Off the Cupp with S.E. Cupp

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S.E. Cupp needs a break -- from the news, from politics, from the triggering headlines and heated discussions … from the mental load of it all. Off the Cupp is just that. It’s a place to get loose and personal, to talk about what’s going on in our lives - beyond (and, yes, maybe because of) the news. Through a lens of mental health, S.E. invites her famous guests — celebrities, athletes, authors, journalists, politicians, reality stars — to share their life stories, their trials and tribulations and to talk about what it’s like living in this world, even when this world can feel like a lot.

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132 episodes
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Apr 9, 2025 · 48 min
Johnathon Schaech on shame and courage
This week, S.E. sits down with actor and screenwriter Johnathon Schaech! S.E. digs into the transcendent appeal of his 1996 comedy/musical That Thing You Do and Johnathon's misrepresented character, James. They talk about the movie's ever-growing fan base, his musical talents, and his friendship with Tom Hanks. S.E. and Johnathon also go back to his childhood, his early roles, and the moments — and people — that changed the course of his life. Johnathon bravely shares with S.E. his personal nightmare — his own MeToo moment — how that trauma has impacted him, and how he works to move beyond it. Johnathon and S.E. talk about the importance of speaking out and why they both chose to do so. Before closing out the conversation, S.E. quizzes Johnathon about “Leather Coat Guy” (IYKYK)! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 2, 2025 · 59 min
Rob Morrow from 'Northern Exposure' to 'Billions' and beyond
This week it's S.E.'s teenage crush, Rob Morrow! The Northern Exposure star shares some wild stories from his early years in Hollywood - from Caddyshack, to SNL and Nirvana. He talks about how he landed his most famous role as Dr. Joel Fleischman and how it broke stereotypes at the time. After digging into the rest of Rob's career (including Quiz Show and Billions), the pair talk about balancing family and work life, parenthood, the importance of finding therapy and how they each navigated some of the darker moments of their lives and mental health journeys. The conversation wraps up with a Rob Morrow-themed quiz so stay tuned for that! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 26, 2025 · 55 min
Melissa Fumero … From Jersey to Brooklyn Nine-Nine to Grosse Pointe
This week S.E. gets to talk about her second-favorite thing — TV! — with TV star Melissa Fumero. Melissa talks about landing a role right out of college on the longtime soap Days of Our Lives, and making her way through the TV landscape until finding Amy Santiago on the beloved comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. S.E. and Melissa share stories about being pregnant on TV, navigating the landmines of our polarizing, cancel-happy culture, and Melissa dishes about her fun, new murder-mystery series, Grosse Pointe Garden Society (which you can find on Peacock now). Stay for S.E.'s very mysterious lightning round! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 24, 2025 · 43 min
S.E.’s Talkin’ Coffee … and confession
This episode of Talkin’ Coffee is a doozy. S.E. drops a coffee bomb you won’t believe. She also digs into the latest in cutting edge coffee machines, wild coffee trends, unpopular coffee opinions, and some thought-provoking questions inspired by, you guessed it, coffee. Is it too much coffee news or is it all the news that’s fit to sip? Listen and find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 19, 2025 · 54 min
Ming Tsai is still hungry
If going out to restaurants is S.E.'s no.1 hobby, getting to talk to celebrated, celebrity chefs is probably a close second. This week, S.E. indulges in a conversation with Ming Tsai! The New England restaurateur [Blue Ginger in Wellesley, MA, and Blue Dragon in Boston] talks about growing up in the kitchen, bucking the career expectations of his immigrant parents, and those wild early years of television cooking shows (and some of his influences). Ming also talks about finding balance with family and the restaurant life and how he fills his soul through organizations like Family Reach, which provides financial assistance to families dealing with a cancer diagnosis. And finally, S.E. has a scrumptious lightning round in store — stay tuned to find out how Ming really feels about The Bear. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 12, 2025 · 41 min
Andy Ostroy on love, murder, and candy
This week, S.E. chats with friend, fellow podcast host (The Backroom), filmmaker, and candy-shop owner, Andy Ostroy. Andy has had a pretty wild life, so far. And he shares many unvarnished moments from it in this candid conversation, from his tumultuous childhood, to finding love in New York City after 911, to the shocking death of his young wife, the actor Adrienne Shelly ... and that's just the start of it. Andy and S.E. talk about exploring the darker parts of oneself and finding the light, as Andy did with the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, which supports female filmmakers. There's so much to get into and it's capped with a very sweet lightning round. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 5, 2025 · 56 min
Mark Duplass, radical optimist?
