Sonya - Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Technically, this is Tony's discovery from last week. It's an interview show, hosted by Alec Baldwin that promises to explore 'the lives of artists, policy makers and performers.'

I was apprehensive at first, only knowing Alec Baldwin from his schmoozy TV and movie roles but I listened to a few episodes with Tony on the drive to Sydney and I really enjoyed them. In lots of ways, what ties these interviews together is that they're all about success, and what it means to work and get a break. For this reason, I'd probably cherry pick people that I'm interested in to listen to.

The Erica Jong and Molly Jong-Fast episode is my favourite so far. The pair are a mother and daughter, who spend much of the episode interrupting and undermining each other but it's funny rather than painful.

Here's a preview:

'Both mother and daughter are writers. Erica is best known for her 1973 book Fear of Flying, a feminist classic about liberation, in many forms.

Molly, a mother of three kids herself, published her second novel, The Social Climber's Handbook, earlier this year.

Alec talks to Erica and her daughter Molly about sex, divorce and the impact on sexuality on young women today.'

I also enjoyed his interview with David Simon, the creator and writer of The Wire and Treme.

Next up, I'm planning to listen to his interview with Jill Abramson, who was unceremoniously dismissed as the executive editor of the New York Times in 2013. She had been the first woman to act in the role and it's thought that this interview may have had something to do with her dismissal.