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Today, we're diving into one of the most debated topics of our time: CRISPR gene editing technology. Join me and Neal Baer, M.D.—pediatrician, acclaimed television writer and producer (ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and author of The Promise and Peril of CRISPR, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. We'll explore the moral, ethical, and policy challenges posed by CRISPR technology, taking a critical look at the history of eugenics—particularly during the 20th century—where eugenic ideas, both in Nazi Germany and in the United States, influenced forced sterilizations and discriminatory practices. Could the advent of gene editing technologies bring us back to a time when genetic selection was misused again? With input from leading philosophers, geneticists, and bioethicists, we'll touch on what global regulation should look like, what lessons can be learned from controversial cases like the gene-editing scandal in China, and what predictions experts are making about the future of human genetics. Join us as we get rebelliously curious. Watch the YouTube interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oq6-yjbp98 Follow Chrissy Newton: Winner of the Canadian Podcast Awards for Best Science Series. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM32gjHqMnYl_MOHZetC8Eg  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingchrissynewton/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrissynewton?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingChrissyNewton  Chrissy Newton's Website: https://chrissynewton.com Top Canadian Science Podcast: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/canadian_science_podcasts/ 

As a Harvard trained pediatrician as well as television writer and producer, Neal Baer has particularly interesting take on the moral, policy and ethical challenges of CRISPR gene-editing technology. Baer - He is best known for his work on the television shows Designated Survivor, ER and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - has edited a new collection of essays on The Promise and Peril of CRISPR. It's a critical issue because CRISPR technology allows us to become God in determining what types of humans should and shouldn't exist. And Baer even has a new tv series in the works, appropriately entitled The Edit, about a group of rogue scientists who use CRISPR technology to eliminate a group of supposedly “undesirable” people. Born in 1958 in Denver, Colorado, Neal Baer is an award-winning showrunner, television writer and producer, physician, and author. He is a lecturer on global health and social medicine and the co-director of the master's degree program in Media, Medicine, and Health at Harvard Medical School. He was an executive producer and showrunner for Designated Survivor, Baking Impossible, Under the Dome, and Law & Order: Special Victims...Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

