> Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of folks old enough to remember when “government cheese” referred to edible handouts and not this year’s crop of Republican presidential candidates… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! It’s never a good time to be poor in America and... Continue Reading →
Barbara Walters talks on courage, Nixon and tough questions! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Guest Interview By Eric Deggans (2011) Sometimes, I like causing trouble. So whenever people ask me who is the most influential TV journalist of the modern age, I never say Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite. I always say Barbara Walters. That's because she pioneered the mixture of emotion and news, serious and celebrity,... Continue Reading →
Anchorman Dan Rather shares memories of CBS covering 9-11! PODCAST INTERVIEW
By Eric Deggans Ten years later, what Dan Rather still remembers with vivid clarity is how it all began: spotting a wisp of smoke wafting from the upper floors of the World Trade Center while getting ready for work. Soon after, Rather was dressed and climbing the stairs of the anchor desk at the center... Continue Reading →
852 9/11 Cartoonists Remember with Family Circus’ Jeff Keane! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeff Keane, daily cartoonist, Family Circus. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of men and women who will be pausing for a moment of silence every time my guest answers a question… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! We all know where... Continue Reading →
Legendary Joan Rivers talked about Fox News… to Eric Deggans! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of men with some pretty crazy ideas about where they need plastic surgery… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! By Eric Deggans The Feed (Joan Rivers died on September 4, 2014 following complications from vocal chord surgery. She was 81.... Continue Reading →
810 Lawyers, Swamps and Money: Law prof summons Warren Zevon’s ghost! VIDEO PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that includes William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow and my good friend, Alec Holland… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 2 I would love to play stupid and say I don’t know the first thing about wetlands law,... Continue Reading →
Mr. Media Training will protect you from questioning fools! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Brad Phillips, corporate marketing and crisis marketing, blogger, Mr. Media Training Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of former presidential candidates who don’t see what was so wrong about cheating on spouses, inventing facts to support their positions on issues or being dumber than the people who might have... Continue Reading →
774 MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan believes in the power of great ideas! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Dylan Ratigan, MSNBC TV host, "The Dylan Ratigan Show" I know of at least two things that Dylan Ratigan and I have in common. We both follow Piers Morgan and Howard Stern on Twitter, demonstrating that we share a taste for both the refined and unrefined. And we’re both usually working at... Continue Reading →
Ashwood novelist Cynthia Kraack is serious about our future! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Cynthia Kraack, speculative fiction author, Ashwood trilogy: Ashwood, Harvesting Ashwood and Leaving Ashwood. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambitious, future agricultural estate mistresses… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 3 (More below) Visions of the future tend not to... Continue Reading →
CNBC’s John Harwood on Obama’s second act and journalism’s bias! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent, CNBC Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of former St. Petersburg Times journalists who may be more famous now but sure do miss Tampa Bay in February… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Here’s a job for you: No... Continue Reading →