S7E19: Greatest Hits
Added 2023-06-27 04:50:46 +0000 UTCBret Easton Ellis plunges to new depths of spiritual malaise on a philosophical voyage to visit the wreckage of his own privilege. Bret then dives into a fresh set of questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
Comments
You fuckers - you've got me watching fuckin' 'Venderpump Rules'?!
Steven Hamilton
2023-12-19 03:55:52 +0000 UTCAmerica is number 2 on the list of most obese countries I believe. Sounds like you haven't to be Europe.
Stephen
2023-09-08 04:26:16 +0000 UTCIt’s rather refreshing and relieving to hear BEE realize and acknowledge his privilege. I sometimes think I’ll cancel my subscription to this podcast, only to have an episode (such as this) which keeps me returning for more.
J Hay
2023-07-17 06:02:07 +0000 UTCYou’re not serious, are you? If so, you clearly haven’t compared this hypocritical, extremely corrupt and selfish (as [un]well as stunningly ignorant) nation — especially when compared to most Western European countries.
J Hay
2023-07-17 05:54:45 +0000 UTCwould enjoy a proust episode. i am now making my way through his unfinished Jean Santeuil.
Marcelo
2023-07-05 22:21:10 +0000 UTCThat would be odd - maybe the only ones interacting!
Laura B. Farrugia
2023-07-05 09:52:56 +0000 UTCAre we the only two French listeners ?
Jean-Philippe
2023-07-04 20:56:00 +0000 UTCOMG drop Mondays episode already - even if it’s a re-run. I’m having back surgery✂️ & I need a new episode!!Puuuuuuuleeeeeezzzz.
honker_2021
2023-07-04 03:25:51 +0000 UTCLove the Q&As, Bret
Tommy Stronach
2023-07-03 22:04:53 +0000 UTCBret is my spirit animal. Always an air of low key melancholy or malaise hanging over despite living in mostly sunny SoCal, near the beach. Anyway, Bret should watch Love Island UK on Hulu. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s endlessly entertaining. The best guilty pleasure reality show. You can thank me later.
Phoenix
2023-07-02 02:47:59 +0000 UTCTaylor Swift released a bonus track on the deluxe edition of MIDNIGHTS titled "Snow on the Beach (with More Lana Del Rey)" which includes Lana on a verse, correcting the horrific oversight on the album track.
Andrew Shaffer
2023-07-01 14:04:22 +0000 UTCI think Bret may have a point that porn accessibility has robbed hot movie sex scenes of their mystique. Also, Hollywood’s attitude about sex seemed more chaste after the ‘90s, and actresses started demanding nudity clauses in their contracts. I remember sneaking around to watch Basic Instinct on VHS or Showtime when I was eleven or twelve back in the early ‘90s, and it was quite a revelation to my preadolescent self. I’m not sure if those sex scenes between Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, and Jeanne Tripplehorn might cast the same spell on pre-teen males today if they have access to double-penetrations and gang bangs on their phones. However, Hollywood sex scenes convey eroticism and mood, whereas porn evokes something primal and dirty. (I don’t mean “dirty” pejoratively, just blunt and carnal.) Interesting that Bret speaks of his collaboration with Paul Schrader on The Canyons, since Schrader’s ‘80s remake of Cat People pulsates with nudity and eroticism. John Heard tying Nastassja Kinski to a bed and fucking her into a leopard while David Bowie hums to tribal Giorgio Moroder synths and drums is one of the kinkiest scenes that I’ve ever seen in a mainstream Hollywood film.
Billy Schafer
2023-07-01 13:16:14 +0000 UTCListener from Paris, France here 🌀
Laura B. Farrugia
2023-07-01 11:18:52 +0000 UTCI'm glad Adam sees how much we love the Q&A episodes. I can't always get through the normal ones if the guest isn't for me. Thanks Brett and Adam!
Dominic Dilullo
2023-07-01 03:42:31 +0000 UTCI'm with the fans on Bret's travels. Love Adam!!!
E
2023-07-01 00:29:51 +0000 UTCIt killed me
Tom
2023-06-30 21:51:30 +0000 UTCI love Bret but disagree with him when it comes to Europe. Clearly America 🇺🇸 and Americans are higher educated, better looking, thinner, wealthier and safer compared to Europe. America is a great spot. It’s a great time to be an American.
Knokkel knokkel
2023-06-30 21:41:13 +0000 UTCBut did you die? -Mr Chow
Erick
2023-06-30 21:25:11 +0000 UTCI’m a customer. I can offer my feedback for a better product. Also, suck my dick
Ned Isakoff
2023-06-30 21:23:45 +0000 UTCBret have you considered.. https://youtu.be/ncj75qPSP3s 🤣
Erick
2023-06-30 21:22:49 +0000 UTCLess complaints
Erick
2023-06-30 21:22:12 +0000 UTCWhat?
Pp358
2023-06-30 18:07:46 +0000 UTCLess guests too. Bret should just talk for two hours
Happyhead
2023-06-30 13:10:49 +0000 UTCSchadenfreude about people dying and tragedies - almost always not funny in execution and always a sign of low character.
Vin Bravo
2023-06-30 00:51:50 +0000 UTCLess Adam, please
Ned Isakoff
2023-06-30 00:36:11 +0000 UTCInteresting to hear Bret talk about the late Martin Amis. Amis actually briefly mentions Bret in his final book, Inside Story, describing him as 'blithely unsqueamish' which I don't think was meant as a compliment...
