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Former child actor Moosie Drier, and author, Jonathan Rosen, take you on a trip down Memory Lane, as each episode they revisit some of our beloved memories from our childhoods as well as interview celebrities associated with beloved movies, TV shows, sporting events, and music.
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Her Story So Far focuses on outside-the-box conversations with badass female creatives. These women are birthing amazing passion projects in the 2nd and 3rd chapters of their lives. Host Lesley Whitehead is an artist, visual storyteller and multi-passionate marketer. She believes age shouldn’t stop you from achieving your dreams or make you invisible to the world. Join us to be inspired by the wit, wisdom and one-of-a-kind experiences of these amazing women.
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Lou Diamond Phillips from La Bamba!
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1:01:30Send us a text Join director and former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Lou Diamond Phillips from La Bamba! Lou discusses his iconic roles in La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, and Young Guns. Performing on Broadway in The King and I. Appearing on the hit show The Masked Singer, and much more! Support the show…
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Arts Express 8-13-25 Featuring Michael Chernus
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52:54* Michael Chernus Talks Birthrite, Orange Is The New Black, and playing Theo Bikel in A Complete Unknown * Return to Fukushima: the false promise and real danger of nuclear power with investigative journalist Thomas Bass * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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* Actor Jim O'Heir Talks Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, Parks And Recreation, & Edgar Allan Poe's Mystery Dinner Party * AE Paris Correspondent Dennis Broe on the EU tariff surrender, weapons, Ukraine, & blackmail * On the 80th anniversary of the US horrific atomic bombing of Hiroshima, some reflections... * & Garland Nixon!…
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Pop Culture Retro interview with iconic actress Pamelyn Ferdin!
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1:06:16Send us a text Join formr child actor Moosie Drier, and author, Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with iconic actress Pamelyn Ferdin! Pamelyn discusses the many roles she's played in her career, from her famous Brady Bunch episode, starring in the Disney film The One and Only Genuine, Original, Family Band, voicing Lucy in Peanuts, and Fern Arable in Ch…
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Arts Express 7-29-25 Featuring Thomas Jane
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53:02* Thomas Jane Talks Hung, Breaking Bad, and Murder At Yellowstone City: the western genre as wild west police state allegory * Nautilus - a reimagining of Jules Vernes' 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea * Red Star Cafe: Denzel Washington on propaganda * & Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with the host of the Fun For All Ages podcast, Frank Santopadre!
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1:15:10Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with the host of the Fun For All AGes podcast, Frank Santopadre! Frank discusses his time co-hosting the Amazing Colossal Podcast with Gilbert Gottfried, returning to podcasting with his current show Fun For All Ages, working for MAD Magazine, writing for t…
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Pop Culture Retro looks at Forgotten Films: 1980's The Formula with guest Ike Eisenmann!
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52:05Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, for another edition of Forgotten Films! This time, we're joined by guest Ike Eisenmann, as we take a look at 1980's The Formula, starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, with a guest appearance by Ike, himself! Support the show…
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Arts Express 7-23-25 Featuring Lou Diamond Phillips
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52:55* Lou Diamond Phillips: La Bamba, Che, Stand And Deliver - and among the miners trapped in The 33 * Union: Pt 2 convo on the Amazon Labor Union film doc * Red Star Cafe: who is Vera Caspary, linking McCarthyism, film noir, and Gaza * & Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Arts Express 7-16-25 Featuring James Mockoski
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53:01* Apocalypse Now, Megalopolis, Godfather III & more- A Conversation with Coppola collaborator James Mockoski * Filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing talk Union: fighting for the first Amazon union in the nation * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro with Ted Neeley from Jesus Christ Superstar!
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53:34Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Ted Neeley from Jesus Christ Superstar! Ted discusses making the iconic musical, performing on Broadway in Hair and other shows, being directed by Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained, & much more! Support the show…
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* Talking With Maggie Q: Ballard--a disturbing look at the LAPD where 'the way things were may not exist anymore...' * Shifty: The Land Of Make Believe. Thought in the age of AI, a 5 part BBC series * Red Star Cafe with Trump turning up on July 4th in Iowa * & Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Kelly Stables from Superstore!
