Suzy

Listen to "Suzy Reaches Beyond RnR Fantasy Camp With Debut EP" on Spreaker. Melodic metal vocalist/songwriter Suzy grew up in a small Mississippi town, population 1,150, where there weren’t many opportunities to follow her dreams of becoming a musician. Even though Suzy remembers singing before she could talk, she didn’t pursue a professional music career until she was in her 50s. After being told by so many people, starting with her own family, that she shouldn’t pursue music, she finally attended Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp where her Fantasy Camp counselor Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh, The Eagles) told her that she should definitely pursue music. Through the camp, Suzy would go on to share the stage with Paul Stanley (KISS) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest). Forget the bedroom. She took her fantasy out of the band room. Suzy was so inspired by Joe’s encouragement that she released an EP called “The Best Revenge” in 2015 (It’s dedicated to the haters who said she couldn’t do it.). Now, her new self-titled EP is produced by Billboard-charting artist/producer Norman Matthew (As Strange As Angels, Murder FM) and includes Joe Vitale and Ace Frehley drummer Matt Star on selected tracks. She’s been told that she sounds like Joan Baez meets Judas Priest. Simon Kirke (Bad Company/Free) said that she sounds like Joni Mitchell meets Metallica (Simon didn’t mean that as a compliment, but Suzy took it as a compliment anyway). Through Rock and Roll Fantasy camp, she’s shared the stage with members of Cheap Trick as well as Paul Stanley (KISS), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Simon Kirke (Bad Company, Free), Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh, The Eagles), Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath) and Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne). She has performed live at venues including the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood and House of Blues in Las Vegas. Her message is simple: You’re never too old to do what you love. Life is a song, so sing it. Suzy lives in Houston.

Gregg Rolie

Listen to "Gregg Rolie Of Journey And Santana Releases Sonic Ranch" on Spreaker. When you’re a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, you don’t have a lot to prove. But legendary singer-songwriter and keyboardist Gregg Rolie, who holds that rare distinction as a founding member and original lead vocalist of both Santana and Journey, and who has also been a mainstay of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band since 2012, demonstrates that he’s at the top of his game with the release of Sonic Ranch (Megaforce Records), his first feature-length studio album in 18 years. “I didn’t plan on taking so long to record a new album,” Rolie says. “The simple fact is, I’ve been working. I’ve been writing songs over the years, and we recorded half of them by 2013. Then I got busy touring with Ringo, and I took part in the Santana reunion, Santana IV. Everything took time. Finally, when Santana IV was done, I could get back to finishing the record.” Rolie recorded the album at several studios – New York’s RMG Studios, and two facilities in Texas, Arylyn Studios and the Sonic Ranch (the latter of which inspired the record’s title). His son, Sean, served as the main producer, with addition production handled by Chris “Frenchie” Smith and Daniel Sahad. A wide range of Rolie’s illustrious musician friends contributed to Sonic Ranch – among them are his onetime Santana mate Michael Shrieve on drums, as well as bass extraordinaire Alphonso Johnson. And he features not one, but two guitar heroes: Steve Lukather, who plays on the gutsy blues rocker “They Want It All” and the stunning album opener, Give Me Tomorrow,” and fellow Journey alum Neal Schon, who appears on the soulful ballad “Breaking My Heart” and the sinuous groover “Lift Me Up.” Sonic Ranch’s first single is “What About Love.” The thunderous sing-along epic sees Sean Rolie displaying his own formidable guitar chops. “The song inspired by Ringo Starr and his message of peace and love,” Rolie explains. “I had started writing it, and I would and play around with it at soundchecks with Ringo. It sounded really good, so I took it home, found the bassline, and Sean produced and engineered it. There’s 15 lead vocals on it. Sean played the guitar solo and said, ‘It’s a little out of tune.’ I said, ‘It’s perfectly out of tune. Let’s go!’ He’s such a great player.” Rolie wrote all of the 13 tracks on the album, with the exception of “They Want It All,” which he penned with Andre Pessis and Kevin Chalfont, and the piano-driven show stopper “Look into the Future,” which he co-wrote with Diane Valory and Neal Schon – the song originally appeared on Journey’s album of the same name in 1976. “I always liked that track and was waiting for a chance to re-arrange it and record my own version of it.” In addition, Rolie re-images Elvis Presley’s classic “Don’t Be Cruel” as a mid-tempo gospel tune, and his spine-tingling vocal performance would draw a nod of approval from the King. “I used to play it in the same manner for encores with my quartet, and it always went over beautifully, so I decided to end the record with it,” Rolie says. “I’ve got the same group of guys on it – Alan Haynes on guitar, drummer Ron Wikso and bassist Sticky Lopez.” “I’m pretty fortunate to have such good friends who are also some of the best musicians on earth,” says Rolie. “These songs mean a lot to me, and I’m very proud to be putting them out. To have such amazing players helping me to make them a reality is an amazing thing. The album wouldn’t have turned out so well without them.” “What About Love” can be streamed at Spotify. Sonic Ranch is available at iTunes and Amazon.

Kein J DeBruin

Listen to "Kevin J DeBruin Releases The Book To NASA And Beyond" on Spreaker. Kevin J DeBruin dreamed of designing spaceships for NASA ever since he was a child. DeBruin doesn’t know what the definition of ‘giving up’ is. His ability to never take no for an answer earned him an accomplishment that many dream of...working for NASA. In To NASA & Beyond, DeBruin shares his incredible journey and the numerous challenges he encountered. Over the course of three years, DeBruin submitted over 150 internship applications to NASA. Georgia Tech initially denied his application to graduate school. After three rounds of interviews NASA JPL they did not give him a job, however Kevin wouldn’t quit. In what totals to over 35 interviews with NASA, DeBruin never lost determination in achieving his dream as a 10-year-old boy.

