December 10, 2013 Guest of Honor

David France Acts Up

David France/Photo by Karine Laval

David France’s writing has been published in The New Yorker, GQ, and elsewhere. He was a senior editor for Newsweek. But this weekend you’ll see him at the Academy Awards, where his debut film “How to Survive A Plague” is up for Best Documentary Feature. It’s about the activist group Act Up, which in the 1980s and 1990s focused the world on the AIDS crisis, and arguably helped bring about today’s treatments for the virus. Rico chats with David about everyday heroes, and about why a future without AIDS might already be at hand.

Abbi Jacobson Finds Inspiration From Great Art and Self-Confident Artists

Abbi Jacobson and her co-writer and co-star Ilana Glaser created the Comedy Central hit "Broad City." She’s also an artist and merges that training with her comic sensibilities on her podcast, "A Piece of Work" -- produced in conjunction with New York's Museum of Modern Art. She talks to Brendan about doing an audio show about a visual medium, how her life has changed since “Broad City” (and how it hasn’t), and more.

Willem Dafoe: Not Just ‘The Bad Guy’

Willem Dafoe has lit up the big screen for three decades, from his Oscar-nominated performance in "Platoon," to playing Jesus in "The Last Temptation of Christ," to great character roles in "Wild At Heart" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel." His latest is "The Florida Project," directed by Sean Baker. Willem talks with Brendan about working alongside screen newbies in the film, the moment when an actor becomes creative artist and not just an interpreter, and maybe reveals a little too much answering one of our standard questions.

Abbi Jacobson Finds Inspiration From Great Art and Self-Confident Artists

Willem Dafoe: Not Just ‘The Bad Guy’

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