Episodes

  • Episode 34: Sandra

    Episode 34: Sandra
    Jun 26 2023

    Sandra published her debut novel "Der Himmel Muss Warten" (trans. Heaven Must Wait) in late 2022. We spoke about the path that led her to publish her book, the tricky media landscape for new writers, making the decision to pursue her dream, and more! Hope you enjoy!


    You can purchase Sandra's novel here (in German): https://www.muerysalzmann.com/neuerscheinungen/der-himmel-muss-warten


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 33: Harley

    Episode 33: Harley
    Oct 14 2022

    Harley is a curator, researcher, and the kind of person who could make any topic interesting. We settled on talking about the ups and downs of friendship. Harley is a New Yorker and she came to Berlin with her best friend from college, but things started changing between them after the big move. We talk about adolescent anger, what we need from our friendships, and becoming more settled  than you ever thought you‘d be. This was my first in-person chat in a while and it was a windy day, so some of the audio might sound off at times! 


    Harley's art collective COVEN

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 32: Male Nudity in Cinema w/ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas & Peter Lehman

    Episode 32: Male Nudity in Cinema w/ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas & Peter Lehman
    Aug 9 2022
    And now for something completely different. I sat down with film professor Prof. Peter Lehman and horror scholar Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss male nudity in cinema. We discuss our connections with the topic, the phallus vs the penis, rape revenge, the pitfalls of “respectable cinema,” the prosthetic penis and a lot more. I’m so glad and grateful that I had a chance to talk to these bona fide experts about a topic that I have been wondering about for a very long time. I hope you take something away from this unusual film exploration.  A Selection of Peter Lehman’s Work:  Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body  Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture  Pornography: Film and Culture  Peter Lehman’s Arizona State University Profile A Selection of Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ Work: Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study  1000 Women In Horror, 1895-2018  The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema  Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ Website  Watching Rape, the book Alexandra mentions  Wesley Morris’ NY Times article on Black male sexuality  Films mentioned:  The Virgin Spring (1960)Drive, He Said (1971) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)Last House on the Left (1972)I Spit On Your Grave (1978)Sweet Savage (1979) A Room With A View (1985)Drifting Into Chaos (1989)The Pillow Book (1996)Traps (1998) Baise Moi (2000)Irreversibel (2002)Django Unchained (2012)Promising Young Woman (2020) PVT Chat (2020) Zola (2020) Minx (2022-)  Kevin Bacon’s penis PSA  Lastly, thank you to Karolin Schnoor for all the support and for making the brilliant illustration!
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 31: Freyia

    Episode 31: Freyia
    Jun 20 2022
    Freyia is a trainee wellness practitioner, podcaster and aspiring lingerie designer who reached out to me on social media. Freyia experienced a psychotic break a few years ago and we talk about what that was like for her as well as what changed in her life afterwards and what didn‘t. I want to thank Freyia for giving her first-person account and being so open with me, a stranger. My side of the chat sounds a bit off at times, apologies in advance!
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 30: Grace

    Episode 30: Grace
    Mar 25 2022
    Grace, a student of psychology is interested in decision-making and therefore pretty perfect for the podcast. Grace, previous podcast guest Jess and I have been virtually movie watching for a year now, but this was the first non-movie related conversation Grace and I ever had. We talk about overthinking, some decision rules of thumb, inexplicable decision moves, and more. I was trying to go for a bit of a Hidden Brain ambience in this one. Hope you enjoy and take something away from this one!
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 29: Dyan

    Episode 29: Dyan
    Jun 30 2021
    During the pandemic I joined a book club filled with great, admirable women. One of these women is Dyan, my guest this episode. Dyan is a multi-instrumentalist and singer currently working on her first solo album after almost two decades of working in bands. We talk about what led to her producing a solo album, what rising in the indie ranks with bands The Blood Arm and Mexican Radio was like, the catharsis that can come from music, and more. Dyan’s debut single “Fade Away” will be released this fall and her debut album “Stand” is coming out in early 2022! Be sure to follow her on social media for updates!
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Episode 28: Robby Hoffman

    Episode 28: Robby Hoffman
    Apr 5 2021
    The Bend is back with a light and hopefully fun episode! I chatted with Robby Hoffman, a Canadian stand-up comedian. I first saw Robby on The Chris Gethard Show where she was working as a writer. A year or so later, I found her comedy/advice show Dykevice on YouTube. Robby’s brand of comedy is really refreshing because she is clearly being herself the whole time, which is unfortunately rare to see! Robby actually started off as an accountant. We talk about her transition from accounting to comedy, her healthy amount of self-confidence, what winning a Daytime Emmy is like, and the art of advice giving.
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    49 mins
  • Episode 27: Tony (The Up Series)

    Episode 27: Tony (The Up Series)
    Dec 5 2020
    One film project that has had a huge impact on me is the Up Series. The Up Series is an ongoing British series of documentary films that began in 1964 and followed 14 children from different socio-economic backgrounds in England. Every 7 years director Michael Apted meets up with the kids, who are now 64 years old, and talks about what has happened in their careers, mindsets, families and so on. The project packs an emotional wallop, and the longer it continues, the more compellingly humanist it becomes. The latest episode, 63Up, came out in 2019. I started to watch the series in my early teens and I’m now 35, so these individuals have accompanied me in some way for more than half my life. With all this in mind, you can imagine how happy I was when I got the chance to speak to Tony, the very charismatic London cabbie and former jockey, the “cheeky chappie” as he calls himself, who is one of the protagonists of the film series. We talk about his life, his priorities, and of course, we talk about the Up Series.
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    49 mins