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On this week's episode, I have Writer/Showrunner Max Mutchnick from Will & Grace, The Wonder Years, and many many more. Tune in as we talk about his journey as a writer and what some of his creative goals and hopes are for the future.Show NotesMax Mutchnick on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616083/Max Mutchnick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxmutchnick/?hl=enMax Mutchnick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxMutchnickMichael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Newsletter - https://michaeljamin.com/newsletterAutogenerated TranscriptMax Mutchnick:By the way, I think Miley Cyrus is the only sitcom actor who is able to move the needle. They push you during sweeps. Can you get a Shatner? If we could get Shatner on Big Bang. I know we'll write, that's probably not a good example because it probably worked. But for the most part, shows just get what they get. They always get what they get. It doesn't matter. These co-stars and these, none of that mattered,Michael Jamin:Right?Max Mutchnick:Is it funny? And do you like the people? Do you like the people? Do you like what? They like the world of it?Michael Jamin:You're listening to, what the Hell is Michael Jamin talking about? I'll tell you what I'm talking about. I'm talking about creativity. I'm talking about writing, and I'm talking about reinventing yourself through the arts.Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode. Today, I have a wonderful guest that no one deserves to hear. And yet, as a gift, if you're driving your car, pull over, you're going to want to hear this guy, this man and his writing partner, they are responsible for literally one of the biggest hits in the modern era. I'm talking about Will and Grace. This is the co-creator of Will and Grace Max. Much Nick, but lemme tell you what else he's done. All right. It's not just that. I'm going to run through his profile for a second and then I promise I'll let him get a word in edgewise. One word's Dennis Miller show. He was right around the Dennis Miller Show, the Wonder Years Good advice, the single Guy Dream on co-creator of Boston Common Co-creator of Good Morning, Miami Co-creator of Twins, co-creator of Four Kings. This guy's got a lot of work done. Shit, my dad says. Co-creator, partners co-Creator clipped, co-creator, and of course Will and Grace Max, welcome to the show. And let me tell you why this is so meaningful to me to have you hereMax Mutchnick:And me too, just to get an award in.Michael Jamin:Okay? I wonder if,Max Mutchnick:And by the way, those credits were in no particular order.Michael Jamin:Well, it is the IMDB order.Max Mutchnick:It's a weird order, but I'm still thrilled to be here. So I'm going to let you keep going because I like all this.Michael Jamin:Everyone loves having smoked Blunt.Max Mutchnick:It's fantastic.Michael Jamin:Let me tell you why it's so meaningful, because one of the very first jobs I had in Hollywood, I was a PA on a show called Hearts of Fire a max, and his partner writing partner David, were, I don't know if you guys were staff writers or story editors,Max Mutchnick:I think on Hearts of Fire, we were staff writers. I think we were staff writers. Yeah.Michael Jamin:So I'd get you lunch. That's basically it. But you guys were, you guys were so kind. You always let me in. I come into your office, you'd invite me into your office, which to me felt like a big deal. And you guys were both, to me, you were the epitome of what a comedy writer is supposed to be like larger than life, charismatic, funny, ball busting, but also just, I don't know, just energetic and enthusiastic and bursting with creativity and to be around you guys threeMax Mutchnick:Seconds away from tears at all times.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Oh yeah, thatMax Mutchnick:Too. But I mean, we maybe didn't show that to you, but again, I hate to interrupt you when you're saying all this nice stuff.Michael Jamin:Well, I do remember one time, David, I was sitting with you and he's like, what have you heard? I'm like, what have I heard? What do you hear? I'm like, dude, you guys are the only people who talk to me. What have I heard? Nothing.Max Mutchnick:That's so good. What have I heard? And I was listening to you, and by the way, it gives me nothing but joy to be here, and I have to do full disclosure. So I start watching you and listening to you, and this is what happens when you get to be 40 57. I said, I'm like, I know him. I have a feeling of love for him. I do not know how we know each other. It's so funny. I couldn't remember the show that we worked on. I couldn't remember the show we worked on. And then I heard you talking about Mike and Maddie. Yes. The other day. And it was, which isn't on my IMDB page.Michael Jamin:It is. I skipped over it. I didn't want to embarrassMax Mutchnick:You. Yeah, no, I'm glad that we can talk about that too. But it all started at Hearts of Fire.I mean, it's just unbelievable. And that was such an incredibly formative time, and it's so interesting to me that you had this experience of us is mean, and by and large, that's what we are. I mean, I always look back on life and I reflect on it, and I'm always happy when I look back on the things that I've done and where I've been and where I'm going and all that stuff. But today, not so much. What do you mean? Well, it's like I'm saying, when I'm in the moment of today, a lot of times I really can get wrapped up in being depressed about the business and where things are. And I am starting to say things that like old people say, and I don't want to, because I always thought I would never do that. I would never say the business isn't like it used to be. But I'mMichael Jamin:Surprised you even feel that way. You've already accomplished so much. I don't think I would ever get to your level of success. I would've stopped long before.Max Mutchnick:I mean, that's nice. And I know that there are people who are in my position who feel like they've done it. And definitely the collision of a career and social justice, which kind of took place with Will and Grace, the idea that we did this thing and that it had a reverberation on another level should be enough. But I am still a guy with ambition and drive, and I still feel like I have more to say, and I'm not spoiled in that sense. I really don't want to be done at this age. And if anything, my ego is in a better place because I can even fantasize about the idea of being in a room that I wasn't running, which is crazy because that's in the middle of my career when it's at that really hot space. It's like, oh no, I could never be in a room that I wasn't in charge of. But that's not how I feel so much. But theMichael Jamin:Hours are so long and exhausting and you're like, sure, I'll work till two in the morning every night. Well,Max Mutchnick:I couldn't. That's the one thing I would don't feel like that is something that ever needs to be the case. I'm way into having dinner with my family, and I feel like it's after 10:00 PM it's diminishing returns. I actually think after 8:00 PM it's diminishing returns because emotionally you get so your skin starts to break out. You're eating out of styrofoam, and it's just not, it's so bad for where you are. You have to just love the fucking show you're on. Can I say bad word? YouMichael Jamin:Can say, sure. You can say show.Max Mutchnick:You have to love where you are so much to be working late or own. ButMichael Jamin:How did you keep, were the hours good on Will and Grace?Max Mutchnick:Yes. Because we've run a meritocracy and we always have, and that is the best idea will out. So I don't care if it comes from a LB like Michael Jamin or if it comes from John Acquaintance, wherever the best idea and wherever the most honest idea that's organic to the characters comes, and that's the one we're going with. And I'm very, I think one of the things you master or you have to master to be a showrunner that works well and runs a tight ship is the ability to say no quickly and without a lot of ting. So I'm going to say no, and I'm going to say it quickly, and it's going to feel like it hits you hard, and maybe it does. But in order for us to run a tight ship, that's just the way that it has to go. Famously, one of the best showrunners of all time, David Crane, I guess really, it was very democratic and everybody got to talk and pitch, and he didn't cut things off fast. I mean, sometimes there's a German there and you've got to find it and tease it out and stuff like that. But for the most part, immediately, no, that's not the way that we're going. And no, that's not the way the character.Michael Jamin:And they had long hours in that show,Max Mutchnick:Very, very long hours. They famously worked really late. And I was also listening to you the other day talk about those schools of,Michael Jamin:And that's what I was going to get to.Max Mutchnick:Yeah. And you could say that you talked about, there's the Friends school. I think there's also the Diane English strain. Did you mention that one?Michael Jamin:No, I did. I only really mentioned the one that I thought I came from, I think I came from, which was Frazier. Cheers Taxi. Right.Max Mutchnick:And I call that that's the David Lloyd's, I mean,Michael Jamin:And Chris Lloyd, yeah. Okay. What would you say your lineage would be then? And do you agree with that?Max Mutchnick:Yes, I did. I agreed with everything you said. I mean, my lineage is actually, it's a must see TV sound. It's an NBC, it comes down, but that's really the friend sound. And I come from that because my first real job was on Dream on which Martin David created. And then I came in late. David and I came in late on that show, but I also come from the Diane English School because Michael Patrick King was such a giant influence in my sound,Michael Jamin:And that was good advice or whatMax Mutchnick:Good advice. But he had come from Murphy Brown. Right, of course. So if you worked at Murphy Brown, you prayed at the altar and English. I mean, but those friends people, they just spawned so much, soMichael Jamin:Much. But you don't run the show the way they did, though.Max Mutchnick:Not at all. No, not at all. Yeah. We learned as much on shows from what not to do than from what to do. The benefit of being on shows where there, it's just, and I'm not using David Crane as an example because I've never been in a room with him, but we have been in rooms where either we weren't used or there was just endless talk that went absolutely nowhere and the decisions weren't made to just, that's good. That's it. Put it up on the board. You can get there very fast and not like there is a famous school that I don't want to talk about that it's good enough. It's good enough. It's good. Enough's not what I'm talking about. I don't do, it's good enough. But there is a world of shows that's run with that ethos.Michael Jamin:See, I thought one of the first, the advice that we got when we started running shows was I think it was Steve Levitan who said, just pick away, even if it's wrong, pick away. Yes. Or you lose the room.Max Mutchnick:Yes. I mean, it's like you can fu around forever about, oh, what you want to do with your life. I don't necessarily know that this was what I was going to do, but it happened and I went for it, and I got rewarded at a certain point. I feel like if you get rewarded in something that you're doing within six months to 12 months, stay there.Michael Jamin:Were you running a show that wasn't your own, it was your first job at, or No,Max Mutchnick:I'm I'm rare. I'm rare in that regard that I was at Emerson in college, and my dear friend was a comic named Anthony Clark. And Anthony called me and said, they're making shows now in la and there's a company that's very focused on writers who have strong relationships with standup comics. And the company was Castle Rock. And Larry David was just making Seinfeld at that time. And the guy that ran the company with Rob Reiner was a wonderful man named Glenn Paddick. And he gave us our first break, but we had to go into Warren Littlefields office as these young guys and argue for why would I ever give a show on this golden network to two guys that have never done the job before? You've never run a show.Excuse me. I was on single guy. So I mean, I had worked, but I had never run a show. The first time I ran a show and I wasn't even close to running a show. I was a co-producer. And I went in there and I said to him after I got David Cohan a white shirt with a collar like, you have no idea. The Prince of a collar and a what? The difference that it makes put on a goddamn buttoned up shirt. And we go and we sit in there and I say to Mr. Littlefield, who I owe a great deal to, if you give me the keys to the car, I promise not to scratch the car. And if I scratch the car, you can take the keys away. You can bring in whoever you want. They can oversee me, but just give me, literally give me a week, give me a show, and I already know what to do and not to do, and I'll run this thing the right way.Michael Jamin:Wait, this was before you wrote the pilot? This was just to get the chance to,Max Mutchnick:We had written the pilot and they wanted to make it. Oh, okay. And then they said to our agents, or they said to Glenn Pad, Nick, these guys have no experience. You've got to go get showrunners. And I was just so anti the idea that someone was going to creatively be open, and I asked for the meeting and I begged him, and I kind of tell that story. And the whole truth of that story is a day or two before he went to our agent and said, I want someone at that table read who runs a show. I want an experienced showrunner in case at the pilot table read, they fall apart. And God bless the writing team of Roberto, Roberto Bebe and Carl Fink, even Fink, I think. And I could be getting that wrong, and I hope someone calls us out on it. But anyway, those guys were so cool. And they sat at the table read, and we got our notes, and then they walked up to us on the stage where we were shooting the show on Radford, and they were like, you got this boys, we'll see you later. And we never saw again. Really. And then we were show running.Michael Jamin:Did you bring top heavy writers to the firstMax Mutchnick:David's sister who wasn't the superstar,Michael Jamin:Right. That she's nowMax Mutchnick:WasMichael Jamin:I'm talking about your first staff I'm talking about.Max Mutchnick:Yes, I know. Yes. Really. And I don't know who the third one was. I remember there being, it was a mini room before. It was self-imposed before it was imposed on us. And it was just this very tiny group because David and I didn't know how to ate and do all that. And we figured we would do all of the heavy lifting, which was not possible. And we eventually brought in Carrie Lizer, but we started with a very, very tiny group of writers and just crawled our way through.Michael Jamin:Wow. Yes. It's cool. Should we spend the next 59 minutes talking about the single guy, or should we continue talking aboutMax Mutchnick:Your No, no. Can't talk about that show. But it was really cool to work with Ernest Borgne, and I'll just put it to you. Yes. What is the, I'm going to ask you a trivia question.Michael Jamin:JohnnyMax Mutchnick:What?Michael Jamin:Johnny was his name?Max Mutchnick:Yes. Wasn't it? Yes. I went to high school with him, so that's not, and his dad was Johnny Silverman's father was David Cohen's rabbi in real life. Oh, wow. But I mean, we lived in an industry town. That's what it was. But no, Ernest Borg nine, in addition to having a wife that was a cosmetics had of cosmetics Dynasty, Tova nine was the name of all the lotions and potions. Earnest Hemmingway, little known Borg. What?Michael Jamin:Borgnine, not Hemmingway. Not Hemmingway.Max Mutchnick:Shit, that would be so bad. Ernest Borgne had the best collection of what? Does anybody knowMichael Jamin:Doug?Max Mutchnick:No, no, no. He had a good one though.But moving on, he had the best collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia because on the weekends, he used to go to Beacons moving and he would sell off the dregs of whatever was left in a truck that people didn't pick up. And one time he went and he bought a painting, and it was of Abraham Lincoln, and he takes it to wherever, Sotheby's or Heritage, whatever he did. And it turns out to be one of only two portraits ever painted of Abraham Lincoln while he was in office. Wow. That started this epic collection. We've digressed into such boring stuff. And I blame you. IMichael Jamin:Blame you. I brought up,Max Mutchnick:You're running this room. You could cut me off at any point.Michael Jamin:No, I could not. But let me ask you this, though. You've created so many shows, and obviously the writers are the same. So what is it, why was Will Grace, why that one not the other ones? Why was that one that blew up?Max Mutchnick:Well, I think I have a glitch in my casting programming. I didn't know to second guess myself in the way that I did after Will and Grace. I mean, it's a great question because it is the thing that, if anything, it could be a regret in my life. It's that I haven't made great decisions at crunch time andMichael Jamin:Wait, so you think it was casting decisions, you think, but you don't get to catch.Max Mutchnick:You put it on the page, and then it's these brilliant actors that have to operate in a medium that's not respected, but possibly the hardest form of acting. And there are very, very few people that can do it as well as the ones that we know. And Jim Burrows always says it's lightning in a bottle.Michael Jamin:Yeah, it is.Max Mutchnick:So it's that, and it's less Moonves also being not great to me.Michael Jamin:Well, I mean, I was going to say, every casting decision has been approved by a million other people. It's not like you could, right?Max Mutchnick:I know. And you want to believe it at the time, and you get in there and you sell, and you do your thing. And then sometimes you don't believe in a person that's going into a cast, but Les has got a thing for that person, so they go in there. But by the way, that man gave me a lot of breaks, and he was good to me for a period in my life, but I also think he did some super fucked up things to our shows too. Partners should have stayed on the air, and he took partners off the air too quickly, and no one had done anything like that. And they should have explored a gay guy and a straight guy being best friends. That's an interesting area.Michael Jamin:What is it? But you guys mostly work in sitcom. I know you did some movie work, but is that just the form you wanted to be in? Is there any other itch you have?Max Mutchnick:No, not really. It just kept, I mean, we kept every few years when they say it's back, we want them, let's go to people that know how to make on that list. And I mean, I'm doing it again, by the way, since this strike is over, and I hope that they work.Michael Jamin:What you're taking outMax Mutchnick:Multicam Ideas couple. Yeah. Yeah. We're working on a couple of Multicam right now that I'm really excited about, but I would love to not do it anymore. I would love to not do it anymore.Michael Jamin:What do you mean you'd love to not do it? I don't understand. IMax Mutchnick:Would love to write what I think single camera comedies are, which is a beautiful, when it's done exquisitely. I think it's, if you write Fleabag, that's like the masterpiece.Michael Jamin:It was a masterpiece, but it was a play. I remember watching you go, this is a play.Max Mutchnick:Yeah, but you can't, I don't know. You can't knock it like that. It doesn't, oh,Michael Jamin:It's not a knock. I mean, it's a compliment. I mean, these long monologues, and it's just not done. ButMax Mutchnick:She still was so brilliant that she figured out, she figured something out about how to make great fuckingMichael Jamin:Episodes. Oh, listen, we're on the same page. I was a masterpiece fricking masterpiece. And what I like about it is that it does feel like a play to me. It's really, it's conversational and it's intimate and brave. It's courageous, man. Man.Max Mutchnick:I think it's the final 20 minutes of the second season. I think that it, it'd be hard pressed to find a better single camera comedy ever written. Yeah, I agree. From the moment the priest shows up at her apartment to sleep with her. And I think that goes straight to the end. I don't know. Beat for beat where I've ever seen it, where I've ever watched a better script.Michael Jamin:How do you feel when you watch something like that? What does that do to you? Because you're a professional writer with a huge, great track record. How does that make you feel?Max Mutchnick:I only have that attitude of the more, the merrier. It's only good to me if you're asking me in a coded way, am I ever jealous of somethingMichael Jamin:A little? Yeah.Max Mutchnick:I mean, yeah. Would I like to have created the bear? Sure. Yes. But I'm more proud of Chris store and impressed that I know him, and I love, and I love that that happens. I mean, I get more offended by the bad stuff. I just can't stand the bad stuff, the good stuff. I'm like, God damn, that's exciting. That got made, and somebody left that writer alone and their vision was carried through to the end.Michael Jamin:Hey, it's Michael. If you like my content, and I know you do because listening to me, I will email it to you for free. Just join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos of the week. These are for writers, actors, creative types, people like you can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not going to spam you, and the price is free. You got no excuse to join. Go to michael jamin.com and now back to What the hell is Michael Jamin talking aboutWill and Grace, you could tune in an episode, and you knew you were in for some big, big laughs every episode. And I don't know, you were inviting these friends into your home every week. That's what it felt like. You were inviting your friends over. And there's an art to that.Max Mutchnick:Yes. And there's an art to picking the best writers that money can buy, which is what Will and Grace always had. I mean, the star power in the writing room at Will and Grace was spectacular. And I mean, to a person, it had the best run of writers, but the only time it went off the rails is if the heart got taken out of a story. And if the heart wasn't there, then the thing didn't hold up. That's right. And so you have to lay a foundation in the first act and make sure that all that stuff is true and real at the beginning. And then you can go kind of wherever you want in the second act. Then you can get nuts and then resolve in a very real way. But if you don't actually start from a true place of, oh my God, I cannot believe you are sleeping with my brother, that hurts me so much. Why? Because you're mine. Whatever that story is, you want to just hit those notes that everybody understands.Michael Jamin:Now, when you rebooted Will and Grace, did you bring back the entire writing stuff?Max Mutchnick:We didn't bring back everybody, but brought back most everybody.Michael Jamin:And what's shocking about that you had this amazing writing staff and that they were available.Max Mutchnick:We had to be patient. We had to work a little bit of magic. And I also think, I mean, it's embarrassing for NBC, but David and I had out of pocket some fees.Michael Jamin:Oh, really? You wanted them that bad?Max Mutchnick:But it's worth it. It's worth it. It's like, oh, you, you're going to stop at 25 k an episode for this wildly talented person and for their integrity, and they need it to be 27 5. It's like, take it out of mine.Michael Jamin:Right.Max Mutchnick:And we had to give you the full truth on that. It was more with crew. With Crew that we did that.Michael Jamin:Did you want your old crew?Max Mutchnick:Yeah. I mean, there are people that you want, you want the show to sound the same and you want,Michael Jamin:What was it like bringing it back though, for you as a creator? ItMax Mutchnick:Was incredible, honestly. It was such an incredible thing. I mean, we brought it back thinking that Hillary Clinton was going to be president. And the twisted irony is that the game show host won the office, but it ended up really giving us stuff to write to, because if you're just preaching to the third that you have, it's like, what's fun about that? ButMichael Jamin:To me, I guess I'm interested in your characters are now much older. And now I wouldn't have thought when Will Grace ended? I'm not really thinking about where they're going to be years from now. I'm just done thinking about them.Max Mutchnick:I know, and it kind of did have a finality to it, but I mean, I've told the story, but the set was at Emerson. How was it? And it was done, and they were done with the installation, and it was getting moved back on a flatbed to la. And my husband and I were in London, and I was bereft about the way the election was going and sitting in the back of a cab, I said to him, if I had the show, I would have Karen training Rosario