Drinks with Tony

Tom Lutz is the author of Born Slippy . He’s also the founding editor of Los Angeles Review of Books and his non-fiction books including And the Monkey Learned Nothing: Dispatches from a Life in Transit,   Doing Nothing, and more. We went loco over a couple of ginger beers and the result is captured on tape for your pleasure. I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it fro...

Chana Porter is the author of The Seep . She’s also a playwright and definitely knows the art of veering conversation. It’s what we strive for here on the show. Go to www.drinkswithtony.com/book for info regarding my one-on-one book coaching program. I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it from here or enjoy the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher ,...

W. Bruce Cameron is the author of A Dog’s Promise , the third book in the A Dog’s Purpose Series , which is also a film. He created 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter that later ran as a TV series starring John Ritter on ABC. I hope you enjoy the interview, you can listen and download it from here or enjoy the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other pod...

Chloe Hilliard is the author of F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me . She’s also a standup comic and used to be a warm up comic for a morning chat show. Of which we discuss in this episode, along with so, so much more. Chloe performs February 10-12 at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. Enjoy the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other outlets..and rate u...

Marilee Albert is the author of The Tutor . She studied philosophy at Yale before moving to Europe to work in the film business. These days, between TV and movie scripts, Marilee is a busy mother to two teen boys and a spirited Boston Terrier, and has recently started a nonprofit, OneVillageGreen, which promotes mental health and wellness in American kids and communities. Enjoy the show. And you c...

Rykarda Parasol is the author of Aunt Black and Aunt Black Goes To Paris . She’s also an amazing singer and her full length records include  The Color of Destruction , Against the Sun , For Blood and Wine , and Our Hearts First Meet . At the end of the interview is a clip of Rykarda performing live in Drinks with Tony in 2008 when we were on Pirate Cat Radio. Listen, enjoy, rate us where you...

Mary Ladd is the author of The Wig Diaries . It’s a humorous, illustrated cancer book that wise cracks its way through hospitals, hair loss, wig-ness, and one huge doctor’s crush. Mary has also written for California Magazine, Playboy, Time Magazine/Extra Crispy, Health, SF Weekly, and KQED. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and...

Lincoln A. Mitchell is the author of  San Francisco Year Zero: Political Upheaval, Punk Rock and a Third-Place Baseball Team.  His other books include  Will Big League Baseball Survive?: Globalization, the End of Television, Youth Sports, and the Future of Major League Baseball and  Baseball Goes West: The Dodgers, the Giants, and the Shaping of the Major Leagues.  Essentially Lincoln is the man i...

John Nores is the author of  Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens Are Reclaiming America’s Wildlands From The Drug Cartels. He was a warden for the Department of Fish and Wildlife in California starting in 1992 and retired in 2018 as a special operations lieutenant…. combatting the most environmentally damaging criminals working within California and impacting the nation. En...

Jade Chang is the author of The Wangs vs. the World . She’s also a journalist and a television writer. Chang is the recipient of a Sundance Fellowship for Arts Journalism, the AIGA/Winterhouse Award for Design Criticism, and the James D. Houston Memorial scholarship from the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , a...

Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He is the author of Letters To a Dead Friend About Zen as well as Hardcore Zen , and Sit Down and Shut Up . He runs the Angel City Zen Center in Echo Park, Los Angeles and gives talks and lectures all over the world. We had a great discussion, enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify , Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or lis...

Kim Krizan is the author of Spy in the House of Anais Nin . She’s also the co-writer of the fabulous films Before Sunrise , Before Sunset , and Before Midnight . In fact, listen to the show to get the low down on her true life story that became Before Sunrise . (Spoiler: It involves a Norwegian.) Enjoy the show, rate us on whatever platform you use, and be sure to put your personality into i...

Matthew Specktor is the author of That Summertime Sound and American Dream Machine. He’s a founding editor at Los Angeles Review of Books and just a damn good person. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or listen to it here:

Peter Seth is the author of When I Got Out . It’s a sequel to his first novel What It Was Like . He’s also written for TV and film, and, as you’ll notice, he’s a fellow member of the mustache club. We are strong, we are proud, we will not shave our upper lips! Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and...

Nicholas Meyer is the author of The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols . His previous books include The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood , The Seven-Per-Cent Solution , and Confessions of a Homing Pigeon . He wrote and directed many films including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , and Time After Time . Nicholas directed...

Rob Zabrecky is the author of Strange Cures: A Memoir . He’s a magician, a regular performer at The Magic Castle, and was the frontman of the band Possum Dixon. As an actor he has appeared in TV shows like GLOW , Criminal Minds , and CSI: NY. He’s also appeared the films  A Ghost Story , Lost River, and Decay . Gather the family around the podcast receiver and listen intently as Rob ex...

Jorjeana Marie is the author of Improv For Writers , a book about using the techniques of improv acting to escalate your game as a writer. She also writes for TV, teaches improv, is an actress, and playwright. Essentially Jorjeana an utter joy to be around. Listen to our conversation and you’ll see why.  

Carol Schlanger is the author of Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune . She has been billed as “A baby boomer’s answer to Lena Dunham .” Carol is also a playwright and her acting credits include The China Syndrome and Brooklyn Nine-Nine . She’s the goddaughter of Greta Garbo ….and, she’s been married for 50 years. How does anyone s...

Robert Crais is the author of A Dangerous Man , the 18th book in his Joe Pike series. Crais is also a veteran TV writer with credits like Hill Street Blues , Miami Vice , and Quincy . Want to hear what it’s like to sit in a trailer with Jack Klugman ? Of course you do, so listen up. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or l...

Grid Vongpiansuksa Megan Monahan is the author of Don’t Hate, Meditate! (5 Easy Practices to Get You Through the Hard Sh*t) . She teaches meditation and you can check out her upcoming workshops here:  www.meganmonahan.com If you’re in New Mexico, she’s teaching with Dr. Deepak Chopra Oct. 10 – 14. Enjoy the show.

David Kukoff is the editor of Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine , out now on Rare Bird Lit. He’s also the author of the novel Children of the Canyon . He is a screenwriter with many credits to his name and has pretty much written for every studio in Hollywood. Kukoff found out that I had never been to Phillippe in and immediately urged me to get my butt over there to...

Cat Gwynn is the author of  10-Mile Radius  and an artist and photographer. She has a great story on surviving cancer and how it shifted her life path. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or listen to it here:

Patrick O’Neil is the author of Gun, Needle, Spoon and is a contributing editor to Sensitive Skin Magazine . He works with Natashia Deon on the project Redeemed , helping rehabilitated felons work on receiving a possible pardon. In fact, O’Neil was pardoned by Governor Jerry Brown for his past felony convictions. Yeah, that’s so much fun to say. Enjoy the show.

Bruce Ferber is the editor of the new book, The Way We Work: On The Job In Hollywood , out now on Rare Bird Lit. He’s also the author of Cascade Falls and Elevating Overman . Ferber is a veteran writer, producer, and show runner and his credits include Bosom Buddies , Webster , and The Facts of Life . He was a producer and show runner on Home Improvement and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch . Enjo...

Chris L. Terry is the author of the new novel, Black Card , out now on Catapult Press. He’s also the author of Zero Fade . And, he used to be in a bunch of punk bands and knows tour life all too well. I hope you enjoy our chat. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or listen to it here: