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Melodic metal vocalist/songwriter Suzy grew up in a small Mississippi town, population 1,150, where there weren’t many opportunities to follow her dreams of becoming a musician. Even though Suzy remembers singing before she could talk, she didn’t pursue a professional music career until she was in her 50s.
After being told by so many people, starting with her own family, that she shouldn’t pursue music, she finally attended Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp where her Fantasy Camp counselor Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh, The Eagles) told her that she should definitely pursue music. Through the camp, Suzy would go on to share the stage with Paul Stanley (KISS) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest).
Forget the bedroom. She took her fantasy out of the band room. Suzy was so inspired by Joe’s encouragement that she released an EP called “The Best Revenge” in 2015 (It’s dedicated to the haters who said she couldn’t do it.).
Now, her new self-titled EP is produced by Billboard-charting artist/producer Norman Matthew (As Strange As Angels, Murder FM) and includes Joe Vitale and Ace Frehley drummer Matt Star on selected tracks.
She’s been told that she sounds like Joan Baez meets Judas Priest. Simon Kirke (Bad Company/Free) said that she sounds like Joni Mitchell meets Metallica (Simon didn’t mean that as a compliment, but Suzy took it as a compliment anyway).
Through Rock and Roll Fantasy camp, she’s shared the stage with members of Cheap Trick as well as Paul Stanley (KISS), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Simon Kirke (Bad Company, Free), Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh, The Eagles), Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath) and Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne). She has performed live at venues including the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood and House of Blues in Las Vegas.
Her message is simple: You’re never too old to do what you love. Life is a song, so sing it.
Suzy lives in Houston.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Gregg Rolie
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When you’re a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee,
you don’t have a lot to prove. But legendary singer-songwriter and keyboardist Gregg
Rolie, who holds that rare distinction as a founding member and original lead vocalist of
both Santana and Journey, and who has also been a mainstay of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr
Band since 2012, demonstrates that he’s at the top of his game with the release of
Sonic Ranch (Megaforce Records), his first feature-length studio album in 18 years.
“I didn’t plan on taking so long to record a new album,” Rolie says. “The simple fact is,
I’ve been working. I’ve been writing songs over the years, and we recorded half of them
by 2013. Then I got busy touring with Ringo, and I took part in the Santana reunion,
Santana IV. Everything took time. Finally, when Santana IV was done, I could get back
to finishing the record.”
Rolie recorded the album at several studios – New York’s RMG Studios, and two
facilities in Texas, Arylyn Studios and the Sonic Ranch (the latter of which inspired the
record’s title). His son, Sean, served as the main producer, with addition production
handled by Chris “Frenchie” Smith and Daniel Sahad.
A wide range of Rolie’s illustrious musician friends contributed to Sonic Ranch – among
them are his onetime Santana mate Michael Shrieve on drums, as well as bass
extraordinaire Alphonso Johnson. And he features not one, but two guitar heroes: Steve
Lukather, who plays on the gutsy blues rocker “They Want It All” and the stunning
album opener, Give Me Tomorrow,” and fellow Journey alum Neal Schon, who appears
on the soulful ballad “Breaking My Heart” and the sinuous groover “Lift Me Up.”
Sonic Ranch’s first single is “What About Love.” The thunderous sing-along epic sees
Sean Rolie displaying his own formidable guitar chops. “The song inspired by Ringo
Starr and his message of peace and love,” Rolie explains. “I had started writing it, and I
would and play around with it at soundchecks with Ringo. It sounded really good, so I
took it home, found the bassline, and Sean produced and engineered it. There’s 15 lead
vocals on it. Sean played the guitar solo and said, ‘It’s a little out of tune.’ I said, ‘It’s
perfectly out of tune. Let’s go!’ He’s such a great player.”
Rolie wrote all of the 13 tracks on the album, with the exception of “They Want It All,”
which he penned with Andre Pessis and Kevin Chalfont, and the piano-driven show
stopper “Look into the Future,” which he co-wrote with Diane Valory and Neal Schon –
the song originally appeared on Journey’s album of the same name in 1976. “I always
liked that track and was waiting for a chance to re-arrange it and record my own version
of it.”
In addition, Rolie re-images Elvis Presley’s classic “Don’t Be Cruel” as a mid-tempo
gospel tune, and his spine-tingling vocal performance would draw a nod of approval
from the King. “I used to play it in the same manner for encores with my quartet, and it
always went over beautifully, so I decided to end the record with it,” Rolie says. “I’ve got
the same group of guys on it – Alan Haynes on guitar, drummer Ron Wikso and bassist
Sticky Lopez.”
“I’m pretty fortunate to have such good friends who are also some of the best musicians
on earth,” says Rolie. “These songs mean a lot to me, and I’m very proud to be putting
them out. To have such amazing players helping me to make them a reality is an
amazing thing. The album wouldn’t have turned out so well without them.”
“What About Love” can be streamed at Spotify.
Sonic Ranch is available at iTunes and Amazon.
When you’re a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee,
you don’t have a lot to prove. But legendary singer-songwriter and keyboardist Gregg
Rolie, who holds that rare distinction as a founding member and original lead vocalist of
both Santana and Journey, and who has also been a mainstay of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr
Band since 2012, demonstrates that he’s at the top of his game with the release of
Sonic Ranch (Megaforce Records), his first feature-length studio album in 18 years.
“I didn’t plan on taking so long to record a new album,” Rolie says. “The simple fact is,
I’ve been working. I’ve been writing songs over the years, and we recorded half of them
by 2013. Then I got busy touring with Ringo, and I took part in the Santana reunion,
Santana IV. Everything took time. Finally, when Santana IV was done, I could get back
to finishing the record.”
Rolie recorded the album at several studios – New York’s RMG Studios, and two
facilities in Texas, Arylyn Studios and the Sonic Ranch (the latter of which inspired the
record’s title). His son, Sean, served as the main producer, with addition production
handled by Chris “Frenchie” Smith and Daniel Sahad.
A wide range of Rolie’s illustrious musician friends contributed to Sonic Ranch – among
them are his onetime Santana mate Michael Shrieve on drums, as well as bass
extraordinaire Alphonso Johnson. And he features not one, but two guitar heroes: Steve
Lukather, who plays on the gutsy blues rocker “They Want It All” and the stunning
album opener, Give Me Tomorrow,” and fellow Journey alum Neal Schon, who appears
on the soulful ballad “Breaking My Heart” and the sinuous groover “Lift Me Up.”
Sonic Ranch’s first single is “What About Love.” The thunderous sing-along epic sees
Sean Rolie displaying his own formidable guitar chops. “The song inspired by Ringo
Starr and his message of peace and love,” Rolie explains. “I had started writing it, and I
would and play around with it at soundchecks with Ringo. It sounded really good, so I
took it home, found the bassline, and Sean produced and engineered it. There’s 15 lead
vocals on it. Sean played the guitar solo and said, ‘It’s a little out of tune.’ I said, ‘It’s
perfectly out of tune. Let’s go!’ He’s such a great player.”
Rolie wrote all of the 13 tracks on the album, with the exception of “They Want It All,”
which he penned with Andre Pessis and Kevin Chalfont, and the piano-driven show
stopper “Look into the Future,” which he co-wrote with Diane Valory and Neal Schon –
the song originally appeared on Journey’s album of the same name in 1976. “I always
liked that track and was waiting for a chance to re-arrange it and record my own version
of it.”
In addition, Rolie re-images Elvis Presley’s classic “Don’t Be Cruel” as a mid-tempo
gospel tune, and his spine-tingling vocal performance would draw a nod of approval
from the King. “I used to play it in the same manner for encores with my quartet, and it
always went over beautifully, so I decided to end the record with it,” Rolie says. “I’ve got
the same group of guys on it – Alan Haynes on guitar, drummer Ron Wikso and bassist
Sticky Lopez.”
“I’m pretty fortunate to have such good friends who are also some of the best musicians
on earth,” says Rolie. “These songs mean a lot to me, and I’m very proud to be putting
them out. To have such amazing players helping me to make them a reality is an
amazing thing. The album wouldn’t have turned out so well without them.”
“What About Love” can be streamed at Spotify.
Sonic Ranch is available at iTunes and Amazon.
Kevin J DeBruin
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Kevin J DeBruin dreamed of designing spaceships for NASA ever since he was a child. DeBruin doesn’t know what the definition of ‘giving up’ is. His ability to never take no for an answer earned him an accomplishment that many dream of...working for NASA.
In To NASA & Beyond, DeBruin shares his incredible journey and the numerous challenges he encountered. Over the course of three years, DeBruin submitted over 150 internship applications to NASA. Georgia Tech initially denied his application to graduate school. After three rounds of interviews NASA JPL they did not give him a job, however Kevin wouldn’t quit. In what totals to over 35 interviews with NASA, DeBruin never lost determination in achieving his dream as a 10-year-old boy.
Kevin J DeBruin dreamed of designing spaceships for NASA ever since he was a child. DeBruin doesn’t know what the definition of ‘giving up’ is. His ability to never take no for an answer earned him an accomplishment that many dream of...working for NASA.
In To NASA & Beyond, DeBruin shares his incredible journey and the numerous challenges he encountered. Over the course of three years, DeBruin submitted over 150 internship applications to NASA. Georgia Tech initially denied his application to graduate school. After three rounds of interviews NASA JPL they did not give him a job, however Kevin wouldn’t quit. In what totals to over 35 interviews with NASA, DeBruin never lost determination in achieving his dream as a 10-year-old boy.
Pod Crashing Episode 31 Controlled Chaos
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Pod-Crashing Episode 31 Controlled Chaos
A single snap shot of our present place on the digital platform and barely anybody can figure it out. There’s a lot of guessing going on and you’ve gotta love it.
Heard a quote today, “When I jumped onto this there were no forefathers.”
Sharing that message was Michael Stevens who’s helped strengthen YouTube’s footprint into something other than free music and crazy self-created smartphone videos. His show Mind Field gets into the head and heart of why we feel fear, have anxiety and face every other emotion available to mankind.
Michael went on to say, “If they aren’t watching you. They’re watching someone else.”
He’s right. YouTube fans and followers know what they’re looking for because it’s delivered on demand. They may be leaving you but they’re not leaving the platform. Just give me that big beautiful search engine.
