Best Andrew Wilner Podcasts (2025)

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A Beverly Hills Smile with Cosmetic Dentist Anjali Rajpal, DMD 25:55

5d ago25:55

25:55

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Anjali Rajpal, DMD, for joining me on this episode of The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner! Dr. Rajpal practices cosmetic dentistry at Beverly Hills Dental Arts. During our 25-minute conversation, we discussed Dr. Rajpal's passion for hands-on creative work…

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Rob Michaels on Forgetting Sarah Marshall 44:56

4d ago44:56

44:56

Director Rob Michaels – whose charming Canadian culture-clash comedy Please, After You is now available on digital and on demand – is here to share his favorite comedy: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the 2008 comedy where Jason Segel proved he had the goods to be a romcom leading man. He just had to write it first. Your genial host Norm Wilner also get…

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Chloe Robichaud on Cafe de Flore 28:47

11d ago28:47

28:47

This week, director Chloe Robichaud – whose charming, spiky new comedy Two Women is now playing in Toronto and Montreal, and expandng to Vancouver on Friday – celebrates Jean-Marc Vallee’s 2011 masterwork Cafe de Flore, in which the late director shuffled and remixed two different love stories in two different time periods like the brilliant DJ he …

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Kourtney Roy on District 9 45:29

18d ago45:29

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This week, director Kourtney Roy – whose creepy first feature Kryptic is now available on digital and on demand – shares her thoughts on District 9, Neill Blomkamp’s breakout 2009 sci-fi action social satire starring Sharlto Copley as a spineless government functionary who gets dragged into an alien uprising in Johannesburg. Your genial host Norm W…

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"We're Not Broken," an interview with author and autistic journalist Eric Garcia 38:09

20d ago38:09

38:09

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to journalist Eric Garcia, author of "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation," for joining me on this episode of The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner! I heard Eric speak on another podcast, "Uniquely Human,” named after the best-selling book by aut…

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Daniel Robbins on To Be or Not to Be 37:52

25d ago37:52

37:52

This week, director Daniel Robbins – whose new comedy Bad Shabbos is now playing in the US and opening this Thursday in Toronto and Vancouver – steps up for Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be, the pitch-black 1942 farce starring Jack Benny and Carole Lombard as married actors in occupied Warsaw who take on the Nazis … and still manage to get laugh…

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Keeya King on Lady Bird 38:50

1M ago38:50

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This week, actor Keeya King – currently starring in the new thriller Guess Who, on Hollywood Suite in Canada and Tubi in the US – shares her love for Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut Lady Bird, which found comedy and pathos in the everyday drama of Saoirse Ronan’s Sacramento teenager. Your genial host Norm Wilner knows a thing or two about bei…

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"Urgent Calls from Distant Places:" an interview with author Marc-David Munk, MD 52:04

1M ago52:04

52:04

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, author of "Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor's Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa," for joining me on this episode of The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner! He's an unusual doctor who wrot…

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Jason Buxton on The Ice Storm 42:49

1M ago42:49

42:49

This week, Sharp Corner writer-director Jason Buxton steps up for the aching sadness of The Ice Storm, Ang Lee’s all-star 1997 adaptation of Rick Moody’s novel about parents and children struggling with the cultural upheavals of Nixon’s America over the 1973 Thanksgiving weekend. Your genial host Norm Wilner was five at the time, so don’t expect an…

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Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes on The Sixth Sense 1:07:59

2M ago1:07:59

1:07:59

This week, writer-directors Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes – whose new film The Island Between Tides is playing at the Carlton Cinemas in Toronto and the Mayfair in Ottawa through May 1st – are here to talk about their fascination with The Sixth Sense, and how M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 breakthrough is still a great picture even after you know the…

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Dr. Wilner's Makeover: An interview with Manhattan plastic surgeon Konstantin Vasyukevich, MD 29:43

2M ago29:43

29:43

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Konstantin Vasyukevich, MD, a facial plastic surgeon with a Park Avenue practice a block and a half from Central Park in New York City. Dr. Vasyukevich specializes in rejuvenation rather than reconstructive surgery. In addition to facelifts and other surgeries, h…

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Sam Rice-Edwards on Don't Look Now 36:31

2M ago36:31

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This week, editor Sam Rice-Edwards – who cut and co-directed the new documentary One to One: John & Yoko, in theaters now – unpacks the entangled structure and mounting dread of Don’t Look Now, Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 masterwork starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as an English couple, haunted by the loss of a child, who encounter something e…

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Ingrid Veninger on Inland Empire 50:52