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48:56Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author, Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with with Kelly Stables from Superstore! Kelly discusses her time on Superstore, her recurring role as Alan's girlfriend on Two and a Half Men, playing Samara in The Ring Two, voicing Will Vandom on W.I.T.C.H, & much more! Support the show…
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Arts Express 7-2-25 Featuring Actress Dale Dickey
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53:05* Tough-as-nails Winter Bones actress Dale Dickey Talks Feminist Fatale political crime thriller The G, Breaking Bad, and Kissyfoot * The NYC Dem Primary Victory Of Zohran Mamdani: two views * Reframing the 4th of July, politics & poetry * & Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with the Famous San Diego Chicken, Ted Giannoulas!
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57:45Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with the Famous San Diego Chicken, Ted Giannoulas! Ted discusses how he got his start as the famous mascot, appearing on The Baseball Bunch with Johnny Bench, what made Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda angry with his antics, & much more! Support the show…
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Ilene Graff from Mr. Belvedere!
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1:00:46Send us a text Join former child actor Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as the chat with Ilene Graff from Mr. Belvedere! Ilene discusses working on the classic sitcom with Bob Uecker, performing on Broadway in Grease and Promises, Promises, appearing with Rodney Dangerfield in Ladybugs, and much more! Support the show…
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Arts Express 6-25-25 Featuring Ed Begley Jr.
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52:59* Ed Begley Jr. Talks The Workplace Noir Don't Tell Larry, as well as the LA uprisings and his blue collar, character actor father * Cabbages and Kings: Mass protest in Brooklyn falls short * 5 Minute Marxist at the Red Star Cafe talks warmonger Lindsey Graham * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro welcomes back Burt Ward from Batman!
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51:55Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they welcome back Burt Ward from Batman! Burt discusses behind-the-scenes stories from Batman, his pet food brand Gentle Giants, missing out on starring in The Graduate, & much more! Support the showBy Jonathan Rosen
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Arts Express 6-18-25 Featuring Seth Green
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53:05* Seth Green Talks The Floaters, Comedy In A Broken World - and what's going down on the streets of LA * UK Desk: John Cliffords on The US Water Crisis * The Toxic Masculinity Family Tree: Errol Musk speaks * Juneteenth: 'Gates Of Toil' A poetic tributeBy With Host Prairie Miller
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Arts Express 6-11-25 Featuring Nina Conti
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53:02* Sunlight, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues: A Conversation with UK puppeteer Nina Conti * The One Minute Marxist: Red Iowa, a look at Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, Medicaid and death * UK Desk: The Birmingham garbage strike * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with legendary songwriter of Ragtime, Schoolhouse Rock, & others, Lynn Ahrens!
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52:00Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with legendary songwriter of Ragtime, Schoolhouse Rock, & others, Lynn Ahrens! Lynn discusses the shows she's written songs for including Ragtime & Suessical, getting her start writing and singing songs for Schoolhouse Rock, writing jingles for Bounty and K…
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* K Callan Talks Sew Torn, playing mothers Of Superman and John The Baptist, and memories of Peter Boyle * Shakespeare Noir & Darkest LA: Welles, Kurosawa & The Journey Of Simon McKeever * The Manifesto of Elias Rodriguez * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Barry Pearl from Grease!
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1:11:40Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Barry Pearl from Grease! Barry discusses the making of the iconic musical, his work on CPO Sharkey with Don Rickles, appearing on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie and Oliver!, and much more! Support the showBy Jonathan Rosen
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Arts Express 5-28-25 Featuring Jai Courtney
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53:06* Jai Courtney Talks Dangerous Animals, a 21st century subversive take on Moby Dick symbolism * Bro On The Politics Of Fire: Dresden, Hiroshima, racism, class & imperialism * Julian Assange Speaks At the Cannes Film Festival. Or rather, doesn't... * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with the former lead singer of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Chris Thompson!
