House of Crouse

This week on the Richard Crouse Show: Liz Kozak is an award-winning producer, writer and editor. She is Director of Editorial and Content Development at The Second City and together they are the authors of The Second City: The Essentially Accurate History.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast “The Assistant” director Kitty Green stops by. The film is a re-creation of a day in the life of Jane, played by “Ozark” star Julia Garner, an assistant to a Weinstein-esque figure at the height of his power. Green is an award-winning Australian filmmaker. Her debut documentary feature, “Ukraine Is Not a Brothel,” explored a provocative feminist movemen...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: In his over 30-year career, J.C. MacKenzie has appeared in over 150 movies and TV shows, including Aaron Sorkin‘s "Molly’s Game" and the TV show’s "Dark Angel," "Dexter" and "The Shield." He’s also a favorite of director Martin Scorsese, appearing in "The Aviator," "The Departed," "The Wolf of Wall Street," "The Irishman" and HBO’s "Vinyl." He’s currently star...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast: On this show we’ll have a look back at three musicians who have stopped by the Pop Life bar to share their stories. Randy Bachman is a household name. He’s best known as the lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s rock bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of Brave Belt, Union and Ir...

Here's a quick chat with the late Terry Jones, Monty Python's "master of the absurd." Everyone remarks on the importance of Monty Python. Everyone, that is, except the members of the troupe itself. “I don’t see it as a legacy really,” says founding funnyman Terry Jones. “I can’t see it. I think people talk about it. I have no idea what impact we had on comedy.”

This week on the Richard Crouse Show: Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s songwriting partner of fifty years. YouTube sensation Gigi Gorgeous. The social media star opens up about being true to yourself. Arlene Dickinson, Canadian businesswoman, investor, television personality and author of “Reinvention: Changing Your Life, Your Career, Your Future.” Then travel guru Rick Steves opens up about his love f...

This week on the Richard Crouse Show, a Pop Life special with some of Richard's favourite interviews from the past season of his television show. In an in-depth interview astronaut Chris Hadfield stops by the “Pop Life” bar to discuss when science and pop culture collide. Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and author of “Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving.” He stops by the “Pop Li...

This week on the Richard Crouse Show, a Pop Life special with some of Richard's favourite interviews from the past season of his television show. In an in-depth interview astronaut Chris Hadfield stops by the “Pop Life” bar to discuss when science and pop culture collide. Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and author of “Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving.” He stops by the “Pop Li...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: Indie superstars Tegan and Sara. They stop by the “Pop Life” bar to discuss their new memoir “High School.” They talk about how music became the perfect fit for them. They tell stories about writing their first song, ‘Tegan Didn’t Go to School Today,” the important people in their lives and how music became a replacement for drugs and alcohol. The cast of “Fro...

Richard and NewsTalk 1010 reporter Lucas Meyer have a look at what's in store in entertainment in 2020.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: Richard chats with “1917” co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns about tending bar, working with Sam Mendes and writing a film that is presented in one shot. Then he speaks to the two stars of the Fist World War story to discuss creating the characters and the challenges of shooting the epic film. Then we meet “Rise of the Skywalker” star Joonas Suotamo about playing...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Howard Shore has composed scores for over 80 films, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. He has three Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards on his shelves and was the original musical director for the American show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980. He is also a consistent collaborator with direc...

These are pretty cool. This is vintage audio of five original Star Wars radio commercials. They arrived at the station on vinyl and were recently found and converted to mp3s. Thanks to Jim Richards Showgram for sending them over!

This week on the Richard Crouse Show: A long time ago at a radio station far, far away… Now that the Skywalker saga is coning to an end Richard takes you back to the beginning of the phenomenon. In new interviews C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels talks about playing the character for the last time and Joonas Suotamo talks about playing the iconic Wookie character Chewbacca, and what it is like wearing t...

Richard chats with "1917" co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns about tending bar, working with Sam Mendes and writing a film that is presented in one shot. SYNOPSIS: At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cr...

Richard sits down with the two stars of the Fist World War epic "1917" to discuss creating the characters and the challenges of the one-shot technique used to film the movie.

Richard speaks with "Rise of the Skywalker" star Joonas Suotamo about playing the iconic Wookie character Chewbacca, and what it is like wearing the fur suit for ten hours a day.

Moore in the Morning host John Moore and Richard Crouse discuss meeting "Sesame Street" puppeteering legend Carol Spinney. Here are five things you might not know about Big Bird and the man behind the mask. Muppet mastermind Jim Henson created Big Bird, but Spinney says, “I was given a lot of freedom to create the kind of guy he is. He’s a person like I was as a kid, except he doesn’t get pushed a...

You know my guest today from playing Stephen Jameson on “The Tomorrow People” and Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm on “The Flash” or on “The X-Files” as FBI Agent Miller. Today Robbie Amell is here to talk about his latest film, the sci fi thriller “Code 8.” CODE 8 INFO: Code 8, written by Chris Pare, is set in a world where 4% of the population is born with some type of supernatural ability, but instead...

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated for her screenwriting work on the feature film 'District 9', Terri Tatchell loves blending fantastical stories with social commentary. The 'Endangered and Misunderstood' series of children's picture books does just, taking an accessible approach to the serious subject of endangered animals, with an emphasis on la...

Richard interviews Yvette Nicole Brown who plays Aunt Sarah in the Disney+ version of "Lady and the Tramp." They talk about adopting rescue dogs, wearing corsets and if Brown agrees that her character is the villain of the story.

Our guest today has been called Twitter’s resident gynecologist, the Internet’s OB/GYN. She is Dr. Jen Gunter, an OB/GYN and a pain medicine physician. She is Gwyneth Paltrow’s nemesis, a fierce advocate for women’s health and has devoted her professional life to caring for women. She also writes about sex, science, and social media and is the author of The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina--...

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Eating has become a confusing experience. Should we follow a keto diet? Is sugar the next tobacco? Does fermented cabbage juice cure disease? Are lectins toxic? Is drinking poppy seed tea risky? What’s with probiotics? Can packaging contaminate food? Should our nuts be activated? What is cockroach milk? We all have questions, and Dr. Joe Schwarcz has t...

In separate interviews Richard sits down with the cast of "Frozen 2," Josh Gad who plays the snowman, and Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, as sisters Princess Anna of Arendelle and Queen Elsa of Arendelle. They talk about keeping the plot secret during the three year production and why the original film resonated with audiences.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Anne Bokma is an award-winning freelance journalist and the author of My Year of Living Spiritually: From Woo-Woo to Wonderful—One Woman's Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life. In 2017, she began a quest to become a more spiritual person. After leaving the fundamentalist religion of her youth, she became one of the eighty million North Americans who c...