Podcast appearances and mentions of Joe Piscopo

The Joe Piscopo Show 5-27-26 48:00- Hogan Gidley, Former National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign and former White House Deputy Press Secretary Topic: Trump Cabinet meeting; Texas runoff and the impact on the Trump administration 1:06:54- Stephen Moore, "Joe Piscopo Show" Resident Scholar of Economics, Chairman of FreedomWorks Task Force on Economic Revival, former Trump economic adviser and the author of "The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again" Topic: Why America needs more billionaires 1:19:17- Gen. Jack Keane, a retired 4-star general, the chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and Fox News Senior Strategic Analyst Topic: Iran accuses U.S. of violating the ceasefire 1:30:24- Thomas Homan, Border Czar for the Trump administration Topic: Protesters clash with ICE at Delaney Hall 1:57:19- John McLaughlin, CEO of McLaughlin & Associates who was a pollster for former President Donald Trump Topic: Texas runoff results 2:08:30- Pastor Corey Brooks, founder and Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago and founder and CEO of Project H.O.O.D. Communities Development Corporation Topic: At least 25 shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekendSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast all-star Steve Herrera to put The Delta Force (1986) & Sidekicks (1992) to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!   “I feel like we were fed a pack of fucking lies as kids.” -Manny Coelho   In honor of Chuck Norris' life, the boys decided to do a double feature of his movies and, oh boy, not so sure if this was a good idea. The Delta Force & Sidekicks are examples of two very different parts of Chuck Norris' career, the mass explosions fighting stereotyped bad guys one-liners guns guns guns film and the “comedy” making fun of marginalized groups stereotyped characters weird sexual undertones one liners what is the plot movies. Sure, Dan & Manny could have done a really good movie of Chuck Norris' like Lone Wolf McQuade, but is that even good? Dan, Manny, & Steve try to figure out what these two movies are actually about, they wrestle with the fact that our collective nostalgia for the 80s and 90s is possibly clouding the social judgement of what's actually good from our childhoods, and Dan lays down the law about the Nostalgia content creator community. They also take down gym teachers, tell a funny story of actual quicksand at their high school in Mineola, and try to deal with the high amount of racism that these two movies seem to be able to pack in for some reason. Also, what they hell is The Delta Force even about? Is Sidekicks a mass hallucination, Joe Piscopo (that's all that needs to be said), and why is the dad character in Sidekicks one of the most useless characters in cinema history. The guys give major props to the late great Jonathan Brandis for acting his ass off and they name the true sidekick of Sidekicks. So, grab a plate of scrambled eggs a la The Delta Force, prepare for some intense hallucinations, breathe deeply, and set some bricks on fire because this might be the episode that destroys the guys' will Email us (thenostalgiatest@gmail.com) your thoughts, opinions, & episode idea for The Wheel of Nostalgia! Suggest A Test & Be Our Guest! We're always looking for a fun new topic for The Nostalgia Test. Hit the link above, tell us what you'd like to see tested, and be our guest for that episode!   Approximate Rundown 00:00 Chuck Norris Double Feature 01:04 Steve Herrera Returns 04:15 Why This Episode Exists 08:02 Martial Arts Movie Tangents 10:11 Starting With Sidekicks 10:23 Brandis and Cast Breakdown 12:16 Plot Summary and Stats 13:03 Karate Kid Comparison 13:47 Ninjas and 90s Trends 14:17 Dreams Hallucinations and Asthma 17:59 No Plot No Payoff 20:09 Racism and Piscopo Rants 22:40 Random Scenes and Bikers 26:46 Gym Teachers Then vs Now 28:21 Training Montage and Tournament Logic 29:20 Stunt Doubles and Ending Twist 31:49 Nineties Parenting Logic 32:27 Wheelchair Kid Mystery 33:16 Dream Theory Spiral 34:20 Chuck Norris Cameo 34:35 Announcers Roast Session 36:28 Piscopo Cartoon Villain 38:05 Weird Sidekick Love Arc 40:30 Tournament Brick Chaos 42:48 Bizarre Production Trivia 44:32 Nostalgia Test Verdicts 50:32 Switching to Delta Force 50:48 Cannon Films Breakdown 53:20 Delta Force Plot Madness 54:45 Racist Stereotypes Talk 57:34 Sweatiest Plane Hijack 01:03:07 Rocket Bike WTF 01:04:30 Motorcycle Missile Reveal 01:05:50 Sharing the Clip Chaos 01:06:20 Extras Steal the Show 01:07:42 Missing Subtitles Confusion 01:09:57 Cotton Field and Plot Holes 01:14:21 Mannequin Death Effects 01:17:34 Reporters and Training Plane 01:20:23 Ratings and Real Story 01:23:49 Behind the Scenes Trivia 01:25:45 Listener Reactions and Memories 01:27:23 Chuck Norris Jokes 01:31:31 Does It Pass the Test 01:38:19 Wrap Up and Plugs   Book The Nostalgia Test Podcast Bring The Nostalgia Test Podcast's high energy fun and comedy on your podcast, to host your themed parties & special events!  The Nostalgia Test Podcast will create an unforgettable Nostalgic experience for any occasion because we are the party! We bring it 100% of the time! Email us at thenostalgiatest@gmail.com  or fill out the form at this link.   LET'S GET NOSTALGIC!       Keep up with all things The Nostalgia Test Podcast on Instagram | Substack | Discord | TikTok | Bluesky | YouTube | Facebook   The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic. The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected

Send us Fan MailWe talk a bit of sports on this one, hence the Wheel of Fortune Before and After-inspired title.  IYKYK...Mark's family recapKeep it ShrimpleGreen RoomYungblud previewNewt's--Not a Bad Seat in the HouseSpecial Newt's shoutout--SarahBest in ShowThe Farting ContestNerd AlertKaren flashbackSelf-righteousBoilermakersNocturnal Mom'sVaccuumsSongs of the Week:Don't Be Cruel--Billy SwanIs She Hiding a Broken Heart--Remo DriveNeil Young vs Diamond DaveMinnesota Sports DisappointmentJoe Pesci or Joe Piscopo?#NewtsAppleValleyMN#SarahRocksTheAscertainers@gmail.comBilly Swan - Don't Be Cruel (Audio)Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (Official Audio)Remo Drive "Is She Hiding a Broken Heart" New/Unreleased Song LIVE - YouTube

Joe Piscopo is broadcasting live from Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ. 7:05- Arthur Aidala, former Brooklyn Prosecutor, star criminal defense attorney, and host of “The Arthur Aidala Power Hour” weeknights at 6 p.m. on AM 970 The Answer Topic: Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions of wife and son overturned 7:25- Dana Lancellotti, Executive Director of the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council Topic: MODC events 7:40- Steve Chisholm, Co-Owner of Aspen Tree Topic: Annual Tree Work Day 8:05- Lee Smith, journalist and the author of “The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered a Deadly Pact” Topic: President Trump’s trip to China 8:25- Kristine Novakowski, Executive Director of Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity Topic: The cause of Habitat for Humanity 8:40- Dr. Tara Chalakani, CEO of Preferred Behavioral Health Group Topic: The mission of Preferred Behavioral Health Group; Being a commencement speaker at GCU 9:05- Dr. Josh Burns, Director of Military & Veteran Services and Outreach for GCU; Dr. Ken Karamichael, Associate Vice President for the Professional Studies and Business Development and Georgian Court University Topic: Military programs at GCU 9:40- Pastor Dave Watson, Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel on Staten Island, Founder and President of the New York Institute of Biblical Studies, and the host of “God in Our City” on WMCA Topic: Rededicating 250 on the Mall in D.C.; President Trump’s trip to China; Mother’s Day this past SundaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stay connected with us at americangroundradio.com, on Facebook, and Instagram. You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for May 13, 2026. We open with the China story that keeps getting bigger — the day after we covered the Arcadia, California mayor who pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese Communist Party agent, a man named Lou John Wang was convicted in New York City for operating a secret Chinese police station — kidnapping dissidents, pressuring critics of the CCP, and running what amounts to a foreign government's law enforcement operation on American soil. We connect it to Trump and Rubio's diplomatic trip to Beijing, explain what China's secret police stations actually do, and make the case that China's infiltration of American life — through supply chains, universities, real estate near military bases, and now city halls and police stations — is unlike anything any hostile nation has ever accomplished inside our borders. We ask the question every American