The Louis Theroux Podcast

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Tuesday, 13 May 2025 - 1 hour 27 minutes

Louis travels to Los Angeles to sit down with Hollywood heavyweight and international adventurer, Sean Penn. Renowned for award-winning roles in films like Milk, I Am Sam and Carlito’s Way, Sean discusses his colourful life and career, including dining with Jack Nicholson and Vladimir Putin in Moscow, his relationship with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his notorious run-ins with the paparazzi.

Warnings: Strong language.  

Links/Attachments: 

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzva_I8WPAg 

Mystic River (2003) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NktJhrRYQ 

Milk (2008) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5D07rmfwG0  

Dead Man Walking (1995) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgvbfLNYumU  

Carlito’s Way (1993) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMd4Baswb4 

The Apprentice (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OeYJXXlw0 

Superpower (2023) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54GUzUUM3w 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrcDonY-B8 

TV Show: ‘Euphoria’ (2019 – Present) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/euphoria  

Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/  

TV Show: ‘Normal People’ (2020) - BBC / Hulu 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1JQuWxt3cE 

Shanghai Surprise (1986) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbW06buYw0Y 

Song: ‘Like a Virgin’, Madonna (1984) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZPlNanZsJSPK5h9YZZFbZ  

Becoming Madonna (2024) - Sky Documentaries  

https://www.sky.com/watch/programme/4f309d01-57b4-42b1-92ca-82eef6ec747e  

A Complete Unknown (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc 

Audiobook: ‘Chronicles, Volume I’, Bob Dylan (narrated by Sean Penn) (2004) 

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Chronicles-Volume-1-(Audio)/Bob-Dylan/9780743501613  

TV Show: ‘Game of Thrones’ (2011-2019) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones  

Sweet and Lowdown (1999) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w3fokY0kP0 

Daddio (2024) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJrr2amlFyc 

One Battle After Another (2025) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-j8e9J5U0 

TV Show: ‘Merlin’ (2008-2012) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dq8tn/merlin-series-1-1-the-dragons-call?seriesId=b00mjlxv-structural-1-b00dr74v  

I am Sam (2001) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6_2EkhzAc 

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams 

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  

Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb 

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk  

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