As podcasting continues to gain in popularity its visibility must become clearer. Hardcore listeners know where the episodes are. The average newbe to the platform continues to struggle with what the difference is between Apple Podcasts and Castbox, Deezer, Spreaker and even Podcast Addict.
iHeart Radio has earned their rightful place at the top of where listeners are making connections. The search engine can be a little tricky. You’ve got to have the name of the podcast exact. Which is a big issue for many show creators. I’m horribly guilty of it. Every one of my podcasts are not street speak. I have Unplugged and Totally Uncut, Like its Live, Poetic Elevation. Unless you know what to look for it goes against the natural flow of reaching for what you seek.
Spotify is also a pretty good sized owner of the podcast pie. Through a free digital hookup on Anchor the Spotify platform is gaining in numbers. Who better to know that than a huge amount of podcast promoters that have taken over Linkdin and FaceBook with How To videos filled with promises of locating a stronger listening base for you.
I’ve sat through a lot of webinars. Taken boxes of notes. Questioned by questions. It takes me back to what Michael Stevens was saying, “When I jumped onto this there were no forefathers.” Millions of us are striving to reach the same success goal. How we’re getting there is the multiple layered story. How I got to my first million probably won’t work for anyone else. I’m honest enough to call it being at the right place at the right time.
Maintaining what I started is murdering the clock. Podcasters like Jake Brennan on Disgraceland keeps his episodes on a track of once every other week. Will Ferrell does his in seasons. We don’t know if he’s knocking out 8 to 10 episodes in a week. Maybe we’ll find out more since he and iHeart Media have teamed up to create what looks to be the globes first comedy podcast network.
I was talking with actress Missi Pyle about her podcast called The Mother Load. Two moms talking about raising young children in 2019. The challenges, the chores, the victories and struggles to keep your career alive while loving those brought to life.
In every podcaster’s voice I talk with I hear the journey. The expectation of trying to keep up. The disappointments of not getting enough downloads of listens for potential advertisers. Everybody’s good day always has the potential of helping others make their way down an extremely twisted river with so much fish to eat but getting to them requires more than a worm on a hook.
Comedy Clubs are capitalizing on the popularity of podcasting. Mommy-casts pull in so many female fans that food and wine sales are going through the roof. To land on that stage you’re gonna need deep pockets or huge numbers. I’ve seen comedians play to a room of 25 or less. How does a podcaster react when the club rented shows a couple of people sitting on stage still hacking it up and rolling around like two kids driving mom crazy?
I don’t know if I could pull something like that off. My interviews and motivational shows are designed to be one on one. To talk with the person that happened to check in with you. Don’t get me wrong, I love a live stage with a big amount of people expecting something from my flow of creative energy. As a podcaster though… I don’t think that’s my thing.
“When I jumped onto this there were no forefathers.” Michael Stevens went on to say that as podcasters we need to become more of a community and not linear. Another words lean away from the microphone and wink at those watching the performance. From that ledge you say something like “Don’t wing it. Prepare for it. Listeners are smarter than you. I know where the next button is.”
Most of us get our podcast lessons from listening to the giants that’ve been doing it for decades. Today I was checking out Joe Rogen and Kevin Smith talking about how podcasters have become addicted to creating seasons. That’s when the host does 12 to 15 shows then takes off a few weeks. Kevin and Joe both agreed that it’s just wrong. This isn’t television. Podcasting shouldn’t be treated as such.
Rogen’s into the performance as well as the game. He knows the importance of being loyal to how he’s designed the total package program layout. He’s doing seven episodes this week. Which doesn’t sound like much until you realize his interviews are up to two hours long. He likes to win and doesn’t let anything get in the way of a winning performance.
Compared to that, my style of podcasting is completely different. That’s part of the soul of doing it. Nobody’s truly sticking to a format or corporate driven approach to getting the job done. We’re artists and artists to their own thing. The majority of the episodes I do are 7 to 14 minutes long. Then I program the hell out of the platform. I do it like a radio station lays out music. Three of my fifteen podcasts get five episodes per day. 5:30 am suddenly becomes 3 pm. Then it’s time to show prep for tomorrow’s conversations.
This isn’t anything new to my lifestyle. For forty years I’ve always been associated with specialty programming on terrestrial radio. Now I can do it the way I hear it not by playing the same 15 songs on a weekly countdown or penning out and executing a Classic Rock Update that barely clocks in at 55 seconds. Writing my own rules meant fighting for my own space. I’ve been known to get extremely protective while dealing with outsiders that haven’t lived the path.
So what’s the moral of the story? No two pieces of clay are worked the same. The Potter doesn’t know the end result until it’s fired with all that glaze. Podcasting is no different. The goal is to head into everyday knowing you’re committed to making a ton of mistakes while never going over the top with affection when an episode exceeds the listening limits. Tomorrow a new day. Bring the game.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Melinda Rodriguez
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Melinda was raised by a single mother who worked nights as a registered nurse to care for her and her siblings. Melinda inherited her mother's work ethic and took the public bus two hours each way to attend a performing arts middle and high school where she fell in love with jazz. All her hard work seemed to pay off when she got into the New England Conservatory in Boston. However, Melinda returned home a year later to care for her brother suffering from chronic heart failure. Melinda currently works three jobs while attending graduate school at the University of Illinois, runs the jazz vocal department and performs regularly with two bands
David Schiller
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Guitar has made some of the most legendary, beloved rock ballads possible–from Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” to “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses And it has been smashed by icons such as Prince, who broke the neck off his “Yellow Cloud” guitar while at a French television show in 1994, and Jimi Hendrix, who set his “Black Pepper Fender Startocaster” guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Now the new book: Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument (On sale October 1, 2019) by David Schiller - is a glorious celebration of 200 of these iconic instruments and the people that made them famous.
Guitar is a true labor of love. Beginning in a guitar store on Bleecker Street in New York City, Schiller, accompanied by a photo researcher, traveled far and wide to study and photograph hundreds of guitars, visiting shops, collectors’ offices, museums, festivals, factories, and artisan workshops around the country and all over the world. From pursuing great photo collections to tracking rare images in far-flung museums, Schiller worked tirelessly to capture the personalities, individual styles, and voices of his favorite instrument.
Complete with an irresistible hardcover slipcase and a die-cut edge that reveals three tuning keys of the spectacular Art Deco–influenced headstock of a John D’Angelico New Yorker acoustic, this stunning book is punctuated by profiles of twenty-four legendary guitarists ranging from Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson to Joni Mitchell to Django Reinhardt to Bonnie Raitt—each of which is paired with a photograph of the musician’s own guitar or one emblematic of the type they favored.
Groundbreaking instruments that ushered in the electric guitar such as Rickenbacker’s “Frying Pan” and Les Paul’s “Log” are also featured, along with many of the world’s most celebrated players and their guitars:
Guitar has made some of the most legendary, beloved rock ballads possible–from Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” to “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses And it has been smashed by icons such as Prince, who broke the neck off his “Yellow Cloud” guitar while at a French television show in 1994, and Jimi Hendrix, who set his “Black Pepper Fender Startocaster” guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Now the new book: Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument (On sale October 1, 2019) by David Schiller - is a glorious celebration of 200 of these iconic instruments and the people that made them famous.
Guitar is a true labor of love. Beginning in a guitar store on Bleecker Street in New York City, Schiller, accompanied by a photo researcher, traveled far and wide to study and photograph hundreds of guitars, visiting shops, collectors’ offices, museums, festivals, factories, and artisan workshops around the country and all over the world. From pursuing great photo collections to tracking rare images in far-flung museums, Schiller worked tirelessly to capture the personalities, individual styles, and voices of his favorite instrument.
Complete with an irresistible hardcover slipcase and a die-cut edge that reveals three tuning keys of the spectacular Art Deco–influenced headstock of a John D’Angelico New Yorker acoustic, this stunning book is punctuated by profiles of twenty-four legendary guitarists ranging from Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson to Joni Mitchell to Django Reinhardt to Bonnie Raitt—each of which is paired with a photograph of the musician’s own guitar or one emblematic of the type they favored.
Groundbreaking instruments that ushered in the electric guitar such as Rickenbacker’s “Frying Pan” and Les Paul’s “Log” are also featured, along with many of the world’s most celebrated players and their guitars:
Andy Borowitz And Kyra Darnton
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RETRO REPORT on PBS takes viewers on a journey into the most important stories of the day, looking at them through the lens of their often surprising historical roots, providing new insights while correcting the record and exposing myths along the way. In today’s 24-hour news cycle, with breaking headlines, all-news networks and online outlets constantly competing for attention, RETRO REPORT on PBS aims to widen the discussion, revealing the story behind the story, providing new insights into how today’s events have been shaped by the past. Each episode will explore four distinct stories, closing with “Now It All Makes Sense,” a special segment featuring the wit and wisdom of author and comedian Andy Borowitz. The series is hosted by journalist Celeste Headlee and artist Masud Olufani and produced by Kyra Darnton.
Topics to be explored include how decades-old research on human behavior shows that social media’s addictive power is by design rather than chance; why half a million children still have dangerously high lead levels even though it was banned from gasoline and household products decades ago; how the sex education policies of today are informed by failures of programs created during the Clinton era; and why mandatory arbitration agreements enacted on Wall Street 20 years ago have negatively impacted today’s #MeToo movement.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Jessie Lawrence
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Jessie had a difficult childhood. At 10 years old he and his siblings were separated and handed over to the state. Jessie wanted to sing but felt no one cared about him and his aspirations. He was eventually accepted to a performing arts high school and met kids with similar interests, but remained in a group home until he was 18. After high school, he got a show at the Apollo Theater and received some management interest, but later became homeless and had to focus on survival. Jessie has been stable for the last two years with a job as a commercial painter and now has the means to get back to his music.
Josh Gates
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Adventurer and avid explorer Josh Gates takes viewers around the globe investigating the greatest legends in history. And now, a case Josh has been chasing for years has been solved, right in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. After two adventures chasing buried treasures from Byron Preiss’ 1982 treasure hunt, The Secret, Josh meets up with Boston local, Jason Krupat and the two embark on a legendary journey to uncover the famed treasure in an all-new episode of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, airing Wednesday, October 30th at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel.
The objective in Preiss’ famed treasure hunt, The Secret, is to match one of the twelve paintings to one of the twelve poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle and dig for the key. Prior to publishing, Byron Preiss secretly traveled to twelve locations in the United States and buried a dozen ceramic casques that once uncovered contained a key that could be exchanged for a beautiful gemstone. Since 1982, only two of the twelve casques have been discovered - until now.
