AEW’s Big Bill (formerly known as Big Cass in WWE) has quite the inspirational tale! He shares the many rock bottoms that led to his eventual sobriety and recovery, and details what (and who) it took to get on that path. He recounts his time in WWE including how he met and started teaming with Enzo Amore, and their meteoric rise to the main roster. He also discusses their falling out and his own eventual firing from WWE. Big Bill explains how Impact gave him a second chance at wrestling, and how...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gone South, the Edward R. Murrow award-winning podcast, is back. Unlike previous seasons, writer and host Jed Lipinski brings listeners new episodes every week with no end in sight. Each episode of Gone South Season 4 tells a different story about one of the South's most interesting crimes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 05, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bad Wolves guitarist Doc Coyle recently released his first solo single – a cover of Aerosmith’s “Livin’ On The Edge.” Doc talks about his love of Aerosmith, why this song spoke to him, what it was like to step into a lead singer role, and how the Michael Douglas movie Falling Down inspired the music video. He also delves into the origins of Bad Wolves, their connection with Five Finger Death Punch, and how they found singer Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz after original frontman Tommy Vext left the band....
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast If you’ve seen one of the “First Day On The Job” viral videos on TikTok or Instagram then you know EXACTLY who Jonathan Peter is! He’s the content creator who turned COVID quarantine into a lucrative social media opportunity! The South African native shares his incredible journey, and explains how a move to the United States to study and purse acting in Hollywood led to collaborations with huge movie studios like Sony, Universal, and TikTok. He explains what inspired his “First Day On The Job” v...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the 5th Annual TIJ Halloween Spooktacular with Darcy The Mail Girl from The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs! And this year, CJ & Darcy are paying tribute to the #1 movie in America (at least at the time of recording) – Terrifier 3 – with their Top 10 picks for best horror movies that take place during holidays. They’ve got Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, and April Fool’s Day covered with everything from Critters to Jaws to Thankskilling to Frogs. But…...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast The legendary Danny Trejo makes his TIJ debut to talk all about some of his most iconic characters! He tells the story about how a fictional movie trailer shot for Grindhouse turned into the Machete franchise, and how he feels about Machete In Space! He’s got great stories from the set of From Dusk Till Dawn and what it was like working with Quentin Tarantino and Salma Hayek. He recalls the origin of his character’s name in Heat, and the advice he gave to Robert DeNiro in one pivotal scene. Dann...
Oct 25, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nasty Savage founding frontman Nasty Ronnie Galletti gives a detailed BTS look at the band’s new album, “Jeopardy Room,” their first in some 20 years! He explains what inspired him to put his pioneering thrash metal band back together in 2016 and start touring, and how that led to songwriting and the recording of a new studio album. He also talks about the band’s early days including their formation, and the grassroots marketing effort they started in Brandon, Florida that eventually resulted in...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dez Loreen (aka Eskimofo) is the founder of Totally Arctic Wrestling! He’s also one of the featured wrestlers in The Death Tour documentary that came out this year. Dez explains how he got involved in the doc, why he decided to do it, and what he thought about his experience on Tony Condello’s infamous death tour, a grueling trek through Canada’s indigenous communities in the far North. Dez also shares the incredible story of Totally Arctic Wrestling which he started in his hometown of Inuvik. H...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Terrifier 3 made history this weekend by becoming the first unrated horror film to take the #1 spot at the US box office! And to celebrate, film producer and Bloody Disgusting website co-founder, Brad Miska joins! Brad explains how he and parent company Cineverse became the distributors for both Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, why he calls both movies “gifts,” and what he thinks makes the Terrifier franchise so special. Brad also talks about the origins of Bloody Disgusting, how he helps curate mov...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Terrifier 2 had people vomiting and passing when it hit theaters in October of 2022, and creator, screenwriter and director Damien Leone says he’s really upped the ante in Terrifier 3, in theaters TODAY (October 11th). Damien, actor David Howard Thornton who plays the maniacal killer, Art The Clown, and Chris Jericho who also has a role in the film, discuss the making of Terrifier 3, and why Damien decided NOT to partner with a major studio for this three-quel that he calls the best film of the ...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nigel McGuinness made an epic return to in-ring action for the first time in 13 years at AEW All In London! He describes how it all happened, what it was like to compete in the Casino Gauntlet match, and how it felt to receive the incredible pop from the fans! Nigel also has stories about his early days wrestling in the UK, why his first WWE tryout did not end as he’d hoped, his initial reaction to the 2017 phone call from WWE’s Michael Cole to join the company’s broadcast team, and what he lear...