Today's Guest: A November 3, 1994 interview with two-time Florida Governor Lawton Chiles. (A few days after this was published in Creative Loafing/Tampa, Chiles defeated Jeb Bush to win his second term in office. Read Bob Andelman's companion interview with Bush here.) Welcoming Lawton Chiles, the incumbent Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, to... Continue Reading →
Golfer Amy Alcott is on the Leaderboard! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Something’s wrong with this picture. I’m Mr. Media. I do the interviewing, right? Somehow I’ve booked an interview with LPGA Golf Hall of Famer Amy Alcott to talk about her new book, The Leaderboard—but it turns out the book is a collection of interviews she conducted. Has the whole world gone crazy? On the... Continue Reading →
Documentary is In Search of Kennedy! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Chuck Workman, Stephen J. Kern, documentary film producers, In Search of Kennedy If MTV edited a presidential campaign video, it would probably look and feel a bit like In Search of Kennedy, a new documentary film by Chuck Workman and Stephen J. Kern. The movie applies a 21st century sheen to the... Continue Reading →
Artist Pete Von Sholly around the edges of Capitol Hell! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Pete Von Sholly’s day job would be enough excitement for most of us. He creates storyboards for big budget Hollywood movies, and if you’ve seen The Shawshank Redemption or Mars Attacks!, for example, the finished product was based on his early drawings. But being a respected, behind-the-scenes craftsman isn’t satisfying Von Sholly’s fertile mind.... 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 →