Chuck Shute Podcast

Fritz Coleman is a comedian, podcaster and retired weatherman. He worked at The Comedy Store for many years and made eight appearances on The Tonight Show. He has a new stand up special called “Unassisted Living” available for free on Tubi. We discuss the new special, The Comedy Store, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, his years in the Navy and so much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Right Place, Right Time...

Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling is a comedian, writer, actor, musician and podcaster. He is best known as the former writer and in-studio comedian for The Howard Stern Show from 1983-2001.  He has a new documentary about his life coming out on July 18th called “Joke Man.”  We discuss the new movie, his autobiography, why he left the Stern Show, and so much more!! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:50 - Long Isla...

Lance Lopez is an American blues rock, singer, guitarist and songwriter.  He has been involved with music from a young age and was mentored by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons at age 16.  Since then he has toured with Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Def Leppard, Whitesnake & more. His latest album, titled “Trouble is Good” comes out July 14th on Cleopatra Records. We discuss the new record, guitars, mentoring you...

Tad Doyle (full name Thomas Andrew Doyle) is a musician, formerly of the band Tad and now his own solo projects. He has been called “the godfather of grunge” as his band Tad was one of the first grunge bands in Seattle.  Initially on the famed Subpop record label, they later scored two major label deals. The band toured with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Primus & Sweet Water, among ot...

Frank Robb is an alligator expert and founder of the non-profit EEARSS (Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services).  He became a Chicago legend when he caught the alligator Chance the Snapper in Humboldt Park in 2019. We discuss that incident along with many interesting facts about alligators and how they may have some answers to curing disease in humans. 00:00 - Intro 00:37...

Andy Haynes is a comedian, writer, actor and podcaster.  His latest special, The Coward of Gramercy is available now for free on YouTube.  In this interview we discuss the Seattle comedy scene, navigating offensiveness in comedy, eyebrows, sobriety and more!  0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:43  - Wife & Bert Kreischer 0:02:40 - Comedy Journey & Seattle Scene 0:10:42 - Phoenix Comedy Scene 0:14:20 - C...

Ari Nagel is an American mathematics professor and a sperm donor who has fathered more than 140 children. He has been nicknamed the Sperminator or the Target Donor , after the American retail corporation in whose stores some of his artificial-insemination donations were performed.  In this episode we discuss Ari’s backstory and how he became a sperm donor, the complications of having 140 kids, leg...

Penelope Spheeris is a film director, producer and screenwriter.  She directed all 3 of "The Decline of Western Civilization" with a 4th one on the way.  She also directed Suburbia, Black Sheep and Wayne's World.  This was one of the  most fun interviews I've done this year, maybe ever.  Lots of great stories about Hollywood, working with Chris Farley, her unreleased movie abou...

Brett Crozier is a retired captain in the United States Navy and author.  His current book "Surf When You Can" shares the inspiring and unexpected lessons he learned from a lifetime of honor, service and leadership.  We discuss his Navy career, life lessons he talks about in the book and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Jack Carr on Rogan Praising Brett 01:40 - Making Decisions 02:40 - Never...

Gary Cherone is a singer & songwriter, best known as the singer of Extreme and former singer of Van Halen. He also the current singer for the Joe Perry Project. His band Extreme has a phenomenal new album titled “Six” that we discuss track by track. We also talk a little about the albums Pornograffiti and 3 Sides to Every Story. Lots of great stuff from Gary! 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - New Extreme...

Dee Snider is a musician, actor and writer. He was the lead singer of Twisted Sister as well as Widowmaker and a solo band. He famously testified against censorship of music in a 1985 senate hearing.  Dee returns for the second time on my show to promote his new book “Frats”, about high school fraternities set in 1970s New York. We discuss the book, people trying to cancel Dee, how we can help peo...

Klaus Eichstadt is the guitarist and founding member of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe. They had two massive hits with “Everything About You” & “Cat’s in the Cradle.”  They also have shared the stage with Def Leppard, Guns ‘n Roses, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi and more. The band has a new album out now called “Rad Wings of Destiny” and a U.S. tour with Fozzy & Pistols at Dawn. We discuss...