on a rock climbing wall. I would do a story about, you're going to go back to Mexico, but then you're going to climb back in after you go back. Right. And I just wanted that to see that visual of Shelly Morrison on a rock climbing wall and caring training her, and in response to him, those horrible policies. And Eric said to me, well, honey, why don't you just go do something about it and make it the set's where it is? All the actors are where they are, and they were amenable. Thank God, God bless them for doing that, because it didn't have to go that way. It wasMichael Jamin:Easy.Max Mutchnick:It was much easier than you would think to bring it all back together.Michael Jamin:Right. That's with the rebuilding. That's so interesting. When you guys are coming up with show ideas, I mean, are they just coming to you? Are you always coming up with ideas or is it like, okay, we got to come up with an idea?Max Mutchnick:No, I mean, I'm coming up with ideas all the time until someone pays me and then all of a suddenMichael Jamin:Nothing. Can't thinkMax Mutchnick:Of anything. Yeah. It's like, I don't know. I can't sleep. I mean, do you sleep? I don't turn. My brain doesn't shut off. And so I'm always kind of thinking about stuff. And by the way, we've written some of the things that I love the most that we've ever done. They've never seen the light of day. And I think that one of the little twisted crimes of our industry is the fact that agents and studios, if they have any sense that you've written something ago, that you wrote it back when they don't want to, it's like a loaf of bread or something like that, as opposed to a piece of art that it is still relevant. It still makes sense. These characters are vibrant and exist, but it feels like used goods even if it's never anywhere.Michael Jamin:And so you guys, your partner, you meet every day and you're coming up with ideas, or even when you're not,Max Mutchnick:I'm very good that way. I don't feel like I can stop and I don't want to stop. Dave is arguably a happier person, and he doesn't feel the same desire to beat himself to death. That's what it's, yeah. But we've had a dynamic for mean our daughters are very, very close, which Oh, really? A gift of life for both of us. But always, I mean, I say this in front of him and behind his back, our relationship has that lovely Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, sort of one of us is in love with the other one, and one of us doesn't care. And Dave's just like, but he's my brother. So he's not like he's going anywhere. But it's just like, stop trying so fucking hard. I get a little sweaty when I don't need to.Michael Jamin:Well, yeah, you've had so much success. It occurred to me. I just remember one time I was over at your place once, I don't remember where you were living, but I remember you had Enya on.Max Mutchnick:It's so crazy. So wait, I'm going to make my relationship to Enya. I'm going to bring it back to writing sitcoms because Okay. My anxiety has always been a present part of who I am and what you referred to as the fun of coming into my office. Yeah, you're right. But it's driven by a kind of anxiety and on, I guess it would've been good advice for Michael Patrick King. I was having such heavy, crazy anxiety. Anxiety to the point of passing out anxiety that I had to go every time we had a break down to my car and listen to Anya on AC cd.Michael Jamin:Is it because you're worried you're going to be fired? Is that whyMax Mutchnick:I just didn't have that? There's a, that very scary moment of existing in a writing room of what your output is. Like Jeff Astrof, by the way, such an incredible writer in a room, such a good room person. But he lives by the thing. If I don't put a joke into that script today, I can't go to bed tonight. And that drives a person. And I just was in these, so you have to get, but Michael Petra king got me a little bit more comfortable with, I listen to you sometimes and I watch you construct comedy on the fly, and I am impressed with it. And I think, what the fuck? Can't I still do that? But I tap into something different. I tap into a different thing because I think life just across the board, other than rape and cancer and Israel is pretty much, everything is funny. And I feel really good about exploring the most uncomfortable truths of my life, and that's where I get the stuff from. But I wasn't there. I wasn't there, and certainly not at the beginning. And Dave Cohan comes from such a pedigree family that it was second nature to him to just construct really clever wordplay and stuff like that. And I was really panicked about that at the beginning.Michael Jamin:Interesting. Because you know that in the room of writers, if I'm going to choose a team of writers and I have eight picks, the first eight are story people, not joke people.Max Mutchnick:And that's that generic question you ask a writer when you interview them. So what do you think you're best at story or, well, really good at story, right? They're really good at story.Michael Jamin:You're good at stories.Max Mutchnick:You can tell a fucking story.Michael Jamin:None of you'reMax Mutchnick:Good. It's crazy. It's crazy how many people can't tell a story or the joke thing of you want to say to people and you don't. It's like, okay, close your eyes. Go to the table, put that joke in the actor's mouth and tell me the response that you hear. Do you actually hear people laughing at those words? Because that's how I always do it. I'm like, and then it becomes second nature. Yeah, that sounds right. They will make ew. She'll make ew funny. That will get a laugh. That will get a laugh. But it's always shocking to me like the clunkiness sometimes that's pitched and it's like, that's not going toMichael Jamin:Work. Yeah. Yeah. How funny. How funny.Max Mutchnick:And if I'm calm and you got time, it's like you can try to get it, but you want a Michael Jamin in your room to just give it to you. Done.Michael Jamin:Oh, give it to me. Done. It's so interesting. Go starting out. I was just a joke guy. And then you won't keep your job long if that's all you understand, right?Max Mutchnick:No, you have to be able to, because you go to that run through and the entire back half of that story falls apart. So you have to be a technician to say, if you do this and you do that, the back half will, as we say, it's an F 12, it will write itself. It never does that, unfortunately. But I will tell you this, speaking of that, during all of this AI and the strike, and my writer's assistant that's been with me for a very long time, and I won't say his name because he hates that he's a writer's assistant, but he's incredible. A friend gave him a Will and Grace, an AI written Will and Grace.Michael Jamin:Oh, andMax Mutchnick:I mean, this is the upsetting part.Michael Jamin:No, don't go there. Don't say any of this. What isMax Mutchnick:It? I know. I mean, but the truth is, it's like, well, if this is what came to me, if I sent a team off, if I sent a group off and I said, Karen and Jack are going to have a garage sale, bring me back that story. I want two, I mean, I'd break the scenes with them, but two scenes of the first act, two scenes in the second act, it's AB story. Bring that back to me. It wasn't like it was so far off.Michael Jamin:Wasn't so far off. So better than staff writer.Max Mutchnick:This isMichael Jamin:Scary.Max Mutchnick:Yeah, no, I know. I mean, I don't know. It's like if it was in front of me, we could even read it, but I don't have it. I don't want to give any credit to that, but I'm going to name drop. But I told that story to Norman Lear at dinner not too long ago, and he told me that someone had done it for him too on, I think it was on all of the Family. And I believe that we agreed that it wasn't an abomination.Michael Jamin:This makes me sick a little bit.Max Mutchnick:Oh, it's sickening. Yeah, completely sickening. Because it calls 246 episodes of Will and Grace. It figures out what those people sound like. I mean, look, if I delivered, I wouldn't deliver it at a table read. It would still, it would be that thing that I was talking about. There wouldn't be laughs. It didn't have, it didn't have heart construction. Yeah, but good enough. Yeah, but it could go right. That's a callback number 56 onMichael Jamin:Callback. Good enough. I posted about James Burrows yesterday about what he said. I dunno if you saw,Max Mutchnick:Oh, I did. And we should talk about that.Michael Jamin:Yeah. What's, because he basically said, and I think it was misinterpreted a little, that there are, there's only about 30 great writers to do sitcoms. And what I think he meant was 30 great showrunners or potential showrunners, not writers. ButMax Mutchnick:Yeah, I absolutely didn't agree with him. And you started to talk about it, and then always, I kind of turn you off about five minutes, but I will say this, it's like you hit on exactly what it is. The reason why we like it is because Multicam are the comfort Food of America. I mean, that is the show. You want your kid, when they come home from school, turn on an episode of friends and watch that thing, and then dinner will be ready and it goes down easy and you love it. You even can know where it's going, and it's still satisfying. But I didn't agree with Jim, and I hope that he was misquoted because I am not sure that it's over because of how much it's actually liked by Go ahead and create. Everybody loves Raymond and I dare America to not want to watch it.Michael Jamin:Well, okay, growing up, there was a show called Small Wonder. It was one of these syndicated whatever. And I would watch that. And I said to my partner recently, I was like, how come we can't get on small wonder? Where are those shows put on Small wonder? I'd rather be happy working on Small Wonder. But they don't exist.Max Mutchnick:Well, no one programs that way anymore. I still believe if someone made the commitment, I mean, they must have papered this out somewhere, but I always think, shit, if I ran a network, I would ask the higher ups. Can I please develop sitcoms from eight to 10, put them on the air, and will you give me a guarantee that I get to put them on the air for two years straight, all four of them? Because it doesn't happen like a movie. It doesn't happen. I mean, you try really hard, but it's a fluke to get anybody to get a pilot off the ground in that a scene. They don't know anybody. Right. It's the hardest thing in the world. But I believe that if Multicam, I believe that they weren't driven by star casting because star casting always fucks up a multicam. Of course, there are examples of big stars that have made shows work like Charlie and Julia even. But I mean, there's that list of names that if we weren't being recorded, I would just say it's all these fucking famous people that aren't funny. AndMichael Jamin:Wait, is it because you think they get executive producer and they give notes and they change it? They make the show what they want it to be, you mean?Max Mutchnick:Yeah. I mean, I don't give a shit about that, but that's all bad. Jim Burrows, though, won't allow that, which is a gift, though. The world is so changed that if Miley Cyrus wants to do a sitcom, by the way, I think Miley Cyrus is the only sitcom actor who is able to move the needle. They push you during sweeps. Can you get a Shatner? If we could get Shatner on Big Bang, I know we'll write, that's probably not a good example because it probably worked. But for the most part, shows just get what they get. They always get what they get. It doesn't matter. These co-stars and these, none of that matters,Michael Jamin:Right? No.Max Mutchnick:Is it funny? And do you like the people? Do you like the people? And do you like the world that they're in?Michael Jamin:That's what actually, and that is a good segue to what I wanted to talk about as well. Shit, my dad says, you guys were on the forefront. That was a Twitter popular What? ItMax Mutchnick:Was the first one.Michael Jamin:Right? The first ones. So I'm saying you were on the forefront. You were the first ones who did that. And I remembering because it was based on the Twitter feed, I remember thinking, is this what's going on now? And yes. Yes, it is.Max Mutchnick:I know. I mean, it's funny. I remember when I was a kid and all of a sudden in the music scene, there was punk rock. And I remember being a worried Jewish boy saying to my mother, ma, I think punk rock's going to ruin the world. I think punk rock's going to ruin the world. And it was like all of a sudden, Twitter, a Twitter account, a tweet for Justin Alper. Brilliant. I mean, creator Elementary with Pat Schumacher, and this was Justin's, it was his account, but at a beginning, middle to an end, when you heard it, it was just like, shit, my dad says, it's just like, well, inside that line, speaking of Hemmingway, the best story, the shortest story ever written.Michael Jamin:Yeah. What is it?Max Mutchnick:Baby Shoes for Sale, never Worn.Michael Jamin:Right? Right.Max Mutchnick:They might be out of order, but those are the words I think, and shit my dad says was like, oh my God. You know exactly what that is. That's a son with being embarrassed by a father that he loves. So it was all there. It was there. Yeah.Michael Jamin:But if, I don't know, was there ever a moment like now, sure. Oh, this guy, this person has a big Twitter feed. Yes, bring him in. Let's talk with them. Right. But was there a moment when you were doing this? Are we really basing a show on a Twitter feed? I mean, I know you saw more, but I would've been worried.Max Mutchnick:Yeah, yeah. But it was literary. I mean, I don't know. Justin was just so sharp and smart, and there were ideas immediately, so it didn't feel hacky at all. But by the way, I will say this, it was one of the handful of terrible, deadly fatal casting mistakes that I made in giving the job of the Sun to the actor that we did when the actor of the hundreds of people that we read for that part, there was only one guy who came in and he was a slam dunk, and he was the one, and he was the only one of all the 500 men that read for the part that Bill Shatner said, that's the guy. And that guy was David Rum, HoltzMichael Jamin:Rum,Max Mutchnick:David m, it was so there in the room. Yeah. I forgot it was him. He understood everything. And I brought some of my own bullshit to it, and so did everybody else. David didn't, he didn't look like we wanted it. Look, we wanted a cuter person and all kind of stuff.Michael Jamin:Pretty, it's so funny. We did a show with him years later. Crummy Sweet kid, sweet guy. Interesting.Max Mutchnick:Wow. Forgot about that. Yeah. Such a talented guy. Such talentedMichael Jamin:Guy. Yeah. Interesting.Max Mutchnick:And a brother in neurosis.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Yeah. Well, let me talk about that, because you tend to put yourself into the characters you write. And how hard is that is difficult for you? Does everyone know that it's you, IMax Mutchnick:Guess? I think so. I mean, well, I only tell the stories in first person. I mean, I don't say, I have a friend who had sex with a Chauffeur for Music Express. I tell the story about what I did and how embarrassing it was and what I did and what I did to recover from it. And I got very comfortable with that. And it's made it possible to tell a lot of stories because that's what I have.Michael Jamin:But on the flip side, are you sometimes protective of the character when someone else pitches an idea and Well, I wouldn't do that. Well, it's not you. It's,Max Mutchnick:Oh my God. No. If it feels true, and it sounds true, I completely, I mean, I'm not going to go back on what I said. If your story is fantastic and it's not nuts, I mean, I want to tell that I want tell that story. Right? I mean, those are the ones that I, the ones that really like are like, oh, Jesus Christ, that's so uncomfortable. That's so uncomfortable and so awkward. And we have to do that. We have to tell that story.Michael Jamin:Did you start on your shows that you run, do you start every morning with like, Hey, what's everybody up to? Are you trying to pull stories out of people, personal storiesMax Mutchnick:We call a host chat?Michael Jamin:Is that what you called it? Yeah,Max Mutchnick:We call a host chat, because when I first started out, I knew I had a rundown of, I think Regis. Regis and who is Frank ER's wife?Michael Jamin:Kathy Lee.Max Mutchnick:Kathy Lee. Kathy Lee. And it's called Host Chat, by the way. It might've been on,Michael Jamin:Mike Madia was called that as well. Yeah. Yeah.Max Mutchnick:I mean, that's where it comes from. It doesn't come from Regis, it comes from that. And David, and I mean, it's arguably sometimes the best part of the day.Michael Jamin:Well, yeah, it's funny. You guys set up Mike and Maddie, and then you bounced off that show probably in a matter of months. And then I took, I took the job that you vacated and I was thrilled. And with you was, I dunno. For me, it was like, oh my God, this is this giant opportunity. And you guys, this is your temporary gig.Max Mutchnick:Oh, well, it wasn't a temporary gig. It was a fall from Grace. I mean, I think we had already been working, something was going on in our career, either we were in between agents or something, but that was an absolute blight. I mean, it was terrible. That experience.Michael Jamin:And why, what was it For me,Max Mutchnick:We were WGA primetime,Michael Jamin:And that was not all ofMax Mutchnick:Sudden we're writing a strip bullshit show with two hosts that hate each other. And I mean, a great thing came out of it though, the first week of the run of those shows, David Cohan is in all of the sketches.Michael Jamin:Oh, I didn't know that.Max Mutchnick:Yeah, David, we wrote him into the sketches. He played kind of this dumb PA character, and we would do these cold opens that they could never make them work. They could never make work because Maddie couldn't act. And Mike was always frustrated. But Dave's in them, they're online, I believe, and they're pretty funny.Michael Jamin:Oh my God. HowMax Mutchnick:Funny. Yeah, it's incredible.Michael Jamin:And so I guess going forward, as I take up a lot of your time here, what do you see going forward with the industry? I don't know. What does it lookMax Mutchnick:Like to you? That's one thing I won't do. It's the more I realize how little I know kind of thing. I believe this. I believe that good shows always will out. They will always happen. And even in spite of the system. So I think that that can happen. But I don't know. I'll tell you, in six months, I can come back and we'll talk about whether the multicam that I have in the hopper right now, if they work and if they get on the schedule, because things just, it just doesn't happen anymore.Michael Jamin:People think, yeah, people, when you're in it, you're made well, your next job is never guaranteed.Max Mutchnick:I don't like that 50 something year old guy that doesn't work anymore. I don't want to be that. I don't that person and I can be okay. I guess reflecting, looking back on, I tried really hard and I kind of want to, this might be embarrassing, but I really would like to show myself that I have not disconnected from the popular culture that I can tap into the way people feel still. And I'm not just a guy making dad jokes. I mean, I'm not that guy anyway. My daughters, that's not their experience. So it is just a matter of can I get the system to work on my behalf?Michael Jamin:What do you tell young writers trying to break in then giveMax Mutchnick:Advice that there's always room for one more. I mean, I still feel that way, but I feel like you've got to be, if you get on a show, I think the goal is to parrot the showrunner.Yes. Make the sound that he's making. Don't make some other weird Crispin Glover sound. Make the sound that he's making, and then improve upon that act. It's like actors that you hire to do a guest spot on a show, and they kill it, and you hire them, and then they get on the floor and they give you something else. It's like, no, no, no. Do exactly the thing that we hired you for. So a writer, it's like, I read your spec script. I love it. I love your tone. I loved talking to you. And by the way, in that meeting, I'm thinking as much about what's it going to be like to do post chat with this person and do anything else? Because I don't know that I should say this, but I will because I don't stop myself. A lot of times when we meet writers, we read them after we met them,Michael Jamin:You read 'em afterMax Mutchnick:They have a thing. If they're in the system to the point that the studio and the network are saying, oh yeah, we love this person. We think this person is great. This person's just come out of NYU. We think you'll help this person. Right? You've got to meet this guy, or you've got to meet this woman, this human. I sit down with them and then it's like, okay, you are,Michael Jamin:I wouldn't trust anything they say, though. That's the thing. Why? What do you mean? Well, because you got to meet this writer, and they're like, but I don't think they know what I'm looking for in a writer. That's the thing.Max Mutchnick:But it's like both have equal power in the hiring. So it's like you meet them, do I like them? You can read a script and then all of a sudden you imbue all the stuff that, and they're just like, Ugh. They're a drip. And they're not cool. And they're not easy to talk to. I mean, by the way, mean if the script's brilliant, you're going to hire them. But well,Michael Jamin:Also, I imagine we're also intimidated by your success too. It's not easy to sit opposite you guys,Max Mutchnick:But we try really hard to pull that out of the room as fast as we can because it gets in the way. And like I said, it's like I won't really comment on our position in the world and that kind of stuff. I just can't even think about that. If someone's coming in to talk to us, I feel as much want them to. I'm still the same as my husband says, everybody has diarrhea. It's like, I want them to like me.Michael Jamin:You still sob to Enya?Max Mutchnick:Yes. That I don't do anymore. I do. I'm a little bit my spine's illustrator. I don't have one way of doing anything is really the moral of the whole.Michael Jamin:Wow, max, I'm so appreciative that you took the time. I don't know, just to talk because oh my God, you have so much wisdom to share. It's just so interesting to hear your journey, and I don't know.Max Mutchnick:It is a joy to talk to you, and I don't usually enjoy these things as much as I have that says everything about you, andMichael Jamin:It's atMax Mutchnick:Ease. Yeah. I mean, you're just easy and good and smart and everything. A lot. I mean, your commentary throughout the strike was just fantastic and on point. And you were putting yourself out there in a way. AndMichael Jamin:Ballsy is what IMax Mutchnick:Ballsy. Ballsy. Yes, that's right. I mean, one gets scared making things when you have, I guess you don't have that much to lose.Michael Jamin:That's pretty much it. That's pretty much it. Yeah.Max Mutchnick:So can you just tell me before we say goodbye? Yeah. What are you working on?Michael Jamin:Well, we're going to talk more. We're done talking. Okay.Max Mutchnick:Okay. So do you want to wrap it up? Do we sing or what do we do?Michael Jamin:Yeah. We hug virtually and we tell everyone to be their best creative versions of themselves.Max Mutchnick:That's exactly right.Michael Jamin:Encourage people. There's roomMax Mutchnick:For one more.Michael Jamin:I love that. There's room for one more. So if you're listening always. Yeah.Max Mutchnick:No matter what it is. And God damn, I wish I could sing the theme for, I mean, if you have your sound engineer, why don't you just have your sound engineer fade in the theme from the Mike and Maddie show written by Charles Luman.Michael Jamin:MicMax Mutchnick:Shine. It's a beautiful day in America.Michael Jamin:I'm not paying for that needle drop. I got my own music. HeMax Mutchnick:Doesn't need the money.Michael Jamin:I'll talk to him. Okay. All right. Thank you again, max. I really appreciate it, Janet. Yeah. Okay. And don't go anywhere. Alright everyone, we got another more great episodes. Wasn't that interesting talk? He's a great guy. Go watch him. Go watch Will and Grace again. It's ageless. Alright, thanks so much everyone, until next week.So now we all know what the hell Michael Jamin is talking about. If you're interested in learning more about writing, make sure you register for my free monthly webinars @michaeljamin.com /webinar. And if you found this podcast helpful or entertaining, please share it with a friend and consider leaving us a five star review on iTunes that really, really helps. For more of this, whatever the hell this is, follow Michael Jamin on social media @MichaelJaminwriter. And you can follow Phil Hudson on social media @PhilaHudson. This podcast was produced by Phil Hudson. It was edited by Dallas Crane and music was composed by Anthony Rizzo. And remember, you can have excuses or you can have a creative life, but you can't have both. See you next week.

