Fri, 23 September 2016
Days from the first presidential debate, political analyst Michael Shure tells us what to expect. Then, Emmy Award winning comedy writer, David Feldman, is getting a divorce and talks about the dirty business of mediation and why his divorce lawyer fired him and charged him for the letter dismissing him as a client.
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Fri, 16 September 2016
The show starts with the FAST 15 with Mark and Michael Shure. Mark and Michael discuss credit cards and then play the game, HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR CREDIT CARD? Then.. DIANE LADD has a free form talk with Mark and Josh (J Elvis Weinstein) about her life in theater and film. Diane is an actress/writer/director and author and a winner of over 35 international awards, nominated for three Emmy Awards® and three Academy Awards® for the films Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose. She starred with her daughter Laura Dern in Rambling Rose and made Academy Award® history as the first mother/daughter duo to earn nominations for the same film. Ladd’s most recent movie is Joy from Director David O. Russell She joins us to talk about her most television project, the very popular, CHESAPEAKE SHORES on The Hallmark Channel |
Sat, 10 September 2016
The show starts with THE FAST 15: 15 mins with political analyst, Michael Shure. Michael offers some thoughts on the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FORUM and the failing of Matt Lauer. Then our guest, Bill Reiter. Bill is a journalist whose frankness and honesty has been rewarded as he moved into sports, He talks about cornering President Clinton for an interview at a urinal in Little Rock Arkansas. He also reflects on his days as a beat sports reporter in Miami, where he got into a toxic back and forth with Lebron James at the height of his stardom there. His bad blood with Chris Paul continues even today. As you can tell, Bill is used to speaking his mind. The crew touches on the Colin Kaepernick/national anthem controversy as well. Bill's new show can be found on the CBS Sports app, ROKU, APPLE TV and at CBSsports.com J. Elvis Weinstein and Heather Ankeny join Mark Thompson for the talk with Bill Reiter.
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Mon, 5 September 2016
Trump, charm school, Dodi Fayed and more... Model and actress, Sandi Taylor has been around some of the most powerful people in the jet set world. She tells stories of a life out of a movie. Did Donald Trump really give her a copy of his book ART OF THE DEAL? Did he tell her to change her name? Did he really track her down after seeing her on the cover of a magazine? First, CBS Sports host and writer Bill Reiter weighs in on the Colin Kaepernick controversy. Mark Thompson is joined by Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein
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Fri, 26 August 2016
COMIC, ACTOR, HOST AND CHELSEA HANDLER BUDDY, BEN GLEIB
A free form conversation with comedian, host, actor and producer Ben Gleib.
ESQUIRE magazine calls Ben one of the comedians most likely to be the NEXT BIG THING in comedy. Ben is an improv force of nature.
Heather, J.Elvis Weinstein and Mark Thompson knock around on subjects from asking permission to kiss to Johnny Carson memorabilia and late night comedy generally.
Ben’s talks about his hot game show IDIOT TEST on GSN and his newest Showtime special, NEUROTIC GANGSTER.
Did Ben ever try to hook up with best friend Chelsea Handler? How did he win thousands from Chelsea in ping pong? These are a couple of questions answered in this episode.
Mark claims he’s been inviting Ben to come to the show for some time but Ben proves him wrong.