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In this profound episode of Candid Conversations, Jonathan Youssef sits down with Becket Cook, author of "A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption" and host of The Becket Cook Show. Becket shares his powerful testimony of living a homosexual lifestyle until a radical encounter with Jesus transformed his life. Raised in a conservative Christian family in Dallas, Texas, Becket navigated the complexities of his identity and faith, eventually finding his true calling in Christ.Join us as Becket recounts his journey from Hollywood's elite circles to a devoted follower of Jesus. He offers insight into how the church can compassionately and truthfully engage with issues of sexuality. Becket's story is a testament to the redemptive power of God's love and the importance of unwavering faith.Don't miss this inspiring conversation, a story of transformation and a guide for churches and individuals to navigate conversations about sexuality with grace and truth.Connect with Jonathan and the Candid community:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candidpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidpodTwitter: https://twitter.com/thecandidpodTranscript:This transcript recounts Candid Conversations with Jonathan Youssef Episode 261: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption: Becket Cook[00:02] JMY: Today's guest is a very special guest. It is Becket Cook. Becket has written a book called A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption. He is the host of The Becket Cook Show, which can be found on YouTube. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Becket attended a Jesuit college preparatory school, lived the homosexual lifestyle until the Lord radically called him and drew him to Himself. And now Becket is out to help churches have the conversation about sexuality and help the church navigate. Becket, thank you so much for taking the time to be on Candid Conversations.[01:13] Becket: Thank you, Jonathan. Good to be here.[01:17] JMY: We've got to start with your story. It's profound and amazing. All salvation stories are amazing; yours is unique. I'd love it if you'd just give us a few minutes and navigate us through your testimony.[01:39] Becket: Yeah, I mean, I'm still in shock. I'm still in shock that this is my story after fifteen years. So, when I was very young I started to notice that I was attracted to the same sex, which was very a disorienting thing, especially at that time when it was very much taboo in Dallas and in my family. My family were Christians and of course, all of my peers and my schoolmates unanimously believed that, I mean, we didn't even have to say it; it was known that homosexuality was just wrong or bad or weird or sinful. And so I had this kind of dark secret. But I was very social in school. I even went steady with girls in seventh and eighth grade, and in high school, I dated three girls, seriously dated them. But it was all the while I knew I wasn't attracted to the girls. It was just like a social thing for me. And so in my junior year at Jesuit, I met a sophomore, and he was dealing with the same thing. He was dealing with the same-sex attraction. So when that happened, the floodgates opened because we became friends, and then like three months or six months, I can't remember how long into our friendship, we basically came out to each other one night at this club.And when that happened, we just started exploring gay life and gay culture in Dallas and going to gay bars. I was 15, he was 14. I don't know where my parents were, but by the time I was in high school, my parents were so checked out that I could be gone for three days, and they didn't even notice. God bless them, they're in heaven now.So we were going to gay bars in Dallas, not sure how we got into these bars, but we did, and then we were going to this one nightclub called the Stark Club. I mention this because it was such a seminal moment in my life. The Starck Club was very famous in Dallas, and it was designed by Philippe Starck, the French designer, and it was beautiful. It was just so, for lack of a better word, it was very chic. And so we started going to the Starck Club, and the first time I walked in, it was just very grand. There was this grand staircase with a red carpet that went up to these giant doors, and you walked into this beautiful space. And I walked in, and there were gay people, straight people, artists, trans people, drag queens—it's a whole mix of kind of the subculture, and the whole mix of artists.And so I walked in and it was like, ah, these are my people![05:28] JMY: You felt like you belonged.[05:29] Becket: Yeah, I belong here. And I started going. And we would go to Starck Club—it was open Thursday through Sunday, and we would go every night, Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night we would go. And sometimes I wouldn't get home until 5:00 in the morning. And one time my dad was up. My dad was a lawyer. He was up at 5:00 in the morning (he would always get up at 5:00), and I walked in the front door, and he walked past me and kind of looked at me, and I was like, “Hi, Dad.” He didn't even say anything like “Where have you been?” My childhood was very permissive, for better or worse.So then, when I went away to college, the same thing happened. I met someone at college who was same sex attracted and then we eventually came out to each other and again I had a confidant, I had someone to talk to because I still wasn't out, but at this point in my life, I wouldn't have described myself as “gay” because I just thought this was a phase. This was a phase that will probably go away and I'll probably get married to a woman and have kids.It wasn't really my identity for this whole time in high school and college until after college I moved to Tokyo with my best friend from college. And we moved to Tokyo because we didn't really know what we wanted to do with our lives. I was premed in college, and then I realized I didn't want to be a doctor, which was bad after four years of studying.[07:23] JMY: A lot of investment.[07:25] Becket: You know it was really upsetting. And so I applied to law school, and actually, then, as kind of a backup, I applied to dental school. And so I got into law school and dental school. I was kind of like, “I don't know if I want to do any of this.” So both of us moved to Tokyo to kind of have a gap year, basically, to figure out what we wanted to do. And it was when I was in Tokyo that his friend from Texas came to stay with us, we'll call him “Adam.” Adam was part of the Christo exhibition in Japan. Christo was a very famous artist who recently died, a French artist, but he and his wife used to do these dramatic art projects like covering the Reichstadt in fabric. And they did this thing in Japan where they lined parts of Japan with umbrellas, like yellow and blue umbrellas. They did it in California and Japan.And so anyway, this guy Adam was part of that exhibition. So he stayed with us for like a week in Tokyo. And it was weird, because when I first met Adam, I had no interest and didn't think anything of it, but by the time he left, we had fallen in love, quote unquote. And so that was the first time I'd experienced that rush of emotion, that romantic feeling. And then we got into a relationship, and it was my first real relationship with a guy.And so that was a game-changer, too, because that's when it became my identity, homosexuality became my identity. And I was happy to be gay. I was like, “This is who I am. This is immutable.” I was thrilled. And while I was in Japan, my sister wrote me a letter asking if I was gay because she had had her suspicions for a long time. And so I wrote her back and I said yes and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. By the way, p.s., don't tell Mom and Dad. I'll tell them when I get back home. And, of course, she told them immediately when she got my letter, which I was happy about because she did all the heavy lifting for me.[10:03] JMY: Softened the blow.[10:04] Becket: Yeah. So by the time I got home, my whole family knew. My family is very conservative, all believers, and so they, especially my siblings, were not happy about this. And my parents weren't either, but my parents' reaction was so loving and gracious. My mother, whom I was very close to, of course, was quite surprised, gay son, close mother, surprise, surprise. My mother cried. I walked into the kitchen that first night after I got back from Tokyo, and my mother just started crying, and I knew why she was crying.And I said, “Mom, what's wrong?” And she said, “I heard you're a homosexual.”And that's when AIDS was still kind of a death sentence, and so she was terrified, I was terrified about it, and so I just tried to calm her down.I said, “Mom, this is not a big deal. Don't worry about me.”The next day, my dad came up to me, and my dad is such a man's man; it surprised him to respond. Because he came up to me and he said, “Hey Beck, I heard you're a homosexual, and you know”—[11:32] JMY: Like he read it in the newspaper or something.[11:36] Becket: Yeah, and so he said, “Is there anything I did wrong as a father? Are you angry at me for this?” He listed three things, and it was basically—I can't remember what they were—did I not spend enough time with you? Did your brother beat you up or whatever, and I didn't intervene? Are you angry about that?And I was like, “Dad, no. This is not your fault. This is just who I am. It's not a big deal.”And that was kind of the end of the conversation with my parents. They never brought it up again. And what they did was so genius. Because I moved to L.A. So, when I got back from Tokyo, I realized I was not going to grad school; I was moving to Los Angeles because a lot of my friends moved here, and I was like, “I'm going to pursue writing and acting. And so I moved to L.A. My dad was so confused when I told him. It was like a couple of weeks before law school. I was enrolled in law school, and I was like, “Dad, I'm moving to L.A. tomorrow.”And he was like, “Huh?” He was so confused. And so I moved to L.A. and I had this group of friends that were brilliant in L.A. When I got here, I had this built-in group of friends because several of my friends from high school already lived here, and they all came from Brown and Princeton and moved with all their friends to the West Coast and to L.A. to work in Hollywood, in showbiz. My group of friends were so smart and funny and brilliant and ambitious. And they all were movers and shakers. All those people, guys, girls, straight, gay, the whole mix, the same people run this town now; they run Hollywood. So whatever you're watching on Netflix or whatever–[13:51] JMY: They're behind it.[13:52] Becket: And in fact, the Jeffrey Epstein whatever, Filthy Rich, was produced by one of my dear friends from back in that time. Anyway, so I had this great group of friends, I was out, and we all wanted to make it in Hollywood, which they were all—my friends were becoming huge stars or becoming huge directors or writers overnight. I mean, it was wild to see how quickly they became successful. Minnie Driver was a dear friend, and she did Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon. Suddenly, she was a movie star, and this was happening to all of my friends. Like Mariska Hargitay was Jayne Mansfield's daughter, but nobody really knew her, but then she got—I drove her to her audition for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and she's still on the show twenty-three years later. She's made a fortune on that show. Well, I won't tell that part about Mariska, but we're still friends.But this was happening to all of my friends. We all wanted to make it in Hollywood; we all wanted to find true love, and I cycled through five serious, serious boyfriends over the years in L.A., live-in boyfriends. And then we all wanted to have extraordinary experiences, which we were doing in spades because my friends were all in the business. And the guy I just talked about was Diane Keaton's producing partner. So we were always invited to everything—the Grammys the Oscars, the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the afterparties, to movie premiers every week. I was kind of in the mix.I met everyone in this town, literally everyone. I mean, name the person. I had dinner with Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and many, many other people. Hung out at Drew Barrymore's, went to Prince's house where he performed a concert in his backyard for three hours, hung out with Paris Hilton at her house, and went to her wedding engagement. For years, this was my life.And then I was successful a little bit, and I acted. I was successful at commercial acting, and I did a couple of indie films, one was at Sundance, and that wasn't really taking off. The writing was difficult. I sold a couple of projects that didn't make it to series, so then I ended up becoming a production designer in the fashion world. I just fell into it with The New York Times Magazine because my friend was the editor for it. And so that became my career, doing fashion shoots, these super-high-end fashion shoots. And I did that for a very long time, probably twenty years, seventeen years, I'm not sure.And so after the years of all of this and years of going to all of these fun things and experiencing all these things, I just started to feel the law of diminishing returns and I just felt like, What is this all about? I can't keep going to these dinner parties and going to these events. And it all came to a head at Paris Fashion Week in March of 2009. I used to go to Fashion Week in New York and Paris and that particular week I had gone to a bunch of the runway shows and a lot of them had afterparties, and I was at this one afterparty in this club called Regine, in the middle of Paris, a legendary place. The owner just died recently. But I was there, and everyone from the fashion world was there.I was sitting with Rachel Zoe, who's a fashion girl and has a TV show, and her husband, Roger, and I just remember drinking champagne and looking out over the crowd, and everyone was dancing and having the best time of their life, and I just felt such an overwhelming sense of emptiness. I was like, whoa, where did that come from? So, I ghosted the party and went back to the apartment I'd rented in [unintelligible] and I was up all night in a panic about my future. I was like, what am I going to do for the rest of my life? This isn't satisfying me anymore. I can't just keep going to parties and fabulous things and traveling the world. Yeah, it was fun for a long time, but it's not doing it for me anymore. And I knew that Christianity was not an option because I was gay, so I can't pursue that, so what am I going to do? So I was very, very troubled.[20:07] JMY: Can I ask, did that thought enter your mind, the pursuit of faith? Was that a cognizant thought or was that just sort of part of the narrative? Did you sit there and take an account and think perhaps ...?[20:26] Becket: Well, no. I knew that from my entire life.[20:31] JMY: It was always there as a separation.[20:33] Becket: God's not an option for me. And by that time in my life I was a practical atheist. All of my friends were atheists (they still are, most of them, my old friends). And I just, by that time in my life, I really just believed or felt like the Bible was an ancient myth, like any other ancient myth. God was not real. It was weird. It was a weird kind of disconnect because I believed my family's faith was real, which was interesting. So when I would go home to Dallas, it was weird. They would talk about their faith, they would pray, and I could sense that it was real, but I just felt like it could never be something for me because—[21:21 JMY: It's like a compartmentalization, right? This works for you; that won't work for me. Interesting.[21:28] Becket: And so six months later in L.A. I was at a coffee shop with my best friend, who still is gay, although we're not nearly as close, in fact, we barely see each other, if ever, because of this. But I was with my best friend, and we were chatting, hanging out at our favorite coffee shop in Silverlake, and we looked over, and there was a group of young people with Bibles on the table. There were five physical Bibles on the table, which is a shocking sight to see in L.A. But not only L.A. but Silverlake, which is a super progressive part of L.A.We were stunned because my friend was an atheist as well. He was culturally Jewish, a secular Jew from New York, and it was just like we were shocked. But I was intrigued because of that night in Paris six months before. I was kind of intrigued about what this Christian thing was, and I wanted to explore it.So my friend said, “Talk to them. See what they're doing.”And I was like, “No, I don't want to talk to them!”And anyway, I ended up turning to them, and I always say this, it's like a Christian's fantasy come true when a gay atheist turns to you and says, “Tell me all about Christianity.” And so we got into this conversation for like an hour or two. It was a long conversation. And I said, “What is your faith? Like what do you believe? I don't remember. Just tell me what you believe.”And they were very competent with the Scriptures, and they knew what the Gospel was and were very knowledgeable. And they said they went to a church in Hollywood called Reality L.A., an evangelical church. And with my friends back in the day, evangelicals were the enemy. They were somewhere to the right of Atilla the Hun. But it didn't bother me. So I, of course, get to the question and I ask them, “What does your church believe about homosexuality?”And I kind of expected this answer, so it wasn't shocking. They said, “Well, we believe it's a sin.” Of course, that was 2009. Now, who knows what people will say.[24:27] JMY: It's a grab bag now.[24:29] Becket: I wasn't surprised by their response, but I was surprised by mine because I just kind of accepted that, and I didn't protest. And it's because of that night in Paris. I was open to hearing something different. I was just open at that point. God, obviously, was working with me.So they invited me to their church the following Sunday and I said, “I don't know. Just give me the address and I'll think about it.”So I had a whole week to think about it. And it was kind of a big deal because if any of my other friends, all my other atheist, Hollywood friends, found out that I'd gone to an evangelical church, it would have been super embarrassing, and they would have thought I was crazy. So I was debating all week: Should I do this? What if nothing happens? What if it's just fake and what if it's not real?But that following Sunday I woke up and I just was like, I'm going to do this. And I got in my car, drove to this high school auditorium where it meets on Sunset Boulevard, and I walked in. Before I walked in, I put the idea of homosexuality as my identity in this imaginary white box and put it on an imaginary shelf before I walked in. It was kind of weird. I don't know how that happened.And then I heard the worship music, which kind of freaked me out a little bit a first because I was like, Oh my gosh, Christian music, because I just saw this True Blood episode where (it was an HBO show that was disgusting, but anyway they satirized evangelical Christian worship music. And so I was like, Oh, this is weird.[26:38] JMY: That's not hard to do.[26:39] Becket: Yeah, exactly. But then it was actually nice, the music's nice. And I sat down by myself, I found a seat by myself, and the pastor came out and started preaching on Romans chapter 7 for an hour, and that's when everything started happening. Everything he was saying, every word he was saying, every sentence he was saying was resonating as truth in my mind and my heart and I didn't know why. I was literally on the edge of my seat, totally riveted to the sermon and to him, his speaking. And I was just like, What? This is true. What is he saying? I remember thinking, “This is the Gospel? This is good news!”And then after the sermon there were people on the sides of the auditorium on the prayer ministry that you could go get prayed with, and after his sermon there's another thirty minutes of worship time. So I walked over to this guy, which I reluctantly walked over to this guy on the side because, again, I was embarrassed to do this because I knew the people who had invited me there were probably watching me. And so I walked over to this guy and I said, “Hey, I don't know what I believe, but I'm here.” And he said, “Okay, let me pray for you.”And he prayed for me, and it was so loving and caring, and I was like, How does this random straight dude care about me so much?