Episodes

  • BAO NGUYEN'S MENTOR BUFFET

    BAO NGUYEN'S MENTOR BUFFET
    Jul 24 2025
    The filmmaker Bao Nguyen joins Alexi to talk about various mentors throughout his life, all of who have influenced how he sees his art—from an important middle school teacher to a Sundance-winning director. Shoutouts to Miss Tripp, Miss Grossman, Jeff Chang, Tony Bui, and Tran Anh Hung.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Help Me Please 7

    Help Me Please 7
    Jul 17 2025
    Alexi answers listeners' advice questions about making a big change in your life, dealing with an audience, and moving cities. She also shares what she's learning pitching a TV show.
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    21 mins
  • LESLEY PATERSON: What Is Love?

    LESLEY PATERSON: What Is Love?
    Jul 3 2025
    Alexi Pappas is joined by Lesley Paterson who is the Oscar-winning screenwriter of All Quiet on the Western Front and a world champion triathlete. She shares about her late husband Simon Marshall and other important people in her life.
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    51 mins
  • Help Me Please 6

    Help Me Please 6
    Jun 27 2025
    Alexi answers listeners' questions about how to be high vibrational on command, how to balance striving and being present, and also one about a jealous boyfriend.
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    17 mins
  • ZOEY GROSSMAN: Your Own Power Is In Your Art

    ZOEY GROSSMAN: Your Own Power Is In Your Art
    Jun 20 2025
    Zoey Grossman, the first photographer to ever join host Alexi Pappas on Mentor Buffet, shares about her anxiety, the relationship between her and her subjects, and the times she feels the most magic. Zoey also shares her secrets for confidence and directing advice she got from Francis Ford Coppola.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • NICK DURR: Family Matters

    NICK DURR: Family Matters
    Jun 5 2025
    Nick Durr, the accomplished Hollywood gaffer, joins Alexi Pappas to talk about mentorship in his family. His dad and brother are also gaffers, and Nick discerns what he’s inherited from each of them from what’s only his. Nick also talks about the start of his career, a consequential family trip to Thailand, and the importance of shittalking on set.
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    46 mins
  • Help Me Please 5

    Help Me Please 5
    May 29 2025
    Alexi answers listeners' questions about accountability, codependence, and when to give up.
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    19 mins
  • ANGELA TRIMBUR: Bend With The Wind

    ANGELA TRIMBUR: Bend With The Wind
    May 22 2025
    Angela Trimbur joins host Alexi Pappas on Mentor Buffet the day after Alexi attended one of Angela’s dance classes and cried. Angela and Alexi discuss the motivation behind her dance classes, and recap Alexi’s experience last night at “Balletcore”—Angela’s class where everybody cosplays as professional ballerinas. Angela shares what she’s learned from her icon Twyla Tharp and about how empowering her friendship has been with Miranda July. She also explains her life motto, “Bend With The Wind,” recommends four books, and explains why she cherishes the moment right before a surgery.
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    54 mins