Today's Guest: Rick Smolan, co-author, The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Rick Smolan by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of #resisters with more good intentions than hours in the day… in the NEW... Continue Reading →
Amazon’s Hand of God returns via creator Ben Watkins! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ben Watkins, creator/showrunner, "Hand of God," producer/writer, "Burn Notice" Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Ben Watkins by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of true believers whose lives are also filled with sex, lies, brutal violence, hypocrisy and old books... Continue Reading →
George Carlin’s ‘7 Dirty Words’ infect revealing bio by James Sullivan
Today's Guest: James Sullivan, author, 7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin George Carlin’s career had a funny arc. A high school dropout, he started as a pretty straight-arrow radio disc jockey in the 1950s, developed a stand-up comedy act with fellow DJ Jack Burns—later famous as half of Burns and Schreiber—and... Continue Reading →
Do you believe in the power of miracles? 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas hopes so!
Image via Wikipedia If there was a religious beat at ABC News, Elizabeth Vargas would probably be the reporter covering it. This Friday night, April 2, 2010,the 20/20 anchor tells the story of four “Saints”—or sainthood candidates—from around the United States. It’s no coincidence the tale will be told on Good Friday, just days ahead... Continue Reading →
Ziggy cartoonist Tom Wilson shares scenes from a heartbreaking life! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When I was a teenager—back during the Ford Administration, if you must know—a time when Peanuts was the best thing going in daily comic strips and years before The Far Side shook up the quiet world of single-panel strips, there was Ziggy. The roly-poly, philosophical mensch was widely quoted, appeared on a zillion greeting... Continue Reading →
68 Writer A.J. Jacobs recalls The Year of Living Biblically! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: A.J. Jacobs, author, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible A.J. Jacobs must have the best magazine job in America. As editor-at-large for Esquire, here are a few examples of recent stories appearing under his byline: • “My Outsourced Life,” detailing his... Continue Reading →