[28:14] JMY: Right.[28:16] Becket: Anyway, I went back to my seat and everyone else in the auditorium (there were a thousand people in the auditorium) everyone else was standing and singing and worshiping. And I sat down because I was just so overwhelmed by the sermon, by the music, by the prayer, and as soon as I sat down, the Holy Spirit just flooded me. I mean, it was like a Road to Damascus moment. God revealed Himself to me in the most powerful way. It was like God said, in my mind, God said, “I'm God. Jesus is my Son. Heaven is real, hell is real, the Bible is true. Welcome to my kingdom.”And I just burst into tears. I was doubled over, heaving and crying and crying for twenty-five minutes. And it was the most cathartic cry I've ever had. Everything came out. I was crying over the conviction of sin, but also the joy of meeting the king of the universe, Jesus Christ. And then I got home after the service. I don't really know how I made it home because I was such a wreck, and I got into bed to take a nap. And again, God did it again. God was like, “Here, here's some more Bible.”And I just, again, I just immediately, it was so real. It was like God's presence was right—it was there. And I burst into tears again and I was bawling in my bedroom, jumped out of my bed and was like, “God, you have my whole life, I'm yours. I'm done.”In that moment I knew that homosexual behavior was a sin. I knew that it was wrong. I knew that dating guys was not my identity anymore and I knew that dating guys was not a part of my future. But I didn't care at all, because I had just met Jesus. And I'm like, I'm going with that guy, forget those guys.And that was September 20, 2009, and I've never looked back. And I've never felt like life is unfair. Because I'm single and chaste, and I've never felt like life is unfair for me or like I'm being cheated out of something. I just feel like I can't believe that God had mercy on me and I'm in the Kingdom of God. And I have, by the way, eternal life, which is cool to have. So yeah, that's the story.[31:09] JMY: Oh, it's such a wonderful story, just even the way you give us the snapshots of those moments of what you thought you knew what you wanted and you know now the Spirit was preparing you and doing the work of tilling the soil of your heart to culminate in that moment. But as we know, that's not the end of the story. Your story continues on. And so I wonder if we could just talk a little bit about your family, how your family interacted with you. So a number of our listeners will be people who have family members, friends who are near to them who are living this lifestyle and they don't know what to do, they don't know what to say. Do I say a lot? Do I say a little? Do I say nothing? Where do I go?And I know some of that will be kind of case by case, but I think it will be helpful to hear what was it that the interactions of your friends and family who were believers? How did they sort of walk this out with you?[32:35] Becket: Yeah. My family ... Well, first of all, you know, because I moved to L.A. I was very disconnected from my family. But my parents, I was very close with my mother. We talked on the phone all the time. She came out and visited many times. My family was just kind of very hands-off because there was really nothing they could do. I was an adult, I lived in L.A. What would they do, come hunt me down and drive me to church?My parents were just brilliant. I just loved how they responded to and dealt with it. Because I did this episode on my show where I recently discovered a typed prayer that my mother did. My sister-in-law sent me a text, saying, “Hey, I just found this prayer that your mother typed to God basically, and I found it in an old box from some of your mother's things.” And she sent me this prayer. And that's what my parents did. They just loved me and prayed for me.My mother and this prayer are amazing; it's like twenty-four points. And the first point, because my mother knew, I guess, which was shocking to me, she just knew instinctively that she wasn't going to convince me not to be gay. So, she went straight to the throne room of the grace of God. She knew it was a spiritual battle. I wish I had the prayer with me right now. She said, “In the all-powerful name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we come against the enemy with the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God.”And when I read this prayer recently when I got it, I was stunned because my mother was praying for me all this time, but she never told me. Because if she had told me, “Hey Becket, I'm praying for you,” it would have been a disaster because I would have been like, “Why are you praying for me? I don't need prayer. This is who I am. Stop praying.” It would have upset me, so she never said that. My dad never said that.My sister-in-law, who is in my book, Kim, the way she dealt with it was brilliant, too, because whenever I would go to Dallas for the holidays, she would call me. She's an evangelical Christian, and I knew where she stood on this issue, too, but she would call me all the time, which I was kind of like, Why is Kim calling me? Why does she want to hang out with me? She knows I'm gay and she's a super-conservative Christian. She would call me and invite me to coffee, and we would hang out. And I would talk about my boyfriends, she would talk about God and what was going on in her life, and she never once pulled out the Bible and said, “Hey Becket, you know in Leviticus 18 …” She never, ever once did that. She just loved me.And then she prayed, unbeknownst to me, she was praying this verse over me for twenty years. In Acts 26:18, when Paul is in front of King Agrippa, and he's talking about how God sent him to preach to the Gentiles, he says, “to open their eyes so that they may be turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. That they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those sanctified by faith in Me.”So she was praying for me, my family members were praying for me, I get the impulse for parents, family members, friends, the immediate impulse is “I want to fix this. I want to fix the problem.” That rarely, if ever, works. However, there is an exception, a caveat I'll get to. But the best thing you can do is just be diligent in prayer and go straight to God. Because it has to be a supernatural thing. The Holy Spirit has to convict a person. There's no other way. Otherwise, it's just behavior modification.[37:31] JMY: Praise the Lord. Praise God that it's His work and not ours because we'd screw it all up.[37:37] Becket: Yeah, exactly. However, because of this new sort of generation of social contagion of LGBTQ+, you know, Brown University 40 percent of the student body—this just makes me laugh—40 percent of the student body identifies as LGBTQ. I mean, that is laughable. When I was in college, it was about 1 percent.[38:05] JMY: Now everyone is.[38:06] Becket: Yeah, now it's super popular. So I came out as gay at the wrong time, and now I came out as Christian at the wrong time. [unintelligible]. But anyway, so with that aspect of it, when you're a teenager just suddenly claims, “I'm LGBTQ,” or “I'm pansexual,” or “I'm nonbinary,” “I'm queer,” I think in those cases there should be, there could be some pushback from the parents in terms of saying, “Look …” Because this happened with me with a young woman, a teenage girl who came up to me at a conference and said, “I'm pansexual and nonbinary.”And I said, “Why? Why are you?” She didn't have an answer for me, and I said, “Are you that way because you want attention, popularity, street cred? Why do you think you're... because when I was your age, there was no such thing, so why do you think you're this way?”And she just started welling up with tears, and she needed, I just sensed in that moment she needed to be pushed back on. And later that day she ended up breaking down, getting prayed for my somebody, and she came to Christ.[39:39] JMY: It was a crisis moment for her, not a … it had not become a true identity where she had been encapsulated in something. She seemed confused more than anything. I mean, obviously, you could make that argument for anyone.[39:55] Becket: Yeah, this young teenage boy was like, “Oh, and I'm asexual.” And I was like, “You haven't even gone through puberty yet.”So yeah, I do think that when it is this kind of contagion aspect, I've done episodes on this, and I talk about this. You can trace exactly how we got to where we are in the culture from obviously from if you've read Carl Truman, you can go back to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, but even going back to the sexual revolution in the Sixties or the gay movement that started in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, you can trace so clearly how we've become indoctrinated into believing the lies of the world. And it's just so obvious to me, and it's like, just the TV shows, Will & Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Brokeback Mountain and all these gay-themed shows and movies were so powerful in the culture, and it changed so many people's minds on this issue.Of course, I was thrilled at the time. When I was living that life, I was thrilled. I was friends with Sean Hayes on Will & Grace, and I was friends with many of the people who created these shows.[41:33] JMY: They were changing the narrative.[41:34] Becket: Yeah. And it was like Madsen and Kirk, the book After the Ball, they published. These two Harvard guys, graduates, published a book called After the Ball, and I wish I had it right here. Where's my copy? Anyway, the book was published in 1989, and basically, it was about how to normalize homosexuality in America. It was the subtitle of the book. And everything in that book has come true. Everything they said in that book has come true. Basically, it was like talking about homosexuality until it was thoroughly tiresome. That was one of their points. Another one of their points was to make heterosexuals feel like you are a victim, and they'll come to your side and to your aid.And so all these things have come to pass, and that's why, even in the church, people are falling for this and caving to it, caving to the culture and buying this lie. And again, I challenge people to, okay, would you be … would you be thinking this way fifty years ago? Would you be thinking this way a hundred years ago? So obviously, the culture—[43:16] JMY: Not critically thinking.[43:117] Becket: Obviously, like the culture has influenced you. Because some of my friends, some of my high school—I say this all the time—in my high school, everyone believed it was a sin, it was wrong, in the girls' school, in the boys' school. Now some of those same people are like allies, LGBTQ allies, and it's like, gee, I wonder what's happened over the last thirty years? Maybe it's the power of persuasion from movies and TV, which I get. It is very powerful.And so yeah, that's why I think with some cases, in some cases it is good to say, “Hey, why don't we walk through the last fifty years and see how it has shaped what we believe?” And so that can be helpful, too.[44:17] JMY: You're uniquely gifted, coming out of that world and into the Christian world, to have a voice to the church. We even laughed about the fact that some churches wouldn't even have you to come and speak because you're kind of against them.What are the things that you're putting in front of churches and trying to coach them through or equip them with? How do we deal with the culture? How do we deal with our young people who are falling into it or our children who maybe are saying and asking these questions? It sounds like there's a level of asking good questions and pushing back, as you've just given us examples. But what are some ways you're helping the church navigate all this?[45:27] Becket: There are so many different ways. But like Jesus was the master at balancing grace and truth publicly. I read through all four Gospels, not often, in one sitting, and I just watch what Jesus does and how He interacts with tax collectors, prostitutes, and sinners. And at the woman at the well, first of all, He's talking to a Samaritan woman, which is crazy for a Jewish man to do, and He's so loving and kind to her. And she, you know, He's like, “Oh, go get your husband.” And she's like, “Oh, I don't have a husband.” And He's like, “Yeah, you were married five times.”[46:17] JMY: “The one you're with now isn't your husband.”[46:19] Becket: “And the one you're with now isn't your husband.” So Jesus doesn't compromise the truth, but He also is super gracious and grace-full. That's what I see in the church is I see this happen all the time where parents when their kids come out, they love their kids—and I get it—like they love their kids so much that they suddenly change their theology and become [Overlapping voices] in their theology. And it's like, no, that's not the answer, because if my parents had affirmed and said, “Oh, Becket, you're fine,” I would not have respected them, number one.And my family when I got saved, the first people I contacted were my family because they never lied to me. I talk about this in my book, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; they refused to compromise God's Word by one iota. And they knew that they were going to go into a fiery furnace. They were not willing to compromise God's Word. And so that's my main thrust to the church is don't ever give up your convictions on this issue, but love your neighbor, your child as generously as you can, love them, love them. And the real key is to pray for them.The worst thing you can do is affirm them and say, “Oh, I don't think it's a sin anymore,” because that is leading them down a path of eternal destruction. That is the meanest, cruelest thing you can ever do to a child or anyone is say that to them. And so that's partly what I try to convey to churches. Also, I try to, sometimes, talk about what I go through; I spend a very long time going through every turning point in the history of the gay movement and how it has affected the culture and affected us.[48:48] JMY: I mean, just quickly if you've given that talk enough times, what kind of the high points of that? If you had to kind of—maybe you haven't prepped for that, but if you could just hit a couple of those high points for us.[49:02] Becket: The first high point was the Stonewall Inn in 1969, when police raided it. Because it was illegal to be gay in 1969 in the country. And so police raided the Stonewall Inn, which was a gay bar in the West Village in New York, and then there were riots, like three nights after that there were three nights of riots. That was June 28th. That's why Pride Month is in June. It used to be just one day, but now it's a whole month. Pretty soon it'll be all year, but that's a whole thing.[49:39] JMY: Perpetuity.[49:40] Becket: Yeah. And so that was a huge turning point because the year following, San Francisco, L.A., New York, I think Chicago had gay pride marches. That's when the pride marches started. They used to be called marches and now they're parades.[49:59] JMY: Like a protest.[50:00] Becket: Exactly, and that was a huge turning point of the gay movement. Then the AIDS crisis was a huge turning point because that's when the culture, right or wrong, the culture started to see gay men as victims, and so that was a huge, huge turning point. And there were so many movies, like Philadelphia, with Tom Hanks in that, and there were so many movies about that issue. And, interestingly, AIDS was something that propelled the gay movement forward. You would think it would do the reverse, but it propelled it forward. And so that was a big deal.And then in the Nineties—I mean, I'm skipping ahead of a bunch of stuff—but the Nineties, Will & Grace, Ellen, the sitcom with Ellen DeGeneres, she came out as a lesbian on the show, her character came out as a lesbian. And Will & Grace, it's like these guys are hilarious. I mean, what could be wrong with this? So—[51:22] JMY: Yeah, they're approachable,[51:23] Becket: They're cool. What could be wrong with this? And then a significant turning point was—oh, and then Sex and the City was a big deal in the Nineties. There was a gay character on that show. And Sex and the City was created by Darren Starr. I know Darren. And a lot of the writers on the show, the showrunner, is gay. Anyway, so what was interesting about Sex and the City is there were a lot of gay male writers on that show, and they were turning these women into gay men. The way these women had one-night stands and all this stuff. My friends and I would joke about it, like these are gay guys but in women's bodies. This is crazy. It's hilarious. So that show was a big game-changer.And then Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, that was major because that was the first time—I remember when that came out in 2003, I think, and it was five gay guys giving clueless straight guys makeovers. And that's when not only women and gay guys were watching, but that's when straight guys started watching because their girlfriends were like, “Oh my gosh, honey, you've got to watch this show; it's brilliant!”I remember telling a good friend of mine at the time, “This is going to change everything. This show is going to change everything.” And it did.And then you can skip to the, I mean, there were a lot of things, but you can skip to the legalization of gay marriage in 2015.[53:18] JMY: Yeah, Obergfell, sure.[53:19] Becket: That, of course, that's where we are now. And then now, of course, every city—So I lived right next to Beverly Hills, and Beverly Hills is very conservative because it's mostly Persian Jews who live in Beverly Hills. They're a very conservative group of people. They are very family oriented. And I was riding my bike the other day, and there was a pride flag painted on the sidewalk, in the middle of the street, an intersection, a pride, yeah, just like a pride thing. And I was shocked because I was like, wow, that's interesting that Beverly Hills would do this, because I know the mayor is conservative.But what I subsequently found out is that just like corporations have these rating systems where you have to be [Overlapping voices] you support—[54:24] JMY: Cities have them as well. Wow.[54:25] Becket: They get rated by I think it's the Human Rights Campaign, HRC. They get rated, so Beverly Hills doesn't want to lose tourism, so they will go along with it and put a pride flag on the street. And so now it's so ubiquitous, and I don't even know it at this point. I don't even know at this point how an unbeliever, or even some believers, can even believe that homosexual behavior is still a sin after all that's going on in the culture now. It's a rare thing, even for Christians now, to believe that it's still a sin.[55:15] JMY: it's almost like going back to first-century Christianity, where we're just so countercultural and so bizarre. How could you think there's only one God in Rome? And it's like we have all this plethora of gods? It is a sense of returning to thinking you're so backward and all this sort of thing.But the Lord's in control, and He knows what He's doing, and He's raised individuals such as yourself, and as we mentioned before, Rosaria and others, who are helping the church think critically and think helpfully and equipping and we're so grateful for the work that the Lord's doing in you. And so I want to say, Becket Cook, I'm so grateful for our time together and pray the Lord would bless your ministry.[56:24] Becket: Thank you, Jonathan. I appreciate it. And I'm really looking forward to coming to Atlanta and meeting you guys in person.[56:33] JMY: Absolutely. 