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, the new definitive, 4-part docu-series airing on Amazon Prime, charts the 35-year career of Canada’s favorite sons, the Hip, and was directed by Mike Downie, brother of late Hip frontman, Gord Downie. Mike and brother Patrick talk about the decision to make the doc after Gord’s passing, the role that Hip manager Jake Gold played in the decision and process, the vision Jake outlined in 2020 regarding the legacy of The Tragically Hip, and why it took 4 years...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tom and Zeus from the Shout It Out Loudcast along with Joey Cassata have a new book out! It’s called Raise Your Glasses: A Celebration of 50 Years of KISS Songs by Celebrities, Musicians, and Fans. And yes, Chris Jericho is one of the celeb musicians who contributed reviews and comments to many of the songs in the 600-plus page book! In fact, he’s one of the biggest contributors alongside a long list of KISS die-hards including Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater, song...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Director Barry Sonnenfeld has a new book out called Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time, and it’s chock-full of amazing stories from his incredible Hollywood career! He shares a bunch including his early movie-making days as a cinematographer for the Coen Brothers first three movies including Raising Arizona, and working with director Rob Reiner on Misery, and the events on set that led to a rift in their relationship. He recounts his unlikely move to directing thanks to The Addams Family, ...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast MrBallen (aka former Navy SEAL John Allen) joins to share stories from his new graphic novel, MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious. He talks about some of the terrifying tales that were inspired by true life events like the UFO sightings at a cattle ranch in Utah, the mysterious disappearance of some lighthouse keepers on a little island off the coast of Scotland, and a chilling recurring haunting in Northwest Canada. He discusses the headless valley, white demon sightings, and a bloody...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ricochet made his surprise debut at AEW All In at Wembley Stadium in London! He shares details from the day including how he got to Wembley undetected, and through the backstage area in secret. Ricochet talks about when he knew AEW was the right place for him, what it took to get the deal done, and how it’s been to reunite with many of his old wrestling friends. He also discusses his time in WWE from his initial NXT signing in 2018 to being called up to the main roster to his two Wrestlemania mo...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tanyalee Davis is the little person comedian who inspired Brad Williams to pursue stand-up comedy! She’s also Chris Jericho’s high school classmate and fellow graduate of Westwood in Winnipeg. The two remember their highschool days including the time Tanyalee drove her car into the side of the gymnasium! They also talk about Tanyalee’s start in comedy, how her comedy has changed since the pandemic, the video of her on UK public transport that went viral, mastering TikTok, her new comedy special ...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Two journalists stumble into a dying town with a Smog Museum and a mayor named Piglet… and not a whole lot else. They have one burning question: What’s it like to live here, in a town left for dead? They buy a house and stay – for three years. They get caught up in an election cycle and a web of scandals. It’s democracy in action on the smallest scale. It’s Our Town for our time. And it’s all real. Cement City is an Audacy original in partnership with Cement City Productions. To learn more about...
Sep 19, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Outrunners, Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd, are not only “The Youngest Men Alive,” they’re also the most tanned, most jacked and most vascular tag team on earth! They have plenty to say about their physique, living in Miami Beach, jet ski’ing, The Meat Spin, Total Recall, and their team of body shavers! Truth & Turbo also talk Rip Rogers, AAA and CMLL, Brian Cage, their famous feud with the Von Erichs, and how they lost to Big Bill and Jericho at AEW! STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @ChrisJericho Inst...
Sep 18, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rob, Jesse and Dave from Hometown Ghost Stories return with tales from the mysterious Bridgewater Triangle, a 200-square mile area in southeastern Massachusetts, very close to where the threesome grew up and still live! Chris also knows the area well, and the four share their personal paranormal experiences, and discuss some of the more well-known cases associated with the area like the red-bearded hitchhiker, a ghost that shows up along route 44, gets into people’s cars and then vanishes. They ...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast KK’s Priest and Accept just launched the “Full Metal Assault” tour, and K.K. Downing, Tim “Ripper” Owens, and Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffman explain how this insane double-bill came together! K.K. talks about the formation of KK’s Priest, how he got Ripper into the band, what it was like to write and record the new KK’s Priest album, “The Sinner Rides Again,” and even talks about the early days of Judas Priest and the evolution of their look and sound with Rob Halford. Tim “Ripper” Owens shares t...