In this episode of Personally Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by actor, writer, director and composer Robby Benson. Robby's film credits include, “Ode to Billie Joe”, “Ice Castles”, “Jeremy” and “Death Be Not Proud”. He wrote and directed the feature film “Modern Love” and he voiced “Beast” in Disney's Academy Award nominated film, “Beauty and the Beast”. Robby has been married to singer and actress Karla DeVito for over 40 years. In addition to acting and directing, Robby is an activist in the field of heart research having undergone four open heart surgeries since the age of 28. He talks about his life, career, family and the values that sustain him.Support the show

Famed TV host Julie Chen Moonves once lived life with little to no thought about spiritual things — but that changed in 2018 when she embarked on a journey to find Jesus.In this podcast episode, Moonves discusses her faith journey and her recently released audio memoir, "But First God." She talks about the warm reception she has received while sharing her story of finding faith, and how it has brought her peace and a sense of purpose. Julie also shares the story of a cameraman from her past who played a role in her spiritual journey and the challenges of forgiveness in her life. The episode highlights the importance of personal relationships with God and the transformative power of faith and forgiveness in one's life. Moonves encourages listeners to start their own relationship with God and experience the freedom that comes from it, and also shares what it's like to be so open about her faith in Hollywood.Be sure to subscribe to the show and visit Higher Ground on The Washington Times for daily faith and culture news: https://highergroundtimes.comFOLLOW BILLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA:- Follow Billy on Twitter- Follow Billy on Instagram- Follow Billy on Facebook

