In Reaching for the Moon, LOTR star Miranda Otto is astonishing! VIDEO INTERVIEW

Today's Guests: Miranda Otto, actress, Reaching for the Moon, Lord of the Rings, "Homeland," Bruno Barreto, director, Reaching for the Moon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands     Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Reaching for the Moon and LOTR star Miranda Otto (What Lies Beneath, War of the Worlds) and director Bruno Barreto... Continue Reading →

Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Cynthia Tucker frames health care! PODCAST INTERVIEW

  No matter on what side of the political fence you sit, today is a day you’ll no doubt long remember: it’s the day a federal health care policy—some would say “system”—emerged after long debate. One day it will likely be remembered as a key accomplishment of President Barack Obama. By sheer luck of timing,... Continue Reading →

Sam Zell biographer on how Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks! PODCAST INTERVIEW

In retrospect, I can see why real estate billionaire Sam Zell thought buying the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel and all their related newspapers and media companies—plus the Chicago Cubs baseball team and its home, Wrigley Field—seemed like a classic ploy. Buy a big family-owned business on the skids for a discount, squeeze... 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 →

Cartoonist Clay Bennett draws audio pictures for Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW

  Of the nine books I’ve written, it just occurred to me that the first and last have Pulitzer Prize connections—not for my work, unfortunately, but still… The last was Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, a biography of the American master artist and writer, which featured an introduction by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon.... Continue Reading →

John Darnton leaves NYT, turns Black, White, Dead All Over! PODCAST INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: John Darnton, ex-New York Times reporter, novelist, Black and White and Dead All Over   The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the... Continue Reading →

95 Charles Schulz and Peanuts biographer David Michaelis reveals much! PODCAST INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: David Michaelis, author, Schulz and Peanuts   Peanuts Treasury was the first hardcover book I remember getting as a kid, somewhere around 1968, 1969. I spent hours reading and re-reading it, losing myself in the comic misadventures of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, wishing I could be like Charles Schulz, the strip’s writer and... Continue Reading →

4 Universal Press Syndicate editor Lee Salem on funny pages! PODCAST INTERVIEW

  Lee Salem is a guy I’ve admired for many, many years. As the president and editor of Universal Press Syndicate, he is the man responsible for recognizing a slew of creative talent that impacted American pop culture and the funny pages over the last 30-plus years. The origins of Garry Trudeau and “Doonesbury,” Gary... Continue Reading →

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