Arts Express

**Michael Paré Talks Painkiller, That Big Pharma Other Pandemic **Last Will And Testament: Who Really Wrote The Shakespeare Plays? **Copyright Wrongs     Photo: Rob DiCaterino

*Filmmaker Ken Burns takes the Arts Express Hot Seat, as Prairie Miller probes his controversial documentary, Hemingway. *Radio Drama Corner: the verse of Paul Hostovsky, performed by Jack Shalom

**Rock Legend Don McLean Talks American Pie - And What Happened To Music Along The Way **The Lost Family: A Continuing Conversation with Libby Copeland about DNA testing **Plus...Poetry for a troubled time   Photo:  "The Don McLean, Tapestry Coasters" by McCoyCreations is licensed under CC BY 2.0

**Comedian/actor Eddie Izzard Talks Nazis, Lenny Bruce, Six Minutes To Midnight **Down the rabbit hole with Libby Copeland on DNA testing in The Lost Family. **Bro On The Global Television Beat: the tv series Pros And Cons. 

*Laraine Newman Talks SNL, "Darker Truths" In Her Memoir *Leonardo Nam On Phobias, Yes Day, Asian Hate Crimes And The Atlanta Massacres *Bro On The World Art Beat: African American Artist Robert Colescott   Photo: CC Steven "The Kuhnster" Kuhn - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuhnster/5977353046/

**Paul Robeson's Love Song: Tayo Aluko Reports From Liverpool **Hot Seat: Before Cuomo There Was...Mike Wallace. Ticking Clock - Behind The Scenes At 60 Minutes. Veteran 60 Minutes producer Ira Rosen  **20th century satirist Stephen Leacock's 'How To Make A Million Dollars.'

*Margaret Cho On Staying Funny And Mining Comedy During The Pandemic Crisis *The Hot Seat: NY Times columnist Charles Blow Talks The Devil You Know. *AMORALMAN: Jack Shalom dissects the multi-media work of the provocative performer, magician and cardsharp, Derek DelGaudio     Photo: Danlev / Dan Leveille.  CC BY-SA 3.0

*How It Feels To Be Free: Director Yoruba Richen On Capturing The Lives Of Black Female Legends In Her Documentary *Beth Grant Talks Going Toe To Toe With Nicolas Cage In A Movie, And Redefining Women On Screen *Radio Drama Corner: Mary Murphy performs the poetry of Molly Peacock 

*Actor Josh Lucas Talks Murderous Trance, Forever Purge *Bad Cupid, Shakespeare: A Conversation With Actor John Rhys-Davies *Art Corner: Ministry Of Truth. The Art At A Time Like This Movement has mounted an outdoor.political art exhibit of self-guided tours, presenting 20 artists on 20 billboards throughout New York City. *Screening Room: Red Is For Rosa. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary...

*The Hot Seat: General Wesley Clark Phones In *Bro On The Global Television Beat: What's up with The Mandalorian, Disney and the dumping of Gina Carano *Music Corner: Political singer/songwriter Roy Zimmerman in performance in Part Two of a continuing conversation with Jack Shalom.      "General Wesley Clark 2000" by John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

*Let Him Go: Jeffrey Donovan Talks Red State Versus Blue State Showdown In Progress On Screen *Pulling The Plug On Right Wing Politics Through Music: A Conversation With Performer Roy Zimmerman * Screening Room: The Case Of Chester Himes. How the 20th century simultaneously celebrated and controversial African American author influenced the detective novel, reimagining the genre.     "Jeffrey Dono...

*Antebellum Filmmaker Conversation: Assata Shakur Tribute In A Hollywood Movie *Arts Express Stopover At Sundance: Hazel McKibbin Talks Doublespeak - When Women Betray Women *MSNBC Hot Seat: Arts Express Hot Seat: MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent And News Host Ari Melber *Writers Corner: A Child's Garden Of Denial. Jack Shalom interrogates capitalism, and the stages of denial recorded for the radio...

