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Fail Better with David Duchovny

Alec Baldwin Might Need to Write Another Memoir

Fail Better with David Duchovny

Grace Cohen-Chen

Society & Culture

4.6534 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The actor Alec Baldwin has spent a lot of time at life’s intersections. He came of age with challenging circumstances on one side and larger-than-life role models on the other. And when you look at how he works or how he parents (he’s now a father of eight), you’ll see that the duality has stuck around. He and I talk about how it’s possible to feel regret and gratitude in one breath, the specific things he’s learned from writing, and how much more we both hope to gain in the years ahead. It’s a personal conversation, and it feels necessary — though we both hesitate to use the word “therapeutic.” Let’s leave that to the experts. Follow me on Instagram at @davidduchovny. Stay up to date with Lemonada on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. And if you want to continue the conversation with other listeners, join the My Lemonada community at https://lemonadamedia.com/mylemonada/ For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's morning in New York.

0:02.8

Oh, God.

0:06.2

Hey, everybody.

0:07.3

I'm Mandy Patinkin.

0:08.7

And I'm Catherine Grady.

0:09.8

And we have a new podcast.

0:11.7

It's called Don't Listen to Us.

0:14.1

Many of you've asked for our advice.

0:16.1

Tell me, what is wrong with you people?

0:19.2

Don't listen to us.

0:20.3

Our Take It or Leave a Adv Device show every Wednesday, out now.

0:24.7

A Lemonada Media Original.

0:36.5

I'm David Decovney, and this is Fail Better, a show where failure, not success, shapes who we are.

0:43.4

Alec Baldwin is an actor.

0:45.5

He's a writer.

0:46.7

He's a philanthropist.

0:48.7

From the stage to the screen, he has been a fixture for the past few decades, racking up Emmys and Golden Globes,

0:55.9

all sorts of other awards along the way.

1:01.1

He started out in soap operas, eventually became a leading man in the 80s and 90s,

1:04.0

and hit films like Beetlejuice and Glenn Gary, Glenn Ross.

1:09.0

Later on, he found himself beginning to play more comedic and character actor roles,

1:12.1

including his time as Jack Doneghee on 30 Rock with Tina Fey. He's also hosted Saturday Night Live a record 17 times. In general, though, he's been out

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