Guest Picks: Zoe Kazan

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 17, 2010

What is Zoe Kazan a fan of? Read more to find out!

What have you read or seen lately (book, film, play etc . . .) that moved or surprised you?

I loved Sam Gold’s productions of Annie Baker’s plays “Circle Mirror Transformation” and “The Aliens.” Movie-wise, Toy Story 3 slew me. Also The Kids Are All Right.

What are you listening to right now?

Harry Nilsson, Townes Van Zandt, Beach House, Laura Marling

What’s the last great book you read?

A Good Marriage by Raphael Yglesias

What’s one thing you’re a fan of that people might not expect?

I listen to “This American Life” while cleaning, paying my bills, falling asleep, all the time…

If you only had one day left, how would you spend it in New York City?

I’d spend the day in the ocean at Coney Island, then take the F home and cook dinner with my man.

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