should be asking — how much access has the Chinese Communist Party already built while we were telling ourselves economics and national security were separate conversations? In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, President Trump landed in Beijing with a delegation that included Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Wang — arriving to a red carpet welcome and plans to push for Chinese market access for U.S. businesses. Then the U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve on a 54-45 vote — with Democrat John Fetterman the only crossover — signaling future interest rate cuts that sent equity markets surging. And Salem Communications — home to Hugh Hewitt, Joe Piscopo, Charlie Kirk, Mike Gallagher, and American Ground Radio partnerships in New York, D.C., and the Salem Podcast Network — has been acquired by Waterstone in a deal CEO David Santrella says will accelerate the company's faith-forward mission for years to come. Our American Mama Teri Netterville joins us to talk about country singer Eric Church's commencement speech at North Carolina — which she calls the single greatest commencement speech she has ever heard. Using the six strings of a guitar as his framework, Church walked graduates through faith as the foundational low E string, family as the A string, their life partner as the D string at the heart of the instrument, ambition and resilience on the G string, community on the B string — where he urged graduates to put down roots, volunteer, and build the thing their community needs even if the internet never sees it — and individual greatness on the high E string, the thinnest string most easily bent by outside pressure. We walk through every string and explain why this speech deserves to be heard by every graduating class in America. We dig deep into a new Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth report called From Learning Recession to Learning Recovery — which identifies a nationwide decline in student achievement in math and reading that began in 2013 and was just as severe before the pandemic as during it. The researchers blame social media. We disagree. We connect the timeline directly to Common Core — the untested, nationally imposed educational standards pushed by the Gates Foundation and adopted by 46 states by 2013 — that confused children, baffled parents who could no longer help with math homework, and produced exactly the results you'd expect from conducting a nationwide experiment on children with no prior testing. And we note that Louisiana — which abandoned Common Core's methodology and adopted the Science of Reading — now leads the nation in educational improvement. We also cover the DOJ's settlement with PayPal over their $530 million Economic Opportunity Fund — a 2020 program that tied eligibility explicitly to race and national origin in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. We make the case that you cannot achieve fairness by creating an unfair system, and that civil rights laws were designed to stop discrimination — not rebrand it. We also dig into Senator Tommy Tuberville's proposal to establish English as the official language of American schools — and make the case that a shared language is not about race, it's about unity, assimilation, and the Tower of Babel. For our Bright Spot, a Marine veteran with a concealed carry permit in Massachusetts was already going car to car helping people escape and exchanging fire with an active shooter on Memorial Drive in Cambridge before police arrived. The shooter — who had previously been given half the recommended prison sentence for shooting at cops in 2020 — was stopped before anyone was killed. Nobody's covering this story. We are. We also note that Rudy Giuliani has recovered from pneumonia, left the hospital after being on a ventilator and in the ICU, and remind listeners that God is not finished with us until He says so. And we close with Logan, Cody, and Brody — three high schoolers in Cooper City, Florida who pulled over to help a man they thought had a flat tire and discovered he was having a heart attack. They called 911. Emergency crews arrived. Diego survived. His son said, God didn't send angels with wings. He sent those boys. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens launches a new semi-regular series, Produced and Abandoned, spotlighting films that were completed but largely discarded by their distributors. First up: the bizarre and nearly forgotten 1980 horror-comedy Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, a very loose retelling of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring Oliver Reed in a dual role, and written and directed by Charles B. Griffith, the legendary screenwriter behind The Little Shop of Horrors. Produced by Cannon Films, the movie was rushed from concept to completion in just a few months, only to practically vanish from theaters. Edward explores the film's wild production history, from Griffith's original comedy concept and failed attempt to cast Dick Van Dyke to Oliver Reed's last-minute involvement and the movie's mysterious disappearance after only a handful of theatrical screenings. Plus: the connections to cult favorites like Condorman and The Apple, the strange international afterlife of the film on VHS, and why forgotten studio castoffs like Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype still deserve rediscovery decades later. ----more---- Transcript From Los Angeles, California, the entertainment capital of the world. It's The 80s Movie Podcast. I'm your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Today, on this 137th episode of the show, I'm going to be starting a new semi-regular series called Produced and Abandoned, that brings movies that were made and barely exhibited back to the spotlight, if even only for a moment. One of the many advantages of having a non-linear podcast like this one is that I, as the host and the researcher and the writer, can zag unexpectedly at a moment's notice when I feel compelled to. And that happened to me this week. For a film historian like myself who focuses on movies from a specific discipline like, say, from the 1980s, the internet is a veritable cornucopia of people who share in some way many of your same passions, and you will find them doing a lot of the legwork unintentionally for you, or pointing you in a direction you didn't know you needed to go. In 2026, I. Edward Havens, still have an active Facebook account, which I mainly use to keep in touch with my friends and family who are scattered throughout the globe. I have curated my feed so that the non-relative crazy uncles and aunts of the world, with their tinfoil hats and indecipherable conspiracy theories about the strangest subjects, do not reach me. So it's not as toxic a space as many people know it to be. Some time last week, thanks to filmmaker Adam Rifkin, I learned about a private Facebook group called Old Movie Newspaper and Print Ads from Around the World. Nearly a century of digital newspaper clippings, mostly from the United States and mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. If, for example, if you wanted to know how many theaters the god awful 1988 Joe Piscopo horror/action/comedy film Dead Heat opened at in Detroit in May of 1988, I can tell you that now. It was twenty one theaters, by the way. Including four drive ins. And while perusing this private Facebook group of insane movie nerds, my kind of people, I saw an ad for an Oliver Reed movie I had never heard of before, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hype. Well, the episode that I had been working on, that I've been tinkering with for damn more than two years now, was moved to the backburner once again, for the time being. I had to learn more about this movie, and I had to learn about it right then and there, because that's who I am. At one thirty in the morning, with a toddler ready to wake up in five and a half hours. I was exhausted, but at least I was going to get the ball rolling. And what I discovered is just how amazingly quick this film went from concept to writing, to production to completion. In an interview published in the 1997 book "BackStory 3: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1960s," the film's writer and director, Charles B. Griffith, described how the film came together. The title, originally "Doctor Feelgood and Mr. Hype," was one of several joke titles and ideas that Griffith had come up with for an expected meeting with Francis Ford Coppola about getting a movie made in the late 1970s. Griffith's own pitch for the film was that a hippie invents a new drug that turns its users into advertising executives. It was more meant to be an opening icebreaker joke than a real movie. After filming the movie Up From the Depths in the Philippines in 1978, Griffith would find himself talking to Cannon Films co-president Menahem Golan, who wanted Griffith to write a screenplay for