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51:04Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with the former lead singer of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Chris Thompson! Chris discusses his time with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, the story behind turning Bruce Springsteen's Blinded by the Light into a big hit for the Earth Band, performing at the Freddie…
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Arts Express 5-21-25 Featuring Jason Isaacs
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52:51* Jason Isaacs, Master of Disguises, Talks Words Of War, The White Lotus, and The Salt Path * AE Paris Correspondent Professor Dennis Broe reporting on the ground, A Tale Of Two WWII Victory Day Celebrations * Garland Nixon in conversation with George Galloway * Letter from Burkina Faso President and African revolutionary, Ibrahim Traore to Pope Le…
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Jane Badler from the sci/fi classic V!
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42:56Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Jane Badler from the sci/fi classic V! Jane discusses her time on V, being part of the Mission Impossible reboot, making Ricky Stanicky with Zac Efron and John Cena, and much more! Support the showBy Jonathan Rosen
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Arts Express 5-14-25 Featuring Director Bille August
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52:56* Director Bille August Talks The Kiss & wars on screen and also outside the theaters * Palestine Resistance Cinema Online * Bro on the new spring streaming season--Nazis, Silicon Valley, a UFO, the Mossad, and terrorist pagers * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with the former senior vice-president of rock promotion at Columbia Records, Paul Rappaport!
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1:18:55Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with the former senior vice-president of rock promotion at Columbia Records, Paul Rappaport! Paul discusses his years of rock promotion at Columbia Records, his memoir Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, and the Art of Rock Promotion, decades of stor…
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* John Lynch Talks Sew/Torn, & Some Mother's Son. The Northern Ireland actor revisits his portrayal of IRA revolutionary Bobby Sands * Shoumita Dasgupta: Where Biology Ends And Bias Begins * UK Desk: Deciphering The New Flesh * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Ben Frisone from The Joe Schmo Show!
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41:30Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Ben Frisone, star of the reality show hoax The Joe Schmo Show! Ben discusses his thoughts of being the star of the show, how the cast kept him in the dark that he was being pranked, what we didn't see during the episodes, & much more! Support the show…
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Arts Express 4-30-25 Featuring Keith David
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52:55* Keith David Talks Sneaks, Platoon, and his Frederick Douglass Portrayals On Screen * The Prison Poems Of Ho Chi Minh * Bro On Prime Target - Resisting Surveillance *And Garland Nixon Deciphering DonaldBy With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with legendary comedian John Byner!
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46:52Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with legendary comedian John Byner! John discusses getting his start on The Ed Sullivan Show, appearing in films such as What's Up Doc and The Black Cauldron, helping launch Bob Einstein's Super Dave Osborne, his memoir Five Minutes, Mr. Byner!: A Lifetime …
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Arts Express 4-23-25 Featuring Lesley Ann Warren
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52:40* Nora: Lesley Ann Warren, exploring her latest film, and the struggles of women to reinvent themselves * UK Desk: John Greenaway Talks Capitalism: A Horror Story * Bro On Series Mania 2025 - The largest TV festival in the world * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with the director of The Comic Shop, Jonathan Bowen!
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49:54Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with the director and co-writer of the new independent film The Comic Shop! Jonathan discusses how the film got put together, directing such people as Jesse Metcalfe, Tristin Mays, and Eric Roberts, an accidental encounter his parents had with comics legend …
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Arts Express 4-16-25 Featuring Beth Grant
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52:49* The Bondsman - A Conversation With Beth Grant who teams up with Kevin Bacon in this unusual supernatural crime noir thriller series. * Brush Up Your Shakespeare--The Winter's Tale: Negotiating Trauma * Bro on the Crime Novel 2025 * And Garland Nixon, and a NATO bombing song parody by Mitchel Cohen!…
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Pop Culture Retro interview with legendary songwriter Sir Tim Rice!
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48:28Send us a text Join former child star Moosie Drier and author Jonathan Rosen as they chat with legendary songwriter Sir Tim Rice! Tim discusses his partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musicals he's been a part of writing for such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Lion King, being an EGOT member, & much more! Support the show…
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Arts Express 4-8-25 Featuring Actor Claes Bang
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53:00* Danish actor Claes Bang discusses William Tell & also playing Dracula * Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll * Bro On The UK series Adolescence: school violence and an endorsement from Keir Starmer * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Jeremy Miller from Growing Pains!
