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This Is Getting GraphicA Chat About Student Government!It's another terrific interview bonus episode as we talk to the fun, creative, and hilarious team behind Student Government, the upcoming YA graphic novel from Maverick, including writers Lilah Sturges and Dan Justus, artist Joe Eisma, and editor Lauren McGrew-Hitzhusen! We discuss what makes this book fun, the creative process involved in it, how much Andrew likes Star Trek, and some dream projects, as well as having a lot of laughs and great discussions. This is a fun episode about a very fun book, folks, so don't miss out!Lilah Sturges's Bluesky: @lilahsturges.comDave Justus's...2025-03-201h 12
Ghost BunnyThe Merchant's House with Dan SturgesOn this week's episode Bridget talks to actor and avid paranormal investigator Dan Sturges. Bridget and Dan talk about haunted locations in New York, specifically the history and ghost stories of what has been called NYC's most haunted house: The Merchant's House Museum. Plus Dan shares some incredible EVPs that he has caught during his years of paranormal investigating.
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Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDan Navarro Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDan Navarro Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
They say you can never go home- they didn’t have their old pal Dan Navarro on their show––took me right back to shared memories with Chloris Leachman in the living room, the Mets winning a 2015 playoff game at Dodger Stadium (unlike today), seeing Lori Lieberman at The Grammy Museum, Mike Finnegan at The Levitt Pavilion, NAMM hangs, my book launch, a 12 Step meeting, good food, a few of these here shows before and during the pandemic… It’s always warm and comfy as if no time has passed.
We touched on...2024-10-171h 23
Westerns for life: the PodcastEP01: The Magnificent seven (1960) discussionDan, Carlos and Jeff discuss the 1960 classic American western “The magnificent seven” directed by John Sturges. Starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, Robert Vaughn and Brad Dexter. Based on, and a adaptation of, the 1954 Japanese film “The seven samurai” by Akira Kurosawa, the movie is about seven gunfighters who are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive and tyrannical bandits.
Now available in video form!
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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog PodcastEpisode 474: Thinking Differently About Vehicle DesignThis week we’re joined by vehicle designer Dan Sturges to talk about his book Near to Far: A Design for a new and Equitable Transportation System. We talk about new ways of thinking about vehicle design, mobility for low density areas, as well as pop culture perceptions of small vehicles. Find out more about what Dan is working on at http://www.dzn.camp OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads @theoverheadwire Support the show on Pat...2024-03-141h 03
Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. CensorshipHuckleberry Finn | Chapter 34 - Tom and Huck's Wild SchemeIn this episode of Banned Camp, Jen, and Dan read Chapter 34 of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” unfolding a chapter filled with schemes, mistaken identities, and the lengths friends go to for each other. Huck and Tom's plans to free Jim take center stage, showcasing their cleverness, if not outright mischief. Hey Scary Book People (that's what we call our AWESOME listeners)! We want to hear from you:Ever wondered if a simpler plan is just too... simple? In this episode, we chuckled over Huck and Tom's over-the-top scheme to free Ji...2024-02-1326 min
We Love Dad MoviesEpisode 57 - The ProfessionalsWhile your go-to "men on a mission" Western might be John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven, we here at We Love Dad Movies are here to say something that may gum up the works ever so slightly: The Professionals eats The Magnificent Seven for breakfast. Directed by Richard Brooks and featuring a legendary lineup in Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode, The Professionals is an Oscar-nominated yet sorely underappreciated Western set during the Mexican Revolution. Released in 1966, Brooks' film interrogates the concept of revolution in the Vietnam era, making for one of the best genre efforts of...2023-12-011h 06
Macabre World- The Darker Arts Radio HourDan Sturges- Paranormal Investigator from Paranormal Caught On CameraJoin your host Rocky Digati as she chats once again with Dan Sturges, paranormal investigator from the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught On Camera and resident paranormal expert at New York City’s Merchant’s House Museum. Dan regales us with hauntings from the big Apple, and his take on locations, gathering evidence, and what every paranormal investigator needs to know!www.sturgesparanormal.comwww.merchantshouse.org 2023-10-1359 min
Hot Date with Dan and VickyGunfight at the OK Corral (Episode 174) - Hot Date with Dan & VickyDan and Vicky head back to the old west for a Gunfight at the OK Corral. The 1957 film directed by John Sturges and starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas tells the oft told tale of the legendary, albeit short, gun battle between the Earps and the Clantons and the violence, greed and passions that lead up to it. In a wide ranging conversation, your hosts talk about the recent actors strike, Dan's show at the Bay Street Theater and lots of recently seen including Insidious: The Red Door, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, Wake in Fright, the...2023-08-111h 29
The Goods: A Film PodcastSullivan’s Travels (1941) / Party Down (2010) - Preston Sturges’ birthday partyDan and Brian resume Movies About Making Movies Month after a brief hiatus by discussing the classic comedy Sullivan's Travels. Then, Dan takes another look at struggling Hollywood creatives in the Party Down episode "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday." Join as Dan and Brian celebrate Veronica Lake's incredible charisma, consider the film's prescient tone of realism, and rehash the production history and cult status of Party Down.
