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Not ForgotLawrence Ferlinghetti On The Beat Poets and America's Political Harvest of HateSend us a textIn a 1984 interview Lawrence Ferlinghetti talks about The beginning of the beat poets/writers and witnessing Reagan's global political agenda (Iran/Contra etc) causing a "Harvest of Hate" around the world. Even how he saw the opportunity to experience America on the road as Kerouac did as vanishing Below are excerpts from the interview. "Kerouac's guru, his really big hero, as far as writers go was Thomas Wolfe. And that's what Kerouac and I had in common. Thomas Wolfe's book...2025-04-0212 min
Not ForgotInterview With Mountain Queen Director Lucy Walker Audio PodcastSend us a textNo one is better suited to tell The Mountain Queen-The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa's story than director Lucy Walker, who specializes in documenting people overcoming tremendous odds. Her previous works include Blindsight, the story of six blind teenagers from Nepal that were led to the summit of Lhakpa Ri, a 23,000 ft peak on the north side of Everest by legendary blind mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer. Blind children in Nepal are often seen as possessed by demons so this climb transforms their self image and their horizons. Lucy also directed the Academy Award-nominated and Sundance-winning T...2024-10-2116 min
Not ForgotAnne Rice's Feast of All Saints, Her Most Important Work Audio PodcastSend us a textAnne Rice describes the purpose and process of writing Feast of All Saints,"I had been doing research for that novel for about ten years. I started it long before I did Interview with the Vampire, which was really the first work that I had published. What I was trying to do there, more than bring to life the free colored community that had existed in the 1840s. Before the Civil War is when they really had the identity, and that's what I wanted to write about in Feast of All Saints, w...2024-07-0907 min
Not ForgotAnne Rice Interview With A Vampire WriterSend us a textAnne Rice talks about creating Interview With A Vampire from the idea to the book. Raised in a fertile breeding ground for fantasy and horror, Anne Rice , was schooled by the local legends and graveyards of New Orleans. She highlights the different aspects of New Orleans culture from spending afternoons picnicking in graveyards to melange of cultures French, Caribbean and southern. She ends by recounting some of the most horrific and disturbing legends, some like Madame LaLaurie (who was a real character) which was dramatized in the movie Coven with Kathy BatesThe in...2024-05-1615 min
Not ForgotPaquito D'Rivera Childhood Prodigy to a 74 year old Double Grammy Winner in 2023Send us a textPaquito's story from childhood who followed his virtuoso father into playing and composing Latin, Jazz and Classical. His lifetime of musical partnership and friendships with Chucho Valdes, Dizzy Gillespie, Daniel Ponce, Arturo Sandoval and other musical greats.He pays tribute to bandmates from Irakere, Orquesta Cubana and other bands. 00:00 My father was saxophone virtuoso plays classical music 00:26 Father brought home Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall 1938 - "It changed my life" --------- 01:00 Irakere and Chucho Valdes --------- 01:55 Mariel dedicated to those in the "boat lift", 03:12 The best percussionists - Daniel Ponce 06:15 Recording and playing with T...2024-05-0809 min
Not ForgotWayne Shorter's Atlantis Interview The Best Album You Never HeardSend us a textWayne Shorter took a huge musical and spiritual leap forward with Atlantis, his first recording as a leader after an11 year hiatus. 00:33 He talks about the collaboration and creation with the artists he recorded it with and how it transcended the norms for composition something he was criticized for in music class, 01:19 "You mix musical styles,apples and oranges. Stick to the lesson plan.". 02:25 Then he talks about how he was moved toward the concept of Atlantis itself. 05:45 He describes his musical partnership and friendship with Milton Nascimento and Elis Regina. 09:00 He then talk...2024-05-0612 min
Not ForgotBranford Marsalis 1988 A Musician and Music Without BordersSend us a textInterview recorded when Branford was in an all star band with Sting , pianist Kenny Kirkland, drummer Omar Hakim and bassist Darryl Jones. He talks about growing up in New Orleans where jazz was not his favorite music but he says being exposed to it was the most important thing.youtube site https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtsIZ_bMcIgEpWwNil1gYd5_UghWYxHmSwebsite https://caljazzphoto.com/2023-12-2713 min
