The Interviews (ft. Brett Goldstein & Ol Parker; Ben Gibbard; Travis Knight)

About this episode

This episode features interviews with Brett Goldstein, Ol Parker, Ben Gibbard, and Travis Knight discussing their work and experiences in film and music.

It's another packed episode of The Interviews, folks. First off, listener discretion is advised as Chris Hewitt talks to Brett Goldstein, star and co-writer of Office Romance, and his director, Ol Parker, about C-bombs, of which this interview contains plenty, and explicit childbirth scenes. Then, to our great delight, Actual Rock Star Ben Gibbard, frontman of Death Cab For Cutie, pops into the podbooth to have a chat with Beth Webb about his love of movies, working with the late, great Lynn Shelton, and his band's new album, I Built You A Tower. Finally, we bring you a big old chunk of Chris' spoiler special interview with Masters Of The Universe director, Travis Knight, aka He-Director.

People in this episode

Hosts: Beth Webb, Chris Hewitt

Guests: Brett Goldstein, Ol Parker, Ben Gibbard, Travis Knight

Topics covered

• interviews
• film
• music
• directing
• comedy

Keywords

• Brett Goldstein
• Ol Parker
• Ben Gibbard
• Travis Knight
• Office Romance
• I Built You A Tower
• Masters Of The Universe
• interview
• film
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Office Romance, I Built You A Tower, Masters Of The Universe

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