From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is FRESH AIR Weekend.
I'm Tonya Moseley.
Today my guest is Seth Rogen.
He created a new Apple TV series, the Studio,
which is a satirical look at how executives in Hollywood make decisions on what movies get made.
Seth stars as the head of a fictional Hollywood studio who is trying to save the struggling company.
And he says the the job of a studio executive in real life is the funniest in all of Hollywood.
Yeah, it's a very tragic job, and I think tragedy is comedy in a lot of ways.
Also,
New Yorker staff writer Andrew Morantz joins us to discuss his latest investigation into how right wing podcasts,
streams and YouTube channels have become the platforms where men who feel disillusioned and alienated go to feel seen and heard and the battle on the left to win them back.
Plus, rock critic Ken Tucker reviews new songs by Teddy Swims, Benjamin Booker, and Neil Young.
This is FRESH AIR WEEKEND.
I'm Tonya Moseley.
Let's go back to the year 2000.
A young Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg have arrived from Canada,
and they're meeting a studio executive to go over a screenplay they've written together.
During the meeting, the executive makes a cynical confession.
I got into this job because I love movies, he says, and now I feel like my job is to ruin them.
Rogan and Goldberg never forgot what that executive said, and 25 years later,