Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of defensive driving enthusiasts who can’t imagine being any other way but responsible behind the wheel… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! When Keith Morrison is telling a story – excuse me, reporting a story — his tone... Continue Reading →
Actor Dennis Farina on Last Rites of Joe May, Luck! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Dennis Farina, actor, "Luck," "Crime Story," The Last Rites of Joe May Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of bad guys who, when they see former Chicago cop Dennis Farina coming their way, start thinking about mending their ways… in the NEW new media capital of the world,... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Florida: Don’t Go Near the Water (with Oba Chandler)
(Author's Note: This story was originally published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Orlando Sentinel, and Weekly Planet in 1993. Every time Oba Chandler's name has recurred in the press, I get calls about it. Joan Rogers and her daughters, Michelle and Christe, were brutally murdered on June 1, 1989. Several years later, after an intensive... Continue Reading →
Half-Past Dawn? Richard Doetsch may be America’s best! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Novelist Richard Doetsch, author of Half-Past Dawn and The 13th Hour. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of lazy writers who can twist in the wind but they’ll never twist your mind in print like Richard Doetsch will… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg,... Continue Reading →
Tampa super-attorney-author Steve Yerrid loves his damn Yankees! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Steve Yerrid, Tampa attorney and author of The Making of A Championship Heart. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambulance chasers who may dream Steve Yerrid-size dreams but they’ll never match his Championship Heart… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Attorney Steve Yerrid... Continue Reading →
Novelist Richard Doetsch brings back Thieves of Darkness! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of frustrated fiction writers in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! (NOTE FROM BOB: This interview originally aired on the Mr. Media TV show on CBS's now-defunct ChatAboutIt network in September 2010. I only recently discovered that it never... Continue Reading →
From Waco to wackos, NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders is always there, always fair! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a courtroom audience of people who think all evidence should be presented with smaller words and in fewer days… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I have done my best to keep the Casey Anthony case at arm’s length from day... Continue Reading →
824 Legal author Scott Turow on the Ultimate Punishment! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Scott Turow, novelist, author, Presumed Innocent, Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty (Originally published in the St. Petersburg Times, September 23, 2003) ST. PETE BEACH - A lunchtime speech about capital punishment isn't easy, even for a bestselling crime novelist like Scott F. Turow. "I have yet to hear a... Continue Reading →
HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell has issues with our Addict Nation! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of unapologetic chocoholics… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I had no idea how messed up HLN “Issues” host Jane Velez-Mitchell once was. This is not news to readers of her last book, iWant, but I somehow missed... Continue Reading →
The Day John Lennon Died: a compelling music history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Certain days in all of our lives we can’t help but remember. I was sitting at my desk here in St. Petersburg with “The Today Show” on in the background when the first plane flew into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I was in my kitchen in Gainesville, Florida, on March... Continue Reading →