Naked Lunch - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I appreciated Phil and David’s friendly conversational interview approach, as they explored Joe’s guitar playing origins from age 4 to blues rock stardom. Their genuine interest and questions gave Joe the opportunity to share what it’s like to have a lifelong singular focus - interesting and inspiring!

I retired recently and when people asked if I had any plans for retirement, I would joke that I was hoping to finally listen to all of the podcasts on my phone. Naked Lunch has been the perfect companion for my morning walks (new habit) and often gets me to walk another lap so I can finish the episode I’m listening to. Thanks! ❤️

Loved the interaction between Lily and Phil. So heart warming to listen to there interactions and feel the love and joy between them. Lily is so funny. Hope she comes back for an encore!

My goodness, I’m not sure if you’ll find a pair of more charming, humble gents in Hollywood. These two have some amazing guests they genuinely seem to have real life friendships with. You can feel the high level of integrity of character as they schmooze & lunch while giving us the best Hollywood stories. What a fun fast pod to listen to. Always leaves me smiling. Good vibes only.

I really like Phil Rosenthal, which is why I wanted to try this podcast.
The Jane Fonda episodes are good and a few others have been interesting, but overall it’s been difficult to enjoy.
There is a lot of name dropping and references to people “in the biz” that makes everything difficult to make sense of. There’s not always a clear definition of why the guest is there. Sometimes guests are there promoting something, however I thought it was supposed to just conversation over lunch? Not many episodes introduce guests or at least give the listener any context as to who the person is.

David wild seems like a nice guy to talk to, but the constant fan talk and references to a life knowing all kinds of Hollywood actors/musicians/executives is not something that is relatable as a “regular person”. It’s one of the most frustrating parts of the podcast.

While I know that the podcast has an E - explicit rating, there are some triggering conversations that happen during interviews and NO WARNING of the subject matter that is discussed. Trigger warnings during the introduction of the podcast would be helpful for people who may be offended by certain trauma discussed.

Phil is a food guy and I appreciate his Netflix show about connecting over food, but this podcast doesn’t help me feel connected to any of the guests.

This is a great podcast and Phil is gracious host, however David Wild talks about himself too much taking away precious time with the guests.