Naked Lunch

Danny Meyer -- the founder and executive chairman of the Union Square Hospitality Group -- joins Phil and David for a conversation about his remarkable career in the hospitality industry, including the massive success story of Shake Shack and his new New York Times best-selling memoir, "What Could Possibly Go Right?: The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture." For more on Danny Meyer and the Union Square Hospitality Group, and his new book, go to https://www.ushg.com/danny-meyer. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠.

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Grammy and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop and his wife and manager Liz Kamlet -- check out her entertaining and educational "Liz The Music Manager" Instagram account  -- come to "Naked Lunch" to discuss Stephen's long career as a recording artist, his adventures in Hollywood, including "Animal House" and "Tootsie" and so much more. Keith Urban -- who covered Stephen's classic "On And On" earlier this year -- asks a question and Phil has a pressing query about "Tootsie." For more on Stephen, including dates for his upcoming Farewell Tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary of his debut album, "Careless," go to https://www.stephenbishop.com. Follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/lizkamlet/?hl=en. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠.

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Phil & David are the happy Madmen Across The Table as their dream "Naked Lunch" conversation with legendary songwriter Bernie Taupin continues with more talk about his amazing new album --  "The Sea Has No Mercy," out on October 23rd -- his remarkable and enduring creative partnership with Elton John, and lots of food talk, too.  It's more than a little bit funny, and really interesting. Then, for all the Tiny Dancers out there, we finish the episode by spotlighting a great moment from our episode with Cameron Crowe in which Kate Hudson asks an excellent question. For more info on Bernie, follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bernietaupinofficial/?hl=en. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠.

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Phil & David are still standing and absolutely thrilled to welcome one of their all-time dream guests and lifelong writing heroes to "Naked Lunch" -- the legendary, Oscar-winning songwriter Bernie Taupin for a fascinating conversation about his outstanding new solo album, "The Sea Has No Mercy," which will be released on October 23rd. Taupin shares great stories about his remarkable career with Elton John, his fascinating 2023 memoir "Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me"  and the upcoming documentary about his life. All this plus some fun talk about our shared love for Shaun Cassidy, good sushi and the Los Angeles Dodgers. For more info on Bernie, follow him on Instagram. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠.

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Our returning "Naked Lunch" first crush Shaun Cassidy returns to discuss his upcoming "Unwrapped: Songs & Stories for the Holidays" tour, plus new music, along with some amazing old stories about his life growing up in Hollywood and surviving & continuing to shine in show business. For Shaun's tour dates and so much more, go to https://www.shauncassidy.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠.

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Phil and Monica recently met legendary model and actress Twiggy -- AKA Dame Lesley Lawson --- in London and now this great Dame joins Phil, David & Monica for a fun and revealing "Naked Lunch" conversation. They discuss "Twiggy" --  the outstanding new documentary about her life directed by Sadie Frost -- which is released in North American digitally and on DVD on September 22nd. Hear great stories about Twiggy's remarkable life, as well as her interactions with some of the interview subjects in the film, including Paul McCartney, Dustin Hoffman and Tommy Tune, plus stories about Fran Descher, David Bowie & more. For more about Twiggy, go to https://theofficialtwiggy.com.  For more on Max & Helen's, go to ⁠https://www.maxandhelens.com⁠. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠.

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Phil and David welcome Max & Helen's chef Mason Royal and the diner's creative director Lily Rosenthal Royal for a delicious "Naked Lunch" conversation and a veritable feast of food from the Larchmont diner everybody loves. For more on Max & Helen's, go to https://www.maxandhelens.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

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Phil and David are joined by their brilliantly talented friend Will Forte for an animated conversation about the remarkable fall and rise of "Coyote Vs. Acme," how Phil shared a desk with Chuck Jones, how Will loved working with Bruce Dern in "Nebraska" and how Will and David had a far more stormy experience working with P. Diddy. Go see "Coyote Vs. Acme" -- for more info on where it's playing near you, go to  https://www.coyotevsacme.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

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To celebrate 50 years of David as his fanboy, Phil and David -- the Private Eyes of podcasting and frequent "Lunch" Maneaters -- are totally X-Static to use their Voices to serve up a new mix of  David's early musical hero and longtime friend Daryl Hall for a long distance Zoom "Naked Lunch." Hear as Daryl Hall discuss his remarkable career in music and his acclaimed show "Live From Daryl's House," uses a surprising amount of Yiddish, shares his thoughts about being a part of "We Are The World" and "Sun City," answers a great guest question from Jimmy Jam, and has a classic response when Phil and David ask for his advice on how to keep their own duo act together. What's better than One On One? How about One On Two? For more on Daryl, go to https://darylhall.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

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This week. "Naked Lunch" gets down to the real Nitty Gritty and celebrates the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- the first band David ever saw  --  with the group's Jeff Hanna and returning "Naked Lunch" guest and Jeff's longtime buddy and former roadie and lead Boxmaster, Billy Bob Thornton. With great stories involving Steve Martin, Linda Ronstadt, Jack Benny, Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Michael Nesmith,  and so many more. For more on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, go to https://nittygritty.com. For more on Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters, go to https://theboxmasters.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠. And you can watch this whole "Lunch" -- and many more --  on YouTube on the Phil Rosenthal World channel.

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