The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood. While that film would get made, it would get made without Griffith ever signing on to it. But the two men would continue to talk regularly, as Griffith had been a roommate of Golan's when the Israeli filmmaker first arrived in America. And during one of those talks around New Year's Day of 1980s, Golan asked Griffith, who had just finished a two decade long, two dozen screenplay working relationship with Roger Corman, what he wanted to do next, Griffith would blurt out, for whatever reason, the title and pitch for "Doctor Feelgood and Mr. Hype," and Golan loved the idea. He was ready to put $750,000 into the production, provided Griffith had the film ready in four months... Ready to screen at the Cannes Film Market in four months, that is. Now, Griffith hadn't written a script for "Doctor Feelgood" at this point. All he had was that very basic one line concept, because it was never meant to be an actual film. Breaking down his timeline, Griffith figured he had three weeks to write and prep the film, a month to shoot, and two weeks to edit the footage. Of the $750,000 budget. Griffith would get twenty five thousand dollars to write and another twenty five thousand dollars to direct. As mentioned a moment ago, Griffith was a veteran of working with Roger Corman, so getting a shooting script ready in three weeks shouldn't have been a problem. Griffith, after all, had famously written the screenplay for The Little Shop of Horrors in just two days, and Griffith would completely change the direction of the story as well as the title. Cannon's own press release for the film would sum up the new story thusly... Horror spoof. Very loosely based on the R. L. Stevenson story, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lovable yet unattractive, chiropodist doctor Henry Heckle takes an overdose of a slimming drug, believing it will kill him. The drug transforms him and he becomes handsome and slim. He seduces several women, all of whom recoil from him when they see the ugliness in his eyes. The drug begins to wear off, and he takes a second dose, and he begins to terrorize the local community. Finally, he realizes that his love, Coral, loves him for himself, preferring the physically ugly but the spiritually beautiful. At first, Griffith tried to get the legendary Dick Van Dyke to play the titular characters, but Mr. Van Dyke was booked for all of 1980, appearing in the title role in a Broadway revival and U.S. tour of The Music Man. So he would turn to his second choice, who was, naturally as one would expect as a second choice to be for the wiry, immensely talented singer, dancer and actor Dick Van Dyke, the incredibly talented but somewhat pudgy, hirsute and not exactly known as a singer and dancer, Oliver Reed. By 1980, Mr. Reed had lost a lot of his star luster that made him an unusual heartthrob throughout the late 60s and early 70s. Not that he wasn't working on a regular basis. In fact, when Reed agreed to take the lead roles here, Griffith would have exactly one week to work with the legendary actor, who had a tiny hole in his schedule before he needed arrive in Paris to begin production on Disney's Condorman. That wouldn't be a problem for Griffith, who was used to dealing with massive production changes at the last minute. Reed's casting was announced to the press in late February, after Griffith had already cast Catherine Mary Stewart, who had recently finished her first film role in Menahem Golan's The Apple, as Coral, the beautiful young woman who falls for Heckyl, as well as Corman regulars Mel Welles and Dick Miller, and Jackie Coogan, the child star of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid Who found a renewed fame as Uncle Fester on the beloved 1960s television sitcom The Addams Family. The film would also be the first film for diminutive actor Tony Cox, best known as Marcus from the Bad Santa movies. Filming was scheduled to begin on March 3rd in Los Angeles. The schedule front loaded to get everything they needed from Reid before they lost him. But just before filming began, Griffith would lose his leading lady. I can't find out why Catherine Mary Stewart left the film before production began, but Griffith would find her replacement in Sonny Johnson. Johnson certainly had more film experience than Stewart, having appeared on an episode of Charlie's Angels, and featured in Bill Murray's Where the Buffalo Roam and in Animal House... although her scenes in the latter film would end up on the proverbial cutting room floor. Johnson would go on to co-star alongside Jennifer Beals in 1983's Flashdance, before sadly passing away in June of 1984 at the age of thirty of a ruptured aneurysm. She would join the cast the day before production began. Despite the legendary tales of Reed and his love of debauchery and excessive drinking, there are no contemporary reports of him being anything but an absolute gentleman on and off the set during his time with the production. The only issue Griffith had with the actor was that Reed had a fantastic take on heckle with a brilliant New York accent and sophistication. But, for Hyde, he would be slow and ponderous. You know, like the stereotypes of Oliver Reed. Busy with production, Griffith never noticed that in the Hollywood press, Cannon Films had, in promoting the 17 films they'd be selling at the Cannes Film Festival's market in early May, been telling the press that the budget for Dr. Heckyl was not $750,000, but $3,000,000. A not unusual mood for producers trying to get bigger sales from foreign markets. But sure enough, Griffith would have a 99 minute movie fully edited by Skip Schoolnik, whose next editing job would be on Halloween 2, and a musical score by Richard Band, ready for its first Cannes Film Market screening on May 11th. The film would screen a total of 8 times in 11 days, although there aren't any reports of how many countries cannon might have sold the film to during those two weeks. From all contemporary appearances, Cannon was preparing to open the film in the United States on October 10th, a date seemingly picked because Oliver Reed would be done with Condorman and not due on the set of his next film, Tobe Hooper's Venom, until the end of October. And as would be the norm in 1980, Cannon would prepare a sneak preview of the film to gauge audience reaction. On Friday, July 18th,1980, Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype would have a sneak preview at the Nickelodeon Theater in Boston, and according to the person who posted the image in the Movie Ads Facebook group, that would be the only paying public screening of the film, that it would be shelved forever from theatrical screening ,and banished to an otherwise ignoble premiere on VHS some years later. And while that is mostly true, it's not exactly one hundred percent true. I was able to find at least two actual theatrical release play dates, both opening on that same July 18th as the Boston sneak preview, at the Golden Mile Twin and the Imperial 6 in Toronto, two evening shows a day at the Golden Mile and five daily shows at the Imperial 6. The only contemporary hint as to how the film played in Toronto was that both screens dropped the film after a single week. Cannon would continue to promote and show the movie at various film festivals and markets around the globe, including at the Montreal Film Festival in late August 1980, where Menachem Golan's crazy disco sci-fi musical The Apple was screening in competition. And in an August 26th, 1980 article about Cannon Films in The Hollywood Reporter, it would be stated that Dr. Heckyl was one of eight movies Cannon was still planning to release theatrically before the end of the year. Except that never ended up happening. Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype does not appear to have ever played in any cinema outside of, maybe, one screening at a film festival in Barcelona on June 8th, 1981, but I can't find anything about this screening outside of a listing on the IMDb's Release info page. The film would start showing up on VHS tapes around the world, with titles like Experiência Fatal in Brazil, Boyfriend and Wild in Greece, Dr. Hekiru to Mr. Haipu in Japan. And my personal favorite, I'm Ugly, But I Want to Conquer in Hungary. In May of 2026, one can find the movie available for free with ads on the Tubi platform, as well as a pirated copy on the most popular English language video sharing platform. I might sit down one day and watch it, but as I said on the previous episode, I have a lot of plans for this podcast. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again, hopefully, real soon. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, https://the80smoviepodcast.com/, for extra materials about Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype. The 80s Movie Podcast has been researched, written, narrated, and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.

