In this high-energy, funny podcast, Darren Johnson talks about how his guilty pleasure is listening to old Casey Kasem “American Top 40s.” He also reveals the No. 1 Beatles song. Hear it now: http://cccnews.info/podcast/americas-top-40.mp3

In this high-energy, funny podcast, Darren Johnson talks about how his guilty pleasure is listening to old Casey Kasem "American Top 40s." He also reveals the No. 1 Beatles song. Hear it now: http://cccnews.info/podcast/americas-top-40.mp3

On the road, Darren Johnson talks about the May 2019 issue of Campus News and its cover story on how a student who had at one time failed out of college now is attending an Ivy League university. And then he talks about the College Admissions Scandal and his own college experiences with students who […]

Darren Johnson wonders if he should hire “creative” writers for his newspaper, and harks back on his own career as a former creative writing major who got into journalism — and then his writing changed. Is he doing young creative writers a favor by not hiring them, or is he putting his own baggage on […]

As a media member, Darren Johnson gets lots of press releases, and he tells why he usually doesn’t act on them. His reason isn’t what you think. Then he looks at his hometown paper and explains why it’s failing. He ends mentioning the book “Stoner” by John Edward Williams. Hear this podcast here: http://cccnews.INFO/podcast/pr-and-journalism.MP3. It’s […]

Darren Johnson gets a journalism call out of the blue — he has to go photograph some cows. But he has a buzzing beehive in his ceiling he has to tackle! He dons a ski mask and some pink rubber gloves and goes "all Terminator." Then he scratches a lottery ticket. Hear this epic podcast <…>

The “Death Wish” movie franchise only has a 22% aggregate score on Rotten Tomatoes, but Darren Johnson defends it … kind of. Hear his take on the Paul Kersey character, and Charles Bronson’s acting. As well, Darren mocks Big Pharma ads, and plays a new “After the Fire” feature, with a Peter Schilling song (besides […]

The "Death Wish" movie franchise only has a 22% aggregate score on Rotten Tomatoes, but Darren Johnson defends it … kind of. Hear his take on the Paul Kersey character, and Charles Bronson's acting. As well, Darren mocks Big Pharma ads, and plays a new "After the Fire" feature, with a Peter Schilling song (besides <…>

Darren Johnson talks about the stories in the April issue of Campus News and gives the inside scoop as to how the paper is made. What kinds of writers does he like best? As an added bonus, he also riffs on a Silver Alert he saw commuting today. Get all that and a bag of […]

In this tight half-hour, Darren Johnson debates what is art, really, and then he goes to the library and observes all of the different people there. Hear it now at http://www.cccnews.info/podcast/what-is-art.mp3!