Tim Robbins on HBO's 'Here and Now'

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🗓️ 3 April 2018

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The Oscar-winning actor stars in a new HBO drama that follows one multicultural family's struggle to navigate American life post-election-2016. Tim also talks about his work in the theater, and why he'll never get tired of talking about 'The Shawshank Redemption.' Email the show at [email protected] and tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.
0:08.7	It's Tuesday and every Tuesday episode of this podcast is a conversation.
0:13.7	And we have a good one for you today.
0:15.3	I'm talking to Tim Robbins, the Oscar-winning actor.
0:18.3	He has a new show on HBO, it's called Here and Now.
0:21.7	But you know him from all of his other stuff.
0:24.3	Probably most familiar with his work in the Shawshank Redemption, that classic or Mystic
0:28.6	River or Howard The Duck.
0:30.5	He has been in everything.
0:31.7	He is one of those actors who's been added and prominent for so long that you maybe
0:36.2	think you know all about him.
0:38.0	Here's the thing, dear listener, you do not.
0:40.0	He told me all about the work he does on stage, not just in movies.
0:43.5	He told me about this theater company that he founded.
0:46.0	It's called The Actors Gang.
0:47.8	And we talked about how the art that he makes and is making right now how it speaks to
0:52.4	this particular political moment.
0:55.1	Tim's new HBO show Here and Now.
0:57.7	It feels like it is made specifically for this moment.
1:00.7	It is a drama created by Alan Ball.
1:03.2	He wrote the film American Beauty and also made six feet under and true blood.
1:07.4	And the show here now, it's about a progressive, multicultural family and Portlandorian.
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