• Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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  • NAMED A TOP 10 PODCAST OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES

    There are interview podcasts and then there's Wild Card. Rachel Martin rips up the typical interview script and invites guests to answer questions they've never been asked before about life's biggest questions. Actors, writers and musicians open up about their fears, their joys and how they've built meaning from experience – all with the help of a very special deck of cards.

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Episodes
  • Brett Goldstein avoids emotions at all costs

    Brett Goldstein avoids emotions at all costs
    Apr 17 2025
    Don't be fooled by Brett Goldstein's grumpy exterior – he can't resist a big, open-hearted story. You see it in the TV shows he's acted in and helped create, "Ted Lasso" and "Shrinking." He's about to release a new HBO standup special called "The Second Best Night of Your Life." He spoke with Rachel about what Pixar knows about the afterlife and about finding ways to love annoying people.

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    37 mins
  • Julianne Nicholson just wants everyone to take a beat

    Julianne Nicholson just wants everyone to take a beat
    Apr 10 2025
    Anyone who has seen Julianne Nicholson in "Mare of Easttown" or "Janet Planet" knows she is really good at portraying grief. In her new show "Paradise," she plays Sinatra, a heartbroken tech billionaire trying to micromanage the end of the world. She's an evil genius who is also a little bit funny. She shares with Rachel an early memory of "outhouse beauty" and her secret to social situations.

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    32 mins
  • Elizabeth Olsen idolizes idleness

    Elizabeth Olsen idolizes idleness
    Apr 3 2025
    Elizabeth Olsen is most famous for her role as Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But she says her own taste is reflected in indie films she's started in like "His Three Daughters" and the new sci-fi thriller "The Assessment." She shares with Rachel why she's terrified of dying but is fascinated with death and the joy of idle people watching.

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    36 mins

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