GC
2023-06-29 21:03:57 +0000 UTCFuture dream guest: gary fisketjon
Darren Ankenman
2023-06-29 18:50:08 +0000 UTCSeriously look forward to the eps without guests these days.
Lewis Fox
2023-06-29 16:49:52 +0000 UTCImagine Dragons: “the shittiest band in the whole fucking world“ Ha. Like them or not Adam, best to speak with a little more introspection and less hyperbole, i.e. not as many ‘fucks’ and ‘shits.’ (Although could be a good drinking game to try the next Q&A ; )
Jim Weaver
2023-06-29 16:02:44 +0000 UTCHeath insurance is what you do and most importantly don't do to your body - heath insurance is healthy eating.
Travis Films
2023-06-29 11:22:34 +0000 UTCIt was a fabulous episode. Thank you Bret and Adam. It’s so much better when you don’t have guests!
Jorge Espinha
2023-06-29 08:06:28 +0000 UTCUltraviolence anyone?
JW
2023-06-29 07:27:29 +0000 UTCi saw james deen and stoya at a starbucks in silver lake, oct 2015 before a florence and the machine show
Nick Not Nolte
2023-06-29 03:48:10 +0000 UTCBorn To Die is my fav as well.
Patrick
2023-06-29 01:15:29 +0000 UTCAlso, the post-empire conditions you describe makes me think of those viral ‘how much do you pay for rent?’ house tour videos on tiktok, where it shows some 100k a year corporate ‘girl boss’ but she’s paying 10k a month for a box sized New York studio apartment. The American dream as it was known in the 80’s is long gone. The real differential nowadays is whether you have health insurance or not.
Tom
2023-06-28 23:48:27 +0000 UTCI'm Portuguese listening from Lisbon. You wouldn't need a translator over here! Adam, you must capitalize the podcast popularity in Denmark. Danish women are gorgeous. I'm really upset you get so little from your books. You have accomplished a lot Bret, no reason to feel depressed.
Jorge Espinha
2023-06-28 22:33:25 +0000 UTCIt’s over for writers bros
Tom
2023-06-28 20:35:40 +0000 UTCHere in Spain there’s one listener since 2015!
David Cortijo
2023-06-28 20:25:30 +0000 UTCThe Shards broke me
Tom
2023-06-28 20:18:46 +0000 UTCAdam has become such a good co-host. “Vanderproust rules.”
Harrison Bergeron
2023-06-28 20:03:57 +0000 UTCalso LDR Born To Die is easily her best album...BEE has very questionable tastes in music and movies and books....but he's been my favorite author since the early 90s.
Poetical Gore
2023-06-28 19:31:37 +0000 UTCAdam! Hahahaaa! I’m looking forward to Brett’s faves for the first half of 2023 and I’m eager to hear about his reading of Proust. I like when Brett talks books; I wish he’d talk more about horror novels he’s loved. It was one of my favorite parts of White. There’s so many new cool horror novels having a moment right now and I think he’s missing out. Anyway, thanks for another episode. Love you both!
Tracy Stapleton-Lutkins
2023-06-28 19:10:25 +0000 UTCIt really is.
N.M. Janice.
2023-06-28 18:48:06 +0000 UTCGod, the present era is so fucking depressing.
Ben
2023-06-28 17:33:34 +0000 UTCam going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
richard owain roberts
2023-06-28 16:01:30 +0000 UTCWould LOVE to hear more on Vanderpump Rules. Also very curious to know what Bret thinks of The Idol.
Clare O'Brien
2023-06-28 02:34:10 +0000 UTCAdam is hilarious. the Gaytriarchy!!!
Poetical Gore
2023-06-28 02:34:02 +0000 UTCHah! Adam found it. Yup yup yup…
Patrick
2023-06-27 23:47:47 +0000 UTCThe ScoJo movie 🐝 can’t remember is Under The Skin which is excellent and directed by Jonathan Glazer. Anyhoo, missed these Q&A episodes and enjoying throughly… 🙏
Patrick
2023-06-27 23:40:58 +0000 UTCAdam you were great on this episode and the Q&A of recent times have been the best episodes recently. Love how they start with Brett’s ruminating on the world and how he feels about everything before getting into the questions. And yes Brett, definitely start the next one with what has moved you recently. Interested to know how you got on with Proust even if that’s a mountain I doubt I’ll ever climb
Dan
2023-06-27 20:08:18 +0000 UTCI'm an italian listener. I would call midnights a victory lap. Bringing the team back together for a final project before starting something new. It took some time but now I really love the album.
Alexander Toetsch
2023-06-27 16:11:23 +0000 UTCRIP those guys in the submarine. Man went to the moon in a tin can.
Thomas Edwards
2023-06-27 14:48:17 +0000 UTCIt’s like therapy to me …… at 59 too.
PETER GREER
2023-06-27 11:30:35 +0000 UTCThe description made me smile ♥️
OHH
2023-06-27 08:35:16 +0000 UTCYour thinking of a bottle episode, Brett. One of my favorites is the sopranos episode where Chris and Paulie get lost in the woods after botching the killing of that Russian dude.
cms115
2023-06-27 08:31:53 +0000 UTC
