Episodes

With Danny DeVito and his daughter Lucy starring in her play about our favorite topic, Theresa tells us how she cast them, why she wrote it, what she saves, and what she tosses

Tupac Shakur talks about his violent arrest for jaywalking; his Black Panther family; Hollywood hypocrisy; and his program for poor urban kids. Plus, special guests discuss his contradictions (explicit)

Helen Keller’s friend, Hitler’s defier, Woody Allen’s teacher – the dancer who jolted America with moves you now see on TV, movies and music videos told me great tales in 1989.

As Dustin Hoffman, Andy Warhol, and Diana Ross watched, did I ruin Bill Murray's night at the 1982 premiere party? Former SNL writer Tom Gammill helps us decide.

With help from They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, it's time to toss treasures that I saved after writing the band's first 1985 review in People Magazine.

Hear the 1984 interview tape with this random trio: REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Gong Show host Chuck Barris

A 45-year-old tape recording about family ancestry leads to revelations about a kidnapped rabbi, a Johnstown drowning, and Joe Biden's junior high baseball team

In 1983, 16-year-old Kiefer Sutherland met me in Nova Scotia to discuss his first big movie role.  Hear how he felt about actor dad Donald -- and how I messed up my People Magazine article.

Many brushes with death, years on dialysis, and three kidney transplants followed my wife Cindy's lupus diagnosis at 15. Inspired by saved items, we tell the rollercoaster tale of our intertwined lives and challenges.

When my wife Cindy's health declined after two kidney transplants, how would she find a third organ donor? The answer -- which involves my 33-year error -- could make you believe in miracles.

Compton's rap mogul and NWA founder Eazy-E hanging out with me? Unlikely. But it happened in 1991.  Hear Dr. Dre (former Yo! MTV Raps co-host) explain Eazy's huge cultural impact, then hear Eazy's candid interview.

Rap mogul Eazy-E's death from AIDS complications in 1995 was a shock. Hear reactions at the time from  Wu-Tang's Method Man and others. Plus, hear my 1992 talk with Eazy while driving in Compton during the L.A. riots. (Part 2 of 2)

When bestselling spy novelist Joseph Kanon was a book editor and I was his assistant, I secretly sent letters pretending to be the boss. Until the Brooke Shields incident. Listen as Joe learns what really happened in 1979.

Broadway? Movies? TV? That's nuthin'. Stage and screen actress Donna Murphy first found fame on the high school literary magazine. Listen as she reads poems by herself and others 50 years later -- and get a big surprise.

When 19-year-old Jennifer Beals enrolled at Yale – after starring in 1983's Flashdance -- she couldn't escape a People Magazine interview with me. Listen in as I replay her patient response to my ridiculous cringe-worthy mistakes.

Joni talks about meeting Jimi Hendrix, why Jack Nicholson missed his musical cameo, and why she failed piano lessons. Plus, she recites a 7th grade poem. (Part 2 of 2)

For my People Magazine interview, Joni talked about flunking high school, Woodstock, Bob Dylan, her Chelsea apartment, poetry, painting, and much more.  Do not ask me to toss those tapes. (Part 1)

I do my best to justify to co-host Sally Libby why many of us feel the urge to save things. But after telling her about treasures from my days as a PEOPLE magazine reporter, there's no escape. Something gets shredded.

It ain't gonna be easy to throw out never-shared interviews with Joni Mitchell, Kiefer Sutherland and Eazy-E. Can they be tossed? Get a preview.