Sep 11, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Daughtry makes his TIJ debut to talk about Daughtry’s Fall tour with Staind and Breaking Benjamin! He explains how this triple threat bill came together, what life is like on the road now, how he puts together a setlist, and what he does to take care of his voice! He also talks about being inspired by everyone from Mick Jagger and the Stones to Chris Cornell and Soundgarden and Tool! Chris details his American Idol experience including his initial audition in Denver at Mile High Stadium, h...
Sep 06, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scott D’Amore’s newly-launched Maple Leaf Pro launches its first live PPV event, Forged In Excellence, on October 19th and 20th at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and the card is stacked – Josh Alexander, Speedball Mike Bailey, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena, Takeshita, Raj Dhesi (formerly known as WWE’s Jinder Mahal), and so many more! Scott shares the story behind MLP, its significance to Canadian wrestling history, and what it took to get it up and running. He also details h...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Karen Conti was the only woman on John Wayne Gacy’s legal team during his appeal process to have his death sentence commuted to life in prison. Over the course of the last 7 months of his life, Karen spent some 50 hours in person with Gacy and countless on the phone. She details the whole experience in her book, Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy: Defending America’s Most Evil Serial Killer on Death Row. She explains how she came to work on Gacy’s appeal, what he was really like in person, and ho...
Aug 30, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s True Crime Week on TIJ, and starting us off, one of the biggest cases of the last year – the Gilgo Beach serial killings! These were a series of murders of mostly sex workers spanning from the early 1990s to 2011. On July 13, 2023, police arrested Rex Heuermann outside his office in Manhattan (New York City), and have since charged him with 6 of the killings. Filmmaker Josh Zeman joins to share details of the case, which he documented in the 2016 4-hour docuseries, The Killing Season. Josh ...
Aug 28, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Maharaja Raj Dheshi (formerly known as WWE Champion Jinder Mahal) returns to TIJ to talk about his new character and gimmick, his new mindset, and his recent debut on the indies! Raj details his recent (and second) release from WWE in June, and why it was really not a surprise to him (unlike the first time). He talks about his promo segment with The Rock from earlier this year and how that all came together. He details the events leading up to his WWE Championship win and run, how and when h...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former senior intelligence official and special agent, Luis “Lue” Elizondo, was recruited into the US government’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, a $22 million program sponsored by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to study UFOs. Lue resigned in 2017 in protest of excessive government secrecy regarding UFOs. But it’s thanks to Lue that the government in recent years has declassified and made public a lot of information regarding UFO encounters and sightings. Lue documents...
Aug 21, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Castaneda plays “Diego” on the popular Netflix series, The Umbrella Academy, which just released its final season! He talks about the lengthy audition process, the role that Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm played in it, how he developed and trained for “Diego,” the impact the show’s success had on his life and his social media following, some of his favorite scenes to film, and how he feels about the series’ ending. David also shares some stories about his upcoming John Wick spin-off ...
Aug 16, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast August 9, 1999 marked Y2J’s WWE (then WWF) debut, and to celebrate 25 years of the momentous occasion, Chris sat down on the landmark anniversary day itself and recounted the story, sharing all the incredible details leading up to the big reveal. You THINK you know this story. You THINK you’ve heard this story, but you truly haven’t heard it until NOW. From his last days at WCW to the clandestine meeting at Vince McMahon’s house in Connecticut to the countdown clock and Millennium Man original g...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Borderlands, writer & director Eli Roth’s first big-budget, action movie, hit theaters today, and Eli takes us behind-the-scenes of his adaptation of the popular video game! He talks about working with the A-list cast including Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, and Ariana Greenblatt, and explains his part in the casting process. He shares stories from filming in Budapest during COVID lockdown, collaborating with game creator Gearbox on the props, and directing with all th...
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