*Flinch, Raging Bull: A Conversation With Cathy Moriarty *Rob Morgan Talks The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, and Bull Independent Spirit Awards Best Actor Nomination *Bro On The Global Television Beat: TV's Forgotten--The Working Class And Indigenous Characters On The Small Screen. 

*James Le Gros Talks Buck Run, Right Wing Radio *"Capitol Hell" - Where Do We Go From Here: A Conversation With Pres. Obama Press Secretary, Johanna Maska *Garden For Sculpture: An Audio Tour

*Director Deon Taylor Talks Black Lives Matter At The Movies, Fatale, Orange Is The New Blue *All the World's A Grave by John Reed: a special presentation of everything Shakespeare, as an epic tragedy of love, war, murder, and madness   photo credit: Darrick Angelone

*Dropping Out And Starting Over, On And Off Screen: A Conversation With Joey Pantoliano and Prairie Miller. *Jack Shalom with an excerpt from his novel, The New World, "David and the Recruiter" *Bro On The Global Television Beat: A roundup with dissections and forecasts of what news and alternative discussion shows online and on the tube are worth listening to - or not.

*Trevor Noah Daily Show Senior Correspondent Michael Kosta Forecasts Comedy Without Trump *Performer Rusty Frank Talks "Tap! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars And Their Stories." *Professor Dennis Broe continuing his best and worst small screen picks of 2020 - watching 140 of them so you don't have to.

*Dee Snider Talks Twisted Sister, FBI Threats, Rock Censorship *China At The Oscars: Director Peter Chan Phones In From China *Dennis Broe with his small screen picks of the year.

*Mike Africa Jr. Talks 40 Years A Prisoner with Prairie Miller about the murder of his family members at their MOVE home *Actress Alice Witt Speaks about Modern Persuasion based on Jane Austen's memoirs *Jack Shalom talks abut cracking the code

*Macy Gray, "My Good": The R&B soul singer, songwriter, performer and actress talks with Prairie Miller about her music and politics. *With Drawn Arms: a conversation with the filmmakers of this documentary capturing Tommie Smith's historic moment at the 1968 Olympics. *Crock Of Gold: Director Julien Temple phones in from the UK to describe his kaleidoscopic brand of musical documentaries includin...

*A Conversation With Timothy Bottoms, interviewed by Prairie Miller, talking about Dalton Trumbo and more * Montreal-based Singer/songwriter/activist Louise Dessertine sings "Put Your Red Dress On", and talks about being a political songwriter *Arts Express Paris correspondent Dennis Broe on location, reporting for us on what's going down there in the streets of Paris   Photo credit: Timothy Botto...

*Jessica Hecht On Playing Emma Goldman In J. Edgar. *Free Voices Of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists. Jack Shalom in a conversation with the filmmaker, Joel Sucher. * Bro On The Global Television Beat: Taking a look at the sitcom One Day At A Time.

*The Last Vermeer:  Actor Guy Pearce Talks With Prairie Miller. *Bro On The Global Television Beat: Lovecraft Country - Liberating 1950s apartheid America one monster at a time. *Radio Drama Corner: Thanksgiving, an out of this world holiday tale.           Photo Credit: Guy_Pearce_Cannes_2012.jpg : Georges Biard derivative work: César - This file was derived from:  Guy Pearce Cannes 2012.jpg :  C...

*Jane Seymour Speaks With Prairie Miller On Friendsgiving, Live And Let Die. *Baratunde Thurston Talks The Onion, How To Citizen *Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story             Photo Credit: Jane_Seymour_(1988).jpg : Alan Light derivative work: Jan Arkesteijn ( talk ) - Jane_Seymour_(1988).jpg CC BY 2.0

*Wuhan Wuhan: Prairie Miller Talks With Director Yung Chang, On His New Film About The Coronavirus. *Jack Shalom On Letter Writing, A Lost Art.                                         Photo Credit: Eye Steel Film from Canada - Yung_FH_Still-CC CC BY 2.0