Inspired by past episodes of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, Jason Krupat, a game designer by day, set out to solve one of Preiss’ puzzles and contacted Josh after successfully piecing the riddle together, but when the two met to dig up the physical casque and key, they faced thrilling challenges and surprise findings as they unraveled Preiss’ mystery. Josh and Jason will take viewers around Boston on an epic adventure tracing clues and following the step-by-step process of what went into solving the decades old mystery. This historical event closes the book on one chapter of The Secret and brings closure to Josh's years-long search for the treasures.
Adventurer and avid explorer Josh Gates takes viewers around the globe investigating the greatest legends in history. And now, a case Josh has been chasing for years has been solved, right in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. After two adventures chasing buried treasures from Byron Preiss’ 1982 treasure hunt, The Secret, Josh meets up with Boston local, Jason Krupat and the two embark on a legendary journey to uncover the famed treasure in an all-new episode of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, airing Wednesday, October 30th at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel.
The objective in Preiss’ famed treasure hunt, The Secret, is to match one of the twelve paintings to one of the twelve poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle and dig for the key. Prior to publishing, Byron Preiss secretly traveled to twelve locations in the United States and buried a dozen ceramic casques that once uncovered contained a key that could be exchanged for a beautiful gemstone. Since 1982, only two of the twelve casques have been discovered - until now.
Inspired by past episodes of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, Jason Krupat, a game designer by day, set out to solve one of Preiss’ puzzles and contacted Josh after successfully piecing the riddle together, but when the two met to dig up the physical casque and key, they faced thrilling challenges and surprise findings as they unraveled Preiss’ mystery. Josh and Jason will take viewers around Boston on an epic adventure tracing clues and following the step-by-step process of what went into solving the decades old mystery. This historical event closes the book on one chapter of The Secret and brings closure to Josh's years-long search for the treasures.
Patricia Cornwell
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19751073" data-resource="episode_id=19751073" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "Patricia Cornwell Releases Quantum" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
QUANTUM features Captain Calli Chase, a NASA test pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator. Growing up just outside NASA Langley in Hampton, Virginia, she and her twin sister have long had their sights set on going to space. On the eve of a top-secret space mission, Calli detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below NASA’s research center. She knows that there are no accidents in this high security, high tech facility and that a looming blizzard and the government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide—a series of disturbing clues that point to Calli's identical twin, Carme, who's been MIA for days. Desperate to halt the countdown to disaster and clear her sister's name, Captain Chase digs deep into her vast cybersecurity knowledge and her painful past in search of answers to her twin's erratic conduct.
Patricia Cornwell’s research for her books is unparalleled for its full and total immersion in the worlds she creates. For her Kay Scarpetta novels, she became adept at a wide range of skills from motorcycles to firearms, ballistics and weapons, to autopsies, death investigation and high-tech instrumentation, and earned certifications as a scuba diver and helicopter pilot. And for QUANTUM, Cornwell gained insider access to one of the country’s most secret and impregnable institutions. She traveled all over the country touring NASA facilities (as well as Sierra-Nevada Corporation and Blue Origin), and along the way, she learned to spacewalk, explored the training facilities used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and began working with record breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson.
The result—a 100% authentic world so vivid down to the last detail, that readers feel part of the scenes alongside Calli—from the claustrophobic utility tunnels that snake beneath NASA Langley to the glowing computer displays of Mission Control, as she works desperately to stop a catastrophe—not just for the space program but for the safety of the whole nation.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Jake Brennan
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Disgraceland is a podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Thirty-ish minute episodes that trace the most insane criminal stories surrounding our most interesting and infamous pop stars.
Disgraceland melds music history, true crime and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not journalism. Disgraceland is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by
true events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes.
Season 1 of Disgraceland was released independently on February 13, 2018 and within two days reached #7 on the overall 'Top Podcasts' chart on Apple Podcasts.
It has since been downloaded millions of times in over 150 countries.
Season 2 was released on July 10th, 2018. Apple Podcasts named Disgraceland to their coveted "Best of 2018" list.
Disgraceland is released on a bi-weekly schedule with a few exceptions.
Disgraceland is for lovers of true crime. Disgraceland is also for music lovers.
Did Jerry Lee Lewis get away with murdering his fifth wife?
How did Sid Vicious and Sam Cooke really die?
Were Tay-K 47's 100 million downloads aided and abetted by a murder charge and a nationwide manhunt?
Disgraceland explores these stories and more and attempts to reckon the heinous acts committed by these musicians with our love for the amazing music they create, which is particularly relevant in the here and now.
However, Disgraceland doesn't tell these stories in a stodgy, self righteous way. These stories are too wild for that. Disgraceland is a bi-weekly adult storytelling
podcast. Not "sit around the campfire" storytelling. More like "slightly buzzed guy at the end of the bar whose seen some sh*t" storytelling.
Disgraceland is a labor of love. It began in a basement and graduated to a former massage parlor of ill repute, where it remains, fittingly.
Holly George Warren
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19569434" data-resource="episode_id=19569434" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Steve Gorman Releases New Trigger Hippy Album And Hard To Handle Book" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Janis Joplin has passed into legend as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. Holly George-Warren’s definitive new biography, JANIS: Her Life and Music (Simon & Schuster; October 22, 2019; $28.99) sheds a new light on the iconic musician we thought we knew. It is a breathtaking and invigorating depiction of a woman who struggled against gender norms and drug addiction, yet whose unrivaled talent came to symbolize an entire era.
Janis Joplin’s success was no accident. From an early age, her parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. While growing up in a conservative Texas oil town, Janis fell hard for music. Her first transgressive act was to be a white girl with an early passion for the blues. She stood out, and in a time when simply pursuing her talents was an act of defiance, Janis knew she was too big for her small town.
She found her niche in California, one that didn’t ask her to be a wife and homemaker, or to use a man to get her foothold in life. But with every opportunity came dark struggles. A shy girl with an immense talent, Janis’ world began to reflect the stress of that dichotomy, and she often turned to drugs and alcohol to keep it all together. She teetered between the powerful woman you hear in her songs and the girl who just wanted to feel safe and accepted.
Janis made a name for herself as rule-breaking rock’n’roll trailblazer and as an icon of the countercultural movement. She pushed every boundary as a woman in a man’s industry, never compromising her talents or her desires. She worked incredibly hard, and while history may remember her as a woman whose demons outran her, Janis persisted against every limitation, and that is how this biography demands we remember her.
Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin’s family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, this is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due.
Janis Joplin has passed into legend as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. Holly George-Warren’s definitive new biography, JANIS: Her Life and Music (Simon & Schuster; October 22, 2019; $28.99) sheds a new light on the iconic musician we thought we knew. It is a breathtaking and invigorating depiction of a woman who struggled against gender norms and drug addiction, yet whose unrivaled talent came to symbolize an entire era.
Janis Joplin’s success was no accident. From an early age, her parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. While growing up in a conservative Texas oil town, Janis fell hard for music. Her first transgressive act was to be a white girl with an early passion for the blues. She stood out, and in a time when simply pursuing her talents was an act of defiance, Janis knew she was too big for her small town.
She found her niche in California, one that didn’t ask her to be a wife and homemaker, or to use a man to get her foothold in life. But with every opportunity came dark struggles. A shy girl with an immense talent, Janis’ world began to reflect the stress of that dichotomy, and she often turned to drugs and alcohol to keep it all together. She teetered between the powerful woman you hear in her songs and the girl who just wanted to feel safe and accepted.
Janis made a name for herself as rule-breaking rock’n’roll trailblazer and as an icon of the countercultural movement. She pushed every boundary as a woman in a man’s industry, never compromising her talents or her desires. She worked incredibly hard, and while history may remember her as a woman whose demons outran her, Janis persisted against every limitation, and that is how this biography demands we remember her.
Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin’s family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, this is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due.
Steve Gorman
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19569434" data-resource="episode_id=19569434" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Steve Gorman Releases New Trigger Hippy Album And Hard To Handle Book" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
The first ever account of this great American rock band's beginning, middle, and end, told from the exclusive, insider perspective of founding member. As the band's drummer and voice of reason, Gorman tried to keep the Black Crowes together musically - and in one piece emotionally. In HARD TO HANDLE, he makes it clear just how impossible that job was. From the tumultuous recording sessions, to the coke and weed-field tours, to backstage hangs with legends like Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and the Rolling Stones, Steve shares never-before-heard stories with great insight, candor, and humor. Here, it is obvious that they just don't make bands like the Black Crowes anymore—crazy, brilliant, self-destructive, inspiring, and, ultimately, not built to last.
The first ever account of this great American rock band's beginning, middle, and end, told from the exclusive, insider perspective of founding member. As the band's drummer and voice of reason, Gorman tried to keep the Black Crowes together musically - and in one piece emotionally. In HARD TO HANDLE, he makes it clear just how impossible that job was. From the tumultuous recording sessions, to the coke and weed-field tours, to backstage hangs with legends like Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and the Rolling Stones, Steve shares never-before-heard stories with great insight, candor, and humor. Here, it is obvious that they just don't make bands like the Black Crowes anymore—crazy, brilliant, self-destructive, inspiring, and, ultimately, not built to last.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Tracey Hecht
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19554254" data-resource="episode_id=19554254" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "Tracey Hecht Creator Of The Nocturnals" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Tracey Hecht is the acclaimed author of The Nocturnals series of books for readers aged 5-12. She is talking to kids and parents about her new book, The Kooky Kinkajou, which engages parents, educators, and children around the serious topic of bullying in an age-appropriate manner. She is PASSIONATE about the topic.
October is Bullying Prevention Month, and Tracey is very involved in getting kids and parents to help prevent bullying and promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Check out Helping Kids Navigate Complex Times, an article she wrote about using books as a tool to teach social-emotional learning.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Cody Alan
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19521378" data-resource="episode_id=19521378" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Cody Alan From CMT's Artist Of The Year Special" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
CMT’s 10th Annual CMT Artists of the Year will honor superstar acts Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett as the top country artists of 2019. The 90-minute special on Wednesday, October 16, will highlight the five “Artists of the Year” who have collectively ruled the last 12 months in country music. Country music icon Reba McEntire will be honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” award. Also, Grammy nominated Ashley McBryde will be receiving the "Breakout Artist of the Year" award.
