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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Here's The Thing: Trailer

1/13/20262 min

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.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

    This is an iHeartPodcast, [upbeat jingle] Guaranteed Human.

  2. John Paulk0:03

    [upbeat music] I'm John Paulk. For years, I was the poster boy of the conversion therapy movement, the ex-gay who married an ex-lesbian and traveled the world telling my story of how I changed my sexuality from gay to straight. You might have heard my story, but you've never heard the real story.

  3. Speaker 2· Soundbite0:23

    John has never been anything but gay, but he really tried hard not to be.

  4. John Paulk0:29

    Listen to Atonement: The John Paulk Story on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

  5. Alec Baldwin· Host0:37

    [upbeat jazz music] Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. The new season of my podcast, Here's the Thing, is returning January twentieth on iHeartRadio. 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?

  6. Gavin Newsom· Soundbite1:00

    We're gonna double it.

  7. Alec Baldwin· Host1:01

    You are? That's amazing.

  8. Gavin Newsom· Soundbite1:01

    I proposed that a few months ago, and that was right before the fires. But the fires only reinforce- Right ... 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."

  9. Alec Baldwin· Host1:17

    Journalist and author E. Jean Carroll: I'm a Silent Generation woman.

  10. E. Jean Carroll· Guest1:22

    Our whole thing was chin up and smile. We expected a man to be a little grabby and to be a little pushy

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