This episode contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault. It's been more than five years since the #MeToo movement, driven by reporting at publications like The New York Times, toppled powerful and abusive men. Behind that essential journalism were sources, many anonymous, who took enormous risks to expose harassment and sexual violence.Today, Rachel Abrams, a producer and reporter at The Times, speaks to Ali Diercks, a lawyer who provided crucial information for a major #MeToo story. Ms. Diercks has waived her anonymity to discuss the costs of her coming forward and what she thinks about her decision years later.Guest: Rachel Abrams, a senior producer and reporter for “The New York Times Presents” documentary series. Background reading: Ms. Diercks provided anonymous information to The Times about the misconduct of Mr. Moonves, former chairman and chief executive of CBS. Read the reporting from 2018 here.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Dylan Byers sits down with Peter Hamby to discuss the real winner of Sunday's game—the ad market—and presage when the Super Bowl will be aired on Amazon Prime. Then Bill Cohan digs into the Shari oppo files with Ben Landy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking: Last week, former CBS executive Les Moonves was fined $30.5 million for insider trading. Moonves was fired in 2018 when allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment began to surface. This is an update on an ongoing development. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ryan-christopher-horn/support

CBS and an LAPD Captain led a cover-up of a sexual assault report against Moonves, according to the Attorney General. Schools are scrambling to find teachers as California expands transitional kindergarten. ABC's Crime and Terrorism Analyst Brad Garrett comes on to talk about the potential for violence during the upcoming election. And Handel talks about President Biden's warning of 'democracy in peril'.

Weekly initial jobless claims fell slightly to 217,000; U.S. productivity rose less than expected in Q3; Microsoft pledges $400 million worth of cloud computing for Ukraine; CBS, ex-CEO Moonves to pay $30.5 million to settle allegations of corporate wrongdoing tied to sexual assault claims, New York AG says To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The debate over what's at stake in Tuesday's midterms, as many GOP candidates refuse to promise they'll accept the results if they lose. Last night, in a speech at Washington's Union Station, President Biden argued democracy itself is at risk. Our polling shows that right now, the economy is the number one issue for voters, amid worries about high inflation. Many of those suspicions about the democratic process stem from former President Trump's false claims about the 2020 election. The man charged with federal and state felonies in the assault of Paul Pelosi is now also facing possible detention by U.S. immigration officials. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be on the brink of taking power again. Netanyahu was forced to step down last year amid corruption charges, for which he's still on trial. Newly-released police dispatch audio from the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas reveals widespread miscommunication during the police response at Robb Elementary School. These recordings, obtained by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica, show the desperation inside the school during 77 minutes of terror. In Florida, the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was sent to prison yesterday after a stormy court hearing. A judge sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life without parole, the only possible punishment, after a jury refused to unanimously endorse the death penalty in the case. CBS, our parent company Paramount Global, and former CBS President and CEO, Leslie Moonves, have agreed to a settlement, worth more than $30 million, to resolve allegations of insider trading, misleading investigators, and attempting to conceal sexual assault claims. Moonves was fired in 2018 after harassment allegations against him became public. He denies any wrongdoing.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AP correspondent Margie Szaroleta reports on CBS Moonves-Insider Trading.

CBS and an LAPD Captain led a cover-up of a sexual assault report against Moonves, according to the Attorney General. President Biden continues to stress that democracy is in peril - Handel gives his musings. And Capitol Police have admitted that cameras at the Pelosi residence weren't being 'actively monitored'.

