Media Path Podcast
Episodes
Special Elections & Singing The Songbook
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fritz and Weezy serve up hand picked selections, recommended for your viewing, reading and listening pleasure, including McCartney 3,2,1, Barry Gibb’...
Ed Begley Jr. & Sustainable TV History
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Begley Jr. is 329 IMDB credits into his career while simultaneously moving heaven and earth to save heaven and Earth. That heroes journey should co...
The Oak Ridge Boys & The Spirit of Country Music featuring Richard Sterban
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Sterban’s deep bass voice and love for gospel music launched him from Camden, New Jersey onto a Vegas stage with Elvis. And he was just gett...
Double Dare & Entertaining a Generation featuring Marc Summers
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Summers never wanted to host a game show for kids but he attacked the challenge with purpose and Double Dare quickly became the most-watched orig...
Righteous Brothers & Making Music History featuring Bill Medley
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Medley’s iconic baritone voice has woven a path across almost 60 years of music history. We never close our ears when we hear that voice intone...
50's Nostalgia & 2020's Politics featuring Jon Bowzer Bauman
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Bowzer Bauman describes himself as being “Renaissancey” which begins to cover it. His talents range from musical prodigy to social justice adv...
Manhattan Transfer & Vocal Harmonies featuring Cheryl Bentyne
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Manhattan Transfer will be ringing in their 50th anniversary with all kinds of goodies. A symphony album, a documentary and a box set. Proud Membe...
George Gershwin, Kay Swift & Family History featuring Katharine Weber
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katharine Weber does not just hold the fascinating family secrets. She digs for more and shares them. Her family is the stuff of legend. Katharine’s...
Dan Winters & The Art of Directing Bees
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Winters is the man behind the camera behind the bees and Angelina Jolie. He got stung seven times. Angelina? Once. Most of Dan’s subjects do not...
Writing Memoirs & The Keys to Comedy featuring Steve Bluestein
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do unhappy childhoods carve comedians or is it the comedians who best survive the chaos? Steve Bluestein has both theories and stories and he implores...
My Three Sons & The Brothers Livingston
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While you grew up turning on your TV set, Stanley and Barry Livingston grew up turning onto the set of your favorite TV shows. Both brothers starred i...
Brandy, Such a Fine Girl & Yacht Rock featuring Elliot Lurie
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is Brandy really such a fine girl? Writer/Performer Elliot Lurie from Looking Glass is about to rock your yacht with the truth about the sailor’s fa...
Grazing In The Grass & 60’s Soul featuring Harry Elston from Friends of Distinction
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Elston is a wonderful Friend of great Distinction and he has had himself some incredible adventures with his chart topping group, The Friends of...
Country Music & Inclusivity featuring Billy Gilman
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Gilman’s story is as American and as moving and inspiring as the lyrics of any country music song. Signed to a record deal at age 11, Billy’...
Elayne Boosler & Trail Blazing Comedy
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elayne Boosler carved a path through the comedy landscape that led her from tiny New York clubs to huge stadiums and enormously popular standup specia...
Writers’ Room Stories & Hangin’ with Dr. Z. featuring Dana Gould
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes hosted a seventies style afternoon talk show? Dana Gould has gone ...
Family Harmonies & Pop Sensations featuring The Cowsills
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the waning edge of the turbulent sixties The Cowsills topped the charts with an infectious power popped sound that was loved by kids and parents an...
Must Hear Promo Secrets & Must See TV
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Television promo and strategy greats Vince Manze and Preston Beckman masterminded Must See TV at NBC and groundbreaking FOX programming like American ...
Classic Pop & Memorable Melodies featuring Gary Puckett
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Puckett may possess the finest voice in rock and roll history. His sound on hits like Young Girl, Woman Woman, Over You and Lady Willpower is an ...
Music Docs & Filmmaking Facts
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Lambert is the hitmaker behind “We Built This City,” “Nightshift,” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” and hundreds more classic recordings. Denni...
Streaming Picks & Reading Classics
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fritz and Weezy are suggesting and discussing The Pharmacist, The Brothers Warner, HBO’s Q: Into The Storm, Nat Geo’s Genius: Aretha, Shooting Mid...
Child Stardom & Second Acts featuring Mason Reese
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There was something so uniquely beguiling about four year old Mason Reese that Madison Avenue soon realized that this little kid sold product! Soon,...
Music Docs & Session Players featuring Denny Tedesco
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Denny Tedesco’s long awaited and much heralded film The Wrecking Crew tells the story of his father Tommy Tedesco and all of the unsung studio music...
The Night Stalker & Crime Journalism
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Netflix mini series, Night Stalker: The search for a killer features KNBCs Laurel Erickson and Paul Skolnick, reporters who stayed hot on the trai...
Songwriting & Legacy Making featuring Diane Warren
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Her path has taken her from Cher to to Celine, from Gaga to McCartney, from Bieber to Biden and beyond. Iconic songwriting diva Diane Warren joins Fri...
Iconic TV & Creative Drive featuring Tony Dow & Bill Mumy
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Both Tony Dow and Bill Mumy were launched into public lives as children. As adults, Their work ethic and wide ranging talents have sustained their cre...
Standup Stories & Zombie Lit featuring Dwayne Perkins
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Dwayne Perkins joins Fritz and Weezy for a conversation that moves from the roots of funny to the rules of zombie literature. Dwayne’s come...
Prog Rock & Legacy Bands featuring Billy Sherwood
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Musician/Producer Billy Sherwood from Yes and Asia brings news of his just dropping, prog rock, super group offering with the band, Arc of Life featur...