CMT’s 10th Annual CMT Artists of the Year will honor superstar acts Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett as the top country artists of 2019. The 90-minute special on Wednesday, October 16, will highlight the five “Artists of the Year” who have collectively ruled the last 12 months in country music. Country music icon Reba McEntire will be honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” award. Also, Grammy nominated Ashley McBryde will be receiving the "Breakout Artist of the Year" award.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Alfonso Ribeiro
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19501860" data-resource="episode_id=19501860" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Alfonso Ribeiro From Catch 21 On Game Show Network" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Alfonso Ribeiro has spent more than 30 years leaving his unique mark on the worlds of television, theater and beyond. Ribeiro hosted the original run of Catch 21 on Game Show Network for four seasons from 2008-2011. Additionally, Ribeiro is currently the host of Americas Funniest Videos. He also danced his way into America’s hearts on Dancing with the Stars. His acting skills have been in homes for decades with the long-running sitcoms Silver Spoons and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Ribeiro returns to hosting Catch 21 as the reboot relaunches on Game Show Network. The half-hour series is a fast-action blend of pop trivia with the tension-filled excitement of the classic card game, 21. Professional dancer and choreographer Witney Carson joins the show as card dealer, reuniting the former Dancing with the Stars partners in a game show first!
In Catch 21, dealing out larger-than-life playing cards, the host quizzes contestants with general-knowledge questions as they attempt to build the closest hand to 21. Part knowledge, part nerve, and part strategy, every correct answer is a chance to add a card and build a better hand or pass the card and “bust” the competition.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Pod-Crashing Episode 30 Are We There Yet
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Pod-Crashing Episode 30: Are We There Yet
We’ve talked about it multiple times. Podcasting’s history. It’s been trudging along since the late 1980’s. Gained some speed during the birth of the iPod generation and has lightly floated around at an uneven pace without any real race.
Podcasting’s always been that nearly next to underground thing comedians, politicians, home studio junkies and maybe a few teachers have done. Hey man you can say anything. Play anything. Make it your own thing or copy someone’s pretty good thing. Those dropping vocals on the platform clearly stayed true to their ambition, “We aren’t radio. We are us.”
Better technology and cheaper data lifted listeners to a new level of connection. Millennial’s that loved NPR started gravitating toward podcasts because of the power of choice. We are that layer of people that dig it when we can get it on demand.
It’s completely natural to think we’re living in the Golden Age of content consumption. Whoa whoa slow down. Not a lot of people on this side of the microphone are leaping onto that idea just yet. I mean compared to my early steps through hairy jungles and bitterly cold snowcapped peaks of 2012 forward, the information generation has latched onto some huge support from iHeart Radio, Radio One, NPR and small terrestrial station owners that think it’s a cool way to give advertisers an added benefit. Buy our radio station and we’ll toss your commercial onto a podcast free!
Podcasting’s gettin some love and affection but it feels like we’re only six month into a marriage. The endorsements are coming in. Just today on Bob Pittman’s Math and Magic podcast, the legendary Walter Isaacson totally lifted his hat and praised the platform because it’s bringing the world back to storytelling. Who better to know that then the writer and creator of Disgraceland Jake Brenna. I asked him if we were living in the pioneering days of AM Radio mid 1920’s.
From his heart he believes this new age of tossing out thoughts and journey’s is still 40 years from becoming a true super power. He used my mid-1920’s reference while explaining how long it took terrestrial radio to true become a part of the entire nation. Movies the same. Where we are today with motion pictures is lightyears beyond those initial first shots.
So it got me thinking. Technology over the past 100 years has pushed the human mind and spirit further than any other time in history. Why would it take another 40 years of podcasting to truly be seen as a powerhouse form of entertainment, communication, teaching, building and making money?
Because it’s still a guessing game. Those that should be doing aren’t. It’s not part of their threads of success because the old way is still working. There’s no interest. Bob Pittman loves the idea that teens and adults in their 20’s are hopping onto the podcast scene. Remember he’s the dude that created MTV. The I-Gen generation is fearless and has spent the past 15 years getting exactly what they want on demand.
As each member of the I-Gen team grows inside their careers they’re bringing with them an experience. This is how podcasting worked for them as a creator and as a listener. Once a position of decision making is reached that opens the field of communication to be replanted.
As of right now there’s way too many podcasts on the platform that should be making money but where’s the sales staff? You can’t keep pouring a lot of energy into an idea if nothings coming back. Podcast creating demands time. Thirty plus episodes feels fun. Advertisers need hundreds with huge listening and download numbers.
Those fronting the advertising budget need a return on their investment. Sixteen hits a day isn’t exciting enough for businesses to play. Here’s what makes the game even tougher. Where is your listening audience? Johnny’s Burger Shack on Broadwater Ave isn’t interested in building a relationship with folks in a town 2,000 miles away.
Talk about a buzz kill right? No! It needs to be talked about. Super Mega podcast connections like PodcastOne went the route of bringing in the big dogs like Adam Carolla, Laura Ingrahm, pro wrestler Steve Austin, Dr Drew, Shaquille O’Neil and more. Big names bring in clients.
It’s moments like this that you gotta pull off an out of control but completely natural gut check. Is David available to take on Goliath one more time? Jake Brenna from Disgraceland is onto something. He knows how pretty the podcast adventure smells right now cuz for the first time terrestrial radio bosses are seeing the potential of money being made.
How do you jump onto that gravy train? Let me ask you this? Are you sure you want to? Don’t forget what we talked about a few paragraphs back. Podcasting is nearly next to being underground. There’s been a lot of pride put into the roots of this machine from people that still believe, “We aren’t radio. We are us.”
I learned one very important rule during my 37 years on that tower of power. Radio sales people are hungrier than the on air talent they’re selling. Somewhere out there are budding ad agencies searching for podcasts that have healthy analytic numbers. More importantly… podcasts that are destine to stick around and not suddenly disappear from the map because you weren’t the mood to perform this week and the one before that too.
What we need are podcast lifestylers that want to make money away from their corporate radio job. To step out at night or during lunch and pull off something that’ll probably get them fired. You know… conflict of interest. But you can’t put your home front on the line until you’re comfortable with the writers, producers and performers that are addicted to the podcast sickness.
I’ve yet to meet another me. Not conceited. A man of truth. In the studio everyday 530am til 4 pm and later. Hundreds of people write to me about needing to make money from their podcast. I always ask, “When did you post your last show?” Um last month. Maybe next Thursday. No wonder an army of sales executives aren’t marching this way.
Marc Maron gives us two shows a week. Joe Rogan the same. They travel the world every week and still pull off episodes that are longer then every Star Wars movie combined. If you don’t have the time then think about creating a twelve show season. Hit the streets promoting the crap out of it. Make a lot of noise and shake up the atmosphere with your art.
The podcasting trail is no longer a little chunk of land with patted down grass. There’s dirt where there was once green. One day the greenway maybe paved. In order to call it a success the path can’t be a half mile long. I hike Kings Mountain State Park for a reason. Over 20 miles of incredibly different leg busting lung piercing trails designed to kick your ass.
That’s what’s gonna catch the eye of a chance taking sales force. Cause a conflict of interest.
I’m Arroe and that’s pod-crashing.
Pod-Crashing Episode 30: Are We There Yet
We’ve talked about it multiple times. Podcasting’s history. It’s been trudging along since the late 1980’s. Gained some speed during the birth of the iPod generation and has lightly floated around at an uneven pace without any real race.
Podcasting’s always been that nearly next to underground thing comedians, politicians, home studio junkies and maybe a few teachers have done. Hey man you can say anything. Play anything. Make it your own thing or copy someone’s pretty good thing. Those dropping vocals on the platform clearly stayed true to their ambition, “We aren’t radio. We are us.”
Better technology and cheaper data lifted listeners to a new level of connection. Millennial’s that loved NPR started gravitating toward podcasts because of the power of choice. We are that layer of people that dig it when we can get it on demand.
It’s completely natural to think we’re living in the Golden Age of content consumption. Whoa whoa slow down. Not a lot of people on this side of the microphone are leaping onto that idea just yet. I mean compared to my early steps through hairy jungles and bitterly cold snowcapped peaks of 2012 forward, the information generation has latched onto some huge support from iHeart Radio, Radio One, NPR and small terrestrial station owners that think it’s a cool way to give advertisers an added benefit. Buy our radio station and we’ll toss your commercial onto a podcast free!
Podcasting’s gettin some love and affection but it feels like we’re only six month into a marriage. The endorsements are coming in. Just today on Bob Pittman’s Math and Magic podcast, the legendary Walter Isaacson totally lifted his hat and praised the platform because it’s bringing the world back to storytelling. Who better to know that then the writer and creator of Disgraceland Jake Brenna. I asked him if we were living in the pioneering days of AM Radio mid 1920’s.
From his heart he believes this new age of tossing out thoughts and journey’s is still 40 years from becoming a true super power. He used my mid-1920’s reference while explaining how long it took terrestrial radio to true become a part of the entire nation. Movies the same. Where we are today with motion pictures is lightyears beyond those initial first shots.
So it got me thinking. Technology over the past 100 years has pushed the human mind and spirit further than any other time in history. Why would it take another 40 years of podcasting to truly be seen as a powerhouse form of entertainment, communication, teaching, building and making money?
Because it’s still a guessing game. Those that should be doing aren’t. It’s not part of their threads of success because the old way is still working. There’s no interest. Bob Pittman loves the idea that teens and adults in their 20’s are hopping onto the podcast scene. Remember he’s the dude that created MTV. The I-Gen generation is fearless and has spent the past 15 years getting exactly what they want on demand.
As each member of the I-Gen team grows inside their careers they’re bringing with them an experience. This is how podcasting worked for them as a creator and as a listener. Once a position of decision making is reached that opens the field of communication to be replanted.
As of right now there’s way too many podcasts on the platform that should be making money but where’s the sales staff? You can’t keep pouring a lot of energy into an idea if nothings coming back. Podcast creating demands time. Thirty plus episodes feels fun. Advertisers need hundreds with huge listening and download numbers.
Those fronting the advertising budget need a return on their investment. Sixteen hits a day isn’t exciting enough for businesses to play. Here’s what makes the game even tougher. Where is your listening audience? Johnny’s Burger Shack on Broadwater Ave isn’t interested in building a relationship with folks in a town 2,000 miles away.
Talk about a buzz kill right? No! It needs to be talked about. Super Mega podcast connections like PodcastOne went the route of bringing in the big dogs like Adam Carolla, Laura Ingrahm, pro wrestler Steve Austin, Dr Drew, Shaquille O’Neil and more. Big names bring in clients.
