Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom Yorke, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.

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Jeffrey Sachs on a Career at the Center of Global Affairs

2026-11-10 · 51 min

For more than four decades, Jeffrey Sachs has been a leading voice in global economics and advising governments from Bolivia and Poland to Russia, China, and India. A Harvard graduate with three economics degrees, Sachs…
From the Archives: Todd Rundgren

2026-11-03 · 41 min

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Todd Rundgren is in a class all his own. Whether scoring Top 40 hits, playing all of the instruments on his albums or…
The Hitmakers: Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Yes’ Jon Anderson

2026-10-27 · 1 hr 7 min

Lou Gramm is a legendary singer and songwriter best known as co-founder and original frontman of Foreigner. Gramm is considered among the greatest and most successful rock vocalists of his generation. He co-wrote many…
From the Archives: Michael Douglas

2026-10-20 · 23 min

To celebrate 15 years of great conversations, we're revisiting Alec's first episode from 2011. Michael Douglas has lived in the same apartment overlooking Central Park for decades. Alec joins him there for a compelling…
From the Archives: Patricia Bosworth

2026-10-13 · 39 min

Mark Twain once likened biographies to “the clothes and buttons of the man” saying “the biography of the man himself cannot be written.” The quote is a favorite of Patricia Bosworth, a 1950s model-actor turned…
From the Archives: Lang Lang

2026-10-06 · 48 min

Dubbed “the hottest artist on the classical music planet” by The New York Times, pianist Lang Lang has reached a level of stardom rare for classical musicians. But his prominence is hard-won. Alec, who adores Lang…
Illeana Douglas’ Love of Movies Knows No Bounds

2026-09-29 · 49 min

Illeana Douglas is an Emmy-nominated actress, writer, producer, director, and author whose career spans film, television, and classic-cinema preservation. The granddaughter of two-time Academy Award-winning actor Melvyn…
From the Archives: Edie Falco

2026-09-22 · 38 min

Edie Falco says she is nothing like Carmela Soprano. Nor does she have much in common with Nurse Jackie. But Falco made these characters two of the most identifiable and human women in television history. She has an…
Daniel Immerwahr on American Empire - Past, Present, and Future

2026-09-15 · 44 min

Daniel Immerwahr is a historian, scholar, professor, and author whose work explores U.S. and global history, with a particular focus on the ways the past continues to shape the present. He currently teaches U.S. and…
From the Archives: Mick Fleetwood Skates Back into the Charts

2026-09-08 · 42 min

Mick Fleetwood is the drummer and a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, one of the most successful rock bands of all time. Fleetwood talks to Alec about how dyslexia led him to drumming, how supportive parents encouraged…

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Oldest episode in feed: 10/2011 · over 15 years
Typical length: 44 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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