2M ago50:52

50:52

Ten years after writer-director Ingrid Veninger brought A Woman Under the Influence to the podcast, she’s back with a new movie - Crocodile Eyes, screening this Thursday at Vancouver’s VIFF Centre for Canadian Film Week - and talking about Inland Empire, David Lynch’s three-hour 2006 digital experiment with Laura Dern as “a woman in trouble” that n…

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Telemedicine and Fatherhood: An interview with locum tenens physician Franklyn Rocha, MD 31:15

2M ago31:15

31:15

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Franklyn Rocha, MD, a fellow neurologist and with an unusual locum tenens practice. He is a clinical neurophysiologist and neurohospitalist consultant and Chief Executive Officer/Owner of IRD Neuroanalysis, Inc. Dr. Rocha does in-person neurology consults at Harb…

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Samir Oliveros on On Body and Soul 44:08

2M ago44:08

44:08

With his stranger-than-fiction drama The Luckiest Man in America now in theaters across North America, director Samir Oliveros is here to celebrate a film most of you won’t have seen: Ildikó Enyedi’s On Body and Soul, a magic-realist tale of two Hungarian slaughterhouse workers connected by inexplicable circumstances. Your genial host Norm Wilner n…

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Tracie Laymon on Edward Scissorhands 48:43

2M ago48:43

48:43

With her first feature Bob Trevino Likes It now in theaters across North America, writer-director Tracie Laymon is here to discuss Tim Burton’s 1990 suburban fable Edward Scissorhands, and how its earnest weirdness went straight to her heart. Your genial host Norm Wilner had forgotten how much he still loves this one.…

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The Art of Surgical Oncology: An interview with Evan Glazer, MD 26:14

3M ago26:14

26:14

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Evan Glazer, MD, a colleague at Regional One Health in Memphis, TN, part of the University of Tennessee Health Science (UTHSC) system. Dr. Glazer is a practicing surgical oncologist and Associate Professor of Surgery at UTHSC. He also received Memphis Magazine's …

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Naomi Jaye on Three Colors: Red 1:00:51

3M ago1:00:51

1:00:51

With her second feature Darkest Miriam having just kicked off the Canadian Film Fest and opening in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Sudbury on Friday the 28th, with more theatres to come, writer-director Naomi Jaye joins us to celebrate Three Colors: Red, which now stands as Krzysztof Kieślowski’s defining artistic work. Your genial host Norm Wiln…

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Ali Weinstein on Fiddler on the Roof 58:07

3M ago58:07

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With her documentary Your Tomorrow streaming across Canada on Friday March 21st and making its broadcast premiere on TVOntario Sunday the 23rd, filmmaker Ali Weinstein picks up the torch for another Norman Jewison musical: His 1971 adaptation of the Broadway smash Fiddler on the Roof. Your genial host Norm Wilner knows the entire songbook for this …

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When Ballet Injuries Occur: An interview with Jared Redick, Assistant Dean for Ballet at UNCSA 28:39

3M ago28:39

28:39

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Jared Redick, Assistant Dean for Ballet at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. During our 30-minute conversation, we discussed Jared's early exposure to ballet, ballet as an art form, and the physicality of ballet that exposes all dancers to bodi…

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Felix-Antoine Duval on Red Rooms 1:14:05

3M ago1:14:05

1:14:05

It’s our 10th anniversary! And award-winning actor Felix-Antoine Duval – star of Sophie Deraspe’s wonderful Shepherds, now playing at the TIFF Lightbox and elsewhere – is here to explore the darkest corners of Pascale Plante’s 2023 thriller Red Rooms. Your genial host Norm Wilner is fighting the urge to do the Jeremy Piven thing from Grosse Pointe …

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Atom Egoyan on Jesus Christ Superstar 43:32

3M ago43:32

43:32

This week, Oscar-nominated writer and director Atom Egoyan – whose latest drama Seven Veils opens in theatres across Canada this Friday – joins the chorus for Norman Jewison’s 1973 screen adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar … a film, and a musical, with which Atom has a very personal connection. Your genial host Norm Wilner is more of a Little Sho…

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"An Atypical Journey" with Author and Breast Cancer Survivor V. Ronnie Laughling 32:21

4M ago32:21

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Ronnie Laughlin, breast cancer survivor and author of “An Atypical Journey: Facing Breast Cancer Alone in the Middle East with God and My Tribe.” She also wrote the companion guide, “My Appointment Notebook,” to help people navigate the health care system when ch…

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Jeremy Schuetze on American Movie 44:28

4M ago44:28

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This week, actor and filmmaker Jeremy Schuetze – whose first feature Anacoreta is now available on digital and on demand – digs into American Movie, Chris Smith’s beloved documentary about Wisconsin auteur Mark Borchardt’s attempts to make a horror short with the help of his eccentric friends and family. Your genial host Norm Wilner sees more of hi…

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Moritz Binder on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 45:32

