Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

From 2010: Soft-spoken political analyst and frequent MSNBC fill-in host Lawrence O’Donnell launched his own show on the Micro-Peacock at 10 p.m. last night. It seems likely to provide a gentle landing for left-wing political junkies who get progressively more pumped up as they sit through the sometimes hysterical "Ed Show," "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," then need an extra hour to settle back down for bedtime following the cerebral Rachel Maddow.

From 2011: I know The Eagles story is a remarkable one, but I’d be lying if I said I was a huge fan. I’m not. I respect their incredible output and enduring success, but the music never grabbed me. So why are we here today? Well, the new coffee table book celebrating the band’s lengthy career was written by Ben Fong-Torres, one of America’s most successful magazine writers. I wanted to talk to him and if it meant the subject had to be The Eagles: Taking It to the Limit, then so be it.

From 2010: This show has always put out the welcome mat for black cartoonists, from daily strippers such as Ray Billingsley and Charlos Gary to editorial artists such as David G. Brown, Tim Jackson, Ron Rogers, Barbara Brandon Croft and Dr. Yaounde Olu. So as soon as I saw the announcement of a new collection of African-American cartoonists curated by John Jennings and Damian Duffy, I had to find space for a discussion of Black Comix –that’s comix with an X—on the show.

From 2011: CNBC's John Harwood is the kind of guy you want to turn to in a developing crisis,. He gives you straight talk and can do so on whatever subject is put in front of him. I knew John mostly in passing – you know, I’d walk by his desk and say, “Hi, John” and he’d say, “I’m sorry, who are you?” – back when he was a highly respected reporter at the St. Petersburg Times and I was the kid they’d call to fill in when the grizzled veteran covering Indian Shores was hospitalized for ter

From 2011: I started reading "Selling Sunshine" and I was impressed that Tony Hartl really had some lessons to impart and some powerful experiences to share. I was fascinated with how far he had come, growing up poor by any measure yet never lacking ambition or drive. Hartl grew his company, Planet Tan, from three Dallas mega tanning salons to 17 locations in multiple states. He made a bunch of money and got out, and his story is an inspirational one for anyone with the entrepreneurial itch.

From 2010: Give "Real Housewives" star Bethenny Frankel her due: she knows how to build a brand and milk it for everything it’s worth. When life gives you or me lemons, we make lemonade. When life gave Bethenny a role on the hit Bravo series “The Real Housewives of New York City,” she made two books, a career as a natural foods chef, a bun in the oven, a fiancée and now a spin-off reality TV series, "Bethenny Getting Married?”

From 2008: Steve Ditko is a mystery. And in view of the cosmic and ethereal manner of his comic book art style, from Spider-Man and Dr. Strange to the lesser-known Mr. A, that may be appropriate. Blake Bell, whose interest as a fan of Ditko earns him the right to be called a “Ditko scholar,” isn’t buying the mystery. In his new book, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, Bell digs deeper and more thoroughly into the enigma that is Ditko.

Today's Guest: Bill Schelly, author, Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert Order 'Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert' by Bill Schelly from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! Bill Schelly, biographer of comic book artist Joe Kubert Artist Joe Kubert’s lines are among the most distinctive in the comic book profession, not in the least because there are so many of them! Kubert’s work is intensely detailed and stylized, whether he’s drawing "Sgt. Rock" from World War II or "Tor" from One Million Years B.C. Fans can spot his product from ten paces the same way that Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Jim Lee or Frank Miller stand out like quality beacons from the newsstand shelves. In his new, richly researched book, Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert, author Bill Schelly takes a long overdue look at the life and career of one of the comic book industry’s most enduring, successful and beloved icons. Bill Schelly Wikipedia • Facebook Order 'The Art of Joe Kubert (The Joe Kubert Archives),' edited by B

Bob Delaney has lived not one but two enviable and intimidating lives—and he’s nowhere near done, yet. In his first career, Delaney was a New Jersey State Trooper who went undercover for three years to infiltrate the Mob in the Garden State. Forget Tony Soprano—this was the real thing. He later went on to became an NBA referee. No kidding. He is the author of "Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob," with my friend Dave Scheiber.