This week on Off the Cupp, S.E. chats with forever Indie fave and star of The Morning Show, Mark Duplass. S.E. finds out Mark was a pretty different kid than how he presents today. Mark talks about the unique alchemy of personality and childhood helped him take some bold risks in his early career and propels him still. Mark also dishes on his famous co-stars and what it's like in the Big Hollywood Leagues. Mark also gets honest about his own mental health journey, the signs he ignored, and the systems he has put in place to help him cope. Finally it's a very Duplass lightning round! Tune in to find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 26, 2025 · 52 min
Luke Russert on being man enough to embrace grief
Luke Russert and S.E. came up together as journalists in Washington, D.C., "running around like idiots." Now as full fledged grownups, the friends explore Luke's personal and professional journey and the impact grief, and several losses have had on him. Luke also shares what finally made him leave it all and travel the world and what he learned about himself along the way. Luke's memoir, "Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself" is now out in paperback. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 24, 2025 · 19 min
S.E.’s Talkin’ Coffee: Episode 2
It’s time for another roundup of stimulating coffee news! In this month’s installment of Talkin’ Coffee, S.E. sits down with her producers Lauren and Derrick to share the latte-st stories from around the globe. From a new multi-million-dollar lab at MIT devoted to coffee science to how tariffs threaten coffee prices, plus the job S.E. was born to have. And more! This episode has all the news that fit to sip. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 19, 2025 · 50 min
Summer House's Carl Radke is an uncomfortable role model
On this episode of Off the Cupp, S.E. talks with Bravolebrity, Carl Radke, one of the OG reality stars of Summer House. If you're a fan of the show then you've been with Carl on his journey through sobriety. It's no easy feat, getting and staying sober and then doing so on television. Carl takes S.E. back to his rock bottom and the work he put in to climb out. Carl shares what it's like to realize he's become a role model as well as the unease and responsibility he feels with that new stature. S.E. finds out more about Carl's revolutionary, soon-to-be, bar and cafe for mindful consumption — Soft Bar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 12, 2025 · 49 min
Bridget Everett ... this generation's Bette Midler?
This week S.E. gets to sit down with one of today's most unique and hilarious talents, Bridget Everett! She's gained a (rightfully) wider audience with her critically acclaimed (and fantastic! Go watch it!) HBO show, Somebody Somewhere, but Bridget has been a standout, unafraid to pave her own way, for decades. From musicals, to cabaret, to starting a cabaret band with a Beastie Boy (Ad-Rock!) called Tender Moments, to behind the camera and in front of it, come hear why Bridget is the nicest force to be reckoned with and might just be this generation's Bette Midler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 5, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
Brett Favre looks back to go forward
It's Super Bowl season and SE's talking to Hall of Fame Brett Favre. SE may have grown up in New England surrounded by Patriots die-hards, but she was always a Packers fan, so this conversation was a long time coming. SE asks about his career highs and lows. Brett also opens up about the struggles he's had and the battle he has with himself to try each day to do better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 29, 2025 · 49 min
Zachary Quinto is a brilliant mind
This week, S.E. sits down with stage and screen star, Zachary Quinto, who, until Feb. 2nd, is starring in the Broadway play The Cult of Love. Zachary and S.E. talk about his dramatic start in high school plays (S.E. found some FUN vintage, on-stage Zachary) and what one teacher did to guide him to this work. Zachary talks about what those formative years in LA were like, how he maneuvered self-doubt, and what he considers was his big break. S.E. asks about the impact of Heroes and Star Trek and how they have led to his new drama Brilliant Minds. Zachary also get personal, talking about the loss of his father and how that early trauma affected him and how therapy has helped. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 27, 2025 · 13 min
S.E.’s Talking Coffee: Episode 1
If you know S.E. you’ll know she loves her coffee (and loves it a certain way). In honor of this … obsession, Off the Cupp is trying something new — a mini episode all about interesting, strange, and funny coffee news. On this episode, S.E. and her producers, Derrick and Lauren, talk about some very wild new trends in the coffee world (and their strong opinions about them) as well as — did anyone else know about this? — coffee competitions! So many. They get into so much more. It’s fun, come take a sip. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 22, 2025 · 50 min
