Susan Says with Susan Silver

One of the first female TV sitcom writers (with credits that include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude, and The Bob Newhart Show), Susan Silver has also written a popular dating column and has reinvented herself many times. Her memoir, Hot Pants in Hollywood, is available at Amazon.com. Her opinions are lively, sometimes controversial, but always fun to hear.

Susan Says: Finally! 06/20/2025

Susan Says: Finally! Former President Obama speaks out against the authoritarian antics of the Trump administration. Plus: A recap of the No Kings demonstrations across the country and other news items this week. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/37091590

Susan Says: Getting Even 06/13/2025

Susan Says: Getting Even Susan reviews How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast, a book that the author mostly spends complaining about her mother, feminist icon Erica Jong. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/37002535

Susan Says: Pee-wee Herman and P. Diddy 05/30/2025

Susan Says: Pee-wee Herman and P. Diddy Susan reviews the HBO documentaries Pee-wee as Himself and The Fall of Diddy. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36794370

Susan Says: Revisiting The Apprentice 05/23/2025

Susan Says: Revisiting The Apprentice Susan takes another look at The Apprentice (2024), the Oscar-nominated biography of Trump starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong that gives us a good idea of how we got to where we are today. She also discusses Trump's disastrous meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this week, as well as the fatal shooting of the two Israeli Museum staffers in Washington, D.C. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36692870

Susan Says: Black Box Diaries 05/09/2025

Susan Says: Black Box Diaries Susan reviews Black Box Diaries (2024), the Academy Award-nominated documentary directed by Shiori Ito that depicts Ito's investigation into her own sexual assault case in 2017 while also shedding light into other accounts of sexual violence against women in Japan. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36511430

Susan Says: Bye-Bye, Broadway 05/02/2025

Susan Says: Bye-Bye, Broadway Susan discusses some of this year's Tony Award nominations. She also laments over why she can never see a play anymore because high ticket prices today are outlandishly high. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36413275

Susan Says: The Holocaust, 80 Years On 04/25/2025

Susan Says: The Holocaust, 80 Years On Susan reviews The Holocaust: 80 Years On, the brilliant documentary by historian Simon Schama that is now available for viewing on demand on both PBS Passport and Amazon Prime. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36315440

Susan Says: Maybe... Just Maybe 04/18/2025

Susan Says: Maybe... Just Maybe Susan discusses the ruling of a Federal Court judge earlier week that "probable cause exists" to hold the Trump Administration in criminal contempt with regard to the mistaken deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36225550

Susan Says: Bad Day 04/10/2025

Susan Says: Bad Day Susan reviews the new Broadway production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Sarah Snook (Succession). She also recounts the comedy of errors that plagued her trip to and from the theatre. All told, it was one of those days where Susan wished that she had never gotten out of bed. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/36091370

Susan Says: Oh, Come On! 03/28/2025

Susan Says: Oh, Come On! Susan discusses the Signalgate security breach scandal that has dominated the headlines this week, including the revelation that Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to a group chat among senior White House officials that discussed plans for a strike against the Houthi group in Yemen. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35914235

Susan Says: Reviews 03/21/2025

Susan Says: Reviews Susan discusses some of the movies and TV shows that she's binge-watched recently in an effort to escape the news, including the Godfather trilogy, Primal Fear, and Sex and the City. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35814600

Susan Says: Oh, Come On! 03/14/2025

Susan Says: Oh, Come On! Susan discusses the demonstrations that took place earlier this week inside Trump Tower in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist that the Trump administration wants to deport. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35701115

Susan Says: The Apprentice 02/28/2025

Susan Says: The Apprentice Susan reviews The Apprentice, the 2024 independent film starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35488450

Susan Says: SNL50 02/20/2025

Susan Says: SNL50 Susan reviews SNL50, the NBC special celebrating the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, which aired earlier this week. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35370640

Susan Says: Oh, Come On! 02/07/2025

Susan Says: Oh, Come On! Trump's proposal for taking over the Gaza strip. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35184605

Susan Says: There is No Bottom 01/31/2025

Susan Says: There is No Bottom Susan excoriates Trump for his shameless reaction to the tragic mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. earlier this week that killed all sixty-seven people aboard the two aircraft. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/35103770

What a Week! 01/23/2025

What a Week! Susan discusses the release of the hostages in Israel, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's public rebuke of Trump during a sermon she made on Tuesday, plus other fallout from Trump's first few days in office this week. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34984455

Susan Says: Bad Anniversary 01/10/2025

Susan Says: Bad Anniversary This week, Susan discusses the funeral of President Jimmy Carter, the devastating fires in Los Angeles, the Golden Globe Awards, and the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34808640

And So It Ended 01/02/2025

And So It Ended A bad end to a bad year. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34699810

Susan Says: Bye-Bye, American Pie 12/20/2024

Susan Says: Bye-Bye, American Pie Is this the end of our democracy? /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34553530

Susan Says: Guilty and Not Guilty 12/13/2024

Susan Says: Guilty and Not Guilty Susan discusses the public reaction to the suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this week. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34438755

Susan Says: Oh, Happy Day! 12/06/2024

Susan Says: Oh, Happy Day! Susan reflects upon celebrating her birthday earlier this week. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34317895

Susan Says: One Down... 11/22/2024

Susan Says: One Down... Susan discusses Matt Gaetz withdrawing his nomination as U.S. Attorney General. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/34112406

Susan Says: Why, Oh Lord? 11/15/2024

Susan Says: Why, Oh Lord? Susan discusses the fallout from the Nov. 5 election. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33948142

Susan Says: It Never Ends 11/01/2024

Susan Says: It Never Ends Susan's bad week this week, including a fall at the theatre that injured one of her eyes, is tempered by the kindness of the strangers who helped her after she fell. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33810942

Susan Says: The Worst Night of My Life 10/25/2024

Susan Says: The Worst Night of My Life Susan recounts her horrifying experience at a hospital earlier this week after experiencing adnominal pains and later learning that she was passing a kidney stone. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33640447

Susan Says: Potpourri 10/18/2024

Susan Says: Potpourri Susan chats about some of the various things that happened this week, plus she reviews Matlock, the reimagining of the classic TV series starring Andy Griffith that now stars Kathy Bates in the title role. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33640452

Susan Says: Stuff 10/11/2024

Susan Says: Stuff Susan shares thoughts on some of the many different stories in the news this week, from Hurricane Milton to the Oct. 7 anniversary of the bombing in Israel, from the Mets surging past Philadelphia and into Major League Baseball's NCLS to the New York Jets firing head coach Robert Saleh, to the new documentary We Will Dance. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33640457

Susan Says: This Week 10/03/2024

Susan Says: This Week Susan comments on both the Iranian attack on Israel and the vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33640462

Susan Says: Potpourri 09/27/2024

Susan Says: Potpourri This week Susan shares thoughts on a bunch of stuff, good and bad, including the latest season of Tulsa King, the new book Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue, and the new Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. /episode/index/show/19c334ff-7b56-447b-b865-403af2251e3a/id/33640467

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