Pod Crashing Episode 31 Controlled Chaos

Listen to "Pod-Crashing Episode 31 Controlled Chaos" on Spreaker. Pod-Crashing Episode 31 Controlled Chaos A single snap shot of our present place on the digital platform and barely anybody can figure it out. There’s a lot of guessing going on and you’ve gotta love it. Heard a quote today, “When I jumped onto this there were no forefathers.” Sharing that message was Michael Stevens who’s helped strengthen YouTube’s footprint into something other than free music and crazy self-created smartphone videos. His show Mind Field gets into the head and heart of why we feel fear, have anxiety and face every other emotion available to mankind. Michael went on to say, “If they aren’t watching you. They’re watching someone else.” He’s right. YouTube fans and followers know what they’re looking for because it’s delivered on demand. They may be leaving you but they’re not leaving the platform. Just give me that big beautiful search engine. As podcasting continues to gain in popularity its visibility must become clearer. Hardcore listeners know where the episodes are. The average newbe to the platform continues to struggle with what the difference is between Apple Podcasts and Castbox, Deezer, Spreaker and even Podcast Addict. iHeart Radio has earned their rightful place at the top of where listeners are making connections. The search engine can be a little tricky. You’ve got to have the name of the podcast exact. Which is a big issue for many show creators. I’m horribly guilty of it. Every one of my podcasts are not street speak. I have Unplugged and Totally Uncut, Like its Live, Poetic Elevation. Unless you know what to look for it goes against the natural flow of reaching for what you seek. Spotify is also a pretty good sized owner of the podcast pie. Through a free digital hookup on Anchor the Spotify platform is gaining in numbers. Who better to know that than a huge amount of podcast promoters that have taken over Linkdin and FaceBook with How To videos filled with promises of locating a stronger listening base for you. I’ve sat through a lot of webinars. Taken boxes of notes. Questioned by questions. It takes me back to what Michael Stevens was saying, “When I jumped onto this there were no forefathers.” Millions of us are striving to reach the same success goal. How we’re getting there is the multiple layered story. How I got to my first million probably won’t work for anyone else. I’m honest enough to call it being at the right place at the right time. Maintaining what I started is murdering the clock. Podcasters like Jake Brennan on Disgraceland keeps his episodes on a track of once every other week. Will Ferrell does his in seasons. We don’t know if he’s knocking out 8 to 10 episodes in a week. Maybe we’ll find out more since he and iHeart Media have teamed up to create what looks to be the globes first comedy podcast network. I was talking with actress Missi Pyle about her podcast called The Mother Load. Two moms talking about raising young children in 2019. The challenges, the chores, the victories and struggles to keep your career alive while loving those brought to life. In every podcaster’s voice I talk with I hear the journey. The expectation of trying to keep up. The disappointments of not getting enough downloads of listens for potential advertisers. Everybody’s good day always has the potential of helping others make their way down an extremely twisted river with so much fish to eat but getting to them requires more than a worm on a hook. Comedy Clubs are capitalizing on the popularity of podcasting. Mommy-casts pull in so many female fans that food and wine sales are going through the roof. To land on that stage you’re gonna need deep pockets or huge numbers. I’ve seen comedians play to a room of 25 or less. How does a podcaster react when the club rented shows a couple of people sitting on stage still hacking it up and rolling around like two kids driving mom crazy? I don’t know if I could pull something like that off. My interviews and motivational shows are designed to be one on one. To talk with the person that happened to check in with you. Don’t get me wrong, I love a live stage with a big amount of people expecting something from my flow of creative energy. As a podcaster though… I don’t think that’s my thing. “When I jumped onto this there were no forefathers.” Michael Stevens went on to say that as podcasters we need to become more of a community and not linear. Another words lean away from the microphone and wink at those watching the performance. From that ledge you say something like “Don’t wing it. Prepare for it. Listeners are smarter than you. I know where the next button is.” Most of us get our podcast lessons from listening to the giants that’ve been doing it for decades. Today I was checking out Joe Rogen and Kevin Smith talking about how podcasters have become addicted to creating seasons. That’s when the host does 12 to 15 shows then takes off a few weeks. Kevin and Joe both agreed that it’s just wrong. This isn’t television. Podcasting shouldn’t be treated as such. Rogen’s into the performance as well as the game. He knows the importance of being loyal to how he’s designed the total package program layout. He’s doing seven episodes this week. Which doesn’t sound like much until you realize his interviews are up to two hours long. He likes to win and doesn’t let anything get in the way of a winning performance. Compared to that, my style of podcasting is completely different. That’s part of the soul of doing it. Nobody’s truly sticking to a format or corporate driven approach to getting the job done. We’re artists and artists to their own thing. The majority of the episodes I do are 7 to 14 minutes long. Then I program the hell out of the platform. I do it like a radio station lays out music. Three of my fifteen podcasts get five episodes per day. 5:30 am suddenly becomes 3 pm. Then it’s time to show prep for tomorrow’s conversations. This isn’t anything new to my lifestyle. For forty years I’ve always been associated with specialty programming on terrestrial radio. Now I can do it the way I hear it not by playing the same 15 songs on a weekly countdown or penning out and executing a Classic Rock Update that barely clocks in at 55 seconds. Writing my own rules meant fighting for my own space. I’ve been known to get extremely protective while dealing with outsiders that haven’t lived the path. So what’s the moral of the story? No two pieces of clay are worked the same. The Potter doesn’t know the end result until it’s fired with all that glaze. Podcasting is no different. The goal is to head into everyday knowing you’re committed to making a ton of mistakes while never going over the top with affection when an episode exceeds the listening limits. Tomorrow a new day. Bring the game.

Tapping Into The Invisible

Listen to "Tapping Into The Invisible" on Spreaker. There's an amazing amount of energy endlessly moving around us. We make the choice to label it bothersome or just noise. It's that energy and or message from afar that's arrived to be used as a tool. If you don't use it the next step is for the energy to keep moving through flow. As a Third Dan in Martial Arts we studied Ki energy. It's very real. Learning how to find it and utilize it's presence teaches us to stop trying so hard and use the fuel the universe has sent. Crazy talk right? Ki energy was the tool required for me to break four bricks from a push up position. Building that energy. Trusting its presence. Then letting it explode. Within seconds the bricks of four were now in eight pieces. I'm a firm believer that Ki energy arrives during moments of meditation and or Yoga Nidra. Building a relationship with it has been a journey of respect. It's not going to be there if you don't take care of it. If you abuse it expect it to bite back. Writing and studying the energy by way of awareness is a great place for leaders to grow with it. You can't just suddenly show up and expect greater things. It's learning how to identify how the universe is unstoppable on its path through you. If things aren't going your way. There's a big chance that you're the one blocking the right energy from taking shape on your paths of choice.

Melinda Rodriguez

Listen to "Melinda Rodriguez Making Music On NBC's The Voice" on Spreaker. Melinda was raised by a single mother who worked nights as a registered nurse to care for her and her siblings. Melinda inherited her mother's work ethic and took the public bus two hours each way to attend a performing arts middle and high school where she fell in love with jazz. All her hard work seemed to pay off when she got into the New England Conservatory in Boston. However, Melinda returned home a year later to care for her brother suffering from chronic heart failure. Melinda currently works three jobs while attending graduate school at the University of Illinois, runs the jazz vocal department and performs regularly with two bands

David Schiller

Listen to "David Schiller Sets Free Guitar The Worlds Most Seductive Instrument" on Spreaker. Guitar has made some of the most legendary, beloved rock ballads possible–from Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” to “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses And it has been smashed by icons such as Prince, who broke the neck off his “Yellow Cloud” guitar while at a French television show in 1994, and Jimi Hendrix, who set his “Black Pepper Fender Startocaster” guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Now the new book: Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument (On sale October 1, 2019) by David Schiller - is a glorious celebration of 200 of these iconic instruments and the people that made them famous. Guitar is a true labor of love. Beginning in a guitar store on Bleecker Street in New York City, Schiller, accompanied by a photo researcher, traveled far and wide to study and photograph hundreds of guitars, visiting shops, collectors’ offices, museums, festivals, factories, and artisan workshops around the country and all over the world. From pursuing great photo collections to tracking rare images in far-flung museums, Schiller worked tirelessly to capture the personalities, individual styles, and voices of his favorite instrument. Complete with an irresistible hardcover slipcase and a die-cut edge that reveals three tuning keys of the spectacular Art Deco–influenced headstock of a John D’Angelico New Yorker acoustic, this stunning book is punctuated by profiles of twenty-four legendary guitarists ranging from Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson to Joni Mitchell to Django Reinhardt to Bonnie Raitt—each of which is paired with a photograph of the musician’s own guitar or one emblematic of the type they favored. Groundbreaking instruments that ushered in the electric guitar such as Rickenbacker’s “Frying Pan” and Les Paul’s “Log” are also featured, along with many of the world’s most celebrated players and their guitars:

Andy Borowitz And Kyra Darnton

Listen to "Andy Borowitz and Kyra Darnton From Retro Report On PBS" on Spreaker. RETRO REPORT on PBS takes viewers on a journey into the most important stories of the day, looking at them through the lens of their often surprising historical roots, providing new insights while correcting the record and exposing myths along the way. In today’s 24-hour news cycle, with breaking headlines, all-news networks and online outlets constantly competing for attention, RETRO REPORT on PBS aims to widen the discussion, revealing the story behind the story, providing new insights into how today’s events have been shaped by the past. Each episode will explore four distinct stories, closing with “Now It All Makes Sense,” a special segment featuring the wit and wisdom of author and comedian Andy Borowitz. The series is hosted by journalist Celeste Headlee and artist Masud Olufani and produced by Kyra Darnton. Topics to be explored include how decades-old research on human behavior shows that social media’s addictive power is by design rather than chance; why half a million children still have dangerously high lead levels even though it was banned from gasoline and household products decades ago; how the sex education policies of today are informed by failures of programs created during the Clinton era; and why mandatory arbitration agreements enacted on Wall Street 20 years ago have negatively impacted today’s #MeToo movement.