It’s moments like this that you gotta pull off an out of control but completely natural gut check. Is David available to take on Goliath one more time? Jake Brenna from Disgraceland is onto something. He knows how pretty the podcast adventure smells right now cuz for the first time terrestrial radio bosses are seeing the potential of money being made.
How do you jump onto that gravy train? Let me ask you this? Are you sure you want to? Don’t forget what we talked about a few paragraphs back. Podcasting is nearly next to being underground. There’s been a lot of pride put into the roots of this machine from people that still believe, “We aren’t radio. We are us.”
I learned one very important rule during my 37 years on that tower of power. Radio sales people are hungrier than the on air talent they’re selling. Somewhere out there are budding ad agencies searching for podcasts that have healthy analytic numbers. More importantly… podcasts that are destine to stick around and not suddenly disappear from the map because you weren’t the mood to perform this week and the one before that too.
What we need are podcast lifestylers that want to make money away from their corporate radio job. To step out at night or during lunch and pull off something that’ll probably get them fired. You know… conflict of interest. But you can’t put your home front on the line until you’re comfortable with the writers, producers and performers that are addicted to the podcast sickness.
I’ve yet to meet another me. Not conceited. A man of truth. In the studio everyday 530am til 4 pm and later. Hundreds of people write to me about needing to make money from their podcast. I always ask, “When did you post your last show?” Um last month. Maybe next Thursday. No wonder an army of sales executives aren’t marching this way.
Marc Maron gives us two shows a week. Joe Rogan the same. They travel the world every week and still pull off episodes that are longer then every Star Wars movie combined. If you don’t have the time then think about creating a twelve show season. Hit the streets promoting the crap out of it. Make a lot of noise and shake up the atmosphere with your art.
The podcasting trail is no longer a little chunk of land with patted down grass. There’s dirt where there was once green. One day the greenway maybe paved. In order to call it a success the path can’t be a half mile long. I hike Kings Mountain State Park for a reason. Over 20 miles of incredibly different leg busting lung piercing trails designed to kick your ass.
That’s what’s gonna catch the eye of a chance taking sales force. Cause a conflict of interest.
I’m Arroe and that’s pod-crashing.
Crispin Glover
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Crispin Glover is best known for his portrayal of eccentric character on screen…from George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River’s Edge, Bobby McBurney in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Thin Man in Charlie's Angels and The Knave of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. He currently stars in the STARZ TV series American Gods, as Mr. World.
Glover is also a prolific writer, musician and director who’s own production company publishes his books. He lives in the U.S. and a castle in the Czech Republic.
Director Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning writer of Pulp Fiction and Killing Zoe, lends his high-energy, bone-crunching style to the crime saga Lucky Day. Finally out of prison, safecracker Red (Luke Bracey) rejoins his wife (Nina Dobrev) and daughter and vows to go straight. But psychotic French hit man Lucky (Glover) has also come to town, seeking revenge against Red for the death of Luc’s brother - leading to a very unlucky showdown.
Crispin Glover is best known for his portrayal of eccentric character on screen…from George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River’s Edge, Bobby McBurney in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Thin Man in Charlie's Angels and The Knave of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. He currently stars in the STARZ TV series American Gods, as Mr. World.
Glover is also a prolific writer, musician and director who’s own production company publishes his books. He lives in the U.S. and a castle in the Czech Republic.
Director Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning writer of Pulp Fiction and Killing Zoe, lends his high-energy, bone-crunching style to the crime saga Lucky Day. Finally out of prison, safecracker Red (Luke Bracey) rejoins his wife (Nina Dobrev) and daughter and vows to go straight. But psychotic French hit man Lucky (Glover) has also come to town, seeking revenge against Red for the death of Luc’s brother - leading to a very unlucky showdown.
Brian J Smith
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From a producer of the Jason Bourne movies, comes the origin series Treadstone, one of the most anticipated new shows of the fall season. Treadstone explores the origin story and present-day actions of the infamous covert program that uses behavior modification protocol to turn recruits into nearly superhuman assassins. The action-packed thriller follows the action across the globe -- from D.C. to Berlin to Paris and beyond – tracking sleeper agents as they’re mysteriously “awakened” to resume their dangerous missions.
One of these breakout superhuman agents is played by Brian J. Smith who stars as Doug McKenna, an all-American oil-rig worker whose life changes after he discovers long buried truths about himself. Brian recently starred as Chicago police officer Will Gorski in the Netflix fan favorite Sense8, and also notoriety for his role as Lieutenant Matthew Scott on SYFY’s Stargate Universe. In addition, he appeared in hit shows such as Gossip Girl, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Good Wife and Quantico.
Speak with Bryan J. Smith about the origin of Operation Treadstone and what viewers can expect from the new series on USA Network.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Paul Holes
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The 90-minute premiere episode delves into a 1980 murder in Williamsburg, Iowa where two hotel guests were founded bludgeoned to death in their room at a Holiday Inn. Each subsequent hour-long episode will focus on a new brutal murder where many questions have been left unanswered. Additional cases include a young woman found stabbed to death along railroad tracks in Kansas City, KS; a murder of a socialite in Georgia whose case involves a mysterious letter allegedly sent from the killer; a man who was found dead in his home after answering an online post for a renter; a homicide of a nun found 100 yards from the convent; and a grandmother stabbed to death in her home in broad daylight.
With unprecedented access to crime scene photographs, case files and evidence, Holes investigates each crime utilizing his unique forensic and behavioral skillset. Hoping to zero in on the profile of the perpetrator, he lends his expertise in the latest technological advancements from familial and genetic genealogy to latent fingerprint and DNA phenotyping, the process of predicting physical appearance from DNA.
Investigator Paul Holes spent two and a half decades looking for one of the most elusive serial killers in US history, the Golden State Killer. After retiring from his position as Cold Case Investigator/Chief of Forensics for the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office in California, he continued to work on the case until he helped capture the alleged killer, Joseph James DeAngelo. Working with a team of investigators, Holes’ use of cutting-edge DNA technology proved crucial to closing in on DeAngelo. Holes was launched into the national spotlight and became an overnight hero in the crime and justice community.
David Steinberg
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Robin Williams was a generational talent, graced with comedic brilliance, rapid-fire improvisation, and a deep well of warmth and compassion that translated to every role he inhabited. From his breakout role in ABC's Mork & Mindy to his Academy Award®-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, the iconic actor displayed an inimitable artistry that made him beloved by millions. Join Time Life, in conjunction with the Trustees of the Robin Williams Trust, in celebrating the incomparable career of the singularly innovative actor with ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS.
Available at RobinWilliams.com and elsewhere, this definitive collection of Williams' comedy highlights arrives as interest in his life and career increases in the wake of HBO's critically acclaimed documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind from Emmy® Award-winning director Marina Zenovich and Oscar-winning producer Alex Gibney, and Dave Itzkoff's biography Robin, a New York Times best-seller. Celebrating the actor's memorable 40-year career, from his uproarious turn as loveable alien Mork and his legendary HBO stand-up specials to his numerous appearances on late night, this handsome, 22-disc collection, housed in deluxe packaging includes:
* All five HBO stand-up specials together for the very first time, including Off the Wall (1978), An Evening with Robin Williams (1983), An Evening at the MET (1986), Live on Broadway (2002) and Weapons of Self Destruction (2009).
* Never-before-released concert specials, including Robin's full MGM Grand Garden stand-up from 2007 and the Montreal stop on his last tour, a conversation on stage between Williams and comedian David Steinberg.
* Memorable talk show and late night TV appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Graham Norton Show, Saturday Night Live and more
* Rare, never-before-seen clips including early stand-up, raw footage from HBO's promo shoots, a hilarious toast to Richard Pryor by Robin as Mrs. Doubtfire, and more
* Brand new interviews with close friends and family including Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Jay Leno, Eric Idle, David Steinberg, Lewis Black and Zak Williams
* 11 hilarious episodes of Mork & Mindy, including the two-part pilot!
* James Lipton's Emmy® Award-nominated 90-minute interview with Robin on Inside the Actors Studio, plus deleted scenes
* A comprehensive collection of Robin's USO shows around the world
* Original and newly created bonus features including behind-the-scenes footage, local highlights from tour stops, promos and more. Featurettes include: The Early Years, San Francisco: Where It All Started, Comic Genius, and TV's Best Guest
* Critically acclaimed 2018 HBO documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind from Emmy® Award-winning director Marina Zenovich and Oscar-winning producer Alex Gibney. "Robin Williams: Uncensored", a collectible 24-page, full-color memory book featuring rare, archival photos from award-winning photographer Arthur Grace, reminiscences from friends and colleagues, Robin's personal tour notes and more.
Uncensored, electric, intense and unfailingly hilarious, Williams made it his life's work to make people laugh--whether he was holding forth on culture, politics, the human body or drugs--with razor-sharp wit and insight. As his long-time friend Billy Crystal said, "In the 40 odd years he was in front of us, especially on television, he never let you down. He was always funny, he always did something new." And, in unforgettable ways, ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS reveals and celebrates the wide range of his incredible talents like never before.
Tom LoBianco
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"Like Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, [Tom LoBianco] is good at getting people to talk." - the Indianapolis Star
A seasoned political reporter and a regular political analyst on national television and radio, no journalist has reported on Mike Pence for as long or as closely as Tom LoBianco. From Pence's first campaign rally in his hometown of Columbus, Indiana to the moment he returned to Washington as Donald Trump's Vice President, LoBianco has covered Pence for his entire political trajectory: from defeats and distractions in the 1990s to his rapid ascension through the aughts, from the time he nearly sunk his career as Governor of Indiana, only to see it miraculously-and unexpectedly- revived by an unlikely Republican Presidential nominee.
"As I reported and researched for this book, I had the same nagging feeling that I had when I covered [Pence] in Indiana. I was missing something about him; I was misunderstanding him," writes LoBianco. "What I found was a clever politician, more cunning than most give him credit for, and precisely why he has eluded scrutiny for so long. Indeed, as one longtime acquaintance put it: 'Boring is his camouflage.'"
Drawing on his deep ties both within the Beltway and Indiana, as well as reams of research and deep access to those closest to the Vice President and his staff, LoBianco "allows the facts to speak for themselves . in his evenhanded debut book." (Kirkus Reviews)
PIETY & POWER: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House cuts to the core of the man who, despite being described as "spineless," "out of touch," and even "dull" by the media and fellow politicians, is more a cunning chameleon than anyone has ever realized. With no shortage of newsworthy anecdotes, the book highlights everything from Pence's early life in Indiana and the personal and professional steps he took to get to Washington to his often-strained relationship with Trump, including Pence's stunning response of "I don't need this" when Trump first offered him a spot on the ticket.
