Showbiz Show 6/30/17
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max and I reviewed “Despicable Me 3,” “The Hero,” and “The House,” plus other movie/showbiz news. Listen to our conversation here.
Finn Murphy, “The Long Haul”
Finn Murphy’s job is to move people and their stuff — loading and unloading and carrying their belongings thousands of miles across the US, crisscrossing the country and encountering all sorts of characters, from clients to truckers to cops. He’s been doing it for over thirty years, and writes about his life in “The Long […]
Showbiz Show 6/23/17
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max and I reviewed the movie “Transformers: The Last Night,” ABC’s revival of “The Gong Show,” NBC’s Megyn Kelly problem, plus some other showbiz news. Listen to our conversation here.
Dave Weigel, “The Show That Never Ends”
Here’s my conversation with Dave Weigel about his book, “The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock.” That’s the term applied to bands like Yes, ELP, the Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson, and more that rose to fame in the 1970s. Among the topics we discussed: Why it took […]
Showbiz Show 6/16/17
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, guest critic Jim Batts and I reviewed the new movies “Rough Night,” “47 Meters Down,” “Cars 3,” and “Band Aid” — plus some other showbiz news. Listen to our conversation here.
Alan Alda Improvises With Scientists
Here’s my conversation with Alan Alda, who you may know from his 11 years on “M*A*S*H,” or his 11 years on “Scientific American Frontiers,” or his movies “The Seduction of Joe Tynan” and “Sweet Liberty,” or his Oscar-nominated role in “The Aviator.” He now runs the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science at Stony Brook […]