Wed, 30 September 2015
THE POPE'S VISIT AND POLITICS He might have once been a devoted Catholic altar boy in Chicago but Jimmy Dore seems more about rebellion now. He’s a comedian and author who is a regular and welcome guest. Rebelling against religion and mainstream party politics, Jimmy always shakes up the conversation. He tells the story of being chased by a molesting priest and how that priest was ultimately handled by the community and the church. It’s religion and politics for sure but the crew gets to a lot of other things as well…Like the psychology of success and jockeying for position in life. Plus, now that Heather’s inmate lover is out (he was serving 5+ years in a federal penitentiary for a white collar crime), Jimmy is updated on her situation and shares some tough love with Heather. Josh gives Mark and Jimmy a hard time over their affections for the app PERISCOPE. You can find more Jimmy at jimmydorecomedy.com Heather Ankeny and J.Elvis Weinstein (Josh) join Mark Thompson |
Fri, 18 September 2015
WE TALK PRESENT AND FUTURE WITH THE WATER GENIUS— PETER GLEICK is a water expert who has written several books about the world's water situation. He is also, by any yardstick, a genius. In this episode, he shares insights and thoughts on our world’s water problems. And, Peter has written a book about bottled water as well. So we also discuss our obsession with bottled water and whether or not bottled water really is any better. Here’s a link to Peter Gleick’s books including BOTTLED AND SOLD THE STORY BEHIND OUR OBSESSION WITH BOTTLED WATER ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: NBC has just announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken up the role left by Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice. Arnold calls us with a preview of what he’d like to see on the show. J.Elvis Weinstein and Heather Ankeny join Mark Thompson |
Sat, 29 August 2015
Gladiator, Pirates of The Caribbean and X-Men all share one thing, the music of KLAUS BADELT. Klaus has worked with the best directors in the business from Ridley and Tony Scott and Kathryn Bigelow to Steven Spielberg, Sean Penn and John Woo. Klaus was asked by the Chinese Olympic Committee to compose the music for the closing ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He tells us about the wild, unorthodox process that led up to that event. We’ve included only a sliver of Klaus’ music. A more complete sample is available through Klaus’ website: klausbadelt.com Heather Ankeny joins Mark Thompson |
Sun, 23 August 2015
Daniele Watts, an actress from Django Unchained, and Chef BeLive aka Brian Lucas www.ChefBeLive.com should be sampling the best of what L.A. has to offer. They are artists with a strong hand in the creative community. Daniele was educated at USC and the British American Drama Academy in London, and they are both people in the center of an ongoing controversy that’s going back to court in just a few days.
Certainly, the questioning and subsequent arrest of Daniele Watts seems as though it was a situation that blew up into more than it should have. She admits in this conversation she had a hand in that as well. The incident, in which police responded to a call about Daniele and her boyfriend having a sexual encounter in a parked car on an L.A. street, became a high profile case about race and policing. We ask her and Brian what was going on in the car that day.
Ultimately the story involved an audio tape recorded by Sgt. Jim Parker (the responding officer). The tape gave listeners an idea of what went on during the exchange between officers and Daniele and Brian.
The tape was leaked to TMZ apparently to clear the reputations of the cops who were taking on ugly charges of racism around the arrest both in published reports and internet postings worldwide.
The now famous tape seems to reflect an exchange that, indeed, has nothing much to do with race.
But in this conversation, Daniele Watts explains the emotion and history that’s coming to the exchange and how the encounter with police officers was a flashpoint for her.
While not explaining away her emotion, the conversation certainly helps the listener understand what’s in her head.
Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein (Josh) join Mark Thompson and press Daniele about why the whole thing turned into such a mess. And ask her about the now controversial, court ordered APOLOGY LETTER (the full text below). The court ruled it insufficient and ordered the letter rewritten.
We also don’t think it’s much of an apology and we ask Daniele why the apology is so difficult.
It’s a spirited and enlightening conversation with two people who we haven’t heard in a long form conversation since the incident.
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Wed, 12 August 2015
THE BROTHERS MANKIEWICZ Dateline NBC”s Josh Mankiewicz and Turner Classic Movies' and The Young Turks' Ben Mankiewicz Josh and Ben Mankiewicz grew up in and around politics but are from show business royalty, as the grandsons of Herman Mankiewicz. Herman is the man who wrote the classic film CITIZEN KANE. In fact,members of the Mankiewicz family have produced, written and created some of the biggest entertainment franchises on TV and film. In this hour...everything from politics to show business. This episode: Puling apart The Trump phenomenon…The Classic Murder Movie, Double Indemnity, as it would be reported on Dateline NBC. The stars and starlets that connected with the Mankiewicz family in Hollywood…and...The new kind of kidnapping.
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Wed, 29 July 2015
He's one of the more entertaining and honest figures in all of television, film, music and even Periscope. Regardless of the medium Andy has enjoyed great popularity His credits include THE BEN STILER SHOW, NEWS RADIO, LESS THAN PERFECT and more recently DANCING WITH THE STARS and the film DANNY ROANE: FIRST TIME DIRECTOR His stints in various rehabs never really "took" but he talks about his latest experience in a different way. One that he seems to be happy with. J.Elvis Weinstein and Heather Ankeny join Mark Thompson for Andy's visit.
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Fri, 24 July 2015
From the mind and mouth of friend of the show, Josh Robert Thompson. Check out his work at jrtvoices.com |
Tue, 14 July 2015
What's it like to have your life turned into a movie? The film FOXCATCHER is based on Mark Schultz’s life story and he says it's not exactly what he'd expected. Together with his brother Dave, Mark Shultz built an unprecedented wrestling record. The Schultz brothers won more NCAA, US Open, World, and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in wrestling history. In fact, Mark and Dave are the only two brothers ever to both win an Olympic and a World gold medal. FOXCATCHER was the name given to the wrestling compound that the paranoic, uber-wealthy John DuPont created to “coach” wrestlers although DuPont knew NOTHING about wrestling. Mark Schultz’s brother Dave was ultimately murdered by DuPont and the depiction of that murder in the film is eerily accurate. What else is true and what was altered for the film? Mark Schultz tells his story to Mark Thompson, Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein on THE EDGE Here is a link to the website Mark Schultz talks about during the conversation.
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Thu, 9 July 2015
If you watch TV, go to the movies or see commercials anywhere in the world, you have likely heard the voice of Josh Robert Thompson. You may even have heard him as the voice of some very famous people. Josh uncorks Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, his fundamentalist preacher and more. Our own J. Elvis Weinstein was the original voice of Servo the robot on Mystery Science Theater, and Josh Robert Thompson was the voice of Geoff the robot on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Now these two great robot voices meet on The Edge. More of Josh Robert Thompson is here at http://www.joshrthompson.com/ |
Wed, 1 July 2015
There's something odd about this call... Warning for language-- Mark Thompson speaks with and about The Terminator movie on THE EDGE |