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Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley interviews Mel Harris. Mel Harris is an actress, writer and director, best known for her portrayal of Hope Steadman on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series Thirtysomething, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as best Actress in a Drama Series. She starred in the NBC comedy Something So Right and the My Network drama series Saints and Sinners (2014). Her most recent role has been as Nadine Davies on Hulu's series Shut Eye Mary Ellen Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and raised in New Jersey. Her mother was a high school science teacher and her father a football coach at Princeton University. She spent 12 years in the modeling world living in New York and Europe before stumbling into the acting business. She starred in numerous miniseries and telefilms including Cross Fire (1989), The Burden of Proof (1992) and Grass Roots (1992), as well as appearances on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and as Senator Rafferty on The West Wing (1999). Among her feature film credits are Brian De Palma's Raising Cain (1992) , K-9 (1989) (opposite Jim Belushi), Suture (1993), The Pagemaster (1994), and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986). She made her New York stage debut at the Circle Repertory Company in the world premiere of John Bishop's Empty Hearts, for which she received a 1992 Theater World Award. In addition to her acting, in the last few years, she has focused on writing with her partner and husband, Emmy Award winning writer/producer, Bob Brush, under their shingle Topanga Moon Productions.

Hey there and thanks for checking out another terrific Townsquare Spotlight! Today, we have Golden Globe nominated actress and Hudson, NY resident Mel Harris in to talk about her latest film, QUEEN OF KNIVES, sequel to 2020's KING OF KNIVES. I had a blast talking to Mel about the roots that she has planted here in the Hudson Valley and about reprising the role of Kathy in this sequel. Golden Globe Nominated Actress Mel Harris Lives in Hudson, NY Mel Harris is an actress, writer and director, best known for her portrayal of Hope Steadman on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series Thirtysomething, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as best Actress in a Drama Series. She starred in the NBC comedy Something So Right, and the My Network drama series Saints and Sinners (2014). Her most recent role has been as Nadine Davies on Hulu's series Shut Eye. Media Guest Quest, MelHarris Media Guest Quest, MelHarris Mary Ellen Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and raised in New Jersey. Her mother was a high school science teacher and her father a football coach at Princeton University. She spent 12 years in the modeling world living in New York and Europe before stumbling into the acting business. She starred in numerous miniseries and telefilms including Cross Fire (1989), The Burden of Proof (1992) and Grass Roots (1992), as well as appearances on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and as Senator Rafferty on The West Wing (1999). Among her feature film credits are Brian De Palma's Raising Cain (1992) , K-9 (1989) (opposite Jim Belushi), Suture (1993), The Pagemaster (1994), and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Queen Of Knives The Film (@queenofknivesthefilm) She made her New York stage debut at the Circle Repertory Company in the world premiere of John Bishop's Empty Hearts, for which she received a 1992 Theater World Award. In addition to her acting, in the last few years, she has focused on writing with her partner and husband, Emmy Award winning writer/producer, Bob Brush, under their shingle Topanga Moon Productions. QUEEN OF KNIVES Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the comedy feature film QUEEN OF KNIVES, which will be available to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms worldwide, as well as on DVD, starting on March 22, 2024, through Freestyle Digital Media. Freestyledigitalmedia, Bill Vergos Freestyledigitalmedia, Bill Vergos QUEEN OF KNIVES is the sequel to 2020's KING OF KNIVES. QUEEN OF KNIVES follows the Benetto family, which is scattered to the winds in Brooklyn, NY. There's no predicting where they will end up. Relationships keep shifting. Generations keep trying to adapt to a new world. Risky behavior is the norm. Eventually, their paths all lead back to a fateful dinner at their former home, with surprise visitors and lots of unintended consequences. Where secrets are revealed, and a final page is turned. The biggest question is: Who exactly are the adults here? A mix of sharp and witty dialogue, comedy, and drama that so many of us can relate to. A story that sucks you in, and you're glad for it. Freestyledigitalmedia, Bill Vergos Freestyledigitalmedia, Bill Vergos QUEEN OF KNIVES was written by Lindsay Joy and Gene Pope and directed by Jon Delgado. QUEEN OF KNIVES was produced by Gene Pope, Jenn Gomez and Joseph Stephans and features an ensemble cast that includes Gene Pope (‘Frank'), Mel Harris (‘Kathy'), Roxi Pope (‘Kaitlin'), Emily Bennet (‘Sadie'), Alexandra Renzo (‘Autumn'), Justin Sams (‘Sebastian'), Tara Westwood (‘Joanne'), Barbara Tirrell (‘Masha'), Neptune (‘Braden'), Robert Costanzo (‘Sal'), Jay Russell (‘David'), Carmen Lobue (‘Mattie'), Mollie Anne Lloyd (‘Eliza'), Arthur Langly (‘Jay'), Zebedee Row (‘Jackson'), Robert Anythony Jones (‘Fred'), ...

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 370, in which I review Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 24 premiere. Read this review.    

Tom Skerritt, Emmy winner (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) for his series PICKET FENCES, is one of the most versatile and acclaimed American actors in movies and TV. At UCLA Film School, he acted in theatre and began writing for screen as a means to understand the full embrace of his primary interest, directing film. While acting on stage, he was seen and hired to be in a small film where he met Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack. Soon after, he met director Robert Altman, with whom he mentored as a filmmaker, which led Tom to be cast in the movie version of M*A*S*H. This led to a distinguished and decades-long career, starring in such acclaimed films as TURNING POINT (for which Tom won the National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actor Award), ALIEN, TOP GUN, STEEL MAGNOLAS, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, CONTACT, TEARS OF THE SUN and THE DEAD ZONE. The recipient of UCLA's Lifetime Achievement Honor in 1994, Tom is also a veteran of may television programs, including appearances on MADAM SECRETARY, THE WEST WING, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, CHEERS, WILL & GRACE and THE GOOD WIFE.  In 2007, Tom received a Life Achievement Award from Wayne State University, which was followed with a Laureate Award from The Rainier Club in Seattle. In 2011, he received the Saturn Best Guest Actor Award - TV.Legendary film actress Veronica Cartwright began her career as a child actress in the classic films THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (directed by William Wyler), Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS and SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN. A veteran of many beloved films, Veronica has appeared in over 50 movies and her resume includes two science fiction classics in the 1970's, Philip Kaufman's remake of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and Ridley Scott's masterpiece thriller, ALIEN. Veronica starred as Betty Grissom in the epic dramatization of NASA's space program based on Tom Wolfe's novel, THE RIGHT STUFF, also directed by Kaufman. She made an indelible impression on moviegoers in 1987 with her standout performance in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK. Among Veronica's many television credits are the hit shows CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI CYBER, BOSCH, RESURRECTION, GREY'S ANATOMY, WILL & GRACE, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, GOTHAM KNIGHTS, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE GOOD DOCTOR and THE X FILES. Veronica has been nominated four times for an Emmy Award with one win. At age 15 she won an Emmy for Best Actress in a television movie called TELL ME NOT IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS. She was nominated again in 1997 for her guest starring role of Mrs. Huston in two widely acclaimed episodes of ER. In 1998 and 1999 the Television Academy nominated her twice for her pivotal role of Cassandra Spender on Fox's THE X FILES.

Actor Craig Bierko's film roles include Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight which he credits for being cast in darkly humorous roles such as Max Baer in Cinderella Man opposite Russell Crowe, Tom Ryan in Scary Movie 4 (spoofing Tom Cruise throughout the film), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and The Thirteenth Floor. In 2000 Bierko made his Broadway debut as Professor Harold Hill in Susan Stroman's critically acclaimed revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man. He played “the jazz guy” Ray King, a love interest for Carrie Bradshaw in the fourth season of Sex and the City, attorney Jeffrey Coho on season three of the ABC television series Boston Legal and one of four newly divorced friends on Fox's short-lived Unhitched. He was cast as Dave Lister in the pilot for the American TV version of the British show Red Dwarf and has appeared twice on TV's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - first as Andy Eckerson, a United States Deputy Marshal who is working with the SVU (and ex-flame Det. Olivia Benson) to recapture an escaped convict and several years later, a serial rapist. He also appeared for four seasons in the Peabody Award-winning series UnREAL as Chet Wilton, the eccentric, drug addicted, womanizing creator of a reality dating show. Recently, he appeared on The Blacklist as The Chairman, the coldly sociopathic head of an underground stock market for criminals and will be seen on season two of the hit Netflix show Sex/Life as a superstar literary agent. Craig would love you to donate to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital: https://lluch.org/ways-give

Celia Keenan-Bolger (IG:@celiakb)(TW:@celiakb) is currently in The Gilded Age on HBO. She was born on January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan and is a Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite. Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 2021. Keenan-Bolger trained at both the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and the Detroit School of Arts and graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre. She began her stage career in regional theatres such as the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and Theatre Works in Silicon Valley, and she made her Off-Broadway debut as Aggie in Summer of '42 in December 2001. During the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration in 2002, she starred as Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and she would then perform again off Broadway in January 2003 in Second Stage Theatre's production of Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish. Also in 2003, she would originate the role of Clara Johnson in the celebrated musical The Light in the Piazza at both Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre. She originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky in William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004, reprised her performance off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in January 2005, and did so again on Broadway, marking her Broadway debut in April 2005. She was nominated for her first Tony Award for her performance as Olive and received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She remained with the production until September 17, 2006. Her next Broadway venture would be to originate the role of Éponine in the 2006 revival of Les Misérables, playing the role from October 2006 to January 2008, earning a Drama Desk nomination in 2007. Keenan-Bolger returned off Broadway for her next productions, starring as Mary in the musical Saved at Playwrights Horizons from May to June 2008, as Katie in Bachelorette for Second Stage Theatre from July to August 2010, and as Jenny Bridges in A Small Fire from December 2010 to January 2011, once again at Playwrights Horizons. She then landed the role of Molly in New York Theatre Workshop's acclaimed production of Peter and the Starcatcher, which played the Off-Broadway venue from February to April 2011, resulting in yet another Drama Desk Award nomination, and transferred to Broadway in March 2012, leading to her second Tony Award nomination. Ahead of the Broadway premiere, Keenan-Bolger also starred as Mary Flynn in New York City Center's Encores! production of Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in February 2012. In the fall of 2013, she took on the role of Laura Wingfield in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie from September 2013 to February 2014. She garnered great acclaim for her performance, winning a Drama Desk Award, earning her third Tony Award nomination, and receiving the Theatre World Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in 2014. Keenan-Bolger followed this performance with her Lincoln Center Theater debut, starring as Mother in an Off-Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy from October to December 2014. She was next seen on Broadway as Varya, opposite Diane Lane, in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 revival of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and she was last seen off Broadway in Second Stage Theatre's 2017 production of A Parallelogram.  Keenan-Bolger returned to Broadway on November 1, 2018, taking on the role of Scout in Aaron Sorkin's new stage adaptation of the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She won her first Tony Award in the category of Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play for her portrayal, and she ended her year-long run in the production on November 3, 2019. She leads the reopening cast of the play once more starting in October 2021. Although primarily known for her career on stage, Ms. Keenan-Bolger has also appeared in a number of high-profile television shows over the years, including Law & Order (2007), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014), Nurse Jackie (2014), The Good Wife (2015), Elementary (2015), Good Behavior (2016), Blue Bloods (2017), NCIS: New Orleans (2017), and Bull (2018). Her film credits include Mariachi Gringo (2012), The Visit (2015), Breakable You (2017), and Diane (2018).

