Below the Belt Show

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from the 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to the voice of Dora herself, Kathleen Herles! We talk to the Kathleen about portraying Dora for so many years, including voicing Dora's mother in the new Dora series on Nickelodeon which is a full circle moment! Kathleen also mentions whether she was contacted for the live action Dora movies as well as her opinion on those iterations. Lastly, we talk to Kathleen about her favorite fandoms and the use of A.I. in the voice acting industry. Don't miss it!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from the 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to actress and voice over artist Catherine Disher who portrayed Jean Grey "Phoenix" in the original X-Men: The Animated Series and the sequel series X-Men 97 on Disney Plus. The legendary actress talks about her start in the industry and being selected to voice the iconic Jean Grey to the first Vampire series Forever Night. Other interesting topics Catherine discussed included how the voice acting industry has changed with carefully cast roles that follow political correctness, as well her thoughts on how A.I will affect the industry as well! This is a fantastic interview you do not want to miss!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from the 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to the writer and co-founder of Vault Comics Adrian Wassel and artist Nathan Gooden from the comic book "Post Malone's Big Rig." The cousin creators from Vault Comics discuss the beginnings of the company, how they collaborated with superstar artist Post Malone, the creative process of taking Post's ideas to script, pencil and ink, and the upcoming live action Big Rig film directed by Michael Bay which was announced at NYCC! In addition, Adrian and Nathan talk about the other Vault Comics property, "Barbaric" which will be an upcoming Netflix series featuring Sir Patrick Stewart! Don't miss this interview!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from the 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Al Sotto talks to actress and voice talent Janet Varney from the Apple TV series Platonic, The Legend of Korra and much more! Janet talks to us about her NYCC experience, whether she would work on a Legend of Korra live action series, her work on Platonic and the audition process, as well as Rose Byrne praising her improv skills! Janet also talked about her fandom of Alien Earth, voice directing "Rock Paper Scissors" and her new Netflix animated series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch. Don't miss it!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Al Sotto talks to the veteran voice and screen actor about voicing Metal Gear Solid's Huey and Otacon, whether he has become a fan of playing the video game, the latest update on whether there will be a Metal Gear Solid live action film or series, and whether he would want to be on board with a film iteration of the popular video game franchise. In addition, Christopher talks about portraying a judge in Law and Order and other television projects. Don't miss it!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our fall season premiere special interview a little bit early for you fans of Reality TV! BTB's Al Sotto and Kristen Coco Michelle talk to reality TV icons Rachel Reilly from Big Brother and the Emmy Award winning Reality show The Traitors as well as our friend Jonny Faiplay from Survivor and House of Villains. We talk about Rachel's appearance on this season Big Brother 28 including falling in the volcano pit, whether she was meant to appear as an actual player this season and her thoughts on the current houseguests. Rachel and Jonny talk about the Survivor stars Devans and Dee running the Big Brother house as well as two-time Big Brother Houseguest, Angela Murray. We also ask if Rachel would appear on Survivor and if Fairplay would appear on Big Brother.

On Saturday September 19th in Baltimore, MD there will be a Celebrity Traitors / Mafia event with Rachel Reilly and Jonny Fairplay as well as two-time Survivor winner Sandra Diaz Twine, Angela Rockstar and Gabe Ortis, at Jimmy’s Famous Seafood. Go to www.survivortix.com for more information on this event as well as other Survivor and reality TV related events all across the country!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to voice actor Matthew Waterson who portrays the ultimate X-Men villain Magneto in the excellent animated series "X-Men 97" on Disney Plus. In an exclusive interview we talk to Matthew on securing the coveted voice role of Magneto, his previous X-Men fandom prior to joining the cast as well as his thoughts on other Magneto actors including Sir Ian McKellan and Michael Fassbender. Don't miss it!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our exclusive interviews from 2025 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to voice actor JP Karliak who voices Morph in the excellent animated series "X-Men 97" on Disney Plus. In an exclusive interview we talk to JP on how he got his start in voice acting and his first ever voice role as the iconic Wild E. Coyote! JP talks about eventually booking the mutant character, which was during the pandemic, portraying a non-binary character in the 90s and also his previous X-Men fandom. Don't miss it!

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) brings to you another amazing show! This week we feature Juliet Landau best known for her role as Drusila in the iconic series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"! In addition, we talk to actor and producer Sam Lukowski to talk about his upcoming film "Dead Sounds"!

BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition joining the panel as guest co-hosts are "The Ravishing Russian" Anna Kucham and Kristen "Coco" Michelle!

Classic Cut: "Mortal Kombat" by The Immortals

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) brings to you our exclusive interviews from Shore Leave Convention in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (www.shore-leave.com/)! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to actress Adrianne Palicki best known for her work on The Orville, Marvel's Agents of SHEILD, Friday Night Lights and John Wick! We ask Adrianne on the latest update on whether we will see The Orville Season 4 as well as her thoughts in the tonal shift in Season 3 to more dramatic. Which season and why was Adrianne's favorite? Find out in this interview! Adrianne talks about the friendships she's made with The Orville, the cast karaoke nights as well as finding love in her co-star Scott Grimes. In addition, Adrianne talks about her thoughts on a return of Mockingbird to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and much more! Don't miss it!