Fail Again: Ben Stiller Confronts His Parents' Legacy

Fail Better with David Duchovny

Grace Cohen-Chen

Society & Culture

4.6 • 534 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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You might remember from way back when this podcast started that my very first guest was Ben Stiller. It was a memorable interview for lots of reasons, including that Ben talked to me about his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara and the documentary about the two of them he was working on. Well, that film is about to be out in the world. It’s called Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, and it’s streaming on Apple TV starting this Friday, October 24th. In honor of that, we’re revisiting that first episode of Fail Better, featuring my friend Ben. Hope you enjoy. Get 50% off Monarch, the all-in-one financial tool at monarch.com with code FAILBETTER. Follow me on Instagram at @davidduchovny. Find more video podcasts on our YouTube channel. Stay up to date with Lemonada on X, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our shows and get bonus content. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Advice show every Wednesday out now, a Lemonada Media Original.
0:30.0	Hey, fail better listeners.
0:32.1	You might remember way back when, back when this podcast started, that my very first guest was Ben Stiller. It was a memorable
0:39.8	interview for lots of reasons, including that Ben talked to me a lot about his parents, Jerry
0:44.6	Stiller and Anne Mira. Well, he's been working on a movie about the two of them, and that movie
0:49.5	is about to be out in the world. It's called Stiller and Mira. Nothing is lost. And it'll be streaming on Apple TV
0:55.8	Plus starting this Friday, October 24th. In honor of that, we're revisiting that first episode of
1:02.5	Fail Better, featuring my friend Ben, hope you enjoy. Okay, I'm starting to record something for you.
1:11.5	I just got to say off the bat, I'm so bad with anything technological I've spent the last 10 minutes fucking this up.
1:21.2	And, oh man, it's so frustrating to me.
1:36.5	Thank you. frustrating to me. All right, all right, I think I got everything working now. You're hearing my voice, right?
1:40.9	We're making a podcast. It's called Fail Better, and I'm David DeCovey.
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