Real Conversations with Jacob Young

This week Jacob sit down with journalist Michael Fairman.

One of the leading experts and personalities in the field of daytime drama, Michael is expanding his coverage and success with the launch of his latest website platform Michael Fairman TV (www.michaelfaimantv.com). This new venture incorporates the deep coverage of daytime soaps, while adding in several primetime drama and reality competition series to his line-up.

As a journalist and host, TV fans know Michael best from his longtime popular daily-updated website Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps (www.michaelfairmansoaps.com) which spotlighted: in-depth interviews, breaking news, and special features. Michael’s video interviews can also be found on his new YouTube Channel, The Michael Fairman Channel, which features engaging celebrity conversations, plus Michael’s music videos of covers and original songs.

In addition, he is the host of his own podcast/radio series Soap Nation Live with Michael Fairman with co-hosts from the world of daytime drama, special guests, and listener call-ins. Over the last two years, Michael has been the guest moderator at the GH Convention. Throughout his career, Michael has been a contributing feature correspondent for many mainstream outlets including: TV Guide Online, In-Touch Weekly, CBS Watch! Advocate.com, and several international television publications.

With over thirty-five years of experience in the medium, Michael has been an innovator in the field of developing new platforms. He was the executive producer of SoapCity.com for Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, which was the first online platform of its kind spotlighting all the network soap operas.

As a television producer, Michael has been a part of over 15 Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies, and several Soap Opera Digest Awards, in addition to his work as an On-Air Promo writer/producer, and as lead story writer/producer for E! Entertainment Television, SOAPnet, ABC/Disney cable network programming, Dick Clark Productions, and many more.

Michael has a very special connection to the fans of daytime, and they to him, which has made him such a great ambassador for the genre.

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This week Jacob remembers and commemorates the 32 Anniversary of the death of legendary bull rider, Lane Frost, with a rare opportunity to sit down with his nephew Stetson who is keeping the rodeo champion's legacy alive and well.

Visit www.lanefrost.com to learn more.

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This week Jocob sits down with country music and rodeo royalty, the song of Chris LeDoux, singer-songwriter Ned LeDoux. 

LeDoux is well respected for his high-energy live shows that mix his western roots with the rock and roll influences he acquired in his youth. He routinely headlines his own shows as well as earning coveted opening slots for Toby Keith, Aaron Watson and Garth Brooks. “We opened for Garth in Indianapolis last year and it was our first football stadium which was crazy,” he says. “When people are coming out to our shows and spending their hard-earned money on a ticket, I don’t want to leave them disappointed. We’re going to give you a show and leave you wanting more. I’m always out of breath and soaking wet when we’re done, but it’s so much fun!”
     Ned LeDoux is carrying on the family tradition, but he’s also charting his own course, and Next In Line is the latest step on that journey. “I hope I inspire people to never forget where you came from,” he says. “That’s one thing I’m very proud of. I’m carrying on a tradition, but I’m writing my own story. I’m very proud of my family and friends and there’s one piece of advice my mom gave me when we were kids: ‘Never forget where you came from and show respect to people no matter where you are.’ So with this album I hope to inspire and show people, ‘Hey this old cowboy isn’t changing for nobody.’ I want people to know they should never give up on a dream. There’s always time. Just keep on going.

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On this episode of Real Conversations, Jacob sits down with actress Brytni Sarpy.

Brytni started in theater where she appeared in several main stage and local productions where she received critical acclaim for her dramatic range and comedic timing. Brytni is also a trained dancer. The actress currently resides in Los Angeles where she is represented by Pantheon Agency for theater and Vision Talent and CESD for commercial and print work. She has appeared in commercials and print work for Nike, Yahoo!, AT&T, New Balance, and several others. In 2010, Sarpy starred alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver in You Again. In addition to auditioning for the NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives, Sarpy had previously auditioned for the General Hospital roles of Taylor DuBois and later Jordan Ashford for which she was too old and too young, respectively. Sarpy later won the contract role of Valerie Spencer made her debut on March 20, 2015. In March 2016, it was announced that Sarpy was set to host the a new reality series The Pitch Room. In December 2016, Sarpy was dropped from a series regular to recurring status at General Hospital. In 2017, Sarpy starred alongside Heather Langenkamp in Truth or Dare. She was cast in the regular role of Elena Dawson on The Young and the Restless in February 2019. In March 2019, Sarpy announced that she'd also booked a recurring role on the new season of The Haves and the Have Nots.

