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:
A wide-ranging, engrossing talk with Ethan and Ben talk about their new film, "Blaze," about the iconoclastic singer/songwriter Blaze Foley. Very interesting insight from Ethan about how he approaches making a film, why Ben was right for the film, why music is so important to Ethan, how he tries to tell a story so it doesn't feel like a wikipedia page and much more.
A really fun, all-encompassing conversation with my good friend and one of the smartest and insightful comedians today. John talks about today's political landscape, Trump, Hillary, our 2-party system, why religion is like "fan clubs," his Mom leaving the nunnery and much more.
The Boy Wonder"" talks about the longevity of the series, being picked from obscurity to play one of the most iconic TV characters of all time, what he had to do in his audition to get the role, why the studio took out a big life insurance policy on him, getting things past the network censors, and his mission now to help rescue abandoned animals and more.
Billy describes working with "Simpsons" creator, Matt Groening, his process of coming up the iconic voices he does, how the voices he did as a weird kid helped him escape the tough homelife and more.
The preeminent meteorologist in the country and THE face of "The Weather Channel" talks about growing up in Vermont where he was fascinated by snow, how that sparked his love of weather, why some people never listen when told to evacuate during a major storm, if goal warming is a real thing, and why he at times has had to eat shredded wheat and cheese wiz!
Denny has great stories about his audition for Paul McCartney, starting the band "wings" with Sir Paul and the genius of Paul McCartney as seen in how the iconic song, "Live and Let Die" was written in 30 minutes, making the "Ram" album with the ex-Beatle, his own love of music and jazz, touring and much more.
A very cool conversation with Billy Bob and JD about making music and their band "Boxmasters." Billy talks about writing music, why he was drawn to music as a kid before acting, how writing music helps his acting and writing screenplays, how influential and daunting "The Beatles" are when it comes to making his music and more.
A wide-ranging conversation with Omar, an amazing actor, about his acting career, his new book about the importance of fatherhood, what it was like growing up without a father, his passion for the arts and sports and more.
The original influencer, Perez Hilton talks about how he changed culture and has been trailblazing through social media since 2004. A New York University trained actor, he entertains millions daily on his eponymous website and social media channels.
Kevin is a former member of the ground-breaking sketch group "The State" (which gave us comic actors, Tom Lennon and Michael Ian Black, among others). Kevin is the creator of RISK! the storytelling podcast. Kevin is also behind the Story Studio in NYC. We talk about bedbugs, gay orgies and sketch comedy. See which topic interests you the most!
A fascinating look behind the scenes of the making this award-winning film, including great stories about working with the amazing cast, including, Paul Rudd, SiennaMiller, Paul Giamatti, Guy Pearce and others. Lewin also reveals never-before-heard stories about the amazing true life story behind this film.
A bizarrely funny chat with Matt - hear him watch TV and look for a sock.
In this very special episode the great Alan Alda talks about working on the historic, seminal TV show, MAS*H, including great behind the scenes stories of being on the set and shooting the show. He also has hilarious stories about growing up in a "show business" family, a pig, working in Hollywood as a young actor, and we hear him talk about sludge in his throat plus much more.
Bebe talks about his new hit autobiographical musical out that chronicles is amazing life story of leaving home at 17 to sing backup for Televangelist Jim and Tammy Faye Baker, how fame challenged his faith, how he deals with rejection and more.
Jim talks about his new movie "Bernard and Huey," his time working on the hitTV show "Community," working with comic actor David Koechner from SNL and writing an Oscar-winning film.
