(Editors Note: Mary Kay Culpepper left Cooking Light in 2009) Like most Americans, I don’t have the best eating habits. I generally try to follow the 80/20 rule. I make an effort to eat smart and well about 80 percent of the time and give in to my inner teenager the other 20 percent,... Continue Reading →
32-33 Seinfeld’s own Soup Nazi, Larry Thomas, drops by Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
(UPDATED JULY 5, 2015: When I discovered the original audio player for this interview with actor Larry Thomas no longer played correctly, I went digging in my audio archives, found the original from June 8, 2007 and upgraded the entire track. But it sounded a little funky. I looked again and there was a... Continue Reading →
28 Behind the skin with Playboy mag editor Chris Napolitano! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When I was a student at the University of Florida, studying film during the day and writing freelance stories at night, I landed two choice assignments. Choice, that is, for a horny, unrequited, socially awkward twenty-year-old. First, I got to spend an afternoon hanging out with Russ Myers, a notorious film director and king... Continue Reading →
27 Comic book writer Chuck Dixon on Simpsons, Batman, Bane, more! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Chuck Dixon, comic book writer, "The Simpsons, "Batman" Part 1 of 2 One of the most anticipated movies of this summer -- no, not Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix -- and no, Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer -- is The Simpsons Movie. And while Matt Groening couldn’t make... Continue Reading →
26 Newbomb Turk and the arc of incomparable comic Robert Wuhl! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Wuhl, comedian, actor, The Hollywood Knights, Cobb, Batman, Blaze, "Arli$$," "Assume the Position" Robert Wuhl cracks me up. Always has, always will. His HBO series, “Arli$$," about an over-ambitious Hollywood sports agent, was must-see TV in my house for years, and I’ve seen his first movie, Hollywood Knights, hundreds of times.... Continue Reading →
25 At Neighborhood America, David Bankston is business social! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today’s media newsmaker interview is a little different. I don’t expect many people will know either my guest, David Bankston, or the company he represents, Neighborhood America. It’s very likely, though, that you may have already encountered a Neighborhood America program and not even realized it. The Naples, Florida, based company does enterprise-social networks... Continue Reading →
24 GN artist Peter Kuper begs us: Stop Forgetting to Remember! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Peter Kuper, artist, Stop Forgetting to Remember I think the reason that many people who never read comic books find themselves drawn to graphic novels isn’t because they come in hard cover or because they cost more or because they’re hip at the moment. I think it’s because we’re more likely to... Continue Reading →
21 Movie scoop? We’ve got THR’s Tatiana Siegel’s expertise! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Tatiana Siegel, reporter, The Hollywood Reporter How do you measure the summer? Baseball games, picnics, trips to the beach? Around my house, it’s the Monday box office scores – rounded to the nearest million dollars, of course. The first three big movies of Summer 2007 – Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean... Continue Reading →
20 Longtime Smithsonian magazine editor Carey Winfrey’s history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Carey Winfrey, editor, Smithsonian Blender. Newsweek. TV Guide. Forbes. Playboy. Mac World. Entertainment Weekly. Wizard. Business 2.0. Esquire. These are the magazines I read as soon as they arrive in the mail each week or each month. They are frothy, entertaining reads, and I look forward to each new issue. And then... Continue Reading →
17 Mediaweek editor Lisa Granatstein on, well, media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Lisa Granatstein, editor, Mediaweek (Adweek) I love to read. They don’t start calling you Mr. Media because you’re illiterate, of course, and magazines have always fascinated me. When I pass a newsstand, I absolutely must stop and see what’s new and different. Drives my wife crazy. My garage is littered with the... Continue Reading →