The Joe Piscopo Show 5-11-26 47:19- Daniel Hoffman, Ret. CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer and a Fox News Contributor Topic: Latest intel on Iran; Putin says he thinks the war in Ukraine is ending; "The CIA moms defending America deserve our gratitude this Mother's Day" (Fox News op ed) 55:38- Dr. Ken Karamichael, Associate Vice President for Professional Studies and Business Development at Georgian Court University Topic: Georgian Court University; What makes Ocean County great 1:05:06- Congressman Josh Gottheimer, Democrat representing New Jersey's 5th District Topic: Reduced NJ Transit train fairs for the World Cup; Antisemitism in New Jersey; Farm Bill 1:19:24- Gordon Chang, Asia expert, columnist and author of "China is Going to War" Topic: Upcoming Trump-Xi summit; North Korea updating constitution to include automatic nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated 1:28:35- Mike Connors, Attorney at Law at Connors & Sullivan and host of "Ask the Lawyer," airing Saturdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. on AM 970 The Answer Topic: Estate Planning Gone Wrong 1:39:31- Col. Jack Jacobs, a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam War Topic: Latest in Iran 1:52:31- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, host of "The DerShow," and the author of "The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies: And How to Refute Them with Truth" and the new book "The Preventative State" Topic: Ketanji Brown Jackson v. The Supreme Court 2:01:44- Dr. Darrin Porcher, Retired NYPD Lieutenant, Criminal Justice Professor at Pace University and a former Army Officer Topic: NYPD captain's transfer following Mamdani rant; Mass shooting in Paterson, NJ and how to stop gun violenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Video Store Podcast, I am recommending four movies about the people who get called when somebody has made a mess, crossed the wrong person, or needs a situation to go away quietly. The movies this week are Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Wise Guys (1986), La Femme Nikita (1990), and Pulp Fiction (1994). They all deal with that idea in different ways, from a press agent trying to stay useful, to mob errand boys trying to stay alive, to handlers working inside a government machine, to a man who arrives with a plan when everyone else is panicking.I start with Sweet Smell of Success (1957), which may be the coldest movie on this list. Tony Curtis plays Sidney Falco, a press agent who is always working an angle and always trying to stay useful to Burt Lancaster's J. J. Hunsecker. Hunsecker has the power, but Falco is the fixer. He is the one moving through restaurants, clubs, offices, and sidewalks trying to make things happen for people who would rather not get their own hands dirty. The film was directed by Alexander Mackendrick, with cinematography by James Wong Howe and music by Elmer Bernstein. It was shot partly on the streets of New York, and it still feels like a movie made out of cigarette smoke, bad favors, and late night anxiety.Then I move to Wise Guys (1986), a Brian De Palma comedy that feels a little odd in his filmography, which is part of what makes it interesting. Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo play low level mob guys who are useful until they are not. They run errands, take orders, and try to read the room, but the room keeps changing on them. Harvey Keitel, Dan Hedaya, Ray Sharkey, Frank Vincent, and Captain Lou Albano are all in the cast, which gives the movie a nice mix of mob movie faces and broad comedy. It is not De Palma in thriller mode, but you can still see his interest in people trapped inside systems they do not fully control.The third recommendation is La Femme Nikita (1990), Luc Besson's French action thriller about a young woman pulled into a government program that turns her into an assassin. The fixer here is not only one person. It is the whole structure around her. Tchéky Karyo's Bob is part handler and part threat, someone who can seem kind while reminding Nikita that her new life is not really hers. Jeanne Moreau also appears as Amande, who helps shape Nikita into someone who can move through polite society while carrying a completely different life underneath. Anne Parillaud won the César Award for Best Actress for the role, and you can see why. She has to play the violence, the fear, and the strange sadness of someone being rebuilt for other people's purposes.The last movie is Pulp Fiction (1994), where Harvey Keitel's Winston Wolf may be the cleanest example of this week's theme. He arrives, assesses the problem, gives instructions, and leaves before the movie can turn him into something bigger. That is part of why the character works so well. He does not need a long backstory. He is there because somebody called the right number. The movie is full of people talking themselves into and out of danger, but Mr. Wolf is different. He does not talk around the problem. He handles it.So this week, the shelf has a bitter New York classic, an oddball mob comedy, a French thriller, and one of the defining crime films of the 1990s. Four very different rentals, all built around people who know what to do when the situation has gone bad.Thanks for reading Video Store Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.videostorepodcast.com

The Joe Piscopo Show 5-8-26 Joe Piscopo's guest host this morning is Carol Platt Liebau, Attorney, Political Analyst, and President of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy 25:48- David Wildstein, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of New Jersey Globe Topic: NJ Transit to lower ticket costs of World Cup train tickets- still at an 800% mark-up 37:16- Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz, Republican representing the 15th District of the New York State Assembly Topic: New York State budget 52:07- Lee Smith, journalist and the author of "The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered a Deadly Pact" Topic: China ordering companies to ignore US sanctions on Iranian oil; Upcoming Trump-Xi summit 1:12:48- Stephen Moore, "Joe Piscopo Show" Resident Scholar of Economics, Chairman of FreedomWorks Task Force on Economic Revival, former Trump economic adviser and the author of "The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again" Topic: "Time for Jerome Powell to Go Home" (op ed) 1:26:19- Jim McLaughlin, pollster, strategic consultant, and CEO and Partner of McLaughlin & Associates Topic: Trump's approval ratings amid the Iran War 1:49:04- Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Initiative at the Hudson Institute Topic: U.S.-Iran peace negotiations 2:02:49- Rob Chadwick, Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Former Director of Tactical Training in Quantico and the Principal Training Advisor to the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Topic: Kash Patel alleges FBI was excluded from the early days of the Nancy Guthrie investigationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo’s guest host this morning is Col. Kurt Schlichter, Attorney, Retired Army Infantry Colonel with a Master’s in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Senior Columnist at Town Hall, and the author of the new book “Panama Red” 51:23- Salena Zito, reporter for the Washington Examiner and the Washington Post, and the author of “Butler” Topic: “Experts miss Trump’s enduring presence in American politics in Indiana races” (Washington Examiner op ed) 1:00:26- Jim Hanson, President of World Strat and Former Green Beret Topic: Military strategy in Iran 1:25:52- Liz Sheld, Editor of American Greatness Topic: News of the day 1:36:46- Tom Sauer, Veteran Advocate and Navy EOD Topic: Strait of Hormuz 2:01:57- Eli Lake, contributor to The Free Press and host of the “Breaking History” podcast Topic: “The War Isn’t Over, but Don’t Expect Trump to Say So” (The Free Press op ed) 2:13:28- Tim Young, Heritage Foundation Media Fellow, Comedian, & Commentator Topic: The legacy of Ted Turner and his impact on news & free speechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Joe Piscopo Show 5-6-26 Joe Piscopo's guest host this morning is Liz Peek, Fox News contributor, columnist for Fox News and The Hill, and former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company 49:56- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C. Specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: Latest in Iran 59:04- Dr. Jeff Gardere, America's psychologist and Associate Professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Topic: RFK Jr. targeting "overuse" of psychiatric medications 1:23:32- Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow in the new Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom Topic: Sam Alito goes after Ketanji Brown Jackson for solo dissent over redistricting 1:34:55- John Iannarelli, former police officer, retired FBI Special Agent, consultant, and the author of "Disorderly Conduct" Topic: FAA employee charged with allegedly threatening to kill President Trump in an email to the White House 1:47:18- Rafael Mangual, senior fellow with and head of research for the Manhattan Institute’s Policing and Public Safety Initiative and a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of "Criminal (In) Justice" Topic: Protesters at Park East Synagogue; NYC mental health crisis and the impact on the NYPDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo’s guest host this morning is Arthur Aidala, former Brooklyn Prosecutor, star criminal defense attorney, and host of “The Arthur Aidala Power Hour” weeknights at 6 p.m. on AM 970 The Answer. 