Steven Weber is no longer just a ‘snarky affable d**khead’
This week it's Steven Weber! If you were an appointment TV, 90s fanatic like S.E., you'll know Steven as the snarky affable dickhead (Steven's words) Brian Hackett from the sitcom Wings. But of course, Steven has had an illustrious career since that class 90s show went off the air in 1997. Steven has gone from small screen to big screen (Single White Female) to stage (The Producers) and back again (he's now starring on a network drama throwback, Chicago Med). But S.E. and Steven get into so much more, like how to parent these days and boys in particular, how Steven broke free of those toxic masculinity role models of his youth, and how he really feels about social media. He also — spoiler! — makes S.E. tear up! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 15, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
Sherri Shepherd isn't asking for permission
This week, it's the hilarious and talented Sherri Shepherd! The comedian talks to S.E. about those touch-and-go early days, jumping from sitcom to sitcom hoping one would take off, as well as her most indelible cameos (remember Rhonda from Friends?). The two also bond over the rejections they've weathered in this mercurial media and entertainment business and share strategies for thick skins and flexibility. And Sherri shares what it took to finally fulfill her dream, to solo-host her own daytime talk show, Sherri, and where she's finding material these days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 8, 2025 · 51 min
The surprising Zen of KISS's Paul Stanley
In this first episode of 2025, S.E. sits down with Paul Stanley, The Starchild, of KISS. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and KISS co-founder takes SE back to his early days growing up in the Inwood neighborhood of New York City - the northern tip of Manhattan. "We were pretty singular in terms of being Jews." He shares what it was like navigating childhood with an ear deformity and a dysfunctional family and what it took for him to get the help he needed. He also dives into his musical career, what he really thinks of Gene Simmons, Phantom of the Opera, and what he thinks is the best decade for music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 1, 2025 · 17 min
A very S.E. New Year’s special
Happy New Year! If you’re an avid listener, you know how S.E. likes to end her interviews, with her favorite question: When is iced coffee season? Spoiler: it’s right now and always. But the various ways in which her guests have responded has made for some of the show’s most fun and surprising moments. In this special holiday episode, we round up the best answers to this very important question and even tease some guests you’ll hear in early 2025! Can you make any guesses? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 25, 2024 · 57 min
Thomas Sadoski and the thrill of starting from zero
S.E. first met Thomas Sadoski when she was consulting on Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, of which Thomas was one of its stars. They felt a deep connection then that has only grown through the years of early parenting and also their shared humanitarian work for the organization, Inara. The friends now get the opportunity to dive deep. They talk about Thomas's early stage and screen career, his biggest, youthful mistake and how he's learned from it, and the connection between 9/11 and the start of his mental health journey. S.E. and Thomas also talk about what it means to be a humanitarian and Thomas turns the tables on S.E. and asks her how she's managing through the tumultuous political year. Plus, S.E. puts Thomas on the spot during the lightening round, asking him his favorite movie or project by his wife, actor Amanda Seyfried. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 18, 2024 · 49 min
Huey Lewis and … S.E.’s mom?
This week, it's Huey Lewis! S.E. grew up listening to Huey Lewis and the News and now she gets the chance to ask him all the things — from Huey's early days busking with his harmonica in Morocco to the surprising impact 80s punk had on him starting his own band. Huey also shares some fun stories about his segue into the movies — with songs in Back to the Future and American Psycho — and then acting. SE also asks how his diagnosis with Meniere's Disease - a chronic inner ear disorder - has affected his life, his relationship with music, and his mental health. And in the lightning round, SE finds out that she and Huey share a funny and familiar connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.