Renowned movie critic and child of Hollywood discusses "It's a Hollywood Life", the new documentary about her life growing in Hollywood with her famous director father S. Sylvan Simon and his stars including Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Milton Berle, and Lassie!
Miggs and Trace trade stories of their brushes with fame, from Otis Redding to Albert. Brooks
Stacy Keach, Jr. is one of Hollywoods most versatile actors, playing everyone from Hemingway to Hamlet to Mike Hammer, and winning Golden Globe, Drama Desk and many other awards recognizing his extraordinary work. He was Sgt Stendenko in “Up in Smoke” and embodied Nixon in “Frost/Nixon”. From the “Simpsons” to “The Bourne Legacy” his range knows no bounds, and he still finds time to devote to the his Cleft Palette Foundation. Spoiler alert, hear how he got the lead role as the priest in the Exor...
Ed Begley Jr.! Jeez, what hasn’t this guy done? Actor, author, environmental activist, and all around thoughtful and talented citizen trying to make the planet a better place for all of us. Better Call Saul, St Elsewhere, Simpsons, Mary Hartman-Mary Hartman, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, This is Spinal Tap, Batman Forever, Best in Show, Mighty Wind… what else can we say. Ed rules!
Actress and author Bonnie Bartlett has an amazing career spanning seven decades. Married to actor William “Captain Nice” Daniels, they won Emmys together for their roles on St. Elsewhere, and she has appeared on TV shows like Gunsmoke,, Golden Girls, Better Call Saul, The Waltons and dozens of others. She is very forthcoming about her 72 year marriage, and her successful career in movies including the role she wasn’t thrilled about at first, as Danny Devito’s and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mom in “...
Katie Cassidy is third generation Hollywood royalty and a triple threat herself, as actor, writer and producer. She never met her grandfather Jack Cassidy, but she is very candid about her complicated relationship with her late father, teen heart throb David Cassidy, and shares his last words and the impact they had on her. The actors’ strike had just begun on the day of this podcast and Katie reveals some exciting new projects she will be working on. A bonus for aspiring actors, she explains ho...
Aisha (eye-sha) Alfa is a one-woman cavalcade of entertainment. She is an accomplished actress (currently in “Based on a True Story), writer, comedian, podcaster (The Shoutout Show), Pi devotee (as in 3.14159…) as well as being a charming and positive person to talk too.
Comedy great Ted Alexandro discusses the art of comedy and his experiences touring with Jim Gaffigan, as well as doing five specials and dozens of appearances on Conan, Letterman, Kimmel, and Dr. Katz!! Any lover of comedy or aspiring comedian will enjoy this 30 minutes with Ted.
Charming, hilarious, sassy, beautiful and creative, Rita Rudner describes her years as a dancer on Broadway, a comedian, author, mother, wife and irrepressible wit in all media.
Chris Lemmon is an accomplished author, martial artist, storyteller and concert pianist, who just happens to be the son of iconic actor Jack Lemmon. Chris discusses the flawed relationship with his farther, some Hollywood memories with Marilyn Monroe and JFK, and his near death experience during a double lung transplant, all related with great candor and humor.
Brooke Shields co-star in Blue Lagoon, actor, writer, entrepreneur, Christopher Atkins discusses his first movie role at age 18, co-starring with 14 year old Brooke Shields as well as his love of baseball, fishing, mangos juice, art, and his hundreds of other roles.
Clea Newman Soderland and husband Kurt Soderlund discuss the genesis of the book on Clea’s dad Paul Newman, “The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man” and the documentary series, “The Last Movie Stars”, with personal insights into Pauls’s character as an actor, as a man, and as a father, who Clea and her sisters must learn to share with the world. They also talk about carrying on Paul Newman’s charitable legacy with the Safe Water Network, Hole in the Wall Gang Camps and the Serious Fun Childre...
Music industry executive and innovator, Dick Wingate, has worked with and developed major talents including Bruce Springsteen, Al Stewart, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, Muddy Waters, Pink Floyd, and Nick Lowe among others. Dick shares his experience as a project manager and early advocate of streaming and creative marketing for the artists he worked with, and gives Miggs and Trace a peek at what the future looks like for the music business.
Joan Van Ark has hundreds of outstanding credits on stage, screen and on TV, playing everyone from “Lady Macbeth” to Gloria Fisher on “The Young and the Restless”, but she is probably best remembered as Valene Ewing on Dallas and Knot’s Landing. She is engaging, and forthcoming with candid insights about her acting process, her obsession with running and boots and other entertaining backstage observations about herself and some famous co-stars.
After months of trying we finally snagged a Jagger for the podcast. A talented and candid one too, whose autobiography "Talking to Myself" has just been published. He also discusses his animals, musical influences, growing up Jagger, and the video he did last year with his brother called "Anyone seen my heart?" His beautiful wife, and former Bond girl Kari-Ann, pops in to say hello. He graciously allowed us to post his pic even though he hadn't had a chance to shave.
