Author/Musician/Songwriter Warren Zanes and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Springsteen's Suicide obsession guiding him to Nebraska, the key ingredient of a perfect summer song and the only contemporary ...
2023-08-15 05:52:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Author/Musician/Songwriter Warren Zanes and Bret Easton Ellis discuss voyaging deep into Nebraska to craft Deliver Me From Nowhere, scouring the ruins of The Del Fuegos decades after their disappoi...
2023-08-08 06:54:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Alice Carriere and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the resonating thrill of reading a detached literary voice, calming down with images of extreme horror and adopting a domestic approach to editin...
2023-08-01 03:29:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Author Alice Carriere and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the perils of being born to intensely artistic parents, when medicine mimics illness and finding structure in chaos and crisis. Part 1 of 2.
2023-07-25 01:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis discusses the remainder of his ten best viewing experiences of 2023 thus far. Part 2 of 2.
2023-07-18 04:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post
As 2023 reaches its middle point, Bret Easton Ellis reveals the first five of his ten best viewing experiences so far this year. Part 1 of 2.
2023-07-11 02:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis discusses finally locating a key component of Wes Anderson's artistry in Asteroid City, addresses an inquiry into the origins of one of his novels and ponders his comparison to a ...
2023-07-04 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis plunges to new depths of spiritual malaise on a philosophical voyage to visit the wreckage of his own privilege. Bret then dives into a fresh set of questions from Platinum listen...
2023-06-27 04:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli and Bret Easton Ellis wade through the long list of movies ranked in the latest Sight and Sound Critics' Poll. Part 2 of 2.
2023-06-20 02:48:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli and Bret Easton Ellis discuss transplanting body horror to a brighter world in Sick of Myself, being terrified by Ridley Scott as a young child and thrilled by Lars Von ...
2023-06-13 03:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Screenwriter/Actress Guinevere Turner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the treacherous task of casting Patrick Bateman, the quandary of narrating a movie unreliably and basking in the unabashed dedica...
2023-06-06 03:37:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Screenwriter/Actress Guinevere Turner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss flipping an unusually compelling backstory from burden to book, connecting with the bleak youth populating the pages of Charles D...
2023-05-30 02:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer/Actor Jordan Firstman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the lingering shame of a dramatic youth, being haunted by banana bread and the refreshing lavishness of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
2023-05-23 03:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis is pleasantly surprised by a former guest's new movie, reconnects with a delightful dinner companion and recalls early memories made of island magic as Hollywood continues standin...
2023-05-16 03:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis discusses the first few days of the WGA strike, is reminded of an emblematic giraffe from the past and talks about an often overlooked Hitchcock movie as he ponders his immediate ...
2023-05-09 02:35:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis discusses a challenging collaboration, resoundingly denies an accusation of hobnobbing and eulogizes a fallen ringmaster as he fields questions from Platinum members on the air. 2023-05-02 03:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis talks about watching hit television shows barely tread water, processing pain without dealing blame and wielding pragmatism to fend off regret as he struggles to stay positive in ...
2023-04-25 02:58:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer/Illustrator Matt Battaglia and Bret Easton Ellis discuss mining recent history for House on Fire, an old villain as the courier of new lies and corporations betraying the arts by policing th...
2023-04-18 03:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis affirms James Cameron's mastery of spectacle, laments sexless high schoolers on the silver screen and reveals how to make yourself disappear through coitus as he advises Platinum ...
2023-04-11 03:50:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Uncle Sam has flexed his rippled muscle of fairness and drizzled the musky sweat of justice all over you... Can you feel it? Bret will answer Platinum questions about love, sex and relationships on...
2023-04-08 09:57:32 +0000 UTC View PostHoly shit, the Topic Poll was so close that it finished within the margin of error! According to the Official B.E.E. Podcast Charter Magna Carta, a 12-hour special election sudden death run-off is ...
2023-04-07 20:21:19 +0000 UTC View PostWe're getting experimental for the next episode: It will be a Q&A, but instead of the usual "anything goes" vibe of these shows we are going to find out what happens when we tighten the focus o...
2023-04-06 04:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis talks about a legendary auteur who never made a legendary movie and reflects on the recent Academy Awards as he fields more questions from Platinum listeners. Part 2 of 2.
2023-04-04 01:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis talks about rolling with the changes in business class before replying to questions from Platinum listeners on the air. Part 1 of 2.
2023-03-28 05:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Novelist Maria Semple and Bret Easton Ellis discuss witnessing John Malkovich's mastery of the stage together, writing scripts as a hired gun and Jonah Hill's recent documentary about a familiar su...
2023-03-21 00:18:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Novelist/TV Writer Maria Semple and Bret Easton Ellis discuss new perspective as the key to igniting The Shards, navigating the emotional self on the lonely road and shame as an engine of creation....
2023-03-14 02:41:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Matty Healy of The 1975 and Bret Easton Ellis discuss pop culture tastemakers as an endangered species, the most boring indie rock scene ever documented on film and the only thing to ever threaten ...
2023-03-07 01:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Frontman Matty Healy from The 1975 and Bret Easton Ellis discuss harmless inhabitants mingling with sinister forces in Los Angeles, people deflecting personal responsibility by slinging online accu...
2023-02-28 02:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis tells tales from the road, ponders the high price of George Michael's stunning success and shares the secret to staying productive without sacrificing your vices as he fields ques...
2023-02-21 04:19:12 +0000 UTC View Post