Run for your lives! Hide the women and children! There’s a Ten-Cent Plague loose upon this fine land! My guest today, David Hajdu, is the author of a new book that – at the very least – probably has the best title of the year, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How... Continue Reading →
Will Eisner and PS Magazine expert roundtable discussion! PODCAST INTERVIEW
In the pantheon of comic book masters, Will Eisner’s name is at or near the top of pretty much everyone’s list. He was there at the birth of the genre in the late 1930s – he famously turned down a submission from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of a comic book about a character... Continue Reading →
Writer Arie Kaplan: From Speed Racer to Masters of the Comics! PODCAST INTERVIEW
What red-blooded man’s heart doesn’t start racing at the “Speed Racer” theme? My guest today is part of the revival of the immortal Speed Racer. He is IDW comic book writer Arie Kaplan, and with the release of the Wachowski Brothers’ big screen, live action adaptation of the Japanese anime classic, I thought it would... Continue Reading →
Lassie! Timmy’s in the Well! And other Jon Provost TV tales! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jon Provost, animal activist, actor, "Lassie" I’ve never liked dog-earing pages – you know, when you’re reading a book and you fold back the corner of a page to mark your place, or because there was something interesting on the page to which you’d like to return? Well, I’ve never dog-eared a... Continue Reading →
94 David Andelman on A Shattered Peace–was WWII preventable? PODCAST INTERVIEW
David Andelman and I have been connected via the internet for the last few years. I frequently receive emails from people who remember me from CBS News or The New York Times, who want to reconnect via Facebook or network through LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I never worked for CBS News or The New York Times. And... Continue Reading →
85 MSNBC’s Chris Matthews plays Hardball nightly! INTERVIEW
Originally published June 30, 1997 As a political aide to a pantheon of Democratic stars from the last 25 years, including the late Senator Edmund S. Muskie and former House Speaker Tip O'Neill -- as well as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter -- Chris Matthews knows power when he sees it. And as Washington... Continue Reading →
68 Writer A.J. Jacobs recalls The Year of Living Biblically! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: A.J. Jacobs, author, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible A.J. Jacobs must have the best magazine job in America. As editor-at-large for Esquire, here are a few examples of recent stories appearing under his byline: • “My Outsourced Life,” detailing his... Continue Reading →
22 GoGirl! writer Trina Robbins inspires tomorrow’s feminists! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Trina Robbins, the author of the GoGirl! series of comics from Dark Horse, joins us today as our guest. Trina Robbins Website • Blog • Facebook • Wikipedia • Trina Robbins 2009 interview with Mr. Media BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: Trina, is the pre-teen and the teen girl, is that a new reader of comics?... Continue Reading →
20 Longtime Smithsonian magazine editor Carey Winfrey’s history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Carey Winfrey, editor, Smithsonian Blender. Newsweek. TV Guide. Forbes. Playboy. Mac World. Entertainment Weekly. Wizard. Business 2.0. Esquire. These are the magazines I read as soon as they arrive in the mail each week or each month. They are frothy, entertaining reads, and I look forward to each new issue. And then... Continue Reading →
15 Houdini biographer Ratso Sloman on writing with Howard Stern! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Larry Ratso Sloman, author or co-author of celebrity memoirs from Howard Stern, Abbie Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Phil Esposito, Mike Tyson, and a biography of Harry Houdini Writing the biography of a well-known person in pop culture is an assignment fraught with trap doors, two-way mirrors, and shackles. Some writers even disdain... Continue Reading →