From 2015: Sit. Stay. Heal.: How Meditation Changed My Mind, Grew My Heart, and Saved My Ass is a compelling memoir that Spike Gillespie wrote to accomplish two big tasks. First, it details her life’s story – childhood abuse at the hands of her father, a lifetime of man troubles, alcohol abuse, her love of dogs, and the healing power of knitting. It is a story of a woman who has endured great pain –some of it, undoubtedly, brought on by her own actions – but it also presents equal measures of triump

From 2015: Right about now, I’m figuring that Sergio Bruna, star of Ora TV’s popular late night TV variety series, “El Pelado de la Noche,” is wondering what wrong turn landed him on Mr. Media. I must tell you that when a publicist approached me about featuring the star of a Spanish-language program, I was prepared to dismiss the pitch out of hand. Then I thought: Just watch the show. Oh my, God – the cast and the audience have the greatest time every week!

From 2015: Catherine Nichols is completely enraptured by Lewis Carroll’s work, which was first published in 1865 and has never out of print since. In researching her new coffee table book, Alice’s Wonderland: A Visual Journey through Lewis Carroll’s Mad, Mad World, she uncovered a plethora of stunning images and Alice lore that even I couldn’t help but be impressed by. It’s a beautiful book and she tells of Alice’s literary journey through 150 years in a mesmerizing visual fashion.

From 2015: Even when the kickass teases for "Marvel's Agent Carter" started appearing on ABC, my wife repeatedly asked me: “Who is she again?” So expectations were pretty low. A world of doubters all mentally went to Missouri and said, “Show me.” That’s exactly what my guest today, Tara Butters, and her partner, Michele Fazekas, co-creators and showrunners of “Marvel’s Agent Carter,” did.

From 2015: Today, after a string of horror movie appearances, TV commercials and guest spots on TV shows such as “Person of Interest,” “The Twomorrow People” and “Psych,” Chelsey Reist has probably reached the height of her young fame as a regular on The CW’s popular futuristic drama series, “The 100.” She plays Harper, whose fate was left very much up in the air after the mid-season finale.

From 2015: "Alumbrones" comes on the scene in January 2015 on the unexpected wings of Barack Obama’s historic decision to begin reopening trade and and diplomatic relations with the island nation for the first time in more than 50 years. It is an opportunity that documentary director Bruce Donnelly could not have seen coming while in production but I have to imagine the prospects for it have only redoubled his enthusiasm for the project.

From 2015: I was up-close and personal with a pregnancy a little more than 18 years ago when my wife gave birth to our daughter. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It packed every emotion I had previously ever experienced into nine months. That may be why watching a new unscripted documentary film, 40 Weeks, so captured my attention. Married filmmakers Dominque Debroux and Christopher Henze take us on parallel journeys with an array of women all experiencing pregnancy.

From 2014: When I heard that my old friend Jon B. Cooke had put together an entire book, Swampmen: Muck-Monsters and Their Makers, I knew it would be of interest to only a narrow audience. But so what? If Cooke shares my appreciation of the genre enough to gather supporting creator interviews and representative artwork, who am I to deny him the opportunity to spread the word to the faithful?

From 2014: Rick Smolan started his career as a photographer, but one unlike most others in his field. He thinks big. Really big. One day, Smolan unleashed an entire army of photographers – amateurs and pros alike – on a country to capture a day in its life. He eventually published an entire series of coffee table books with “Day in A Life” images from around the globe. His new book is "Tracks," which has been made into a movie starring Adam Driver.

From 2014: Today's interview with Peter Capaldi is audio-only, a break from our normal video format, but once you hear the star of BBC and BBC America’s “Doctor Who” speak extemporaneously about da Vinci and the Doctor, you’ll have no doubt with whom I’m speaking. And if this is your first experience with Mr. Media Interviews, I hope you’ll consider subscribing here on MrMedia.com so you’ll never miss another one.