Here's The Thing: Trailer

Join award-winning actor Alec Baldwin in conversation with some of the most dynamic artists, policymakers, and performers working today. This season, Alec speaks with composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, Vanity Fair journalist Chris Whipple, conductor and violinist Karina Canellakis, and civil rights lawyer Roberta Kaplan, just to name a few. If you like listening as much as Alec likes talking with interesting people, subscribe now and never miss an episode. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speaker names marked ? are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.

• 0:00Speaker 00

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• 1:06Alec Baldwin?

  Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. The new season of my podcast, Here's the Thing, is returning January 20th on iHeart Radio. This past season, I spoke with more artists, policymakers, and performers like California Governor Gavin Newsom. Is there any chance of increased tax breaks for the movie business?

• 1:27Speaker 03

  We're gonna double it.

• 1:28Alec Baldwin?

  You are.

• 1:28Speaker 03

  I proposed that a few months ago, and that was right before the fires. But if the fires only reinforced the imperative, it's time to double down on bringing production back to California, particularly in this time of recovery and renewal. I said to my legislative friends, I said, "There's no budget. I'll veto the budget. If we don't get it done, it's gonna get done."

• 1:44Alec Baldwin?

  Journalist and author E. Jean Carroll.

• 1:47Speaker 04

  I'm a silent generation woman. Our whole thing was chin up and smile. We expected a man to be a little grabby and to be a little pushy and to be a honey, honey, honey, and to back you up against the wall. That's what it was like going to work. And if you didn't, you would not get the promotion. This is why women are always, always a little lower than men.

• 2:12Alec Baldwin?

  And musician, photographer and philanthropist Julian Lennon.

• 2:16Speaker 05

  You know, as kids, teenagers do, you start listening to stuff that you love, whether it's the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or ACDC or Peter Frampton or Keith Jarrett, Steely Dan. I really fell in love with music in that regard. And again, after learning how to play a couple of chords and starting to sing a little bit, that's really where that kind of took off.

• 2:36Alec Baldwin?

  Listen to Here's the Thing on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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• 3:45Speaker 00

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