Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guests: Quincy Rose, director, Jillian Leigh, actress, Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends director Quincy Rose and actress Jillian Leigh by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of twentysomething millenials who want to look but don’t know if they should… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Guity secret: some of my favorite movies are sex comedies. Porky’s, American Pie, Hollywood Knights – I’m a big, unapologetic fan of one of the most sexploitive indie film genres there is. When they are funny, that is, and go in directions no one saw, getting us from beginning to end with dollops of sex and amusing situations. QUINCY ROSE podcast excerpt: "'Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends' was called something else originally and it was a little different of a film. In coming up with a new title, someone said, 'Friends Fxxking Friends,

Today's Guest: Sydney Finkelstein, author, Superbosses, Why Smart Executives Fail, Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, as well as Tuck’s director of the Center for LeadershipSYDNEY FINKELSTEIN podcast excerpt: "Miles Davis is one of the most fascinating of all the examples that we discovered. The thing that's special about Miles Davis? What is a superboss? A superboss is a person that helps other people do more than tey ever thought possible. Look at the jazz bands that he created over time, the talent he discovered and helped get better: Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane. That's the definition of what a superboss does... It goes to show you that anyone could be a superboss."Key interview moments:• 5:10 Superbosses author Sydney Finkelstein explains how misanthropic jazz legend Miles Davis made his list;• 17:45 What does a day in the life of a superboss look like?;• 28:35 Finkelstein explains that in the movie business, B movie king R

Today's Guest: Shawn Mullins, singer, songwriter, "My Stupid Heart," "Lullabye"   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Shawn Mullins by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of Shawn Mullins fans who don’t think there is anything wrong with the man’s heart… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you’re looking for a troubadour whose songs of love and the road might speak to your heart, you’ve come to the right place today. My guest, Shawn Mullins, has just released a new album full of longing and places, some with a little of both. And if you don’t know his work, I wonder if you’ll hear the influences that I do, ranging from the mirth and joy of George Harrison and Warren Zevon to the intensity and message of Bob Dylan and a little of Michael Franks’ romantic spice? Or I could be way, way off. That’s why I’m going to talk to the man in just a moment. SHAWN MULLINS podcast excerpt: "'My Stupid Heart' is about the w

Today's Guest: Drew Chapman, novelist, The King of Fear, The Ascendant, TV writer, "Legends," "The Assets"DREW CHAPMAN podcast excerpt: "I totally cut my teeth in television. In a way, when I'm writing a book, I have to slow myself down. I have to take a breath, describe more. Let the story blossom. Because I always have the words of a showrunner in my head; I hear him editing my script, and saying, 'Jesus Christ, Chapman, do they pay you by the word?'"Key interview moments:• 11:15 Drew Chapman, who interviewed for a staff writer position on Showtime's "Homeland" series recently, talks about the show's influence on his Garrett Reilly spy thrillers;• 22:45 There is a significant difference in the pacing of TV and novels and Chapman addresses how he writes for one vs. the other;• 41:15 Chapman loves getting insight for his work from real spies.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What

Today's Guest: Sydney Finkelstein, author, Superbosses, Why Smart Executives Fail, Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, as well as Tuck’s director of the Center for Leadership   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Sydney Finkelstein by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of corporate drones who didn’t realize how much fun working for a living could be until 25 minutes from now… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I just know there will be people watching or hearing this podcast who will hear that my guest’s new book is called Superbosses and they’ll have a common response: Supershmucks! Okay, get it out of your system now, because Sydney Finkelstein’s new book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, will make you re-think your entire approach to work, whether you’re a worker or a boss – or somewhere in between. SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN podca

Today's Guest: Drew Chapman, novelist, The King of Fear, The Ascendant, TV writer, "Legends," "The Assets"   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with novelist Drew Chapman by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of humble public servants who wouldn’t dream of disobeying the boss… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Don’t you just hate when you become totally engrossed in a thriller or mystery novel and then it just ends? I always wanna scream, “NOOOOOO!” and beg the author to make it go on a little longer. That’s probably the lure of stories with continuing characters, whether it’s Harry Potter or Harry Bosch. We get to know them, their characteristics good and bad, their inflection points, their weaknesses, and more. Once we inhabit their world—from a safe distance, of course—we never want to leave. DREW CHAPMAN podcast excerpt: "'Homeland,' to me, is the gold standard of television spy stories. Last season was the

TODAY’S GUESTS: ZACH CREGGER, TREVOR MOORE, COMEDIANS, “THE WHITEST KIDS U’KNOW,” MISS MARCH(March 2009) They’re “The Whitest Kids U’Know”—and if you don’t know them yet, chances are, you will soon.The Whitest Kids are Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, Zach Cregger, Timmy Williams, and Darren Trumeter. Their third season of “The Whitest Kids U’Know” TV show is now airing on IFC, the Independent Film Channel, Tuesday nights at 10 p.m.And on March 13, the Whitest Kids star in a new movie, Miss March.Joining me today are two of The Whitest Kids U’Know—and the stars of Miss March—Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore.

