Interview: Jerrod Carmichael (Rothaniel), Taika Waititi (Our Flag Means Death), Ron Howard (We Feed People)
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Three conversations with giants in their respective fields. Carmichael discusses the seismic impact of his comedy special Rothaniel and how he’s spending Pride month; Waititi explains why Our Flag Means Death rekindled his love of acting, and what he hopes comes next in season 2; and Howard discusses his pivot into documentary filmmaking— and how his approach to making movies lines up with what’s in his dreams.
Rothaniel and Our Flag Means Death are both available to stream on HBO Max; We Feed People is on Disney+.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:05.0 | It's such an honor to present this next award. |
| 0:08.0 | And here are the nominees... |
| 0:10.0 | The Oscar goes to... |
| 0:12.0 | And the Oscar goes to... |
| 0:14.0 | And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now! |
| 0:18.0 | You like me! |
| 0:20.0 | I'm the King of Worlds! |
| 0:22.0 | There's a mistake. |
| 0:24.0 | Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture. |
| 0:30.0 | I am Katie Rich and I'm here with David Camfield. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi! |
| 0:40.0 | This is the first ever Triple Hatter interview episode. |
| 0:44.0 | It's the end of MEC's end, which is why I think we're getting so many great names right at the end. |
| 0:49.0 | MEC voting ends next week. |
| 0:51.0 | So David, you and I got to talk to Ron Howard, Gerard Carmichael and Tyco YTD. |
| 0:57.0 | And I think we both wish we could have gotten all three of them in a room together, right? |
| 1:01.0 | Um, yes. |
| 1:03.0 | Let's start with you and Gerard Carmichael. |
| 1:06.0 | He had this really breakthrough special with Rotheniel out early this year, |
| 1:12.0 | which kind of like many stand-up specials, I feel like it's kind of appeared out of nowhere, |
| 1:16.0 | but also included breaking news in it, but was also really great. |
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