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 175

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 175" on Spreaker. I love writing inside a forest. It could be connected to my early years in Montana. I openly admit to being a tree hugger. It could also be associated with my Native American spiritual beliefs that say trees and rocks are the greatest storytellers on the planet. On this podcast I step back to August 1, 2019 and read about so many beautiful things that have happened inside this forest located in south Charlotte, North Carolina. Once free from the page I looked up and took note of the very forest written about as it appears in my present place of "Now" Very dark clouds, hard rain, an early morning Fall fog. But I don't feel the urge to race out into the trees with my writing instrument and paper. I'm not the only one that does this. Rather than embrace the rains caused by personal storms we walk away. Sure I could say I don't want to get wet. It looks to be a cold day in Carolina. Why would I want to take a chance on getting sick? Because it seems like the only thing we talk about or post on social media any more are the great days. The best smiles. The moments we've accepted. Nobody wants to be a Debbie Downer with their changes and challenges and yet on the opposite end of this day could be something we were designed to learn today. When it happens we'll post it in seconds. But it's not the full story. Readers and people standing next to you only got part of it. My father served our nation in World War II. In our forty five plus years together he spoke of two things about his days on the battle grounds. The day he went in and the day he got out. I never once heard my father talk about the entire story. Which makes me wonder about how much of our true selves have fallen into the carved out channels and tunnels to never be heard because even though it might not be pretty and smell like roses... It's just something we've set aside with hopes of forever forgetting.

Jessie Lawrence

Listen to "Jessie Lawrence From The Voice On NBC" on Spreaker. Jessie had a difficult childhood. At 10 years old he and his siblings were separated and handed over to the state. Jessie wanted to sing but felt no one cared about him and his aspirations. He was eventually accepted to a performing arts high school and met kids with similar interests, but remained in a group home until he was 18. After high school, he got a show at the Apollo Theater and received some management interest, but later became homeless and had to focus on survival. Jessie has been stable for the last two years with a job as a commercial painter and now has the means to get back to his music.

Josh Gates

Listen to "Josh Gates and Jason Krupat From Expedition Uknown On Discovery" on Spreaker. Adventurer and avid explorer Josh Gates takes viewers around the globe investigating the greatest legends in history. And now, a case Josh has been chasing for years has been solved, right in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. After two adventures chasing buried treasures from Byron Preiss’ 1982 treasure hunt, The Secret, Josh meets up with Boston local, Jason Krupat and the two embark on a legendary journey to uncover the famed treasure in an all-new episode of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, airing Wednesday, October 30th at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel. The objective in Preiss’ famed treasure hunt, The Secret, is to match one of the twelve paintings to one of the twelve poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle and dig for the key. Prior to publishing, Byron Preiss secretly traveled to twelve locations in the United States and buried a dozen ceramic casques that once uncovered contained a key that could be exchanged for a beautiful gemstone. Since 1982, only two of the twelve casques have been discovered - until now. Inspired by past episodes of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, Jason Krupat, a game designer by day, set out to solve one of Preiss’ puzzles and contacted Josh after successfully piecing the riddle together, but when the two met to dig up the physical casque and key, they faced thrilling challenges and surprise findings as they unraveled Preiss’ mystery. Josh and Jason will take viewers around Boston on an epic adventure tracing clues and following the step-by-step process of what went into solving the decades old mystery. This historical event closes the book on one chapter of The Secret and brings closure to Josh's years-long search for the treasures.

Patrica Cornwell

Listen to "Patricia Cornwell Releases Quantum" on Spreaker. QUANTUM features Captain Calli Chase, a NASA test pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator. Growing up just outside NASA Langley in Hampton, Virginia, she and her twin sister have long had their sights set on going to space. On the eve of a top-secret space mission, Calli detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below NASA’s research center. She knows that there are no accidents in this high security, high tech facility and that a looming blizzard and the government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide—a series of disturbing clues that point to Calli's identical twin, Carme, who's been MIA for days. Desperate to halt the countdown to disaster and clear her sister's name, Captain Chase digs deep into her vast cybersecurity knowledge and her painful past in search of answers to her twin's erratic conduct. Patricia Cornwell’s research for her books is unparalleled for its full and total immersion in the worlds she creates. For her Kay Scarpetta novels, she became adept at a wide range of skills from motorcycles to firearms, ballistics and weapons, to autopsies, death investigation and high-tech instrumentation, and earned certifications as a scuba diver and helicopter pilot. And for QUANTUM, Cornwell gained insider access to one of the country’s most secret and impregnable institutions. She traveled all over the country touring NASA facilities (as well as Sierra-Nevada Corporation and Blue Origin), and along the way, she learned to spacewalk, explored the training facilities used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and began working with record breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson. The result—a 100% authentic world so vivid down to the last detail, that readers feel part of the scenes alongside Calli—from the claustrophobic utility tunnels that snake beneath NASA Langley to the glowing computer displays of Mission Control, as she works desperately to stop a catastrophe—not just for the space program but for the safety of the whole nation.

The Final Page

Listen to "The Final Page" on Spreaker. We've all been in those meetings where those making decisions put time stamps on unmet expectations. I'm shocked that society hasn't labeled us the Google generation or The Amazon Prime community. Both super feed our need of wanting things now. This makes us want all things delivered the same way. The idea of being part of a process is time not spent well. Too much energy and thought went into creating what we believed had the potential of being a success. But that's not how the real world works. That time stamp means goals will be met and if there isn't success those in charge of the process are tossed. Getting back to a life of respecting time is a tough cookie to bite into. It's not just bosses and coworkers putting you through unheard of amounts of stress, so are your friends and family. We want answers and end results right now. The idea of developing a process is out of touch with the times. I write daily to document the process. I need that road map to speak to the inner core of this creative journey. To show it respect as well as gratefulness. As much as the outside shell demands success the inner voice has to remain in control and trust filled by way of taking a firm grip on the purpose of there being a process. There are so many choices in today's everyday world that the average traveler has no idea that you have a product. Not unless you've emptied your pockets and every last cent has been spent on marketing. Even that isn't enough. When we shoot for the horizon without a process mistakes will be made. How many around you accept that? I've heard it a million times, "We got into the mess and we can get out." Pretty soon those messes become your image. Why invest in that? Getting back to the process. Painfully it can happen. The end result may not even be what you envisioned. Through the process you learned by way of experience which makes creating the light bulb a little easier. Trust your failures. Learn from the stumbles. Unmask your fear filled self and take one more step into the process of success.

Reshaping The Shapeless

Listen to "Reshaping The Shapeless" on Spreaker. I'm a free form thinker. I free form writing. I free form the steps required to endlessly be present in the "Now". Pretty weird thought right? It's the kind of thinking that's pushed me away from people. Learning to live with it has been a journey. You can't reach up and turn it off. Being a free form personality is an adventure that has to remain true to the process of daily growth by way of finding adventure in change. On this podcast I go back three years and locate a note that I penned out to myself. It was if the inner core of this free form traveler was having to explain to a future self that no matter how reckless a creative mind feels, the reality of being accountable for being a free form thinker is still a vibrant place to plant seeds. My sister is an out of control Debbie Downer. I act and react to her methods of conversation by saying things that kind of block the madness from reaching that place we have that tends to bleed when touched wrong. So I say weird junk in response. To invite humor or a new path to sink into a thought. Negative people are always on a mission. It's an hourly goal to draft weak hearts. It's almost like they're getting paid by an invisible source of cash and flow. Free forming the conversation keeps you at a safe distance. In Tae Kwon Do we spent a lot of time physically and mentally measuring where our comfort zones are. You can't win a tournament if you're always on the inside. It's a game of strategy. So are your relationships with friends and family. Compassion, forgiveness and trust aren't supposed to hit dangerous levels of emptiness. Put some free form to work and make sure that line in the sand keeps downers at bay. People are taking from you everyday. Here's why. You let them. Grow forward and outward. Build your team wisely.

