The Paul Mecurio Show
Summary: A-list guests like ... Paul McCartney, Stephen Colbert, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Costner, Spike Lee, Bryan Cranston, Kristin Chenoweth, David Duchovny, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Burr, Laura Prepon, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Strahan, Historian Jon Meacham, Judd Apatow, Kristen Chenoweth, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times, , Sanjay Gupta, Ken Burns, Bill Wyman-The Rolling Stones , Tim Robbins, Bob Costas and MORE, join Emmy & Peabody award-winning comedian Paul Mecurio who interviews the biggest names in entertainment, music, media, sports, politics and science. Paul uncovers hilarious anecdotes and never-before-heard insights about his guests and how they do what they do and became so successful in their field.
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Podcasts:
Susan Co-Stars with Tom Hanks in his latest film about Mr. Rogers and is great as she talks about how she prepared for her role in the film, what insight she got from researching Fred Rogers, how that insight helped her acting, the importance of shooting on location, her work in hit television shows and more.
My friend Adam Carolla talks his passion, race cars describing his new doc, "Shelby American" about legendary racing driver/car designer Caroll Shelby, designer of the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car. Adam gives a fascinating insiders look at how Shelby's designs and genius revolutionized car racing, how he created an American race car that rivaled Ferrari, how, undeterred by heart issues, he became one of the winningest drives in racing history, why today's regulations would make it impossible make a car like the Shelby Cobra now and more.
Tamron talks about her new daytime talk show, who she wants to use it to connect people, her job at 14 selling Toys-R-Us, what's important to her in the message she wants to deliver in her new show and more.
Donald talks about his new ABC drama series "Emergence," how he landed his first acting job, how his parents being actors influenced him, the different acting muscles you have to exercise in doing drama vs. comedy, dealing with rejection as an actor, much more.
Tyrese doesn't hold back in this VERY emotional and raw discussion about his latest action/thriller film, "Black and Blue, how it addresses important issues affecting African-Americans, why the film was important for him to make, his recent trials and tribulations and more.
Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee Frankie Muniz talks about life as a child actor, what it was like to have the pressure of being a star of a major sit-com, how "Malcom in the Middle" changed his life, how he avoided the trap of becoming a troubled child actor in Hollywood, why he bottles Olive Oil and much more.
Chris gives a unique perspective on; why America is so divided politically and in its discourse, how on his show he covers the rapidly changing daily news cycle, how he avoids getting desensitized to the constant deviations from norms of governance, why it's important to take in views different from our own, what we can do to get back to a more civilized discourse in this country and much more.
Henry talks about his award-winning series revealing great stories about working with today’s most compelling personalities including, Robert Downey, Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ben Affleck, Melissa McCarthy, Gayle King, Derek Jeter, Tina Fey and many more as his guests discover the surprising stories buried within their own families.
Danny is part of Hollywood royalty. A very accomplished actor and director he is part of the Huston family, son of legendary director John Huston and brother of Angelica Huston. Danny has great stories from his 40 years in Hollywood of learning movie-making from his father, talking shop around the dinner table with the family, how acting helped him in his directing and vice-versa, acting with some of the greats in Hollywood and more.
Was at the 2019 Emmys with "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Awesome time. Here are a few play-by-play moments of my night.
The very funny Jillian Bell talks about her new movie, how and why she started doing improv at the age of 8, what is was like working on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and the brilliant Larry David, what her improv experience has given her to help make her a good actress, the rials of auditioning and more.
Bryan talks abut his new book,"End Times: A Brief Guide to The End Of The World." A fascinating look at the threats facing the world, what caused them, how we can combat them and why things are not as bad as they seem. No really! They aren't!
Christian is a former white supremacist who walked away from a life of hate and is now helping other white supremacists break away from their hateful lifestyle. An incredible insider's look at how the white supremacist movement recruits, what motivates a person to go down a path of hate and how one can break away from it. VERY EYE-OPENING.
Kristen describes what it's like being on the set of and acting on "The Handmaid's Tail," how themes of the show continue to be relevant, the tense subject matter of the show and how it can affect her off-screen, growing up as a young actress and traveling the world and more.
Anthony talks about how the "Sharknado" movie came about, including great stories how they have been able to shoot these movies on a small budget, how he does NOT make them with a "wink" at the camera so they're NOT movies that are "so bad they are good" and we discuss his new movie "Zombie Tidal Wave."