Talkhouse

03/06/2026

This week on Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: Filmmaker Zia Anger tells Nick about the creative freedom that comes with making mistakes while you're young.

Catch the full episode here:
https://nobodyseveraskedmethat.substack.com/p/nobodys-ever-asked-me-that-zia-anger

03/06/2026

"I find my best songs are usually written when I'm extremely confused" — Circuit des Yeux and Poliça catch up ahead of their show at Knockdown Center later this month

https://talkhouse.com/polica-and-circuit-des-yeux-tap-into-the-rawness

03/06/2026

"I’ve been making feature documentary films for over 30 years, and in nearly every film I have made, there’s a woman cracking an offhanded joke about the violence she has narrowly escaped. It took me a long time, five films in, to realize that I was focusing on this aspect of other women’s stories as a way to slowly peel back the layers of my own buried story. Escape was always subtext, until my most recent film ..." -- Ruth Leitman

https://talkhouse.com/that-girl-in-my-films

02/06/2026

Today on Nobody's Ever Asked Me That, filmmaker Zia Anger joins Nick to talk about being ahead of your time creatively, college parties, nuclear war survival plans, and why she related to Justin Bieber's Coachella set.

https://nobodyseveraskedmethat.substack.com/p/nobodys-ever-asked-me-that-zia-anger

02/06/2026

Adam Schatz is back with a special bulletin on Morgan Wallen's alleged piano-flipping and the latest instance of "Nord shame"

https://talkhouse.com/correction-morgan-wallen-did-not-flip-a-piano

02/06/2026

"I never want anyone to feel like they need to read a book to understand what I'm making" — Emily Wells and Pleasure Systems catch up about incorporating references in their work, David Wojnarowicz, Fire Island, and more

The friends catch up about irony in music, Fire Island, the q***r lineage of their work, and Leave It in the Sand.

01/06/2026

"You have to write a song, and the song sucks, but if you keep doing that, good ideas will show up."

On the Talkhouse Podcast, Barry Johnson of Joyce Manor and singer-songwriter Greg Mendez talk about summoning creativity through consistent practice.

https://talkhouse.com/barry-johnson-joyce-manor-talks-with-greg-mendez-on-the-italkhouse-podcast-i

01/06/2026

"After my brother came to the screening of my new feature Forastera at SEMINCI in Valladolid, Spain, he asked me why I had lied in the Q&A when asked if the film was autobiographical. I looked at him strangely: 'What do you mean? I made the story up.' His eyes narrowed and he smiled. 'What about the language stuff?' " -- Lucía Aleñar Iglesias

https://talkhouse.com/forastera-shape-shifting-through-language

01/06/2026

Talkhouse is proud and grateful to have received a 2025 for our work on Fela Kuti: Fear No Man. Endless thanks to our wonderful partners, the Kuti family, and to everyone who has listened.

30/05/2026

"Give me the shape and I'll take it."

Acclaimed actress Tatiana Maslany joined us to kick off the first official season of Nobody's Ever Asked Me That, and shared why she relates to one of her favorite scenes from A Woman Under the Influence.

Nobody's Ever Asked Me That is available wherever you download your favorite podcasts, and on our brand-new Substack! Listen now:

https://nobodyseveraskedmethat.substack.com/p/nobodys-ever-asked-me-that-tatiana