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EPISODE · Feb 8, 2023 · 23 MIN

Alan Cumming on His Campiest Role Yet: Hosting Peacock’s ‘Traitors’

from The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott

There’s just something special about a good reality competition show, and Peacock’s ‘Traitors’ certainly delivers. Hosted by Alan Cumming, it’s one of those shows that you start to watch and then can’t stop—which is exactly what happened to Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. On today’s Parting Shot, Cumming joins Scott to talk about his time on the show and why it’s his campiest role. We also talked about the nail-biting suspense of that finale. Honestly, if you’ve watched the show, you need to listen to this chat. And if you haven’t watched the show, go watch it now and then listen to this chat.Visit Newsweek.com to learn more about the podcasts we offer and to catch up on the latest news. While you’re there, subscribe to Newsweek’s ‘For the Culture’ newsletter. Follow H. Alan Scott on everything at @HAlanScott.  IMPORTANT LINKS… https://www.newsweek.com/newsletter https://www.instagram.com/halanscott/ https://twitter.com/halanscott See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There’s just something special about a good reality competition show, and Peacock’s ‘Traitors’ certainly delivers. Hosted by Alan Cumming, it’s one of those shows that you start to watch and then can’t stop—which is exactly what happened to Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. On today’s Parting Shot, Cumming joins Scott to talk about his time on the show and why it’s his campiest role. We also talked about the nail-biting suspense of that finale. Honestly, if you’ve watched the show, you need to listen to this chat. And if you haven’t watched the show, go watch it now and then listen to this chat.Visit Newsweek.com to learn more about the podcasts we offer and to catch up on the latest news. While you’re there, subscribe to Newsweek’s ‘For the Culture’ newsletter. Follow H. Alan Scott on everything at @HAlanScott.  IMPORTANT LINKS… https://www.newsweek.com/newsletter https://www.instagram.com/halanscott/ https://twitter.com/halanscott  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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