Aug 24, 2016
Dennis welcomes trans actor-writer-activist Jen Richards to his condo to discuss the Emmy-nominated web-series "Her Story," about the dating lives of trans women in LA. She talks about the origins of the series, crushing on her co-creator, getting fan mail from places like Estonia and Bangladesh and landing a...
Aug 15, 2016
Dennis visits the charming L.A. home of Byron Lane, creator of the webseries "Last Will and Testicle," which was inspired by his own experiences with testicular cancer. Byron talks about making the webseries as the drama was playing out in his own life, getting funds from Kickstarter, asking actor and past podcast guest...
Aug 4, 2016
Here's part 2 of my conversation with professional namer and Crossword constructor Andrea Carla Michaels. This one is basically one long delicious story about playing Scattegories with John Lithgow that takes detours to a Scrabble club in New York and her Harvard reunion. Other topics include being a chaperone for...
Aug 1, 2016
After a few weeks off, Dennis returns, welcoming his old friend from San Francisco Andrea Carla Michaels into his Noho condo to talk about what it's like to create crossword puzzles for the New York Times. She talks about why she loves it, her long history with Will Shortz, how she gets paid, having her puzzle featured...