Not ForgotJon Hendricks Gets Wynton Marsalis To Put Down His Horn and Start Scat SingingSend us a textIn 1997 Clark Terry was originally scheduled to perform on live and on record with Jon Hendricks. When Clark Terry was too ill to perform Wynton offered his services. 01:17 When Jon said I can't pay you near your kind of money. Wynton said, "Mr Hendricks do me a favor..when we talk.. NEVER mention money to me. It'll be my pleasure and my honor to be on the same bandstand as you."2:00 "Wynton we gotta do this scat number and Wynton said, "No no Mr Hendricks I don't do that!" 02:35 Wynton makes his scat...2023-12-2704 min
Not ForgotBarbara Donald Jazz Trumpeter Bandleader and PioneerSend us a textInterview conducted 44 years ago in SF---00:00 Despite playing with DexterGordon, John Coltrane, Roland Kirk and Sonny Simmons still unknown.00:48 Interview begins--why more women don't pick the instrument up and obstacles when they do. 01:59 Playing an instrument is a gift it has nothing to do with who or what you are 02:53 "Everything is separating. That's why I call my group unity. We could all learn from each other." Things have changed now but at the time she was breaking new ground for others to follow. Unfortunately around 20 years later in 1998 her career was cut shor...2023-12-2704 min
Not ForgotMr T His Life Story-Growing Up and Giving Back to KidsSend us a text(1984) Mr. T Talks about his books and what he wants to pass on to kids. Grew up in The Robert Taylor Housing Project. In the 1990's your chance of being a victim of violent crime there was 1 in 10. https://bit.ly/ChicagoGangHistoryRobertTaylorHomes . But he found a way out, a way to excel. Mr. T starts the interview what he wants for kids In the interview he talks about his book The Be Somebody Kid and he wrote to tell kids to hold their head up and not be ashamed of being poor. 2023-11-1008 min
Not ForgotDuane Eddy Interview The Whole StorySend us a textDuane Eddy traces his musical history from the beginning 00:22 learning guitar from his father. All the players he worked with from 00:37 Steve Douglas, 01:15 Lee Hazelwood to backstage jams with Chuck Berry and James Burton. 06:42 Duane deals with the British Bands taking the spot light "I needed the break" Released an album in England never made it to the states, 08:56 He talks about 1962 Duane Eddy Guild Guitar Later on Drummer Hal Blaine gets Duane a group together with Ry Cooder and Steve Douglas 15:41 Duane remembers being on the same shows with James Burton, Chuck Be...2023-11-0820 min
Not ForgotGeri Allen's Tribute To Mary Lou Williams On The Kansas City Film SetSend us a textGeri Allen recorded this interview with me on the movie set of Robert Altman's Kansas City. Where she played Mary Lou Williams and paid tribute to her words and music. Digging thru old interviews .... On the film set for the Altman movie Kansas City I watched an amazing band playing the role of legendary jazz musicians who frequented the jazz scene there: Among them Mary Lou Williams (Geri Allen), Lester Young (played by Joshua Redman), Coleman Hawkins (Craig Handy), Ben Webster (James Carter), Count Basie (Cyrus Chestnut), Hershel Evans (David Murray), Freddie Green...2023-10-0808 min
Not ForgotJohn Cassavetes Battling For The Disabled During The Filming of A Child Is WaitingSend us a textIn 1962 John Casavettes battled the studio system to create a film that would question assumptions and portrayals about what disabled children can do and where they should reside. 00:27 John Cassavetes about the difference between his vision for Child is Waiting and Kramer's. Burt Lancaster joins Judy Garland (Judgment at Nuremberg the year before) in filming. 01:26 Burt Lancaster (father of a disabled child in reality) battles for the disabled child in the film. 02:53 John Casavettes talks about his struggle to make a film that does justice to the disabled child. 05:09 Producer Stanley Kramer...2023-10-0506 min
Not ForgotRobert Altman music and my moviesSend us a textRobert Altman talks about working with composers like John Williams, Mark Isham and other musicians and performers to create music for his movies.Excerpts from movies McCabe and Mrs Miller, Images, Gingerbread Man, Cookie's Fortune, illustrate the way he works.youtube site https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtsIZ_bMcIgEpWwNil1gYd5_UghWYxHmSwebsite https://caljazzphoto.com/2023-07-1414 min