53:39- Tom Allon, Publisher of City & State Topic: Latest on Rudy Giuliani’s condition; Rudy’s political legacy 1:04:30- Robert Sinclair, Senior Manager of Public Affair at AAA Northeast Topic: Gas prices spike amid the Iran War 1:30:09- Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, Former Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole Topic: U.S. and Iran exchanging fire in the Strait of Hormuz 1:43:01- Art Del Cueto, Border Security Advisor for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and a 21-year veteran of the Border Patrol Topic: Mayor Mamdani calling for the abolishment of ICE after Brooklyn incident 1:51:10- Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice, Founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC with 19 years of law enforcement experience primarily in the Detective Bureau field Topic: NYC crime plunging with murders at an all-time low 2:04:42- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, host of “The DerShow” and the author of the new book “Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term? My Nonpartisan Legal Analysis” Topic: Judge’s apology to WHCD shooting suspect; SCOTUS cases for the end of the yearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Joe Piscopo’s guest hosts this morning are Al Gattullo and Joe Sibilia 51:52- Jeff Coltin, Editor-in-Chief of City & State New York Topic: Rudy Giuliani in critical but stable condition 59:04- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of “Preparing for World War III” Topic: Two U.S. service members missing in Morocco; Iran threatens ceasefire breach if U.S. interferes in Strait of Hormuz “maritime regime” 1:12:38- Hogan Gidley, Former National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign and former White House Deputy Press Secretary Topic: Trump picking Nicole Saphier for Surgeon General; Trump’s retirement account executive order; Latest from the White House 1:26:38- Kyle Bailey, Aviation analyst, pilot, former FAA Safety Team representative, and the author of “Witness: JFK Jr.’s Fatal Flight” Topic: Aviation incidents at Newark Airport; Spirit shutting down 2:02:07- Dr. Darrin Porcher, Retired NYPD Lieutenant, Criminal Justice Professor at Pace University and a former Army Officer Topic: Rudy Giuliani and his relationship with the NYPD; Anti-ICE protest in Brooklyn 2:14:05- Matt Rooney, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of SaveJersey.com Topic: Possibility of Congressional redistricting in New JerseySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo's guest hosts this morning are Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer 50:09- Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, Former Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole Topic: Latest in the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz blockade 1:00:02- John Iannarelli, former police officer, retired FBI Special Agent, consultant, and the author of "Disorderly Conduct" Topic: Latest developments in the WHCD shooting 1:24:52- Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform Topic: Mamdani's tax break proposal 1:35:19- Assemblyman Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman and the son of holocaust survivors Topic: Antisemitic outburst at Park Slope co-op meeting 2:01:06- Karol Markowicz, Columnist for the New York Post Topic: "President Trump targeted again — only a handful on the left act like adults" (Fox News op ed) 2:11:48- Marc Morano, Former Senior Staff Member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and the author of "The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown" Topic: Trump EPA's plan to "unmake" plastic wasteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo's guest hosts this morning are Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer 50:51- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C. Specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: "King Charles tries to heal the rift between US and UK with 5 powerful points" (Fox News op ed) 59:28- Jonathan Hoenig, portfolio manager at Capitalist Pig Hedge Fund LLC and a Fox News Contributor Topic: Jerome Powell to remain as Fed governor; Other financial news of the day 1:11:39- Jonathan T. Gilliam, career public servant with over 19 years of service as a Navy SEAL, FBI Agent, Air Marshal & Security Contractor and Truth Seeker Topic: James Comey indictment 1:26:02- Arthur Aidala, former Brooklyn Prosecutor, star criminal defense attorney, and host of "The Arthur Aidala Power Hour" weeknights at 6 p.m. on AM 970 The Answer, and Darran Winslow, Past President of the Kings County Criminal Bar Association Topic: Arthur receiving the KCCBA James L. Koenig Person of the Year Award 1:47:01- Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, decorated former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot, TOP GUN graduate, and now the founder of the No Fallen Heroes Foundation Topic: Latest in Iran negotiations 2:00:23- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, host of "The DerShow," and the author of the new book "Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term? My Nonpartisan Legal Analysis" Topic: James Comey indictment; Other legal news of the daySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Step into the dojo of ‘90s nostalgia as All2ReelToo's So Bad They're Good series kicks into high gear with a look at Sidekicks (1992)! This cult classic follows Barry Gabrewski, a bullied teen with a wild imagination and one ultimate dream—to become the sidekick to martial arts legend Chuck Norris. When fantasy starts to collide with reality, Barry takes matters into his own hands, training in martial arts to find confidence, courage, and maybe even his own spotlight. Starring Jonathan Brandis, Beau Bridges, Mako, Joe Piscopo, and Danica McKellar—with Chuck Norris playing himself—this episode dives into the film's blend of fantasy sequences, heartfelt moments, and gloriously cheesy action. Is it inspiring? Is it ridiculous? Is it both? We break down everything that makes Sidekicks a perfectly imperfect gem in the “so bad it's good” hall of fame. #All2ReelToo #SoBadItsGood #Sidekicks1992 #ChuckNorris #90sMovies #CultClassics #MartialArtsMovies #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #Nostalgia #BadMoviesGoodFun Listen now: all2reeltoo.com

Joe Piscopo's guest host this morning is Carol Platt Liebau, Attorney, Political Analyst, and President of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy 26:33- Rob Chadwick, Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Former Director of Tactical Training in Quantico and the Principal Training Advisor to the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Topic: Indictment of James Comey; Investigating the WHCD shooting 36:51- Congressman Mike Haridopolos, Republican representing Florida's 8th Congressional District Topic: King Charles' speech to Congress 51:02- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of "Preparing for World War III" Topic: Latest in the Iran peace negotiations 1:11:18- Stephen Moore, "Joe Piscopo Show" Resident Scholar of Economics, Chairman of FreedomWorks Task Force on Economic Revival, former Trump economic adviser and the author of "The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again" Topic: "I was there at the WHCD as celebration turned into chaos" (Fox News op ed) 1:25:30- Charles "Cully" Stimson, Acting Director of the Institute for Constitutional Government, Manager of the National Security Law Program, and Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation Topic: Indictment of James Comey; Other legal news of the day 1:36:40- Matt Rooney, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of SaveJersey.com Topic: Analilia Mejia's push to raise the minimum wage to $25 2:02:51- Christian Toto, Entertainment Commentator, host of the "Hollywood in Toto" podcast, and Managing Editor of Hollywood in Toto.com Topic: Backlash against Jimmy Kimmel and his "widow" jokeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo's guest host this morning is Carol Platt Liebau, Attorney, Political Analyst, and President of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy 50:03- Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, decorated former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot, TOP GUN graduate, and now the founder of the No Fallen Heroes Foundation Topic: Trump's extended ceasefire 59:30- Art Del Cueto, Border Security Advisor for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and a 21-year veteran of the Border Patrol Topic: Border agents discover RPG launcher and rifles in vehicle heading to Mexico 1:25:22- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C. Specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: 8 Iranian protesters won't be executed; Latest in the war and with the Strait of Hormuz 1:37:28- Ally Triolo, RNC Election Integrity Communications Director Topic: Virginia redistricting referendum and its impact on the 2026 midterms 1:49:33- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, host of "The DerShow," and the author of the new book "Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term? My Nonpartisan Legal Analysis" Topic: Leaving the Democratic Party; Legal news of the day 2:02:54- Mollie Hemingway, Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist, Fox News contributor, and the author of "Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution" Topic: Her new bookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Joe Piscopo Show 4-20-26 37:14- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of "Preparing for World War III" Topic: Strait of Hormuz; Ongoing negotiations; "Trump may claim he won the fight with Iran, but there’s a bigger war already underway" (Fox News op ed) 52:09- Joseph diGenova, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Topic: Latest in the AG search 1:09:58- Hogan Gidley, Former National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign and former White House Deputy Press Secretary Topic: "Trump’s National Security Tariffs Help America Win" (Daily Caller op ed) 1:36:14- Chris Grollnek, Retired Police Detective Corporal and Active Shooting Expert Topic: Shreveport mass shooting; University of Iowa shooting 1:58:38- Assemblyman Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman and the son of holocaust survivors Topic: Survey reveals some Long Islanders feel Jews need to "move on" from the Holocaust 2:07:26- Steve Schirripa, actor best known for his role as Bobby Baccalieri on "The Sopranos" Topic: His new children's book "Willie Boy Eats the World"; His storied acting careerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cousin Brucie welcomes Joe Piscopo to announce a new programming shift at WABC, where the two will now be neighboring hosts. The conversation serves as a professional passing of the torch, as Piscopo prepares to launch a late-night Sinatra-themed showcase played exclusively on live vinyl to replace Tony Orlando's local time slot. Their dialogue highlights a deep mutual admiration for "old school" showmanship and the enduring legacy of classic radio, characterized by hard work and high-energy performance.

