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We love to talk comedy, so this week co-host/comedian Jeremy Long and your host talk comedy with Barry Rothbart. Originally from New York, Barry started doing stand up in college because he was depressed and we love, also, to talk … Continue reading

The written word is accepted, embraced, betrayed, ignored and, of course, followed to the brink of insanity. Is the medium the message or is the message just a mess? Seven authors that despised movie adaptations of their books make up … Continue reading

“Hollywood,” the movie factory that gives the public what it wants, seems to be investing almost exclusively on what a single portion of the public wants, narrowing the product to a scant few types of movies. How does this affect … Continue reading

The doctor is in the house and the house panel includes Thom Savino, Jeremy Long and our host. Dr. Gary Popoli returns after a summer of beach fun and behavior acrobatics and he has a long list of studies that … Continue reading

Drama is constructed to seduce the audiences’ brains into many moods, sometimes to satisfy the story, sometimes to provoke particular feelings that support the protagonist. Scientists are studying cinematic drama for clues about the nature of perception and how science … Continue reading

Brock LaRob returns for a pop-culture discussion about detective/police TV shows from the black & white 1950s through the new millennium. How the shows mirrored the values of society and continue to attempt to glorify justice are some of the … Continue reading

As you sit and ponder who next to text or what to watch on Netflix or which power drink to purchase or where you can get a high-paying job and who is responsible for making that task so difficult, a … Continue reading

The American Independence Day celebration declared freedom from the British Empire but the battle to make it reality would take a long time and many lives. More than two centuries later, individual independence continues to battle with traditional values and … Continue reading

Frank Cotolo, Thom Savino and Thomas Martin are three alumni members of a New York university that was literally a moving feast over the course of four years in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s (pictured is a NYC ad … Continue reading

What is chronic in this world is that majesty merges with mediocrity and people are showered with celebrity. Fame is neither loyal nor earned most of the time and if you rock and roll long enough you will make it … Continue reading