TCM’s Acclaimed Podcast The Plot Thickens Returns for Season Five Focusing on John Ford
From Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) award-winning podcast The Plot Thickens will premiere season five, Decoding John Ford, on June 6, co-produced by Novel. Host Ben Mankiewicz strips back the mythology to reveal Ford’s brilliance – alongside the often ugly, uncomfortable truths about his life and movies, asking whether we can ever truly separate art from the artist. This season features scores of never-before-heard archival interviews, including John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Woody Strode, and John Ford himself.
TCM presenters introducing the new podcast!
TCM presenting The Plot Thickens
Pam with TCM host Jacqueline Stewart
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
Orchestra Lumos lighting the way once again
with Anthony Parce and Valerie Bolling!
Violinist turned author, Erica Miner
…living several lives was her journey!
Conductor, Michael Stern and rising star pianist, Tony Siqi Yun
The boys bringing the light to Orchestra Lumos!
Pianist, Eduardus Halim
A stupendous talent and the successor to Horowitz
Soprano, Laura Dixon Strickling
Moving On To New Horizons
Pianist, Florian Noack…
the alchemist of the keyboard!
Joe Meyers…
Focus on French Cinema Film Festival and discussion of “Divertimento.”
Artist, Gyöngy Laky and Curator, Nancy Heller
on the essence of “Wordplay.”
Mark S. Doss
the man with the golden voice!”
Stefano Baldasseroni
and his Nashville Bel Canto Foundation
Most Recent Podcast
At the TCM Film Festival filmmaker, Shane Fleming is a star!
Soprano, Rainelle Kraus flies high with aerial work and her magnificent voice! Pt. 1
Soprano, Laura Dixon Strickling on serendipity and the GRAMMYs! Pt. 2
Soprano, Laura Dixon Strickling on serendipity and the GRAMMYs! Pt. 1
Violinist turned author, Erica Miner…creating her own artistic kingdom!
Conductor, Michael Stern…his personal stories about Leonard Bernstein and “Maestro” pt II
Conductor, Michael Stern…his personal stories about Leonard Bernstein and “Maestro”
Soprano, Emily Albrink and “Force of Nature”
James Hill, pt.3
James Hill, pt.2
After a Year Without Crowds, Caroline Polachek Takes the Stage
By Jia Tolentino
September 10, 2021
Polachek had told me that Kuhn, her opera teacher, sometimes made her sing bent over, with her hands on her knees, as if her voice were spilling the notes out violently onto the floor. Kuhn told me later, “I’ve seen her at her weakest. I’ve seen her underbelly. I would say to her, over and over, that the great artists are the ones who have the ability to get to a raw sound, who can let the idea of perfection go for a moment and give us a direct line into their soul.”