Sally Kirkland

Listen to "Actress Sally Kirkland From Cuck" on Spreaker. Sally Kirkland, BEST Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner and veteran of over 200 films. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark on Hollywood history. Born in New York City, her mother was the fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazine. Sally began her career on the off-Broadway circuit and trained under Lee Strasberg. Sally Kirkland is a film, TV, and theater veteran since the 1960's and is probably best known for the film "Anna," for which she garnered the Best Actress Oscar nomination and won the Best Actress Golden Globe, the Independent Spirit Award, and the LA Film Critic's Circle Award. Sally's first director in 1964 was Andy Warhol in "13 Most Beautiful Women." In 1968 she became the first nude actress in American history, "Sweet Eros" by Terrence McNally. Her 220 films also include: "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "Coming Apart," "Cold Feet," "Best of the Best," "Revenge," "JFK," "ED TV," "Bruce Almighty", "Coffee Date" and "Archaeology of a Woman". In the past couple of years she has starred in "Buddy Solitaire", "Gnaw" and "The Most Hated Woman in America" co-starring with Melissa Leo and Peter Fonda. And coming out soon, she has starred in "Sarah Q", "Cuck", "Invincible" and "The Talking Tree". She was nominated for Best Actress in a TV movie by the Hollywood Foreign Press for "The Haunted- A True Story." Her television credits include: guest starring on "Criminal Minds," recurring on "Head Case" and "the Simple Life." She guest starred on "Resurrection Blvd," and in the TV movie, "Another Woman's Husband." Sally had a recurring role on "Felicity". She starred on the NBC movie, "Brave New World." She starred in the TV movie, "Song of Songs" and was a series regular on the TV show "Valley of the Dolls." She also starred in the TV movie, "The Woman Who Loved Elvis." She had a recurring role as Barbara Healy in the original "Roseanne" series. She starred in the TV movie, "Heatwave" and recurred as Tracy on "Days of Our Lives." Sally is also an exhibited painter, poet, renowned acting coach and ordained minister in the Church of The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA).

Treat Williams

Listen to "Actor Treat Williams From The Great Alaskan Race" on Spreaker. Treat Williams has been a renowned actor on Broadway, in films, and on television for more than 30 years. Along the way he has been seen in such greats as Hair, A Streetcar Named Desire, Mulholland Falls, Deep End of the Ocean, and Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending. It was the WB television series Everwood, however, that brought him to the attention of audiences everywhere. He has received much critical acclaim and several award nominations for his portrayal of the endearing Dr. Andy Brown, a surgeon who moved his family from New York City to a small town in Colorado after his wife died. Williams was named after his ancestor Robert Treat Payne (1731-1814), one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born on December 1, 1951, in Rowayton, Connecticut. He grew up there attending prep-school before he went on to Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. While there he joined the Fulton Repertory Theatre Troupe in Lancaster. He thoroughly explored his love of acting while part of the Troupe and so after graduation he moved to New York City to try acting as a full-time career. Soon after his move, in 1973, he made his Broadway debut in the musical Grease. He started out as an understudy to John Travolta but later ended up taking over the role of Danny Zuko himself. His plan to enter the New York acting scene began with great success. He was later seen in productions of Over Here, a play that featured the Andrews Sisters, The Pirates of Penzance, and Oleanna. Williams decided to try his hand at film acting and soon after made his film debut in the farcical movie The Ritz in 1976. He played a private detective who was tracking a mobster through ridiculous situations. It was in 1979's Hair, however, that Williams caught the public's eye. He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for New Star of the Year for his portrayal of the character Berger, the leader of a group of hippies. Around the same time, Williams, who has always been interested in singing as well as acting, formed a rock band with Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, Peter Riegert, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio called Crime & Punishment.

Practicing Badly Doesn't Make It Right

Listen to "Practicing Badly Doesn't Make It Right" on Spreaker. One of my thrills as a daily writer is putting things on paper in an extremely difficult to understand hidden speak way. Basically meaning nobody's gonna figure out the structure of the thoughts and why they were brought to the page. Today we go back three years to an obviously out of control moment of hidden speak where the writer himself is confused until he reads the sentence over and over. We're all very guilty of doing things over and over again. I think the parental figures put us on that path because how many times were you told to keep going back until you got it right. We do that a lot in this everyday world. When in question we've made it extremely easy to go back to go. And do so until our perfectionist self is satisfied or completely tired of spinning his or her wheels. Growing through the ranks of martial arts to third degree black belt status we were constantly reminded of learning how to get control of what's right and stop focusing on what's wrong. You cannot truly achieve if everything you're doing is a repeat. Growing beyond this personal challenge takes years of awareness. The physical understanding and forgiveness of accepting mistakes then moving beyond them. Like anything else its extremely easy to fall off the wagon. Get back up. Get on the trail and find peace and not pieces. Be aware of where you are in the present and know how you're going to get into the shape of a new tomorrow. If the moment feels like last week. You're practicing badly. With time you'll begin to recognize the habits and bend things toward being right. Take notes. Writing each day is an incredible time saver not taker.

Jake Brennan

Listen to "Jake Brennan From The Disgraceland Podcast" on Spreaker. Disgraceland is a podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Thirty-ish minute episodes that trace the most insane criminal stories surrounding our most interesting and infamous pop stars. Disgraceland melds music history, true crime and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not journalism. Disgraceland is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by true events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Season 1 of Disgraceland was released independently on February 13, 2018 and within two days reached #7 on the overall 'Top Podcasts' chart on Apple Podcasts. It has since been downloaded millions of times in over 150 countries. Season 2 was released on July 10th, 2018. Apple Podcasts named Disgraceland to their coveted "Best of 2018" list. Disgraceland is released on a bi-weekly schedule with a few exceptions. Disgraceland is for lovers of true crime. Disgraceland is also for music lovers. Did Jerry Lee Lewis get away with murdering his fifth wife? How did Sid Vicious and Sam Cooke really die? Were Tay-K 47's 100 million downloads aided and abetted by a murder charge and a nationwide manhunt? Disgraceland explores these stories and more and attempts to reckon the heinous acts committed by these musicians with our love for the amazing music they create, which is particularly relevant in the here and now. However, Disgraceland doesn't tell these stories in a stodgy, self righteous way. These stories are too wild for that. Disgraceland is a bi-weekly adult storytelling podcast. Not "sit around the campfire" storytelling. More like "slightly buzzed guy at the end of the bar whose seen some sh*t" storytelling. Disgraceland is a labor of love. It began in a basement and graduated to a former massage parlor of ill repute, where it remains, fittingly.

Holly George Warren

Listen to "Steve Gorman Releases New Trigger Hippy Album And Hard To Handle Book" on Spreaker. Janis Joplin has passed into legend as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. Holly George-Warren’s definitive new biography, JANIS: Her Life and Music (Simon & Schuster; October 22, 2019; $28.99) sheds a new light on the iconic musician we thought we knew. It is a breathtaking and invigorating depiction of a woman who struggled against gender norms and drug addiction, yet whose unrivaled talent came to symbolize an entire era. Janis Joplin’s success was no accident. From an early age, her parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. While growing up in a conservative Texas oil town, Janis fell hard for music. Her first transgressive act was to be a white girl with an early passion for the blues. She stood out, and in a time when simply pursuing her talents was an act of defiance, Janis knew she was too big for her small town. She found her niche in California, one that didn’t ask her to be a wife and homemaker, or to use a man to get her foothold in life. But with every opportunity came dark struggles. A shy girl with an immense talent, Janis’ world began to reflect the stress of that dichotomy, and she often turned to drugs and alcohol to keep it all together. She teetered between the powerful woman you hear in her songs and the girl who just wanted to feel safe and accepted. Janis made a name for herself as rule-breaking rock’n’roll trailblazer and as an icon of the countercultural movement. She pushed every boundary as a woman in a man’s industry, never compromising her talents or her desires. She worked incredibly hard, and while history may remember her as a woman whose demons outran her, Janis persisted against every limitation, and that is how this biography demands we remember her. Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin’s family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, this is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due.

Steve Gorman

Listen to "Steve Gorman Releases New Trigger Hippy Album And Hard To Handle Book" on Spreaker. The first ever account of this great American rock band's beginning, middle, and end, told from the exclusive, insider perspective of founding member. As the band's drummer and voice of reason, Gorman tried to keep the Black Crowes together musically - and in one piece emotionally. In HARD TO HANDLE, he makes it clear just how impossible that job was. From the tumultuous recording sessions, to the coke and weed-field tours, to backstage hangs with legends like Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and the Rolling Stones, Steve shares never-before-heard stories with great insight, candor, and humor. Here, it is obvious that they just don't make bands like the Black Crowes anymore—crazy, brilliant, self-destructive, inspiring, and, ultimately, not built to last.

