Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Clay Jones by clicking on the video player above! I never planned on sharing my opinions on political and social issues. It is something that evolved slowly in the last 20 years. For example, as an independent voter in the 1990s, I found Bill Clinton’s behavior... 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 →
Jeb Bush and me: A backseat interview from 1994! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeb Bush, candidate, Florida Governor (This Jeb Bush interview originally appeared in the November 3, 1994 issue of Creative Loafing/Tampa Bay, where it was paired with a separate conversation I had with then-Democratic incumbent Governor Lawton Chiles. Chiles landed the cover--and easily won re-election. Bush made another run at the job four years later and,... Continue Reading →
In Media Training Bible, Brad Phillips stops the cry in crisis! VIDEO INTERVIEWS
Today's Guest: Brad Phillips, a.k.a., Mr. Media Training, author, The Media Training Bible Watch the the Mr. Media interview with Brad Phillips, by playing the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of business, politics, sports and entertainment screw-ups who can’t help but insert both feet and at... 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 →
71 Shop talk with Spy Magazine’s final editor, Bruno Maddox! INTERVIEW
Originally published April 14, 1997 In its youth, Spy magazine was the kind of publication that smacked you on the nose if you looked at it the wrong way. And those were the good months: it was so full of smarmy, holier-than-thou attitude and precious New York wit that you wanted each issue to go on forever.... Continue Reading →
14 CrooksAndLiars.com political blogger John Amato hits hard! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Amato, political website founder, CrooksAndLiars.com It’s not just this generation. Politics has always been dirty, nasty, bare-knuckle affairs. In the American two-party system, one side always blames the other for whatever ails the country. The new twist in the 21st Century is the emergence of political Web sites and political blogs... Continue Reading →