Bob Andelman Interviews

Jamie Beckman, author of The Frisky 30-Day Breakup Guide, is a writer and editor who has braved the dating scene and experienced firsthand all of the hope, elation, and heartbreak that goes along with it. (And she wouldn’t change a thing.) Jamie graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has written about relationships, health, and lifestyle trends for publications including Men's Journal, Men's Health, Best Life, First for Women, and Better Homes and Gardens. She has also written for Publishers Weekly, TheFrisky.com, CNN.com, CMJ.com, Knot Magazine, and Two Drink Minimum magazine, and judged the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel awards. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

mun2 takes fashion to a whole new level in the second cycle of The mun2 Look. Go behind the scenes with co-creator, executive producer and host Paula Garces as she explores the latest fashion trends and sits down with some of today’s biggest artists. From the hottest fashion in the tropical island of Puerto Rico to the runway looks in New York City, the all-new cycle of “The mun2 Look” premieres Saturday August 21st at 4pm ET/PT. The star-studded, six episode season features top, trend-setting celebrities including Taboo (Black Eyed Peas), Snoop Dogg, Kimora Lee Simons, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly Furtado, Ivy Queen, Larry Hernandez, Mario Lopez, Flex, Jencarlos Canela, and many more. Paula Garces — best known as Harold’s girlfriend Maria in the Harold and Kumar movies and her role in "The Shield" — heats things up as she takes viewers to the beaches of Puerto Rico where she talks fashion with R&B sensation, Flex, and enjoys a day in the spa with Reggaeton diva, Ivy Queen. The exciting new season of “The mun2 Look” wraps up the “You’re On” weekend time block of 12-4pm which features the network’s hottest original programming.Visit The mun2 Look. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Chicago born actor Larry Manetti, one of the stars of “Magnum P.I.,” wrote a book about the series entitled Aloha Magnum. In addition, the book has stories about Frank Sinatra (who was a good pal of Larry’s), Elvis Presley and Michelle Pfeiffer. There is a also a recipe section in the back (Larry is known for the great Italian dinners he cooks for his family and friends). Larry’s next film project is The Sinatra Club (about the John Gotti social club). Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Actress Thesy Surface (pronouncednlike “Daisy” with a “T”) endures hours in the make-up chair to create the unibrowed, lip-licking, deaf-mute Margaret McPoyle for the hit series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” airing on Comedy Central this summer. Margaret McPoyle, the sister of the bad boy McPoyles, often finds herself in the thick of things when her brothers cause havoc for ‘The Gang’ (Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Rob McElhenney and Danny DeVito). The new fan favorite Margaret McPoyle will resurface again in the all new season six airing later this fall on FX. Thesy is excited to return as the ‘fugly’ McPoyle, adding “working on Sunny is like taking a hike in Cracktown…but a fun Cracktown.” The British-born actress has been building a solid reputation in Hollywood over the last couple years. Her previous credits include appearances in the Travel Channels “Facets of the World,” Discovery & TLC’s “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant,” and a series of notable indie films. Up next, Thesy is taking her career a step farther by creating her own project, a dark-comedy television pilot about a young record executive and his haunting aunt. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

In Covert Affairs, starring Piper Perabo (“Coyote Ugly,” “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”), Christopher Gorham (“Ugly Betty,” “Jake 2.0”), Peter Gallagher (“The O.C.,” “American Beauty”), Kari Matchett (“Invasion”), Anne Dudek (“House,” “Mad Men”) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (“Heroes,” “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife”), we meet Annie Walker (Perabo), a young CIA trainee who is suddenly thrust into the inner sanctum of the agency after being promoted to field operative. While it appears that she has been handpicked for her exceptional linguistic skills, it may be something from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Christopher Gorham plays Auggie Anderson, a CIA military intelligence agent, blinded while on assignment, and Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue. Audiences will likely best remember Gorham from his role on ABC’s “Ugly Betty” as Betty’s boyfriend, Henry, as well as the critically acclaimed CBS Series “Harper’s Island.” Prior to that, he was a series regular on the NBC comedy “Out of Practice” opposite Henry Winkler, Ty Burrell, Stockard Channing and Jennifer Tilly and also starred in NBC’s “Medical Investigation.” Other TV credits include recurring roles on both “Felicity” and “Party of Five.” Gorham also has guest-starred on such series as “CSI,” “Without a Trace,” “Boomtown” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” He starred in “Jake 2.0.” Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

