Today's Guest: Cynthia Kraack, novelist, The High Cost of Flowers, Ashwood trilogy, Minnesota Cold Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Cynthia Kraack by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of extended families dealing with the AAAs – alcoholism, Alzheimer’s and adolescence… in the NEW new media... Continue Reading →
Free press is cartoonist Daryl Cagle’s rallying cry! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Daryl Cagle, editorial cartoonist Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with syndicated editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of real life Amuricans who think that deep down, you’re thinkin’ what they’re thinkin’… in the NEW new... Continue Reading →
1176 John Hughes, film genius? Hear critic Kirk Honeycutt’s view! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Kirk Honeycutt, author, John Hughes: A Life in Film Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Kirk Honeycutt, author of the filmography John Hughes: A Life in Film, and proprietor of HoneycuttsHollywood.com, by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of teen actors... Continue Reading →
Sit. Heal. Stay. is writer Spike Gillespie’s mid-life manifesto! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Writer Spike Gillespie, author, Sit. Stay. Heal: How Meditation Changed My Mind, Grew My Heart, and Saved My Ass Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with writer Spike Gillespie, author of Sit. Stay. Heal: How Meditation Changed My Mind, Grew My Heart, and Saved My Ass, by clicking on the video player... Continue Reading →
40 Weeks is pregnancy unscripted, documentary-style! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guests: Dominique Debroux and Christopher Henze, documentary filmmakers, 40 Weeks Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with 40 Weeks documentary filmmakers Dominique Debroux and Christopher Henze by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of future moms and dads... who are just waiting for me to reveal... Continue Reading →
933 Joseph Dorman makes Sholem Aleichem docu zing like a Fiddler on the Roof! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joseph Dorman, documentary director, Sholem Aleicheim: Laughing in the Darkness Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of 16-year-old boys in heavy fake beards all speaking in high school Yiddish accents… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 4 I owe my... Continue Reading →
Today’s Moms are learning from the Today Show! PODCAST INTERVIEW
It’s 8:40 a.m. on a Wednesday morning and my guests are two of the producers of NBC’s “Today Show.” Who will be whispering in Matt’s ear when it’s time to throw it to Al Roker? How will Meredith Viera know to cut short the cooking demonstration and go to commercial? Ann Curry? I suspect... Continue Reading →
214 Hey, Rabbi Bob Alper! What are you… a comedian? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rabbi Bob Alper, comedian, author, Life Doesn't Get Any Better Than This My wife and I love taking vacations in Maine and Vermont. That’s not unusual for Floridians, of course. But it was reading the local paper in Manchester Center, Vermont, probably a decade ago, that I first heard of my next... Continue Reading →
Camp Camp author Roger Bennett talk talk! PODCAST INTERVIEW
My parents never sent me away to summer camp. I don’t blame them; as a kid, I was afraid of my own shadow, easily got car sick, and was not well adjusted, socially. And after reading Roger Bennett’s new love letter to summer camps, Camp Camp, I’m pretty sure I would have hated sleepaway... Continue Reading →
76 Bob Andelman, "Baby Media" father: Mr. Media Essay Classic
Originally published April 28, 1997 Funny how much a baby changes your life. Forget about changing diapers and crying, spitting up formula on your favorite clothes or demanding your attention when it's least convenient. That's all quite secondary to the joy seven-month-old Baby Media brings to our lives. No, what surprises me are the many... Continue Reading →