B.J. Novak is an actor, writer, comedian, and director living in Los Angeles. We chat about his new film Vengeance, the new Beyonce album, bespoke-but-affordable local sushi, podcaster is an easy job to have, voice-over work should be left to the uglies, Marfa, TX during the “magic hour” is incredible, Ryan from The Of

Actor, writer, and comedian B.J. Novak feels excited, but cautious about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.   B.J. sits down with Conan to talk about hailing from rival towns, the personal impact of Bob Saget, working on Punk’D, and B.J.’s new film Vengeance. Plus, Conan’s wife Liza stops by to share stories from her new po

B.J. Novak has starred on TV, written a best-selling kids’ book, and tried his hand at app-making. Now he’s written, directed, and starred in his own movie: Vengeance, about a self-obsessed podcaster, red/blue state divides, and much more. He talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about making the movie during a pandemic, what

Yes, B.J. Novak is fully aware how strange it sounds for him to writing/directing and starring in a film called "Vengeance" but that's just part of the surprising fun of the film. B.J. joins Josh for the first time to talk about his career from PUNK'D and THE OFFICE to this very auspicious filmmaking debut. For all of

Even when he was a kid, B.J. Novak wanted to achieve greatness. His hard work and ambition brought him to Harvard, to the Lampoon, to doing standup, to getting on The Office, to writing a massively successful children's book, to directing movies and creating the new anthology series The Premise. But one thing remained

B.J. Novak played Ryan on 'The Office' and served as a writer and an executive producer of the series. His new FX/Hulu anthology show, 'The Premise,' deals with important cultural issues, like social justice, sex tapes, guns, and how we're shaped by social media. We talk about Novak's early stand-up, doing the MTV pran