Pfizer says its updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults' virus-fighting antibodies. The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had already said the overall number of such deaths rose in 2020 and 2021. The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay, saying they were dismayed by his failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” Irving did later issue an apology on Instagram. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for peace talks over Ukraine and warned against the conflict going nuclear in a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Federal prosecutors have rested their case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates charged in the U.S. Capitol attack. Rhodes' lawyers have signaled that they will rely on an unusual defense strategy with former President Donald Trump at the center. In sports, the Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 to take a 3-2 series lead. The Astros can clinch the title with a win in Houston on Saturday. The Eagles remained perfect in the NFL and the NBA's defending champs continued to roll. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow have visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner, just weeks after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup “strongly condemned” North Korea's escalating military flexing, including ballistic missile test launches, multiple rocket launches and coastal artillery. The U.N. nuclear agency, meanwhile, said Thursday its inspections have found no evidence to support Russia's unfounded claims that Ukraine is planning to set off radioactive “dirty bombs". Pope Francis is urging Bahrain authorities to renounce the death penalty and ensure basic human rights for all citizens as he arrived in the Sunni-led kingdom. A film museum in Italy's city of Turin says Kevin Spacey will receive a lifetime achievement award and teach a master class there early next year. Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, had died, He was 72. The nation's top public health agency has revised its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. The new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations are an update to 2016 guidelines. President Joe Biden's travel itinerary for his last big campaign swing before the midterm elections reveals his defensive stance in the campaign's closing days. The ACLU of Nevada has asked the state's secretary of state to investigate what it called a “coordinated partisan election administration effort” during a rural county's hand-count of mail-in ballots that was shut down last week. CBS and its former president, Leslie Moonves, will pay $30.5 million as part of an agreement with the New York attorney general's office, which says the network's executives conspired with a Los Angeles police captain to conceal sexual assault allegations against Moonves. Sticker shock in youth sports is nothing new, but the onslaught of double-digit inflation across America this year has added a costly wrinkle on the path to the ballparks, swimming pools and dance studios across America. —The Associated PressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why would a show with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score get canceled? Because then-CBS-head Les Moonves wanted a bionic-man, spy-style, police-procedural drama. And what he got was a synthetic man with existential issues and family drama, a singing mentor/jailer, some sci-fi plots, and HBO-style overarching themes that were not-ready-for-network-TV.That's what happened with CBS's “Now and Again.” Add on that Moonves didn't want to pay what it cost to shoot in Midtown Manhattan for a concept that he just didn't like. The one-season series even has an 8.1/10 rating on IMDb.Full show notes here https://geekgirlsoup.com/geeky-chats/1203-one-and-done-now-and-again

In this installment of GEMA TALKS, we speak with top Hollywood attorney Gordon Bobb (C '93) of Del Shaw Moonves, who represents top talent in the entertainment industry including actors, directors, writers and producers. Gordon speaks to us about how he developed his practice over a 20+ year period and some of the keys to his success and important attributes necessary to being an effective attorney and partner to his clients. He also discusses the importance for him of representing diverse voices in Hollywood. Gordon also discusses his upbringing in Brooklyn and his time at Georgetown, and his key influences including the film "Do The Right Thing" which ignited a "pilot light inside of me" and working as the manager of the basketball team under famed Coach John Thompson. He also dispenses advice to those looking to build their careers in the entertainment and media law profession.

We didn't have to look very hard to find Team Aqua/Magma's secret headquarters outside of Lilycove City and we didn't have to work very hard to unravel their entire criminal syndicate, but it wasn't all a walk in the Safari Zone this week. Papa Cultura had to say a tearful arrivederci to a beloved friend, Admiral Squirt really took to Hoenn's controversial “stand your ground” laws, and Kid Nation was disappointedly under-recognized as a brilliant and subversive piece of art cinema and I can't believe it only got 13 episodes before it was canceled. Real swing and miss canceling that one, Moonves.

Join Big Brother superfans Bobby Goodsby and Alex Rubino as they recap the first eviction of Big Brother 24, and more with Big Brother 12 player MATT HOFFMAN.#RealityNSFW#BigBrother24#CBSBigBrother

DDSA - Bare Necessitiees / Wrong LyricsPreakness / Bob BaffertLes Moonves / Vegas and MGM open up.Lotto Numbers / Bench pressing millions of dollars.

The Sistahs dish the drama in OUR FINALE of Big Brother All Stars! Bye bye Moonves!Send feedback to ssbigbrother@gmail.com.Join the Sistah Speak family: https://twitter.com/sistahspeakcasthttps://twitter.com/_SistahJhttps://twitter.com/_SistahKhttps://twitter.com/_SistahLMhttps://twitter.com/_SistahAhttps://www.facebook.com/SistahSpeakPodcast/https://www.sistahspeakproductions.com/https://patreon.com/sistahspeak

All four Sistahs are back to dish another week in the Big Brother All Stars house and the mega eye-rolling Moonves moments LOLSend feedback to ssbigbrother@gmail.com.Join the Sistah Speak family: https://twitter.com/sistahspeakcasthttps://twitter.com/_SistahJhttps://twitter.com/_SistahKhttps://twitter.com/_SistahLMhttps://twitter.com/_SistahAhttps://www.facebook.com/SistahSpeakPodcast/https://www.sistahspeakproductions.com/https://patreon.com/sistahspeak

All four Sistahs are back to dish another week in the Big Brother All Stars house and the mega eye-rollling Moonves moments.Send feedback to ssbigbrother@gmail.com.Join the Sistah Speak family: https://twitter.com/sistahspeakcasthttps://twitter.com/_SistahJhttps://twitter.com/_SistahKhttps://twitter.com/_SistahLMhttps://twitter.com/_SistahAhttps://www.facebook.com/SistahSpeakPodcast/https://www.sistahspeakproductions.com/https://patreon.com/sistahspeak

All four Sistahs are back to dish the first full week in the Big Brother All Stars house and the mega eye-rollling Moonves moments.Send feedback to ssbigbrother@gmail.com.Join the Sistah Speak family: https://twitter.com/sistahspeakcasthttps://twitter.com/_SistahJhttps://twitter.com/_SistahKhttps://twitter.com/_SistahLMhttps://twitter.com/_SistahAhttps://www.facebook.com/SistahSpeakPodcast/https://www.sistahspeakproductions.com/https://patreon.com/sistahspeak

Oh yeah no the cop out isn't the show, it's us. Apparently ⬛⬛⬛ won, and that is fine. In this episode we discuss Erik's anger problems, the mechanics of a tiny helicopter, and the best kind of ship (obviously, it is friendship). You're all a Moonves to us. See you in the summer.

DECEMBER 20, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Barclays fined $15MM by NY-DFS for attempted whistleblower unmasking. (Wall Street Journal)·      CBS on hook for Moonves legal fees. (NewYork Times)·      What is a ‘wolf’ culture? (Hint-it is not over-active males). (NewYork Times)·       Two former Panasonic Avionics execs hit with FCPA enforcement actions by the SEC. (FCPABlog) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DECEMBER 20, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      Barclays fined $15MM by NY-DFS for attempted whistleblower unmasking. (Wall Street Journal)·      CBS on hook for Moonves legal fees. (NewYork Times)·      What is a ‘wolf’ culture? (Hint-it is not over-active males). (NewYork Times)·       Two former Panasonic Avionics execs hit with FCPA enforcement actions by the SEC. (FCPABlog) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DECEMBER 19, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      CBS will not pay Les Moonves $120MM in severance. (BBC)·      UBS draws $15MM fine for AML violations. (Wall Street Journal)·      When will CITGO, go? (Wall Street Journal)·       Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve. (Wall Street Journal) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DECEMBER 19, 2018 BY TOM FOX In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      CBS will not pay Les Moonves $120MM in severance. (BBC)·      UBS draws $15MM fine for AML violations. (Wall Street Journal)·      When will CITGO, go? (Wall Street Journal)·       Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve. (Wall Street Journal) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moonves news; Woody Allen's secret teen lover; Stripper names

Dan discusses the decision by CBS to not give former Chairman and CEO Les Moonves his $120 million severance with Axios media reporter Sara Fischer. Plus, in the "Final Two", Amazon's latest HQ2 headaches and another episode of "Trump vs. The Fed".

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Coleen Rowley, a former FBI agent who in 2002 was named Time Magazine person of the year, and Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer and author of “The Plot to Control the World: How the US Spent Billions to Change the Outcome of Elections Around the World.”A federal judge in Washington today delayed the highly anticipated sentencing of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI as part of the Mueller investigation related to lobbying he conducted on behalf of the Turkish government. Prosecutors had asked for leniency because of the degree to which Flynn cooperated in the Mueller probe, but Judge Emmet Sullivan’s incendiary comments during the hearing led to the sentencing being delayed. Tuesday’s weekly series is False Profits—A Weekly Look at Wall Street and Corporate Capitalism. Regular “False Profits” guest Daniel Sankey is out sick today, but Loud & Clear is honored to be joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, a professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of “Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression,” whose work is at www.jackrasmus.com.President Trump has decided to shut down his embattled and much-criticized personal charitable foundation amid allegations that he used it for personal and political gain. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said the president had also agreed to give away the remaining money. She added that the president had engaged in what she called “a shocking pattern of illegality.” Brian and John speak with Ted Rall, an award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist whose work is at www.rall.com. Headlines in all major US newspapers and news websites today crowed about the firing of former CBS Chief Les Moonves for sexual misconduct. But even in this #MeToo era, nearly every headline mentioned Moonves’s loss of a $120 million severance package, but did NOT mention the accusations against him. Jodi Dean, a professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and her latest book is “Crowds and Party,” joins the show. US negotiators in Abu Dhabi yesterday met with members of the Taliban leadership and representatives of the Afghan government to discuss a possible peace in Afghanistan. It’s possible that the Taliban and government delegations could meet face to face for the first time. The talks were supposed to last one day, but they’ve stretched into a second, raising hopes of substantive advances. Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, the Scholar-in-Residence and director of the Middle East Institute’s Center for Pakistan and Afghanistan Studies, joins Brian and John. In a speech marking the 40th anniversary of China’s economic reform, President Xi Jinping vowed to continue market liberalization, but made no major policy announcements. He asserted the importance of strong Communist Party control of the economy and society and said in a reference to the United States that no master can control the Chinese people. Meanwhile, the intelligence chiefs of the Five Eyes countries met in Nova Scotia to discuss Chinese electronics giant Huawei. John Ross, senior fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China, and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations, joins the show.The Trump Administration earlier this year laid out plans to weaken emission controls on vehicles. The changes were so dramatic that even automakers balked at the notion of making and selling dirtier cars and trucks. But it turns out that another group was behind the push. The New York Times reports that it was US oil companies leading the charge to allow cars and trucks to emit more pollution. Brian and John speak with Dr. Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont and the co-author of “What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism” and “Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation” from Monthly Review Press.

