Apr 30, 2019
I have been working on this one since last fall when I saw Jim Breuer at the <a href="https://camneelyfoundation.org/events-signature-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comics Come Home</a> benefit show in Boston. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, it’s an annual event hosted by Denis Leary with an...
Apr 24, 2019
If Nat Freedberg’s voice sounds familiar, it may be because you’ve heard him on this podcast way back on <a href="http://nickzaino.com/departmentoftangents/2017/06/09/dot-podcast-ep32-frippery-and-foppery-with-the-upper-crust-aunty-donna-invades-america-and-comedy-from-ali-wong/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">EP32,...
Apr 17, 2019
If you are a fan of music or comedy, you should already know Geoff Edgers. He was a longtime arts writer with <em>The Boston Globe</em> before moving to <em>The Washington Post</em>, where he has written some extraordinary pieces on Roseanne Barr, Chevy Chase, Norm Macdonald, and the article that his new book, Walk This...
Apr 10, 2019
This is the last of the four podcasts I taped last November at the NorthEast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza, which happens twice a year out in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Philo has had a long and varied career, and we get into his resume straight away in the interview and drill down from there. You’ve seen...
Apr 4, 2019
If you are used to our usual theme song, do not adjust your iPod at the beginning of this episode. This week, we open music from this week’s guest conversationalist, Micropixie. It is the title track to her latest album, <em>Dark Sight of the Moon</em>, and yes she does realize that sounds like another album you may...