Tracey Hecht

Listen to "Tracey Hecht Creator Of The Nocturnals" on Spreaker. Tracey Hecht is the acclaimed author of The Nocturnals series of books for readers aged 5-12. She is talking to kids and parents about her new book, The Kooky Kinkajou, which engages parents, educators, and children around the serious topic of bullying in an age-appropriate manner. She is PASSIONATE about the topic. October is Bullying Prevention Month, and Tracey is very involved in getting kids and parents to help prevent bullying and promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Check out Helping Kids Navigate Complex Times, an article she wrote about using books as a tool to teach social-emotional learning.

Cody Alan

Listen to "Cody Alan From CMT's Artist Of The Year Special" on Spreaker. CMT’s 10th Annual CMT Artists of the Year will honor superstar acts Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett as the top country artists of 2019. The 90-minute special on Wednesday, October 16, will highlight the five “Artists of the Year” who have collectively ruled the last 12 months in country music. Country music icon Reba McEntire will be honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” award. Also, Grammy nominated Ashley McBryde will be receiving the "Breakout Artist of the Year" award.

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 174

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 174" on Spreaker. Oh you know how we are. Those people that live by the power of a written word. I've always been connected to the book. I just didn't make it as public as I do today. It became my calling to stop hiding. My preacher friends or those extremely close to the message warned me of the changes and how those around us will have opinion. On this podcast I step through that learning hoop by opening a conversation based not on religion but rather spirituality. I love Jim Carey's quote, "I'm a Jesus freak. I'm Buddhist. I'm Hindu. I'm everything!" The quote I laid into the veins of a living tree this past summer paints the image of my journey as being a spiritual man that doesn't where religion on his sleeve. Try that line out with the Sunday teachers. You know whats funny? The thought is supported. I expected friction. I was letting down the calling. Nope not really. Turning your gifts of life into a conversation that can help free someone from depression is your community. You don't know it all but you do know something. The joy you feel in your walk and way through creating things is actually a brilliant word to be heard. Don't hide your love for what you do. Being a cat lover helps heal others. Running at five in the morning will bring peace to those that would like to do it better. Your language on the street is yours to keep. Grow forward and outward. Remove the labels from your sleeves.

Nobody's Listening

Listen to "But Nobody's Listening" on Spreaker. We're all guilty of seeing those on top or bottom and coming up with our own story lines. The other day while talking with a Preacher she said something that caught me off guard. She said "Well I have to be in church tomorrow. I don't know why. Nobody comes to listen." Many times we forget how human Preachers, Rock Stars, Actors and Comedians really are. Just because they look to be at the top of their game we forget about their personal feelings and experiences. The world of social media has made us available to always talk but how often do we arrive to listen? To activate? To change? To accept the challenges without defeating yourself or others? The term Ghosting is very real and is extremely damaging on relationships. We've become a community of people that don't announce a departure we just walk off the stage. On this podcast we talk about how we assume if you aren't talking about what might be weighing you down then life must be great, incredible and successful. Mom used to tell us to never let someone close to your heart. It's going to be injured even more. Then one day people learn you aren't so perfect. Some embrace it while others move forward in search of another energy.

Alfonso Riberio

Listen to "Alfonso Ribeiro From Catch 21 On Game Show Network" on Spreaker. Alfonso Ribeiro has spent more than 30 years leaving his unique mark on the worlds of television, theater and beyond. Ribeiro hosted the original run of Catch 21 on Game Show Network for four seasons from 2008-2011. Additionally, Ribeiro is currently the host of Americas Funniest Videos. He also danced his way into America’s hearts on Dancing with the Stars. His acting skills have been in homes for decades with the long-running sitcoms Silver Spoons and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Ribeiro returns to hosting Catch 21 as the reboot relaunches on Game Show Network. The half-hour series is a fast-action blend of pop trivia with the tension-filled excitement of the classic card game, 21. Professional dancer and choreographer Witney Carson joins the show as card dealer, reuniting the former Dancing with the Stars partners in a game show first! In Catch 21, dealing out larger-than-life playing cards, the host quizzes contestants with general-knowledge questions as they attempt to build the closest hand to 21. Part knowledge, part nerve, and part strategy, every correct answer is a chance to add a card and build a better hand or pass the card and “bust” the competition.

Pod-Crashing Episode 30 Are We There Yet

Listen to "Pod-Crashing Episode 30 Are We There Yet" on Spreaker. Pod-Crashing Episode 30: Are We There Yet We’ve talked about it multiple times. Podcasting’s history. It’s been trudging along since the late 1980’s. Gained some speed during the birth of the iPod generation and has lightly floated around at an uneven pace without any real race. Podcasting’s always been that nearly next to underground thing comedians, politicians, home studio junkies and maybe a few teachers have done. Hey man you can say anything. Play anything. Make it your own thing or copy someone’s pretty good thing. Those dropping vocals on the platform clearly stayed true to their ambition, “We aren’t radio. We are us.” Better technology and cheaper data lifted listeners to a new level of connection. Millennial’s that loved NPR started gravitating toward podcasts because of the power of choice. We are that layer of people that dig it when we can get it on demand. It’s completely natural to think we’re living in the Golden Age of content consumption. Whoa whoa slow down. Not a lot of people on this side of the microphone are leaping onto that idea just yet. I mean compared to my early steps through hairy jungles and bitterly cold snowcapped peaks of 2012 forward, the information generation has latched onto some huge support from iHeart Radio, Radio One, NPR and small terrestrial station owners that think it’s a cool way to give advertisers an added benefit. Buy our radio station and we’ll toss your commercial onto a podcast free! Podcasting’s gettin some love and affection but it feels like we’re only six month into a marriage. The endorsements are coming in. Just today on Bob Pittman’s Math and Magic podcast, the legendary Walter Isaacson totally lifted his hat and praised the platform because it’s bringing the world back to storytelling. Who better to know that then the writer and creator of Disgraceland Jake Brenna. I asked him if we were living in the pioneering days of AM Radio mid 1920’s. From his heart he believes this new age of tossing out thoughts and journey’s is still 40 years from becoming a true super power. He used my mid-1920’s reference while explaining how long it took terrestrial radio to true become a part of the entire nation. Movies the same. Where we are today with motion pictures is lightyears beyond those initial first shots. So it got me thinking. Technology over the past 100 years has pushed the human mind and spirit further than any other time in history. Why would it take another 40 years of podcasting to truly be seen as a powerhouse form of entertainment, communication, teaching, building and making money? Because it’s still a guessing game. Those that should be doing aren’t. It’s not part of their threads of success because the old way is still working. There’s no interest. Bob Pittman loves the idea that teens and adults in their 20’s are hopping onto the podcast scene. Remember he’s the dude that created MTV. The I-Gen generation is fearless and has spent the past 15 years getting exactly what they want on demand. As each member of the I-Gen team grows inside their careers they’re bringing with them an experience. This is how podcasting worked for them as a creator and as a listener. Once a position of decision making is reached that opens the field of communication to be replanted. As of right now there’s way too many podcasts on the platform that should be making money but where’s the sales staff? You can’t keep pouring a lot of energy into an idea if nothings coming back. Podcast creating demands time. Thirty plus episodes feels fun. Advertisers need hundreds with huge listening and download numbers. Those fronting the advertising budget need a return on their investment. Sixteen hits a day isn’t exciting enough for businesses to play. Here’s what makes the game even tougher. Where is your listening audience? Johnny’s Burger Shack on Broadwater Ave isn’t interested in building a relationship with folks in a town 2,000 miles away. Talk about a buzz kill right? No! It needs to be talked about. Super Mega podcast connections like PodcastOne went the route of bringing in the big dogs like Adam Carolla, Laura Ingrahm, pro wrestler Steve Austin, Dr Drew, Shaquille O’Neil and more. Big names bring in clients. It’s moments like this that you gotta pull off an out of control but completely natural gut check. Is David available to take on Goliath one more time? Jake Brenna from Disgraceland is onto something. He knows how pretty the podcast adventure smells right now cuz for the first time terrestrial radio bosses are seeing the potential of money being made. How do you jump onto that gravy train? Let me ask you this? Are you sure you want to? Don’t forget what we talked about a few paragraphs back. Podcasting is nearly next to being underground. There’s been a lot of pride put into the roots of this machine from people that still believe, “We aren’t radio. We are us.” I learned one very important rule during my 37 years on that tower of power. Radio sales people are hungrier than the on air talent they’re selling. Somewhere out there are budding ad agencies searching for podcasts that have healthy analytic numbers. More importantly… podcasts that are destine to stick around and not suddenly disappear from the map because you weren’t the mood to perform this week and the one before that too. What we need are podcast lifestylers that want to make money away from their corporate radio job. To step out at night or during lunch and pull off something that’ll probably get them fired. You know… conflict of interest. But you can’t put your home front on the line until you’re comfortable with the writers, producers and performers that are addicted to the podcast sickness. I’ve yet to meet another me. Not conceited. A man of truth. In the studio everyday 530am til 4 pm and later. Hundreds of people write to me about needing to make money from their podcast. I always ask, “When did you post your last show?” Um last month. Maybe next Thursday. No wonder an army of sales executives aren’t marching this way. Marc Maron gives us two shows a week. Joe Rogan the same. They travel the world every week and still pull off episodes that are longer then every Star Wars movie combined. If you don’t have the time then think about creating a twelve show season. Hit the streets promoting the crap out of it. Make a lot of noise and shake up the atmosphere with your art. The podcasting trail is no longer a little chunk of land with patted down grass. There’s dirt where there was once green. One day the greenway maybe paved. In order to call it a success the path can’t be a half mile long. I hike Kings Mountain State Park for a reason. Over 20 miles of incredibly different leg busting lung piercing trails designed to kick your ass. That’s what’s gonna catch the eye of a chance taking sales force. Cause a conflict of interest. I’m Arroe and that’s pod-crashing.

