Today's Guest: The Amazing Kreskin, mentalist You put a lot of pressure on yourself going around the world with “Amazing” as your first name. But for The Amazing Kreskin, it’s just another day at the office—even if his office usually entails a stage, a microphone, a few hundred to a few thousand pairs of... Continue Reading →
644 Rock music producer Loren Weisman has a business message! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Loren Weisman, author, The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business: The 'Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of the Steps That Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of everyone from “American Idol” finalist Michael Lynche to... Continue Reading →
Mr. Media takes sexy nightclub dance lessons from Andrea Lin! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Sexy dance instructor Andrea Lin, star of Dance A GoGo! I’m an aging white guy with no natural rhythm, but I love to watch people who are lucky enough to have it and know how to use it. ANDREA LIN podcast excerpt: "Dancing should be part of a lifestyle: anyone, in... Continue Reading →
Pittsburgh rockers 28 North perform Napa Valley live! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: 28 North, rock band, Mystery Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of well-mannered, heavily sedated former rock stars in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! It used to be that a handful of multinational record companies and a few indies controlled all of... Continue Reading →
One Life to Live soap star Ilene Kristen sings like a bird! VIDEO INTERVIEW
If you’re on an airplane in the coming weeks and see Ilene Kristen engrossed in a bright and shiny new iPad, blame me. Kristen, who has starred on ABC’s "One Life to Live" as “Roxanne Balsom” since 2001, already has an iPhone. Last night, when we did a late night Skype video chat... Continue Reading →
627 Borat’s Ken Davitian wrestles with me but keeps his pants on! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ken Davitian, actor, Borat, "Chuck" Granted, the role for which everyone best—or maybe worst--remembers actor Ken Davitian is “Azamat Bagatov,” Borat’s manager in the 2006 movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Anyone who saw it will forever have the image of... Continue Reading →
626 Novelist Anna David watches way too much reality TV! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Anna David, author, Reality Matters Has your television viewing been subsumed by reality television in recent years? I know mine has. Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmare, Big Brother, Survivor, The Dog Whisperer, The Apprentice—original, not the extra-crispy celebrity edition--and even I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here have... Continue Reading →
625 Fools Rush In from Australia to make music with Mr. Media! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ben Linden, musician, Fools Rush In If I talk to someone from Australia or England, it’s pretty easy for each of us to think, “That guy’s from London” or “That guy’s from Down Under.” But when that same person sings, the accent largely disappears What’s up with that? BEN LINDEN podcast excerpt: "It's... Continue Reading →
606 TV carpenter Rib Hillis models his good looks on Mr. Media! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rib Hillis, actor, model Seriously, have you ever seen a prettier man than this guy, Rib Hillis? When I see him, I feel like I’m not holding up my end on the manliness scale. In point of fact, if he’s a man, I’m not sure what I am any more. God, this... Continue Reading →
607 Despicable Me’s Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio pull double-cross! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guests: Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, screenwriters, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me 3, The Secret Life of Pets, The Santa Clause 2, Horton Hears A Who! This must be an exciting and, at the same time, nail-biting time to be screenwriters Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. They are the creative minds... Continue Reading →