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This week Jacob visits with Oscar Nominated and Emmy winning Singer, Songwriter, Actor and brother to the Hollywood Superstar Sylvester Stallone, Frank Stallone

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This week, Jacob visits with fellow actor, Jack Coleman.

Coleman's first major role was in Days of Our Lives, where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka The Salem Strangler). He also made an appearance on Celebrity Bullseye. In 1982, he joined the cast of Dynasty when he took over the role of Steven Carrington, one of the first gay characters on American television. Coleman played the role until the end of the show's eighth season in 1988.

He was a regular on the short-lived series Nightmare Cafe (1992), and appeared on the miniseries Kingdom Hospital (2004). He made guest appearances in The Net, CSI: Miami, Nip/Tuck, Without a Trace, Diagnosis: Murder, and Entourage. He co-starred as Alyson & Amanda Michalka's father in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cow Belles.

He was nominated for his performance in the play Stand-up Tragedy at the Mark Taper Forum, and won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in Bouncers. He wrote the screenplays for Studio City, which he produced and acted in, and Can't Help Falling.

Coleman was a main cast member of the science-fiction series Heroes, where he played Noah Bennet (a.k.a. "The Man With horn-rimmed Glasses" or "HRG"). Coleman states about portraying the character, "It's a combination of the light and dark. I don't want to just be a mustache-twirling villain."

Coleman appeared in an episode of The Mentalist in October 2010. He played the role of a wealthy, arrogant murder suspect named Max Winter.

He also played a patient named Joe Dugan (a campaign manager of a New Jersey senator) in the House episode of "Office Politics" in 2010.

In Hallmark Channel’s original movie Rock The House (2010), Jack Coleman played a lawyer named Max who finds a way to reconnect with his daughter and his old sense of joy when he gets back together with his music-making friends from his teenage years.

Starting in November 2010, Coleman had a recurring role on The Office as Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Lipton, the love interest for both Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) and Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez). He has appeared in the episodes "WUPHF.com", "Classy Christmas", "Michael's Last Dundies","Goodbye, Michael", "Jury Duty", "Fundraiser", "Free Family Portrait Studio" "New Guys", "Here Comes Treble", "The Boat", "The Whale", "Customer Loyalty" and "Vandalism".

From 2011 to 2012, he played Bill Forbes on the third season of the CW drama The Vampire Diaries in the episodes "The Hybrid", "The End of the Affair", "Disturbing Behavior", "The Ties That Bind" and "Bringing Out The Dead".

In 2011, he appeared on the CBS drama Criminal Minds, playing Bill Rogers, a serial rapist, in the episode "Hope".

On July 22, 2012, it was announced that Coleman is joining the fifth season of Castle as a new antagonist for Stana Katic’s character Kate Beckett. He has appeared in the episodes "After the Storm", "Recoil", "In the Belly of the Beast", "Veritas", "XY", and "XX" playing Senator William H Bracken.

Jack Coleman joined USA’s Burn Notice as a recurring part of the USA Network drama’s truncated (13-episode) seventh and final season. He played Andrew Strong, a ranking CIA officer who has seen it all. Noble, but also obsessive at times, Strong is a relentless taskmaster who pushes Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) to do whatever it takes to complete the mission.

This week Jacob sits down with world-renowned life coach and a member of Hollywood's legacy family's,  Randy Spelling. 

is an American former actor who became a life coach. He is the brother of Tori Spelling and the son of Candy and Aaron Spelling.