Not ForgotWords and Music - Wayne Shorter, Max Roach, Jim Hall, Edwin Hawkins and Darryl JonesSend us a textWayne Shorter talks about his musical beginnings and the understanding school teacher who changed his life. He then moves on to illuminating the softer side of Miles Davis. Max Roach talks about creating a game changing drum pattern in Un Poco Loco and the struggle to record the The Freedom Now Suite for when freedom, true freedom wasn't yet a reality. Guitarist Jim Hall remembers Bill Evans. Edwin Hawkins talks intense criticism from the church and others when Oh Happy Day became a hit Darryl "the munch"Jones continues the dialog about Miles exp...2023-06-2159 min
Not ForgotRay Bradbury 1983 - writing, living and the power of imaginationSend us a textRay Bradbury talks about his beginnings as a writer and his personal connection to two stories Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes then moves on to talk about converting his stories for the silver screen. He goes into depth about what is involved when you convert one of your own stories into a movie and contrasts with his work as screenwriter for the movie Moby Dick. Having written and published scores of poems Bradbury talks about how poetry can pave the way for the comp...2023-06-0730 min
Not ForgotMax Roach Fight For Freedom DaySend us a textMax Roach was tasked by the NAACP to create a recording to celebrate the centennial of the end of slavery. Along with Oscar Brown Jr and Abbey Lincoln, Max was instrumental in fundraising for The NAACP and CORE by playing in benefits and fundraisers. But the question is how to create a record about a freedom that wasn't realized. The record;s prominence was not achieved until it was banned in South Africa.youtube site https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtsIZ_bMcIgEpWwNil1gYd5_UghWYxHmSwebsite https://caljazzphoto.com/2023-05-2302 min
Not ForgotRahsaan Roland Kirk and John Coltrane remembered by Johnny Griffin and Curtis FullerSend us a textJohnny Griffin describes meeting Roland Kirk at a Chicago Blue Monday Jam Session. Griffin describes Kirk's contributions as a musician, composer and close friend.Curtis Fuller talks about getting called into play on John Coltrane's Moments Notice and how that session changed jazz and his own playing forever.Interview recorded at The Keystone Korner in SF during performance by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers originally broadcast on KFJC Radioyoutube site https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtsIZ_bMcIgEpWwNil1gYd5_UghWYxHmSwebsite https://caljazzphoto.com/2023-05-2031 min
Not ForgotRoy Harris Battles The BlacklistSend us a textAaron Copland and William Schuman give background on Roy Harris’ music then Johanna Harris talks about Harris being blacklisted for his Fifth Symphony and the nightmare they lived through.Written and Produced by Bob Hershon Narrated by Scott Beachyoutube site https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtsIZ_bMcIgEpWwNil1gYd5_UghWYxHmSwebsite https://caljazzphoto.com/2023-04-1105 min
Not ForgotJesse Winchester 1977 a singer/songwriter Defying GravitySend us a textJesse Winchester famous for Yankee Lady, Brand New Tennessee Waltz and Defying Gravity reveals the story of a very private person's view of a very public career.youtube site https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtsIZ_bMcIgEpWwNil1gYd5_UghWYxHmSwebsite https://caljazzphoto.com/2023-04-1021 min
SuccotashGettin’ Creative with Pat Hazell I AM Marc Hershon, your host for this Epi303 edition of Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. Just back from a 9-day vacation in sunny Hawaii, and I’m all rested and recharged. Not surprisingly, world events are still nothing to come home to – embattled Ukraine, Roe v Wade in imminent danger of being overturned by the Not-So-Supreme Court, and COVID still bopping along with surges and spikes and people pretty much pretending it’s all better now. Yay. To take our minds off of such things, at least for a little while, I have a great...2022-05-031h 01SuccotashA Very Special Episode Saluton, estas mi Tyson Saner and I will be you host for this, I don't know that there is a better way to put this, "Very Special Episode" of Succotash, The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast that numbers #302. Before I get into what I mean I'd like to take a moment to remind you that Succotash celebrated 11 years of showcasing other soundcasters via clips of their efforts. That coincided with our 300th episode, which executive producer and show creator Marc Hershon and I co-hosted simultaneously - which might sound like an odd way to put it, but it shouldn't be odd...2022-04-2636 min
