Season 34

Oof - this is a tough one. Incredibly divisive, is "STAR 80" a darkly cynical triumph about the perils of Hollywood and the failings of men? Or is it a too-sympathetic "Portrait of An Incel as a who cares?!" per our guest Julie Klausner?

It's SHOWTIME, folks - and boy, are we jazzed about this episode. Broadway icon and actual Blank Check listener Lin-Manuel Miranda joins us to talk about what many consider to be Bob Fosse's masterpiece, 1979's "All That Jazz."

Sure, Bob Fosse's "Lenny" has beautiful cinematography, but does it effectively communicate that Lenny Bruce was funny? Is the narrative of stand-ups as "tortured truth tellers" overdone? We have THOUGHTS.

Wilkommen and Bienvenue to our "Cabaret" episode.

The minute you walked in the joint...I could see you were a man of distinction, A REAL PODCASTER.