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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Tony Award-nominated actress of stage and screen, June Squibb. After nearly seven decades steadily working on the stage, television, and films including the 1990 Woody Allen film, Alice and 2002’s About Schmidt starring Jack Nichelson, June’s breakthrough role came in 2013 when she starred alongside Bruce Dern in the Oscar-nominated film Nebraska for which she was nominated for a 2014 Academy Award. Notable roles in Toy Story 4, and the lead roles in 2024’s Thelma, and 2025’s Eleanor the Great followed. In late 2025, June Squibb came full circle, returning to her Broadway roots in Marjorie Prime, playing the title character for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.

June will soon appear in the fourth and final season of the Showtime and Paramount+ series, Yellowjackets. She also hosts and narratives the hit Oxygen true crime series, Killer Grannies.

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@realjunesquibb

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with Netflix Calabasas Confidential star and son of hip hop legend Master P, Hercy Miller. He talks about playing his iconic dad in an upcoming Master P biopic, the first season of the Netflix series Calabasas Confidential, his late sister, Tytyana Miller, giving back with Fearless Dreamer Foundation and being mentored by the late Kobe Bryant.

Visit https://hercymiller.net/

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@hercymiller

@calabasas.confidential

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with Dutch Dancer and ex-husband of Spice Girl Mel B., Jimmy Gulzar. Jimmy Gulzar and Scary Spice Mel B met during the mega girl group’s 1998 Spice World Tour where they danced together provocatively on stage throughout Europe and the U.S. Their tour romance resulted in a wedding, and the birth of the pair’s daughter, Phoenix Chi Gulzar, in 1999.

Jimmy Gulzar and Mel B divorced in 2000 amidst Gulzar’s accusations of substance abuse and infidelity. What followed were cross-continental, decades-long custody and co-parenting battles, as Gulzar claims to have been forced to navigate the choppy waters of ex-wife Melanie’s volatile love life and unconventional parenting.

In this exclusive interview, Jimmy Gulzar recounts his story with the Spice Girls, his marriage and divorce, co-parenting with Spice Girl Mel B, his relationship with his daughter Phoenix Chi Gulzar (Brown), his social interactions with David and Victoria Beckham, and where things stand now between him and his and Mel B’s daughter.

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with Grammy-winning artist and actor Ice-T. Ice-T has released 16 studio albums, including 8 rap albums and 8 albums with his heavy metal group, Body Count. He won Grammy Awards for 1991’s Back on the Block and 2021’s Bum-Rush. His 1991 rap album O.G. Original Gangster and 1993 rap album Home Invasion, along with his role as Scotty Appleton in the 1991 hit film, New Jack City cemented his status in rap music and in hip hop culture.

Ice-T’s longtime role playing Detective/Sergeant Fin Tutuola for 27 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, has broken records as the longest running male character in American television series history.

Ice-T is co-founder along with Courtney “Big Court” Richardson of The O.G. Network, a Fast Channel currently available on Roku, Fire TV, in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play. The free streaming network offers the best of classic and modern-day content: television series, films, documentaries, and podcasts that represent hip hop and urban culture.

Visit www.theognetwork.net to learn more, or look for it on Roku, Fire TV, Google Play and the App Store.

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@icet

@iambigcourt

@ognetworklive

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman, about writing Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur (on sale 10/21, Mariner Books), the most complete Tupac Shakur biography ever penned, featuring 650+ interviews. The book features in-depth interviews with Tupac’s sister Set Shakur, late Outlawz member Yaki Kadafi’s mother Yaasmyn Fula, Digital Underground’s Money B, Tupac’s aunt Gloria and her son Kenny Lesane, former Tupac managers Leila Steinberg and Atron Gregory, Juice director Ernest Dickerson, former classmates, love interests and close friends from the Baltimore School for the Arts, former roommates from the projects and former classmates in Marin City, the surprising woman who gave Tupac his first and middle name, actress Lela Rochon, Gang Related director Jim Kouf and hundreds of others. The book also features never before heard quotes from Tupac’s former fiancée Kidada Jones.

Traditionally a sports figure biographer, Pearlman’s previous book include: Showtime (adopted for the screen with HBO’s Winning Time series), The Last Folk Hero, Three-Ring Circus, Football for a Buck, Gunslinger, Sweetness, The Rocket That Fell to Earth, Boys Will Be Boys, Love Me Hate Me and The Bad Guys Won.

Jeff Pearlman’s Links

https://jeffpearlman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jeff_pearlman/

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/only-god-can-judge-me-jeff-pearlman?variant=43756802310178

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with iconic film and television actress, Pam Grier. Pam starred in classic films, including: Coffy (1973), Foxy Brown (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Above the Law (1988) and Jackie Brown (1997). She’s lent her star power to television series, including: Martin, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, This is Us, Smallville and Bless This Mess among others. 

Pam is currently in pre-production on an autobiographical film based on her 2010 autobiography, Foxy. 

She is currently the host of Pam Grier’s Soul Flix, a Fast Channel on Free TV Networks. PAM GRIER’S SOUL FLIX has the biggest collection of the baddest movies, featuring cult classics with iconic heroes and unforgettable soundtracks. These are the stories that shaped the culture. Bold, authentic, and unapologetic.. curated and presented by Pam Grier. PAM GRIER’S SOUL FLIX is ad supported and available on Roku and Plex and available for free without signing up for a subscription.

