Writer Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, The New Yorker) and actor Sarah Thyre (Strangers with Candy, Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien) co-host CRYBABIES, a deeply funny, often intimate, and surprisingly moving podcast about the things that make us cry. Each episode features guests of every creative stripe - writers, actors, musicians, comedians - who discuss the music, books, movies, television, and other cultural cues that make them weepy. These candid conversations with your favorite artists make CRYBABIES an original, must-listen podcast.
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8 Available Episodes (18 Total)Average duration: 00:45:58
Mar 12, 2019
95. Live at the Bard (w/ Michael Ian Black, Karen Chee, Gary Shteyngart)
01:06:35
Special guests Michael Ian Black (Obscure, The State), Karen Chee (Late Night with Seth Meyers), and Gary Shteyngart (Super Sad True Love Story) join Sarah and Susan for a special Crybabies episode recorded live from the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College.
May 10, 2018
94 Malcolm Gladwell and Theda Hammel
01:12:45
Esteemed writer Malcolm Gladwell (Revisionist History Podcast, The New Yorker) joins Sarah and Susan for Crybabies live from the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. They talk about the opening stanza from Billy Bragg’s “Levi Stubbs’ Tears,” the Google Chrome commercial “Jess Time,” W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues" from Four Weddings and a Funeral, and “Puff, the Magic Dragon.” Plus, a special performance of the Crybabies theme and an original song by Theda Hammel!
Apr 26, 2018
93 Emily Nussbaum
01:04:08
Emily Nussbaum, the Pulitzer prize winning television critic for The New Yorker joins Sarah and Susan to talk about Kathy Mattea’s “Where’ve You Been?”, the 1982 “Just because I love you Mom” Bell Telephone ad, “When She Loved Me” from Toy Story 2, and the final scene in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Becoming, Part Two.”
Oscar nominated married couple/writers/actors/comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick) join Sarah and Susan to talk about their thought process behind the sex scenes in their film The Big Sick, Danny Annie, Peter Bjorn John’s “Objects Of My Affection,” Fred Rogers testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications for PBS funding, the ending scene of Harry and the Hendersons and the “My Friends, You Bow to No One” scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Comedian Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall, Hannibal) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” by Al Green, the death of Nancy in Oliver Twist, “The Killing of Georgie” by Rod Stewart, the I Got The Bullets! scene from Rebel Without a Cause, Sam’s speech to Frodo in The Return of the King, and “Love is Stronger Than Pride” by Sade.
Actor, comedian, all around talent John Early (TBS’ Search Party) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about “Softly and Tenderly” from Junebug, Hamm Samwich’s “Bicycle,” the Tomorrow scene from Serial Mom, and Molly Shannon in Year of the Dog.
Actress, singer, Broadway hoofer, and author Joely Fisher (Ellen, ’Til Death) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about her book Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures, her family Eddie Fisher, Connie Stevens, and Carrie Fisher, Aimee Mann’s “Wise Up” from the Magnolia soundtrack, the young girl who gave birth to Joely’s adopted daughter, and Debra Winger’s deathbed speech to her son from Terms of Endearment.
Actor Busy Philipps joins Susan and Sarah to talk about crying in restaurants, the monologue by Elio’s Dad, Mr. Perlman, in “Call Me By Your Name” by Andre Aciman, “Does Not Suffice” by Joanna Newsom, the poem “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith, and “Guilty Party” by The National.
This episode is sponsored by Of a Kind (code: CRYBABIES) and ThirdLove.
Feb 01, 2018
87 Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook
00:40:50
Comedians, actors, and married couple Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook join Sarah and Susan to talk about the ending part of Okja, Anne of Green Gables, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and Whitney Houston singing “I Will Always Love You.”
This episode is sponsored by Of a Kind (www.ofakind.com code: CRYBABIES) and ThirdLove (www.thirdlove.com/CRYBABIES).
Jan 18, 2018
86 Mo Gaffney
00:40:03
Writer, actor, comedian, activist Mo Gaffney (Absolutely Fabulous) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about Jose Carrera singing “Maria” from Westside Story, Terms of Endearment, “Funeral Blues” by W.H. Auden, and Bette Midler’s “Stay With Me Baby.”
This episode is brought to you by Stitch Fix (www.stitchfix.com/CRYBABIES) and FabFitFun (www.fabfitfun.com code: CRYBABIES).
Mar 12 | 01:06:35
95. Live at the Bard (w/ Michael Ian Black, Karen Chee, Gary Shteyngart)
May 10 | 01:12:45
94 Malcolm Gladwell and Theda Hammel
Apr 26 | 01:04:08
93 Emily Nussbaum
Apr 12 | 00:42:29
92 Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon
Mar 29 | 00:48:25
91 Scott Thompson
Mar 15 | 00:43:25
90 John Early
Mar 01 | 00:43:47
89 Joely Fisher
Feb 15 | 00:48:27
88 Busy Philipps
Feb 01 | 00:40:50
87 Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook
Jan 18 | 00:40:03
86 Mo Gaffney
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