Joshua Zeitz says the presidential legacy most at risk under Donald Trump isn’t that of Barack Obama, but of LBJ. I asked him to explain while we discussed his book, “Building The Great Society: Lyndon Johnson’s White House.” We talked about Johnson’s work on Medicare and Medicaid, how much the Vietnam War detracts from his […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, guest movie critic Kevin Brackett (from ReviewSTL.com and the Reel Spoilers podcast) joined me to discuss this weekend’s Comic-Con in St. Louis, the new Helen Mirren movie “Winchester,” and a Netflix movie about one of the founders of National Lampoon. We also talked about the upcoming […]
Radio legend Dr. Demento — the man who popularized such oddball songs as “Fish Heads,” “Wet Dream,” and “Shaving Cream” — visited my radio show to discuss his new project, “Covered In Punk.” He was accompanied by John Cafiero, who produced the project, which plays like a two-hour Dr. Demento show with punk covers of […]
Andy Dehnart, publisher of RealityBlurred.com, returned to my radio show to discuss Omarosa’s return to reality television, the future of “The Amazing Race,” and Ann Curry’s new PBS show. We also delved into the New York Times story about a company that sells millions of fake followers on Twitter and Facebook, the reality stars who […]
Last week, I raved about “Faceless,” a drama that’s playing at The Rep in St. Louis. I liked it so much that I invited its two leads to join me in the studio to talk about it. Susaan Jamshidi plays the prosecutor, Claire, while Lindsay Stock plays Susie, the teenager accused of trying to run […]
As I wrote Friday, I was outraged at Stephen Colbert — for whom I’d had a lot of respect for both his comedic and critical thinking skills (Catholicism aside) — for playing nice with Gwyneth Paltrow on his Thursday night “Late Show.” Over the last few years, he’s made fun of Paltrow and her nonsense-promoting […]