Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom Yorke, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.
Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin
Claim This PodcastHosted by Alec Baldwin
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Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom Yorke, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.
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Recent Episodes
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From the Archives: Edie Falco
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[…] But my mom was an actress. She did stuff at Arena Players and Farmingdale and Broad Hollow Theater and Huntington all around Long Island. But she had a job and she would do her plays in the weekends and at night. And I sort of thought, oh, your job. Many different jobs, but she was a DJ at WGLI, was a station on Long Island. She was a copywriter and she did a million different things. She decided she wanted a job and she would get it. But then at night she'd do her plays and I thought that's what you do when you want to be an actor. How many siblings do you have? I've got an older brother, younger brother, and a younger sister. […]
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