Beyond politics, we get an inside look at Pence's deep faith in God, in his country, and ultimately in himself. His real stance on social issues and the allies and enemies he's made along the way. His marriage to Karen Pence and the unprecedented influence she has on his policy decisions. The ongoing financial woes that have plagued his family for decades. And, most important, Pence's plans for America's future-including his own presidential aspirations.
So, who is the real Michael Richard Pence? The answer is like the Indiana cornfield of Pence's childhood home, LoBianco says. "There's a tassel of truth to the carefully crafted public persona, but so much more underneath the layers."
Select Anecdotes from PIETY & POWER The Making of the VP
The stunning exchange between Pence and Trump when Trump asked Pence why he should be his running mate (Chapter 13) "I need killers! Do you want this thing or not?" Trump pressed Pence. And Pence batted him aside, "I don't need this." . "Why are you going through this process?" Trump asked. Pence replied, "You're in my home, you tell me." - How Pence's team threatened to leave the ticket if Trump didn't publicly announce him as his running mate (Chapter 13) - Trump's request to vet his daughter, Ivanka, for Vice President and the in-fighting which led to Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence as the final candidates (Chapter 13) - The clandestine message from George W. Bush to Pence, delivered by his donors (Chapter 13) "Please stop Trump and save the Republican Party." - New details on the secret effort to dump Trump from the ticket in October 2016 and replace him with Pence, just hours after the Access Hollywood tape landed (Chapter 14) "The Republican Party had a contingency plan." - The long-simmering war between Pence aides Nick Ayers and Kellyanne Conway (Chapters 12, 15) - A consummate guide to who's in and who's out in Pence's incredibly insular world, from his earliest campaigns to the White House The Power of Karen Pence - An inside look at how Pence's advisers fight to be the conduit to Karen, the sole gatekeeper to Pence - What troubled Trump's campaign about Karen when they vetted Pence (Chapter 13) "Mike didn't bother them. But Karen did. The Trump camp had heard horror stories about Karen, the same ones that percolated through the halls of the statehouse. But just as in those halls, Trump's campaign couldn't quite place a finger on her power-she was like a ghost, like a shadow governor." - Instances of Karen changing her husband's mind on policy items (Chapters 10, 11) - Karen's concerns for her family's financial well-being-from their time in Indiana to the White House- including Karen's request they ask Trump for money when leaving the governor's office, and Trump's transfer of $750,000 from the inaugural committee to the VP's residence fund (Chapters 3, 8, 14) "What are we going to do, Mike? We don't have any money!" Pence and Religion - The Biblical allegories that Pence's close friends use to explain his allegiance to Trump, from Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar to Joseph and the Pharaoh (Chapter 15) - The doomsday theology and Second Coming prophecies underpinning the Trump Administration's moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and the unprecedented access of televangelists to Trump (Chapters 2, 15) - The thin, but important, line between Pence's faith and his pandering-and his flirtations with the Christian Right, while never firmly ensconcing with them (Chapters 2, 15) - The pastor who found that Pence has a "discipleship problem" (Chapter 8) "There's a Christian Mike and Secular Mike, and that ambition fits into the secular role." - "The religious beliefs of Abraham [Lincoln] were no more static than they were easily discernible," Pence wrote in his senior thesis, reflecting his own ambivalence and uncertainty as he was pulled from the Catholic Church into the fold of evangelicalism (Chapter 2) Pence and Homosexuality - Pence's struggles to square his personal opposition to gay marriage with a country that largely supports it (Chapters 12, 13) - New reporting on the gay couple welcomed into Pence's broader family (Chapters 12, 13) - Trump's embarrassing digs at Pence at the 2018 Gridiron Dinner (Chapter 15) "He is one of the best straight men you're ever going to meet," Trump said. "He is straight, I mean it." Pence's Frenemies - Pence and Chris Christie grew close while raising money for the Republican Governors Association, only for Pence to push Christie out of Trump World not once, but twice (Chapters 10, 13, 14) - The long arc of Pence's relationship with Newt Gingrich, from his training at Gingrich's candidate school in 1987 to Pence ultimately outdoing Gingrich for VP in 2016 (Chapters 3, 6, 13) - How Mitch Daniels boxed Pence out of running for president in 2012 (Chapter 9) - How Brian Bosma (Indiana House Speaker) got his revenge after Pence stopped him from running for Governor in 2012 with a show-stopping joke (Chapter 10) ". there was a chalk outline around Karen." Pence's Angry Streak - How Pence's anger at online trolls heckling his children led to his near-fatal collapse on "This Week" in 2015, with George Stephanopoulos (Chapter 12) "He didn't go on there as the governor; he went on as a father." - How Pence came up with a racist ad to try and salvage his 1990 congressional race (Chapter 4) ".and then halfway through the spot, he would pull off his shade.and reveal a second set of shades. Because Arabs are always wearing shades!" - The shouting match between Pence and his longtime producer, which ended with his producer storming out of the station and quitting (Chapter 6) "You run your own damn board!" - How Pence got his start in negative campaigning, in the late 1980s, then used a public act of contrition to bury that image-until he signed on with Trump (Chapters 3, 4) "Fights Make News, Shyness Doesn't" (from Newt Gingrich's campaign school guidebook) Trump's Orange Tan - The untold story of how an Indiana insurance magnate and his stripper wife got Trump his orange hue (Chapter 11) "Live the Gold Life"
"Like Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, [Tom LoBianco] is good at getting people to talk." - the Indianapolis Star
A seasoned political reporter and a regular political analyst on national television and radio, no journalist has reported on Mike Pence for as long or as closely as Tom LoBianco. From Pence's first campaign rally in his hometown of Columbus, Indiana to the moment he returned to Washington as Donald Trump's Vice President, LoBianco has covered Pence for his entire political trajectory: from defeats and distractions in the 1990s to his rapid ascension through the aughts, from the time he nearly sunk his career as Governor of Indiana, only to see it miraculously-and unexpectedly- revived by an unlikely Republican Presidential nominee.
"As I reported and researched for this book, I had the same nagging feeling that I had when I covered [Pence] in Indiana. I was missing something about him; I was misunderstanding him," writes LoBianco. "What I found was a clever politician, more cunning than most give him credit for, and precisely why he has eluded scrutiny for so long. Indeed, as one longtime acquaintance put it: 'Boring is his camouflage.'"
Drawing on his deep ties both within the Beltway and Indiana, as well as reams of research and deep access to those closest to the Vice President and his staff, LoBianco "allows the facts to speak for themselves . in his evenhanded debut book." (Kirkus Reviews)
PIETY & POWER: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House cuts to the core of the man who, despite being described as "spineless," "out of touch," and even "dull" by the media and fellow politicians, is more a cunning chameleon than anyone has ever realized. With no shortage of newsworthy anecdotes, the book highlights everything from Pence's early life in Indiana and the personal and professional steps he took to get to Washington to his often-strained relationship with Trump, including Pence's stunning response of "I don't need this" when Trump first offered him a spot on the ticket.
Beyond politics, we get an inside look at Pence's deep faith in God, in his country, and ultimately in himself. His real stance on social issues and the allies and enemies he's made along the way. His marriage to Karen Pence and the unprecedented influence she has on his policy decisions. The ongoing financial woes that have plagued his family for decades. And, most important, Pence's plans for America's future-including his own presidential aspirations.
So, who is the real Michael Richard Pence? The answer is like the Indiana cornfield of Pence's childhood home, LoBianco says. "There's a tassel of truth to the carefully crafted public persona, but so much more underneath the layers."
Select Anecdotes from PIETY & POWER The Making of the VP
The stunning exchange between Pence and Trump when Trump asked Pence why he should be his running mate (Chapter 13) "I need killers! Do you want this thing or not?" Trump pressed Pence. And Pence batted him aside, "I don't need this." . "Why are you going through this process?" Trump asked. Pence replied, "You're in my home, you tell me." - How Pence's team threatened to leave the ticket if Trump didn't publicly announce him as his running mate (Chapter 13) - Trump's request to vet his daughter, Ivanka, for Vice President and the in-fighting which led to Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence as the final candidates (Chapter 13) - The clandestine message from George W. Bush to Pence, delivered by his donors (Chapter 13) "Please stop Trump and save the Republican Party." - New details on the secret effort to dump Trump from the ticket in October 2016 and replace him with Pence, just hours after the Access Hollywood tape landed (Chapter 14) "The Republican Party had a contingency plan." - The long-simmering war between Pence aides Nick Ayers and Kellyanne Conway (Chapters 12, 15) - A consummate guide to who's in and who's out in Pence's incredibly insular world, from his earliest campaigns to the White House The Power of Karen Pence - An inside look at how Pence's advisers fight to be the conduit to Karen, the sole gatekeeper to Pence - What troubled Trump's campaign about Karen when they vetted Pence (Chapter 13) "Mike didn't bother them. But Karen did. The Trump camp had heard horror stories about Karen, the same ones that percolated through the halls of the statehouse. But just as in those halls, Trump's campaign couldn't quite place a finger on her power-she was like a ghost, like a shadow governor." - Instances of Karen changing her husband's mind on policy items (Chapters 10, 11) - Karen's concerns for her family's financial well-being-from their time in Indiana to the White House- including Karen's request they ask Trump for money when leaving the governor's office, and Trump's transfer of $750,000 from the inaugural committee to the VP's residence fund (Chapters 3, 8, 14) "What are we going to do, Mike? We don't have any money!" Pence and Religion - The Biblical allegories that Pence's close friends use to explain his allegiance to Trump, from Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar to Joseph and the Pharaoh (Chapter 15) - The doomsday theology and Second Coming prophecies underpinning the Trump Administration's moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and the unprecedented access of televangelists to Trump (Chapters 2, 15) - The thin, but important, line between Pence's faith and his pandering-and his flirtations with the Christian Right, while never firmly ensconcing with them (Chapters 2, 15) - The pastor who found that Pence has a "discipleship problem" (Chapter 8) "There's a Christian Mike and Secular Mike, and that ambition fits into the secular role." - "The religious beliefs of Abraham [Lincoln] were no more static than they were easily discernible," Pence wrote in his senior thesis, reflecting his own ambivalence and uncertainty as he was pulled from the Catholic Church into the fold of evangelicalism (Chapter 2) Pence and Homosexuality - Pence's struggles to square his personal opposition to gay marriage with a country that largely supports it (Chapters 12, 13) - New reporting on the gay couple welcomed into Pence's broader family (Chapters 12, 13) - Trump's embarrassing digs at Pence at the 2018 Gridiron Dinner (Chapter 15) "He is one of the best straight men you're ever going to meet," Trump said. "He is straight, I mean it." Pence's Frenemies - Pence and Chris Christie grew close while raising money for the Republican Governors Association, only for Pence to push Christie out of Trump World not once, but twice (Chapters 10, 13, 14) - The long arc of Pence's relationship with Newt Gingrich, from his training at Gingrich's candidate school in 1987 to Pence ultimately outdoing Gingrich for VP in 2016 (Chapters 3, 6, 13) - How Mitch Daniels boxed Pence out of running for president in 2012 (Chapter 9) - How Brian Bosma (Indiana House Speaker) got his revenge after Pence stopped him from running for Governor in 2012 with a show-stopping joke (Chapter 10) ". there was a chalk outline around Karen." Pence's Angry Streak - How Pence's anger at online trolls heckling his children led to his near-fatal collapse on "This Week" in 2015, with George Stephanopoulos (Chapter 12) "He didn't go on there as the governor; he went on as a father." - How Pence came up with a racist ad to try and salvage his 1990 congressional race (Chapter 4) ".and then halfway through the spot, he would pull off his shade.and reveal a second set of shades. Because Arabs are always wearing shades!" - The shouting match between Pence and his longtime producer, which ended with his producer storming out of the station and quitting (Chapter 6) "You run your own damn board!" - How Pence got his start in negative campaigning, in the late 1980s, then used a public act of contrition to bury that image-until he signed on with Trump (Chapters 3, 4) "Fights Make News, Shyness Doesn't" (from Newt Gingrich's campaign school guidebook) Trump's Orange Tan - The untold story of how an Indiana insurance magnate and his stripper wife got Trump his orange hue (Chapter 11) "Live the Gold Life"
Ruta Lee
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Ruta Lee "IS" Hollywood. From Classic to Contemporary. Currently, Ms. Lee is currently shopping her memoirs, entitled "Consider Your Ass Kissed," to publishers. A treasure trove of wonderful stories, anecdotes with rare first hand and authentic memories of the entertainment industry.