Sherman Alexie’s Substack AudioBob’s Winter CoatIn 1992, the second time I ever visited NYC, I showed up in March without a coat. I’d somehow forgotten to bring a winter coat to NYC during winter. I grew up in Eastern Washington so I’d experienced real winters. My reservation is farther north than Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Fargo, North Dakota, so I know winter on a primordial level. And, yet, I didn’t take a coat to NYC in March.How did that happen?I think it’s because I was just as flabbergasted to be traveling to NYC for...2022-03-2414 min
Stathis-Mittel Industry Leadership & SuccessNewest Trends in Life SettlementsWhat’s Driving Life Settlement Growth?85% of term policies and 88% of universal life policies will expire, lapse, or be surrendered before a death benefit is paid - a significant loss for the policyholders.$200 billion worth of life insurance will be surrendered or lapsed annually through 2027.55% of client’s don’t know they can sell their life insurance.The life settlement industry is growing on average 34% per year.The demand for life settlements has seen a resurgence as seniors realize the benefits of reevaluating their life insurance strategy. Join us and a panel of subject matter experts as we...2022-02-0752 minSuccotashCatchin' Up with Dana CarveyAll right, all right, all right. Marc Hershon, your every-other-weekly host for Succotash is here with you, dear, sweet listener. This is Episode 289 of THE Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. (What’s a “soundcast” you ask? It’s just a proprietary way of saying “podcast” so that we can sue people for trying to use the term sometime down the road.) I have my first Succotash Chat of Two Thousand and Twenty Two coming up in just moment, with longtime friend of the show Dana Carvey coming up in just a moment. Before I go any further, and this is getting o...2022-01-2547 minSuccotashClippin' TriplesSaluton, estas mi Tyson Saner and welcome to episode #255 of Succotash, formerly Succotash Shut-In, formerly Succotash The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, formerly Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. Now in our 5th season and 10th year. Last week in Epi254, original show host and my every-other-week co-host Marc Hershon brought you a quartet of clips from the soundcasts Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, The Amazing Nerd Show, I Shake My Head, and Who’s Right?. That show is still available wherever you listen to soundcasts…or "podcasts" as many people still refer to them as. Of course you can also listen...2021-05-3129 minSuccotashFraternizin' with FedermanI’m Marc Hershon, your every-other-weekly host and this is episode 252 of The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. But did you catch my partner in clips, Tyson Saner, on last week’s installment? Epi251 featured snippets from a trio of soundcasts: Worst Movies Ever Played, Thought Spiral, and Bob Saget's Here For You. You can still catch it in all the usual downloady spots, like Apple & Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, iHeart Radio, YouTube and our own damn homesite, SuccotashShow.com. I don’t have clips for you this week. Even better, I have an interview with the very deligh...2021-05-121h 10SuccotashFlowerin' with May ClipsSaluton, estas mi Tyson Saner. I am your every-other-week host for this 5th season of Succotash, now in its 10th year. Because this is Episode #251, that means that last week's episode, hosted by show creator Marc Hershon, was Epi250 which also is quite the milestone. That episode, which you can still find on your favorite soundcast-streaming and/or acquiring service or at our homesite www.succotashshow.com, featured a quartet of clips. Three From the soundcasts Bummer Boys, The Celebrity Memoir Book Club, and Odd Dad Out which had not been featured on Succotash before, and one from old...2021-05-0429 min
Great Pods 'cast Recs & ReviewsSo many celebrations this week AND Episode 1 of the podcast!Hey party people, there is a lot of celebrating going on this week! Happy inauguration week and welcome to our new subscribers! Today I launched a podcast! Podcast update: I finally jumped in and released the trailer and first episode of Great Pods: The Podcast. A podcast that compliments the newsletter with recommendations from guests explaining why they liked an episode or podcast. It’s a little rough around the edges, but you have to start somewhere! On the first episode, I asked Jefferson Graham, former USA Today tech columnist with whom I collaborated at Tu...2021-01-2102 minSuccotashClippin' The COVID Blues AwaySaluton, estas mi, Tyson Saner. I'm your host for this and every other episode of Succotash Shut-In, the Soundcast Stimulus Package, for the forseeable future and I welcome you happily into our loving embrace. Last week, Marc Hershon hosted Epi215 and provided you with 4 clips from the soundcasts 2 Dumb 2 Tame with Mia Pinchoff, Lewis Black’s Rantcast, Stop Me If I’ve Heard This with Art Krug and Susan Rice, and Sunday Papers with Greg Fitzsimmons and Mike Gibbons." You can still catch the episode, either on our homesite or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, the @Laughable app, Goog...2020-08-1830 min
