Dystopia Tonight With John Poveromo

The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer joined me on Dystopia Tonight to talk about their experiences touring, meeting some heroes, their humble beginnings, going solo, their new album and pretty much any and all tangents that we could have gone on were taken to the extreme so hang on and enjoy this one guys!

I could legitimately talk to Lea Emmery (SCOUT) all day long. One of the easiest conversations I've had to date with one of my favorite singer/songwriters. I think I may have told her more than once how much I love her former band Kid Wave, so we obviously dive into that part of her life, getting her start when she was 18, living on her own in LA at a young age, pretending to be someone else in ba...

Richard Chassler is an actor, comedian, and writer who’s worked with the best of’em and has stories for days as his career and talent has allowed him to traverse through almost every facet of show business. We talk about his passion for stand-up, his beginnings as an actor, getting fired from the paramount lot, his friendship with Mitch Hedberg and more! Enjoy!

Dave Alvin’s got a career the spans over 5 decades . I’m thrilled Dystopia Tonight got to be a pit stop within his ever expanding, legendary career. His new book comes out in September, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy. We talk about his start in music, an unreleased blasters that will REMAIN unreleased, his favorite album, advice from Nick Lowe, living in Downey California, drinking thr...

Beth Broderick is one of those celebrities who, if you’re lucky enough to have her as a guest on your show you’re going to be flooded with messages saying how much they loved her growing up on Sabrina The Teenage Witch as everyone’s beloved aunt Zelda. We discuss her incredible career as an actor, her passion for writing for the Huffington Post and her new substack, her love for being on the road,...

Man, having John Doe on Dystopia Tonight was a fucking blast. We covered just about everything from his incredible and varied career, his new album, touring, quantifying the mysteries of life, what people were fucking to in the 30s, hanging with John Waters, his friendship with Dave Alvin, supernatural stuff, and more! Enjoy!

Tom Dreesen is a living legend in comedy and entertainment. Opening for Sinatra and being one of the few individuals to actually get close enough to call him a friend and father figure is extraordinary enough but Tom’s career expands beyond that. Opening for and palling around with Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frankie Avalon and the Four Seasons, and starting his career as one of the only black a...

Jamie Kennedy was a blast to talk to on Dystopia Tonight! It’s always a good time when another comedian who has also got a killer podcast (“Hate To Break it to Ya with Jamie Kennedy”) comes to hang out and shoot the shit for a bit. We do a deep dive into his career, one of my favorite comedy documentaries done by Jamie, called “Heckler” and talk about the past and present states of comedy, social...

Adina Lichtman is a young philanthropist and founder of the non-profit Knock Knock Give A Sock (KKGS). Adina’s goal is to reimagine the concept of “charity” and how members of a community care for one another. Rather than simply seeking donations, which often feels transactional and anonymous, KKGS fosters genuine connection between members of a community and those experiencing homelessness. She d...

Legendary Emmy Award Winning television writer, director and producer Bill Persky climbs out of the world behind the golden age of television to talk to us on Dystopia Tonight about his beginnings as a comedy writer for comedians with his writing partner Sam Denoff, his relationship with the late George Shapiro and Carl Reiner and his incredible experiences as a writer and a story consultant on th...

Loved getting to talk with Amy Annelle about her life and career on Dystopia Tonight. Truly a road warrior as her passion for music and performing kept her Van Lifing before Van Lifing was even a thing! She’s traversed the country performing anywhere that would have her, leaving her lyrically limitless and full of stories from places she’s been and people she’s met. After discovering her cover of...

Dan Dion was once described by the late George Carlin as a photographer who takes a picture of you from the inside out. Which Dan has said is the greatest compliment he’s ever received. Nothing I say here can rival that so I’ll just add that having my first set of professional photos as a comedian done by Dan left an indelible mark as to how they should be done for the rest of my career. He’s had...

An evening with Robert Klein wrapped in Dystopian foil and served to you via the internet is just what the comedy doctor ordered! Getting to digitally sit down with a legend is always a blast but with Robert it became illuminating in a way I had not expected. Attentive an extremely generous with his Robert and I take a deep dive into his childhood, his passion for comedy and performing, his extens...