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1:04:59Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Jeremy Miller from Growing Pains! Jeremy discusses his time on the beloved sitcom, working with Leonardo DiCaprio, being the voice of Linus on Peanuts, his memoir When I Wished Upon a Star: From Broken Homes to Mended Hearts, & much more! Support the s…
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Arts Express 4-2-25 featuring Steve Coogan
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53:04* Steve Coogan Talks The Penguin Lessons & his 4 roles in the Dr. Strangelove stage adaptation * Broe and Prof Toby Miller from our Mexico City desk: Trump may be bad for the US - but very good for CBS * Tribute to the artist and political activist, the late Tom Keough * UK Desk rebuttal re Repeater books…
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Mark Volman from The Turtles!
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46:10Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Mark Volman from The Turtles! Mark discusses the origins of The Turtles, making Happy Together a big hit after many other groups passed on the song, singing with Springsteen and T Rex, his book Happy Forever, his current Happy Together Tour, & much mor…
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Arts Express 3-26-25 Featuring Amy Schumacher
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53:07* Amy Schumacher Talks Screamboat and her MFA at a Russian acting conservatory * Bro on Sports: Vegas gambling halls; Trump, Israel and money laundering - & the world's 8th richest woman * Red Rosa: Kate Evans reads Luxemburg's letters *And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Caryn Richman from The New Gidget!
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1:13:23Send us a text Join former child actor Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as the chat with Caryn Richman from The New Gidget! Caryn discussed starring in The New Gidget, playing Greg Brady's wife in The Bradys, appearing on the Soap Opera Texas, her new role as co-host of a talk show with Ed Kalegi called Chatterbinge, & much more! Support th…
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Arts Express 3-19-25 Featuring Author Elizabeth Hand
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52:52* Elizabeth Hand Talks First Word On Horror & the new series featuring horror writers reading from their work * UK Desk: Erasure, Retaliation, Corporate Executing - The case of Repeater Books * Red Rosa (Luxemburg): Kate Evans on her graphic history of the great socialist * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with legendary comedian Jeff Altman!
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57:37Send us a text Join former child star Moosie Drier and author Jonathan Rosen as they chat with legendary comedian Jeff Altman! Jeff discusses getting his start in comedy in the 70s and becoming friends with such people as David Letterman, his co-starring on the variety show Pink Lady, how his father's friendship with Houdini, how his uncle helped d…
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Arts Express 3-12-25 Featuring Casper Van Dien
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53:02* Casper Van Dien, known for Starship Troopers, takes a detour with the unconventional, post-Civil War western, Guns Of Redemption * UK Desk: 'Staring into the abyss.' * Bro on Steven Knight's drama, charting the brutality of the British ruling classBy With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with talk show host Ed Kalegi!
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42:33Send us a text Join former child star Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rsen, as they chat with talk show host Ed Kalegi! Ed discusses being the public address announcer for the New Jersey Devils, his radio talk show The Weekend with Ed Kalegi, some of the celebrity interviews he's done, his book It Was Great to Say Hello to…. , & much more! Suppor…
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Arts Express 3-5-25 Featuring MSNBC Host Alex Wagner
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52:44* MSNBC Host Alex Wagner Checks In - Or Rather Out, of her just cancelled show. And Trumpland * Rebel youth singer/songwriter Jesse Welles * Bro on the Arts Express with a stopover in Austria, rejecting the drive toward war with Russia * And Garland Nixon!By With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Dean Butler from Little House on the Prairie!
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1:08:27Send us a text Join former child star Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Dean Butler from Little House on the Prairie! Dean discusses his time on the iconic series, co-starring on the fun 80s show The New Gidget, his book Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond, & much more! Support the show…
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Arts Express 2-26-25 Featuring Peter Browngardt
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53:02* The Day The Earth Blew Up. Peter Browngardt, the writer, director, animator and co-star of the latest Looney Tunes incarnation * Firesign - A continuing conversation re the Firesign Theatre with author Jeremy Braddock * And Garland Nixon on AIBy With Host Prairie Miller
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Pop Culture Retro interview with Maria Conchita Alonso from The Running Man!
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1:00:59Send us a text Join former child star Moosie Drier, and author Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with Maria Conchita Alonso from the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci/fi hit The Running Man! Maria discusses working with Schwarzenegger on the film, appearing alongside Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson, starring on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman, winni…
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