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Ride: The Urban Mobility PodcastEpisode 36: Designing the future of mobility, feat. Dan SturgesGUESTS: Dan Sturges and Lukas NeckermannABOUT THIS EPISODELifelong car fan and vehicle designer Dan Sturges discusses his new book, ‘Near to Far: A design for a new equitable and sustainable transportation system’. The book is both the culmination of a life in vehicle design and the automotive industry, and something a manifesto for the future of mobility.You’ll note the reference to Dan being a car fan, but not a petrolhead, for reasons that will become clear.The list of organisations which he has worked...2023-05-2552 min
Autoline After HoursAAH #645 - Who Needs to Own Cars in the Age of Mobility?TOPIC: Mobility; PANEL: Dan Sturges, Mobility Designer; Mike Austin, Guidehouse Insights; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv2023-04-2859 min
Fifteen Minute Film FanaticsSullivan’s TravelsIn their 200th episode, Mike and Dan talk about a movie about people who like movies: Preston Sturges's 1941 masterpiece Sullivan's Travels. What's an artist to do when he becomes weary of grinding out "product" and wants to make a statement? Is he merely pretentious or just not seeing the big picture on the screen? Singin' in the Rain, Animal House, Airplane, The Deer Hunter, The Grapes of Wrath, and Springsteen's run of Broadway shows all come into the conversation. So give it a listen--we promise it'll be as good as Ants in Your Plants 1939 and Hey, Hey in the...2023-03-1325 minFifteen Minute Film FanaticsSullivan’s TravelsIn their 200th episode, Mike and Dan talk about a movie about people who like movies: Preston Sturges's 1941 masterpiece Sullivan's Travels. What's an artist to do when he becomes weary of grinding out "product" and wants to make a statement? Is he merely pretentious or just not seeing the big picture on the screen? Singin' in the Rain, Animal House, Airplane, The Deer Hunter, The Grapes of Wrath, and Springsteen's run of Broadway shows all come into the conversation. So give it a listen--we promise it'll be as good as Ants in Your Plants 1939 and Hey, Hey in the Hayloft!2023-03-1324 min
Cinephoria!Cozy Corner of Cinema #43 (January 21st, 2023)Also available on YouTube.
Brief talk on Sarah Polley's new film, Women Talking with some discussion of Woody Allen and Preston Sturges..2023-01-2125 min
Drama X TheaterAcademy Award Theater | The Great McGinty (Brian Donlevy), 1946Academy Award Theater | The Great McGinty. This episode aired, Saturday, April 20, 1946. Starring: Brian Donlevy.Plot: A racketeer who became the governor and then decided to go straight.Brian Donlevy plays the same lead role, Dan McGinty as he played in the 1940 Paramount Pictures film for which director Preston Sturges won the 1940 Academy Award.: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLESSubscribing is free and...2023-01-0932 min
Film Illogical SocietyS1 EP10 | Sullivan's TravelsA rich movie director can't connect with his depression era audience, so he gives it all up to live like the people. Does this comedy from 1941 hold up? Listen as Kris, Chad and special guest Dan review this film directed by Preston Sturges and number 37 on the BBC's comedy list.
INTRODUCTION BY: T.C. De Witt, Dani Scott HOSTS: Kris Schulz, Chad Halvorsen GUEST: Daniel Budnick
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Film Illogical SocietySullivan's TravelsA rich movie director can't connect with his depression era audience, so he gives it all up to live like the people. Does this comedy from 1941 hold up? Listen as Kris, Chad and special guest Dan review this film directed by Preston Sturges and number 37 on the BBC's comedy list.
INTRODUCTION BY: T.C. De Witt, Dani Scott HOSTS: Kris Schulz, Chad Halvorsen GUEST: Daniel Budnick
Check out our website: filmillogicalsociety.com
@filmillsoc on Instagram and @filmillsoc on Twitter.
This has been a production of Sixfive Media.COPYRIGHT 2022 SIXFIVE...2022-07-251h 04
Macabre World- The Darker Arts Radio HourFrom Travel Channel's- Paranormal Caught on Camera-Big Apple Haunts with Dan SturgesJoin your host Rocky Digati as she speaks with veteran paranormal investigator Dan Sturges from Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera about his favorite videos, what makes a good paranormal investigator, tales of 17 years of ghost research in the Big Apple and why you can’t get decent EVP in Manhattan. You can check out his page here: http://www.sturgesparanormal.comRead about his favorite haunt here: https://merchantshouse.orgSee the creepy grandmother video we discuss here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4vRodlshE...2022-04-221h 11
The Sweet Chinwag PodcastEpisode 73: WCW Road Wild 1999Wear your best leather vest, bring out your Harley and hit the road to South Dakota as Sam, Dan & Riordan review WCW Road Wild 1999. The last WCW PPV to take place from Sturges and boy, what an event! For all the wrong reasons of course. All of that, plus the week's big news in wrestling.2021-11-082h 42
The IndustryHarold Lloyd's Last Film — With Preston Sturges and Howard HughesPreston Sturges was so desperate to direct that he sold one of his scripts for $10 — then persuaded silent film and talkie star Harold Lloyd to star.This is a story that includes Howard Hughes, a secret tunnel to the Chateau Marmont, and some very funny insights by Sturges' son, Tom Sturges.It also notes the amusing similarities between 1947's The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, which has some interesting parallels with Todd Phillips massive 2009 hit The Hangover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-09-0944 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryMike Murphy & A Master Class in Political CommunicationSend us a textYou won't find a better 59 minutes of political stories and advice than this conversation with longtime GOP media consultant / strategist Mike Murphy. Mike has worked with some of the iconic Republican political names of his generation...McCain, Schwarzenegger, Bush, Romney, Alexander, Engler...and so many more. And there is no better and more enthusiastic political storyteller than Mike Murphy. IN THIS EPISODEMike’s family connection to a “thank you” letter sent from FDR’s campaign manager…Mike talks about how the Cold War defined politics in his early d...2021-05-0459 min