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
Jul 27, 2015 • 1h 16min
B.E.E. - Shirley Manson - 7/27/15
Shirley Manson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Amy Winehouse, the lack of angry women in mainstream pop music, Taylor Swift and the damaging effects of streaming on the music industry.
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Jul 20, 2015 • 1h 16min
B.E.E. - Anthony Jeselnik - 7/20/15
Anthony Jeselnik and Bret Easton Ellis discuss offensiveness in humor, writing workshops, Glamorama and performing at colleges.
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Jun 29, 2015 • 1h 14min
B.E.E. - Jonathan Ames - 6/29/15
Writer Jonathan Ames and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Princeton, Josh Duggar, gender transition and the current state of the novel.
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Jun 22, 2015 • 1h 13min
B.E.E. - Peaches - 6/22/15
Peaches and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sexuality in pop music, Lady Gaga, gender identity and Phantom of the Paradise.
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Jun 15, 2015 • 1h 14min
B.E.E. - Jason Blum - 6/15/15
Film producer Jason Blum and Bret Easton Ellis discuss producing Whiplash, Alfred Hitchcock, the spectacle of murder in cinema and the current state of low-budget independent filmmaking.
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Jun 8, 2015 • 1h 20min
B.E.E. - Kelly Marcel - 6/8/15
Screenwriter Kelly Marcel and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing the screenplay for Fifty Shades of Grey, Syd Field, Tom Hardy and Saving Mr. Banks.
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Jun 1, 2015 • 1h 14min
B.E.E. - Andrew Haigh - 6/1/15
Filmmaker Andrew Haigh and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Looking, the collision of sex and technology, identity and Cruising.
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May 26, 2015 • 1h 5min
B.E.E. - Ariel Pink - 5/26/15
Ariel Pink and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Frank Sinatra, the creative effects of romantic disappointment, Madonna and Blurred Lines.
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May 18, 2015 • 1h 20min
B.E.E. - Bruce Wagner - 5/18/15
Novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Maps to the Stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, branding in art and earnestness.
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May 11, 2015 • 1h 15min
B.E.E. - Molly Ringwald - 5/11/15
Molly Ringwald and Bret Easton Ellis discuss John Hughes, being a muse, helicopter parenting and writing fiction.
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