In 1995 when Spelling was 17 years old, he played the role of Flipper Gage in the teen-oriented drama Malibu Shores, which was produced by his father.[2] Spelling said he took the role because the characterization was completely different from himself.[3]

He also carried out a guest role on the popular series Beverly Hills 90210 alongside his sister Tori Spelling.

Spelling was later cast as Sean Richards in Sunset Beach, again produced by his father.

In 2007, Spelling took part in his own reality television series, Sons of Hollywood, which aired on the A&E Network. He starred alongside Sean Stewart and David Weintraub.

As of 2009, he works as a life coach between Portland, Oregon and West Los Angeles.

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This week Jacob visits with Dr. Patrick Friman.

​​​​Dr. Patrick C. ​​F​riman received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He is the current Vice ​President of ​Outpatient Behavioral Health Services and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.

He was formerly on the faculties of Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, and Creighton Schools of Medicine. He was also formerly the Director of the Clinical Psychology Program at University of Nevada as well as the Associate Chairman of the Department of Psychology.

Dr. Friman is the former Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and former President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. He is also on the editorial boards of eight peer reviewed journals. He has published more than 180 scientific articles and chapters and three books.

The primary focus of his scientific and clinical work in is in the area of Behavioral Pediatrics and Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Friman's work in behavioral pediatrics has concentrated on the gap between primary medical care for ​children on one side, and referral-based clinical child psychological and psychiatric care, on the other.

He also specializes in consultation regarding workplace issues such as motivation, dealing with difficult people, change, and pathways to success. As an example of the impact of his work, following a publication on child sleep problems, the American Medical Association ​invited him to headline a press conference in New York City where he was presented to the press by the Surgeon General of the United States.

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In this episode, Jacob sits down with actress/author Terri Ivens.

Terri is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Simone Torres in the soap opera All My Children (2001–2007) and Orchid in the digital series The Bay (2012–2020), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2018.

Her feature film credits include; Jimmy Hollywood with Joe Pesci, Marked for Death with Steven Seagal, and Piranhaconda. Her television credits include roles in The Barefoot Executive, with Jason London, There Was a Little Boy, with Scott Bairstow, and Breast Men. She played Debbie Baxter in the TV series Wake, Rattle, and Roll. She also had guest appearances in Boy Meets World, Coach, Melrose Place, Baywatch, Married... with Children and Highway to Heaven. She has also done voice work for the classic Lucas Arts adventure game, Grim Fandango, as Lupe.

She released her debut novel, The Buzz: Pointing Fingers, in late 2014.

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On this episode, Jacob sits down with fellow actor and author, Sean Kanan.

Sean Kanan's career encompasses many facets of the entertainment world including actor, author, comedian, and producer. Early in his career, Kanan was chosen at an open call by Oscar-winning Director, John Avildsen from over 2000 hopefuls for the role of Mike Barnes in the Karate Kid III. He went on to create two iconic characters, AJ QUARTERMAINE (GH) and DEACON SHARP (B&B/Y&R). Kanan's popularity as DEACON in Italy and ability to speak fluent Italian landed him on the Italian version of the popular show Dancing with the Stars where he lasted 9 weeks.

On the comedy stage, Kanan has performed at some of the countries leading clubs including the Laugh Factory, the Comedy Store, Dangerfield's, the Brokerage, Uncle Vinny's and other venues. On the theater stage, he has performed in Sam Shepard's True West twice, once at the Zephyr theater and once at the Palm Canyon Theater.

Sean penned The Modern Gentleman; Cooking and Entertaining with Sean Kanan (Dunham Books) and Secret of My Success. Kanan co-hosted a celebrity parenting radio talk show called Kanan's Rules, available for download on iTunes podcast. Sean Kanan spends his free time studying martial arts, writing scripts, cooking, performing his stand-up routine and further pursuing the study of the Italian, French, Mandarin, Russian and Japanese language. Sean also dedicates much of his time to numerous charitable and nonprofit endeavors including ASPCA, anti-bullying and the Red Cross.

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