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The Adam and Dr. Drew Show

Classic #167: Brian Koppelman Pt. 2

The Adam and Dr. Drew Show

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Comedy, Talk Radio, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.68.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

August 6, 2014 - Screenwriter Brian Koppelman joins Adam & Drew in studio for a discussion about a variety of topics including Drew’s hosting method on his HLN show, Brian’s screenwriting workshops, and how to know when the big moments in your life are upon you.

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0:00.0

Enjoy this second part of our interview with Brian Kauffleman.

0:03.5

We talk about my HLN program, Brian's screenwriting workshops, and when to know or how to know the big moments in your life are upon you.

0:12.0

Brian has had great success.

0:13.3

He's, of course, the brains behind the show Billions, and he is a very interesting dude.

0:19.1

And a good interview.

0:19.8

Enjoy this episode from 2014, number 167 with Brian Coppillman.

0:25.0

He's also Puss, and he doesn't want to get any shit from anybody.

0:28.5

And the reason he will lock antlers with me is he'll lock antlers with me when I come up with a topic that is so-called, you know,

0:38.3

uh, uh, racially charged or insensitive or whatever.

0:42.5

He'll just ride the middle of that fence because he hates a negative tweet so badly

0:47.3

that he's basically been forced into the same space that 96% of people that have a microphone, have a keyboard,

0:57.0

or have a television camera

0:59.4

perch in front of them, which is

1:01.2

I don't want to get shit.

1:03.5

So when something

1:05.7

happens out there, no matter

1:08.0

how mundane it is,

1:10.0

I'm going to act wildly outraged.

1:11.6

I will act outrage.

1:12.6

So if a guy who's early onset Alzheimer's says something to his whore girlfriend about the blacks,

1:19.6

I'm going to sit there and there'll be no difference between that and whatever's going on in Darfur,

1:26.6

in terms of my moral indignation.

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