“Who Is in Charge Here?” with Julian Fellowes, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon

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Christine Baranski (1:07)

Unhappy?

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What is this babble?

Christine Baranski (1:10)

You have a nice house, you have money, people come to your dinners, you're invited everywhere, what more is there?

SPEAKER_5 (1:16)

Some people want more, I know I do.

Christine Baranski (1:19)

Take a ride around Five Points or Hell's Kitchen and tell me you're not satisfied with your life.

Alicia Malone (1:37)

And we're back, finally. Welcome back to the Official Gilded Age Podcast. I'm so excited to be here. This is season three of the Emmy award-winning HBO original series, The Gilded Age. I'm Alicia Malone from Turner Classic Movies, and I'm thrilled to have with me Tom Meyers from The Bowery Boys Podcast, the font of knowledge when it comes to The Gilded Age. Hi, Tom.

Tom Meyers (2:04)

Hi, Alicia.

Julian Fellowes (2:06)

Wow.

Tom Meyers (2:06)

I am so happy to be a font. I am so happy to also just be back here. I've been waiting for this moment for so long to be here, sitting with you at this desk with a stack of Gilded Age newspaper articles ready to share with you, and just ready to be able to talk about our favorite TV show, The Gilded Age. I mean, I almost wept. I'm honest. I honestly telling you, I almost wept when I heard the theme song start up just now. It was like, it's happening. So much has happened and yet we're back for another season together.

Alicia Malone (2:39)

I know. I immediately got out my fake violin and started to do the string bit and then do the big drums. I love the theme song.

It really just gets in there. You and I have been keeping in touch throughout the break. Anytime any piece of news popped up about the show, we would immediately text each other. I can't wait to see all the new characters that are coming, the new cast members. I'm sure there's going to be more Tony award-winning or nominated actors coming our way.

Tom Meyers (3:12)

Oh, my gosh. I just I'm so happy that they keep using so many wonderful theatre actors. It just it's like a theatre enthusiast dream.

Alicia Malone (3:21)

Absolutely. And also something we're doing this season on the podcast, something new is that we've added a video component. So if you like listening to this podcast, then you can still do that. You can still find this wherever you get podcasts. But if you would like to see our bright, shiny, happy faces, then you can watch the video version on Mac's YouTube and Spotify.

Tom Meyers (3:45)

How shiny are they, Alicia?

I did buy some blotting paper. Maybe I have to get that out, actually. It makes me a little nervous. But yes, that's right. And today on the show, Alicia and I will be making our way through episode one of season three. And then we'll be sitting down in the second half of the show with Mr. Gilded Age himself, the show's creator, writer, and executive producer, Lord Julian Fellowes. But that's not all, because then we'll be joined by our favorite couple of aunts, Agnes and Ada. Or rather, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon.

Alicia Malone (4:23)

We have a lot coming up, so let's dive right in to season three, episode one. It's called Who's in Charge Here, written by Julian Fellowes and Sonia Warfield and directed by Michael Engler. And we begin, actually not in New York for once, but in the wild, wild west, we see George Russell's boots as he gets off the stagecoach and he arrives in Morenci, Arizona to negotiate with local mine owners or clodhoppers, as he calls them, to try to buy their land.