Celia Keenan-Bolger (IG:@celiakb)(TW:@celiakb) is currently in The Gilded Age on HBO. She was born on January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan and is a Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite. Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 2021. Keenan-Bolger trained at both the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and the Detroit School of Arts and graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre. She began her stage career in regional theatres such as the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and Theatre Works in Silicon Valley, and she made her Off-Broadway debut as Aggie in Summer of '42 in December 2001. During the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration in 2002, she starred as Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and she would then perform again off Broadway in January 2003 in Second Stage Theatre's production of Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish. Also in 2003, she would originate the role of Clara Johnson in the celebrated musical The Light in the Piazza at both Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre. She originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky in William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004, reprised her performance off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in January 2005, and did so again on Broadway, marking her Broadway debut in April 2005. She was nominated for her first Tony Award for her performance as Olive and received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She remained with the production until September 17, 2006. Her next Broadway venture would be to originate the role of Éponine in the 2006 revival of Les Misérables, playing the role from October 2006 to January 2008, earning a Drama Desk nomination in 2007. Keenan-Bolger returned off Broadway for her next productions, starring as Mary in the musical Saved at Playwrights Horizons from May to June 2008, as Katie in Bachelorette for Second Stage Theatre from July to August 2010, and as Jenny Bridges in A Small Fire from December 2010 to January 2011, once again at Playwrights Horizons. She then landed the role of Molly in New York Theatre Workshop's acclaimed production of Peter and the Starcatcher, which played the Off-Broadway venue from February to April 2011, resulting in yet another Drama Desk Award nomination, and transferred to Broadway in March 2012, leading to her second Tony Award nomination. Ahead of the Broadway premiere, Keenan-Bolger also starred as Mary Flynn in New York City Center's Encores! production of Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in February 2012. In the fall of 2013, she took on the role of Laura Wingfield in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie from September 2013 to February 2014. She garnered great acclaim for her performance, winning a Drama Desk Award, earning her third Tony Award nomination, and receiving the Theatre World Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in 2014. Keenan-Bolger followed this performance with her Lincoln Center Theater debut, starring as Mother in an Off-Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy from October to December 2014. She was next seen on Broadway as Varya, opposite Diane Lane, in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 revival of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and she was last seen off Broadway in Second Stage Theatre's 2017 production of A Parallelogram.  Keenan-Bolger returned to Broadway on November 1, 2018, taking on the role of Scout in Aaron Sorkin's new stage adaptation of the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She won her first Tony Award in the category of Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play for her portrayal, and she ended her year-long run in the production on November 3, 2019. She leads the reopening cast of the play once more starting in October 2021. Although primarily known for her career on stage, Ms. Keenan-Bolger has also appeared in a number of high-profile television shows over the years, including Law & Order (2007), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014), Nurse Jackie (2014), The Good Wife (2015), Elementary (2015), Good Behavior (2016), Blue Bloods (2017), NCIS: New Orleans (2017), and Bull (2018). Her film credits include Mariachi Gringo (2012), The Visit (2015), Breakable You (2017), and Diane (2018).

Actress Margaret Colin will join in The Locher Room to look back at her remarkable career. Margaret's career began was cast as Paige Madison on The Edge of Night of Night. Soon after she originated the role of Margo Montgomery Hughes on As the World Turns.Margaret has worked non-stop for the last four decades appearing on film, in primetime and on Broadway. Movie fans will recognize Margaret for her roles in Something Wild, Three Men and a Baby, The Butcher's Wife, Independence Day, The Devil's Own, Unfaithful and First Daughter. Her primetime roles include Foley Square, Leg Work, Chicago Hope, Now and Again, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago Med, Shades of Blue, and HBO's hit series Veep. Gossip Girls fans will remember her for her role as Eleanor Waldorf on the hit CW series which she just reprised in the HBO Max update.Colin met actor Justin Deas when he played her love interest, Tom Hughes, on As the World Turns. They were married in January 1988 and have two sons.Don't miss the chance to catch-up with this fan favorite.Original Airdate: 2/19/2022

Jeff Kober offers meditation classes, writing, and grounded wisdom.  As an actor, his recurring roles include The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Shameless, New Girl and NCIS: Los Angeles. Kober has guested on many television series, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), ER (1994), 24 (2001), The Closer (2005) and Criminal Minds (2005).https://jeff-kober.com/ _____________________________________TICKETS LIVE - EASTFOREST.ORG/TOUR"CEREMONY TOUR"11.01 Boulder, CO*11.02 Salt Lake City, UT11.03 Boise, ID11.04 Vancouver, Can11.06 Seattle, WA11.08 Portland, OR11.10 Nevada City, CA*11.11 San Francisco, CA11.12 Santa Cruz, CA11.13 Los Angeles, CA11.15 Las Vegas, CA11.16 San Diego, CA11.17 Phoenix, AZ11.19 Santa Fe, AZ11.20 Austin, TX*Seated Venue-Performancesign up for the mailing list at eastforest.org to stay in the loop on early tickets.+ JOURNEY SPACE LIVE - Exclusive world premiere listening events of new East Forest psychedelic guidance music and online facilitation with JourneySpace.com, Sept 24 and Oct 22nd.Join our East Forest COUNCIL on Patreon.  Monthly Zoom Council, podcast exclusives, live-streams, and more. Listen to East Forest music:  "IN" - the latest full album  release from East Forest - LISTEN NOW: Spotify / AppleListen to East Forest guided meditations on Spotify & AppleOrder a vinyl, dad hats, sheet music, original perfume oils, and more: http://eastforest.orgPlease rate Ten Laws with East Forest in iTunesAnd on Spotify★★★★★Sign up to learn about new retreats, shows in your area, and to join the community.Stay in the flow:Mothership:  http://eastforest.org/IG:  https://www.instagram.com/eastforest/

On this spooky season edition of Parallax Views, we've got not one but two conversations to get you ready for Halloween! First, up Jason Brooks joins us to discuss the new Friday the fan film he's directed, wrote, and starred in called Friday the 13th Vengeance Part 2: Bloodlines.  the first Friday the 13th Vengeance was a huge hit with fans of the Jason Voorhees saga and with it's professional-look, use of alumni from the Friday the 13th franchise, and feature-length running time was often spoken about as being "more than a fan film" when it came out. The sequel ups the ante further by featuring Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers's Tamara Glynn and Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives's Darcy Demoss and fan favorite Thom Matthews reprising their roles as Nikki and the Jason's heroic arch-nemesis Tommy Jarvis. Also returning are Friday the 13th Part 6's C.J. Graham (who played Jason in Part 6), as Jason's father Elias Voorhees, and Tom McLoughlin, the writer and director of Part 6, as the new character Gravekeeper Walt. Both Vengeance Pt. 2 and its predecessor features a massive amount of gory carnage candy for fans of the series as well as some surprises along the way, including an appearance from The Ramones' Richie Ramone as a punk rocker! In this short but sweet conversation Jason and I discuss: - The origins of Friday the 13th Vengeance and how it started as an entirely different film called Friday the 13th: Mythos; the love and passion that went into Vengeance and how it became known as "More Than Just a Fan Film" thanks to the effort of Friday the 13th Part II's Steve Dash (who appears as the town Sheriff in the fan film; his last film role); the stars of Vengeance including the aforementioned Steve Dash, Friday the 13th Part 6's C.J. Graham, Diana Prince (aka Darcy the Mail Girl of Joe Bob Briggs' Last Drive-In fame on Shudder), and former Penthouse Pet Veronica Ricci among others - The inclusion of Jason Voorhees' father Elias Voorhees in Friday the 13th Vengeance Part 2: Bloodlines and his origins in the Tom McLoughlin's original screenplay for Friday the 13th Part 6 (Elias also appeared in a number of the comic book spin-offs of Friday the 13th) - Talking about the special and make-up effects, kills, gore for the films and involvement of Hollywood/filmmaking professionals from special FX artist Joe Castro to Friday the 13th's original composer Harry Manfredini - What Jason and Co. learned from the experience of making the first Vengeance and how that informed Vengeance Pt. 2 - The shooting schedule and principle photography for Vengeance Pt. 2 and information about its budget - Video technology and the barrier to entry to making a professional-looking fan film - Why Jason and Co. wanted to make a sequel to Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives particularly - And much, much more! In the second half of the program, an old TV horror anthology has resurfaced after years of languishing in the tape trading underground of horror fanatics. Once only available in the form of poor quality bootlegs, Freddy's Nightmares is the forgotten Nightmare on Elm Street TV series that has recently experienced new life (and better quality) on the free (with ads) streaming service known as Tubi. Done in the style of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, the show featured Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund of the film series) hosting bizarre and gruesome stories about his stomping grounds of Spirngwood, Ohio. Some of the episodes feature Freddy within the story while most only feature him in host segment. One particularly notorious episode, the pilot "No More Mr. Nice Guy", was directed by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Tobe Hooper and acted as an origin story for Freddy Krueger and prequel to Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. With the series getting more attention thanks to it's being hosted on Tubi now, indie filmmaker Henrique Couto and David Denoyer have started a podcast in which they discuss each episode entitled Welcome to Primetime: A Freddy's Nightmares Retrospective. Henrique and David joins us to discuss not only Freddy's Nightmares but also the Freddy-mania of the 1980s, J.G.'s first experience with Freddy Krueger as a child vis-a-vis an unrewound Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (notorious for its homosexual subtext), the before-they-were-stars appearances of actors and actresses like Brad Pitt and Tank Girl's Lori Petty in Freddy's Nightmares, the origin of Freddy's Nightmares, the subversive themes of the NOES franchise, Re-Animator's Jeffrey Combs appearance in Freddy's Nightmares, the idea of elevated horror, thoughts on David Gordon Green's divisive Halloween Ends, how technology (cameras, lighting equipment, etc.) has allowed for a lower barrier to entry for aspiring filmmakers, Henrique's new anthology series Found Footage, the importance of learning craft in filmmaking, the weird dream sequences in Freddy's Nightmares, whether we'll ever see a new Nightmare on Elm Street movie, the FREDDY's TRICKS & TREATS episode of FREDDY's NIGHTMARES featuring a sleazy striptease from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Mariska Hargitay, and much, much more!

