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Veteran broadcasters and boomers Fritz Coleman & Louise Palanker are your favorite classic entertainment icons' favorite interviewers, new episodes every Thursday! #ClassicHollywood #RetroTV #Books #Movies https://lnk.bio/MediaPathPodcast
Adrienne Barbeau takes us from a Vietnam-era USO tour through Asia to Broadway (Fiddler, Grease), Maude, and horror classics. She shares wild stories about Lear, Bea Arthur, Burt Reynolds, and a round of IMDB Roulette, proving that at 80, she’s still chasing the next adventure.
05.02.2026 18:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Join us for a look at two powerful stories. This week, we explored the century-long King Family entertainment legacy with Cam Clarke, who discusses his new book and voiceover career. Plus, Jamie Alcroft joins us to share his work with LAFF4LIFE, organ transplant advocacy, and a message of hope.
18.12.2025 21:05 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest episode, we’re joined by actress-turned-filmmaker and elder care advocate Susie Singer Carter, and actor-director Kevin Tighe. Susie shares her doc No Country for Old People, and Kevin reflects on Emergency! the show, Roadhouse, and a career shaped by craft, service, and storytelling.
11.12.2025 23:05 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Erin Murphy (Tabitha from Bewitched) joins us with rich behind-the-scenes stories: twin swapping on set, memories of Dick York and Dick Sargent, iconic guest stars, and the polka-dot episode Elizabeth Montgomery loved. Warm, funny, and nostalgic Ep. 245 is now streaming everywhere!
04.12.2025 15:24 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Three Little House on the Prairie legends reunite! Alison Arngrim, Dean Butler, and Karen Grassle join us to talk typecasting, Michael Landon, on-set stories, the new documentary, and December’s big cast reunion. Buckle up for a warm, funny trip back to Walnut Grove on Media Path Podcast. Ep. 244
28.11.2025 16:20 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Little House on the Prairie's Dean Butler, Alison Arngrim, and Karen Grassle are pictured with their younger counterparts.
From The Little House on the Prairie to our studio, three Walnut Grove legends join us. Dean Butler, Alison Arngrim, and Karen Grassle sit down with us for a catch-up that spans on-set stories and life beyond Walnut Grove. Ep. 244 is streaming everywhere on 11/27/25.
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John Kapelos drops Hughes secrets, Candy memories, improv chaos, and the wild tale of how Martin Sheen ended up granting him absolution years after The Breakfast Club. From Second City to Shermer High, this episode is packed. Breakfast Club fans, you need this one. Ep 243 is now streaming.
13.11.2025 20:14 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
On the latest episode, author Greg Cope White takes us behind one of Norman Lear’s final projects, Boots, adapted from his book The Pink Marine, while author Michael Gregg Michaud unravels the mystery of Hollywood’s vanished star, Christopher Jones.
Episode 242 is now streaming everywhere.
Hosts Louis Palanker and Fritz Coleman sit with John Cowsill, Vicki Peterson, and Bob Cowsill on episode 224 of Media Path Podcast
The Bangles x The Cowsills: it’s more than a crossover, it’s a love story written in perfect harmony.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Vicki Peterson, John Cowsill, and Bob Cowsill about love, legacy, and the songs that brought it all full circle. Ep 224: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPFe...
Mark Malkoff & Jimmy Brogan pull back The Tonight Show curtain to reveal the real Johnny Carson: the legend, the lore, & the man behind them both.
From Joan Rivers to Garry Shandling, backstage myths to Midwestern manners, it’s a fascinating look at the King of Late Night.
Ep 241 is now streaming.
Rhonda Shear joins us to share her fearless path from 90s late-night TV to lingerie mogul. Her hit USA show Up All Night returns to Oct 25 with the Kings of Horror YouTube channel.
From crashing soundstages to creating the Ahh Bra, dive in and enjoy.
Media Path ep 240 is now streaming everywhere.
For 50 years, Off The Wall Improv has kept Hollywood laughing. Original members Andy Goldberg, Wendy Cutler, & Paul Willson share stories from Cheers, Mork & Mindy, and more. Plus, filmmaker Andrew Jameson joins us with his Roku doc Faces of the City.
