CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with actor Don McManus. Don has been a working actor for over 30 years and has starred, guest starred or been recurring in various television shows and films. His feature credits include: The Starling, Vice, Under the Silver Lake, Grand Piano, Grandma, The Maze Runner, Lucky Bastard, For A Good Time Call, Magnolia, The Shawshank Redemption, Under the Tuscan Sun, National Treasur...

Steve Cooper talks with American music historian/radio personality/talk show host/author Eddie Trunk. Eddie is best known as the host of several hard rock and heavy metal-themed radio and television shows. His resume includes being a disc jockey at WDHA, WNEW, Q104.3 and SiriusXM and has also hosted TV shows such as VH1 Classic's That Metal Show and AXS's Trunkfest with Eddie Trunk. He also has wr...

Steve Cooper talks with radio, television, and film personality Richard Blade. Richard was a disk jockey at KROQ in Los Angeles from 1982 to 2000 and since 2004 he has had his own nationwide daily show on Sirius Satellite radio and can be heard every afternoon from 12pm - 6pm (PST) on SiriusXM 33, 1st Wave. In 2017 he wrote his autobiography World In My Eyes which became a nationwide best seller....

Steve Cooper talks with musician Paul Carrack. Paul is known as The Man with the Golden Voice. He was lead singer of the English group Ace who had a top hit with How Long, sang Squeeze's popular tune Tempted, was lead vocalist for Mike + The Mechanics from 1985-2004, was a member of Roxy Music and Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band and has written many songs for various artists. He is also a very acc...

Steve Cooper talks with actor/musician/writer David Duchovny. David is best known for his Golden Globe winning roles as Fox Mulder in The X Files and Hank Moody in Californication. He has been seen in other movies or TV shows such as Zoolander, Aquarius, Sex and the City, Twin Peaks, The Larry Sanders Show and many more. He has also recorded 3 albums and written 4 novels.

Steve Cooper talks with comic Wendy Liebman. Wendy returns to CooperTalk for the sixth time. She has been doing stand-up for over 25 years and has been a regular on the Late Show with David Letterman and has appeared on the Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel Live! In addition she was the first comedian to appear on the Rosie O...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Glenn Tilbrook. Glenn is best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of Squeeze. He also writes all the music while fellow band member Chris Difford writes the lyrics. Squeeze is an English rock band that formed in the mid 70’s and are known for many hits including Tempted, Pulling Mussels (from the Shell), Black Coffee in Bed and Hourglass. They...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Erik Palladino. Erik  known for his portrayal of Dr. Dave Malucci in the NBC medical drama ER. He is also known for his recurring roles as Lt. Michael Daghlian in Joan of Arcadia, Vostanik Sabatino in NCIS: Los Angeles, Kevin Miller on Suits and Frank in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Other TV and movie credits include Watchman, The Fix, Six, Designated Survivor, Blue Blo...

Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor/writer Judy Gold. Judy has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central and LOGO. She has written and starred in two critically acclaimed, Off-Broadway hit shows: The Judy Show - My Life as a Sitcom 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. She received rave reviews as Gremio in The Public Theater’s all female production of The Taming of The Shrew for Shakespeare in the...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Saverio Guerra. Saverio is best know for his role as Mocha Joe on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bob on the series Becker. Throughout his career he has been seen in many movies and TV shows including EZ Streets, Summer of Sam, Blue Streak, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Monk, My Name is Earl, Weeds, The Last O.G, Billions and LAw & Order: SVU.

Steve Cooper talks with actor John Kapelos. John co-starred in a several of John Hughes’ generation-defining Brat Pack films, notably The Breakfast Club (as Carl the Janitor), 16 Candles and Weird Science. He has made his mark in more than 60 features films including Legally Blonde and Roxanne. On television he has proven his diversity in such series as Amazon's Transparent and received critical a...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Jason Kravits. Jason is best known for playing District Attorney Richard Bay in the Emmy Award-winning drama series The Practice from 1999 to 2001. He got his start playing Lolo Knopke on the short-lived 1982 PBS series Powerhouse. He can be seen in episodes Friends, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Everybody Loves Raymond, Yes Dear, Gilmore Girls, Blue Bloods, Law...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Chris Frantz. Chris is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.  