From 2012: I was studying Samaire Armstrong’s IMDB page when I saw that she played “Emily” on several episodes of the HBO comedy “Entourage.” Why is that significant? Well, as fans of the long-running podcast “Sex With Emily” will recognize, a clip from “Entourage” helps open every episode of that show. In it, Adrian Grenier, as actor Vincent Chase, calls out to Samaire’s character by saying, “Hey, Emily! You got a boyfriend? Because my man E here just got his heart broken. And he thin

From 2009: Mark Chiarello broke new ground in July with the launch of a 12-issue series called "Wednesday Comics," a 16-page weekly that unfolds to a 28-inch by 20-inch tabloid featuring the individual adventures of Batman, Adam Strange, Metamorpho, The Demon and Catwoman, Kamandi, Superman and many more. I always take great pride in hosting old friends on Mr. Media, and today is definitely one of those days.

From 2011: Buddy Scalera knows the business from having been on the inside – he co-wrote Deadpool at Marvel with his friend Jimmy Palmiotti and created and published his own title, 7 Days to Fame, for After Hours Press. More recently, Scalera started a website devoted to teaching his favorite subject, ComicBookSchool.com. He joins me today to talk about his new book, "Creating Comics from Start to Finish."

From 2009: Dying sucks—for those left behind, that is. Not sure yet what it means to the deceased. There are all the feelings of sadness and regret, things left unsaid, things left undone. We’re always looking for ways to express ourselves and our emotional when a loved one passes. The Internet, of course, has the answer. Legacy.com. Joining me today to talk about Legacy.com is its chief operating officer, Hayes Ferguson.

From 2007: I’m hoping that today’s guest, Sree Sreenivasan, can help all of us sort out the Internet time-wasters from the time-benefitters. Sree is one of journalism’s last great multi-taskers. He’s a New Media professor and dean of students in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. But he’s also a technology reporter for WNBC television in New York City and a regular columnist for Poynter Online. Among other things, we'll talk about the future of journalism and journalism schools

“Can a dinner change history?” That’s the opening line of author Deborah Davis’s amazing new book, Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation. At its essence, Guest of Honor is about Booker T. Washington becoming, in 1901, the first African American to be a dinner guest of a sitting president in the White House. That simple meal between old friends set off a raging controversy.

From 2012: Here’s something not everyone interviewing Olympic ice skater Sasha Cohen can say: She’s quoted on the front cover of my new book. It’s true: When Mind Over Business hits book shelves on March 6, there is a quote above the title from Sasha, who worked with my co-author Ken Baum in preparing for her legendary appearance and subsequent Silver Medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

From 2009: Katie McGrath plays Lady Morgana in the new NBC dramatic import, “Merlin.” Katie is a relative newcomer to acting, as I understand it, although American audiences may have seen her in an episode of Showtime’s popular drama, “The Tudors,” before she landed a plum role on “Merlin.” Did I say plum? That’s not quite accurate, because she’s more of a peach! Uh, did I just say that out loud? Sometimes I embarrass myself.

From 2007: Producer Jeremy Mitchell and actor Sheaun McKinney ("Snowfall") were my guests on the very first episode of Mr. Media Radio broadcast late in 2007 on the BlogTalkRadio Network. They were promoting a new Miami-based independent feature film called Nemesis that tells the story of an idealistic young rap star fighting for his own voice against the corrupting influence of the hip-hop industry. A record label discovers him, and he is forced to promote violence and materialism in exchange for fame.

From 2011: Actor Sasha Roiz made the rounds of several TV genre favorites on his way to the role of Captain Renard on the new NBC drama series “Grimm,” which airs Fridays at 9 p.m. He played Marcus Diamond in the latest season of Syfy’s delightful “Warehouse 13.” He was also Sam Adama in Syfy’s “Battlestar Galactica” spinoff, “Caprica.” And he did guest star roles in “Castle” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”

From 2011: Bad news for former “Ugly Betty” actor Christopher Gorham -- Buddy TV just named Niall Matter “the hunkiest nerd in the history of TV.” That’s right: the man who plays Deputy Sheriff Jo’s love interest, Zane Donovan, on the Syfy hit “Eureka,” is officially hot.