S8 EP7: Olivia Wilde on the pitfalls of long-term love, her unusual family name, and the 'garbage disposal' of tabloid media

Louis is joined in the Spotify studio by author, YouTuber and inequality economist Gary Stevenson. Gary tells Louis about growing up in a Mormon family, his disagreement with Rory Stewart, and why he thinks a wealth tax could solve financial inequality.  Please note this episode was recorded before Gary announced he was stepping back from his YouTube channel.    Warnings: Strong language.     Links/Attachments:    Documentary: How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson (2026) - Channel 4  https://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-get-filthy-rich-with-gary-stevenson     Book: The Trading Game, Gary Stevenson (2024)   https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455809/the-trading-game-by-stevenson-gary/9781802062731    Podcast: The Rest is Politics: 144. Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (2025)  https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vfmQmoA9frvGh5aRQvZLi     Book: Politics on the Edge, Rory Stewart (2024)  https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442034/politics-on-the-edge-by-stewart-rory/9781529922868     TV Show: That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006-2010) - Channel 4  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY     Video: “I'm QUITTING!" Gary Stevenson vs Piers Morgan On Wealth, Economic Growth & Elon Musk (2026) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLmFZBB3Apw     Article: Gary Stevenson may have been Citi’s most profitable trader… in developed market foreign exchange (2026) - Financial Times  https://www.ft.com/content/5c48b680-daf6-40d2-9522-ad997eb07b63     Video: How COVID-19 MAKES the Rich Richer - Gary EXPLAINS the theory (2020)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiblHqbpXHs     Article: The Sunday Times Rich List (2026)  https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list     Play: Poet In Da Corner, Debris Stevenson (2018)  https://open.spotify.com/album/2QDC46EK9W1ndEyFbFkabH     Play: My Brother’s a Genius, Debris Stevenson (2026)  https://www.nyt.org.uk/get-tickets/my-brothers-a-genius-london       Credits:  Producer: Tom Fuller  Researcher: Beth Johnstone  Senior Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Alfie Butler  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Series Producer: Millie Chu  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, Louis speaks to actor, director and renaissance woman Olivia Wilde. Following the release of her film The Invite, the pair discuss the secrets to a healthy relationship, her unusual family name, and her experience in the 'garbage disposal' of tabloid media.   Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    Film: The Invite (2026)  https://a24films.com/films/the-invite     Film: I Want Your Sex (2026)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32332915/     Film: Booksmart (2019)  https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81061054    Film: Don’t Worry Darling (2022)  https://www.netflix.com/title/81592177     Documentary: Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (2026)  https://www.netflix.com/title/81920687     Book: The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Oscar Wilde (1888)  https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/31359/the-happy-prince-and-other-stories-by-wilde-oscar/9780241776285     Book: Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel (2006)  https://www.estherperel.com/mating-in-captivity     Podcast: Where Should We Begin? (2017 – present)  https://open.spotify.com/show/3fKOTwtnX5oZLaiNntKWAV     Advert: Dinner With the Russians, Cockburn’s Special Reserve (1980)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rOl7i55ag     Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (1949)  https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/books-by-orwell/nineteen-eighty-four/     Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Production Assistant: Artemis Chu  Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis sits down with Grammy award-winning rapper, producer and former Beastie Boy Mike D. Speaking ahead of the release of his first solo album, Thank You, Mike tells Louis about breaking rap into the mainstream, the mechanics behind the Beastie Boys’ 20 foot hydraulic penis, and breaking up the band after Adam Yauch’s death.  Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    Song: Rapture, Blondie (1980)  https://open.spotify.com/track/1hQr0D1ZXbGHFcWLhusijv     Book: Everybody’s Fly, Fat Five Freddy with Mark Rozzo (2026)  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775871/everybodys-fly-by-fab-5-freddy-with-mark-rozzo/     Song: Cooky Puss, Beastie Boys (1983)  https://open.spotify.com/track/7DZSImZVNfImxqehwNtPuB     Song: Rapper’s Delight, Sugarhill Gang (1979)  https://open.spotify.com/track/7sZDbHZiuHEzS00vzCuhqS     Song: Good Times, Chic (1979)  https://open.spotify.com/track/0PQFPcSK1gnBGlbV4CZCG0     Song: The Message, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982)  https://open.spotify.com/album/4dEczweFPXeLMMVD1zIdi7     Song: Sucker M.C.’s, Run-D.M.C. (1983)  https://open.spotify.com/track/3hx5R8nOKu5zvhlfDNSIQC     Album: Licensed to Ill, Beastie Boys (1986)  https://open.spotify.com/album/11oR0ZuqB3ucZwb5TGbZxb     Radio Show: The Goon Show (1951-1960) - BBC   https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072vdz     Film: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/     Film: Caddyshack (1980)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487/     Album: Paul’s Boutique, Beastie Boys (1989)  https://open.spotify.com/album/1kmyirVya5fRxdjsPFDM05     Song: Shadrach, Beastie Boys (1989)  https://open.spotify.com/track/1vIJBVsuMouxSuDxRtTaYI     Album: Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys (1998)  https://open.spotify.com/album/1HhBu55aklCwIus7KffIji     Song: Intergalactic, Beastie Boys (1998)  https://open.spotify.com/track/5fpizYGbi5IQoEraj6FP0R     Song: What We Got, Mike D (2026)  https://open.spotify.com/track/3UeGo2iTVN98fWW96iRL5p     Song: Switch Up, Mike D (2026)  https://open.spotify.com/track/1FHSvpvNWmJcpDcmsxrtbH       Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Beth Johnstone  Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Louis speaks to singer, songwriter and Spice Girl Melanie C. Speaking ahead of the 30th anniversary of Wannabe, Melanie and Louis discuss deleted Spiceworld scenes, showing off her guns to Arnold Schwarzenegger and why there’s no such thing as a ‘former’ Spice Girl.     Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    Song: Wannabe, Spice Girls (1996)  https://open.spotify.com/track/1Je1IMUlBXcx1Fz0WE7oPT      Song: I’m So Excited, The Pointer Sisters (1984)  https://open.spotify.com/track/3moCFGH9twneH0SHMNeeCt     TV Show: Friends – NBC (1994-2004)  https://www.netflix.com/title/70153404     Song: Say You’ll Be There, Spice Girls (1996)  https://open.spotify.com/track/1yTQ39my3MoNROlFw3RDNy     Book: Who I Am, Mel C (2023)  https://www.waterstones.com/book/who-i-am/melanie-c/9781802793383     Film: Spice World (1997)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120185/     Album: Sweat, Mel C (2026)  https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZrlQz1UiDn1pCThyICAeD         If you've been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, visit spotify.com/resources.    Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Researcher: Mark Maughan  Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis is joined in the Spotify studio by model, actress, musician and owner of the world’s best eyebrows, Cara Delevingne. Cara tells Louis about the moment she knew she had to get sober, engagement rumours, and being Karl Lagerfeld's muse.   Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.   Links/Attachments:  Song: I Forgot, Cara Delevingne (2026)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/track/02zcxkBgtRdpHovTLgJRl1⁠    Song: Out of My Head, Cara Delevingne (2026)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/track/5ExQZsB1FkAemKYykuvDUv⁠    Film: Paper Towns (2015)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3622592/    Film: Suicide Squad (2016)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386697/     Film: London Fields (2018)  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/london_fields     If you've been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, visit spotify.com/resources.    Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Researcher: Maan Al-Yasiri  Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Louis speaks with gonzo journalist and fellow gangly documentarian Andrew Callaghan. The pair discuss Andrew’s life after cancellation, whether lizard people run the world, and his legal issues with Melania Trump.     Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    Film: This Place Rules (2022) - HBO  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23950956/    Video: Flat Earth Conference (2020) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H110vCGvTmM     Video: Minneapolis Protest (2021) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPeD2miyF8     Film: Dear Kelly (2025)  https://www.dearkellyfilm.com/     Video: Hunter Biden Returns (2025) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4WCtYDtgbM     Song: Because I Got High, Afroman (2000)  https://open.spotify.com/track/0rRboI6IRuGx56Dq3UdYY4     Article: A Full Guide the sexual misconduct allegations against YouTuber Andrew Callaghan (2022) - NPR  https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1149748975/a-full-guide-to-the-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-youtuber-andrew-callag     Video: In Response (2022) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQt3TgIo5e8     Video: Clavicular Interview (2026) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6mni6k0Zw     Video: Nick Shirley Interview (2026) - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IrMqA3fVO0     TV Show: Da Ali G Show - Ali G Interviews Donald Trump (2003) - HBO  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lau6sqyRku0     Film: The Settlers (2023) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bm1y     Article: Trolls for Trump (2016) - The New Yorker  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/trolls-for-trump     If you've been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, visit spotify.com/resources.    Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis is joined in the Spotify studio by celebrity chef and enfant terrible of the culinary world, Marco Pierre White. Marco tells Louis about his complicated history with Gordon Ramsay, the moment he walked away from his three Michelin stars, and dining out with Margaret and Dennis Thatcher.      Warnings: Very strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    Instagram Video: McMarco, Marco Pierre White (2026)  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUNvNxOjVnW/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet⁠     Art Film: Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger, Jørgen Leth (1982)  ⁠https://channel.louisiana.dk/video/jorgen-leth-andy-warhol-eating-hamburger⁠     Book: The Devil in the Kitchen, Marco Pierre White & James Steen (2006)  ⁠https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-devil-in-the-kitchen/marco-pierre-white/james-steen/9780752881614⁠     Book: White Heat, Marco Pierre White (1990)  ⁠https://www.waterstones.com/book/white-heat-25/marco-pierre-white/9781845339906⁠    Book: Humble Pie, Gordon Ramsay (2006)  ⁠https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/humble-pie-gordon-ramsay?variant=32544979517518⁠     TV Show: Hell’s Kitchen (2005-present) - ITV  ⁠https://www.itv.com/watch/hells-kitchen/1a5021⁠     Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Researcher: Mark Maughan  Editor: Tom Fuller  Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   ⁠www.mindhouse.co.uk⁠   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first episode in the series, QPR fan Louis Theroux speaks with former England captain, broadcaster and fellow podcasting titan, Gary Lineker. Speaking ahead of the World Cup in North America, the pair discuss why England always lose, Gary’s split with the BBC, and why Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t speak to him anymore.   Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    TV Show: Tiger, (2021)  ⁠https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/tiger/umc.cmc.1p5g95s1v5v0t7i8xjgc1f0wo⁠     TV Show: When Lineker Met Maradona, (2006)  ⁠https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cgb3⁠     TV Show: Match of the Day, (1964 – present)  ⁠https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007t9y1/match-of-the-day⁠     Article: BBC has ducked this for too long — it must stand up to brazen Gary Lineker  (2025)  ⁠https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/gary-lineker-instagram-post-bbc-matthew-syed-9x0jjhwcg⁠     Music Video: Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler (1983)   ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo⁠     Podcast: Lineker & Baker: Behind Closed Doors (2018-2020)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3GxmEAvR7lOSfpGAqnL9s1⁠     Podcast: We Have Ways of Making You Talk (2019 – present)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/34VlAepHmeloDD76RX4jtc⁠     Podcast: The Rest Is History (2020 – present)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7Cvsbcjhtur7nplC148TWy⁠     Podcast: The Rest Is Politics (2022 – present)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1Ysx8g1Iw42gESAtegrFaH⁠     Podcast: The Rest Is Classified (2024 – present)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1Jn1HIW6I1AQnKVpsJHdEf⁠     Podcast: The Rest Is Entertainment (2023 – present)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1mDl2B7a016YRXR2wSBy4T⁠     Podcast: The Rest Is Football (2023 – present)  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2fDn3EgvJZ5J1k5rrBwrlZ⁠     Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Researcher: Rachael Devine  Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   ⁠www.mindhouse.co.uk⁠     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In this special bonus episode, Louis sits down with Yorgos Lanthimos, the acclaimed director of ‘Bugonia’, 'The Favourite’ and ‘Poor Things’. Yorgos tells Louis about working with Emma Stone, suffering for his art, and debating whether or not to direct a Bourne movie.   Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:     Bugonia (2025)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/bugonia/umc.cmc.405pbn0ajtqwj3ycjapyd0i9x?action=play     Dogtooth (2009)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379182/     Pulp Fiction (1994)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH18ZHdrktM     Blue Velvet (1986)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/     Eraserhead (1977)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/     Bourne Franchise   https://www.imdb.com/list/ls089971582/     Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/     The Lives of Others (2006)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/     The Tourist (2010)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-tourist/umc.cmc.5ka0eofzuve9xw2qb7rcpwbck?action=play    Poor Things (2023)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/poor-things/umc.cmc.3mshuc064vnbpvdq7rl6d3lpf?action=play     Kinds of Kindness (2024)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22408160/     Midsommar (2019)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/midsommar/umc.cmc.3btmmnmdi8cci3gb2qupxli8o?action=play     Hereditary (2018)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7784604/     Eddington (2025)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/eddington/umc.cmc.16hrancuhb81jh76au2988hqv?action=play     Beau Is Afraid (2023)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13521006/     Save the Green Planet! (2003)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354668/     TV Show: ‘Succession’ (2018 –2023) - HBO  https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/succession/umc.cmc.3trf3c8kzd8m4w72c9q8dwjqe     Article: Tarantino on Paul Dano  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/11/hollywood-honest-quentin-tarantino-paul-dano     There Will Be Blood (2007)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/there-will-be-blood/umc.cmc.45s5e33zqu277lcdym5taili?action=play     Prisoners (2013)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/     Film Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008 – present)  https://www.imdb.com/list/ls031310794/     A Minecraft Movie (2025)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/a-minecraft-movie/umc.cmc.1od4a1ayyjqn43uz8fel7ei5e?action=play     Superman (2025)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5950044/     The Lego Batman Movie (2017)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4116284/     Spider-Man (2002)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/     The Mastermind (2025)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-mastermind/umc.cmc.3kbnmjk6m6h0hy67h6w6kj6j2?action=play     Anora (2024)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28607951/     Daddy Longlegs (2009)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426362/     Longlegs (2024)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/     Uncut Gems (2019)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5727208/     Good Time (2017)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/good-time/umc.cmc.7950weot61ytepv84enkastys?action=play     Marty Supreme (2025)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32916440/     The Smashing Machine (2025)  https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-smashing-machine/umc.cmc.71wzerdj91fo8ep11rcbu3tei?action=play     Exhibition: Yorgos Lanthimos: Photographs (2026)  https://www.onassis.org/whats-on/yorgos-lanthimos-photographs     Athens, Greece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens Credits  Producer: Millie Chu   Researcher: Artemis Irvine Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Elly Young  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk    Open a Moneybox Cash ISA at https://moneybox.onelink.me/Cqlx/y3xncge  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices