As a viewer I came of age during a time when cast members were prone to fistfights. So I may be carrying a little of that kind of image in my head.

Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants.

One of the wonderful things about Portlandia - and I'm not just blowing smoke, although I can blow smoke, but I'm not - is that there is an expansive feeling to each segment. It's not reductive. It doesn't seem like sketch comedy.

For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.

I'm consciously working very hard at not eating.

I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand."

The Clash, in particular, transcends any category.