Billy Crudup on The Morning Show, moral cowardice, and Minneapolis as a police state

Billy Crudup on The Morning Show, moral cowardice, and Minneapolis as a police state

Author: Global January 29, 2026 Duration: 38:11

The actor Billy Crudup, known for The Morning show, Jay Kelly, and Almost Famous, is bringing the Western to the London stage in High Noon. It's an allegory of McCarthyism and Hollywood’s “black list ". This week, he joined Emily in the studio to discuss why he’s drawn to stories of moral cowardice and why he finds it so easy to speak up right now.

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