TODAY’S GUEST: THOMAS CALABRO, ACTOR, “MELROSE PLACE,” “NIP/TUCK”(February 2009) Thomas Calabro is a good-looking man. Even a straight, 100-percent hetero dude like Mr. Media can see that.And his good looks have paid off: first in an 6-year career as a star of Fox’s primetime soap “Melrose Place” where he played Dr. Michael Mancini and more recently as a guest star on series such as “Touched By An Angel,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Cold Case,” “Greek” and “Without a Trace.” He’s currently shooting Locker 13 with Rickey Schroeder and Tatyana Ali and is in post-production on Detention, which also stars David Carradine.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podcast intervie

TODAY’S GUEST: STEVE MUTH, CO-FOUNDER, VOICETHREAD(December 2008) If we keep our eyes open, there are a few things us grizzled old parents can still learn from our kids.About a month or two ago, my daughter came home from school all excited about some new online gadget where her teacher could post something online and then she and her classmates could add their own comments, either by typing or speaking.To be honest, it didn’t immediate click for me.Then my wife and I went to a program organized by the 7th grade teachers at school intended to expose us to the variety of new technologies and online programs the kids would be using this year. The same program was demonstrated but, again, I didn’t get it.My wife did, however. She thought it was pretty cool and even wrote about it for the St. Petersburg Times. When I read her interpretation—and then we played with it at home—the light bulb clicked on for me.VoiceThread is a fantastical online program that is great for classrooms, but as our family discovered, it

(May 2011) Shamash Alidina, author of Mindfulness For Dummies, is a professional mindfulness trainer, teacher and lecturer. He trained in mindfulness at the Centre For Mindfulness in Bangor and he has a Masters degree in Education, with a focus on brain and behaviour.Shamash is qualified as a professional coach and he has a certificate in Counselling Skills. Shamash has been teaching meditation for over 10 years in schools and on university courses.SHAMASH ALIDINA audio excerpt: “Mindfulness was life-changing when I learned it. I was very skeptical, a typical scientist. I thought it was mumbo-jumbo. I was quite reluctant to try it. But if you had to define it in one word, I would say ‘awareness.’ It’s about training your awareness in a particular way.”Currently, he works part-time at a London secondary school, where he teaches children how to practise meditation. He spends the remainder of his time running mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) courses in Lond

TODAY’S GUEST: ROGER BENNETT, AUTHOR, CAMP CAMP, BAR MITZVAH DISCO(June 2008) My parents never sent me away to summer camp. I don’t blame them; as a kid, I was afraid of my own shadow, easily got car sick, and was not well adjusted, socially.And after reading Roger Bennett’s new love letter to summer camps, Camp Camp, I’m pretty sure I would have hated sleepaway camp.That said, I found reading about it to be great fun. And I think my own kid, now approaching the age where sleepaway camp is being discussed, would love it.Speaking of kids, this is the first Mr. Media interview where I’ve ever been on high maternity alert; my guest’s wife was due to give birth last week, but hasn’t yet. So if Roger Bennett has to leave suddenly, I’ll just read from his book to fill the time, okay?Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity

TODAY’S GUEST: ROBBIE LEE, AUTHOR, THE STRAIGHT MAN’S POCKET GUIDE TO PICKING UP A HOTTIE, THE LOVE DETOUR CHRONICLES(June 2008) Guys, here’s an offer you can’t refuse: a lesbian woman is going to give you tips on picking up a hottie.I know, I know – the whole idea made me laugh, too. But then I read Robbie Lee’s book, The Straight Man’s Pocket Guide to Picking Up a Hottie: Written By a Woman Who Loves Woman, and I thought, “Why not?”I’m not in the market for love, but I know an awful lot of guys who are and just don’t understand why some guys succeed and others fail.Maybe you’ve just been going to the wrong source for answers.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audi

TODAY’S GUEST: ROB KUTNER, HUMORIST, AUTHOR, APOCALYPSE HOW, COMEDY WRITER, “CONAN,” “THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART”(July 2008) Lots of people talk about the impending End of Days, but how many actually tell you how to prepare for what may come after the end?Oh, really? That many?Hmmm.Okay, how many make you laugh in the telling?Gotcha there, didn’t I?In his new book, Apocalypse How, Rob Kutner dishes out handy tips on everything from foraging for food to fooling around with mutants in a post-now world.I’m not yet sure how Kutner comes by his encyclopedic, post-apocalyptic knowledge but the humor, he comes by honestly: he’s a four-time Emmy-award winning staff writer for Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and a contributor to Stewart’s book, America (The Book).He also is a former writer for “Dennis Miller Live” on HBO. And his wife, Sheryl Zohn, writes for “Penn & Teller: Bullshit!” on Showtime.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_use

TODAY’S GUEST: PETER SALETT, COMPOSER, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, KEEPING THE FAITH(August 2008) Today is a big day for my guest, Peter Salett: his new album, In the Ocean of the Stars was released this very day.Peter, if you don’t know him, is an accomplished musician whose career has been pumped up in recent years by his association with the hottest director of film comedies in the country, Judd Apatow. Peter co-wrote three songs for the recent movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall with its star, Jason Segel. Peter also had a brief on-camera appearance in another Apatow hit, Superbad,And Peter has a continuing relationship with another director, David Wain, for whose films The Ten, Hot Wet American Summer and the Paul Rudd movie, Role Models, he has contributed songs.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gros

