Hey, it's David. We'll be back with the new episode next week, but in the meantime, we're bringing

you a conversation that I had with Ben Stiller from this year. We talked about the latest season of

Severance, the show since won a bunch of Emmys, and we also talked about his relationship with

his parents, the comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Mira. Ben has made a new documentary about them

called Stiller and Mira Nothing is Lost, which a new documentary about them called Stiller and Mirra Nothing

is Lost, which will be in theaters and on Apple TV Plus later this month. Enjoy the conversation,

and we'll see you next week with a new episode of The Interview.

From the New York Times, this is the interview.

I'm David Marquesie.

The long-awaited Emmy Award-winning series Severance returns for its second season next week.

I've seen a bunch of the new episodes, which have some real surprises in them.

And I can say that I'm very eager to see other fans' reaction to how the show has moved

forward with its story.

By way of a reminder, that story is about a rebellious group of employees at the mysterious

and probably malevolent Lumen Industries.

Those employees are office drones whose consciousness has been artificially separated between their work selves, also known as their innies, and their outies, their selves away from the office.

That sense of a divided self is one to which Ben Stiller, who co-directed and co-executive produces the series, can probably relate.

It's actually one of the things that's most intriguing to me about him.

He's a hugely successful comedic actor from mainstream hits like Meet the Parents and Night at the Museum,

who's gradually stepped away from acting in favor of his first love, directing.

As a director, he's a much more subversive and distinctive stylist

than his biggest acting roles might

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