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIREpisode 34Welcome to the "Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIR" in the age of Covid-19! For the 3rd consecutive month of life during the pandemic, we depart from the normal structure of our audio time travel expeditions into the history, happenings and colorful characters that comprise the now 95 year story of the one and only Democracy of Ham an' Eggs ... As he did last month, former club president Jerry Zerg gets the ball rolling, this time with the help of longtime club manager Harold Link, who speak of dark days in the club's past, when on more...2020-06-051h 00The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIREpisode 32Welcome to the "Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIR" in the age of Covid-19! This is far from a normal installment of our regular audio time travel expedition into the history, happenings and colorful characters that comprise the now 95 year story of the one and only Democracy of Ham an' Eggs. And that's okay, because these are far from normal times. Fortunately, the Shrine of Friendship is at least as much a state of mind as it is a physical space, and you will be treated to an hour of good music, hearty laughs and uplifting fellowship ... 2020-04-0459 minThe Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIRThe Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIR #7In episode 7 of "The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIR", we celebrate friendship, comedy and America, with historic audio tributes to a California Governor and a U.S. Senator, an appearance by groundbreaking female journalist Mary Patterson Routt, as well as a vintage music performance by "Baby" Patty Kelly. We also celebrate the life and legacy of the legendary ham 'n egger Will Rogers. Featuring square dancing, a field trip to Glendale's Grand Central Air Terminal, and presentations on Bob Baker's marionettes and the community organization A Place Called Home, we review all of July's happenings at the De...2017-07-3156 minSuccotashSuccotash Chats Epi152: Talkin' Genius with Bob GarfieldYes, it’s me – Marc Hershon – your host and ripstop nylon for Epi152 of Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. This is an installment of Succotash Chats, rather than Clips, and our special guest this episode is Bob Garfield, host of not only NPR’s Peabody-award winning show On The Media, a correspondent for All Things Considered, plus a journalist and writer for such publications as The New York Times, Playboy, Atlantic, and Sports Illustrated, but he’s also hosting a new soundcast on Audible called The Genius Dialogues. It’s a really interesting series where Bob chats with people...2017-05-271h 10SuccotashSuccotash Epi98: Mixin' It Up with Matt GourleyOh, hey – it’s your old pal Marc Hershon. Unless this is your first time listening to Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, in which case it’s your new pal Marc Hershon. Either way, this is Epi98. Just TWO episodes away from our Epi100 and the end of Succotash Season 1.
In regards to that, we’ve been tweeting requests for podcasters and listeners to call in "Happy Episode 100!" messages to the Succotash Hotline – (818) 921-7212 – and so far we’ve got nothing.
I was planning to do a big live episode for number 100 but with such an u...2014-11-101h 19SuccotashSuccotash Epi96: Documentin' with Robert Campos & Donna LoCiceroI'm your host Marc Hershon and this IS Epi 96 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. (If you missed it, there WAS an Epi 95.5 which I did from the road when I headed down to the 3rd Annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival - check out the blog entry just beneath this one!)
I was hoping to record this episode as I was sitting in the Squarespace Podcast Lab, surrounded by podcasters interviewing other podcasters. But the time got away from me – it seems there was always someone else to interview or to be interviewed by for THEIR show. I...2014-10-021h 26SuccotashThursday, June 12, 2014 Succotash Epi88: Slippin' ClipsYes, it is I, Marc Hershon and, as your curator for Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, I'd like to welcome you to Epi88.
I draw cartoons, too!
Come on in, make yourself comfortable.
