The Moment With Brian Koppelman

Guns n Roses legend, author, brilliant writer Duff Mckagan on living up to full potential as a man and artist. 

Elvis Mitchell, filmmaker, critic, host, long time friend, on how and why he does what he does.

The return of Rick Rubin!!!

The polymath Tyler Cowen on what it is to be an effective human.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian and his guest, the legendary author Rich Cohen, debate the meaning of basketball as though it were life and death. 

Michael Lewis and Brian talk about why and how Michael wrote about Sam Bankman-Fried.

Brian needs questions! Ask away!! Q and A episode coming soon.  send your questions to TheMomentBK@gmail.com

Rock legend, Patti Smith guitarist, storyteller and writer extraordinaire Lenny Kaye on living an artist's life.

The hilarious and brilliant Will Sasso on Kayfabe, podcasting and AI. 

Message from Brian. Episodes like this one with David Lipsky are why I do the podcast. Sit back. Take a walk. Drive somewhere. But settle in. Lipsky wrote one of the best books I've read in a decade. And he is almost as good at talking as he is at writing. Dive in. 

The National's lead singer/lyricist Matt Berninger on surfing his way through writer's block to create a a great album. 

Author Dante Ross on how the survival skills he learned after being basically abandoned in NYC as a kid, helped him turn himself into one of the greatest record producers/execs ever. 

Dan Soder, comedy super star and Billions actor, on why taking huge risks is the only way he knows how to move forward as a stand up comedian. Dan's fourth appearance on The Moment goes deep into how he overcame being a people pleaser to really find his own voice.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Seth Godin, our most requested guest, returns to talk about how to make work actually work.  PLUS: book giveaway. 

Pappyland author Wright Thompson on how whiskey and friendship can be a kind of salvation. 

Author/musician Warren Zanes on Bruce Springsteen and how and why rock and roll saves souls. 

Paul Heyman, wrestling storytelling legend, on how his instinct for the hustle and living for the present was shaped by a childhood amongst Holocaust survivors. 

Legendary Lewis Black on how he got through the last few years. 

Lawrence Block, one of Brian's all time favorite novelists, returns. 

Brian and Anna answer new questions about how to know if your work is good, how to work when you have self-doubt, how to manage ADHD as a creative and how to talk to your kids in a a way that encourages their best selves.