Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
Controversial best-selling author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis delivers a weekly glimpse into one of popular culture's most fascinating minds. The entertainment industry's top writers, directors, actors and musicians will join Bret to discuss the issues and complexities that keep the creative world turning as we experience this intriguing period in our planet's history. The same sensibilities that have formed Bret's impressive catalog in literature and film will be on display with each and every new episode.
Latest episodes
Nov 30, 2015 • 1h 27min
B.E.E. - Alex Pettyfer - 11/30/15
Alex Pettyfer and Bret Easton Ellis discuss I Am Number Four, the effects of information overload on millennials, Magic Mike and the separation between an actor's professional and personal lives.
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Nov 16, 2015 • 1h 25min
B.E.E. - Eli Roth - 11/16/15
Eli Roth and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sensationalism in film, The Green Inferno, Keanu Reeves and The Last American Virgin.
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Nov 9, 2015 • 1h 23min
B.E.E. - Michael Angelakos - 11/9/15
Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos and Bret Easton Ellis discuss ideology vs. aesthetics, enduring mental illness in the public eye, being fueled by self-hatred and the perils of expressing negative opinions in corporate culture.
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Oct 26, 2015 • 1h 17min
B.E.E. - Mark Danielewski - 10/26/15
Writer Mark Danielewski and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Martian, House of Leaves, creative immersion and Show Me a Hero.
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Oct 12, 2015 • 1h 26min
B.E.E. - Kim Gordon - 10/12/15
Kim Gordon and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Girl in a Band, the nihilism of Lana Del Rey and returning to Los Angeles after living in New York City.
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Sep 28, 2015 • 1h 38min
B.E.E. - Judd Nelson - 9/28/15
Judd Nelson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Breakfast Club, negative press coverage, St. Elmo's Fire and Tom Cruise.
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Sep 14, 2015 • 1h 18min
B.E.E. - David Shields - 9/14/15
Writer David Shields and Bret Easton Ellis discuss David Foster Wallace, the death of the traditional novel, Jonathan Franzen and reality television.
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Aug 31, 2015 • 1h 24min
B.E.E. - Craig Finn - 8/31/15
Craig Finn of The Hold Steady and Bret Easton Ellis discuss corporate culture in rock and roll, The Clash, the decline of the archetypal rock star and The Replacements.
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Aug 24, 2015 • 1h 19min
B.E.E. - Jason Schwartzman - 8/24/15
Jason Schwartzman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss nepotism in Hollywood, David O. Russell, showrunning and All the President's Men.
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Aug 10, 2015 • 1h 28min
B.E.E. - Sean Baker - 8/10/15
Filmmaker Sean Baker and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Tangerine, groupthink ideology in the transgender moment, Lars von Trier and making money in independent film.
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