There’s the joy of seeing your children grow and mature and then there’s the simultaneous frustration of witnessing your parents get older at the same time. Kelly Corrigan has dealt with this time, which she calls “The Middle Place.” I know from personal experience that it’s a handful. But it’s overwhelming if you’ve been... Continue Reading →
Writer goes inside secret world of college cheerleaders! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kate Torgovnick, author, Cheer!: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders In the words of the forgotten musical group Max Demian: Rah-rah-ree, kick ‘em in the knee! Rah-rah-ras, kick ‘em in the… other knee! That’s the only cheer I ever learned, so excuse me if the world of cheerleading is a little outside... Continue Reading →
Jesse Plemons was in Friday Night Lights! PODCAST INTERVIEW
"Friday Night Lights” is TV’s feel-good story—every time it gets renewed for another season that is. Season three, now airing on NBC, actually bowed last fall on DirecTV, which saved it at the last minute from cancellation a year ago. The show has a loyal but smallish fan base and critics love it. That’s... Continue Reading →
Mark Wheatley, Robert Tinnell take on Lone Justice comics! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Artist Mark Wheatley and writer Robert Tinnell are two good reasons that comic book readers are following the crowds to online media iterations of the 20th century comic panels. Together they produced last year’s Harvey-nominated webcomic EZ Street. Separately, you’ll recognized Wheatley’s work from Hammer of the Gods, Black Hood, Frankenstein Mobster and Mars.... Continue Reading →
For a college tailgate tour to remember, call Kent Walls! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kent Wall, TV sports host The Florida Gators. The Oklahoma Sooners. It’s time for the 2009 BCS national championship game and so we’re talkin’ football today on Mr. Media with Kent Walls, co-host of Fox Sports and Fox College Sports channel’s “Tailgate Tour.” For the last five months, Kent and his... Continue Reading →
NFL star Bill Romanowski is now pushing Nutrition 53! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski is a four-time Super Bowl champion—and a guy my friend Sean says, “scares the crap out of me.” So you know he won’t be dull. Romanowski, whose autobiography, Romo: My Life On The Edge, Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons, was a New York Times bestseller, is back in the... Continue Reading →
Peter Golenbock back to Brooklyn, plus the Tony Curtis story! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Peter Golenbock, In The Country of Brooklyn, American Prince: A Memoir You Midwesterners may disagree, but I don’t think there is any single place in this country more representative of the soul of America than Brooklyn and New Jersey. And the fact that I was born in the former and raised in... Continue Reading →
U.S. Olympians Brandi Chastain, Kerri Strug team up for charity! PODCAST INTERVIEW
This is a very special Mr. Media podcast. As a member of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, Brandi Chastain participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and helped the Americans win the gold medal by playing every minute of every U.S. game. She is best known for her game-winning penalty kick against China... Continue Reading →
I’m Remembering Yankee Stadium with historian Harvey Frommer! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Harvey Frommer, author, Remembering Yankee Stadium There are two memories of Yankee Stadium that I hold dear. The first dates back to 1967. I was six years old and my grandfather took me to the House That Ruth Built for the first time to see my idol, Mickey Mantle. There are two... Continue Reading →
OJ Simpson’s former promoter, Norman Pardo, produces! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Everybody has an opinion on O.J. Simpson. He’s this, he’s that – one thing we can all agree upon is that his life is certainly not a dull one. For the last seven years, Norman Pardo has been OJ’s promoter, sitting side by side with him as he rode in parades, cut grand-opening ribbons,... Continue Reading →