Among the topics Ruta discusses are ...
*** Her starring roles in films such as "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and 'Funny Face"
*** Working with remarkable leading men including Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Johnny Carson, Fred Astaire, Robin Williams, Howard Keel, Bob Crane, Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, etc.
*** The iconic ladies that she called friends, such as, Rona Barrett, Phyllis Diller, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Sally Fields, Gypsy Rose Lee (no relation) and her best friend Debbie Reynolds.
*** Becoming one of the first female Game Show Hosts, with Alex Trebek on "High Rollers"
*** Having starred and guest starred in just about every TV series over the years such as Perry Mason, George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, Andy Griffith Show, Dragnet, Peter Gun, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Marcus Welby MD, Twilight Zone, Ironside, The Flying Nun, Hogan's Heroes, Mork & Mindy, Benson, The Love Boat, Roseanne, Days of Our Lives and, of course, 77 Sunset Strip and The Lucy Show, etc etc etc.
Certainly one of Hollywood's most glamorous ladies, Ruta Lee is also one of its most multifaceted and top-notched civic contributors. Born in Montreal, Lee is the daughter of a Lithuanian tailor. While at Hollywood High, Lee's career in show business began at the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre. as an usherette, then candy girl. She was quickly promoted to box office cashier and just as quickly fired. Her dancing was better than her math. She vowed to return to that famous courtyard (years later, talent and serendipity placed her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, directly in front of that box office from which she was fired). Soon after, she was signed by MGM as the youngest of the "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and subsequently in "Funny Face" with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, as Tyrone Power's secret love in "Witness for the Prosecution," and Frank Sinatra's leading lady in "Sergeant's Three," to name but a few of the many films in her credits.
Simultaneously, Lee launched into television, with over 2000 appearances on shows from Perry Mason to Power Rangers, Twilight Zone to Murder She Wrote, Hogan's Heroes to Love Boat, and Roseanne. Lee was also co-host on NBC's High Rollers with Alex Trebek, a regular on Hollywood Squares with Peter Marshall and made several television movies. She had series leads in CBS' Coming of Age and HBO's 1st and Ten. Her stints on The Bonnie Hunt Show remain among her favorites.
As a young starlet, Ruta made international headlines when she convinced Khrushchev to release her 90 year old grandmother from the Soviet Union. She brought her to the U.S. where she lived her remaining years in the sunshine of freedom. She is grateful to all for the prayers that helped in that effort. Lee has headlined around the country in many musicals as Dolly, Annie, Molly, Peter Pan, Mame, Irene, Nelly, Irma, Rose, The Woman of the Year, and Madame in the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, just a few of her leading lady roles.
Critics have raved about all of her stage roles, but two stand out as favorites, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Goodbye Charlie. Lee's performance in the former was described by composer Meredith Willson as "The greatest Molly of them all and had Ruta Lee created the role on Broadway, the original production would still be running." More recently she took a star turn in the critically acclaimed Steel Magnolias at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theater as well as Fort Worth's Casa Manana and Funny Business at the L.A.'s Coronet. She headlined 4 seasons to the hit musical revue, Senior Class at the Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs.
Lee is highly acclaimed for her leadership role in The Thalians, a charitable organization which is committed to good mental health from pediatric to geriatric. She has been either chairman or president for over 45 years. roles exchanged between herself and Debbie Reynolds. The Thalians honored Ruta Lee for her dedication to mental health, where she joined the ranks of previous honorees, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Mary Tyler Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Lansbury and and Clint Eastwood, to name just a few.
She has served as Commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Environmental Quality and as a member of the Economic Development Board, acted as a national spokesperson for the American Cancer Society, was honored Woman of the Year by B'nai B'rith, received the Humanitarian Award from the Beverly Hills Business Women's Association as well as top honors from the City of Hope. Ruta is very proud to be the recipient of the prestigious Yellow Rose of Texas from President George W. Bush. Recently, she received Lithuania's highest honors from President Valdas Adamkus at a magnificent ceremony in the Vilnius Presidential Palace. Ruta is also the proud recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which added to her stars on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and the Celebrity Walk at the Thalians Mental Health Center, Cedars-Sinai, makes it a Triple Crown for a super gal. More recently, Ruta was honored as a "Woman of Achievement" by Northwood University, joining a roster of some of the most prestigious women in America.
Lee and husband Webb Lowe have homes in Hollywood, Palm Springs, Fort Worth, and Las Hadas, Mexico. She says, "We sleep around!" Ruta considers the Metroplex her neighborhood, having played Casa Manana and other venues for over 35 years. She loves Texas & Texans. She also loves all animals and is the proud mother of 4 dogs, 2 cats and a big white cockatoo
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Carlos Alazraqui
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19423889" data-resource="episode_id=19423889" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Carlos Alazraqui From Casagrande On Nickelodeon" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
The Casagrandes tells the story of 11-year-old Ronnie Anne (Izabella Alvarez from Westworld,) Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) as her brother Bobby and Sumalee Montano (Nashville) as her mom Maria, who move to the big city and in with extended family. The series showcases the culture, humor, and love that’s part of growing up in a multigenerational Mexican-American family. After moving in with their grandparents in Great Lakes City, Ronnie Anne adjusts to her new life living under one roof and over the family-run mercado (local market), which is a gathering place for everyone in the neighborhood.
In addition to her uncle Carlos, Ronnie Anne’s new apartment building holds new friends and neighbors, including: Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) as Stanley Chang and Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) as Becca Chang.
Kendare Blake
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19420661" data-resource="episode_id=19420661" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "Kendare Blake Releases Five Dark Fates" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight to the death for it. The last queen standing gets the crown.
In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight to the death for it. The last queen standing gets the crown.
Art Alexakis From Everclear
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19420305" data-resource="episode_id=19420305" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Art Alexakis Releases The Hot Water Test" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
While Art Alexakis has always been the driving force behind Everclear, his solo work finally offers him an opportunity to create music solely on his own, without any preconceived notion or collaborative influence as to what it should sound like. On his debut solo album Sun Songs, Alexakis shares, "For the most part, it's an acoustic singer-songwriter type of album. It's not about making another Everclear record; it's about doing something that's just me."
Creating outside of the Everclear realm has given Alexakis the chance to explore styles and sounds that don't necessarily work for his band. His solo work will push the boundaries of what to expect from an Art Alexakis composition, as he cites everything from classic country to hip hop, to the great acoustic singer-songwriters of the 1970's as major influences for this record. "I'm pushing my ability and pushing the envelope, and having fun at the same time," Alexakis continues. "I've always wanted to do something like this."
The long-awaited solo record ultimately comes at a time of transition in Alexakis' life. After announcing his Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis earlier this year, the formidable songwriter is in the most honest and vulnerable place he has ever been.
While Art Alexakis has always been the driving force behind Everclear, his solo work finally offers him an opportunity to create music solely on his own, without any preconceived notion or collaborative influence as to what it should sound like. On his debut solo album Sun Songs, Alexakis shares, "For the most part, it's an acoustic singer-songwriter type of album. It's not about making another Everclear record; it's about doing something that's just me."
Creating outside of the Everclear realm has given Alexakis the chance to explore styles and sounds that don't necessarily work for his band. His solo work will push the boundaries of what to expect from an Art Alexakis composition, as he cites everything from classic country to hip hop, to the great acoustic singer-songwriters of the 1970's as major influences for this record. "I'm pushing my ability and pushing the envelope, and having fun at the same time," Alexakis continues. "I've always wanted to do something like this."
The long-awaited solo record ultimately comes at a time of transition in Alexakis' life. After announcing his Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis earlier this year, the formidable songwriter is in the most honest and vulnerable place he has ever been.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Joss Fong And Alex Clark From Glad You Asked
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19411366" data-resource="episode_id=19411366" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "Joss Fong and Alex Clark From YouTube's Glad You Asked" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Vox's forthcoming YouTube original series is a host-driven, large-scale exploration of these human curiosities. In each episode of Glad You Asked, Vox’s top journalists go on a quest to answer some of YouTube's most searched and interesting questions.