Watch PAM GRIER’S SOUL FLIX

https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/e7b30e2a58409242100d0edd2bfebbfd/pam-griers-soul-flix

https://watch.plex.tv/live-tv/channel/pam-griers-soul-flix

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00:00 Cold Open

02:18 Pamela Anderson 

10:22 Was Foxy Brown For Men or Women?

16:04 Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Freddie Prinze, Richard Pryor 

22:12 Defining G-d

29:18 Pam’s Love Life

37:49 Could Foxy Brown Be Made Today?

45:22 Pam Grier’s Soul Flix 

55:15 Malcolm Jamal Warner

59:45 You Can Say Vagina

1:03:15 Black Female Action Star

1:05:40 People Risked Their Lives to See My Films

1:11:50 Offered Me a Ferrari Dealership

1:18:04 Where to Watch Pam Grier’s Soul Flix

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with famed Israeli-born, award winning baby bedding and baby nursery designer, Nava Writz Bogaard. Nava recounts her upbringing in 1950s, 60s, 70s and early 80s Israel when the Jewish state was just getting its feet and the economy was fledgling. Her story takes her to emigrating to the U.S. in 1982, conquering the design and baby bedding world and adorning the nurseries of some of the world’s most famous babies from JLo’s twins and Beyonce’s oldest daughter to Michelle Obama’s daughters, Paul McCartney’s baby and more. Her magical life’s journey took her from NYC to Beverly Hills and then to the set of ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Her memoir, It All Began With Caroline, is available wherever books are sold online. 

Nava’s Links

URL: https://itallbeganwithcaroline.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navawritzbogaard/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/All-Began-Caroline-Story-Bogaard/dp/B0C9S88LRD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2913PYJB10UD7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wK_Vsl8x0JfRHip3Fr2l6wSFH8JR-XDnfzjYMiVg97pp7xSwez0gFmd4VNMNzai5CcU4b_92Dzs_n8oRMYBnWhlhO2jWVNVP6BPn-wH8NUqeWDtSqpnY2ro-80qxPpuNHiJsQH_hIvMEb4JbkU_5KatWRrzTGbkrTbfjLacLMtVBAqrhXEqXj3bVuzWc3_LkrnA4M9KdBN_YEUj7tmOLwh3T0mM92Yo-cMbvhH4sgHA.tsXIjTndt9f7-CHgbctFNhASghLsyNLeovZhgvN1GJY&dib_tag=se&keywords=it+all+began+with+caroline&qid=1737581907&sprefix=it+all+began+with+caroline%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1

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In the latest installment of the Allison Interviews Podcast, journalist and host Allison Kugel talks with actor Todd Bridges, about his television career, including Diff’rent Strokes, Little House on the Prairie, Roots, Everybody Hates Chris and the Comedy Central animated series Everybody Still Hates Chris; staying sober for 32 years, finding G-d, parenting, and his new podcast Dang! With his wife and co-host Bettijo Bridges.

Todd’s Links

Dang! Podcast: https://www.dangpodcast.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddbridges

Everybody Still Hates Chris (Comedy Central: https://www.cc.com/video-clips/0v4k5b

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For the past seven decades, Tim Matheson has been an on-screen favorite in Hollywood. In his debut memoir, Damn Glad to Meet You, Tim takes fans behind-the-scenes of his illustrious career, and reveals what it was like to learn from and work alongside the greats, including Lucille Ball, Dick Van Dyke, Steven Spielberg, and Aaron Sorkin. Tim also talks about how he transitioned from acting to directing, the role in The West Wing that nabbed him two Emmy nominations–and more.

Tim Matheson has starred in: Bonanza, Animal House, Fletch, The West Wing and the hit Netflix series, Virgin River.

Filled to the brim with both riveting stories of the ever-changing entertainment industry and illuminating insight via “film school boot camp” sidebars; readers everywhere are going to be “damn glad” they read this fascinating memoir. 

Tim Matheson’s Links

Memoir: Available on Amazon

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tim_matheson_official

Hachette Books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/articles/tim-matheson-damn-glad-to-meet-you-tour/

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Alexandra Paul has appeared in over 100 feature films and television programs, usually as the first or second female lead. She is internationally recognized for her 5-year starring role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the iconic television series Baywatch. 

Alexandra co-hosts a weekly podcast, Switch4Good which has 5 million downloads and YouTube views. It was awarded Mercy for Animals’ Best Vegan Podcast in 2024. 

Alexandra was honored by the ACLU of Southern California as their 2005 Activist of the Year for her long history of fighting for the environment, voting rights and peace issues. In 2014, Last Chance for Animals named her and her brother Jonathan “Vegans of the Year.” In 1997, the United Nations commended Alexandra for her work on human overpopulation.

A dedicated and accomplished athlete, in 1997, Alexandra trained for the World Ironman Championship in Hawaii (a grueling 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon), which she completed in 13:18:52. In 2012, Alexandra swam around Key West, a 12.5 mile race. In 2014, she swam the 22 km Reto Acapulco off the coast of Mexico. 

Alexandra has a TEDx talk on the benefits of a one child family which currently has 678,000 views. 

In 2000, Alexandra and her identical twin sister Caroline were the recipients of the Christopher Street West Rainbow Award for their ongoing support of gay and lesbian rights. 

Alexandra Paul’s Links

Switch4Good Podcast: https://alexandrapaul.com/podcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandra_actress

URL: https://alexandrapaul.com/

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