Huck Johns is musician and hat maker.  He spent a long time in the music business and has some cool experiences such as getting a call from Slash inquiring about trying out for Velvet Revolver, writing a song with Kid Rock and touring with Ted Nugent.  He has since left Hollywood and moved to Tennessee and focused on making custom hats.  Some people who have worn his hats include Jeff Beck, Billy...

Josh Todd is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer of rock band Buckcherry. The band is well known for songs like “Lit Up” , “Crazy Bitch” & “Sorry.”  They have a new album out June 2nd called “Vol 10” and will hit the road with Skid Row. We discuss the new album, the tour, social media, some Josh Todd trivia and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - New Album...

Nathan Macintosh is Canadian comedian who has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He has a very funny new special out now called Money Never Wakes that’s available for free on YouTube. We have a great conversation about the special, life in America, mental health and so much more! Really interesting and hilarious conversation! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:36 - New S...

Rob Wylde is a musician, formerly with the band TigerTailz & Teenage Casket Company. His current band, Midnite City has a new album coming out soon titled “In At The Deep End.”  It is a continuation of the band’s melodic 80s hard rock sound reminiscent of Bon Jovi, Def Leppard & Warrant.  We discuss the new album, Rob’s other bands, opening for Ted Poley & John Corabi and more! 00:00 -...

Nili Brosh is a guitarist who currently plays with Danny Elfman, Cirque du Soleil, Dethklok and her own solo band. She has two new singles out now that will be part of a larger album down the line. We discuss the new music, playing with Danny Elfman, growing up in Israel, being a fan of Extreme and more!  00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Name 01:35 - Growing Up In Israel 03:35 - Culture Shock Moving to Ameri...

Simon King is a Canadian comedian and actor. He has released several comedy albums and specials. His latest is titled “As Good As Or Better Than” and was directed by Rory Scovel. It’s available for free on YouTube. Simon and I discuss his career in comedy, the entertainment business, doing impressions, the Royal Family and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:48 - Problems With "Furious" Special ...

Andrew Hagar is a musician and former MMA fighter and trainer. He has a new single out now called “Systematic Minds” and more music will be out soon. We had a fascinating conversation about the music business, his path as a musician, musical styles and so much more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:43 - MMA & Joe Rogan 0:03:45 - Opinions & Haters 0:07:20 - Music Videos & Music Business 0:10:30 - T...

Kenny Olson is a multi-platinum guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, who has performed with Aerosmith, Metallica, Run DMC, Sheryl Crow, Billy Gibbons, Mick Mars and more. He was Kid Rock’s lead guitarist for eleven years performing around the world with dozens of television appearances, including Super Bowl XXXVIII.  He has a new project with singer Aaron Letrick called Letrick Olson that just releas...

Liz Glazer is a comedian, actress, writer and former law professor.  She has a new stand up special titled "A Very Particular Experience" out May 12th and available for pre-order now.  We discuss the new special plus writing comedy material, social media and comedy clips, her twitter getting hacked and so much more!   0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:38 - Coffee & Energy 0:01:46 - Twitter Hacked...

Richie Faulkner is an English musician best known as one of the lead guitarists for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. He has a new project called Elegant Weapons and they are releasing a new album on May 26 titled “Horns for Halos.”  We discuss Elegant Weapons, the future for Judas Priest, a paranormal experience while recording, Richie's near death experience and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:38 -...

Craig Locicero is a musician best known for playing guitar with Bay Area thrash metal band Forbidden. He also played guitar with ManMade God, Dress the Dead, The Boneless Ones & Demonica. His band Forbidden has now had a rebirth with new singer Norman Skinner in the fold. They will be releasing some new music and playing some festivals. We discuss Forbidden, some of his other projects and his...

Greg Warren is a stand up comedian and actor. He has new special out titled “The Salesman” this is available now for free on YouTube. We discuss the new special, his old sales jobs, working with other comedians and so much more! Fun episode and Greg’s second time on the show! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:45 - Warrens 0:02:30 - New Special 0:06:35 - Caffeine 0:10:05- Uncomfortable Seats 0:12:25 - Peanut Bu...

Michelle Danner is an actress, director and acting coach.  She has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Gerard Butler, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock and Seth McFarlane.  She has a movie she directed coming out titled "Miranda's Victim" which is about the true story of the Miranda Rights and stars Donald Sutherland and Andy Garcia.  We discuss some of the people she...