Craig Yoe has a dirty little secret. Actually, it is Joe Shuster’s dirty little secret; Yoe just happens to be the researcher who uncovered and exposed it to the world. Turns out that the artist and co-creator of Superman spent a few years in the 1950s, post-Man of Steel, churning out fetish girl art... Continue Reading →
2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner Lane DeGregory: technique, style! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times journalist, reporter, 2009 winner of Pulitzer Prize Feature Writing The story you’re about to hear is true, even if it sounds implausible even for fiction. It’s about a little girl named Danielle, “The Girl in the Window” described in Lane DeGregory’s story in the St. Petersburg Times... Continue Reading →
Brooke Newton brings a smile to Florida hometown! PODCAST INTERVIEW
It is well known that I am a sucker for local kid made good stories, so how could I say no to having Brooke Newton on the show? (And no, it doesn’t hurt that she’s beautiful and a former NFL cheerleader with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.) Brooke is at an early point in her... Continue Reading →
Masked Magician unmasked by Mr. Media: It’s Val Valentino! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Val Valentino, The Masked Magician There are all kinds of magic. There is the classic Harry Houdini practice of pre-technology stunts that utterly baffled crowds. And there is the David Copperfield school of big stage, TV magic that leave crowds equally mystified but suspicious that they’ve been somehow conned. There are... Continue Reading →
The truth about creating brands people love with Till & Heckler! PODCAST INTERVIEW
If ever there was an era that put demands on marketing, this is it. Differentiating your brand from your competitor’s is so important at a time when jobs and stock prices are vanishing overnight. If you’re selling a product or service, you want the best possible minds at work on the task of survivor... Continue Reading →
Beyoncé, Idris Elba are Obsessed by producer Will Packer! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Will Packer, film producer, Obsessed Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter star in producer Will Packer’s new movie, Obsessed. I don’t know about you, but after learning those two are in it, I don’t really need to hear much more to know I’m going to see it. But if I’m in the minority, let... Continue Reading →
On Chuck, Scott Krinsky brings up the rear! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Scott Krinsky, actor, "Chuck" You couldn’t fill a half-hour sitcom with every moment of screen time Scott Krinsky’s character “Jeff Barnes” has earned in nearly two seasons of NBC’s “Chuck.” But you know what? That’s okay. Because every time Jeff is in the camera frame—almost always with his partner Lester, played by... Continue Reading →
GMA’s Sam Champion is out–way out–in Bermuda Triangle! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Sam Champion, meteorologist, "Good Morning America" I’m not superstitious—to the best of my knowledge—but here’s an assignment I would never accept: to report a story from the Bermuda Triangle. But Good Morning America anchor and weather dude Sam Champion did exactly that this morning and lived to tell about it. Still, it... Continue Reading →
Rare John Denver audio interview, 1984: Mr. Media Lost Tapes
Today's Guest: Singer John Denver. In the years that I was a pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune back in the mid-1980s, one of the best parts of the job was interviewing musicians by phone before they came to town. I always liked the conversation, the give-and-take, the... Continue Reading →
Mama insisted I interview first time novelist Deborah Sharp! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Deborah Sharp, novelist, "Mama Does Time." In Himmarshee, Florida. And Mama’s middle daughter, Mace, an animal trapper, is pissed. That’s all you need to know to get interested in the first novel by my old friend Deborah Sharp. It’s titled Mama Does Time, and boy, does she ever. Deborah was a long-time... Continue Reading →