As Tom and Jay prepare for the December holiday season, they consider data privacy, an FCPA trial, the Moonves scandal, give personal remembrances of and say farewell to George H. W. Bush and all while reviewing the week’s top compliance and ethics stories. Topics include: 1.    Compliance Week devotes an entire issue to data privacy. 2.    What are some common pitfalls in 3rdParty due diligence? 3.     Did Jho Low bribe US government officials? 4.    Can banks improve their AML programs without fear of enforcement? US regulators say yes. State of New York-maybe. 5.    How will Goldman Sach’s role in the 1MDB scandal test the DOJ? 6.    Hong Kong's former home secretary was convicted of FCPA violations bribing African officials on behalf of a Chinese energy company. 7.    More commentary on modifications to the Yates Memo and what it means for the CCO. 8.    The investigation into Les Moonves and his conduct at CBS is damning. 9.    Great Women in Compliance premiered on the Compliance Podcast Network this week. 10.  Interested in learning some compliance lessons through the movies? Tom and Jay begin a new podcast series Popcorn and Compliancewhere they consider compliance lessons while indulging in their love of the movies. 11.  Tom and Jay pay tribute to George H. W. Bush. For more information on how an independent monitor can help improve your company’s ethics and compliance program, visit our sponsor Affiliated Monitors at www.affiliatedmonitors.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All of those blacked out lines in the sentencing guidelines for former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn tell a story--some of which we know now, most of which we should soon be finding out. Flynn's 19 interviews with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his cooperation on at least three separate investigations involving President Trump or people close to him tease at much bigger developments to come, so we will go In Depth. And Les Moonves, once one of the most powerful men in all of show business, resorted to deleting hundreds of his own text messages and even passing off his young son's iPad as his own to obstruct an investigation into his years of sexual misconduct--all of that from a damning report by lawyers HIRED by CBS. We go In Depth on Moonves's fall from grace and the long road ahead, still, for American women in the workplace. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want you to change the way you talk, especially when it comes to age-old catchphrases that involve animals. PETA argues sayings like "bring home the bacon" are not only cruel to pigs, but could be a path to racism! They say we should be replace that with "bring home the bagels"--so we'll get the argument straight from PETA. And the final word on the life and legacy of President George H.W. Bush, from the mouths of the people who knew him best. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Times details how Moonves tried to silence an accuser by getting her a part on a CBS show. 

NYT reporters Ellen Gabler, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams worked together to expose Les Moonves' attempts to bury a sexual assault allegation against him. The trio shared the backstory with Brian Stelter -- from tracking down sources to digging into boardroom drama. The big unknown now: Will Moonves still receive a $120 million payout?

This week Jason talks to Kevin Allison, the host of the popular storytelling podcast Risk. Kevin's talks about his stint on the 90's MTV sketch show The State, prostituting himself the weekend before The State was picked up on MTV, as well as the show moving to CBS only to be cancelled by Les Moonves. Kevin talks about members of The State moving on to start the tv show Reno 911, waiting tables at an event after The State was cancelled where he was recognized by Sarah McLachlan and Aretha Franklin, Michael Ian Black inspiring words that led to the creation of the Risk podcast and if The State will return like so many other 90's tv shows. The podcast has also recently released a book containing stories that were told on the show from Marc Maron, Aisha Tyler, Paul F. Tompkins as well as everyday people. There was a Bad Life Coach segment by Dave Nelson and a song by the Arrogant Worms called "Boring".   Wanna contact the show? Send an email to jason@wedonthavecookies.com or call 929-266-9342 and leave a voicemail.   Like the podcast's Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/WeDontHaveCookies/   Visit the podcast's website:  http://wedonthavecookies.wixsite.com/wedonthavecookies   Like the Arrogant Worms on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/arrogantworms/   Listen to Dave Nelson's podcast Comedy A-Go-Go:  http://dvnelson.podbean.com/  

We got your full on 2018 Midterm Election Breakdown for you! The highs, the lows, and the continual fight to make sure this country's democracy can stay afloat. Also we're getting you pumped and ready for the 2020 election. We can't loose steam, peoples! But before we get to the main event, James has a SCOOP for Nnekay- Are we talking about Nipplegate, again? Maybe... ok yes... but the details might enlighten and surprise you. Nnekay has a scoop too... but it's not what you guys might think it is.    Links!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrqRYSvfwhQ   https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/historic-firsts-midterm-elections     https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/midterm-elections-voting-rights_us_5be27da6e4b0dbe871a47ce0 https://www.theroot.com/winners-and-losers-from-the-2018-elections-1830285046 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mission-accomplished-for-democrats-but-not-without-disappointment_us_5be26965e4b0dbe871a45dc7 https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/historic-firsts-midterms/index.html   Twitter: @minoritykorner Email: minoritykorner@gmail.com Like Us On Facebook: Minority Korner  

DESIGNING WOMEN: Great show, or greatest show ever set in an interior design firm in the South?  Chelsea and Andrew answer the cat-call to adventure and dive deep into a world where douchey men are disrespectful of women, and women are sick of their shit -- a world not unlike our own.  An extremely topical discussion ensues, about a Very Special Episode that aired thirty years ago. Show: DESIGNING WOMEN "Hard Hats and Lovers," Season 3, Episode 6 Air Date: December 19, 1988 Find it: at the Paley Center Snack: Hershey’s Chocolate Donut Bites Further Reading: Together We Have the Power to End Harassment (Hollaback!) 'Designing Women' Creator Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual (Guest Column) Designing Women Reboot In the Works The gaming journalist who tells on her internet trolls – to their mothers 8 Reasons A Catcall Is Not A Compliment

What is a truly powerful woman? Is she powerful because of who appointed her to a leadership table or because she appointed herself there? Catherine and Kristin discuss how to navigate your relationships with other women who don't agree with your brand of leadership. From Kavanaugh to Dr. Ford to Cosby to Trump to Moonves, women are fighting, in some cases more fiercely than men for men. How do those us of in leadership positions continue to keep our respective ships sailing through the divide?Catherine Greer Limpo is a listener of a few shows on MHNR Network. She is also a mom, a friend, a leader, a professional, a mentor, a daughter, a sister, and most importantly, a mistake-maker. She has a deep desire to understand how we, as women, connect to one another and to our world as leaders. She identifies as an Oregonian, and is very thankful to live in and enjoy the Pacific Northwest with all of the outdoor beauty it has to offer.Her mission is to help other women see the leader in themselves in every aspect of life, and despite our suffering or blemishes, to succeed. She has had multiple experiences and careers as a high level executive, and has been so fortunate to build relationships with special people throughout time and across the globe.Kristin Sunanta Walker is the CEO of Mental Health News Radio Network.

Is Julie Chen’s defense of her husband, Les Moonves, pathetic stand-by-your-manism or admirable personal loyalty? A surprising analysis from the creator of the darkly comic films “Welcome to the Dollhouse” and “Happiness.” This fall he makes his playwriting and stage directing debut with “Emma and Max,” described as “a satire of tragic dimensions,” at New York’s Flea Theater.

Episode Notes "I'm trying to make other brown people feel ok about being in this country, because we all deserve to be here." -Nadia Anwar Please add us on Twitter: @maccannum Before sitting down for an interview with Nadia, Larry and Will briefly discuss male vulnerability. Larry celebrates Les Moonves and Jeff Fager losing their jobs at CBS and the main story addresses the many allegations Moonves is facing from Ronan Farrow's New Yorker article. Please send questions directly to Larry: larrymaccannum@gmail.com Support Clarity by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/clarity Find out more on the Clarity website. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

On today's show, Shannon & Mike discuss Bill Cosby's sentencing of 3 to 10 years in prison by a judge for sexual assault. And, celebrities react on Twitter to Cosby's incarceration. Also, Baltimore homicide rate topped US big cities in 2017. And, a woman says her ex pressed her for a baby, but didn't know her plan to kill someone for it. Then, Christine Blasey-Ford offers senate four people that corroborate her claims of sexual abuse. Plus more.

Cosby gets 3 to 10 while whites like Zimmerman, Winestien and Moonves gets away scott free???? You know I’m going in on this BS!!!!!!

These wonder twins sure are cranky! Some might even say Crotchety! Not really, though! They're here to first discuss the Emmy's which neither of them watched- and dive into a deep discussion as to where IS the line between being PC and comedy. Next up, something they both did see: Captain Marvel Trailer. Whew Lawd this looks good! Also was it weird for Vulture Magazine to feature a story about Soon-Yi Previn written by one of Woody Allen's friend? On to the main event- It's QUIZLETTE Time, Back 2 Skool edition. James guides Nnekay through some of the hottest topics including, Violas Davis and The Help, Bi-Pride Parade, Julie Chen... Moonves, Bert and Ernie being lovers, Anita Hill the hero, Cynthia Nixon, and... Helen Keller? Don't forget to check out James at Caroline's on Broadway   See James Stand Up Set at Caroline's on Broadway in NYC, Sept 24th at 7pm. Get $5 tickets by calling and reserving your spot and calling 212.757.4100.   "All The Sex I Want" a new Asexual play, September 29th at 8pm $10 Donations: https://www.nationalqueertheater.com/productions      Links! Viola Davis https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/movies/viola-davis-interview-widows-toronto-film-festival.html Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett- the choke https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/09/tom-arnold-mark-burnett-got-fist-fight-donald-trump/ BOO to James Comey https://www.themarysue.com/comey-miniseries/ Oscar Isaac https://www.queerty.com/oscar-isaacs-latest-take-star-wars-character-gay-fans-going-hyperspace-20180911 Transgender models- Marcos Marcos all models https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/09/34-models-slayed-runway-marco-marcos-100-transgender-fashion-show/?utm_source=queerty&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=directlink&utm_content=34+models+slayed+the+runway+in+Marco+Marco%E2%80%99s+100%25+transgender+fashion+show Bert and Ernie https://www.queerty.com/exclusive-bert-ernie-couple-finally-answer-20180916 Rapper’s mid life https://www.queerty.com/rapper-says-mid-life-crises-caused-make-amateur-gay-x-rated-film-20180911 Anita Hill and the New York Times’ Opinion Piece https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/opinion/anita-hill-brett-kavanaugh-clarence-thomas.html?action=click&module=Ribbon&pgtype=Article Voter Fraud https://www.theroot.com/america-s-biggest-conspiracy-theory-is-real-the-racist-1828691528 Samantha Bee- voter experience app https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/samantha-bee-app-gamify-midterms-crashed_us_5b9a0eb7e4b05092ceed2ecd McDonalds- https://www.themarysue.com/mcdonalds-metoo/ Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller out of history in some parts of Texas https://www.theroot.com/ny-gov-cuomos-cannabis-policy-will-leave-black-people-1829005682?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=The_Root_facebook   Twitter: @minoritykorner Email: minoritykorner@gmail.com Like Us On Facebook: Minority Korner Read more at http://minoritykorner.com/#Z3UJo4THgjGwKSQ0.99

It's our 50th episode!  Thank you to all of you who listen to us, support us and allow us to do what we do on the show.  As a special treat, we have an extended episode for you.  In the near future, you may be able to hear us live (while still able to download the podcast) and have great stuff to purchase. Start your weekend right with Nick Vicious and Rob Rotten, who are the Dudes From Dallas … giving you all the news and funny you need to get your weekend going. We start with a collective nerdgasm, as more details of the Patrick Stewart-led new Captain Picard series for CBS All Access. #MeToo has hammered CBS hard as of late, and Les Moonves resigned from his leadership role within the company … and now the hidden enemies from the eyeball network are making their voices heard.  A producer from the hit show “Designing Women” comes forward to recount what Moonves did to her back when she was working on the show. Moonves’ wife, Julie Chen, who is the host of Big Brother and now a former co-host of The Talk, is standing with her man and stating it publicly on the air by saying something she’s never said in her career. President Trump is in the news, as always, but we’re not going to beat you over the head with all the heavy stuff … however, he’s making millions of dollars a year while in office … but not from a salary, but from his resorts and golf courses. Nike boycotts have backfired in epic ways, as the company’s stock continues to climb. Elon Musk is still a douchebag, and now he’s under federal scrutiny and it may cost him his government contracts.  He’s proof that the government has not moved on from smoking weed, as Musk did on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Would you want to bring people back from the dead?  New research is yielding results that could very well “reboot” the brain in brain dead patients.  Where’s the line to playing God? The Dudes think that if you’re going to have something like that, we want it in an Umbrella Corporation vile. Rob Rotten makes a push for Glenn Beck to become Colonel Sanders … he certainly looks the part. A Wisconsin university is under pressure to change its official ice cream, because it’s not inclusive enough for students.  You may think one thing, but when you get the details, you may change your mind. Fortnite is ruining marriages in the UK … too many people preferring joysticks to their spouse. Be sure to visit our sponsors, get free and discounted stuff: go to gameflyoffer.com/dudesfromdallas and get a free 30-day trial subscription to play video games on any console and handheld you desire. If you wanna save money on nerdy stuff, go to trylootcrate.com/dudesfromdallas and use the promo code bridge10 to save 10% on a new subscription.  Pick your crate and save money. Tell your friends and help them find the show on Stitcher, iTunes or Google Podcasts. Be sure to follow Dudes from Dallas on all the social media platforms and share with all of your friends. Facebook.com/dudesfromdallas Instagram: dudesfromdallas Twitter: @dudesfromdallas Also, be sure to go to www.dudesfromdallas.com to keep up with all of the latest information on what the Dudes are talking about, and reach out with your thoughts and comments. Dudes From Dallas: Where the News Abides

