By Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon
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"I think that this story is eye, uh, opening in some ways because people who think they know about Operation Just Cause or Noriega or this time in history, uh, are gonna learn a few things." Leon Carroll Jr.
Welcome Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr:We’re joined on the Starline by a NCIS retired Special Agent and a former football player and a former football player and actor who plays a retired NCIS Special Agent. They’ve come together again on the road to a 2nd NYT bestseller with “Ghosts of Panama”.
We welcome Leon Carroll Jr. and Mark Harmon.
Friends, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Gentlemen. You both are always willing to share hidden experiences of NIS/NCIS agents. Why was this the perfect story to tell?
Mark, as you examined long-buried documents, what’s the one fact from this that amazed you?
You’ve covered Honolulu, and Panama. Where will the “Ghosts” series go next?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure. Since we have two guests, we’ll alternate questions.
1. Leon, how many toothpicks did you chew during the writing of this book?
2. Mark, are you in favor or against UCLA playing in the Big 10?
3. Leon, best place on the North Dakota State campus to study?
4. Mark, who was the better football player, you or Leon?
5. Leon, favorite of all your locations you served as a NCIS Special Agent?
6. Mark, one thing your wife Pam depends on you to do?
7. Leon, best thing about Mark?
8. Mark, best thing about Leon?
Sneaking in One More:What causes NIS / NCIS to be needed and their stories told more than ever today?
One Big Question:Mike Gneckow said “if their motivations is to make a difference, to do something important, they are interested in what your motivations are.” How has your motivations evolved from the first book to now?
The Wrap:Mark likes UCLA in the Big 10. Leon loved his time in Panama. And they want you to read their second book “Ghosts of Panama” Leon Carroll Jr. Mark Harmon thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
"The goal is to tell the best story, and you need the right coordinator and choreographer in order to tell the best story." - Brooke M Haney
Welcome Brooke M Haney:We’re joined on the Starline by one of the 1st 50 intimacy coordinators recognized as qualified by SAG/AFTRA. Her book “The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook” is out now. We welcome Brooke Haney.
Brooke, let’s go Beyond the Mic. John Cena and a well-placed modesty garment, "Fifty Shades of Gray", work by intimacy coordinators help actors be able to act without feeling uncomfortable about it all hanging out. Why is this such an important concept?
Your works “Kiss Me, or Cut Off My Head” and “Now What” show you care about diverse topics. How did working in regional theater help you help others feel comfortable in uncomfortable situations?
There is a balance between boundaries and consent and the trust the actors have for you and working with you. How do you balance their needs and the needs of the production without sacrificing quality?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. You’re from NY, so what’s your favorite Broadway show?
2. Best thing about your dog Indigo?
3. Favorite bite you had when you were in Paris?
4. What’s the one thing you don’t mind paying extra for?
5. Favorite course at Vassar?
6. Where is the best place to think in New York?
7. Favorite color of roses?
8. Funniest question you asked your parents growing up?
The Back Half:Many TV and Film stars have fallen in love on set because of the closeness of their characters. How does intimacy coordinators and coaches differ and how do you balance getting the shot when sometimes real emotions kick in?
If you want people to gain one thing from “The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook” what is it?
One Big Question:You were on the leadership council for Shining Hope for communities helping the urban poor. If you could help the homeless with one important change, what is it?
Brooke, where can people find out more about the guidebook?
The Wrap:She will pay almost anything for cheese and good coffee, loves yellow roses and wants you to read “The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook” Brooke Haney thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
"You know, watching my grandfather deal with my grandmother's death or injuries or, you know, you never get to that place where you're like, oh, I got it all figured out, right? The problem. Problems will keep coming."
Welcome Dave Annable:We’re joined on the Starline by an actor who is “Coachable”. You’ve seen him in Yellowstone, Walker, Brothers and Sisters. He was totally upset by John Krasinski from being labeled Sexiest Man Alive. He’s smoldering in season two of Paramount + “Lioness”. We welcome Dave Annable.
Dave, let’s go Beyond the Mic. This is such a star studded cast from your Zoe Saldana to Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman. How does it feel walking back on set with these stars?
Joe leans on and pushes away your character Neal through season one of Lioness. What is the biggest challenge as you read your portion of every script not knowing all the things she’s doing?
Who challenges you today and how has this show changed you?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Best thing about your wife Odette?
