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Like so many, arts reporter Geoff Edgers was grounded by the pandemic. So he decided to launch an Instagram Live show called Stuck With Geoff from his barn in Massachusetts.
His guests have included Tiffany Haddish, Annie Lennox and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, among others.
Recently, Edgers chatted with actor Tony Hale.
Q: Tell us about your new show, The Mysterious Benedict Society.
A: So The Mysterious Benedict Society takes place when something called The Emergency is happening, and is putting everyone into this state of panic and fear. But no one can put their finger on where it s coming from. I play Mr. Benedict, and I gather these four really gifted kids. And what I m crazy about for this show is these kids don t have magical powers, they don t have massive superpowers, but their superpower is their intellect, their creativity and their empathy. And that s what brings change. That s what finds the source of this emergency. It turns out