It’s been more than a decade since Tom Cruise made a movie that did NOT make $100 million. The newest Mission: Impossible just opened at $235 million.

And yet. Didn’t we all decide not to like Tom Cruise anymore a long time ago?

This hour — in the fifth decade of his career, in the seventh (!) decade of his life, nearly two decades after Oprah’s couch — a look at the continued phenomenon that is Tom Cruise.

GUESTS:

• Jim Chapdelaine: An Emmy-winning musician and a patient advocate for people with rare cancers
• Taneisha Duggan: Associate producer at Octopus Theatricals
• James Hanley: Co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
• Sam Hatch: Co-hosts The Culture Dogs on Sunday nights on WWUH
• Rich Hollant: Principal at CO:LAB, founder of Free Center, and commissioner on cultural affairs for the city of Hartford
• Jacques Lamarre: A playwright and chief communications officer at Buzz Engine
• Ben Lindbergh: Senior editor at The Ringer
• Stephanie Merry: Book World editor for The Washington Post
• Bob Mondello: NPR’s senior arts critic
• Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer; she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance
• Julia Rosenblatt: A playwright, director, actor, theater educator, and co-founder of HartBeat Ensemble
• Brian Slattery: Arts editor for the New Haven Independent
• Pedro Soto: President and CEO of Hygrade Precision Technologies

The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!

Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show.

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Cat Pastor, Catie Talarski, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, parts of which originally aired April 27, 2017; August 3, 2018; March 6, 2019; January 15, 2021; August 26, 2022; and September 30, 2022, in a different form.

Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.