It Happened In Hollywood

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Julie Klausner: ‘Difficult People’

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The showrunner and star discusses her groundbreaker sitcom in front of a live audience at Televerse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 20
48 min

Richard Linklater: ‘Boyhood’

The season 9 finale sees the director tell Seth how he pulled off one of the most audacious feats in movie history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

Jul 28
51 min

Nicolas Winding Refn: 'Drive'

The enigmatic director reflects on the breakthrough that turned a getaway driver into a pop culture icon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 21
29 min

Guy Maddin: 'My Winnipeg'

The acclaimed filmmaker about memory, mythmaking, hometowns and turning personal history into cinematic gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi

Jul 1
45 min

Mary Harron: ‘I Shot Andy Warhol’

The director on her extraordinary docudrama about the near-assassination of an art world superstar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 9
33 min

John Badham: 'Saturday Night Fever'

The director remembers how a TV heartthrob, a light-up dance floor and a white suit ignited the disco era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 26
41 min

Tom Courtenay: 'The Dresser’

The legendary British actor looks back on the film that earned him an Oscar nomination and a front-row seat to Albert Finney at his most ferocious. Learn more about your

May 19
35 min

Jonathan Lynn: ‘Clue’

Seth sits down with the writer-director who turned a board game into one of Hollywood's greatest cult comedies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch

May 12
42 min

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer: ‘Splash’

The Imagine duo relay the David-vs.-Goliath tale of Hollywood’s dueling mermaid movies — minting a superstar out of Tom Hanks in the process. Learn more about your ad cho

Apr 22
46 min

Eric Roberts: ‘Star 80’

The star of Bob Fosse’s final film unpacks the obsession, ambition and moral rot behind one of Hollywood’s darkest true crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me

Apr 14
38 min

Amy Heckerling: ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’

The director reveals how she transformed Cameron Crowe’s undercover reporting into a defining portrait of messy, horny, sun-bleached youth. Learn more about your ad choic

Apr 7
48 min

Andrew McCarthy: ‘Pretty in Pink’

The reluctant heartthrob from John Hughes’ 1986 teen classic revisits Brat Pack mania and the last-minute ending that changed everything. Learn more about your ad choices

Mar 31
45 min

Henry Thomas: ’E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’

The star of the beloved sci-fi film from 1982 looks back on how a tearful, instinctive audition won him screen immortality and childhood superstardom. Learn more about yo

Mar 24
43 min

Jane Alexander and Lynne Littman: ‘Testament’

The Oscar-nominated star and director of the 1983 nuclear war drama join Seth as the podcast kicks off a new season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

Mar 17
41 min

Mira Nair: 'Salaam Bombay!'

The writer-director joins Seth to share tales of the making of this gritty and entrancing tale of life in the slums of India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

Dec 19 2025
36 min

Larry Smith: 'Eyes Wide Shut'

Cinematographer Larry Smith describes executing Stanley Kubrick’s exacting vision on what would be his final film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad

Nov 24 2025
51 min

William Petersen: 'Manhunter'

The star of Hollywood’s first take on Hannibal Lecter reveals the obsessive lengths gone to by Michael Mann to craft a procedural masterpiece. Learn more about your ad ch

Nov 24 2025
40 min

Adrian Lyne: ‘Jacob’s Ladder’

The director revisits the making of his nightmarish 1990 vision of life after the battlefield starring Tim Robbins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a

Oct 1 2025
27 min

Patty McCormack: ‘The Bad Seed’

The star of the 1956 thriller that introduced the “evil child” genre joins Seth to retell the making of a horror classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon

Sep 26 2025
56 min

Philippe Rousselot: ‘Diva’

The Oscar-winning cinematographer walks Seth through the making of the gorgeous cult French film from 1981. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 17 2025
41 min

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What listeners say

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I’ve listened to so many podcasts about movies and film industry and this is the best. I can’t wait for the next episode to be released! I’ve listened to all the back catalogue

Trail lust · May 2026

I’ve been “following” this podcast for years and never really prioritized it, thereby not listening too often. Imagine my surprise in enjoying the Linda Woolverton interview so much that I’ve made “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast one of my favorites. (I didn’t know of Linda Woolverton before this episode.)

MB.T · Apr 2026

I have been looking for a podcast like this forever. The guests are icons, the Hollywood history fascinating. Best new podcast in years.

Brady Q. · Jul 2024

I always look forward to every episode of this podcast because I know I’m gonna learn something new and it’s gonna be funny and interesting! More, please!

janemaverick · Jul 2024

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