2. What’s the one thing you took from the Lioness set?
3. Best thing about being a girl dad to your two daughters Charlie and Andi?
4. First New York Mets game you attended live and did they win?
5. Best round of golf was what and where?
6. Favorite drink when on vacation?
7. What’s your fantasy football team’s record as of today?
8. If you had to be handcuffed to someone for 24 hours. You couldn’t have worked with them or a family member or friend. Who is it?
The Back Half:What do you want fans to take away from season 2 of Lioness?
What do you want to see in season 3?
You have had incredible successes but after a failure you went to the perspective of a student “What is the lesson here? What can I learn from this experience moving forward?” How has your perspective of acting changed?
One Difficult Question:You have lost family members and amazing friends in your life. So, what’s your best memory of your late friend Joshua “Sheep” Allen?
The Wrap:He remembers the Mets fireworks game in 86, would want to be handcuffed to Elvis for 24 hours. He wants you to watch Lioness on Paramount +. Dave Annable, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
Listen to other Beyond the Mic conversations with actors here.
Check out Lioness Season 2 on Paramount + here.
For fans of "Lioness" and those interested in the intricacies of acting, this episode is a must-listen.
"I identified with the idea that nobody but yourself can lift yourself out of the darkness." - James Cox
Welcome James:We’re joined on the Starline by a director, producer, writer, author and most importantly new dad. You’ve seen his work in “Highway” “Billionaire Boys Club”, “Wonderland” among other projects. He now moves from film to paper with his debut thriller “Grand Theft AI”. We welcome James Cox.
James, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Grand Theft AI began after AI AlphaGo beat a Grand Master in the game Go. Why was this project of writing “Grand Theft AI” as a book instead of a screenplay important for you?
So how has your greatest defeat helped spur you today?
The book is a love story at its base with a damaged pair of two souls trying to survive. What makes Baz and Ria’s story the one that needs to exist in this damaged world right now?
Are James you still in a jail cell of your own construction?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Best place at UC Berkeley?
2. The first lyric that you wrote at Atlantic records that touches or means the most to you today?
3. Best thing about your daughter?
4. Last 49ers game you went to your dad was against who and did they win?
5. Which film festival is underrated?
6. Opening the 1st box of books, how did holding that 1st hardback (like the ones behind you) what emotions did you experience?
7. One thing your fiancé always depends on you for?
8. Movie that people would be surprised that you love?
The Back Half:Your character Otto says in the book “Because we become what we hate.” How has AI helped and hurt creatives today?
Don Winslow shocked you and fully endorsed your book telling you to “Stick to your guns, James. Stick to your guns.” What’s your message to creatives who have an idea but are struggling to get it on film, paper etc?
When you started reading from the book at the Village Well, how hard was it and how hard was your chest pounding?
Who would you cast if you could for the movie version of Grand Theft AI and will you direct it?
As you move from behind the camera to behind the table at book fairs, comicons and libraries, what is the biggest lesson you had to learn?
“AIs all want justice. They’ll fight until the day they’re deactivated in a war against the elites.” What’s justice to you?
How did Robert Towne influence you and how did he change the way you see yourself as a filmmaker?
AI:“You and I both know the reality to an AI’s true nature.” What do you see in the future for AI and what worries you about the future that might be like your book or worse?
So private interests control scare you about the future?
How has the evolution from screenwriter, director to writer change you and the way you see cinema and books as a whole?
Sooo what’s coming up in the sequel?
James, when in the world creation stage, what are the most important things for you, those concrete things that you base everything else around?
Working with Talent:As you work with Academy Award and Golden Globe winners and nominees, how did you balance egos and the vision you are creating for the audience?
In the same way, how do you balance the egos in this book where their actions are counter dictating their own best interests?
The Impossible Question:Who are the 3 best directors in 20th and 21st Century?
How do you want to be remembered?
Bonus Questions:What’s does it mean for you when someone buys your book or a ticket to a movie you’ve directed?
How do you handle it when in one hand you might have a great review, and in the other you have another where they say it sucks?
What’s the one story you want to share with everyone?
When was the last time you talked with him?
The Wrap:The best place at UC Berkley is at Strawberry Creek, loves his daughters smile and thinks the Hamptons is an underrated film festival. His book is Grand Theft AI, James Cox thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is Beyond the Mic XL.
