Bob Andelman Interviews

Peter’s songs range from spare bedroom pop to grander productions when he bring in strings and pedal steel. Between his last release 2004’s After a While and Ocean, Peter has had great success collaborating with producers and directors, including three songs he wrote for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He recently finished up music that is being contributed to David Wain’s new film Role Models. myspace.com/peter

Chip Rowe, The Playboy Advisor was interviewed for the original print version of Mr. Media a decade ago when he new on the job. Now that he's a veteran, he'll share what he's learned with Mr. Media podcast listeners! Call in and ask your personal questions at this special late night time! Playboy Advisor

ANITA O’DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER, is a captivating documentary directed and produced by Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden, and produced by Melissa Davis. The film, set to open in Los Angeles, August 22, 2008, chronicles the extraordinary life of Anita O’Day, one of the most legendary female jazz vocalists of all time. It has swept through national and international film festivals winning accolades and awards along the way. Web Site

Marlise Kast was considered a Tabloid Prodigy. The daughter of a minister, she grew up in a loving, conservative, slightly sheltered family, and aspired to a career as a respected journalist or television news anchor. She was perhaps the least likely person to become a star reporter for Globe. But, right out of college, with a journalism degree and few job prospects, she became a tabloid writer, playing the high-stakes game with some of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities.

Joe Pistone is a former FBI agent and has an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of organized crime. In his international bestseller Donnie Brasco, Pistone told his story of working deep undercover in the Bonanno Mafia family. For six years, Pistone posed as jewel thief Donnie Brasco in order to pull off one of the most audacious sting operations ever. The book was later turned into an acclaimed 1997 feature film starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. His most recent book is

The Courage to Survive is must reading for anyone who wants to know where U.S. Rep. (and former Democratic presidential candidate) Dennis Kucinich believes America must go and how we can get there. It is a book that sets the tone for the national debate as we choose new leadership in a time of great crisis and great opportunity.

MonkeySee is a new destination website, launched in January 2008, that provides free access to a large collection of professionally-produced and user-generated how-to videos. Visitors to MonkeySee.com will find a rapidly-growing library of videos on a wide variety of topics, presented in deep detail by accomplished, credible experts.

During pregnancy, a woman dedicates nine months to nurturing a new life. She comes to understand a whole new level of commitment, excitement, self-care, and unswerving dedication. Now life coach Julia Roberts (that’s the other Julia Roberts!) shows women how, in Motherhood to Otherhood, to apply those lessons they once learned in pregnancy to launch another brand new life-their own!

The week of September 17, 2007, marked the largest collaborative project in Internet history as 100 of the top photojournalists and millions of Americans documented the concept of home. The result is the most extensive record of American home life at the beginning of the 21st century. Now the powerhouse team of photographers and editors behind such bestselling titles as America 24/7 and the A Day in the Life of... series, present their latest collection of stunning personal and dramatic moments.

The first critical retrospective of Steve Ditko, the co-creator and original artist of the Amazing Spider-Man is STRANGE AND STRANGER: THE WORLD OF STEVE DITKO. Author and Ditko scholar Blake Bell also wrote I Have to Live With This Guy!ditko.comics.org

Whether you're an armchair traveler, a serious hamburger connoisseur, or a curious adventurer up for a road trip, Hamburger America will be your guide to reclaiming this precious slice of Americana. No other food says “America” like the hamburger, and documentary filmmaker George Motz has made it his personal mission to save our nation's unique burger identity. He has traveled across the country in search of the best burger joints.

During World War II, the glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin. Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to deliver his popular cartoon, "Up Front" – starring wise-cracking Willie and Joe - to the pages of Stars and Stripes. Biographer Todd DePastino also edited of the cartoon collection Willie & Joe: The WWII Years.

Sex is on everyone’s minds. OPEN is a book about sex. It’s about sex within the confines of an open marriage. It’s about the many ups and downs Jenny Block has had as well as the consequences and lessons she’s learned from having made the decision to open her marriage. A decision that just may have saved the marriage that she was struggling sexually to survive. jennyonthepage.com

Rob Kutner's Apocalypse How is the humorous how-to-guide to living your best life possible (after the Apocalypse renders your current quality of life null and void.) Organized as a travel/lifestyle guide, the book tells you how to fend off zombies, forage for non-radioactive food, and make the most of your new dwelling (while ignoring the ash outline of its previous occupants on the far wall.) Kutner's day job? Writer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." robkutner.com

ALEC FOEGE, author of Right of the Dial, has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, New York, People, Spin, Playboy, Details, and many other national publications. He is currently a contributing writer for Fortune Small Business. His previous books are Confusion Is Next: The Sonic Youth Story and The Empire God Built: Inside Pat Robertson’s Media Machine.