Peter Vecsey, famed NBA television analyst for NBC, TNT and NBA-TV and award-winning NBA columnist for The New York Post and Daily News. Peter is the ultimate NBA insider. He covered the sport for decades, traveling and dining with such greats as Larry Bird, Dr. J, Michael Jordan and more! A great conversation about his life, how he rose to prominence in the NBA and what it was like covering and hanging with these NBA legends.
Rick Springfield. Musician and Actor, starring in his latest film with Meryl Streep, "Ricki and The Flash." Rick talks about his massive hit that launched him into the big time, "Jessie's Girl," the fast life on the road as a major rock star, his quirky and creepy character, in "True Detective," Dr. Irving Pitlor, what it's like acting with the incredible Meryl Streep and a whole lot more. Rick is a really cool guy who's got a major singing and acting career and great stories about his work, being famous, and new things to come.
Kelly Carlin is the daughter of comedy great George Carlin. We talk about what it was like to grow up as his daughter, how she coped with both of her parents' addictions. We also discuss her one-woman show, her upcoming book and her radio show on XM/Sirius.
Michael Imperioli. Emmy Winner for playing "Christopher" on "The Sopranos." One of the most interesting interviews I've done, Michael talks about his new movie, "The Wannabes." He has great stories about acting in "Goodfellas" opposite the legend, Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci and how he prepared for the big scene where Pesci kills his character - fascinating look at how a great actor like Michael works. He also talks about the iconic show "The Sopranos," what it's like working with the great Director, Spike Lee, Buddhism and much more.
Larry the Cable Guy, or Daniel Lawrence Whitney, and I sit down and chat about his career, the creation of his character Larry The Cable Guy, and where it has taken him since then. It's a great chat with an interesting dude, take a listen.
Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report." Stephen and I talk about our days working together on "The Daily Show," his experiences leading up to working on "The Daily Show" and how the "The Colbert Report" was created. Stephen also gives us a really cool, exclusive behind the scenes blow-by-blow of the Daft Punk controversy on his show and explains why I'm his idol (ok, that last part not so much).
Bryan Cranston. 4-Time Emmy Winner for his role as Walter White in "Breaking Bad." A brilliant actor, Bryan talks about, "Breaking Bad," his latest film "Trumbo," and the era of blacklisting in Hollywood, how his difficult childhood coming from a broken home led him to feel "lost," and how acting helped him find direction in his life and much more. Bryan also has very interesting insights into what is right and wrong with our current political system. A fascinating conversation that gives you a real window into Bryan, not just as an actor, in ways never heard before.
Paul McCartney: The former Beatle sat down with me for an this once in ten lifetimes, in depth interview about making music, The Beatles years, his days in Wings for a very cool conversation about everything from the making of Sgt. Pepper's to a Beatle sandwich (you'll have to listen to understand what it is).
Judd Apatow, Producer, Writer, Director of such films as “Forty Year Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “This is 40,” and “Trainwreck,” and the HBO show “Girls,” talks with Paul about his passion for comedy going back to when he was a kid on Long Island. How in high school he managed to interview such comedy legends as Jerry Seinfeld, John Candy, Steven Wright, Howard Stern, Steve Allen and Garry Shandling. Later he came to work with Garry Shandling on “The Larry Sanders Show” and Judd talks about what he learned from Garry that led Judd to approach his comedy in an honest, revealing way. Judd gets into how coming from a broken home influenced his comedy, being mentally unhealthy can help in comedy, it’s hard to turn the work off and be in the moment, how music influences his comedy, his writing and directing process and much more. A fascinating, in-depth look into one of the most inventive, influential comedy minds working today.