Steve Cooper talks with musician Dennis DeYoung. Dennis is best known as a founding member of the rock band Styx and as primary lead vocalist and keyboardist, during a tenure that lasted from 1970 until June 1999. He has been credited as the writer of more Styx songs than any other Styx member. He was also the band's most successful writer, penning 7 of the band's 8 Billboard top 10 singles (Babe,...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Dave Wakeling. Dave is best known for being the front man for The English Beat and General Public. The English Beat released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop it, Wha'ppen? and Special Beat Service. They had a string of singles, including Mirror in the Bathroom, Save It for Later, I Confess, Too Nice to Talk To, Can't Get Used to Losing You,...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Phil Manzanera. Phil is best known for being the lead guitarist for Rock & Roll HOF members Roxy Music (who he joined in 1972). Roxy’s rise was meteoric, with the band being hailed as the stylistic influence of the early 1970’s. During the next 12 years, until 1983 when the band members went on a ‘long break’, Roxy Music released a series of international best sell...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Jay Jay French. Jay Jay is best-known for being the founding member and lead guitarist for Twisted Sister. Twisted Sister are best-known for the hit songs We're Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock. They have played over 9,000 shows in 34 countries and sold more than 20 million albums. He also is a columnist, author and motivational speaker who oversees licensing and...

Steve Cooper talks with rapper Lyrics Born. From his Quannum Projects debut with Latyrx (1997’s The Album), to 2003’s seminal solo album Later That Day, he has consistently pushed the boundaries of his craft. His latest project, Quite A Life, is like the exclamation point on his milestone year. As the first Asian-American to release a greatest hits compilation, he’s pumped out multiple smash singl...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Gary Numan. Gary is most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (when in Tubeway Army) and Cars. He achieved his peak of mainstream popularity in the late 70s and early 80s but maintains a loyal cult following. His signature sound consists of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals, is considered a pioneer of commerci...

Steve Cooper talks with musician/writer/producer/actor Little Steven. Little Steven is best known for being a guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. After creating the “Jersey Shore” sound with the Asbury Jukes he became a founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and went on to become a successful solo artist in his own right recording and...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Matthew Del Negro. Matthew is best known for his co-starring and recurring roles in The Sopranos, The West Wing, Goliath, Scandal, Teen Wolf and the Showtime series The United States of Tara and City on a Hill. He has also been seen in movies and TV shows such as Magnum P.I., Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Saving Lincoln, The Good Wife, L.A. Noire, Lie to Me, CSI: M...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Andy Scott. Andy is best known for being the lead guitarist and a backing vocalist in the band Sweet. Sweet is a British glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s. They first achieved success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with Block Buster (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number two hits). T...

Steve Cooper talks with soccer player/commentator Alexi Lalas. Alexi is best known as a standout defender on the U.S. Men’s National Team during the 1994 World Cup, and was also a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team and the 1998 World Cup squad. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and one of the sport’s most recognizable personalities.  One of the first signings for Major League So...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Clem Burke. Clem is best known for being the drummer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Blondie. Blondie emerged as the great pop icons of New York’s celebrated late ’70s new wave punk scene and achieved commercial success in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s with number 1 hit singles Atomic, Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, Call Me, Rapture, and The Tide is High. Dur...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Julia Duffy. Julia is best known for playing Stephanie Vanderkellen on the hit TV series Newhart from 1983 to 1990. (The role garnered her seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations.) Following the conclusion of Newhart, she continued to work in television, playing the original Maggie Campbell on Baby Talk and Allison Sugarbaker on Designing Women. In the 2000s, she appea...