Headlines in late summer 2018 caught me at my core - prompting me to realize why we cherish some of the finest writing & acting onTV - from Murphy Brown and Designing Women. We DO need to pay closer attention to the power and influence of media. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's guest column in The Hollywood Reporter sheds light on her creative exile, suffered at the hands of CBS' Les Moonves. Resources: The Hollywood Reporter Linda Bloodworth-Thomason guest column(Sept 12, 2018) 2016 Podcast episode: Designing Women 1, Bodyshamers 0 2017 Podcast episode: Designing Women's Earnest NYE      

    Rebekah Tromble: How to Combat Misinformation (Ep. 154) Leiden University's Rebekah Tromble joined Joe Miller to chat about ways to combat misinformation on social media.   Bio Rebekah Tromble (@RebekahKTromble) is an assistant professor in the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University in the Netherlands, where she teaches and conducts research on media and politics, digital research methods and ethics, and computational social science. Dr. Tromble is deeply committed to understanding and promoting responsible and ethical uses of data and technology and has founded the Data in Democracy Initiative at Leiden University to pursue that commitment through teaching, research, and public outreach. Previously, she conducted extensive fieldwork in former Soviet Central Asia, where she focused on political discourses about Muslims and Islam. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Bloomington, and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Knox College.   Resources Rebekah Tromble Leiden University, Institute of Political Science Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity by Lilliana Mason   News Roundup U.S. sanctions Russian and Chinese firms over North Korea The U.S. has sanctioned tech firms in Russia and China for funneling money to North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions, by using fake social media profiles to solicit work from North Koreans. The sanctions target Yanbian Silverstar Network Technology Company, whose CEO is North Korean, and a Russian subsidiary called Volasys Silverstar. Arizona is investigating Google’s location data practices Arizona’s Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has initiated an investigation into Google’s location data practices, according to The Washington Post. Google was accused recently of recording the location data of Android users even when the location setting was turned off. The company denies the allegation saying that it is transparent with users by giving them the option to toggle what gets collected and delete their location history. FCC stops review clock on T-Mobile/Sprint merger review The FCC has stopped the clock on its review of the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Traditionally the FCC sets the clock at 180 days. But, citing the transaction’s complexity, the FCC paused the T-Mobile/Sprint review 60 days in. Trump has signed off on election interference sanctions President Trump has signed off on a set of sanctions against foreign actors who engage in election interference. The executive order gives federal law enforcement officials 90 days to review instances of potential interference and act on them if they determine that doing so would be necessary. Google under scrutiny for China plans Reuters reports that Google and its parent company Alphabet are under scrutiny by 16 lawmakers regarding its plans to expand into China. China has banned the company since 2010. In a letter, both liberal and conservative members of Congress asked Google how they would protect its users in light of China’s censorship laws. Google said that its ambitions in China are merely exploratory and not close to launching. Some 1,000 Google employees wrote a letter questioning Google about its ambitions in China. At least one research scientist has resigned in protest. European Union adopts draft copyright bill The European Union has adopted a draft copyright bill that would require tech companies to pay higher royalties to media companies for the right to host their content. Under the new law, publishers would have the right to negotiate payment for content posted on sites like YouTube. Tech giants would also have to pay “proportionate remuneration” to large media companies for hosting their content. Big tech is pushing back saying that keeping track of every piece of content would be unwieldy. CBS sets aside $120 million in severance for Les Moonves Finally, CBS wrote in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it is setting aside $120 million in severance for their departing CEO Les Moonves—but the company has a year to decide whether to let him go for cause. If they do, he’ll get nothing. This $120 million is down from an original severance amount of $238 million. Twelve women have accused Moonves of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or sexual harassment. CBS will also be contributing $20 million to causes that support the #MeToo movement.

Speidi is live from Crested Butte, Colorado! They talk about their family visit - Heidi's BIRTHDAY - her continual lack of sleep - AND her Eminem impression. ALSO - celebrity gossip: Nick vs Cardi - Brody Jenner - and Julie Chen-Moonves!!! Go to blindsgalore.com to get the cust om blinds AND shades you've always wanted!

In this super packed episode of MOCHAA, Bobby and Keith talk about the latest #MeToo Moment involving Les Moonves and actress/writer/director, Illeana Douglas. Bobby even shares a moment that he even had with Moonves. Along the way, they talk about the recent dust up of Scott Feinberg's comment regarding Oscar, Emmy, Tony Award winning actress, Viola Davis and The Help. They also talk about a couple of shows on Showtime, including Jim Carrey's Latest Show, KIDDING. More Bobby Rivers: http://bobbyriverstv.blogspot.com/ More Keith Price: http://www.keithpricecomic.com Illeana Douglas: https://www.illeanadouglas.com/ Illeana Douglas talks to New Yorker Radio: https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/illeana-douglas-steps-forward-and-rachel-carson-at-sea Jim Carrey's KIDDING: http://www.sho.com/kidding?s_cid=pse-kidding-13439 SHAMELESS: http://www.sho.com/shameless Feinberg v Viola Davis: https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/112319282.html

Jackson McHenry -- Associate Editor -- "Vulture", the entertainment website from NEW YORK magazine, talks to WDEL's Allan Loudell from New York

Jackson McHenry -- Associate Editor -- "Vulture", the entertainment website from NEW YORK magazine, talks to WDEL's Allan Loudell from New York

P.R. hurricane death. SCOTUS candidate Kavanagh. Julie Chen, will she stay with Moonves

Nathan, Mike, and Mahler tackle Pussy Riot, pig shite, a grotesque parody of justice, a pot smoking hippie, methane gas, 12,800 migrant children, shekels, sex for influence, Dasani on Mars, used jets, capricious DeVos, Moonves, orgies, bear repellent, and more.

PLUS: We now know the reason Moonves was fired. CSI - At the laundry. AND Throwback Live at 2:45!

Please consider a donation to ALSA.org in memory of our friend, Fleet Admiral Anthony "BlackMagnum" Battles of Caspian Rising. This week, we’re Trekking Out the Creative Arts Emmys tribute to over 50 years of Star Trek, Black Mirror executive producer Charlie Brooker throws hints at a standalone USS Callister show, and CBS CEO Les Moonves resigns amid controversy. In Star Trek Online and gaming news, we’re learning more about the new random Task Force Operations and Star Trek Timelines has some ship and starbase updates. And as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! COMMUNITY QUESTIONS Would you watch a “USS Callister” show (based on the episode of Black Mirror)? What do you think about the shakeup at CBS? TOPICS DISCUSSED Trek It Out Star Trek Royalty Accepts the Governor, No Emmys USS Callister Show? “Never Say Never”. Discovery To Appear At NYCC Les Moonves Leaves CBS Official CBS announcement Ronan Farrow's New Yorker article The Washington Post's articles with Shari Redstone's comments Star Trek Online News The Defense of Starbase One New Support Cruisers Now Available Infinity R&D Promo R&D Pack Sale and Event Other Gaming News Star Trek Timelines Starship & Starbase Upgrades FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: facebook.com/priorityonepodcast Twitter: twitter.com/priorityonepod (@priorityonepod) Instagram: instagram.com/priorityonepod (@priorityonepod) JOIN THE PRIORITY ONE ARMADA AND GAME WITH US! YouTube: Priority One Network Twitch: twitch.tv/priorityone Chat with us on Discord! HELP WANTED Priority One Productions is always looking for new team members that have a passion for Star Trek. All of our positions are volunteer, but we do offer a well-known outlet for your work. If you have a skill that you believe could enhance our content, then send your contact information and experience along with a few samples to incoming@priorityonepodcast.com. Winters’s Top Tip is underscored by: Hero Down Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hour 1: There is a lot of talk about the GOP losing control of the House and perhaps the Senate …The close races in Texas and other traditionally-red states are diverting GOP funds away from true battleground states …Many Canadians are fed up with healthcare waiting periods in their country and are seeking expedited care in the U.S. …Chair of White House Economic Advisers makes it clear that America’s booming economy is not the result of Barack Obama’s policies …Anti-abortion activist receives death threats on Twitter after she publishes pro-life tweet …Yale University survey reveals that a higher percentage of the freshman class identifies as LGBTQIA+ than identifies as conservative … ‘The Talk’ has an awkward conversation about the resignation of CBS company head, Leslie Moonves. Hour 2: Hurricane Florence could be catastrophic for the Carolinas, and Mercury One will be on the ground to assist relief efforts …Caller has a plausible theory as to why abortion advocates are so strong in their belief …Two callers discuss the Moonves situation and offer their theories as to what prompted it and where it could lead … “Queers against Islamophobia” should not be a thing – The LGBTQ+ community is under siege across the Muslim world …The new fad is turning your young children invisible – Or at least making them think they’re invisible …Author of book titled “How to Murder your Husband” has been charged with murdering her husband …Man shoots himself in the arm to – wait for it – Protest Trump …Magic can bring people together – A new Netflix show on the subject looks like the real deal. Hour 3: Louis C.K.’s monologue on abortion raised eyebrows on both sides of the political spectrum …A universal basic income experiment will soon commence in Chicago – A city that can’t even pay its workers’ pensions …Vanilla Ice’s estranged wife wants him to pay for repairs to the house they once shared in Florida …Orange County high school principal is unhappy with fans of an opposing school chanting “U.S.A.” at a football game …Georgia school consults parents about the possibility of bringing back corporal punishment in classrooms …The best Mexican restaurant in the U.S. is none other than Taco Bell ...And, of course, the best retail clothing store would be Kohl’s …Is President Trump fit to run a bar? D.C. activists reportedly want the liquor license of Trump’s Washington hotel revoked …Is Earth receiving signals from a very-far-off advanced civilization? Tune in to "Pat Gray Unleashed" weekdays from 12-3p.m. ET on TheBlaze TV! Twitter @PatUnleashed LISTEN https://omny.fm/shows/pat-gray http://www.theblaze.com/radio-shows/pat-gray-unleashed/ https://soundcloud.com/patgrayshow https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-blaze-radio-network/pat-gray https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pat-gray-unleashed/id1280961263?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CBS CEO Les Moonves is ousted when a pattern of sexually abusive behavior tales are told to the New Yorker magazine. Is this another example of men behaving badly and close encounters of the powerful kind? On Behind the Media with Dan Lothian and Jimmy Young, the two veterans recap a thunderous week in media. 

Over the weekend, the New Yorker published a second story by Ronan Farrow about Les Moonves. This one chronicled six more allegations of graphic sexual misconduct by the CBS CEO. Moonves is now out at the company.

Nabila Ahmed, Bloomberg News Media M&A Reporter,andErik Gordon, Professor at University of Michigan, discuss Les Moonves stepping down at CBS and what that means for the future of the media giant. Guillaume Mascotto, Head of ESG investments at American Century, talks about the appeal of impact investing.  Camila Russo, Bloomberg News Crypto Currencies Reporter, breaks down the cryptocurrency bear market. Kevin Carter, Founder of EMQQ, discusses Jack Ma retiring from Alibaba. And we Drive to the Close of the market with Alan Zafran, Senior Managing Director at First Republic Investment Management.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Les Moonves out at CBS. Justin Timberlake had to apologize to Moonves for the wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl. Jeff Bezos makes 11 million dollars an hour.