Summer Moore and Starr Session join us to talk about their new series Pandemic Pillow talk! "In a world where the standard method to find a suitable mate is swiping men holding dead fish, a levelheaded woman undertakes actual 'online' dating during a global pandemic and finds that she should be quarantining from online dating instead." We talk working through the pandemic, their creative and colla...

As comedians we’re constantly talking about or being talked about - the balls it takes for anyone to get on a stage alone for a given amount of time and try to make an audience laugh. But in Ukrainian comedian Sviat Zagaikevich’s case he and his fellow comics have set the bar impossibly high by performing stand-up comedy in a bomb shelter while Russians invade and the ever looming presence of Nucl...

Loved having Scott Hessel on Dystopia Tonight! He’s been a drummer for the Gin Blossoms for over ten years and will continue his success with the band in their upcoming, “Last Summer on Earth” with Toad The Wet Sprocket and Barenaked Ladies! We talk hair secrets, bearing it all, the seven stages of ugly, Omicron, getting back on the road, The Greek Theatre, Red Rocks, all roads lead to Hootie and...

Jimmy Vivino was a blast to have on Dystopia Tonight! Larger than life, with great stories we covered all the basics, the joys of eating white paste, playdoh, recycling, Covid, the Beatles, the best foods to eat on the road, working with legends, his start as a musician, comedy and where it’s headed, his time with Conan and more. Enjoy!

Melanie Chartoff first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series Fridays, and in the 1990s Fox sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats and All Grown Up!   She was a blast to have on Dystopia Tonight as we talked her early career, awkward hair dates, Larry David, stand-up comedy, acting, voice...

Jay Black is fucking hysterical and according to his wife, the most interesting man in the world for 5 minutes. However we got the pleasure of having him be both for a little over an hour on this episode of Dystopia Tonight.   Jay and I talk about the days he brought me as his opener for college gigs, his work ethic as a comedian and screenwriter, being on the road, supernatural BS, being lifelong...

Great talk with Francisco Martin on Dystopia Tonight about his new album, life, American Idol, music, social media, art, traveling, friendship, finding yourself, dealing with anxiety, being true to who you are, his career, collaborations, dealing with the industry and more! Enjoy!

Sarah Jaffe joins us on Dystopia Tonight and we tangent it the fuck-up! In case you don’t know who she is, which…come on guys keep up, she’s an extremely talented vocalist, singer/songwriter hailing from Denton, Texas who has worked across many musical genres, including acoustic-folk, indie pop and hip hop. She has a new single out called “Night Drive” which can be found here: https://t.co/efjbG6j...

Pick Withers looks back with us on Dystopia Tonight to talk about his time spent in Italy that changed his life at 18, getting his first drum set, how his parents felt about him becoming a musician, the influence the Beatles had, his progression as a drummer, his first band, founding the Dire Straits, fame, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, James Brown, and more! Enjoy!

Had a pleasure hosting the amazing New Zealand singer-songwriter @Ladyhawke ! She joined us on Dystopia Tonight to talk about her new album “Time Flies”, near death experiences on the road, lockdown activities, the secret lives of orchestra musicians, her passion for music growing up, our shared love of video games and the gaming community she developed by streaming live on Twitch, finishing a new...

Film and television legend Shelley Fabares joins us on Dystopia Tonight for a joyful conversation about life in show business, how she got started, the choice her mother gave her and her sister about acting, being shy as a child, the memories of her time and friendships with the cast of the Donna Reed Show, meeting her idols, tales from celebrity commissaries, her friendship with Elvis and her fir...

Aside from being a fantastic podcast host Matt Napo has lead a wildly interesting life. He goes into it in full detail for us here as we discuss his childhood, a raid at the Disney magic shop he worked in, his Jack of all trades lifestyle that lead him into a life as a musician and eventually as the host of MindDog Tv! Enjoy!