Kodachrome & Vintage Viewing featuring Charles Phoenix
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mid-century pop culture expert/enthusiast, Charles Phoenix is a performer, author, explorer, collector and story-teller. His passion is celebrating cl...
Meeting Heroes & Home Town News
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer/Journalist/Mayor gumpy man-about-everywhere David Laurell regales Fritz and Weezy with true tales of celebrity sitings, encounters and friendsh...
Tim Conway Jr. & Talk Radio
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
KFI Radio legend Tim Conway Jr. may be the funniest man on the radio in Los Angeles. He may even be the funniest Tim Conway. Tim unleashes stories abo...
The Prom & The Crown
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We may all be home alone for the holidays but we are joined by great cinema. It’s streaming straight to the TV on your wall or the phone in your han...
Shawn Pelofsky & Holiday Binging
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Shawn Pelofsky is a hearty consumer of reality TV and bad Christmas movies. This pandemic season she has strapped on the binge bag and she is...
Lisa Arch & Lesley Boone
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to know if actors are handling this pandemic really well or if they are just acting like it. That’s why Lesley Boone and Lisa Arch start...
Taylor Williamson & Pandemic Comedy
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Standup comedians are tightly wound bundles of hilarity woven with doubt, despair and anxiety. Fold a pandemic into the mixture to yield Taylor Willia...
Content Creation & Social Experiments featuring Jordan Zaslow
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Zaslow’s viral videos will make your heart shine and your eyes leak happy rain. Jordan and her company Love & Fireworks create globally a...
Biopics & Polling featuring Paul Cowsill & Cyrus Beschloss
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How accurate is the Netflix Helen Reddy movie, I Am Woman? Our fact checker is Paul Cowsill from The Cowsills who toured with Helen and he knows too m...
Election Decompression & Pandemic Pointers
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking News: Fritz and Weezy need to election vent. Let’s call this conversation Election Result Results. Can we Americans really hear each other ...
Brian Wilson, Paul Simon & Springsteen featuring Peter Ames Carlin
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Award Winning Rock Biographer Peter Ames Carlin joins us to talk shop. Peter’s shop is stocked with best selling books about Brian Wilson, Bruce Spr...
Lee Sklar & Pandemic Blessings
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bass legend and fine gentleman Leland Sklar is fertilizing the soil of his pandemic pause with creative seeds which are sprouting into a YouTube chann...
Cary Grant & Class Acting featuring Marc Eliot
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.” So, once said Cary Grant. Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, at nine his ...
Health and Healing featuring Kimberly Soenen
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Soenen is the creative director, curator and editor of “SOME People” (Every) Body, an ongoing, multiverse group project that raises quest...
Michael Reagan & Family Politics
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Reagan joins us for an engrossing conversation about finding your own voice while growing up in a Hollywood family and coming of age in a poli...
The Sound of Music & To Kill a Mockingbird featuring Tom Santopietro
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is it about The Sound of Music? Story? Cast? Soundtrack? Message? Family? Ideals? A dash of magic? Or all of the above? The Sound of Music Story ...
Watergate & The FBI featuring Max Holland
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why did Mark Felt leak? Was he on a hero’s journey to save democracy, uphold justice and protect The FBI or was he engaged in an epic battle of succ...
Wendy Liebman & Jeffrey Sherman
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Liebman and Jeffrey Sherman are among the world’s most adorable couples. The cutest thing about them being that they are each other’s bigges...
The Black Dahlia featuring Steve Hodel
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You may have a uniquely conflicted and complicated relationship with your father but until you discover him to be a serial killer, Steve Hodel wins. S...
John Berry & The Country Music Family
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our media path brings us to Nashville for some quality time with John and Robin Berry whose new podcast, Faith, Family and Friends pulls you around th...
Mary Tyler Moore & The Moody Optimist featuring Herbie J. Pilato
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Herbie J. Pilato’s book Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story inspires us to explore Mary’s effect on a generation of women who have grown up to turn t...
Tom Dreesen & Frank Sinatra
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Dreesen’s uniquely American trajectory took him from desperately impoverished roots in the streets and saloons of Harvey, Illinois to sharing a ...
Cult Films & Nudity featuring Danny Wolf
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Danny Wolf is our guide down a path through the greatest cult films of all time and the curvaceous history of film nudity from the pre and p...
Dan Winters & Photojournalism
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned photographer and photojournalist Dan Winters joins Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker with stories from the field along with knowledge and wis...
Keith Morrison and True Crime
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fritz and Weezy welcome Dateline NBC’s Keith Morrison who takes us down an eerie and shadowy path through the dark and sinister synonyms he uses in ...
Mark Felt/Deep Throat
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fritz and Weezy are joined by author John O'Connor who uncovered the secret identity of the notorious Watergate source known as Deep Throat. John reco...
Dateline and Josh Mankiewicz
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Mankiewicz enjoys a storied career in journalism, a fabled Hollywood family history and he's joining us to look back on 25 years of legal and tru...
Henry Winkler
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by the great and legendary Henry Winkler who shares his success secret… fear! Plus his triumphs, his struggles and his bottomless cup ...
Motown
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The power of the music is undeniable on its face but Fritz and Weezy also explore the roll this music has played in the Civil Rights Movement. Berry G...
Trump/Russia featuring Michael Isikoff
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist, who has worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek and NBC News. He is the author of three New ...
Turner Classic Movies
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker share their passion for Turner Classic Movies, delving into the careers of Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Natali...
Media Path Podcast Introduction
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever become obsessed with a topic and taken a deep dive into consuming all you could uncover about it?Media Path podcast is here to indulge y...