Today's Guest: Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, NPR host When the news reached me today than legendary jazz pianist and longtime National Public Radio host Marian McPartland has passed away, I was reminded of my time with one of many great artists who tolerated a young music writer early in my career. On October... Continue Reading →
Race Baiter! Media critic Eric Deggans made you look, Bill O’Reilly! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Eric Deggans, journalist, author, Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Fox News Channel hosts who think they know everything about everything but – with the exception of Bill O’Reilly – don’t have the intellectual confidence to argue facts... Continue Reading →
Santa Claus sells out the Night Before Christmas! Read all about it! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bruce Kluger and David Slavin, co-authors, Twas the Night Before Christmas: 21st Century Edition What I don’t know about Christmas could fill a week’s worth of shows. But what I do know is business reporting. And the investigative work done by Bruce Kluger and David Slavin in their new book, Twas the Night... Continue Reading →
615 What would Rob Sachs do if stuck talking to Mr. Media for 30 minutes? VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rob Sachs, NPR podcast host, "What Would Rob Do," author, What Would Rob Do? Mr. Media is recorded live from the NEW new media capitol of the world and hometown of not one but two public radio stations, WMNF and WUSF… Tampa Bay, Florida! Self-help books are okay if you don’t... Continue Reading →
Fall TV with SP Times’ Eric Deggans and KC Star’s Aaron Barnhart! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Eric Deggans, TV critic, St. Petersburg Times, Aaron Barnhart, TV critic, Kansas City Star Back in the early days following Al Gore’s invention of the Internet, there were a few hardy souls delivering content via something called “Netscape.” One of those people, back in 1994, was me – Mr. Media. I started doing... Continue Reading →