Watch the exclusive Mr. Media interview with Joe Muto by watching the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of dittoheads, dunderheads and confederacies of dunces… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! The funniest thing about Joe Muto’s new book is that it... Continue Reading →
CBS’s Bob Schieffer finally gets his 60 minutes of Face! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Bob Schieffer was so happy about his Sunday morning news panel show, “Face The Nation,” being expanded from 30 to 60 minutes in the spring that he’d probably like to spike his keyboard and do an end zone dance in the show’s production studio. BOB SCHIEFFER podcast excerpt: "I have literally been trying for... Continue Reading →
CNBC’s John Harwood on Obama’s second act and journalism’s bias! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent, CNBC Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of former St. Petersburg Times journalists who may be more famous now but sure do miss Tampa Bay in February… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Here’s a job for you: No... Continue Reading →
Rush Limbaugh biographer Zev Chafets talks to Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live in the hometown of U.S. Senate candidate and Republican pariah Gov. Charlie Crist… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Like you, I have my own personal political beliefs. Mine are fairly middle of the road, not hard left, not hard right. I believe... Continue Reading →
Dumbocracy author Marty Beckerman has opinions! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Marty Beckerman, author, Dumbocracy, Generation S.L.U.T. Loony left, rabid right—author Marty Beckerman thinks there are idiots on both sides. And who’s to say he’s wrong? Beckerman wrote the new book, Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots. It’s a wild ride through modern politics as viewed... 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 →
Artist Pete Von Sholly around the edges of Capitol Hell! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Pete Von Sholly’s day job would be enough excitement for most of us. He creates storyboards for big budget Hollywood movies, and if you’ve seen The Shawshank Redemption or Mars Attacks!, for example, the finished product was based on his early drawings. But being a respected, behind-the-scenes craftsman isn’t satisfying Von Sholly’s fertile mind.... Continue Reading →
52 Radio’s Tom Leykis tackles Rush Limbaugh! INTERVIEW
Originally distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, November 2, 1996 If syndicated right-wing radio talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North are as powerful and influential as they seem to think, why isn't Bob Dole the president of the United States? That's what Tom Leykis wants to know. Leykis, 40,... Continue Reading →
14 CrooksAndLiars.com political blogger John Amato hits hard! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Amato, political website founder, CrooksAndLiars.com It’s not just this generation. Politics has always been dirty, nasty, bare-knuckle affairs. In the American two-party system, one side always blames the other for whatever ails the country. The new twist in the 21st Century is the emergence of political Web sites and political blogs... Continue Reading →