Our top stories today: Sweden faces coalition talks; Hurricane Florence threatens Mid-Atlantic coast; and Moonves steps down amid new sexual misconduct allegations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Ali Abunimah, the co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and author of the book “The Battle for Justice in Palestine,” and Miko Peled, most recently the author of “Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.”John Bolton, US national security adviser, threatened the international criminal court (ICC) with sanctions today when he made an excoriating attack on the institution in a speech in Washington. According to drafts of his speech, Bolton will push for sanctions over an ICC investigation into alleged American war crimes in Afghanistan. He also announced the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington because of its calls for an ICC inquiry into Israel. Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show. Maria Butina, a Russian national accused by the Justice Department of conspiring to represent a foreign government without registering, has a hearing today to determine if she should be allowed bail. Prosecutors had initially accused Butina of being a Russian spy and of using sex to ingratiate herself with her targets. But they withdrew those accusations over the weekend even though this has been the center of defamatory media coverage of the defendant caused by the government’s false claim. Brian and John speak with Alex Rubenstein, a Sputnik news analyst and journalist who was at the hearing today and you can read more of on Twitter @RealAlexRubi. General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said over the weekend that the US had drawn up contingency plans in case of a Syrian chemical attack on the city of Idlib. The Western media has reported over the past few days that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would use chemical weapons on Idlib, but the information appear to be coming from the controversial White Helmets, rather than from intelligence sources. Meanwhile, the United States has been accused of using white phosphorus munitions near the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. Steve Gowans, a journalist and author of “Washington’s Long War on Syria,” joins the show. Les Moonves, the Chief Executive Officer of CBS, Inc. resigned last night in the wake of yet more accusations that he sexually harassed female employees at the network over a period of years. The resignation was not a surprise, as Moonves has been the subject of accusations of inappropriate behavior for more than a year. Eugene Puryear, the host of By Any Means Necessary, which a Radio Sputnik show on 105.5 FM and 1390 AM in the DC area between 2 and 4 p.m. and on iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and iHeartRadio, joins Brian and John. Sweden has been plunged into political uncertainty after both centrist coalitions failed to win a majority in Sunday’s election and a far-right anti-immigration party with roots in the neo-Nazi movement gained ground. The two coalitions will have to work together or they will have to renege on promises to not work with the far-right. Sputnik news analyst Walter Smolarek joins the show.Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Brian and John speak with Bill Ayers, an activist, educator and the author of the book “Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto.”

When CBS head Les Moonves was accused of sexual misconduct this past summer his firing seemed inevitable. Instead he over the weekend after six additional women came forward with allegations dating back decades. Now the question is not how much severance Moonves will get but how much money can CBS pay him to go away […] The post Showbiz Sandbox 423: After New Allegations Time Was Up For Les Moonves at CBS appeared first on Showbiz Sandbox.

This solo episode is about time being UP for perverts. I love it! Bye, Les! We've had enough of these idiot's bullshit.  So You Think You Wanna Work In TV? is an independently produced podcast. You can support the podcast by being a monthly subscriber at www.patreon.com/wannaworkintv or make a one time donation at www.soyouthinkyouwannaworkintv.com.

Nabila Ahmed, Bloomberg News Media M&A Reporter,andErik Gordon, Professor at University of Michigan, discuss Les Moonves stepping down at CBS and what that means for the future of the media giant. Guillaume Mascotto, Head of ESG investments at American Century, talks about the appeal of impact investing.  Camila Russo, Bloomberg News Crypto Currencies Reporter, breaks down the cryptocurrency bear market. Kevin Carter, Founder of EMQQ, discusses Jack Ma retiring from Alibaba. And we Drive to the Close of the market with Alan Zafran, Senior Managing Director at First Republic Investment Management.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan

What Woodward's book says about Trump's fitness; Bernstein on why Woodward's 'Fear' is different; Why should readers trust anonymous info?; Should NYT have published an unnamed op-ed?; Reports: Trump 'grousing' about Bill Shine; Reuters reporters facing 7 years in prison. Now what?; Farrow on new allegations against Moonves

In today's Minutes: The US Department of Justice tracked down a North Korean hacker responsible for the Sony data breach in 2014, CBS has offered $100M to former-CEO Les Moonves who is currently under allegations of sexual harassment, and MasterClass who brings celebrity-taught classes to the public has raised $80M to expand internationally. Plus, does facial hair have a place in a professional setting? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watercoolesthq/support

Is CBS getting rid of Moonves ? #metoo movement. Trump employment numbers at an all time high.

The Gut Punch News has been called the purple lightsaber of news deconstruction as well as a heavy dose of bear spray to the brain.

It's Friday: Sam slows it down just a little this week with NPR Code Switch correspondent Karen Grigsby Bates (@karenbates) and NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans (@Deggans). They talk wildfires, Les Moonves, and QAnon. Tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels or email samsanders@npr.org.

Following Ronan Farrow's expose in the New Yorker, an investigation has begun looking into the CBS CEO and allegations of sexual assault. Moonves remains on the job, but he may not be there for long if more alleged victims come forward.

Ronan Farrow’s latest piece takes aim at Les Moonves, but CBS’ board keeps his job intact. Jake Tapper is pressed about the Obamas enjoying a Beyoncé concert. MoviePass is on its last leg. Meghan Markle’s father needs to keep Princess Diana’s name out his mouth. Plus, Marti Noxon (Sharp Objects, Dietland, Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) joins Ira, Kara, and Louis to dissect the cult of GOOP.

In today's episode, Katy and Cody compliment the good president's lack of doing crimes that aren't crimes, Paul Manafort's good idea for a coat , Michael Cohen's ability to trust his client that doesn't do crimes and even if he did they're not crimes. They also unsarcastically check in with #WeToo. Support SOME MORE NEWS: http://www.patreon.com/somemorenews Follow us on social Media! YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ybfx89rh Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/  

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is defending its use of a previously secret program used to monitor potential security threats at airports and on planes. TSA then analyzes additional information available through law enforcement agencies and other databases. The TSA has drawn criticism at times for its intrusive security measures, and lawmakers have scrutinized the effectiveness of the air marshal program. As The Boston Globe’s report made the rounds on Sunday and Monday, some privacy experts expressed concerns that the Quiet Skies initiative could cross a line if it is too selective in who it targets. Les Moonves remains the CEO of CBS — for now. The company confirmed to Yahoo Entertainment that no action was taken at Monday’s board meeting, just three days after Moonves was accused of sexual misconduct by six women. CBS Corporation also announced that its board of directors “is in the process of selecting outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation.” While Moonves’s fate apparently is in the hands of a third party, his wife, Julie Chen, is standing by his side.

Late on Friday afternoon, a New Yorker investigation by Ronan Farrow dropped, revealing accusations of misconduct against Leslie Moonves by six women. The CBS board met on Monday and announced that Moonves would remain at work while the board works to hire outside counsel to conduct an investigation.

Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter and English, discusses what to expect from former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort's financial crimes trial, which is set to begin on Tuesday. Plus, Debra Katz, founding partner at Katz, Marshall & Banks, discusses sexual harassment accusations against CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, and what the company's board will decide about Moonves' future when they meet on Monday. She speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso and Greg Stohr.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Today's show goes off script as Tom rants about a bad grocery store experience, then proceeds to talk about how celebrities reflect the leading edges of change in America. *Grocery Nightmare 0:00*Celebrities and America 19:46*MeToo, and Moonves 37:41*Social Media Stocks 55:13Today’s Bumpers:It's Hard Knock Life- Annie OSTSurfer Girl- Beach BoysCalifornia Girls- Beach Boys100 percent of the money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staffAll bumper music and sound clips are not owned by the show, are either under Creative Commons Attribution Licensing, is for commentary and educational purposes, of de minimus effect, and not for monetary gain.No copyright is claimed in any use of such materials and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, I assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact the poster.

Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter and English, discusses what to expect from former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort’s financial crimes trial, which is set to begin on Tuesday. Plus, Debra Katz, founding partner at Katz, Marshall & Banks, discusses sexual harassment accusations against CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, and what the company’s board will decide about Moonves’ future when they meet on Monday. She speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso and Greg Stohr. 

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Today's show goes off script as Tom rants about a bad grocery store experience, then proceeds to talk about how celebrities reflect the leading edges of change in America. *Grocery Nightmare 0:00*Celebrities and America 19:46*MeToo, and Moonves 37:41*Social Media Stocks 55:13Today’s Bumpers:It's Hard Knock Life- Annie OSTSurfer Girl- Beach BoysCalifornia Girls- Beach Boys100 percent of the money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staffAll bumper music and sound clips are not owned by the show, are either under Creative Commons Attribution Licensing, is for commentary and educational purposes, of de minimus effect, and not for monetary gain.No copyright is claimed in any use of such materials and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, I assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact the poster.

Our top stories this morning: Central banks take center stage; Mnuchin says sustained 3 percent growth for 4-5 years; and CBS to discuss Moonves sexual harassment investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lowry joins Brian Stelter to dissect this year's TV "upfronts." Which networks are launching the most interesting new shows? What does this year's conservative approach say about the state of TV? Lowry says the surplus of reboots is a "programming solution to a marketing problem." Stelter and Lowry also discuss the Moonves vs. Redstone corporate battle.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Paul Sweeney, U.S. Director of Research and Senior Media/Internet Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, on the Redstone family defeating the CBS bid to undercut control of company. Peter Pulikkan, US Energy analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses how U.S. refiners are maxing out on the shale they can process, as production surges. KC Mathews, Economist and Chief Investment Officer at UMB Bank, discusses market outlook, yield curve, inflation and current investment strategy. Jennifer Bartashus, Senior U.S. food retail and mass merchants analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, on Walmart earnings and Kroger's pact with online grocer Ocado Group.

Our planned episode was destroyed by bad Podcast Producing, or Skype--you chose whom to blame.  We will re-record with Chris and Jenny- Check out  @GreenKorean1 (Twitter) and @TuesdayswithMoxie (Instagram) We start with a run through of up-coming sitcom and ur interest in watching... plenty of shade for Moonves  Then we talk about the conclusion of iZombie season and just how great it was.

(Bloomberg) -- Taking Stock with Kathleen Hays and Pimm Fox. GUEST: Media and entertainment guru Porter Bibb of Mediatech Capital Partners, on Viacom and CBS to explore a merger, and the FCC voting on whether the cable industry will be able to charge for set top boxes.

Paul, Hugh and Jack are back around the table to review An Evening with @ThatKevinSmith, National Batman Day, The Invisible Woman Slam, Itunes Reviews! and Skinny Shaming?Comics recommendations:Hugh: John Constantine: The Hellblazer #1Paul: Fight Club 2 #1Kindness for Kinley Links: www.facebook.com/groups/KindnessforKinley/ http://www.gofundme.com/gm68cwOpening theme is: Sunday Morning by Jamus Breed* Closing Theme is: Channel Intro Germany by Lino Rise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0Leave us feedback on Itunes, Twitter: @g33kpod and Facebook : Facebook.com/g33kpod or via

Jonathan Moonves is one of the most highly respected entertainment attorneys in the world and is a senior partner at one of the nation’s premier entertainment law firms (Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein Lezcano). He represents actors, comedians, writers, producers, executives, new media ventures, and production entities in all aspects of the motion picture and television industries. He is famous for negotiating the largest deal ever for a TV actor (Ray Romano/Everybody Loves Raymond), putting together what became the highest grossing independent English language film of all time (Nia Vardalos/My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and negotiated the highest television writer/producer deals in television history (Mark Cherry/Desperate Housewives).