Help yourself to whatever’s in the fridge while I show you what we’ve got in store for you this episode…
First off, thanks to all the Succotashians who Liked and/or commented on the picture I posted on Facebook and Google+ last week of me holding my first place award for Editorial Cartoons from the Ca...2014-06-121h 05SuccotashSuccotash Epi87: Deconstructin' with Geoffrey WelchmanHowdy hey there, friends and neighbors! You're reading the companion blog entry for Epi87 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. (Just 12 episodes left until we hit 100, which will mark the end of Season 1. What can I say? Long seasons. Kind of like the winters in Game of Thrones…)
In addition to a barrelful of podcast clips this episode, I had a fascinating chat with Geoffrey Welchman. I announced last week that GW was folding up the tent on Inverse Delirium, his 4-year-old podcast, which he has done. So then I thought it might be insightful to find ou...2014-05-161h 36SuccotashSuccotash Epi84: Green Roomin' with Greg FitzsimmonsYes, ready or not, here I come! It’s me, Marc Hershon, your host, your master of ceremonies, and the executive producer for Succotash, The Comedy Podcast Podcast. And this is Epi84, featuring my interview with our Special Guest: Mr. Greg Fitzsimmons!
Stand-up comedian. Writer. Show runner for television shows. And the host of Fitzdog Radio – both his live show on Sirius FM and his podcast which, refreshingly, isn’t just his satellite radio show dumped into the podstream and re-aired.I sat with Fitz — a nickname he did not invite me to use – after a recent s...2014-03-241h 19SuccotashSuccotash Epi82: Revisitin' With Hal Lublin
This is Episode 82 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, and I AM your host, Marc Hershon. Terribly sorry for the delay between shows. My wife and I have been in the throes of moving - not far, really only about 10 minutes from where we were living - but you know what moving can be like. Especially for a podcaster - you misplace one box with important equipment in it and it's like your show never existed.
Anyway, last episode I had fun with our Associate Producer Tyson Saner co-hosting the show. This time out our...2014-02-231h 37SuccotashSuccotash Epi80: Revisitin' With Paul MecurioWelcome to Epi80 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. This week our special guest is Paul Mecurio, who you would have also heard for a few minutes at the top of last episode, number 79, and for a longer interview back in Epi65.
To be honest, I was going to play my interview that I did back in October with Travis and Brandy Clark, from the Tiny Odd Conversations podcast but I recorded it at a sidewalk café in North Hollywood and the traffic noise made it really difficult to l...2014-01-281h 21SuccotashSuccotash Epi58: Road Trippin' With Dana CarveyOkay, I’ve been teasing this for a few weeks now but I'm finally going to pop the top on the roadtrip recording I made of Dana Carvey, San Francisco veteran comedian Larry “Bubbles” Brown, and me. The occasion was a pair of theater gigs that Mr. Carvey was headlining — one in Medford, Oregon, the other in Redding, California – and which Mr. Brown was the opening act. Me? I was the chauffeur, documentarian and backstage announcer.
We had two GoPro cameras rigged up in the car, courtesy of a trio of documentar...2013-05-091h 23SuccotashSuccotash Epi57: Boozin' With Bill (Again)The next episode of Succotash, The Comedy Podcast Podcast, is here. Late. AGAIN.
Damn.
I keep trying to crank this sucker out every week but that darned Life keeps getting in the way. As much as I enjoy producing Succotash, my landlord has told me time and time again that – no, he will not take plugs on the show in exchange for the rent. Nor will the grocery store trade with me for food. And I'm sure not going to get gas with my podcast.
So, for the time being anyway, this show rem...2013-04-301h 12SuccotashSuccotash Epi55: Noshin' With Andy KindlerThis is the two-year-iversary month for Succotash! Two whole years. I didn't know it would last this long but then, I didn't know that it wouldn't last this long. If you've been listening the whole time I can't thank you enough. And if you've picked us up somewhere along the way, I thank you as well.
Epi55 is not a big clip show - we've only got four snippets from comedy podcasts - but that's because the majority of the show is my interview with the poster boy for alt comedy Andy Kindler...2013-04-031h 17SuccotashSuccotash Epi54: Featurin' Some RadioFUBAR ShowsFor Epi54 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, we wade back into the clips and there are a bunch from shows that we’ve never played before. Some of those are part of the lineup at RadioFUBAR.com so I decided to do a "mini-featurette" by playing a quartet of FUBAR clips, courtesy of Mr. Producer over there.