Crispin Glover

Listen to "Crispin Glover From Lucky Day" on Spreaker. Crispin Glover is best known for his portrayal of eccentric character on screen…from George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River’s Edge, Bobby McBurney in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Thin Man in Charlie's Angels and The Knave of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. He currently stars in the STARZ TV series American Gods, as Mr. World. Glover is also a prolific writer, musician and director who’s own production company publishes his books. He lives in the U.S. and a castle in the Czech Republic. Director Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning writer of Pulp Fiction and Killing Zoe, lends his high-energy, bone-crunching style to the crime saga Lucky Day. Finally out of prison, safecracker Red (Luke Bracey) rejoins his wife (Nina Dobrev) and daughter and vows to go straight. But psychotic French hit man Lucky (Glover) has also come to town, seeking revenge against Red for the death of Luc’s brother - leading to a very unlucky showdown.

Brian J Smith

Listen to "Brian J Smith From Treadstone On USA" on Spreaker. From a producer of the Jason Bourne movies, comes the origin series Treadstone, one of the most anticipated new shows of the fall season. Treadstone explores the origin story and present-day actions of the infamous covert program that uses behavior modification protocol to turn recruits into nearly superhuman assassins. The action-packed thriller follows the action across the globe -- from D.C. to Berlin to Paris and beyond – tracking sleeper agents as they’re mysteriously “awakened” to resume their dangerous missions. One of these breakout superhuman agents is played by Brian J. Smith who stars as Doug McKenna, an all-American oil-rig worker whose life changes after he discovers long buried truths about himself. Brian recently starred as Chicago police officer Will Gorski in the Netflix fan favorite Sense8, and also notoriety for his role as Lieutenant Matthew Scott on SYFY’s Stargate Universe. In addition, he appeared in hit shows such as Gossip Girl, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Good Wife and Quantico. Speak with Bryan J. Smith about the origin of Operation Treadstone and what viewers can expect from the new series on USA Network.

I'm Not A Sales Person

Listen to "I'm Not A Sales Person" on Spreaker. Being a daily writer for twenty five years has taught me how to trust beyond the moment of putting words into place. I see words like I see the required belts in martial arts. You don't wake up on any given Sunday a black belt or greater. It's a journey that requires discipline and structure. You need to make mistakes. You need to learn forgiveness. In martial arts we endless trained on falling. Forward, sideways, on our backs and more. Falling happens in the everyday world. Have you learned how to do it without injury? That's what I see daily writing as. I fall into the blank white pages every morning at 4:30. On this podcast we leap back three years to October 6, 2016. The writer/author was extremely religious. It was a Thursday so I can't attach it to a Sunday sermon. In the art of falling I'd say he was using the positive influence of a higher energy to help free him from a storm. The writer never exposes the reason for the mindset only that it's what was moving through him in the moment. Learning to identify your mind guard should be a daily awareness. Who and what do you surround yourself with that's dedicated their purpose and plan to protect your fall? Being truthful and transparent to yourself without judgement is a beautiful first step. It's when you rely on other people to protect you that time in its own way will create the invisible crack leading to the valley floor. It starts with self. Build your empire by creating words that become sentences which develop paragraphs. We all have stories. How do you bring yours to the surface? The journey requires falls.

Paul Holes

Listen to "Paul Holes From The DNA Of Murder On Oxygen" on Spreaker. The 90-minute premiere episode delves into a 1980 murder in Williamsburg, Iowa where two hotel guests were founded bludgeoned to death in their room at a Holiday Inn. Each subsequent hour-long episode will focus on a new brutal murder where many questions have been left unanswered. Additional cases include a young woman found stabbed to death along railroad tracks in Kansas City, KS; a murder of a socialite in Georgia whose case involves a mysterious letter allegedly sent from the killer; a man who was found dead in his home after answering an online post for a renter; a homicide of a nun found 100 yards from the convent; and a grandmother stabbed to death in her home in broad daylight. With unprecedented access to crime scene photographs, case files and evidence, Holes investigates each crime utilizing his unique forensic and behavioral skillset. Hoping to zero in on the profile of the perpetrator, he lends his expertise in the latest technological advancements from familial and genetic genealogy to latent fingerprint and DNA phenotyping, the process of predicting physical appearance from DNA. Investigator Paul Holes spent two and a half decades looking for one of the most elusive serial killers in US history, the Golden State Killer. After retiring from his position as Cold Case Investigator/Chief of Forensics for the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office in California, he continued to work on the case until he helped capture the alleged killer, Joseph James DeAngelo. Working with a team of investigators, Holes’ use of cutting-edge DNA technology proved crucial to closing in on DeAngelo. Holes was launched into the national spotlight and became an overnight hero in the crime and justice community.

David Steinberg

Listen to "David Steinberg Longtime Manager Of Robin Williams" on Spreaker. Robin Williams was a generational talent, graced with comedic brilliance, rapid-fire improvisation, and a deep well of warmth and compassion that translated to every role he inhabited. From his breakout role in ABC's Mork & Mindy to his Academy Award®-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, the iconic actor displayed an inimitable artistry that made him beloved by millions. Join Time Life, in conjunction with the Trustees of the Robin Williams Trust, in celebrating the incomparable career of the singularly innovative actor with ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS. Available at RobinWilliams.com and elsewhere, this definitive collection of Williams' comedy highlights arrives as interest in his life and career increases in the wake of HBO's critically acclaimed documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind from Emmy® Award-winning director Marina Zenovich and Oscar-winning producer Alex Gibney, and Dave Itzkoff's biography Robin, a New York Times best-seller. Celebrating the actor's memorable 40-year career, from his uproarious turn as loveable alien Mork and his legendary HBO stand-up specials to his numerous appearances on late night, this handsome, 22-disc collection, housed in deluxe packaging includes: * All five HBO stand-up specials together for the very first time, including Off the Wall (1978), An Evening with Robin Williams (1983), An Evening at the MET (1986), Live on Broadway (2002) and Weapons of Self Destruction (2009). * Never-before-released concert specials, including Robin's full MGM Grand Garden stand-up from 2007 and the Montreal stop on his last tour, a conversation on stage between Williams and comedian David Steinberg. * Memorable talk show and late night TV appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Graham Norton Show, Saturday Night Live and more * Rare, never-before-seen clips including early stand-up, raw footage from HBO's promo shoots, a hilarious toast to Richard Pryor by Robin as Mrs. Doubtfire, and more * Brand new interviews with close friends and family including Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Jay Leno, Eric Idle, David Steinberg, Lewis Black and Zak Williams * 11 hilarious episodes of Mork & Mindy, including the two-part pilot! * James Lipton's Emmy® Award-nominated 90-minute interview with Robin on Inside the Actors Studio, plus deleted scenes * A comprehensive collection of Robin's USO shows around the world * Original and newly created bonus features including behind-the-scenes footage, local highlights from tour stops, promos and more. Featurettes include: The Early Years, San Francisco: Where It All Started, Comic Genius, and TV's Best Guest * Critically acclaimed 2018 HBO documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind from Emmy® Award-winning director Marina Zenovich and Oscar-winning producer Alex Gibney. "Robin Williams: Uncensored", a collectible 24-page, full-color memory book featuring rare, archival photos from award-winning photographer Arthur Grace, reminiscences from friends and colleagues, Robin's personal tour notes and more. Uncensored, electric, intense and unfailingly hilarious, Williams made it his life's work to make people laugh--whether he was holding forth on culture, politics, the human body or drugs--with razor-sharp wit and insight. As his long-time friend Billy Crystal said, "In the 40 odd years he was in front of us, especially on television, he never let you down. He was always funny, he always did something new." And, in unforgettable ways, ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS reveals and celebrates the wide range of his incredible talents like never before.

Tom LoBianco

Listen to "Tom LoBianco Releases Piety And Power" on Spreaker. "Like Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, [Tom LoBianco] is good at getting people to talk." - the Indianapolis Star A seasoned political reporter and a regular political analyst on national television and radio, no journalist has reported on Mike Pence for as long or as closely as Tom LoBianco. From Pence's first campaign rally in his hometown of Columbus, Indiana to the moment he returned to Washington as Donald Trump's Vice President, LoBianco has covered Pence for his entire political trajectory: from defeats and distractions in the 1990s to his rapid ascension through the aughts, from the time he nearly sunk his career as Governor of Indiana, only to see it miraculously-and unexpectedly- revived by an unlikely Republican Presidential nominee. "As I reported and researched for this book, I had the same nagging feeling that I had when I covered [Pence] in Indiana. I was missing something about him; I was misunderstanding him," writes LoBianco. "What I found was a clever politician, more cunning than most give him credit for, and precisely why he has eluded scrutiny for so long. Indeed, as one longtime acquaintance put it: 'Boring is his camouflage.'" Drawing on his deep ties both within the Beltway and Indiana, as well as reams of research and deep access to those closest to the Vice President and his staff, LoBianco "allows the facts to speak for themselves . in his evenhanded debut book." (Kirkus Reviews) PIETY & POWER: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House cuts to the core of the man who, despite being described as "spineless," "out of touch," and even "dull" by the media and fellow politicians, is more a cunning chameleon than anyone has ever realized. With no shortage of newsworthy anecdotes, the book highlights everything from Pence's early life in Indiana and the personal and professional steps he took to get to Washington to his often-strained relationship with Trump, including Pence's stunning response of "I don't need this" when Trump first offered him a spot on the ticket. Beyond politics, we get an inside look at Pence's deep faith in God, in his country, and ultimately in himself. His real stance on social issues and the allies and enemies he's made along the way. His marriage to Karen Pence and the unprecedented influence she has on his policy decisions. The ongoing financial woes that have plagued his family for decades. And, most important, Pence's plans for America's future-including his own presidential aspirations. So, who is the real Michael Richard Pence? The answer is like the Indiana cornfield of Pence's childhood home, LoBianco says. "There's a tassel of truth to the carefully crafted public persona, but so much more underneath the layers." Select Anecdotes from PIETY & POWER The Making of the VP The stunning exchange between Pence and Trump when Trump asked Pence why he should be his running mate (Chapter 13) "I need killers! Do you want this thing or not?" Trump pressed Pence. And Pence batted him aside, "I don't need this." . "Why are you going through this process?" Trump asked. Pence replied, "You're in my home, you tell me." - How Pence's team threatened to leave the ticket if Trump didn't publicly announce him as his running mate (Chapter 13) - Trump's request to vet his daughter, Ivanka, for Vice President and the in-fighting which led to Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence as the final candidates (Chapter 13) - The clandestine message from George W. Bush to Pence, delivered by his donors (Chapter 13) "Please stop Trump and save the Republican Party." - New details on the secret effort to dump Trump from the ticket in October 2016 and replace him with Pence, just hours after the Access Hollywood tape landed (Chapter 14) "The Republican Party had a contingency plan." - The long-simmering war between Pence aides Nick Ayers and Kellyanne Conway (Chapters 12, 15) - A consummate guide to who's in and who's out in Pence's incredibly insular world, from his earliest campaigns to the White House The Power of Karen Pence - An inside look at how Pence's advisers fight to be the conduit to Karen, the sole gatekeeper to Pence - What troubled Trump's campaign about Karen when they vetted Pence (Chapter 13) "Mike didn't bother them. But Karen did. The Trump camp had heard horror stories about Karen, the same ones that percolated through the halls of the statehouse. But just as in those halls, Trump's campaign couldn't quite place a finger on her power-she was like a ghost, like a shadow governor." - Instances of Karen changing her husband's mind on policy items (Chapters 10, 11) - Karen's concerns for her family's financial well-being-from their time in Indiana to the White House- including Karen's request they ask Trump for money when leaving the governor's office, and Trump's transfer of $750,000 from the inaugural committee to the VP's residence fund (Chapters 3, 8, 14) "What are we going to do, Mike? We don't have any money!" Pence and Religion - The Biblical allegories that Pence's close friends use to explain his allegiance to Trump, from Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar to Joseph and the Pharaoh (Chapter 15) - The doomsday theology and Second Coming prophecies underpinning the Trump Administration's moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and the unprecedented access of televangelists to Trump (Chapters 2, 15) - The thin, but important, line between Pence's faith and his pandering-and his flirtations with the Christian Right, while never firmly ensconcing with them (Chapters 2, 15) - The pastor who found that Pence has a "discipleship problem" (Chapter 8) "There's a Christian Mike and Secular Mike, and that ambition fits into the secular role." - "The religious beliefs of Abraham [Lincoln] were no more static than they were easily discernible," Pence wrote in his senior thesis, reflecting his own ambivalence and uncertainty as he was pulled from the Catholic Church into the fold of evangelicalism (Chapter 2) Pence and Homosexuality - Pence's struggles to square his personal opposition to gay marriage with a country that largely supports it (Chapters 12, 13) - New reporting on the gay couple welcomed into Pence's broader family (Chapters 12, 13) - Trump's embarrassing digs at Pence at the 2018 Gridiron Dinner (Chapter 15) "He is one of the best straight men you're ever going to meet," Trump said. "He is straight, I mean it." Pence's Frenemies - Pence and Chris Christie grew close while raising money for the Republican Governors Association, only for Pence to push Christie out of Trump World not once, but twice (Chapters 10, 13, 14) - The long arc of Pence's relationship with Newt Gingrich, from his training at Gingrich's candidate school in 1987 to Pence ultimately outdoing Gingrich for VP in 2016 (Chapters 3, 6, 13) - How Mitch Daniels boxed Pence out of running for president in 2012 (Chapter 9) - How Brian Bosma (Indiana House Speaker) got his revenge after Pence stopped him from running for Governor in 2012 with a show-stopping joke (Chapter 10) ". there was a chalk outline around Karen." Pence's Angry Streak - How Pence's anger at online trolls heckling his children led to his near-fatal collapse on "This Week" in 2015, with George Stephanopoulos (Chapter 12) "He didn't go on there as the governor; he went on as a father." - How Pence came up with a racist ad to try and salvage his 1990 congressional race (Chapter 4) ".and then halfway through the spot, he would pull off his shade.and reveal a second set of shades. Because Arabs are always wearing shades!" - The shouting match between Pence and his longtime producer, which ended with his producer storming out of the station and quitting (Chapter 6) "You run your own damn board!" - How Pence got his start in negative campaigning, in the late 1980s, then used a public act of contrition to bury that image-until he signed on with Trump (Chapters 3, 4) "Fights Make News, Shyness Doesn't" (from Newt Gingrich's campaign school guidebook) Trump's Orange Tan - The untold story of how an Indiana insurance magnate and his stripper wife got Trump his orange hue (Chapter 11) "Live the Gold Life"