Joe Piscopo Show 3-23-25 21:48- Kyle Bailey, Aviation analyst, pilot, former FAA Safety Team representative, and the author of "Witness: JFK Jr.'s Fatal Flight" Topic: Two killed in LaGuardia crash after Air Canada jet hits vehicle 35:23- Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, decorated former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot, TOP GUN graduate, and now the founder of the No Fallen Heroes Foundation Topic: Iranian missile strikes; Strait of Hormuz; Cuba 48:56- Chris Swecker, attorney who served as assistant director of the FBI for the Criminal Investigative Division from 2004 to 2006 Topic: Sleeper cell threats in the U.S.; The death of Robert Mueller 59:43- Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform Topic: Mamdani's estate tax plan 1:08:32- Daniel Hoffman, Ret. CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer and a Fox News Contributor Topic: Intel on Iran and Cuba 1:22:32- Thomas Homan, Border Czar for the Trump administration Topic: ICE to assist the TSA at airports 1:43:59- Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, Executive Producer of "Sidekicks" starring Chuck Norris & Joe Piscopo, and Founder of Gallery Furniture Topic: Remembering Chuck Norris 2:07:30- Daniel Patino, Fundraiser for Food for the Poor Topic: Food for the Poor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our encore presentations as Joe Piscopo discusses his faith, life, and legendary showbiz career. And, Sr. Dede Byrne & Dr. Leisa Carzon share details on their book, Sister, Soldier, Surgeon: The Life & Courage of Sr. Deirdre Byrne, MD.

36:49- Col. Jack Jacobs, a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam WarTopic: Trump threatening to blow up world's largest gas field; Markwayne Mullin 46:17- Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice, Founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC with 19 years of law enforcement experience primarily in the Detective Bureau field Topic: New NYPD footage of IED incident; Latest on crime in New York; Celebrating St. Joseph's Day 56:05- Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief at Forbes Media & the co-author of "Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It" Topic: Fed holding interest rates steady; Hochul potentially driving the wealthy out of New York; Oil prices amid the war in Iran 1:09:10- Joseph diGenova, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Topic: Pam Bondi subpoena; Other legal news of the day; Celebrating St. Joseph's Day 1:19:51- Laine Schoneberger, Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner, and Founder of Yrefy Topic: Latest from Yrefy 1:32:04- Joe Grano, Former Chairman and CEO of UBS Financial Services Inc. and Former Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council Topic: Markwayne Mullin and the U.S. counterterrorism initiative; The economy amid the war in Iran 1:48:00- Mike Baker, Former CIA covert field operations officer and the host of the "President's Daily Brief " podcast Topic: Death of Iran's intelligence minister and the repercussions on Iran 1:56:41- Pastor Dave Watson, Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel on Staten Island, Founder and President of the New York Institute of Biblical Studies, and the host of "God in Our City" on WMCA Topic: Celebrating St. Joseph's DaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23:33- Joe Borelli, Former New York City Councilman and Managing Director of Chartwell Strategy GroupTopic: Stuck in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day 35:07- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of "Preparing for World War III" Topic: "Iran war success gives president a Trump card to play in China meeting" (Fox News op ed) 49:17- Congressman Mike Lawler, Republican representing New York's 17th Congressional District Topic: Celebrating St. Patrick's Day 1:00:48- Dr. Betsy McCaughey, New York Post columnist, former Lt. Gov. of NY State, Chairwoman and founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection DeathsTopic: Safety in New York amid Iran war; St. Patrick's Day 1:10:10- K.T. McFarland, Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor and the author of "Revolution: Trump, Washington and 'We The People'” Topic: Europe's role in the Iranian conflict 1:23:33- David Fischer, CEO of Landmark Capital Topic: Strait of Hormuz; Oil; U.S. spending 1:36:47- Keeley Giblin, Former Production Intern on "The Joe Piscopo Show" Topic: Playing the bagpipes in the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade today 1:45:36- Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review and the author of "The Case for Nationalism" Topic: "Trump is obliterating Obama’s Iran-appeasement plan — to America’s benefit" (New York Post op ed) 2:06:08- Commissioner Ray Kelly, the longest-serving Commissioner of the NYPD in history who was in charge of the Secret Service during his tenure as Deputy Treasury Secretary under President Clinton Topic: St. Patrick's Day and the Irish heritage in the NYPDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo Show 3-16-26 34:46- John Solomon, award-winning investigative journalist, founder of "Just The News," and the host of “Just the News, No Noise” on the Real America’s Voice network Topic: Latest in Iran war; Shootings last week; FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warning broadcasters licenses can be pulled over fake news on Iran; Other news of the day 47:41- Daniel Hoffman, Ret. CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer and a Fox News Contributor Topic: Intel on Iran's Supreme Leader; Tucker Carlson claiming CIA read his texts with Iran 1:09:01- Nicole Parker, Special Agent with the FBI from 2010 through October 2022, Fox News contributor, and the author of "The Two FBIs: The Bravery and Betrayal I Saw in My Time at the Bureau" Topic: Old Dominion & synagogue shootings 1:21:54 Gordon Chang, Asia expert, columnist and author of "China is Going to War" Topic: Future of Trump and Xi meeting; U.S.-China trade talks in Paris 1:58:31- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C. Specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: Israeli air strikes on Gaza; Threat of terrorism in the U.S. 2:07:11 Assemblyman Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman and the son of holocaust survivors Topic: Mamdani to meet with Jewish leadersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Joe Piscopo's guest is Arthur Aidala, former Brooklyn Prosecutor, star criminal defense attorney, and host of "The Arthur Aidala Power Hour" weeknights at 6 p.m. on AM 970 The Answer 39:02- Shahar Azani, Middle East commentator, Former Israeli Diplomat and Former Spokesperson of the Israeli Consulate in New York Topic: New Supreme Leader in Iran 54:25- Congressman Mike Lawler, Republican representing New York's 17th Congressional District Topic: Mamdani's leadership in NYC; DHS funding and the future of the SAVE Act 1:28:11 Chris Grollnek, Retired Police Detective Corporal and Active Shooting Expert Topic: Synagogue shooting and Old Dominion shooting 1:38:40 Robert Sinclair, Senior Manager of Public Affairs at AAA Northeast Topic: Gas prices 1:51:02- Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, a retired senior intelligence operations officer, whistleblower, and President of the London Center for Policy Research Topic: Latest in the Iran war 2:06:40- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, host of "The DerShow," and the author of "The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies: And How to Refute Them with Truth" and the new book "The Preventative State" Topic: Legal news of the daySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo will be co-hosting with Stephen Parr, Meteorologist for "The Joe Piscopo Show" and co-host of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer. Col. Jack Jacobs, a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam WarTopic: Latest in Iran; Potential drone threat to the West Coast Assemblyman Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman and the son of holocaust survivorsTopic: Mayor Mamdani's dinner with Mahmoud Khalil Jonathan Hoenig, portfolio manager at Capitalist Pig Hedge Fund LLC and a Fox News ContributorTopic: Iran War's impact on the economy John Iannarelli, former police officer, retired FBI Special Agent, consultant, and the author of "Disorderly Conduct"Topic: Terror threat to the West Coast Liz Peek, Fox News contributor, columnist for Fox News and The Hill, and former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & CompanyTopic: "Iran war could become the achievement that ensures Trump’s legacy" (Fox News op ed) Mark Morgan, Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Former Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs & Border Protection, and Former Assistant Director with the FBITopic: Upheaval in DHS; SAVE Act Pastor Dave Watson, Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel on Staten Island, Founder and President of the New York Institute of Biblical Studies, and the host of "God in Our City" on WMCATopic: St. Patrick's Day; Our expectations