By employing authoritative voices and venturing to surprising places, this docu-series takes the audience on an experiential journey to get to the bottom of how our mysterious world works. Produced by Vox Media Studios and YouTube, Executive Producers include Chad Mumm, Joe Posner, and Lindsay Perna.
Vox's forthcoming YouTube original series is a host-driven, large-scale exploration of these human curiosities. In each episode of Glad You Asked, Vox’s top journalists go on a quest to answer some of YouTube's most searched and interesting questions.
By employing authoritative voices and venturing to surprising places, this docu-series takes the audience on an experiential journey to get to the bottom of how our mysterious world works. Produced by Vox Media Studios and YouTube, Executive Producers include Chad Mumm, Joe Posner, and Lindsay Perna.
Cleo And Christophe From Glad You Asked
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19408655" data-resource="episode_id=19408655" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Cleo Abram and Christophe Haubursin From Glad You Asked" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Vox's forthcoming YouTube original series is a host-driven, large-scale exploration of these human curiosities. In each episode of Glad You Asked, Vox’s top journalists go on a quest to answer some of YouTube's most searched and interesting questions.
By employing authoritative voices and venturing to surprising places, this docu-series takes the audience on an experiential journey to get to the bottom of how our mysterious world works. Produced by Vox Media Studios and YouTube, Executive Producers include Chad Mumm, Joe Posner, and Lindsay Perna.
Michael Blanco And Marie Ramirez De Arellano
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19401821" data-resource="episode_id=19401821" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Michael Blanco And Marie Ramirez De Arellano From Cartel Crew" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
This season continues to explore the legacy of the cartels through the eyes of people who lived them. Now an expanded crew of returning and new faces, everyone is determined to keep history from repeating itself. But trying to escape the shadows of their ancestors will prove more difficult than any of them could ever imagine. Money, friendships and love are on the line in this redemption story of life after narcos.
Michael Corleone Blanco grew up surrounded by crime. The youngest son of Griselda Blanco (the “Cocaine Godmother”), he followed his mother’s footsteps into the drug world. For 33 years he led a criminal lifestyle, but after his mother’s assassination, he decided to quit the Cartel life and launch a personal clothing brand, “Pure Blanco,” to prove he could lead a legal business and life. Currently, Michael is focusing his future, by raising his daughter with Marie Ramirez De Arellano, and pursuing a partnership and extension of his company with a licensed cannabis dispensary.
Marie Ramirez De Arellano was born into the cartel life. While her father kept his business private, the family heard rumors of his dealings. Now grown, she’s lost touch with her family largely because of her relationship with Michael Blanco. She’s given up everything for the man she loves and is devoted to “Pure Blanco,” although she has a few secrets in her past that may shock even the unflappable Michael Blanco.
This season continues to explore the legacy of the cartels through the eyes of people who lived them. Now an expanded crew of returning and new faces, everyone is determined to keep history from repeating itself. But trying to escape the shadows of their ancestors will prove more difficult than any of them could ever imagine. Money, friendships and love are on the line in this redemption story of life after narcos.
Michael Corleone Blanco grew up surrounded by crime. The youngest son of Griselda Blanco (the “Cocaine Godmother”), he followed his mother’s footsteps into the drug world. For 33 years he led a criminal lifestyle, but after his mother’s assassination, he decided to quit the Cartel life and launch a personal clothing brand, “Pure Blanco,” to prove he could lead a legal business and life. Currently, Michael is focusing his future, by raising his daughter with Marie Ramirez De Arellano, and pursuing a partnership and extension of his company with a licensed cannabis dispensary.
Marie Ramirez De Arellano was born into the cartel life. While her father kept his business private, the family heard rumors of his dealings. Now grown, she’s lost touch with her family largely because of her relationship with Michael Blanco. She’s given up everything for the man she loves and is devoted to “Pure Blanco,” although she has a few secrets in her past that may shock even the unflappable Michael Blanco.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Dr Agustin Fuentes
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19391450" data-resource="episode_id=19391450" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "Dr Agustin Fuentes Why We Believe" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Agustin Fuentes is the renowned Notre Dame anthropologist/professor and an active public scientist and lecturer, and a well-known blogger for outlets including Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, as well as a writer and explorer for National Geographic.
In WHY WE BELIEVE, Fuentes argues that the capacity to be religious is actually a small part of a larger and deeper human capacity to believe. Why believe in religion, economies, love? A fascinating intervention into some of the most common misconceptions about human nature, this book employs evolutionary, neurobiological, and anthropological evidence to argue that belief—the ability to commit passionately and wholeheartedly to an idea—is central to the human way of being in the world.
John Lodge
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19386648" data-resource="episode_id=19386648" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "John Lodge Releases Beyond The Very Best Of" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
John Lodge is bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the iconic Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2018 inductees, The Moody Blues. Songwriter of such mega Moody Blues hits from “Ride My SeeSaw,” to “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band),” “Isn’t Life Strange?” and many more, Lodge has been performing and recording with The Moody Blues for more than five decades, selling in excess of 70 million albums. Lodge has been voted one of the “10 most influential bass players on the planet,” and has been the recipient of many awards, including ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers), an Ivor Novello Award, to name just a few.
He is currently prepping an album for release on September 27th via a brand new deal with BMG. The 1st single “Street Café” and album pre-order can be found here: https://johnlodge.lnk.to/yCQdt.
The incredible new album featuring 3 new recordings, 2 new remixes, and other tracks chosen by John as he revisits the very best of his career with the Moody Blues and his solo work.
For this album Lodge went back into the studio to totally recreate “Street Café”, “(Evening) Time to Get Away” and “Legend of a Mind”, with the wonderful musicians of the 10,000 Light Years Band. The tracks were co-produced by John and Alan Hewitt, and features John on his original Fender Precision Bass which he recorded all of the classic Moody Blues songs on. He is joined by Hewitt on keyboards, Duffy King on guitars, Billy Ashbaugh on drums and Jason Charboneau on Cello. The result is a fresh modern feel whilst still retaining the original magic of these songs. Legend of a Mind was particularly important for John to include on this album as it is his tribute to his friend Ray Thomas.
The original 24 track recordings of “Say You Love Me”, and “Summer Breeze, Summer Song”, were also remixed and remastered to create a 2019 feel to these songs that were so much part of John’s first solo ventures.
Barbara Naterson Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19386328" data-resource="episode_id=19386328" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "Barbara Natterson Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers Release Wildhood" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
For the last two decades, Harvard evolutionary biologist Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD and science writer Kathryn Bowers have studied the natural world for insights into human health – cancer, heart disease, depression, drug addiction, etc. As they watched their teenagers entering the world of social media academic pressure, dating, driving, and more they started to question what they could learn from the animal world to help them guide their children through the rough teen years.
The result was a 5-year scientific study of adolescence across species in WILDHOOD: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals
For the last two decades, Harvard evolutionary biologist Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD and science writer Kathryn Bowers have studied the natural world for insights into human health – cancer, heart disease, depression, drug addiction, etc. As they watched their teenagers entering the world of social media academic pressure, dating, driving, and more they started to question what they could learn from the animal world to help them guide their children through the rough teen years.
The result was a 5-year scientific study of adolescence across species in WILDHOOD: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals
Stephy Slays
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19385946" data-resource="episode_id=19385946" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Stephy Slays From WOW Women Of Wrestling Season 2" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
Stephy Slays hails from Dallas, Texas. She may look sweet on the outside, but make no mistake: nobody hustles harder than she does. At just 22 years of age, she works three jobs, two side hustles, studies as a full-time college student, manages a blossoming Instagram account, and still finds time to bake the perfect Pinterest Pizza Bites for weekly movie nights with the girls. This multi-tasking millennial can truly do it all! Her carefully selected photo filters highlight a crafty fighter with speedy skills, who slays her opponents and then Snapchats about it. Stephy means business, and she’s just getting started.
Stephy Slays hails from Dallas, Texas. She may look sweet on the outside, but make no mistake: nobody hustles harder than she does. At just 22 years of age, she works three jobs, two side hustles, studies as a full-time college student, manages a blossoming Instagram account, and still finds time to bake the perfect Pinterest Pizza Bites for weekly movie nights with the girls. This multi-tasking millennial can truly do it all! Her carefully selected photo filters highlight a crafty fighter with speedy skills, who slays her opponents and then Snapchats about it. Stephy means business, and she’s just getting started.
Friday, October 4, 2019
Jason, Steve and Dave From Ghost Nation
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19355594" data-resource="episode_id=19355594" data-width="100%" data-height="350px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="show" data-playlist-continuous="true" data-autoplay="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="right" data-hide-logo="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="false">Listen to "Jason Hawes Steve Gonsalves Dave Tango Ghost Nation" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
The boys are back and better than ever! In Ghost Nation, the pioneers of the genre respond to urgent calls from local paranormal investigators who have reached a dead-end in their vexing cases. Armed with state-of-the-art technology, a meticulous methodology and local contacts, the team tracks down the source of the unexplained phenomena to crack each intriguing case, restoring peace to the living — and the dead.
Each of the 10, hour-long episodes begins with a shocking paranormal story and a tantalizing piece of evidence. Stories featured this season include a couple who recently gained notoriety when their nanny-cam footage captured a ghostly shadow figure walking by their baby’s crib; a local team that captured possible shadow people moving throughout a notorious haunt; and an investigator who is actually scratched by an unseen phantom.
Jason Hawes has been investigating claims of paranormal activity since 1990 and is looked at as the leading authority in the field of supernatural and paranormal studies. Due to his pioneering efforts, the practice of paranormal investigation has advanced to international phenomenon status. Hawes has handled cases for law enforcement, religious organizations and U.S. government agencies. He formerly served as the co-creator, narrator, producer and star of “Ghost Hunters,” which ran for 11 Seasons on the Syfy Channel.
Steve Gonsalves, a former police officer, has been a public speaker and educator about paranormal phenomena for more than 18 years. The paranormal pioneer helped pave the way for a worldwide paranormal explosion as a main cast member of the hit television series “Ghost Hunters,” and also starred in spin-offs “Ghost Hunters Live” and “Ghost Hunters Academy.”
Dave Tango, better known as “Tango,” is one of the world’s leading paranormal experts. He is best known as an investigator and tech manager on the hit shows “Ghost Hunters” and “Ghost Hunters Academy.” Tango’s origins in the paranormal can be traced back to the stories his father (an Elizabeth, New Jersey, police officer) told him of his unexplained encounters while on the force.
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