They are the best pick-up guys in the business. Of the scrap metal business, that is. Spike TV debuts the new weekly comedic reality series "Scrappers," set in the take-no-prisoners world of the Brooklyn scrap metal business, with back-to-back episodes airing on Tuesday, August 3at 10:00 – 10:30 PM, ET/PT and 10:30 – 11:00 PM, ET/PT. Frankie “Noots” Fidilio, head of Scrappers USA, is the man behind the idea of a reality show about scrap metal guys from Brooklyn. An old neighborhood pal of Frankie’s, Joe Posa is the business/sales part of Frankie’s team – and key to Frankie’s dream of getting his own scrap yard. Frankie knows he needs to grow the business if he’s ever going to realize his dream of his own scrap yard. “Scrappers” is a workplace comedy, set in one tough office, the streets of Brooklyn, where every day is a battle to make a buck. Spike is along for the ride as our heroes scour the streets to find their treasure, from old appliances to abandoned cars and discarded building materials. What most people see as just a pile of junk, these guys see as a pile of cold, hard cash. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Jeffrey Fox, the author of How to Be a Fierce Competitor, is an accomplished consultant, popular speaker and the acclaimed author of a series of hard-hitting international business bestsellers, including: • Secrets of Great Rainmakers • How To Become A Rainmaker • The Dollarization Discipline • How to Make Big Money in Your Own Small Business • How to Become a Marketing Superstar Fox is the founder and President of Fox & Company, Inc., a marketing con- sulting firm that specializes in marketing strategy development, innovation enhance- ment, selling skills training, branding, and various applications of a proprietary value-selling methodology called dollarization. For more information: Fox & Company. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Richard Levy, inventor and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cashing in on Your Inventions will discuss inventions and the development process live on Mr. Media Radio The book covers every aspect of the inventing process from concept to market- and this new edition offers more in-depth coverage of the development process, prototyping and manufacturing helping readers identify how to go about turning their ideas into something tangible that they can market. Richard Levy is president of Richard C. Levy & Associates and, in the past 33 years co-created, co-developed and licensed more than 200 concepts, including one of the most popular toys of all time, Furby (Hasbro). Among his games are blockbusters: “Men Are From Mars, Women Are from Venus” (Mattel), “Chicken Soup for the Soul” (Cardinal), and “Adverteasing” (Cadaco). For 2010, his new products include Kuhn-Rikon’s Frosting Deco Pro decorating pen, Duncan’s WarStone Trading Card Game, novelty Hot Buttons by 4 Kidz and Hyper-Pet’s Cool Down Doggie Misting Leash. Levy is the author of 12 books, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cashing in on Your Inventions, and The Toy & Game Inventor’s Handbook. He is a winner of the SBA Innovation Award and has been named an M.I.T. Inventor of the Week. Levy’s licensed products combined have generated $1 billion in global sales. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Doug Glanville rose in the ranks to become one of the most dangerous players in baseball’s steroid era both offensively and defensively. He was an electric centerfielder and a good center fielder is at once a player, a strategist, an observer, and a thinker. Glanville uses these observations and reflections from a nine-year major league career to paint a complete picture of the hidden world of baseball players in The Game From Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View. From a man who stood at the heart of the diamond, Glanville lends remarkable insight into surviving each day on a major league roster and reveals the human side of the game and the human side of the men who play it. There is no pretense here. There are no controversies. Glanville doesn’t have a chip on his shoulder or bones to pick with old foes or teammates. This is life in major league baseball. Glanville played outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers from 1996 through 2004. From 2008 to 2010, he wrote the online column “Heading Home” for The New York Times and provided baseball analysis for XM Radio's MLB Power Alley. In the spring of 2010 he joined ESPN as a baseball analyst, contributing to Baseball Tonight, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. Doug Glanville website Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

For more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com Order "The Game From Where I Stand" by Doug Glanville from Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/11c3fsK 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 podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Now in its 8th year! Subscribe FREE on iTunes or mobile devices via the Stitcher app and never miss a show! Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MrMediaRadio Or listen on Stitcher via your iPhone, Blackberry or Palm Pre: http://www.stitcher.com/mrmedia

