Rock 'n Roll Ghost

Welcome back to the  Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor John Hoogenakker about his role as Branch Davidian member Clive Doyle, the only member of the group to not be convicted in the wake of the events that transpired in Waco, TX in 1993. Hoogenakker discusses how he got the role and what research he did to prepare for his role. He also touches...

Welcome back to the  Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Tim Bogart ( Spinning Gold ). Tim is the son of Casablanca Records co-founder Neil Bogart and Spinning Gold tells his father’s bold and wild story in the music business, warts and all. Casablanca was home to Donna Summers , KISS , Parliament-Funkadelic and the Village People to name a...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor David Dastmalchian ( The Suicide Squad, All Creatures Here Below, Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Prisoners, the Ant-Man series, Animals, The Dark Knight ) about his most currently-in-release projects. Those would be his role in 20th Century Studios ’ Boston Strangler , available now on Hulu . As...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Roman Zaragoza about his role on the hit CBS sitcom, Ghosts . Zaragoza discusses his role as the deceased Native American Sasappis, and how his own Native American ancestry comes into play in the role. He also talks about the difficult road he has had being someone multi-cultural and how he...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Adam Goldberg ( Saving Private Ryan , Dazed and Confused ) about his role on CBS ’ The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah . On the show, a remake of the 80s hit series (which begat two successful films starring Denzel Washington ), Goldberg stars as Harry Keshegian , a computer hacker working with La...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Jamie Winterstern , the director behind Supercell , a film about storm chasers and a young man’s pursuit of connecting to his deceased father. Supercell opens in theaters across the country and via video on demand Friday, March 17th. Winterstern discusses the genesis of the idea behind Supercel...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Balin Schneider about his film (his first), Out of Time: The Material Issue Story , about the Chicago power-pop band Material Issue ’s career. Schneider, who is in his 20s, discusses how he “discovered” Material Issue and what led him to focus on the band for a short documentary for a film scho...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor James Badge Dale about his role as John Dutton Sr. on the hit Paramount Plus series 1923 from creator Taylor Sheridan ( Yellowstone , The Mayor of Kingstown ), as well as his career which dates back to his appearance in 1990’s Lord of the Flies adaptation. Dale, who resides in New York City, but sp...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with celebrity chef Tiffani Faison (Partner/Chef in Boston’s Big Heart Hospitality which includes Sweet Cheeks Q , Tenderoni’s , Bubble Bath , Dive Bar and Fool’s Errand , as well as the runner up on the very first season of Top Chef and the winner of Food Network ’s Tournament of Champions III ). Faison disc...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker ( 12KM ) /podcaster ( In Love With the Process ) Mike Pecci . Pecci discusses what drove him to filmmaking, the pull from Boston to Los Angeles to invest in himself and his career from that point on, including his podcast, In Love With the Process . He also dives deep into his much buzzed about...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Melissa Ponzio ( Teen Wolf , The Walking Dead ) about her role in the newly released Teen Wolf: The Movie , available now on Paramount+ . Ponzio discusses taking on the role of Melissa McCall , a hard-working single mother to the series and film’s title character, Scott ( Tyler Posey ), from 100 ep...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker/novelist Eric Garcia ( Matchstick Men , The Repossession Mambo ) about his new series, Kaleidoscope , which debuted on Netflix January 01.   The series, about a heist 25 years in the making, has a fascinating structure. All episodes have a color instead of a title or episode number for one...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Vonda Shepard about her new album, Red Light Green Light , which she will be touring on in 2023.   Shepard discusses the creation and recording of the album during the Covid-19 pandemic, recording it in her and her husband's, musician/producer Mitchell Froom ( Crowded House , Sheryl Crow ,...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Amy Landecker about the return of Showtime 's Your Honor where she co-stars alongside Bryan Cranston , as well as her role in the upcoming feature film, Missing .   Landecker, who hails from Chicago and is the daughter of famed Chicago DJ John "Records" Landecker , talks about her breakout rol...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Gabriel Luna ( Terminator: Dark Fate ) about his role as "Tommy" on the HBO adaptation of the video game The Last of Us (from Naughty Dog ).   Luna discusses working on the show with the game's creator Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin ( Chernobyl ), his bonding with Pedro Pascal (the series lead...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Andrew Baird about his new film One Way starring Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly ), Drea de Matteo , Storm Reid , Travis Fimmel and Kevin Bacon .    Baird, making his second appearance on the podcast (the first guest to do so), discusses the making of the film, working with the ca...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Paul Calderon ( Bosch , Four Rooms , King of New York , Sea of Love , Bad Lieutenant , Pulp Fiction , Out of Sight , Fear the Walking Dead , Q&A ) about his career from the start to the present.   Calderon discusses that he was up for the role of Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction , his auditi...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Rockaway Records co-owner Wayne Johnson .    Johnson discusses how he got into collecting and how he and his brother started Rockaway Records . He also gives insight into some of his famous customers and how he treats them like anyone else (save for some more privacy).   Links:   Rock...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Josh Robins of the experimental rock back The Invincible Czars . The band is currently on tour, performing the music of the classic silent horror film, Nosferatu alongside the film. Robins discusses the band’s origins in Austin, TX, how the band became known for accompanying films (beginning at...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with the great filmmaker Walter Hill ( 48 Hrs. , The Warriors , Johnny Handsome , Extreme Prejudice , Geronimo: An American Legend , Streets of Fire ) about his newest film, Dead For a Dollar . Starring Christoph Waltz , Willem Dafoe , Rachel Brosnahan , Warren Burke and Benjamin Bratt , Dead For a Dollar is...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Mark Pellington ( Going All the Way , Arlington Road , The Mothman Prophecies , Survive ).    Pellington discusses his work turning the short form series Survive , produced for the now defunct Quibi , into a long form film, as well as the upcoming video release of his first feature fi...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Zach Cregger about his new film Barbarian which debuted at #1 at the box-office on its opening weekend.   In a discussion that includes spoilers (so beware!), Cregger gets into subverting expectations with his cast ( Bill Skarsgaard , Georgina Campbell , Justin Long ), substituting Budapes...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Warren Burke ( Netflix 's Family Reunion ) about his role in acclaimed director Walter Hill 's new western film, Dead for a Dollar co-starring Christoph Waltz , Willem Dafoe , Rachel Brosnahan , Brandon Scott and Benjamin Bratt .   Burke discusses growing up in Chicago and his impulsive move t...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Allan Ungar , director of the recently released Bandit starring Josh Duhamel , Elisha Cuthbert and Mel Gibson in a true story about Canada's biggest bank robber.   Ungar discusses his road to making the film, how budget reasons made it impossible to shoot the film in Canada, instead swappi...

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast . On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/author Richie Stephens ( NCIS , Blue Bloods ) about his book The Gangster's Guide To Sobriety , which details his criminal background along with his decline into alcoholism and drug addiction.   Stephens discusses the real life exploits detailed in the book, his acting history, as well as the...