"I love entertainment. I love math. I love making math entertaining." - Danica McKellar
Welcome Danica:We’re joined on the Starline by an actress, writer, education and environmental advocate and entertainer. You’ve seen her in The West Wing, heard her in Young Justice and countless movies. Her latest “A Cinderella Christmas Ball” premieres on Great American Family on November 29th. We welcome Danica McKellar.
Danica, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You’re one of the many stars that will be at the Great American Family Christmas Festival coming up November 22nd to the 24th. What does this mean to you?
As your first sharing writing credit, you co-wrote “A Cinderella Christmas Ball” why does Oliver Rice fit Prince Phillip perfectly?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. “For me, a healthy lifestyle means finding balance between home life, work and self care.” So, what’s the one thing you search out from craft services on the set if they are out of veggies and hummus?
2. Best place on the UCLA campus?
3. Favorite prime number?
4. One chore you always depend on your husband Scott to do?
5. Who has the tidier closet side, you or your husband?
6. What was your 1st computer?
7. How long was your rehearsal schedule for your movie “Swing into Romance”?
8. Favorite Broadway show of all time?
One Big Question:Why is it important for you sharing your love of mathematics with young women and how has this attempt changed you?
Her favorite prime number is 3, loves the bomb shelter restaurant at UCLA. She wants you to see “A Cinderella Christmas Ball” November 29th on Great American Family.
Danica McKellar, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
I want to do projects that are actually saying something that people can connect to. - Chuck Hayward
Welcome Chuck :We’re joined on the Starline by producer, writer and executive producer. You’ve seen his work on Ted Lasso & Wandavision. His next project is the remake of “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead”. We welcome Chuck Hayward.
Chuck, let’s take a Beyond the Mic Mini. “The doctor said to avoid stress at all times, if you keep this up I swear to god, I’m gonna slap you to Spain”. 33 years later and you’ve reloaded this story for a new generation. Why was it important for you to retell this tale?
Were there any moments that you thought were questionable in the 1st read, but the cast delivered it better than you first thought?
How many Easter eggs did you throw into the movie that people can find like references to funeral homes, Syracuse University etc?
How did the final cut of the movie make you feel especially when you showed it to your friends and family in Delaware?
The Fast Four:It’s time for the Fast 4, 4 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Best Eagles game you’ve ever attended and did they win?
2. Favorite scotch is what?
3. Best place in Wilmington?
4. Which show that you have worked on didn’t get the love that you thought it deserved?
Two Big Questions:Chuck, you’ve had great successes and some failure to launch. What’s your next project and how do you want to attack your future?
What’s the biggest challenge you’ve overcome in Hollywood?
The Wrap:He loves Rodney Square, drinking McAllen Terra and wants you to watch “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” Chuck Hayward thank for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Mini.
"I wanted to write a book that wasn't just about the Iron Sheik or even just about pro wrestling, but about the humanity of this shared experience these guys had."
Welcome Brad Balukjian:We’re joined on the Starline by a man who has dedicated his life to all things that he loved when he was six years old. He’s an author and research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. His latest book is “The Six Pack”. We welcome Brad Balukjian.
Brad, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You’ve been threatened to death by the late Iron Sheik after an attempt to write a biography. Why was it important to seek out these six contemporaries of the Sheik and tell a richer story?
How has examining the tales of former wrestlers change the way you see the entertainment?
You’ve discovered 17 species of insects in Tahiti. How did completing that project make you feel in comparison to the ‘pack series’?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. You’ve named a bug after Harrison Ford, best movie from him that isn’t Star Wars related?
2. Best memory of Greenville, Rhode Island?
3. In your last book “The Wax Pack” you attempted to track down all the players inside that one wax pack. Did you chew the bubble gum inside?
4. 1st Baseball game you ever attended?
5. Least favorite wrestler of all time?
6. Favorite word in French and what does it mean?
7. Would you return to Moorea Tahiti if someone paid for it?
8. Last Wrestlemania you attended?
Sneaking in a Couple More:Who needs to be in the WWE Hall of Fame next?
How has writing this book changed you?
One Big Question:If you could re-watch one WWE match over again, which would it be?
The Wrap:Brad Balukjian's 1st baseball game was at Fenway Park, loved skating on a pond and he wants you to read his book “The Six Pack”. Brad thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
"Willie's motto was keep punching, right? So I think that's what we did."