Now streaming: youtu.be/yaUJ70Pmwnk?...
Thank you, your honesty and vulnerability here is an inspiration
21.08.2025 17:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Detroit's Black Bottom, once a hub of black community under segregation, is the backdrop for a sweeping saga of survival and criminal enterprise.
We recently talked about the new novel Sins of Survivors with Joe McClean and Blair Underwood, written by Joe & presented by Blair! youtu.be/t1dmqoTmX9g
Congresswoman Laura Friedman contributed to Los Angeles Magazine's coverage of recent immigration raids and arrests in its latest issue with the piece 'L.A. Under Attack'
We had the pleasure of speaking with the Congresswoman when she was still campaigning, back in December of 2023
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Law professor & MSNBC legal analyst @barbmcquade.bsky.social joined us recently to talk about her book Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
We discuss how disinformation is chipping away at our democratic institutions & what you can do about it youtu.be/XmGURT9f25w
Rick Springfield talks about the cultural climate which set the stage for his enormous, enduring global hit, 'Jessie's Girl', watch the full episode here: youtu.be/8pys0xQZg1Q #rickspringfield #80smusic #rockmusic #80s
04.06.2025 18:35 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The movie poster for the movie "Rocketman", with Taron Egerton as Elton John in an over-the-top fantasy of a biopic. Based on the real life of Elton John, but like everything about Elton John, it's highly embellished.
Today's movie recommendation is "Rocketman", an over-the top, surrealistic Elton John "biopic" (loosely, very dramatized). To quote: "An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going." Unapologetically gay.
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"They'd never make that movie now, they'd rather make one $300 million movie than thirty Mystic Pizza's."
-- Actor William R. Moses on the current state of the industry.
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Everyone is talking about these TV shows so we wanted to join the conversation 😊 We asked our producer’s 13-year-old son for his thoughts on Adolescence + a look behind the scenes of The Pitt with actress Lesley Boone (nurse Lena)! youtu.be/TBu9vEfcZd4
18.04.2025 18:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Only Jo Anne Worley would pull a tomato out of her sleeve, salt it and take a big bite in the middle of a key court scene in The Mikado!
A presence so electric we felt a charge running through the studio 🤩⚡️
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Trump with his reciprocal tarrifs board
An image that almost certainly will end up in history books
02.04.2025 21:06 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
So, I was like, "How about a 25 hour speech?" And Cory was like, "Keep talking." And I was like, "You're the one who's going to be doing all the talking!" And we all laughed and someone snapped a photo. #history #CoryBooker
03.04.2025 19:01 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mounting evidence that we are on the verge of a constitutional crisis.
11.03.2025 17:05 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0There are definitely occasions when people are turned off at learning that when politics are brought up on our show, we have a very liberal slant.
That's OK with us, because as much as we love classic and retro entertainment, we also love speaking out about our beliefs.
Republican talking points about siding with Putin because Nato allies are not paying their share is like saying your friend owes you money and so you're joining the mob and taking his house. #nato #ukraine
03.03.2025 21:11 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sharon Scott Williams bares her soul in a play called Crazy Mama, a powerful, personal story that provides a conduit to conversations about mental illness, trauma & family dynamics. Sharon, the play's director & her husband Anson Williams & its star Linda Purl join us to discuss youtu.be/FvoSsWbiBWI
07.03.2025 17:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Robbie Robertson taught him guitar chords, Anthony Quinn gave him sage advice, Sunday afternoons were spent with Scorsese at Margot Kidder's beach house and he co-starred in the first theatrical feature to address the AIDS epidemic.
Bruce Davison's incomparable showbiz stories: spoti.fi/49Fch5D
We had the distinct pleasure of interviewing the incredible and inspiring Jasmine Crockett on our show last year.
Here she is recalling one of her earliest instances of standing up for what was right, and got a teacher's mistake corrected!
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Oops, Brian Glenn. "Why don't you wear a suit?" was the question you were supposed to ask Elon Musk. President Zelenskyy leads a nation that has been attacked and at war for three years. #bulliesneverprosper
28.02.2025 21:12 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
