The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Sonny Bunch hosts The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, a new podcast featuring interviews with folks who have their finger on the pulse of the entertainment industry during this dynamic—and difficult—time.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 249
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Who Won the Summer—and Who Lost?
On this week’s episode, CNN’s Frank Pallotta rejoined the show to talk about horror’s big summer, the winners and losers of summer, the ratings war between House of the Dragon and Rings of Power, and…
00:42:23 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
Does the 'Perfect Sound' Exist?
On this week’s episode, I talk to The Washington Post’s Geoff Edgers about his latest feature, “The Search for the Perfect Sound.” The boom in vinyl has led to a lot of questions about whether or not…
00:46:15 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
How Cult Classic 'John Dies at the End' Kicked Off a Literary Career
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Jason Pargin for a wide-ranging and freewheeling discussion about, among other things, the propriety of jokes about nuclear war, how a cult classic movie ki…
00:56:18 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
How 'Orphan: First Kill' Beat Expectations
David Coggeshall, the writer and co-producer of Orphan: First Kill, joins Sonny this week to talk about the making of the legacy sequel, the difficulties and opportunities presented by shooting in th…
00:42:12 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
China's Looming Threat to the World of Gaming
On this week’s episode, Sonny broaches the topic of China and gaming with Colin Moriarty, founder and CEO of Last Stand Media, the world's most popular fan-funded games podcast network, co-host of Sa…
00:39:28 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
The NFL: Ratings King
On this week’s episode, Sonny asks Sean McNulty—author of The Ankler’s excellent morning roundup newsletter, The Wakeup—who, exactly, the Emmys are for in an age of audience fracturing. The answer, a…
00:36:38 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
How to Write a Best-Selling Political Book
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Broadside Books’s Eric Nelson to take a look at a slightly different end of the entertainment industry: political non-fiction. Eric is the editor of Tim Mil…
00:55:51 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
How Anime Can Help Save Theaters
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Mitchel Berger, SVP of global commerce at Crunchyroll, about the continually “surprising” success of Crunchyroll’s (and, previously, Funimation’s) anime theatri…
00:30:46 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Freedom of Expression Under Assault
On this week’s episode, Sonny steps back from Hollywood a bit to look at the broader state of free expression in America and around the world. PEN America’s Summer Lopez joins the show to discuss a r…
00:34:51 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Meet the (One-Time) 7th-Most-Powerful Man in Wrestling
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Brian Gewirtz to talk about his tenure as a writer for the WWE. His new book, There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Po…
00:54:59 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Why Do Streamers Care About More than Eyeballs?
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Julia Alexander of Parrot Analytics and Puck to discuss the wild couple of weeks in streaming. From HBO Max to Netflix to Disney+ and unbundling to rebundli…
01:00:07 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Convention Life with the Creator of Effin' Birds
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Aaron Reynolds, creator of Effin’ Birds. Having a daily comic read by half-a-million people is cool and all, but what’s really cool is criss-crossing North …
00:49:03 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Harvey Weinstein's Enablers
On this week’s episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, Sonny is joined by longtime New Yorker writer Ken Auletta, who stops by to discuss his new book Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Cul…
00:38:28 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
'John Wick,' Gun-Fu, and the Art of Oral History
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman to discuss their new history of the John Wick franchise, They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kic…
00:49:35 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Ron Shelton on the Struggle to Get 'Bull Durham' Made
On this week’s episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, Sonny is joined by Ron Shelton, the writer/director of Bull Durham, to talk about his new book on the making of the film, The Church of Baseba…
00:48:15 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Summer Movies Are Back—But Is Trouble on the Horizon?
This week, CNN’s Frank Pallotta rejoins the episode to do a box office victory lap. The movies are back, baby! Older audiences are showing up for Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis; younger audiences are sh…
00:32:05 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
What's Up at the Mouse House?
On this week’s episode, The Ankler’s Richard Rushfield returns to talk tumult at Disney, what Hollywood might be looking for in a studio head, and how the town is feeling about Netflix. If you enjoye…
00:34:24 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
How to Design an Iconic Movie Mask
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Jason Baker of Callosum Studios, the house that helped design the sure-to-be-iconic mask from the upcoming horror film The Black Phone. They also discussed …
00:32:10 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Stop Stealing Movies!
On this week’s episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, Sonny talks to the CEO of Creative Future, Ruth Vitale, about the costs of piracy. A longtime producer in Hwood, Ruth has seen firsthand the c…
00:50:07 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Goodbye, Norm Macdonald
Over Memorial Day weekend, Netflix released a new stand-up special from Norm Macdonald, who unexpectedly died in September of last year. Unexpected to us and his friends; perhaps more expected to the…
00:34:11 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
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