TODAY’S GUEST: PAUL HERZBERG, PRESIDENT, CEO, CINETEL FILMS(August 2008) Shockwave. Fire Serpent. Komodo vs. King Cobra. Hallowed Ground. Secret Lives of Second Wives. Loch Ness Terror.It doesn’t matter whether you’ve seen or even heard of these real movie titles, because they’re providing a profitable existence for Paul Hertzberg, president and CEO of CineTel Films.Movie fans focused on the weekly Top 10 movies and their box office take are missing an entire dimension of the film business. That’s where independents such as CineTel operate, cranking out movies largely on the fringes but with enough familiar elements as to tempt the casual movie renter.Today we’re going to find out from Hertzberg how his corner of the business operates and thrives.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredi

TODAY’S GUEST: NANCY LENEHAN, ACTRESS, “WORST WEEK”(February 2009) It takes a certain kind of woman to play Angela, Sam’s mother-in-law on the hysterical new CBS sitcom, “Worst Week.” Nancy Lenehan is that woman.One week, she and her husband—the judge—are getting busy under his desk. Another week, she rides a cello down a flight of stairs. Oh, and did you happen to see the one where Sam walks in on her in the gynecologist’s office and sees her you-know-what? And then writes a magazine column about it?Lenehan has been a guest star on dozens of hit sitcoms over the years, ranging from “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Malcolm in the Middle” to “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and she’s Earl Hickey’s mother on “My Name is Earl.”To me, “Worst Week” is one of those show—like “The Office” and even “Seinfeld”—that marches to its own rhythm and needs time to find its audience. It is slapstick funny and yet has moments of warmth and tenderness like no other sitcom on the air today. If you haven’t watched it yet. You

TODAY’S GUEST: MIKE EDISON, AUTHOR, I HAVE FUN EVERYWHERE I GO(June 2008) In his new book, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, Mike Edison does for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll what Hulk Hogan did for wrestling!No, scratch that. Edison hates Hogan. Saying that will just piss him off.How about:Mike Edison does for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll what Lennon & McCartney did for elevator music!Damn, that won’t work either. Edison hates the Beatles, too.Here’s a thought:Let me just read the subtitle of Edison’s book. It’s so long, people will think it’s an introduction and not notice that I left out all the stuff about him being a former editor of High Times, Cheri, and Main Event, a contributor to Screw and Hustler magazines, and drummer in bands such as Raunch Hands, Pleasure F*ckers, and Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra.Please welcome my guest today, Mike Edison, author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and

TODAY’S GUEST: MICHELE CAMERON, ROMANCE NOVELIST, NEVER SAY NEVER, MOMENTS OF CLARITY(October 2008) Romance is the top genre in fiction with more than $1.47 billion dollars in sales for 2007. The average romance reader is voracious and goes through 6-7 books per month.Within the genre, there are many specializations, including tonight’s topic: romance novels written by and for African-American readers.My guest is Michele Cameron, author of Never Say Never and the hot-off-the-press Moments of Clarity… Also joining us is her editor at Genesis Press, Deborah Schumacher. Deborah is a published author herself; her novel, The Air Between Us was published earlier this year under her pen name, Deborah Johnson, by HarperCollins.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! S

TODAY’S GUEST: KATY CHEVIGNY, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, ELECTION DAY, DEADLINE(May 2008) Katy Chevigny makes award-winning documentary films such as Arctic Son, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Nuyorican Dream, Brother Born Again, and Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America. Her credits also include the acclaimed film Deadline, an investigation into Illinois Governor George Ryan’s commuting of death sentences. After premiering at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the film was broadcast on NBC.Quite honestly, I know you may not recognize the titles, but if you’re interested in independent film and documentaries, she’s the kind of woman whose work and thoughts you’ll find quite interesting.Chevigny’s latest project is called Election Day. It documents the 2004 U.S. elections, from 11 locations, including a Native American reservation in South Dakota and polling stations in Florida. It will debut on the PBS series “P.O.V.” on July 1.She is currently in post-production on The Dishes, the story of a punk rock

TODAY’S GUEST: KATHERINE FUGATE, SHOW RUNNER, “ARMY WIVES”(May 2008) The last thing we need in our house is another serial TV commitment. But then someone turned me on to – late, I know – Lifetime’s “Army Wives.”I am soooo screwed.If you’re already a fan of the first year drama, you already know it’s sort of like “Desperate Housewives” on an Army base. It’s also the most successful series in the Lifetime cable channel’s history.If you’re not familiar with the show, check it out. The series is based on Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives, a book by Tanya Blank. It’s full of sex, lies, booze, and bitches.And I mean that in a purely professional sense.Hell, it’s even got a wife who isn’t a wife at all, but a dude married to a woman who is a lieutenant colonel.All of which is a brief introduction to my guest, Katherine Fugate, the creator of “Army Wives,” which launches its second season on Lifetime on June 8. Katherine is also the niece of TV legend Barbara Eden, star of “I Dream of Jeannie” and a