The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo

In the final ever episode of The Genius Cast, we're doing something memorable and special for you all. If we’re going to take a bow here, we’re going to do so with a bang by putting out two versions of this episode that you will never forget!Version one: This is the version of the episode you're listening to right now. In this version of our finale, we go into full detail on why we’re calling it a day, JP plays a song he wrote entitled “Hope For Tomorrow”, Lanny shares one last song and poem,...

In the penultimate episode of The Genius Cast, we honor our very dear, close, personal long-time friend, "Mean" Gene Okerlund.Sadly, Gene passed away on January 2nd, 2019 at the age of 76. It was a loss not only to the fans of professional wrestling, but to those who knew him well. "It was the voice. And not just any voice. It was a loud, yet smooth, tone that many grew up listening to for decades.” Mean Gene was THE voice to a generation of wrestling fans and it is our utmost privilege to pa...

Welcome to the New Years Eve edition of The Genius Cast! We're very excited to have the stunning and talented, the “Interview Queen” herself, Alicia Atout, on our show this week!Alicia is a personality in the pro wrestling world who’s star is on the rise. You may know her from her website A Music Blog, Yea? (or AMBY for short) where for the past few years, she has had thousands of really great interviews with musicians and wrestlers alike. You may also have seen her as a Backstage TV Host wit...

We’re coming at you this week with a two-for-one Christmas Eve Genius Cast special with interviews with “Hotshot” Danny Duggan and one of the greatest wrestlers to ever don a pair of tights, Terry Funk!You may have heard about the recent debacle Danny Duggan had where he called out Brutus the Barber Beefcake last month for being unprofessional and skipping dates on the CWE tour up in Canada. This was all over the wrestling news sites and it prompted a hefty response from Beefcake himself. We’...

It is our privilege to have Bill Apter on this week’s episode of The Genius Cast! You may know Bill for his editorial work as well as his exceptional photography over the past forty years in “Apter mags” such as Pro Wrestling Illustrated. You may also know him through his highly recommended podcast, The Apter Chat. Lanny and Bill laugh, joke, sing, and discuss a variety of topics in wrestling as well as dive into discussions about music, Broadway, and so much more. This is a fun show that you...

It is our distinct honor to have Sean Waltman on our show this week!In our candid conversation, Waltman opens up about the traumatic brain injury he endured and being told by doctors that his wrestling career was over at age 20, what it felt like to be scoring an upset victory over Razor Ramon on national television as the 123 Kid six months later, the feud he's most thankful for, memories of Randy Savage, his feelings on the nickname "The Kliq", the biggest difference between working for WCW...

This week, it is our privilege to bring you an interview with TV producer and New York Times bestseller, Keith Elliot Greenberg! You may know him from co-authoring Ric Flair’s, Freddie Blassie's, and "Superstar" Billy Graham's autobiographies (among many, many others). We talk memories of "Classy" Freddie Blassie and the man who had the largest penis in professional wrestling and how his misadventures shaped the WWE! An incredibly fun conversation you don't want to miss!Topics discussed: Keit...

We are thrilled to have third generation wrestler and promoter, 2018 WWE Hall of Famer, J-E double F J-A double R, E double T, Jeff Jarrett on The Genius Cast today!Topics discussed: Training under Tojo Yamamoto, the yin and yang relationship between his father Jerry Jarrett and long-term business partner Jerry Lawler, memories of Randy Savage and the Poffo family, the Double J character, the resurgence in popularity of the song "With My Baby Tonight," why he and Road Dogg Jesse James walked ...

It is a pleasure to have our friend Evan Ginzburg this week on The Genius Cast! He was the associate producer for the films 'The Wrestler' and '350 Days,' he is the host of the Evan Ginzburg Show, a senior writer over on ProWrestlingStories.com, a published author, and an overall fantastic person.Evan has been a fan of professional wrestling since 1972 and has fascinating stories to share of a foregone era and what it was like to witness real-life superheroes in and out of the ring at Madison...

We’re excited to have the head trainer of Ohio Valley Wrestling, Hustler Rip Rogers (@Hustler2754) on our show today! He’s a guest many listeners have been asking us to get on for a while now. Rip started off his time in Angelo, Randy and Lanny's ICW territory in 1977 and he has had a significant history with the Poffo family over the years. In this week's episode, Lanny and Rip look back on their time on the road together and let us take a peek behind the curtain to what it was really like t...