Media Path Podcast

Filmmaker Danny Wolf is our guide down a path through the greatest cult films of all time and the curvaceous history of film nudity from the pre and post ban eras, to the ratings board, #MeToo, nudity riders, intimacy coordinators, power dynamics and beyond. Danny’s film “SKIN: A History Of Nudity In The Movies” is now streaming on Amazon Prime and it examines our complicated relationship with passion and desire as it intersects with art and virtue.

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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies:

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films Of All Time - Volume 1 - Midnight Madness

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films Of All Time - Volume 2 - Horror & Sci Fi

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films Of All Time - Volume 3 - Comedy & Camp

Renowned photographer and photojournalist Dan Winters joins Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker with stories from the field along with knowledge and wisdom gleaned from his own deep dives into the history of photography, World War 2, the Viet Nam War, space travel, and the impact of photography on human awareness and societal progress.

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Fritz and Weezy welcome Dateline NBC’s Keith Morrison who takes us down an eerie and shadowy path through the dark and sinister synonyms he uses in his true crime reporting. Keith shares Dateline memories, career highlights, and insights into what we can all learn from love stories that go horribly wrong. Keith also fills us in on his podcast, The Thing About Pam and tells us the true story of how Justin Trudeau’s father led him to his future wife!

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The Thing About Pam

Dateline NBC  

Fritz and Weezy are joined by author John O'Connor who uncovered the secret identity of the notorious Watergate source known as Deep Throat. John recounts his long held belief that Felt was Deep Throat and his chance intersection with Felt's grandson Nick which led to the Vanity Fair which revealed, after 39 years that Mark Felt, number 2 at the FBI during Watergate, was the man Woodward and Bernstein called Deep Throat.

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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House

Postgate

I'm The Guy They Called "Deep Throat"

Josh Mankiewicz enjoys a storied career in journalism, a fabled Hollywood family history and he's joining us to look back on 25 years of legal and true crime reporting on Dateline plus his new podcast Motive for Murder. We discuss the surge in true crime interest, the challenges in sharing a family’s agonizing heartbreak and and what he’s learned through years of interviewing crime victims and convicted murderers. Plus, Josh shares his memories of growing up with his dad, press secretary to Robert Kennedy, how COVID has affected criminal proceedings, Tiger King, Dirty John and much more.

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Dateline NBC

Motive For Murder Podcast

Tiger King

I’ll Be Gone In The Dark

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

Dirty John

The Brothers Mankiewicz

We are joined by the great and legendary Henry Winkler who shares his success secret… fear! Plus his triumphs, his struggles and his bottomless cup of stories. Henry’s IMDB page is a hefty read so we pull out recommended highlights for your media path through Henry’s career which include Happy Days, Barry, the upcoming Wes Anderson film and Henry’s pivotal roll in Blues Clues as “Bookmark.”

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Henry Winkler on IMDB

Barry on HBO

Happy Days on Me TV

The power of the music is undeniable on its face but Fritz and Weezy also explore the roll this music has played in the Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy was the first black business owner to sell his product to a predominantly white audience. He was not only selling music. He was providing a shared experience which amplified our collective human bond. Music is color blind. It moves us all to tap a foot, bob a shoulder, or dance. It also moves us closer to understanding how similar we really are. We explore great Motown biographies like Dreamgirl: My Life As A Supreme by Mary Wilson, Temptations by Ottis Williams, Inside My Life by Smokey Robinson, the documentary about The Funk Brothers, Standing In The Shadows of Motown and the Showtime documentary, Hitsville: The Making Of Motown.

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Hitsville: The Making Of Motown

Standing In The Shadows of Motown

Dreamgirl: My Life As A Supreme by Mary Wilson

Temptations by Ottis Williams

Inside My Life by Smokey Robinson

Ain't Too Proud To Beg: The Musical

Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist, who has worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek and NBC News. He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers including, with David Corn, Russian Roulette. His reporting for this book took him deep inside the Trump/Russia scandal in which unprecedented political chicanery merged the interests of the Republican Party with those of KGB trained Russian Kleptocratic ruler Vladimir Putin. The Russian Roulette narrative lays out a tale of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry, examining just how Russian spies, hackers and trolls inserted themselves into our political system and swung the 2016 election towards their preferred candidate. The media path through Trump/Russia is long and winding and Michael is here to guide us through it, sharing unique insights and filling us in on the new chapters you will find in the paperback version of his book.

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Russian Roullette by Michael Issikof and David Corn

Weezy's Obsessive Post 2016 Election Reading List:

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Unbelievable by Katy Tur

Facts and Fears by James Clapper

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff

Fear by Bob Woodward

Red Notice by Bill Browder

House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger

What Happened by Hilary Clinton

The Plot To Hack America and The Plot To Destroy Democracy by Malcolm Nance

Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff and David Corn

A Higher Loyalty by James Comey

The Threat by Andrew McCabe

Crime In Progress by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea by Alyssa Mastromonaco Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

Promise Me, Dad and Promises To Keep by Joe Biden

Fritz's Thoughtful Additions

American Carnage by Tim Alberta

Dark Towers by David Enrich

Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker share their passion for Turner Classic Movies, delving into the careers of Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Natalie Wood, which sends them on a hunt for  messages in Splendor In The Grass. Can abstinence really drive teenagers crazy? Plus Fritz goes down a media path that leads from his NBC co-worker Josh Mankiewicz through Josh’s grandfather Herman Mankiewicz who wrote Citizen Kane to Herman’s brother Joseph Mankiewicz who wrote Cleopatra and All About Eve which led to the discovery of a book by Sydney Ladensohn Stern called The Brothers Mankiewicz.

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The Brothers Mankiewicz by Sydney Ladensohn Stern

Turner Classic Movies

Have you ever become obsessed with a topic and taken a deep dive into consuming all you could uncover about it?

Media Path podcast is here to indulge your obsessions. hosted by Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker, the show takes you along on a scenic tour through books, movies, web content  and music related to a given topic of captivation. We are exploring entertainment, politics, history, true crime, world events and all of their intriguing intersections.

Fritz Coleman is a legendary Los Angeles weatherman/humorist. Louise Palanker is a filmmaker/columnist and co-founder of Premiere Radio.

Hop aboard. Discover more layers, intrigue and substance. Go beyond binging with Media Path.

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