Tanya Mosley

That was Terry Gross speaking with Rami Youssef. His new animated series is called Number One Happy Family USA. It's now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Well, up next is my conversation with Danny McBride. His latest show, The Righteous Gemstones, just finished its fourth and final season.

That was Terry Gross speaking with Rami Youssef. His new animated series is called Number One Happy Family USA. It's now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Well, up next is my conversation with Danny McBride. His latest show, The Righteous Gemstones, just finished its fourth and final season.

It's a dark comedy about a rich Southern family of televangelists who talk about salvation on TV, but behind the scenes it's all dysfunction, greed, scandal— and sometimes even crime. We watch throughout the show's run the most ridiculous antics, a mass baptism and a wave pool gone wrong, a full frontal parking lot fight scene, and the gospel banger misbehavin'.

It's a dark comedy about a rich Southern family of televangelists who talk about salvation on TV, but behind the scenes it's all dysfunction, greed, scandal— and sometimes even crime. We watch throughout the show's run the most ridiculous antics, a mass baptism and a wave pool gone wrong, a full frontal parking lot fight scene, and the gospel banger misbehavin'.

It's a dark comedy about a rich Southern family of televangelists who talk about salvation on TV, but behind the scenes it's all dysfunction, greed, scandal— and sometimes even crime. We watch throughout the show's run the most ridiculous antics, a mass baptism and a wave pool gone wrong, a full frontal parking lot fight scene, and the gospel banger misbehavin'.

At the center of the Gemstone family is Eli Gemstone, played by John Goodman, and his three deeply flawed adult children, who are constantly caught up in rivalries and schemes to keep their religious empire intact.

At the center of the Gemstone family is Eli Gemstone, played by John Goodman, and his three deeply flawed adult children, who are constantly caught up in rivalries and schemes to keep their religious empire intact.

At the center of the Gemstone family is Eli Gemstone, played by John Goodman, and his three deeply flawed adult children, who are constantly caught up in rivalries and schemes to keep their religious empire intact.

In this scene I'm about to play, the three siblings, played by McBride, Edie Patterson, and Adam Devine, are trying to convince their dad, Eli, who is retired as the head preacher, to come back to the church for a fundraising event to honor their late mom. Goodman's character, Eli, who speaks first in this clip, has left town on a boat to escape the church and the family.

In this scene I'm about to play, the three siblings, played by McBride, Edie Patterson, and Adam Devine, are trying to convince their dad, Eli, who is retired as the head preacher, to come back to the church for a fundraising event to honor their late mom. Goodman's character, Eli, who speaks first in this clip, has left town on a boat to escape the church and the family.

In this scene I'm about to play, the three siblings, played by McBride, Edie Patterson, and Adam Devine, are trying to convince their dad, Eli, who is retired as the head preacher, to come back to the church for a fundraising event to honor their late mom. Goodman's character, Eli, who speaks first in this clip, has left town on a boat to escape the church and the family.

Danny McBride has built a career, really an empire, as a writer, actor, and producer with a sharp sense for the ridiculous side of masculinity and ambition. He creates men who are loud, delusional, and hilarious, in part because they are totally unlikable.

Danny McBride has built a career, really an empire, as a writer, actor, and producer with a sharp sense for the ridiculous side of masculinity and ambition. He creates men who are loud, delusional, and hilarious, in part because they are totally unlikable.

Danny McBride has built a career, really an empire, as a writer, actor, and producer with a sharp sense for the ridiculous side of masculinity and ambition. He creates men who are loud, delusional, and hilarious, in part because they are totally unlikable.

Think Kenny Powers, the trash-talking, washed-up baseball player in Eastbound and Down, or Neil Gamby, the petty, power-hungry vice principal in Vice Principals. His films include This is the End, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express.

Think Kenny Powers, the trash-talking, washed-up baseball player in Eastbound and Down, or Neil Gamby, the petty, power-hungry vice principal in Vice Principals. His films include This is the End, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express.

Think Kenny Powers, the trash-talking, washed-up baseball player in Eastbound and Down, or Neil Gamby, the petty, power-hungry vice principal in Vice Principals. His films include This is the End, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express.

Most of the Righteous Gemstones was filmed in and around Charleston, South Carolina, where McBride has carved out his own version of Hollywood South with his longtime collaborators, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill, running their production company, Rough House Pictures. And Danny McBride, welcome back to Fresh Air.

Most of the Righteous Gemstones was filmed in and around Charleston, South Carolina, where McBride has carved out his own version of Hollywood South with his longtime collaborators, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill, running their production company, Rough House Pictures. And Danny McBride, welcome back to Fresh Air.

Most of the Righteous Gemstones was filmed in and around Charleston, South Carolina, where McBride has carved out his own version of Hollywood South with his longtime collaborators, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill, running their production company, Rough House Pictures. And Danny McBride, welcome back to Fresh Air.