Welcome James Madio:We’re joined on the Starline by an actor, producer, writer, and voice over star. You have seen him in The Basketball Diaries, “Band of Brothers” and “The Offer”. His latest project is about the 1950’s Italian-American boxer Willie Pep in “The Featherweight”. We welcome James Madio.
James, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Pep retired in 1959, then in 1964 came back to fight Jackie Lennon. Why Willie’s story one you were so passionate about?
Over 220 wins after all his adversity, the pandemic postponed the movie from getting started. How the overcoming that adversity help you?
Why was locations in Hartford important for the story?
Which fact in Willie’s story amazes you?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Best thing about your daughter Evelyn Rose?
2. Favorite beer to drink with a friend?
3. Best thing about a dog?
4. One person you would love to film a movie with that you haven’t before?
5. Favorite film festival?
6. Best memory at Lehman High School?
7. One thing your wife Kathryn depends on you to do?
8. Best memory of Scott Kalvert?
Sneaking in Couple More:“I thought I was invincible. And after that was never the same” What’s the one question you would have loved to ask Willie Pep?
What’s the one mistake you do?
What do you want to tell your fans?
Why will people love “The Penguin”?
One Big Question:How did getting “The Featherweight” finally shot, edited and then get award after award make you feel about your tribute to boxing?
The Wrap:He loves the smile of his daughter, cut class in high school to take shots under the bridge and wants you to watch “The Featherweight”. James Madio, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
"It's a life-changing thing. That scholarship, you know, I went to because I had been a caddy."
Welcome Bob HarigWe’re joined on the Starline by a writer, you’ve read in The First Call, SI.com, and previously covered golf for ESPN and the Tampa Bay Times. The past president of the Golf Writers Association of America and author of “Drive: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods.” We welcome Bob Harig.
Bob, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You’ve had a good relationship with Tiger Woods over the years. After a 10 in the 2020 Masters there was, you called it "a small, simple reminder of his resiliency, his determination" How has his determination and drive changed?
What one fact amazes you about Tiger after covering him?
What made Tiger’s cut streak so impressive to someone didn’t follow golf as much as you do and who has the potential of coming halfway to matching it?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Favorite memory of the Indiana Daily Student Newspaper?
2. Are you in favor or not in favor of the PGA Reshuffle?
3. Best golf course you’ve ever played?
4. Do you still have your copy of “Pin Pointers”?
5. Best round you’ve ever shot was a...?
6. Best round you ever saw BEFORE Tiger Woods?
7. Do you like the Waste Management Phoenix Open 16th green or not?
8. In the long run, who will win, LIV or the PGA?
One Big Question:How did your Evans Scholarship at Indiana (for golf caddies) help you love the game even more?
Where can people find your work?
The Wrap:He loved watching Fred Couples play Augusta, shot a 76 once and he wants you to read “Drive: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods.” Bob Harig thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
"I was trying to think about the 12 things that make my meals taste great very quickly."
Welcome Anna Jones:We’re joined on the Starline by a cook, food author, stylist and mom. who takes 12 ingredients that most likely are in your kitchen right now and created 125 recipes with them in “Easy Wins: 12 flavour hits, 125 delicious recipes, 365 days of good eating.” We welcome Anna Jones.
Anna, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You’ve been cooking for more than twenty years and have seen cooking evolve. What’s the biggest evolution to you?
There are so many flavors you could have picked for your 12 easy wins. What makes these 12 so special?
You are “the voice of modern vegetarian cooking”. What’s the one vegetable that doesn’t get the credit it deserves?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. What was the 13th ingredient, the one you kicked out?
2. You’ve worked with Jamie Oliver, what cook would you want to work with next?
3. Was there one dish you regret not sharing with Stanley Tucci
4. Favorite bookstore in London?
5. Who is the one person that you can depend on right now that isn’t related or works for you?
6. What soup is the one you curl up with on a cold day?
7. What’s the one thing you want to do in a kitchen renovation?
8. Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter and Savory. Get rid of one forever. Which is it?
The Savory Question:You enter social media each day in an effort making it less toxic and more positive. Who encourages you every day?
One Big Question:“Easy Wins” is your 5th cookbook in ten years, what’s the name of your 6th one you are working on now?
Where can people find you online?
The Wrap:She would get rid of bitter, loves a good bowl of soup when it gets cold and wants you to read “Easy Wins: 12 Flavour Hits, 125 Delicious Recipes, 365 Days of Good Eating.” Anna Jones, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
The podcast currently has 656 episodes available.