This week, S.E. sits down with sports journalist, commentator and Spolitics podcast host, Jemele Hill. S.E. and Jemele have a lot of shared knowledge and experience, both coming and finding their place in the TV journalism world. They talk about where those worlds intersect, where they diverge, and how politics is, despite anyone's best efforts, inescapable. Jemele brings us back to her cub reporting days, newsroom antics, and how she climbed her way into a white, male dominated world. She talks about facing backlash, stepping into her courage to get louder, and riding the media wave. And prepare yourself for one of the most controversial lightning round answers we've ever heard!

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This week, S.E. sits down with a friend! The singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg joins S.E. in the iHeart studio to talk about why he's searching for a pivot, the toll of being a touring musician, and the moments of failure he's learned from. As a father to four, he also shares his best parenting hacks and how he and his longtime partner make it work. S.E. and Stephen also get into some controversial opinions about the best pizza (is it *really* in New Haven?!) AND who he thinks is America's best singer-songwriter of all time (his answers may surprise you). Stephen Kellogg's latest album,"To you, old friend.", is out now.

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This week it’s Jay Mohr! S.E. sits down with the stand-up comedian and host of the “Mohr Stores” podcast to talk about his early career, 90s male archetypes, and how he’s transitioning into this second half of life and career. Jay talks about his journey to sobriety, his lows, and rebuilding the bridges he had burned. And it’s a very Jay lightning round with questions about Nascar, SNL, and the greatest joke writer of all time.

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It’s all the news that’s fit to sip! In this episode of Talkin’ Coffee, S.E. chats with her producers, Lauren and Derrick, about common coffee-related myths. Does drinking coffee actually stunt your growth? What about dehydration? Then, we take to the skies for news of a certain brand collaboration that has S.E. soaring.

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This week, S.E. sits down — in person! In LA — with a real LA guy who you'll surely know from that thing — Spencer Garrett! Spencer and S.E. get into his childhood growing up in Los Angeles, with a family that was riding the highs and lows of their various roles in "the business." Close listeners of Off the Cupp will enjoy hearing the backstory of something that has come up with many guests — the Character Actors Dining Society — a group of character actors (including Spencer, former guests Rob Morrow and Steven Weber, and so many more) who get together in support and in admiration of one another. They also talk about how Spencer met his wife and S.E.'s friend and colleague, Dana Bash, and how they each manage their respective, quickly evolving, often struggling, industries. Before a fun lightning round, S.E. gets the dirt on some of the more infamous Hollywood conspiracy theories — how much is true?!

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This week, S.E. sits down with one of the original TV doctors, Dr. Drew Pinsky. Dr. Drew talks about going from a late-night radio show to MTV with the 90s hit, Loveline with Adam Carolla. He also takes S.E. behind the scenes of the making of Celebrity Rehab. S.E. and Dr. Drew gets personal, too, with Dr. Drew sharing the traumas of his childhood and, later, his extreme anxiety. S.E. shares her experience and Dr. Drew offers some real-time care. It’s an intimate conversation that wraps with a TV doctor’s version of Marry, F, Kill. Find more of Dr. Drew, Chief Patient Officer at The Wellness Company, at DrDrew.TV.

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Andrew Zimmern always knew he would be involved with food. On this week’s episode, S.E. talks with the chef and adventurer about how that connection started in his childhood days in the kitchen, grew throughout his adolescence in the New York City food scene (attending James Beard’s Christmas parties?!), and blossomed on his TV shows where he demystifies global food. But the wild aspects of Andrew’s life run deeper and beyond his taste buds. S.E. and Andrew get into it all — addictions, his lowest points, and crawling his way out of it all. And of course, stay tuned for a yummy lightning round!

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This week, S.E. sits down with TV legend, Michael Chiklis. Known for his police roles from The Commish to The Shield, Michael shares with S.E. more about his early life in Massachusetts, and finding inspiration and support in the Greek philosophies spun out by his beauty-salon-owning father. They talk about parenting, the social media drain and the story of landing his first major movie that was riddled with controversies. Keen listeners will catch the many times the two “Massholes” slip into Boston accents. And stay tuned for a Boston-themed lightning round!

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