate episode and chat with director Loni Peristere about staging that intense trip to the dragon pit and what's really going on with Alicent when she takes her trip to the woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary discuss Westeros's newest dragonrider, Rhaenyra's strategic win (and surprising new love interest), and wonder why a queen in King's Landing would ever leave her house. Plus, Ewan Mitchell drops by to chat about Aemond's outer villainy and inner turmoil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down a quieter hour that sets up the rest of the season (and includes some very icky ghost sex). Plus, Tom Glynn-Carney stops by to talk about why Aegon is more of a tragic figure than a villain, and why shooting his big dragon fight was like living a little boy's dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down season two's most devastating loss yet, while Eve Best stops by to discuss Rhaenys's journey and how difficult it is to really ride a dragon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down Rhaenera and Alicent's surprise tete-a-tete, Aemond and Aegon's sibling rivalry, and Daemon's possibly doomed acquisition of a haunted castle. Plus, Sir Simon Russell Beale drops by to break down whose side Ser Simon Strong is really on, and the danger of playing an apparently good person in George R. R. Martin's world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down the fallout from last week's horrific tragedy, and place their bets for who might die next. Plus, episode director Clare Kilner joins to discuss how Princess Diana's funeral inspired Alicent and Helaena's procession through King's Landing and what's really driving King Aegon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary fly back into Westeros for another season of HBO's big-budget Game of Thrones prequel. Plus, cast member Phia Saban, who plays Queen Helaena, drops by to talk about her witchy character and how she made a particularly heartbreaking choice this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series was a mixed bag—compelling performances stymied by rushed storytelling. Will it find its groove this year? Richard, Chris, and Hillary will find out as they dig into season two on the next season of Still Watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Hillary, and Savannah break down the season's juicy conclusion, while Luke Newton stops by to break down Colin and Penelope's steamy mirror scene and his Bridgerton future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As we eagerly await the return of Bridgerton, Chris, Richard, and Hillary look back at their favorite duos from Shonda Rhimes series past and present—from Olivia and Fitz to Meredith and... Cristina? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris and Savannah sit down with Nicola Coughlan to learn all of Lady Whistledown’s secrets and play a very special Bravo-themed game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Hillary, and guest host Savannah Walsh unpack the first four episodes of Bridgerton season three, from its rom-com feel to a certain very steamy ride. Plus, Claudia Jesse joins to chat about Eloise's journey, and what might be in store the rest of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chris, Hillary, and guest host Savannah Walsh are diving into the third season of Netflix's steamy Regency romance. But first, we discuss how the show took TV by storm, and what we're hoping to see in its long-awaited return to streaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Now that several classic Bravo series are newly streaming on Peacock, Richard, Chris, and Hillary look back at the network's transformation from fine-art showcase to reality TV mecca. Plus, the hosts break down the vintage Bravo scenes they're still thinking about (and discuss listeners' favorites, too). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week's episode, Chris, Hillary, and Richard discuss the first three episodes of the new HBO mini-series The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Later in the episode, series star Hoa Xuande stops by to talk about what makes the show so special and how it feels to be in his first lead role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary didn't get a chance to analyze the sumptuous latest edition of FX's Feud episode by episode—so we're covering the whole series now, complete with an in-depth interview with showrunner and writer Jon Robin Baitz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary unwrap the final four episodes of Ripley, while Andrew Scott joins to explain how at his core, Tom Ripley is just "somebody who hasn't been given access to the beautiful things in life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Andrew Scott makes for a captivating killer in the first four episodes of Netflix's Ripley, streaming now. Richard, Chris, and Hillary dig into the sumptuously shot series, while Dakota Fanning stops by to talk about her new spin on Marge Sherwood and the simply ghastly experience of filming for months in gorgeous Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down The Regime’s final episode, and reveal which of them correctly guessed who would be leading Genovia by the end of the series. Later, VF correspondent Miriam Elder drops by to reveal what The Regime got right about despots, and what it didn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Terrible Christmas tidings hit Kate Winslet's autocracy in the penultimate episode of The Regime. Richard, Chris, and Hillary sift through the ashes, while Andrea Riseborough stops by to break down Agnes's tragic arc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The show finally introduces Grant's Ed Keplinger, a liberal ex-chancellor whose democratic leanings may be less progressive than they seem. Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down his introduction to The Regime and chat with Grant about reuniting with Kate Winslet and what Keplinger really believes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary dissect Elena’s latest heal-turn, and what it means for Zuback's future. Plus, Guillaume Gallienne joins to discuss playing first husband Nicky: "He's a bit of a masochist. He likes to be her rug." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary dig into how Zuback's quick ascent has affected Genovia. Plus, Matthias Schoenaerts stops by to chat about playing the Butcher of Site 5 and rubbing mustard on Kate Winslet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary dive into The Regime, a satirical dramedy from the mind of Succession alum Will Tracey. Plus, star Kate Winslet joins to break down the similarities between her and autocratic chancellor Elena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kate Winslet returns to HBO but this time tries her hand at comedy with The Regime. Chris, Hillary and Richard discuss what they’re looking forward to in this six part limited series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Night Country’s showrunner breaks down season four's most surprising Easter eggs, the backstories we didn't get to see, and what it's like to tangle online with passionate True Detective fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary discuss how Night Country reveals both what happened to the scientists and who really killed Annie K. Plus, Jodie Foster joins to dig into how the ending reinforces all of the show's themes, filming her big underwater scene, and why time, truly, is a flat circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As episode five premieres early on Max to avoid the Super Bowl, Richard, Chris, and Hillary break down Night Country's biggest twist yet, while John Hawkes stops by to talk about writing Hank's unbelievably bleak song and staging a very tense standoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard, Chris, and Hillary discuss Ennis's incredibly depressing holiday, complete with death, breakdowns, and a heart-wrenching romantic diss. Plus, Kali Reis joins to talk all things Evangeline Navarro, and how this episode's major tragedy will drive her going forward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices