Nov 28, 2016 | Music, podcasts
Today, eleven years after his death, Johnnie Johnson received the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony at the National Blues Museum in St. Louis. That made me dig into my archives to find this interview I did with Johnnie on June 29, 1999, nine days before he turned 75 years old. We were joined by […]
Nov 19, 2016 | Comedians, podcasts
I am a big fan of Kathleen Madigan, having seen her perform many times and watched her career grow over 25 years in comedy. She has done four CDs, two DVDs, two HBO specials, two USO tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, three Comedy Central specials, five CMT “Salute to the Troops” specials with Ron White, […]
Nov 19, 2016 | podcasts, Television
Joe Buck has done play-by-play for 19 World Series, several Super Bowls, and NFL games every Sunday, winning multiple Sports Emmy awards along the way. Now he’s written about his life in “Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, And The Things I’m Not Allowed To Say On TV.” Among the things he discussed on my […]
Nov 19, 2016 | Movies, podcasts
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them,” “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” and “Loving.” Spoiler alert: one of them will be on my Worst Movies Of 2016 list next month. Listen to our conversation here.
Nov 12, 2016 | Authors, podcasts
Here’s my conversation with Fox NFL Sunday host Curt Menefee about his book, “Losing Isn’t Everything:The Untold Stories and Hidden Lessons Behind the Toughest Losses in Sports History.” After we discussed a few things about his Sunday pregame show, he shared stories about some of the athletes he profiled in the book, from Bill Buckner […]
Nov 12, 2016 | Movies, podcasts, Television
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed “Arrival” and “Moonlight,” then discussed a movie that’s being written off by its studio before it’s even released, the death of actor Robert Vaughn, and a possible “Big Bang Theory” spinoff. Listen to our conversation here.