4M ago45:32

45:32

This week, Moritz Binder – the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of September 5 – joins us to celebrate Sergio Leone’s landmark Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, from the magnificently sweaty cast to the sun-blasted locations to Ennio Morricone’s iconic score. Your genial host Norm Wilner is still a Tuco guy, despite everything.…

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Who Can Be an Expert Witness? An interview with Jordan Romano, MD 33:45

4M ago33:45

33:45

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Jordan Romano, MD, a board certified internal medicine physician and hospitalist. Dr. Romano has more than 10 years experience providing expert witness testimony and consultation, and he mentors physicians interested in this important and potentially lucrative se…

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Jacob Anderson on Hot Rod 57:41

4M ago57:41

57:41

He broods magnificently in HBO’s Interview with the Vampire, but actor Jacob Anderson shows his looser side in Alice Lowe’s romantic comedy Timestalker, landing in US theaters and on demand this Valentine’s Day. And he’s here to share the gospel of Hot Rod, the 2007 comedy that brought Andy Samberg and his pals in The Lonely Island to the big scree…

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Anna Catley on Velvet Goldmine 1:06:27

4M ago1:06:27

1:06:27

As Sook-Yin Lee’s dramedy Paying for It rolls into Canadian theaters, the film’s editor Anna Catley – whose other credits include Things I Do for Money and We Forgot to Break Up – stops in to talk about the allure of Todd Haynes’ glam-rock reverie Velvet Goldmine, which introduced her to new methods of storytelling at exactly the right point in her…

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"How Do You Feel?" An interview with psychiatrist and author Jessi Gold, MD 46:44

4M ago46:44

46:44

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Jessi Gold, MD, MS, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee, and author of the new book, “How Do You Feel?” Dr. Gold is the Wellness Officer for the 5 campuse…

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Lowell Dean on Superman The Movie 1:04:31

5M ago1:04:31

1:04:31

Writer-director Lowell Dean has two movies coming out this year; the first, Dark Match, hits Canadian theatres and lands on Shudder in the US this Friday, January 31st. And to celebrate its arrival, he’s here to talk about Richard Donner’s 1978 blockbuster Superman: The Movie -- which defined superhero cinema, made instant stars out of Christopher …

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Flashback - Rick Roberts on Eraserhead 55:56

5M ago55:56

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To honor the life of David Lynch, whose death last week left a hole in world cinema, here's an episode from September 2017 featuring actor Rick Roberts on discovering the director’s first feature, the undefinable Eraserhead, and becoming a lifelong fan. Your genial host Norm Wilner just wants to lose himself in art right about now, you know?…

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Transforming Health Care: An interview with Cameron Sabet 23:58

5M ago23:58

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Cameron Sabet, a second-year medical student at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Cameron has a deep and insightful view into healthcare as evidenced by his early efforts as an EMT, articles in Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, multiple pee…

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Jack Clark and Jim Weir on High and Low 58:36

5M ago58:36

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With their bachelor-party nightmare Birdeater in theaters and on demand in the US and en route to Canada, Australian filmmakers Jack Clark and Jim Weir drop by to share their love for Akira Kurosawa’s relentless 1963 crime drama High and Low, starring Toshiro Mifune as an executive whose scheme to take over his own company is derailed when a kidnap…

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José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço on Wayne's World 52:09

5M ago52:09

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His delightful first feature Young Werther opens across Canada this Friday, so writer-director José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço is here to kick off the new year by being entirely worthy of Mike Myers’ 1992 blockbuster-slash-breakout Wayne’s World, directed by Penelope Spheeris. Your genial host Norm Wilner is happy to kick off 2025 riding shotg…

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Transforming Healthcare: A Discussion with Former US Congressman Robert Andrews 38:25

5M ago38:25

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to former Congressman Robert Andrews, a graduate of Cornell Law School, an original author of The Affordable Care Act, and CEO of the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA). Rob is here today to speak about the fundamental importance of an effective health care system…

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Steve Pink on La Femme Nikita 1:02:09

6M ago1:02:09

1:02:09

With his new documentary The Last Republican making its US theatrical premiere at the Film Forum in New York this Friday, writer-director Steve Pink takes a break to dive into the tangled loyalties and murky morals of Luc Besson’s 1990 breakout La Femme Nikita. Your genial host Norm Wilner cannot wait to put 2024 behind him … so Happy New Year, eve…

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Vera Drew on Hedwig and the Angry Inch 55:44

6M ago55:44

55:44

Have yourself some Hedwig for the holidays, as The People’s Joker writer-director-star Vera Drew drops in to discuss John Cameron Mitchell’s 2001 glam-rock indie Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the nuclear impact it had on her own artistic journey. Your genial host Norm Wilner is just delighted to be a part of this one.…