The one and only Tamara Tunie joins me in The Locher Room to discuss her upcoming starring role in A Journal for Jordan directed by Denzel Washington opening on Christmas Day. Ms. Tunie is also set to narrate a documentary about the domestic assault on the Capitol complex. Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union is a two-hour doc, which will air on January 6, 2022 on PBS. The doc will examine the pursuit of democracy, within the U.S. and others, on the anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot. She can currently be seen in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop.Ms. Tunie has starred for 18 seasons as Medical Examiner Dr. Melinda Warner in Wolf Films/Universal Media Studio's top-rated series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” She starred as Marie Van Der Veen, the matriarch and the “moral fiber” of a Native American tribe, on Sundance TV's THE RED ROAD. The role is a marked departure from the sophisticated and powerful women she is known for portraying. Ms. Tunie, also, starred in AMC's series DIETLAND and the BBC/Netflix political drama Black Earth Rising. Ms. Tunie has had other memorable roles on television, most notably as the longstanding character Jessica Griffin on the CBS Daytime Drama “As The World Turns,” for which she received two NAACP Image Award nominations and two Soap Opera Digest award nominations. She also appeared in the highly visible role of Alberta Green in Season One of the hit series “24”, as well as recurring roles and guest appearances on “Almost Family” “Emergence”, “Better Call Saul”, “Blue Bloods���, “Billions”, “Alpha House”, “Elementary” “Survivor's Remorse”, “Zoo”, "The Good Wife”, “Law and Order,” “Sex and the City,” and “NYPD Blue”, to name a handful.In film, Ms. Tunie worked with legendary director Robert Zemekis, opposite Denzel Washington in “FLIGHT”, and has worked with several other of the most respected directors of the screen, including Taylor Hackford, Brian De Palma, Mimi Leder, Harold Becker and Oliver Stone. She had the unique opportunity to work with the legendary Al Pacino twice; she portrayed the possessed wife of a partner in his law firm in the hit film “The Devil's Advocate,” and his press secretary in “City Hall.” She also worked with famed director Kasi Lemmons and Samuel L. Jackson on both “Eve's Bayou” and “The Caveman's Valentine.” Ms. Tunie was also featured in some wonderful “Indies”, like “Irreplaceable You”, “Fall to Rise” and “Bad Vegan”.Ms. Tunie is a founding member of Black Theatre United.Original Airdate: 12/17/2021

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoomTwo-time Emmy Award-winning actor Kevin Mambo visited The Locher Room to look back at his incredible career.Mambo can currently be seen on the new Netflix drama, Hit & Run. The series tells the story of a man searching for the truth behind his wife's death who becomes caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and intrigue stretching from New York to Tel Aviv. Mambo plays an NYPD detective with a wry sense of humor who has seen it all and nothing can phase him. The series is streaming now.He is no stranger to the small screen. Mambo had prime roles on hit series such as Luke Cage and High Maintenance. Daytime fans will remember him from his two-time Emmy winning role as Marcus Williams on Guiding Light. Other film and television credits include Cadillac Records, Nina, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Blacklist, and Elementary just to name a few. Mambo has added to his repertoire with a very impressive list of on-stage roles. He played the title character in the Tony Award nominated Fela!, and brought his talent to the role of Mafala in Book of Mormon. He was also seen in the revival of The Color Purple and The Public Theater's Fortress of Solitude. Original Airdate: 11/10/2021

Sizzling Samachar of the day - 15th June 2022Welcome to OTTplay Sizzling Samachar, I'm your host Nikhil.News first up from Bollywood,From Joker to Squid Game, from Brahmastra to Law & Order, and more storiesBrahmastra releases new trailerThe highly anticipated Bollywood sci-fi fantasy film Brahmastra has released a brand new trailer. Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the film stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in lead roles, with Shah Rukh Khan in an extended cameo. The film, officially titled, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, will be the first of a proposed trilogy of films as part of a new cinematic universe called the Astraverse. It is produced by Karan Johar and features  Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna Akkineni,  Mouni Roy, and Dimple Kapadia in supporting roles.Law & Order adds Mehcad Brooks for season 22Popular procedural drama TV series, Law and Order, has added Mehcad Brooks to its cast for the upcoming season 22. Brooks previously essayed the role of Jimmy Olsen in the popular superhero TV series, Supergirl, and he will be replacing Anthony Anderson in Law and Order. It will be Brooks' second outing in the Law and Order franchise after he played a different character named Prince Miller in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011. Untitled Netflix romantic comedy announces star-studded ensemble Filmmaker Richard LaGravenese is set to write and direct a romantic comedy film for Netflix. The untitled project will feature Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King in lead roles. The plot will revolve around a young woman working for a popular movie star who struggles to balance her personal and professional life while she comes to terms with her identity. Lady Gaga in talks to star in sequel to JokerThe sequel to the critically acclaimed and award-winning movie Joker could feature Lady Gaga playing the role of Harley Quinn. The pop star and actress are in early talks with the makers of the film. Titled  Joker: Folie à deux, the sequel will see Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the Clown Prince of Crime aka the Joker. Todd Phillips will helm the project.Netflix announces reality series on The Squid GameDays after announcing the second season of the globally hit series Squid Game, Netflix greenlights a reality show based on the series. In the ten-part series Squid Game: The Challenge, participants from all over the world will compete in a series of games to win a cash prize of 4.56 million dollars, the largest amount of money announced for a reality show. The Lincoln Lawyer renewed for second seasonThe Lincoln Lawyer, the hit series based on Michael Connelly's book The Brass Verdict, is set to return for a second season. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, and Angus Simpson will reprise their roles in the second season, which will be based on Connelly's The Fifth Witness.Well that's the Sizzling news from the world of movies and entertainment, until the next episode it's your host Nikhil signing outAaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten By Arya Harikumar and Ryan Gomez

Steve Cooper talks with actor/comedian Diane Neal. Diane is best known for her role as ADA Casey Novak on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and has had recurring roles in NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, Suits, The Following and Power. She also is a seasoned stand-up comic and hosts the podcast Hear. Say. Diane Neal. 

Sizzling Samachar of the day - 12th May 2022Welcome to Sizzling Samachar on OTTplay, I'm your host NikhilSamachar first up,From Downtown Abbey to Nope, from Loki to Upload, and more stories.Downton Abbey: A New Era shows Carson struggling with FrenchWith just a week away from the release of the much-awaited film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, an exclusive clip from the movie has surfaced wherein the beloved butler Charles Carson is seen struggling with his French as he tries to buy a new hat. Fortunately, Lady Maud Bagshaw comes to his rescue before things get too complicated. Real-life couple Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton play Carson and Bagshaw, respectively in the film. Directed by Simon Curtis, the film is a sequel to the 2019 movie Downton Abbey and features Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, and Phyllis Logan in prominent roles. The film will hit theatres on May 20.Nope is very different from Peele's earlier films: Keke PalmerEmmy winner Keke Palmer who reunites with Jordan Peele for his third project Nope said that the filmmaker cast her in the film over a FaceTime call. She also stated that Nope is nothing like Peele's earlier films. Apart from Palmer, who plays the lead in Peele's Oscar-winning film Get Out, the movie features Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun. The film is expected to be released on July 22.Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas and Marco Pigossi join The Boys spin-offThe Staircase actor Patrick Schwarzenegger, The Tragedy of Macbeth star Sean Patrick Thomas, and Invisible City actor Marco Pigossi have joined the cast of the upcoming spin-off of The Boys. The untitled series also stars Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizzie Broadway, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, Asa Germann, and Shelley Conn. Law & Order: Organized Crime renewed for the third seasonThe crime drama series Law & Order: Organized Crime has been renewed for a third season. A spin-off of  Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the series features Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Tamara Taylor, Ainsley Seiger, Dylan McDermott, and Nona Parker-Johnson. Meloni reprises his role as Elliot Stabler from Special Victims Unit. Production of Loki Season 2 to commence soonThe production of the second season of Loki will commence on June 6. Tom Hiddleston will reprise his role as Loki, the God of Mischief. Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, the season will also feature Owen Wilson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The first season of the show had received plaudits for Hiddleston's performance and visuals.Kat Coiro to direct two episodes of The Spiderwick ChroniclesKat Coiro, who most recently helmed the romantic comedy Marry Me, will direct the first two episodes of  Disney+ 's The Spiderwick Chronicles. The series is based on the children's book series written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Coiro has previously worked on shows such as Modern Family, Shameless, and Dead To Me.Upload renewed for a new seasonAmazon Prime Video series Upload has been renewed for a third season. Created by Greg Daniels, the series centers on Nathan Brown, a computer programmer who gets uploaded into a virtual world following his untimely death. The series stars Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, and Kevin Bigley. Well, that's the OTTplay Sizzling Samachar from the world of movies and entertainment. Until the next episode, it's your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten by Arya Harikumar

Film and television actor, writer and director Danny Pino joins us on the podcast this week to chat about his experience on the hit FX series Mayans MC, spin-off of the long-running Sons of Anarchy. Danny shares how refreshing it was to play a villainous character like Miguel in Mayans after multiple seasons (and nearly 300 episodes combined) as everyday heroes like Scotty Valens in Cold Case and Nick Amaro in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with Miguel being the head of a drug cartel. “Trust me, I'm one of the first ones to be skeptical when reading that description in a character. But digging deeper into who Miguel is and understanding the level of writing that we have on the show, it's anything but stereotypical,” he said. “That is merely his job description. Really learning the range of what was capable and what the writers offered me was something that I was incredibly excited about.” Pino also shared that the time he felt most represented growing up was when he saw Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy, a TV icon he would get the chance to portray in the 2003 CBS TV movie Lucy opposite Broadway's Rachel York. “It was an honor, it was a lot of pressure but definitely an honor and something I took very seriously representing and trying to find that authenticity and humanity that he exuded,” he said of playing the role. Keep an eye out for Danny's Mayans directorial debut which he teased during our chat, “I was given the opportunity by Elgin James and FX to direct episode 408. I'm incredibly excited about it and equally grateful for the opportunity.” You can see Danny Pino in Mayans MC, Tuesdays at 10pm on FX.

While Jeff Kober is a terribly successful actor—having appeared on The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Shameless, New Girl, NCIS: Los Angeles,  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, 24, The Closer and Criminal Minds, among many other shows—it is only one of the many things he does. In fact, although he's a good friend that I adore, I will admit right here and now that I've never seen any of his acting. Sorry, Jeff! But that's because I think of him primarily as a gifted meditation teacher and writer. And I am selfishly so grateful that he recently turned his daily newsletter into a book, Embracing Bliss: 108 Daily Meditations. See, for many years, I read his newsletter religiously every morning before meditating and I pretty much curse Jeff every day for making me have to look at my phone to access it. I'm an addict, people! I can't help but get sucked into some stressful email or Instagram rabbit hole when I was just hoping to take in some spiritual truths, Damn it! Well, now that he's made these brilliant daily thoughts into a book, I have no one but myself to blame if I go down an internet rabbit hole before meditating. You can grab your copy of his book of daily thoughts here. You will not regret it—I ordered multiple copies because I plan to give it out as gifts. But before you order it, do listen in on our conversation so you can learn about his process for turning pre-existing content into a book; it involved spreadsheets, consultations with a colleague and a whole lot of reflection on what people respond to (spoiler alert: musings on relationships and love). WANT 4 QUICK TIDBITS EVERY THURSDAY TO HELP YOU GET YOUR BOOK LAUNCHED? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHPADWEEKLY.COM.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Delaney Williams. Delaney is best known for his characters Sgt. Jay Landsman in the iconic series The Wire and Defense Attorney John Buchanan in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also had recurring roles The Punisher, Ray Donovan and Blue Bloods and guest starred on such shows as Veep, Cold Case, Bull, Elementary and MacGyver. He can currently be seen in HBO's We Own This City.  