Sidenote of note: I make it a point on this show to pretty much play the samples from different comedy podcasts without much commentary – unless it’s about how they sound technically and whether I think they should...2013-03-251h 08SuccotashSuccotash Epi35: Coffee Housin' with Sammy Wegent
Ringing in with Episode 35, Succotash is beginning to feel like a show (to me, anyway), even if our format keeps sliding around a bit. Maybe that's the nature of this beast. This epi is a real hybrid - half clips, half interview - and it's also the "lots of background noise" episode. I put it together while vacationing in Honolulu and my tracks as festooned with the lapping surf of the Pacific Ocean right outside the window. Coupled with the coffee house environment that special guest Sammy Wegent and I have going on in the...2012-09-121h 05SuccotashSuccotash Epi34: Flippin' ClipsAh. Back to an all-clip episode of Succotash, your Comedy Podcast Podcast. We have a cornucopia of clippage for this time around. Mostly new faces or, rather, voices, but some old faves, too. Purposely not clipping any of the "big" shows this time around. I’m talking the shows that get most of the attention from the media and, as a result, keep cropping up at the top of the heap on iTunes, Stitcher, etc.
There are a lot of comedy podcasts out there that get short shrift, little notice or just plain ignored. Succotash has been ma...2012-09-0458 minSuccotashSuccotash Epi21: Save Our Hard Drive Drive!Succotash is legal! Well, at least we've turned 21, as in episode 21. Now that our podcast is officially an adult, we intend to stay out late, stop listening to our parents, and vote for whatever candidate spends the most money on TV commercials.
I'm continuing the campaign we kicked off last episode, the Save Our Hard Drive Drive. In an effort to stir more emotions about donating money to our efforts to retrieve some unproduced interviews off of my broken external hard drive, I feature a quick Skype conversation with comedian/writer/podcaster Ed Crasnick, who...2012-03-181h 00SuccotashSuccotash Epi17: Happy 2012!
Back with producer Joe Paulino in Studio P for this New Year kickoff show! Succotash Epi 17 is stuffed full o' clips, this time a look back at some of my personal favorite p'casts. But we're only retreading a couple of cuts — I've selected a bunch of recent clips from amongst the podcasts I tend to listen to most (when I'm not scanning, scrolling and slicing up bits n' pieces of the known and unknown p'casts that have yet to grace our show...)
2011 was a banner year for Succotash, mainly because we kicked this wh...2012-01-1059 minSuccotashSuccotash Epi16: Jon Manfrellotti, Interviewed Apologies in advance to anyone who believed me when, during the last edition of Succotash - that would be Epi15, that there was going to be a "regular" clip-heavy version this time. As luck, the Fates and some long-ago reserved vacation time would have it, I'm vacationing in Honolulu, Hawaii, as I both record this epi and bang out this blog entry. Since, therefore, I'm about 2400 miles from my beloved Studio P (and my equally beloved executive producer Joe Paulino and his audio magicianship), I'm opting to run an interview as the core of this edition.
Jon Manfrellotti
...2011-12-221h 15SuccotashSuccotash Epi11: We've Hit Our Tweens!
Back to basics with Episode 11 of Succotash, meaning we've got a full boat of comedy podcast clips in store this time around and no special guests. Unless you count my impromptu discussion with legendary announcer Bill Heywatt. That happens. We also play our very first message that's come in on the Succotash Hotline. The only message, actually. At least so far.
The biggest news on the Succotash front is that we've just joined up with the Comedy channel on Stitcher SmartRadio! If you're not hip to Stitcher yet, it allows you...2011-09-2659 minSuccotashSuccotash Epi9: A Visit With Kelly CarlinSuccotash is your Comedy Podcast Podcast and, as such, we feel it's our duty to keep stretching the definition of "comedy podcast" a bit more when we can. Succotash hit the road to interview this week's special guest, Kelly Carlin, who was kind enough to invite me into her home for a discussion about comedy, podcasts, and her late father, comedy legend George Carlin.
She's a smart, lively, funny, and fascinating personality, who hosts Waking From The American Dream, an internet radio show and podcast. Interestingly, we learn that she wasn't...2011-08-2859 minSuccotashSuccotash Epi5 with Guest Co-host Mark Pitta!
Although there was an episode in between this one and Epi3, featuring guest co-host Dana Carvey, I felt we couldn't have another edition of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, without getting funny comedian, show producer and longtime friend Mark Pitta into the studio. Part of the reason is that he's a fledgling podcaster just like me and he's also damned funny. The other reason part was because Dana and I had a bit of fun at his expense during the show and it only seemed right to have him to show there were no hard feelings and...2011-06-1259 min