My Favorite Friendship

Special guest and friend Amy Vorpahl shares the secrets of friendship through Dungeons & Dragons and other games, plus we get to hear about her upcoming album “Behold Her Dreams”. To learn more about…

Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen fell in love on a movie set, but their genuine friendship has helped their marriage thrive for 25 years.

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https://www.biography.com/news/ted-danson-mary-steenburg…

Special guest Tony Milazzo, a ten-year veteran of the United States Air Force, shares his tips for maintaining healthy long-distance friendships.

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Renaissance masters Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, who could have three colleagues pushing each other to the peak of their craft, became three bitter and petty rivals who couldn’t stop …

Michael Jordan & Charles Barkley bonded while trying out for the 1984 USA Basketball Olympic team but their friendship fell apart because of Michael Jordan's inability to get over his competitive nat…

Jesse Owens scored 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, despite an onslaught of Nazi propaganda and the spiteful eye of Hitler and the leaders of the Third Reich. And one of the reasons he m…

Sam Raimi & Bruce Campbell took their high school friendship from Michigan to the big screen with the Evil Dead trilogy & they continue to work together after over 40 years of friendship.

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Marc & Brian discuss how to be a friend at a bachelor party, how to throw a bachelor party for a friend, and how friendship has taken priority over sexuality in the modern bachelor party.


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Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's collaborations changed the face of New York theater with Little Shop of Horrors, and their work for Disney on Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin defined …

Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg & Billy Crystal's bonded through phone calls planning "Comic Relief" specials and used phone calls & voice mails to raise their spirits over the years.

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RuPaul and Michelle Visage bonded in the NYC club scene of the late-80s, broke barriers with RuPaul's VH1 talk show, and brought drag culture and LGBTQ+ issues to the world stage. And they've been ea…

Madonna & Rosie O'Donnell bonded through sharing mutual grief & laughter on the set of 'A League Of Their Own' and have stayed friends for 30 years.

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Rosie’s speech at the GLAAD awards: https://w…

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg & Nick Frost helped each other get their footing in entertainment and then channeled their love for movies and each other into three of the most joyful films of the past 20 y…

Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellen were acquaintances when they worked together in the Royal Shakespeare Company but their friendship blossomed over 20 years later while filming "X-Men".

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Judy Heumann and Kitty Cone risked everything in the fight for disability civil rights, and their victory wouldn't have been possible without their relationship, their friendships in the disabled com…

Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer's friendship changed the landscape of comedy and how queer friends are portrayed with their Comedy Central show 'Broad City'.

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https://variety.com/2019/tv/f…

Marc & Brian reflect on a year of researching friendship to answer the question "Did we learn anything?"

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Brian read etiquette books to learn how to have friends over for the first time since the pandemic and tells Marc all about it on the first in-person recording of "My Favorite Friendship".

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Lionel "Leo" Messi and Luis Suárez, two of the greatest footballers of all time, joined forces at FC Barcelona in 2014 to create one of the most dominant dynasties in the history of football. And muc…

Through their friend & collaborator, Brian Eno, David Bowie & David Byrne formed a friendship through music and mutual admiration.

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https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-byrne-david-bowie…