John Adams
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Search complete. 11 mentions across 10 episodes found for "John Adams".
Oct 20, 2026
Steve HayesHOST
The other one, the big one for me is Paul Giamatti.
Steve HayesHOST
just can't even I've tried to watch the John Adams HBO thing my wife loved it thought it was the best ever it's obviously it fits the stuff I'm interested everything I just keep watching the first episode and I just can't I just can't with him so uh I've got a lot of those we'll we could revisit this on
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
yeah I think we need to revisit this I mean like Susan Sarandon so anyway
Steve HayesHOST
Noah Hickey Noah Hickey look at Noah dressing himself up like he's a normal commenter like just putting it in
MJHOST
Anyway.
FesterHOST
John Adams.
MichelleHOST
Boardwalk Empire?
MJHOST
No, it was not.
Oct 15 · 1 Mention
Mark BellingHOST
I remember back when I was in college, when Thomas Jefferson was president.
Mark BellingHOST
Just rewatching John Adams, by the way, one of the greatest miniseries ever about the founding of the country.
Mark BellingHOST
Anyway.
Mark BellingHOST
One of the things that I noticed when I was in college is professors didn't work very much.
Etu DanielHOST
That's very wonderful.
Etu DanielHOST
Her work includes, you know, production of, uh, productions such as The, The Goonies, gambling, The Color Purple, Die Hard, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down, Moneyball, and HBO's John Adams.
Etu DanielHOST
Um, following the 9/11, um, Solange's life took an unexpected turn when she traveled to New York, volunteered with the Salvation Army, and later became a safety monitor inside the Ground Zero recovery site.
Etu DanielHOST
Solange, welcome to Driving Insights.
Mike AilonHOST
But Solange, you've spent more than three decades working in Hollywood as a sound editor.
Mike AilonHOST
You contributed to productions like Black Hawk Down and HBO's John Adams.
Mike AilonHOST
How did you originally get into the entertainment industry? And what did you love so much about this work?
Solange SchwalbeGUEST
It was unbelievable because at UCLA, they taught you the entire gamut of making movies from screenplay to distribution.
Michael HerrickHOST
Hated her in that.
Michael HerrickHOST
Month or two ago, Aaron Grafton, our little buddy, told me, hey, you need to go watch John Adams from like 20 years ago on HBO.
Michael HerrickHOST
So I watched it.
Michael HerrickHOST
Hated her in that.
Matt BerminghamHOST
David Morse, 73.
Matt BerminghamHOST
He played Major Baxter in The Rock and also George Washington in Jay Adams.
Matt BerminghamHOST
Good series.
Matt BerminghamHOST
Joan Cusack.
Solange SchwabeGUEST
"Gremlins."
AbrahamHOST
Oh, "Creamlines," and, uh, "Die Hard," "Pirates of the Caribbeans," "Black Hawk Down," "Moneyball," and "John Adams." Now, looking back across such an extraordinary career, is there one project or moment that stands out as particularly meaningful to you?
Solange SchwabeGUEST
The hardest film I worked on is also my favorite film-
AbrahamHOST
Okay
Jim O'KaneGUEST
And it was so, and it's funny how, I mean, Paul Giamatti's character here in Sideways is, And in The Holdovers, he plays a dislikable character and he's really good at that.
Jim O'KaneGUEST
I mean, even, you know, John Adams was obnoxious and disliked, but he, you know, he manages to play that, that like sandpaper.
Jim O'KaneGUEST
So he's social sandpaper, I think is the best way to describe it.
Jim O'KaneGUEST
Just very annoying.
Moses DadaHOST
History is often remembered through headlines, statistics, and major events, but behind every historic moment are ordinary people who choose to show up, serve, sacrifice, and carry burdens that most of us never see.
Moses DadaHOST
To date, guests have lived an extraordinary life across two very different worlds, so large show beds, is an Emmy Award-winning motion picture sound editor whose Hollywood career spans more than three decades and over 175 film credits, including the Goonies, Gremlins, Die Hard, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Dawn, and HBO's John Adams.
Moses DadaHOST
But perhaps one of the most remarkable chapters of our story began after September 11, year 2001.
Moses DadaHOST
Following this attack, Solange traveled to New York volunteered with Salvation Army and eventually worked as safety monitor inside the pit at Ground Zero for four months.
Moses DadaHOST
Wow.
Moses DadaHOST
So looking back now, what are some projects that have shaped you the most personally?
Solange SchwalbeGUEST
HBO John Adams, I won an Emmy for HBO John Adams, and I'm very proud of my Emmy and very proud to be a part of that production.
Solange SchwalbeGUEST
I've worked on seven features that were Oscar-nominated and one which won an Oscar, Black Hawk Down.