Adrienne Barbeau’s career started with her Broadway debut playing Tevye’s daughter in “Fiddler on the Roof’, and went on to play such diverse roles as Rizzo in the original B-way production of “Grease” and Maude’s daughter Carol on TV. “Back to School”, “Escape from New York”, “The Fog” and “Swamp Thing” are just a few of the hundreds of productions she has starred in, with some directed by her former husband John Carpenter.
Sally Taylor, daughter of James Taylor and Carly Simon, is a talented singer-songwriter, artist, teacher, and creator & facilitator of the Consenses Project. With candor and humor, she discusses dyslexia, her songwriting process, becoming a vegetarian, surviving a plane crash, and meeting her husband on a nude beach, among other fascinating topics as only Sally can tell them.
Burt Ward was a boy wonder, as a chess champion and speed reader, with a very high IQ, and is now an adult wonder as inventor of Gentle Giants Pet Food, which claims to increase pet longevity by up to 200%. The first 17 minutes of podcast is about the pet food and the last 17 minutes is about Batman, but it is all thoroughly entertaining, coming from this talented and engaging star.
With a fashion photographer father and a fashion model mother, Pam got to know the business early on, and as a teenager ended up on the covers, and inside many of the most esteemed fashion magazines. After retiring from modeling she decided to get behind the camera and photographed celebrities for GQ and other publications. Great stories and insights about modeling and photography from Pam.
Over 50 bands and entertainers have covered Dave Mason's delicious pop hit from the 60s. "Feeling' Alright, which he wrote at age 19. He played on Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower and dozens and dozens of hits for everyone from George Harrison to Michael Jackson. Cass Elliot to Paul McCartney. Pop royalty indeed!
Jim Messina, for crying out loud! He offers an insider’s look at his role with Buffalo Springfield, as founder of Poco, Loggins and Messina, and more! Tens of millions of albums sold. Fantastic songwriting, producing and engineering credits for the greats, including himself! Jim graciously discusses his discovery, mentoring and ultimate partnership with Kenny Loggins, the breakup, and the soon-to-be reunion in 2022 of L&M at the Hollywood Bowl in July. He talks about his “Core to Core” appro...
With over 2000 TV appearances and hundreds of movie credits, actress Ruta Lee personifies Hollywood royalty. She has appeared with every major star over the last 5 decades, including Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, James Garner, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, to name just a few of the leading men she has worked with. Ruta discusses her book “Consider Your Ass Kissed” which tells candid tales of the Golden Age of Hollywood, as well as her work with “Thalians”, a charitable organization she founded ...
Bass player, Chuck Wright, almost an Air Force Pilot after 9 years at the Academy, formerly of Quiet Riot, on and off for 26 years, has toured with the greats from Alice Cooper, Slash, Gregg Allman, Ronnie Montrose, and Carmine Appice, among others - has just released his solo album Sheltering Sky, on Cleopatra Records. He discusses all this and his illustrious rise to becoming such a sought after bass player, composer, songwriter, and now music video director of his cover of Bjork’s “Army of Me...
Great conversation with Steve Fosson, bass player and founder of Heart, about the bands beginnings, touring, Ann and Nancy Wilson, and his new new band "Heart by Heart" with other Heart alumni Michael Derosier, and amazing vocalist/wife, Somar Macek. Steve also describes his mountaineering adventures, including encounters with mountain lions, goats, bears, and fans who want Heart to re-unite.
Bob Ellis, former husband of Diana Ross and father to their most famous daughter, Tracee Ellis Ross, has been a powerful presence in the music business for decades managing the likes of Ron Wood, Chaka Khan, Billy Preston and the late, great, Meatloaf among others. He was on the rooftop with the Beatles during the “Get Back” movie. He toured with the Stones, and helped organize the Bangladesh Concert with George Harrison. Terrific insider tales about life in the music business.
Loretta Swit, aka Margaret "Hot Lips" Hoolihan for all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H, is also an accomplished, author, watercolor and needlepoint artist as well as being a passionate animal rights activist. Who knew? That's why "Oh Brother" is the best podcast ever!
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham's singing sister Deborah Bonham and her virtuoso guitarist husband/bandmate Peter Bullick, discuss their famed roots and upcoming tour and new single, an Albert King cover of "Cant you see what you are doing to me". Did Led Zeppelin play at your 6th birthday party?
Singer songwriter John Waite, of the Babys and Bad English along with many solo albums, and numerous hits, such as "Missing You" and "When I See You Smile", talks passionately about songwriting, performing and the "knee jerk reaction to being alive" that fuels his creativity.
Executive Director MIchael Barker, and Artistic Director Mark Lamos, of the famed Westport Playhouse, talk with Miggs and Trace about how the Playhouse survived after two years of the covid shutdown, and how plays are chosen and produced, with a sneak peak at the 2022 Season.
Introducing Colin Blunstone, founder and singer/songwriter of the seminal British rock band of the 60s, The Zombies. Hits like "She's not there", "Tell her no", and "I love you" can be heard every day on numerous platforms, and their album "Odessey and Oracle" is considered by many to be one of the the best rock albums of all time.
