Christopher Nolan, Harry Shearer, & VD on the Radio

Studio 360

The director of the mind-bending blockbuster Interstellar explains that despite his reputation for making convoluted movies, he just wants you be entertained. Comedian Harry Shearer needed all 25 years of experience on The Simpsons to play his latest role, Richard Nixon, without embellishment. And public health officials in the 1940s turned to an unlikely source of help in their fight against syphilis: Hank Williams.

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