in a war; New York's first Muslim MayorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo's guest host this morning is Col. Kurt Schlichter, Attorney, Retired Army Infantry Colonel with a Master's in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Senior Columnist at Town Hall, and the author of the new book "Panama Red" Dr. Darrin Porcher, Retired NYPD Lieutenant, Criminal Justice Professor at Pace University and a former Army OfficerTopic: IED thrown at Gracie Mansion and security in NYC Liz Sheld, Editor of American GreatnessTopic: News of the day John Konrad, founder and CEO of gCaptain, one of the world’s most-read maritime news websites, and a member of the Pentagon Press CorpsTopic: Iran War Danny Coulson, Former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI and Founding Commander of the FBI Hostage Rescue TeamTopic: Attack on Gracie Mansion Cristo Foufas, Broadcaster and royal commentator based in LondonTopic: Keir Starmer and his approach to Iran Ned Ryun, grassroots and conservative activism expert and founder & CEO of American MajorityTopic: News of the day Jim Hanson, President of World Strat and Former Green BeretTopic: Iran War Tim Young, Media Fellow for Strategic Communications at The Heritage FoundationTopic: President Trump's messaging on IranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosted by Joe Piscopo, this radio broadcast of Sundays with Sinatra serves as a nostalgic tribute to the legendary singer's diverse musical catalog, specifically highlighting his 1971 album, Sinatra and Company. Piscopo explores the Bossa Nova movement, detailing how Sinatra pivoted his style to collaborate with Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and create timeless tracks like "The Girl from Ipanema." Beyond the Latin influences, the program features a wide array of "esoteric" selections, including Sinatra's unique covers of John Denver folk songs and poignant arrangements by Don Costa from the Watertown project. The show functions as an interactive community space, blending listener requests and phone calls with historical anecdotes about musical giants like Nelson Riddle, Stan Getz, and Luciano Pavarotti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian and Emmy-winning actor Jay Thomas is best known to audiences as doomed hockey star Eddie LeBec on “Cheers” and tabloid talker Jerry Gold on “Murphy Brown,” but he's also a showbiz renaissance man, having worked as a stand-up comic, disc jockey, sportscaster and reality show host. Jay stopped by Gilbert's apartment on a summer evening to share hilariously candid anecdotes about everything from swiping Bill Cosby's jokes to getting kicked out of an audition for “The West Wing.” Also in this episode: Jay looks back on the infamous “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?," Joe Piscopo runs afoul of the mafia and Jay runs afoul of Rhea Perlman. PLUS: The Lone Ranger “rides” again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's broadcast serves as a multi-layered tribute, primarily celebrating Women's History Month by featuring iconic female vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughan alongside contemporary talents such as Samara Joy and Ray. Throughout the show, Piscopo maintains a personal connection with his audience, apologizing for early technical delays, discussing his recent travels, and engaging in warm, nostalgic conversations with callers about family and faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Joe Piscopo Show 2-25-26 50:28 - Corey Lewandowski, Trump 2024 Senior Official Topic: State of the Union 59:36 - Congressman Mike Haridopolos, Republican representing Florida's 8th Congressional District Topic: State of the Union 1:12:09 - Stephen Moore, "Joe Piscopo Show" Resident Scholar of Economics, Chairman of FreedomWorks Task Force on Economic Revival, former Trump economic adviser and the author of "The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again" Topic: Economy in the State of the Union address 1:19:29 - Vincent J. Vallelong, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association Topic: Cops assaulted with snowballs in New York 1:32:51 - Rob Chadwick, Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Former Director of Tactical Training in Quantico and the Principal Training Advisor to the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Topic: $1 million reward offered by Savannah Guthrie in Nancy Guthrie investigation 1:45:00- Gregg Jarrett, Legal and political analyst for Fox News Channel and the author of "The Trial Of The Century" Topic: State of the Union; DOJ suing New Jersey over executive order limiting ICE operation and expansion of sanctuary status 2:05:00- Miranda Devine, columnist for the New York Post and the author of "The Big Guy" Topic: State of the Union and the Democratic responseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Joe Piscopo will be hosting the first hour of the program. Joe's guest hosts for the remainder will be Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer. Col. Jack Jacobs, a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam WarTopic: Iran nuclear talks; U.S. military strikes on ISIS targets and drug traffickers in the Caribbean Craig Shirley, Presidential Historian, Political Consultant, and Reagan biographerTopic: President's Day John Iannarelli, former police officer, retired FBI Special Agent, consultant, and the author of "Disorderly Conduct"Topic: Nancy Guthrie investigation Col. Kurt Schlichter, Attorney, Retired Army Infantry Colonel with a Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Senior Columnist at Town Hall, and the author of the new book "Panama Red" Topic: U.S.-Iran nuclear talks Ammon Blair, former U.S. Army officer and Border Patrol agent and a Senior Fellow for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s ‘Secure & Sovereign Nation’ InitiativeTopic: ICE deportation push; ICE's withdrawal from MinnesotaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo navigates a series of technical difficulties while broadcasting live from a hotel balcony in Florida. Despite being forced to "phone in" the show due to equipment failure, Piscopo maintains an upbeat tone, utilizing the mishap to illustrate the theme of humility and his personal "humility gremlins." The program serves as a tribute to Black History Month, specifically highlighting how Frank Sinatra broke the color barrier in the entertainment industry by supporting legends like Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie. Through a mix of classic tracks and personal anecdotes, Piscopo celebrates the enduring legacy of Sinatra's musicianship and his role as a social justice advocate who demanded equality for his African-American colleagues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo joins station owner John Catsimatidis and guest Fernando Mateo to announce a significant programming shift for the long-running show Sundays with Sinatra. The broadcast serves as a celebratory transition, revealing that the program is moving to a Saturday night "After Dark" slot to reach a global audience via YouTube and syndication, while Fernando Mateo prepares to take over the Sunday evening time period. Amidst the logistics of the move, the conversation transitions into a patriotic dialogue on immigrant success, where the hosts defend traditional American values, critique contemporary cultural trends at the Grammys, and share personal stories of their multicultural heritage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo and John Catsimatidis interview Sid Rosenberg, a prominent broadcaster who reflects on his professional evolution from sports journalism to news and politics. The conversation highlights the tight-knit "family" atmosphere of the station, touching on Rosenberg's upcoming television appearances and his acting roles in the series Gravesend. A significant portion of the dialogue focuses on Rosenberg's personal relationship with Donald Trump, including his appointment to the Holocaust Museum board and his direct communication with the former president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast, I sit down with comedian, actor, and radio legend Joe Piscopo for a long, honest conversation about work ethic, legacy, family, and the responsibility that comes with having a voice. Joe talks about what it really takes to do four hours of live radio every day, why preparation still matters, and how radio keeps you accountable in a way nothing else does. We get into Italian-American roots, respect for the older generation, Frank Sinatra's lasting influence, and why World War II stories should never be forgotten. We also talk about discipline, fatherhood, faith, and what young performers need to understand if they want longevity in this business. This is a thoughtful, funny, old-school conversation about showing up, doing the work, and honoring where you came from. Special thanks to my producer John (NYVideoGuy) for keeping the show running every week. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to like, comment, and subscribe so you don't miss future conversations.