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Fri, 19 August 2016
SHEENA EASTON She is one of the most prolific music makers in pop music history. She drops in for a conversation about music, creative process working with Prince, performing the theme to a James Bond film and now, raising a family. For Southern California listeners, Sheena is performing on Sunday, August 21st in a special show that the crew talks about: GET TICKETS HERE Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein join Mark Thompson
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Wed, 10 August 2016
THAT GUY FROM WANG CHUNG IS HERE That guy from Wang Chung!! Jack Hues created some of the biggest songs of the decade: DANCE HALL DAYS, EVERYBODY HAVE FUN and TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. to name just three. Jack joins us from England and talks about riding the 80s wave of Wang Chung and about his new project. Mark Thompson and J. Elvis Weinstein ask about how it was then, how Wang Chung ended up scoring the film To Live and Die in L.A. and how Jack’s latest project has come together. Here’s the link to get Jack Hues' new stuff: And here’s a link to his classic 80s Wang Chung stuff: BUT BEFORE JACK HUES ON THE SHOW: A quick shot of politics with political analyst and correspondent, Michael Shure… Then Jack from Wang Chung .. Finally Mark invites his sister into the studio during her recovery to tell her story of being pulled from a burning car right before it exploded in pieces. J. Elvis Weinstein (Josh) joins Mark Thompson |
Wed, 3 August 2016
Michael Shure and Jimmy Dore Fresh off covering both American political conventions, Michael Shure stops by with a jumbo blast of insider political analysis and stories from the road. (But the show begins with a digression about the product BREATH ASSURE) Then... Jimmy Dore (who also has just returned from both conventions) lights up the Democrats for ignoring the potential of Bernie Sanders, and laments the loss of liberalism in a Hillary Clinton candidacy. Then he blasts the media for normalizing everything from Donald Trump For all the places you can find Jimmy Dore go to JimmyDoreComedy.com For the conversation with Jimmy Dore, J. Elvis Weinstein (Josh) joins Mark Thompson |
Mon, 18 July 2016
Heather gets a TV show but it’s gonna end after this season and she gets trolled on Instagram. J. Elvis Weinstein has lunch with a crime reporter. Mark officiates at the wedding of Dateline NBC’s Josh Mankiewicz and The New York Times gets a key detail about the whole thing wrong. Then it’s fun stories from REALITY TELEVISION with a REALITY TV PRODUCING KING, Cris Abrego. Cris is recognized globally as pioneering a new genre of unscripted programming with the breakout celebreality series The Surreal Life and for riding herd over the mega-hits BIG BROTHER, BIGGEST LOSER, MASTER CHEF and many more. He is co-CEO of Endemol Shine North America. But has great stories of the beginnings of reality TV from his days on MTV’S ROAD RULES and THE REAL WORLD. Cris Abrego's rise from the working class LA suburb of El Monte, California to become prominent in the Television industry is nothing short of amazing. In his book MAKE IT REALITY, Chris offers up lessons he learned from almost twenty years in Television—How to visualize your goals and attain them, dealing with risks and having no limits on what can be achieved. Mark Thompson, Heather Ankeny and J.Elvis Weinstein join in for the entire episode |
Mon, 11 July 2016
We start with a 10 minute blast of politics from political analyst and journalist Michael Shure talking with Mark Thompson. Then our guest, Amy Povah… When Federal Drug agents burst into her home, Amy Povah was confronted at gunpoint. Amy was sentenced to two decades in prison and spent 10 years behind bars because her husband was dealing drugs. She was not part of his drug dealing. By the way, the husband pleaded his time down to 4 years. It was her husband agents were after. His overseas ECSTASY drug operation had grown to the point that he was something of a kingpin. Amy explains to Mark and Josh that she was not part of that operation but was faced with the specter of wearing a wire and becoming an underground informant anyway. The Feds said that if she didn’t cooperate in that way they’d send her away for a mandatory 24 year sentence. Worried about the danger etc. she didn’t cooperate in that way and they indeed sentenced her to two decades behind bars. How she got out after 10 years and how she’s working to help others, often girlfriends and spouses or other family members in jail for sometimes something as little as taking a phone message for a known dealer, is part of what she talks about with Mark Thompson and J.Elvis Weinstein. Her outreach and clemency program is CAN-DO, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit foundation that advocates Clemency for All Non-violent Drug Offenders. There’s more information at candoclemency.com
Direct download: Amy_Povah_Clemency_Prison_July_11.mp3
Category:Talk & Interviews -- posted at: 6:05pm EDT |