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Dr. Una and EntreMD: A Formula for Profit and Fulfillment 40:09

6M ago40:09

40:09

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Dr. Nneka Unachukwu, MD, better known as Dr. Una, for joining me on “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Dr. Una is a board-certified pediatrician who found a way to make her private practice not only profitable but fulfilling. She now helps other physici…

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Flashback - A Very Kristian Bruun Christmas 1:07:29

6M ago1:07:29

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With the holidays upon us – and the second season of The Recruit hitting Netflix in the new year – we’re reaching back to 2015 for A Very Kristian Bruun Christmas, in which the Orphan Black and Murdoch Mysteries star hangs out with your genial host Norm Wilner, eating too much fruitcake and talking about the seasonal cinema they both love. Nog up a…

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Michael Clowater on The Station Agent 52:24

6M ago52:24

52:24

With his first feature Drive Back Home in theaters across Canada, writer-director Michael Clowater wanted to talk about another modestly scaled, emotionally alive debut: Tom McCarthy’s delicate 2003 character study The Station Agent. Your genial host Norm Wilner is really glad he did.By Norm Wilner/Frequency Podcast Network

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Physicians MBA Program: Kate Atchley, PhD, Director 23:04

6M ago23:04

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Kate Atchley, PhD, for joining me on “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.” Kate is the Executive Director of Graduate and Executive Education at the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business. Since graduate school, Kate has been involved in their…

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Sheila McCarthy and Mackenzie Donaldson on The Wizard of Oz 47:07

6M ago47:07

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It’s a mother-daughter episode as actor Sheila McCarthy and producer-director Mackenzie Donaldson – who collaborated on the post-collapse thriller All the Lost Ones, now onscreen in Toronto at the Carlton Cinema – bring The Wizard of Oz to the podcast, just in time to draft on the opening of Wicked. Your genial host Norm Wilner is always up for a c…

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Ben Petrie on City Lights 48:10

7M ago48:10

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Writer, director and actor Ben Petrie, whose first feature The Heirloom has its Toronto premiere at the TIFF Lightbox this Thursday, November 28th, before moving to the Carlton and the Revue on Friday the 29th, is here to celebrate City Lights, Charlie Chaplin’s masterful blend of comedy and heart. Your genial host Norm Wilner is amazed this is the…

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Temple Grandin: My Story of Autism 30:45

7M ago30:45

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Temple Grandin, PhD, for joining me on "The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner." Temple Grandin is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and perhaps the world’s best-known person with autism. A special thanks to David Hirsch, founder of 2…

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Mark McKinney on Furiosa - A Mad Max Saga 52:09

7M ago52:09

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With Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy Scared Shitless making its Toronto premiere this Saturday, November 23rd at the Blood in the Snow film festival, scene-stealer Mark McKinney is here to ride or die with George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which rolls back the clock to show us how the wasteland’s greatest warrior learned her craft … and w…

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Gillian McKercher on Martin Eden 54:41

7M ago54:41

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With her new film Lucky Star making its Toronto premiere at the Reel Asian film festival this Saturday, writer-director Gillian McKercher is here to celebrate Pietro Marcello’s muscular adaptation of Martin Eden, which galvanized the festival circuit five years ago but was lost in the first wave of COVID. Your genial host Norm Wilner didn’t expect …

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"Eye of the Champion:" An interview with author Daniel Laby, MD 31:40

7M ago31:40

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Daniel Laby, MD, for joining me on "The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner." Dr. Laby is a pediatric ophthalmologist, a former Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and the author of two books, including the recently published “Eye o…

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Flashback -- Lauren Collins on Obvious Child 58:37

7M ago58:37

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Since Lauren Collins is starring in the new Crave series My Dead Mom – and since the US election is all anyone can think about right now – here’s her 2015 episode on Gillian Robespierre’s breakout comedy Obvious Child, the one where Jenny Slate plays an aspiring Brooklyn standup trying to build a set while dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. Your …

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Zach Clark on Spider Baby 57:11

8M ago57:11

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With his sci-fi drama The Becomers landing on Blu-ray today, writer-director Zach Clark closes out his October horror viewing with Jack Hill’s unquantifiable family study Spider Baby. Your genial host Norm Wilner wonders whether it truly is The Maddest Story Ever Told.By Norm Wilner/Frequency Podcast Network

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Physician Family Financial Advisors: An interview with Nate Reineke, CFP 34:41

8M ago34:41

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Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks! Many thanks to Nate Reineke, CFP, Primary Advisor, Student Loan Specialist, and College Planning Specialist at Physician Family Financial Advisors. He also co-hosts his company's podcast. While physicians are relatively high earners, they start earning late in life and often ha…

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