The Rushfield Lunch
The Rushfield Lunch: Ted Gioia on What the Media Doesn't Understand
This week on The Rushfield Lunch — my series of live video conversations with the most interesting thinkers and doers of these tumultuous days — I was joined by Ted Gioia, the man who has become the crucial voice for navigating these times, a cultural critic and omnivore par excellence. Gioia’s Substack newsletter,
The Rushfield Lunch: Franklin Leonard
Any gathering of the most interesting, stimulating thinkers in Hollywood would include my guest this week: Franklin Leonard, the founder and CEO of The Black List, which started in 2005 as an annual survey of Hollywood’s best unproduced scripts and has grown into a “comprehensive resource for the creative industries,” according to its
The Rushfield Lunch: Claire Zulkey on the Kids' Screen Time Debate
This week on The Rushfield Lunch — my series of live conversations with the most interesting thinkers and doers of these tumultuous days — I was joined by noted writer and literati Claire Zulkey, whose Evil Witches newsletter has become the hub for moms who’ve had just about enough of the advice-o-sphere.
The Rushfield Lunch: Talking Young Hollywood with Tepper
This week, I welcomed one of the leading lights of Filmstack and a representative of Young Hollywood into the crusty, hidebound sanctum of The Rushfield Lunch. Tepper, whose Tepper Talks Substack newsletter has become an indispensable industry read, joined me to discuss the current state of affairs in Hollywood for her and her peers. Tepper works as a w…
The Rushfield Lunch: Tom Segura & Jeremy Konner on the State of Comedy
This week, on The Rushfield Lunch, I was joined by Tom Segura and Jeremy Konner, the mad geniuses behind Netflix’s totally inappropriate sketch comedy show, Bad Thoughts. Watch above and relive our wide-ranging conversation about how a show this boundary-pushing comes together and the state of comedy in general — and R-rated comedy in particular. We als…
The Rushfield Lunch: Sonny Bunch on Critics & the State of Studio Films
This week on The Rushfield Lunch, I was joined by the great film critic and cultural commentator, Sonny Bunch of The Bulwark. We considered the state of the critical establishment, its herd mentality — and whether it was still serving a real purpose. We also tackled whether these are truly the worst of times in pop culture, where the Trump movie tariff …