In Hollywood, Do You Have To Be A Bully To Be Brilliant?: Scott Rudin and Hollywood's Culture of Aggression

There are very few people in the history of entertainment as successful as producer Scott Rudin. In his 40 year career, he has won seventeen Tony Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, four Golden Globes and sixteen Drama Desk Awards. He is one of only 16 people in entertainment to have become an EGOT winner. Yesterday, in an explosive Hollywood Reporter cover article he was accused of some fairly damaging things including verbal and physical abuse, racism and having a general disregard for human life. Tonight, we talk about the allegations against him and we discuss Hollywood executives' long history of bad and often criminal behavior to decide if this is an isolated incident or the norm. Then we're joined by podcast host Peter Quinn-Jacobs, to talk about his show, Let's Break History, in which he and his panel take historical events and turn them into a Dungeons and Dragons style role playing game. We close the show having our guest help us role play a famous movie.

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