After a sixteen-year absence, Claire (Kellie Martin, "ER") and Matt Thompson (Brady Smith) reunite with "The Jensen Project" - a secret community of world-class geniuses who research cutting edge technology to help the world. With the aid of their teenage son Brody (Justin Kelly), Matt and Claire set out on a mission to stop a potentially dangerous technology from falling into the wrong hands. In this exhilarating roller coaster adventure, Matt, Claire and Brody, race against the clock following clues, thwarting evil schemes and rediscovering each other in the process. Also starring Patricia Richardson, David Andrews, LeVar Burton and Alyssa Diaz. Patricia Richardson is best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the long-running series "Home Improvement" in which she co-starred with Tim Allen. For her work on the series she received nominations for four Emmys and two Golden Globes as "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series." While starring in "Home Improvement" she also co-hosted the Emmy Awards with Ellen DeGeneres Richardson went on to star as Dr. Andy Campbell in "Strong Medicine" for three seasons and received a Commendation from the Prism Awards one year and was nominated for her work in an episode another year. For the last two years of "West Wing," Patricia had a recurring role as Sheila Brooks, Alan Alda's Chief of Staff. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

I found this 54-minute interview with Bo Diddley from April 20, 1985 by accident after digging up the print version of the interview. "I'm the dude that Elvis Presley copied. He copied me and combined Jackie Wilson," Diddley told me. That was a memorable day for two reasons: spending an hour with Bo in Ybor City, Florida, the afternoon of his show, of course, but also my memories of the photographer I worked with that day, Tom Howland, who was a long-time friend and who passed away suddenly a few years ago. Anyway, this interview is one of my all-time favorites. I hope you’ll enjoy this Mr. Media “Lost Tape.” Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

There is a moment in every artist’s life when her desire to create crystallizes; the evolving elements of inspiration and experience coalesce into a unified artistic purpose. It happens to anyone ever driven to create for a living, but rarely – or perhaps never – does that moment involve John Mayer. Yes, Sami Akbari, known musically as sami.the.great, became conscious of her desire to pursue music thanks to an encounter with John Mayer. It wasn’t his music or his overwhelming capacity for humility, but was more about a transitory experience that opened Sami’s eyes to what she could ultimately do with her powerhouse singing and songwriting. While in college in Roanoke, Virginia, Sami was on a committee of students that arranged for bands to play at the school, and the second act they brought was John Mayer. “This is an embarrassing story,” Sami says. “It was right before he became famous. It was about two or three weeks before his first video came out, and he was already on tour and had some recognition. I actually sat on his tour bus and sang with him. After they left I felt a huge void, and I decided to start writing music because I felt so connected to that whole experience.” Sami released a new EP, Nothing Left to See, which features five songs she has written over the past six years of her career and a cover of Sting’s “Roxanne.” sami.the.great website Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Nathaniel Lande’s most recent novel, The Life and Times of Homer Sincere, Whose Amazing Adventures are Documented by his True and Trusted Friend Rigby Canfield, is his second novel after Cricket, a book reviewed by the New York Times as "an extraordinary novel and a powerful testament to courage and faith." William Styron, upon reading an early draft of The Life and Times of Homer Sincere, called it “An American Novel, with a lovely confection of unforgettable characters; a gem of a story full of smiles.” Spanning America over three decades, the picaresque novel begins and ends with an amazing friendship between two friends whose adventures take them from New Orleans and New York to Hollywood. Nathaniel Lande is the author of ten books including the widely acclaimed novel, CRICKET, which the New York Times reviewed as "an extraordinary, sensitive novel...a testament to courage and faith." He is a journalist, author, and filmmaker and was a creative force behind Time Inc. during his tenure as Creative Director for the Magazine Group and Director of TIME World News Service. His documentaries won over 20 International Awards including the Cannes Film Festivals. He also holds two patents on the prototype for the first electronic book. Nathaniel Lande website Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter

Robert K. Elder is a journalist, book author, film columnist and Internet entrepreneur. Pulitzer-winner Studs Terkel calls Elder “a journalist in the noblest tradition” in his introduction to Elder’s book, Last Words of the Executed. For almost a decade, he served as a staff writer at the Chicago Tribune. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Premiere, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Salon.com, The Oregonian and many other publications. Elder is also the editor of John Woo: Interviews, the first authoritative chronicle of the filmmaker’s life, legacy and career. He has also contributed to books on poker, comic books and film design. In 2009, Elder founded Odd Hours Media, which produces the websites ItWasOverWhen.com and ItWasLoveWhen.com. He currently teaches journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. It’s a little known fact that he survived a Snuffleupagus encounter in the wild. A Montana native and graduate of the University of Oregon, Elder lives and writes in Chicagoland. He has been known to carry a digital voice recorder. Find more original interviews @ Mr. Media Radio • Twitter