Episode 359 - The Eagles at Sphere, must-see Broadway shows & actor Paul Guilfoyle talks “Any Day Now."

·1 hr 8 min

Steve Mason and Sue Kalinske open by noting that they have been away for a couple of weeks. They trade vacation notes and quickly land on Sue's Florida wedding trip. The first comic beat is easy to miss but hard to ignore: she left her purse in a Lyft. She got it back only after pushing through Lyft's poor customer service. That small story sets the tone for a conversation that keeps sliding from personal annoyance into pop-culture talk. They introduce Paul Guilfoyle as the guest and mention his long run on CSI and his new movie Any Day Now. The episode then turns toward an art-heist story and the real-life thief behind it. They joke about the thief's confidence and even the usefulness of a beanie. The conversation stays locked on how the mystery still has no real ending because the missing art has never turned up. They also note that the documentary they are discussing does not settle the case either. Instead, the show leans into the personalities around the story. Guilfoyle's segment shifts the tone back to acting and character work. He talks about the layers inside a role and the backstory an actor can suggest even when the audience never sees every detail. The hosts clearly like the way he thinks about appearance versus lived-in character. The exchange lands on a simple idea: the interesting version of a person is usually more than what the costume suggests. The episode ends with affection for Guilfoyle, for the showbiz talk, and for a conversation that is happiest when it can move from a documentary to character work without forcing a neat outline.

As heard by us

A breezy pop-culture catch-up that pairs a vacation anecdote with a lively Paul Guilfoyle conversation.

Culture Pop settles into an easy, conversational rhythm, opening with vacations and a lost purse left in a Lyft before shifting to Paul Guilfoyle and Any Day Now. The hosts come across relaxed and genuinely in catch-up mode, which gives the discussion an immediate pull.

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Pop-culture chat with Paul Guilfoyle, plus CSI memories and his new movie Any Day Now.

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