About this episode

The episode features screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack discussing their film 'The Invite' and guitarist Lenny Kaye talking about his solo album 'Goin’ Local'.

Rashida Jones and Will McCormack are the screenwriting duo behind ‘The Invite.’ It takes on the realities of marriage in middle age, told over the course of one dinner party that spirals out of control. They’ve been mining stories like this together for decades, finding the funny inside the painful. “We are never above a laugh. There's nothing that's grave enough for us not to laugh about, because that's how we release. That's how we process our pain,” Jones tells Tonya Mosley. Also, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith’s longtime guitarist, has his first solo album at age 79. It’s called ‘Goin’ Local.’ He spoke with Terry Gross about his decades-long collaboration with Smith and evolving with age and experience. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Guests: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Lenny Kaye

Topics covered

• screenwriting
• marriage
• dinner party
• music
• aging
• collaboration

Keywords

• screenwriters
• Lenny Kaye
• The Invite
• Goin’ Local
• Patti Smith
• marriage
• dinner party

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patti Smith

Books & works: The Invite, Goin’ Local

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