Ruta Lee

Listen to "Ruta Lee Releases Consider Your Ass Kissed" on Spreaker. Ruta Lee "IS" Hollywood. From Classic to Contemporary. Currently, Ms. Lee is currently shopping her memoirs, entitled "Consider Your Ass Kissed," to publishers. A treasure trove of wonderful stories, anecdotes with rare first hand and authentic memories of the entertainment industry. Among the topics Ruta discusses are ... *** Her starring roles in films such as "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and 'Funny Face" *** Working with remarkable leading men including Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Johnny Carson, Fred Astaire, Robin Williams, Howard Keel, Bob Crane, Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, etc. *** The iconic ladies that she called friends, such as, Rona Barrett, Phyllis Diller, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Sally Fields, Gypsy Rose Lee (no relation) and her best friend Debbie Reynolds. *** Becoming one of the first female Game Show Hosts, with Alex Trebek on "High Rollers" *** Having starred and guest starred in just about every TV series over the years such as Perry Mason, George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, Andy Griffith Show, Dragnet, Peter Gun, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Marcus Welby MD, Twilight Zone, Ironside, The Flying Nun, Hogan's Heroes, Mork & Mindy, Benson, The Love Boat, Roseanne, Days of Our Lives and, of course, 77 Sunset Strip and The Lucy Show, etc etc etc. Certainly one of Hollywood's most glamorous ladies, Ruta Lee is also one of its most multifaceted and top-notched civic contributors. Born in Montreal, Lee is the daughter of a Lithuanian tailor. While at Hollywood High, Lee's career in show business began at the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre. as an usherette, then candy girl. She was quickly promoted to box office cashier and just as quickly fired. Her dancing was better than her math. She vowed to return to that famous courtyard (years later, talent and serendipity placed her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, directly in front of that box office from which she was fired). Soon after, she was signed by MGM as the youngest of the "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and subsequently in "Funny Face" with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, as Tyrone Power's secret love in "Witness for the Prosecution," and Frank Sinatra's leading lady in "Sergeant's Three," to name but a few of the many films in her credits. Simultaneously, Lee launched into television, with over 2000 appearances on shows from Perry Mason to Power Rangers, Twilight Zone to Murder She Wrote, Hogan's Heroes to Love Boat, and Roseanne. Lee was also co-host on NBC's High Rollers with Alex Trebek, a regular on Hollywood Squares with Peter Marshall and made several television movies. She had series leads in CBS' Coming of Age and HBO's 1st and Ten. Her stints on The Bonnie Hunt Show remain among her favorites. As a young starlet, Ruta made international headlines when she convinced Khrushchev to release her 90 year old grandmother from the Soviet Union. She brought her to the U.S. where she lived her remaining years in the sunshine of freedom. She is grateful to all for the prayers that helped in that effort. Lee has headlined around the country in many musicals as Dolly, Annie, Molly, Peter Pan, Mame, Irene, Nelly, Irma, Rose, The Woman of the Year, and Madame in the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, just a few of her leading lady roles. Critics have raved about all of her stage roles, but two stand out as favorites, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Goodbye Charlie. Lee's performance in the former was described by composer Meredith Willson as "The greatest Molly of them all and had Ruta Lee created the role on Broadway, the original production would still be running." More recently she took a star turn in the critically acclaimed Steel Magnolias at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theater as well as Fort Worth's Casa Manana and Funny Business at the L.A.'s Coronet. She headlined 4 seasons to the hit musical revue, Senior Class at the Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs. Lee is highly acclaimed for her leadership role in The Thalians, a charitable organization which is committed to good mental health from pediatric to geriatric. She has been either chairman or president for over 45 years. roles exchanged between herself and Debbie Reynolds. The Thalians honored Ruta Lee for her dedication to mental health, where she joined the ranks of previous honorees, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Mary Tyler Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Lansbury and and Clint Eastwood, to name just a few. She has served as Commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Environmental Quality and as a member of the Economic Development Board, acted as a national spokesperson for the American Cancer Society, was honored Woman of the Year by B'nai B'rith, received the Humanitarian Award from the Beverly Hills Business Women's Association as well as top honors from the City of Hope. Ruta is very proud to be the recipient of the prestigious Yellow Rose of Texas from President George W. Bush. Recently, she received Lithuania's highest honors from President Valdas Adamkus at a magnificent ceremony in the Vilnius Presidential Palace. Ruta is also the proud recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which added to her stars on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and the Celebrity Walk at the Thalians Mental Health Center, Cedars-Sinai, makes it a Triple Crown for a super gal. More recently, Ruta was honored as a "Woman of Achievement" by Northwood University, joining a roster of some of the most prestigious women in America. Lee and husband Webb Lowe have homes in Hollywood, Palm Springs, Fort Worth, and Las Hadas, Mexico. She says, "We sleep around!" Ruta considers the Metroplex her neighborhood, having played Casa Manana and other venues for over 35 years. She loves Texas & Texans. She also loves all animals and is the proud mother of 4 dogs, 2 cats and a big white cockatoo

Gathered Leaves

Listen to "Gathered Leaves" on Spreaker. It occurred to me. I've been a daily writer of three pages or more for twenty five years. Everyday! 4:30 am. A lot of giving trees have been used to keep these pages locked in forward emotion. Each page is a leaf. I say that because during so many conversations with published authors we take the time to laugh about how the words we find on paper really aren't ours. It came from the trees. Writers are brought in to scratch the blizzard white off the canvas. A great friend asked mentioned to me yesterday how much he liked listening to the beginning and end of The Choice podcast. It's when I read from the daily writing he doesn't care for. I get it. Even I sit there trying to figure out what the man holding the writing instrument is trying to bring forward. That's what makes it fun! If we always knew what we were thinking and talking about life would be boring. Daily writing isn't penning out a love letter or jotting down poetry. It's about whatever! It's how the universe is moving through you at that very second. Stream thinking. It doesn't have to make sense. The best part is nobody has to understand it. Being an artist and trusting your artist self means making yourself always available to participate with something you weren't a part of until you stepped outward and joined the amazing energy around you. On this podcast the subject is storms. We'll spend weeks watching hurricanes slowly pacing across the face of the ocean but never find reason to pay close attention to our own storms until they hit. Learning how to identify the first breath of wind that creates your storm. How to keep your storm off shore. What did you learn from this storm that will keep you stronger the next storm? Just a thought that fell from a giving tree. Like a leaf. Daily writing.

Carlos Alazraqui

Listen to "Carlos Alazraqui From Casagrande On Nickelodeon" on Spreaker. The Casagrandes tells the story of 11-year-old Ronnie Anne (Izabella Alvarez from Westworld,) Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) as her brother Bobby and Sumalee Montano (Nashville) as her mom Maria, who move to the big city and in with extended family. The series showcases the culture, humor, and love that’s part of growing up in a multigenerational Mexican-American family. After moving in with their grandparents in Great Lakes City, Ronnie Anne adjusts to her new life living under one roof and over the family-run mercado (local market), which is a gathering place for everyone in the neighborhood. In addition to her uncle Carlos, Ronnie Anne’s new apartment building holds new friends and neighbors, including: Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) as Stanley Chang and Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) as Becca Chang.

Kendare Blake

Listen to "Kendare Blake Releases Five Dark Fates" on Spreaker. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight to the death for it. The last queen standing gets the crown.

Art Alexakis From Everclear

Listen to "Art Alexakis Releases The Hot Water Test" on Spreaker. While Art Alexakis has always been the driving force behind Everclear, his solo work finally offers him an opportunity to create music solely on his own, without any preconceived notion or collaborative influence as to what it should sound like. On his debut solo album Sun Songs, Alexakis shares, "For the most part, it's an acoustic singer-songwriter type of album. It's not about making another Everclear record; it's about doing something that's just me." Creating outside of the Everclear realm has given Alexakis the chance to explore styles and sounds that don't necessarily work for his band. His solo work will push the boundaries of what to expect from an Art Alexakis composition, as he cites everything from classic country to hip hop, to the great acoustic singer-songwriters of the 1970's as major influences for this record. "I'm pushing my ability and pushing the envelope, and having fun at the same time," Alexakis continues. "I've always wanted to do something like this." The long-awaited solo record ultimately comes at a time of transition in Alexakis' life. After announcing his Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis earlier this year, the formidable songwriter is in the most honest and vulnerable place he has ever been.