Steve Cooper talks with actor Bill Smitrovich. Bill's first prominent role was in the 1980s series Crime Story as Detective Danny Krychek. He went on to star in the hit drama series Life Goes On. He later became the lead guest-star in the pilot film of the 1980s crime-drama hit series Miami Vice, and also appeared in the final episode of NYPD Blue. He has also been seen in The Henry Lee Project and Millennium. He is perhaps best known for his roles on the A&E series A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Inspector Cramer, and on the ABC hit series The Practice as Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Walsh. Smitrovich then went on to star in Without a Trace, where he portrayed the recurring character of Chief Alex Olcyk. He has also portrayed a number of characters in military roles. These include roles on Independence Day, Air Force One, Thirteen Days, Fail Safe, and Eagle Eye. In addition, he has made many guest appearances on various TV shows, most notably Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 24, NUMB3RS, NYPD Blue, Touched by an Angel, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, and Castle.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Jim True-Frost. Jim is most known for his portrayal of Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski on all five seasons of the acclaimed HBO series The Wire and as James Woodrow in Treme. He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago since 1989 and his numerous TV and movie credits include Singles, American Rust, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Hudsucker Proxy, Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Good Wife, Elementary, Hostages, American Odyssey, Manifest, The Blacklist and Yellowstone.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Steven Weber. Steven is best known for his role as Brian Hackett in the long-running NBC sitcom Wings. He has played a stream of comedic and dramatic recurring roles on such TV programs as Without a Trace, Brothers & Sisters, Dallas, Murder in the First, Helix, iZombie, House of Lies, NCIS: New Orleans, Ballers, Get Shorty, 13 Reasons Why, Indebted and Chicago Med. Guest star credits include series like The D.A., Will & Grace, Monk, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Desperate Housewives, Hot in Cleveland, Parenthood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sleepy Hollow and This Close. He also has given voice to a few animated programs including Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, The bravest Knight and Puppy Dog Pals. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Ap7xJQGyx6g Rita Gardner is a renowned singer, teacher, and actress of stage and screen with a long career spanning many years of exciting projects Gardner made her stage debut Off-Broadway in Jerry Herman's musical review Nightcap before her breakout turn as Luisa in the original cast of The Fantasticks in 1960. Gardner made her Broadway debut in the short-lived musical (65 performances) A Family Affair in 1962 as Sally Nathan. She held many roles on Broadway including understudying roles in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965), The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969), and Morning's at Seven (2002) (understudy for Cora and Esther). She had a featured role as Rosie in The Wedding Singer in 2006, with three musical numbers including the song "Move that Thang". Gardner's regional theatre credits include Show Boat and The Impossible Years at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania (1983), the musical Lucky in the Rain at the Goodspeed Opera House (1997), and Eleanor: A Love Story at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. (1999). She appeared in the national tour of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1994). She gave a critically acclaimed performance in Murderers at The Cincinnati Playhouse (2007). In 2002 she appeared in her one-woman revue Try to Remember: A Look Back at Off-Broadway at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City on Saturday evenings. The revue includes ballads from The Fantasticks. She performed the revue at the Metropolitan Room in New York City in 2011 and had to cancel the revival of the revue in 2020 due to Covid-19. Gardner's television credits include appearances in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (on season one episode 18) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 

Anna George is an Indian born American actress. She earned an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College, and an MBA from Columbia Business School, and worked in finance. Afterwards, George found a job as a Wall Street investment banker and committed herself to several business ventures, such as launching a private investment fund to invest in equities in India. At some point, she decided to retire and pursue an acting career. In 2003, she started it with a role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. George has since landed roles in TV shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Royal Pains, and Criminal Minds. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Maryam Basir talks her new show "Lace", being an entrepreneur, and that time someone in the room said "red light"!About Maryam:Born in Detroit and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Maryam Basir has always had dreams of massive success. After graduating from University of Michigan, Maryam moved to New York City to pursue her passions. It wasn't long after her relocation to New York City when she caught the acting bug, was signed by an agency and immediately began acting and modeling. Maryam fell in love with her craft and has been a working actor and model ever since. This November, Maryam will star in her first television leading role as the title character in “LACE” on AMC's streaming platform ALLBLK. Maryam stars as Lacey McCullough, a prolific Los Angeles attorney who is willing to do anything for her clients and blurs the lines between right and wrong. A complicated character, it is often unknown if Lacey is a “good guy” or a “bad guy” as she fights to get the best possible outcome for her clients. Maryam booked the role of Lacey with no audition. Producers from the show saw her in past roles and decided Maryam would be perfect for the role of Lacey. She accepted the role and since then has been having a surreal experience, a dream come true.Maryam's past credits include “The Chi,” “Chicago PD,” “Empire,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “Holiday Heartbreak,” in which she was nominated for Best Actress in an Independent Film for Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards. Next, she stars in “To Live and Die and Live” premiering early next year, opposite Omari Hardwick.In addition to her career as an actor, Maryam owns a brow and lash studio in Harlem called HiBROW where she does microblading, eyelash extensions and SMP between bookings. In Michigan, Maryam founded a 501c3 nonprofit organization called NOiR Diamonds, empowering young girls ages 8-14. The organization provides them with tools to succeed in life. Lessons range from public speaking to learning etiquette and preparing for the future. Approximately 70 young girls have graduated from this program. Maryam resides in New York City and is a proud Muslim woman.Maryam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryambasir_Follow the show on social media!                 Instagram: https://instagram.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/                 Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfci_podcast                  Facebook: http://facebook.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/                   Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas

Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on your schedule.People vs. Richard Wheatley | Carisi tries Richard Wheatley for the murder of Kathy Stabler; Benson finds herself at odds with a friend when Barba agrees to take the case.SVU fans may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttps://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your #SVU viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. Law & Order: SVU Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in Season 23! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Captain Olivia Benson, Sergeant Odafin Tutuola, Detective Amanda Rollins, ADA Sonny Carisi, Officer Katriona “Kat” Azar Tamin, Detective Joe Velasco, Crystal Nunez and Assistant Chief Tommy McGrath.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

We had a great conversation with Kevin Mambo on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about so many things from family, acting, his career, he told some great stories to a whole lot more!Kevin Mambo can currently be seen on the new Netflix drama, Hit & Run. The series tells the story of a man searching for the truth behind his wife's death who becomes caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and intrigue stretching from New York to Tel Aviv. Mambo plays an NYPD detective with a wry sense of humor who has seen it all and nothing can phase him. He is no stranger to the small screen. Mambo had large roles on hit series such as Luke Cage and High Maintenance. He is also a two-time Daytime Emmy winner from his leading role on the long-running soap opera Guiding Light. Other film and television credits include Cadillac Records, Nina, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Blacklist, and Elementary just to name a few.

Steve Cooper talks with actor William Sadler. William is best known for his roles as Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Bill & Ted Face the Music, Jack McGarrett in Hawaii Five-0 and Jim Valenti in Roswell. He has also been seen in countless TV shows and movies including Die Hard 2, Iron Man 3, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Hunters, The Grudge, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bull, Power, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Madam Secretary, The Flash, Homeland and many, many more. He also recently did voicework for the animated series Our Cartoon President.

Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Law & Order: SVU on your schedule.Nightmares in Drill City | Carisi asks the SVU for help with a murder investigation when one of the witnesses shows signs of abuse.Law & Order: SVU fans may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttps://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your #SVU viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. This is Law & Order: SVU Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in Season 23! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Captain Olivia Benson, Sergeant Odafin Tutuola, Detective Amanda Rollins, ADA Sonny Carisi, Officer Katriona “Kat” Azar Tamin, Detective Joe Velasco, Crystal Nunez and Assistant Chief Tommy McGrath.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

Please join my friend Michael Park and his Dear Evan Hansen leading ladies Rachel Bay Jones and Jennifer Laura Thompson in The Locher Room. This talented trio will reminisce about their time working together on the Tony Award-winning musical, their careers and also help me celebrate the one year anniversary of The Locher Room.We all have Michael Park to thank for suggesting I use StreamYard for that first As the World Turns episode I hosted on April 3, 2020. One year and 140 episodes later - THANK YOU, MICHAEL!Michael is well known to daytime audiences for creating the role of Jack Snyder on As the World Turns for which he won two Daytime Emmy-Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2010 and 2011. He is also known to Broadway audiences for creating the role of Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen. Michael played this role for over 1,000 performances earning a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater album. Michael originated the role of two other Broadway characters Michael in Smokey Joe's Cafe and Angus Tuck in Tuck Everlasting. Michael's other TV credits include the recent Dash & Lily, Stranger Things, Tales of the City, House of Cards and so much more.​​Rachel Bay Jones is best known for originating the role of ‘Heidi Hansen' in the Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen, and received a Tony Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama League Nomination for her performance. Rachel has appeared on TV in the hit ABC series “Modern Family,” CBS' “God Friended Me,” and in the feature film “Ben Is Back,” opposite Julia Roberts. She stars in the feature film “Critical Thinking,” directed by and opposite John Leguizamo, and in the upcoming Amazon television series “Panic.” Rachel's debut solo album “Showfolk” can be purchased on iTunes and Amazon.Jennifer Laura Thompson made her Broadway debut in 1998 as Ariel Moore in Footloose. She also originated the role of Hope Cladwell in both the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Urinetown and received a Tony Award nomination for the 2002 Best Leading Actress in a Musical category for her performance. Jennifer created the role of Cynthia Murphy playing opposite Michael Park in Dear Evan Hansen. She, like Michael, played the role for over 1,000 performances. Her other Broadway credits include, Diana Diana in the Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor, Eileen Evergreen in the musical Nice Work if You Can Get It and playing the first replacement for the role of Glinda in the Broadway hit, Wicked. Jennifer has also appeared Off-Broadway in a variety of productions. She has also made guest appearances on television's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Tales of the City, Person of Interest and Elementary. Original Airdate: 4/2/2021

Κάνουμε ένα flashback στην επιτυχημένη σειρά επεισοδίων του POP για τις Δύσκολες Ώρες για το εμβληματικό 1999, και θυμόμαστε εκείνη την απίθανη συνύπαρξη από ετερόκλητες σειρές στην αμερικανική τηλεόραση που δύσκολα έχουμε δει έκτοτε.Από την αχρονικότητα του Μπομπ Σφουγγαράκη και την επιμονή του Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, μέχρι τη Χρυσή Τηλεόραση του Sopranos και τη σημερινή κωμωδία του Freaks and Geeks, αναλύουμε τι ξεχώρισε καθεμία από τις 10 σειρές που σημάδεψαν το 1999 και τον τρόπο που διαμόρφωσαν το μέσο.Τι χειροβομβίδα πέταξε ο Aaron Sorkin στα γραφεία του West Wing; Ποιες σειρές χρωστάμε στο Freaks and Geeks; Γιατί πέτυχε τόσο το Law & Order: SVU και γιατί έχει γίνει εικόνισμα η Olivia Benson; Ποιες πτυχές του Sopranos έχουμε ελαφρώς παραγνωρίσει, γιατί αισθανόταν η ίδια η σειρά άβολα με την αντίληψη του κοινού της γι' αυτή και πώς το αντιμετώπισε; Γιατί αντέχει τόσο εύκολα στον χρόνο ο Μπομπ Σφουγγαράκης και ποια ήταν ο βασικός στόχος πίσω από την ιδιοσυγκρασία της σειράς; Και τελικά, πόσο ιδρωμένο ήταν το Roswell του WB;

HANDS IN THE AIR AND NOBODY MOVE! We're talking best TV hostage situations. Episodes: Supernatural 2x12 "Night Shifter" (1/25/07; watch on Netflix) v Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 5x11 "Escape" (12/2/03; watch on Hulu)   Get social with us @tvwinnerpod on all the stuff. Email us at tvwinnerpod@gmail.com. Visit our website for more information on each episode. Find Beth @yourbeth_friend. Find Hannah @nobriggity. Our theme music is by @ariellajoymusic. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. ALL CLIPS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE CW AND NBC. THEY ARE USED FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.