Joe Piscopo guides listeners through a nostalgic retrospective of Frank Sinatra's 1971 retirement concert and his subsequent 1973 comeback. The program highlights the emotional weight of Sinatra's temporary departure at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where he performed iconic standards like "My Way" and "Angel Eyes" before an audience that believed they were witnessing his final bows. Piscopo transitions from the somber tones of that supposed farewell to the lush, hopeful sounds of the "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" album, emphasizing how these recordings rejuvenated the singer's career with new classics such as "There Used to Be a Ballpark." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo gives his listeners the best of the legendary Frank Sinatra on a day where a winter storm has ravaged the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo's guest hosts this morning are Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer Col. Kurt Schlichter, Attorney, Retired Army Infantry Colonel with a Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Senior Columnist at Town Hall, and the author of the new book "Panama Red" Topic: Jack Smith testimony; Greenland Jonathan Hoenig, portfolio manager at Capitalist Pig Hedge Fund LLC and a Fox News ContributorTopic: TikTok deal to operate in the U.S. Rob Chadwick, Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Former Director of Tactical Training in Quantico and the Head of Personal and Public Safety for the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA)Topic: Search of Barron Trump's rom in Mar-a-Lago raid Christina Farrell, NYC Office of Emergency Management First Deputy CommissionerTopic: Storm preparations in New York City Joe Bastardi, co-chief Meteorologist at WeatherBell and the author of "The Weaponization of Weather in the Phony Climate War" and "The Climate Chronicles: Inconvenient Revelations You Won't Hear From Al Gore -- And Others"Topic: Impending storm Art Del Cueto, Border Security Advisor for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and a 21-year veteran of the Border PatrolTopic: Latest in MinnesotaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo interviews Stan Wozniak who adds a layer of protective grit to this legacy, recounting a legal dismissal that followed a physical confrontation with a rude photographer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo guides listeners through a celebratory exploration of Frank Sinatra's concept albums, emphasizing the artistic cohesion and emotional depth of the singer's curated collections. Interweaving iconic tracks like "Under My Skin" and "Come Fly with Me," Piscopo highlights Sinatra's unique way with a phrase and the legendary collaborations with arrangers like Nelson Riddle and Billy May. The program further enriches the portrait of the legendary crooner by referencing Bill Zehme's book, The Lost Art of Living, sharing intimate anecdotes that showcase Sinatra's extraordinary life and heart as a loyal friend and dedicated father. Through a blend of nostalgic music, listener call-ins, and personal reflections, the show serves as a warm tribute to the enduring legacy of the "Chairman of the Board" during a cold winter night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo will be departing at 8 a.m. Al Gattullo and Joe Sibilia will take over for the remainder of the show. 25:13- Jeff James, Retired Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the U.S. Secret Service Topic: Volunteer radio host's directive to kill JD Vance 38:56- John Solomon, award-winning investigative journalist, founder of "Just The News," and the host of “Just the News, No Noise” on the Real America’s Voice network Topic: Iran; Jack Smith to testify before House Judiciary Committee on January 22; State of the State addresses today; Other news of the day 51:15- K.T. McFarland, Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor and the author of "Revolution: Trump, Washington and 'We The People'.” Topic: Iran, Trump, and Maduro 1:03:08- David Fischer, CEO of Landmark Capital Topic: Why gold and silver will outperform stock indexes 1:28:34- Dr. Ben Dworkin, Founding Director of the Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ Topic: Phil Murphy's final State of the State address 2:04:38- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C., specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: Possibility of an attack on Iran 2:13:02- Lt. Col. Chuck DeVore (Ret.), Former National Guardsman and Chief National Initiatives Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, who served as a Republican member of the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010 Topic: "Left seeks martyrs to fuel anti-Trump uprising as ICE enforcement operations ramp up nationwide" (Fox News op ed)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo's guest hosts this morning are Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer. 51:01- Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, New York City Councilmember representing District 19 of Queens Topic: Mamdani's inauguration 1:01:17- Dr. Greg Gorbett, Professor in the Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation degree program at Eastern Kentucky University Topic: Switzerland ski resort fire 1:28:11- Carrie Filipetti, Executive Director of the Vandenbeg Coalition and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Special Representative for Venezuela at the U.S. State Department Topic: Latest in Ukraine and Iran 1:38:24- Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, Representative for New York's 11th Congressional District Topic: Mamdani's inauguration 1:51:42- Chris Swecker, attorney who served as assistant director of the FBI for the Criminal Investigative Division from 2004 to 2006 Topic: Suspected fraud in Minnesota 2:04:53- Dr. Betsy McCaughey, New York Post columnist, former Lt. Gov. of NY State, Chairwoman and founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths Topic: Mamdani's inaugurationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Piscopo's guest hosts this morning are Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer. 50:44- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C. Specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: Russia accusing Ukraine of drone attack on Putin's home 1:00:00- Col. Kurt Schlichter, Attorney, Retired Army Infantry Colonel with a Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Senior Columnist at Town Hall, and the author of the new book "Panama Red" Topic: Tyler Robinson hearing 1:13:39- Shahar Azani, Middle East commentator, Former Israeli Diplomat and Former Spokesperson of the Israeli Consulate in New YorkTopic: President Trump's meeting with Netanyahu 1:26:35- Lee Smith, journalist and the author of "The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered a Deadly Pact" Topic: China surrounding Taiwan with warships and fighter jets in military drills 1:50:23- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, host of "The DerShow," and the author of "The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies: And How to Refute Them with Truth" and the new book "The Preventative State" Topic: President Trump's meeting with Netanyhau 2:03:36- Rafael Mangual, senior fellow with and head of research for the Manhattan Institute’s Policing and Public Safety Initiative and a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of "Criminal (In)Justice" Topic: Crime in New York entering the Mamdani administrationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill O'Reilly sits down with Joe Piscopo, Stephen A. Smith, and Bo Dietl for a candid discussion on current events, politics, and issues affecting the Tri-State area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo's guest hosts this morning are Stephen Parr & Louis Avallone, co-hosts of "American Ground Radio" on AM 970 The Answer. 51:00- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of "Preparing for World War III" Topic: Trump's meeting with Zelenskyy this past weekend; Trump meeting with Netanyahu today; U.S. strikes on ISIS in Nigeria 1:00:01- Kyle Bailey, Aviation analyst, pilot, and former FAA Safety Team representative, and the author of "WITNESS: JFK Jr.'s Fatal Flight: The Last Witness" Topic: Two helicopters collide and crash in Hammonton, NJ, with one fatality reported 1:26:01- Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax ReformTopic: Tax refunds in 2026 1:37:01- Rob Chadwick, Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Former Director of Tactical Training in Quantico and the Head of Personal and Public Safety for the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Topic: One killed and three wounded in mass shooting in Chicago 2:04:00- Jillian Anderson King, former Washington Redskins Cheerleader Ambassador and ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelor in Paradise contestant, ambassador for Turning Point and Turning Point Faith, founder of The Kings Firm Topic: "I was a contestant on ‘The Bachelor.’ Here’s why AI can’t replace real relationships" (Fox News op ed) 2:15:47- Dr. John R. Lott Jr., President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime Topic: "New data reveals the horrific truth about illegal-immigrant crime" (New York Post op ed)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.