Why? The Podcast

For his whole career, John Vorhaus has been helping people. From playing better poker, to writing sitcoms and now, to stand-up comedy, John is the encouraging voice by your side as you head out and try something that you've always wanted to do; but is a little scary.

For more information on John, or to pick up any of his books, check out his website.

Last week, we were thrilled to take part in the Colonial Theater's annual Blobfest. We got to talk with a lot of the folks who helped make Blobfest the great event it is.

We also got to talk with Judith Harris, whose husband Jack Harris, was the producer of The Blob and a bunch of other great films. For more information about Jack, check out The Blob's official website.

This week we head out to the track with racer Ben Lowe. How did he get into the sport? What exactly is the sport? And what's his career looking like as he moves onward. Ben was a blast to talk to and we learned about a whole new sport.

If you're like us, you're spending the July 4th holiday onboard a fast cigarette boat, cruising around the marina, daring the police to catch you and yelling over a megaphone, "you'll never take me alive!" No? Just us?

Anyway, here's a special episode of Why? for you to listen to while you grill weenies and/or remove a few digits with firecrackers. We talked with Jill Whelan, better known to you and me as Vicki Stubing, daughter of the captain of the Love Boat. (You may also know Jill from her role in the classic film Airplane! (Jill's the sick girl whose IV keeps getting knocked out by an overzealous singing nun.)

We talked with Jill about hanging out with Andy Warhol, Joan Crawford and Dick van Dyke. Of course, we couldn't let our conversation go by without mentioning one of our shared best friends, Ted Lange.

Make sure to follow Jill on Twitter for the latest on what she's up to.

What does Nick Cave eat to feel better? What about Morrissey? We talked with vegan punk rock chef Joshua Ploeg. Joshua has written a bunch of cook books and has been traveling the country sharing his vegan wares.

We talked with Joshua about his travels, his books and what makes vegan cooking just so punk rock. For more information, check out Joshua's website.

Every single day, we are being lied to about... well, everything. This week we talked with author Aja Raden about her new book, The Truth About Lies. It's a fascinating look at lying and how we all fall for them and why we maybe shouldn't feel too bad about it?

The Truth About Lies is available right now, wherever you get books. You can follow Aja on Twitter or on Instagram. (And we're giving a way a copy of the book! Listen to the episode for details.)

When we wanted to learn more about numerology, we got in touch with Heather Schram- and she said the best way to find out more was to just do it- so Heather read our charts. While Heather is giving us the reading, she's telling us more about her experience and what the numbers mean.

Heather is offering 50% off readings to Why listeners. Just use the 'Why' as the discount code at checkout on her website.

Peter Riegert has stories. Stories from his acting career, which includes such films as Animal House and Local Hero. He also has stories from the people he's met along the way. Peter's podcast Vocal Hero offers a fascinating and unique conversation with every episode.

We sat down with Peter and had great talk that left us thinking about things for days afterward. For more information, you can check out Peter & the show's website.

The music of Van Dyke Parks has always taken you on a journey, replete with exquisite sounds and thoughtful concepts. His most recent collaboration is no different. 

He never met Veronica Valerio, but the resulting album is no less compelling. We talked with Van Dyke about the new album, finger foods in Berlin, the Twentieth Century Fox theme music and the various books of the bible in this wide-ranging conversation. "Only In America," Van Dyke Parks orchestrates Veronica Valerio is available everywhere on June 11th.

And if that wasn't enough, we're giving away a copy of the EP... Listen to the very end of the show to learn how to enter!

As the world begins to re-open, what better way to celebrate than going on walkies with a llama?

This week, we talked with Matt Yorke from Pembrokeshire Llamas about his Wales-based farm. We got into the relation you can get while out walking, good llama names and, of course, what to do with all that fur.

For more information, or to book a trek of your own, check out the Pembrokeshire Llamas website.