Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Latest episode

Oscars move reveals what YouTube always wanted: to replace TV
12/19/2025 | 52 mins.
Plus, the “slow-motion, slightly-off-the-front-page collapse” of the FBI under Kash Patel, our weekend film reviews, and Evan Kleiman has the best spice blends for last-minute stocking stuffers.
Rob Reiner’s son’s struggles feel familiar for many families
12/18/2025 | 52 mins.
Plus, President Trump’s chief of staff spoke candidly to Vanity Fair about her boss and others in the White House, and how to choose a holiday movie everyone will like.
Rob Reiner’s son’s struggles feel familiar for many families
12/18/2025 | 52 mins.
Plus, President Trump’s chief of staff spoke candidly to Vanity Fair about her boss and others in the White House, and how to choose a holiday movie everyone will like.
Rhea Seehorn on happiness, self-loathing, and optimism in ‘Pluribus’
12/16/2025 | 52 mins.
Plus, an attack on Americans in Syria and the Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting renews focus on ISIS, and the origin story of the drunken, debaucherous SantaCon.
Remembering Rob Reiner, and his ‘endlessly quotable’ films
12/15/2025 | 51 mins.
Plus, nine former Justice Department attorneys resign over pressure to investigate antisemitism on UC campuses, and the band HAIM dishes on their new album, relationships, and Paul Thomas Anderson.