Benson and Rollins must contend with the FBI and the Organized Crime bureau when a rape victim identifies a dangerous mobster as her assailant.Guest starring Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Herizen Guardiola, Rhys Coiro and Hisham Tawfiq.TiVoMike and the Entertainment Guru return for the season six of The TiVoMike Show podcast. On today's episode, TiVoMike recaps last week's episode of NBC's “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Listen to The TiVoMike Show on your favorite podcast platform: tivomike.comTiVoMike Recommends:Join Prime Video Channels Free Trial - https://amzn.to/3fa4z63Amazon Prime Video - https://amzn.to/3gUbB09TiVo Edge for Cable | Cable TV, DVR and Streaming 4K UHD Media Player with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos - https://amzn.to/2AIVi5OTiVo Edge for Antenna | Live, DVR and Streaming 4K UHD Media Player with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos - https://amzn.to/2YacucAGopuff | Gopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up

This week, David and Joey chat with the wonderful Karen Olivo about the origins of AFECT, the importance of self discovery, and setting up future generations for success in an industry that continues to demand accountability and transparency.   Karen Olivo (she/they) is a multi-hyphenate living/working on the ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk Nation in Madison, WI. She is most widely known for their acting work that spans the last 25 years on Broadway and TV. In the Spring of 2020, Olivo  co-founded the non-for-profit organization, Artists for Economic Transparency (AFECT), in the efforts to educate the industry and promote discussion regarding entertainment industry structures and how they can be altered to better support underserved communities. www.Afectchange.org    Olivo's most recent theatrical work is for playing “Satine” in Moulin Rouge, The Musical for which they received their 2nd Tony Award nomination. Olivo is also recognized for their Tony Award winning performance as “Anita” in the acclaimed 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, a role for which she also earned Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Award nominations.    Some of their Broadway theater credits include originating the role of “Vanessa” in the Tony Award-winning musical, In the Heights (2008 Astaire Award), starring as “Faith” in the Broadway production of Brooklyn the Musical, and in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent. Additional world premiere theatre credits include Murder Ballad at the Manhattan Theater Club, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage at 2nd Stage, and The Miracle Brothers directed by Tina Landau at the Vineyard Theatre.   Olivo is also recognized for her many television appearances including a series regular, recurring & guest-starring roles on “Harry's Law”, “The Good Wife,” “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” “Chase,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Conviction,” and “Law & Order.”   As an educator Olivo has worked at Northwestern University, NYU-Tisch, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as working as a visual artist, writer, and vocalist. Their 1st solo album LEAVE was released in 2018.   Connect with Karen (she/they) https://www.instagram.com/karenolivo76/   https://twitter.com/karenolivo?lang=en     Connect with David (he/they) http://www.davidmendizabal.com/  https://www.instagram.com/its_daveed/    Connect with Joey (they/them) https://www.instagram.com/mxjoeyreyes/  https://twitter.com/mxjoeyreyes    Follow The Sol Project http://www.solproject.org/about-us.html   https://www.facebook.com/solprojectnyc/  https://www.instagram.com/solprojectnyc/  https://twitter.com/solprojectnyc    This episode was mixed and edited by Iris Zacarías (she/they) https://www.iriszdesigns.com/  https://www.instagram.com/irismarcelina/ 

First October 2021 episode of the program all about TV. Our guests: Steve Dildarian, creator-executive-producer-writer of 10-Year-Old Tom, HBO Max's new adult animated series; Alex Zamm, director and co-writer of Under Wraps, the latest Disney Channel Original Movie, and Liza Treyger and Kara Klenk, co-hosts of That's Messed Up, the popular podcast about everything Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Okay!! So our special guest today is Josh Hopkins, a long time friend of host Reggie Hanson, a very successful actor,  originally from Kentucky and A HUGE FAN OF BIG BLUE NATION!! Josh has taken time out of schedule to share his acting experience and mental health journey. We are thankful for the time spent with us. Josh has appeared in the following TV shows:  Law & Order, New York Undercover, Silencing Mary, Pirates of Silicon Valley, Jack & Jill, Kate Brasher, Ally McBeal, Friends, Cold Case, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD 2069 (TV Movie), North Shore, Global Frequency, Bones, Surrender Dorothy(TV Movie), Vanished, Pepper Dennis, Brothers and Sisters, Ghost Whisperer, Swingtown, 12 Men of Christmas (TV Movie), Pushing Daisies, CSI: Miami, Private Practice, Cougar Town, Castle, In Plain Sight, Hot In Cleveland, Men at Work, The Client List, Undateable, Northpole (TV Movie), Quantico and Whiskey Cavalier.   His MOVIE credits consist of: Parallel Sons, Paulie, Stick up, G.I. Jane, Love & Sex, Auto Motives, The Perfect Storm, One Eyed King, Chicken Party, Show & Tell, The Insatiable, Pretty Ugly People, The Spirit of '76: The Making of Swingtown, Have a Nice Revolution, Lebanon, Pa, 2nd Serve, Kelly and Cal, Get on Up, The Opposite Sex, Car Dogs and Crown Vic. AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS Wednesday at 8am https://anchor.fm/getontheline Monday at 8am https://anchor.fm/soulhustle Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-on-the-line/id1495604283 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-hustle/id1529815837 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0EIGDxbVqgPHOYx1l5JPtg https://open.spotify.com/show/3wXXHckOaIThfbyHyy9A59?nd=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/staywholefoundation https://www.instagram.com/staywholemedia https://www.instagram.com/dearswholemates Websites https://www.staywholefoundation.org https://staywholemedia.com Facebook https://facebook.com/StayWholeFoundation/ https://facebook.com/swholete/ https://facebook.com/staywholemedia/ Twitter https://mobile.twitter.com/StayWholeFound LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/staywhole-mental-health-foundation --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soulhustle/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soulhustle/support

Today on The Neil Haley Show's Caregiver Dave Celebrity Segment, Caregiver Dave and Neil will interview Laura Slade Wiggins Of Shameless. Wiggins was born in Athens, Georgia, the daughter of Kathy Wiggins and prominent Athens attorney, Mark Wiggins.[1] She has one brother.[2] She has guest starred in various shows including Eleventh Hour,[3] and in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "World's End".[4] She also played a pregnant teenager in an episode of the fourth season of Private Practice called "The Hardest Part".[5] She had a recurring role in the 2013 series The Tomorrow People.[6] Wiggins joined the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Karen Jackson, a series regular.[7] In 2014, Wiggins appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Comic Perversion" as Carly Rydell.[8] Wiggins played the main character "Hannah Warner" in Starving in Suburbia which aired on Lifetime on April 26, 2014.[9][10] In 2017, Wiggins appeared in the horror film Rings, the third installment of The Ring franchise.[11] Wiggins married stuntman Kyle Weishaar in Colbert, Georgia on June 23, 2018.[12] In 2019, she played a supporting role in the Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.

20 90's Sitcoms Fans Completely Forgot About: the hosts review the list of television shows and relive some of their fondest moments.Plus, the hosts discuss what's next for their favorite Thursday show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and they offer future roles to the cast members of ‘How to Get Away with Murder.' Listen and be blessed!Glory!

Today on The Neil Haley Show, The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Philip Winchester of NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU. Philip Winchester reprises his role as Peter Stone on Wolf Films/Universal Television's “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” now in its 19th season.  Winchester originated the role on the 2017 NBC drama “Chicago Justice.”  Growing up in Montana with an American father and British mother, Winchester has a place in his heart for both sides of the Atlantic. As a teenager, he decided to devote himself to acting and moved to the U.K. to train in his craft. He was accepted to the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, all the while helping with his grandmother's bed and breakfast inn outside London. After graduation, he quickly landed two key roles. The first was in the sci-fi adventure “Thunderbirds,” starring Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards and Ben Kingsley and directed by Jonathan Frakes. In 2007, he played villainous Edmund in the Royal Shakespeare Company's “King Lear,” in the seminal production by Trevor Nunn and starring Ian McKellen. Winchester was cast in the title role of NBC's miniseries “Crusoe” in 2008, based on Daniel Defoe's novel. In 2010, he was cast in an extended arc on “Fringe” as a scientist and love interest of Anna Torv's character. In 2011, Winchester starred as King Arthur's trusted friend Leontes in the series “Camelot,” with Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green and Jamie Campbell Bower. In 2015, he wrapped filming five seasons overseas as one of the leads in the Emmy Award-nominated drama-action series “Strike Back,” which was Cinemax's first original primetime series in more than 15 years.     

TIVOMIKE and the Entertainment Guru discuss a TIVOMIKE.com Sponsored Story article on the little known facts about Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. And the Mike's discuss what's in store for season two of The TIVOMIKE Show. Plus the Scripture of the Day: Matthew 24:45. Glory! Be sure to rate us on iTunes and Google Play! 

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Justin Kirk of Fox TV's APB. Actor Justin Kirk is best known for his role on cable's “Weeds,” for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. He also received SAG and Emmy Award nominations for his performance in the cable production of “Angels In America,” in which he starred alongside Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and future “Weeds” co-star, Mary-Louise Parker. Kirk recently finished production on the film “The Tribes of Palos Verdes,” starring opposite Jennifer Garner, Maika Monroe and Elisabeth Rohm. He was most recently seen in the independent film “Walter,” opposite Virginia Madsen and William H. Macy. Other film credits include “Last Love,” “30 Beats,” “Goats” and “Vamps.” On television, Kirk appears in a recurring role on “Modern Family.” Other television credits and notable guest roles include “Tyrant,” “The Blacklist,” “Without a Trace,” “Everwood,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” An accomplished stage actor, Kirk won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in the Ensemble for “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and went on to star in the feature film adaptation of the play. In 2001, he co-starred with Julianna Margulies and Donald Sutherland in Jon Robin Baitz's “Ten Unknowns” at Lincoln Center. The role won him a Lucille Lortel Award, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Kirk also starred in The Roundabout Theatre Company's “The Understudy,” opposite Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tony Award winner Julie White.  

It's tempting to divide the world, in its unyieldingly complexity, into "good guys" and "bad guys." This provides endless plots and ratings for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but it often hides the messy reality of our criminal justice system, where overzealous prosecution can make new victims out of innocent people. Sarah Stillman is an award-winning journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker, with a talent for bringing clarity and nuance to murky topics. The last time Stillman joined the show, she had written a gripping exposé on civil asset forfeiture – the unconstitutional takings of private property by police from suspects who have not been convicted of any crime. Now, she joins Bob to discuss her latest New Yorker piece, *The List,* on an even more delicate subject: minors placed on the sex-offender registry for their youthful mistakes. Stillman reports on a sampling of tragic cases, which cast doubt on laws that lead to harsh sentences and life-long scarlet letters for kids – some as young as 10 years old. We all want to protect victims. Tune in, and you may be surprised to learn how poorly the system works, even by that measure.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Michael Weston Star of  HOUDINI & DOYLE.  It premieres Monday May 2 on FOX.  Michael Weston is best known for his roles on "House" and "Six Feet Under." He has also appeared on "Elementary," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "The Office" and "Burn Notice," among others. His feature film credits include "Garden State," "Wish I Was Here," "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Coyote Ugly.”  

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Christopher Meloni of “Underground” Wednesday, premieres March 9 on WGN America 10 PM ET.  He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz.  WGN America's new original scripted drama “Underground,” premieres Wednesday, March 9, 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, and tells the tale of a courageous blacksmith Noah (Aldis Hodge) as he covertly organizes a small group of his fellow slaves and pieces together a daring plan of escape across hundreds of miles to freedom.  The odds of success are razor-thin for those who make it off the plantation, while the risks, dangers and obstacles multiply each step of the way. From creators and executive producers Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, and executive producer and Academy Award-winner John Legend, the 10-episode, hour-long series follows a group of courageous men and women who use their ingenuity, power and perseverance to attempt the greatest escape in history and break free, despite the dire consequences that awaited them on the other side.

Today I am giving you one of the best shows I have ever glued my eyes to. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. These 5 seasons on Netflix star Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni. SVU is an amazing show that I think everyone should watch, not just because of my love for crime dramas but because it brings awareness to the terrible things that are going on around us