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Wil Wheaton is one of the most genuine human beings I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with. Incredibly thoughtful, funny, introspective and kind we take a deep dive into his life as a childhood actor, what lead him to his new book, “Still Just A Geek” two decades after his first book and how he’s evolved as a person in between, reliving past traumas, the craft of acting, friendships he’s made alon...

Ken McGraw is not only a good friend but an actor, comedian, sketch comic, writer, and improviser, who had an incredible run with the off Broadway show “Toxic Masculinity the Musical.” Ken spent years studying Improv, sketch and characters at the Upright Citizens Brigade and could have been seen on Maude Night and Characters Welcome. Ken has appeared on shows for such networks as Disney+, TruTV an...

Nine times out of ten if there’s someone you love who is funny, Bruce Vilanch made them funnier. Bruce is a two time Emmy winning comedy writer, songwriter, and actor with a four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as a celebrity participant and head writer. Vilanch wrote for the Academy Awards from 1989 to 2014 becoming the head writer in 2000. We talk about what got him into show business, his firs...

Stewart Copeland is a talk show/podcast host’s dream. Especially when that host is newly recovering from Omicron. A natural story teller with a boundless engaging and joyful energy left me only wanting more time to talk to the legendary drummer and now 5 time Grammy winner after taking home Best New Age Album for Divine Tides, his collaborative effort with Indian composer Ricky Kej at the 64th ann...

Lead singer of T’Pau Carol Decker joins us to talk about her trajectory into her career as a singer songwriter and musician which lead to international success, the eventual breakup of her band, her passion for music, influences, how she handled her creativity during the pandemic, going back on tour, and putting out her new single, “Guess who’s sorry now” in 2021. Enjoy!

I could honesty talk about comedy with Paul Provenza forever. He’s not just a student of it he’s an architect of the craft itself, and the appreciation of it as well as having an eye for it in the comedians he surrounds himself with and the ones that are drawn to him. There’s so much thought and nuance and love that goes into a project he’s involved with which is why comics trust that they’re in g...

Jonn Penney was a blast to talk to about everything from his creative process over the years, how it’s evolved during the pandemic, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, his new band SPAIRS, wanting to be an actor before a musician, raising his kids, homeschooling during Covid, performing in the US vs the UK, song interpretation, movie sound tracks and more. Enjoy!

Getting the opportunity to speak with an Astronaut is mind blowing in an of itself, but when that Astronaut is Col. Chris Hadfield, retired engineer, fighter pilot, and author who was the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in space, has flown two Space Shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station? It’s an indescribable honor. We talk about his childhoo...

Incredible chat with Noel Hogan, record producer, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Cranberries. We talk about the semi “Jestons” level future we’re living in, the trappings of social media and sell phone culture, remembering the people who were good to you, the the ebb and flow in 90s music nostalgia over the years, his brief brake dancing career, how the band met and stuck together through...

Mike Binder is literally decades of funny and comedy history packed into one person. He’s written, directed, and acted in hits like Reign Over Me with Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle and the Upside of Anger with Kevin Costner and Joan Allen, not to mention The Contender, Black Or White, as well as producing and directing stand-up specials for Bill Burr (Paper Tiger) and his new upcoming special! We t...

It was an absolute pleasure getting to speak with Glen Phillips, lead singer and songwriter for Toad The Wet Sprocket. He joins us on Dystopia Tonight for a very enlightening conversation about life, music, art, the human spirit, getting through lockdown creatively, going on tour with his friends, 90s nostalgia, Bare Naked Ladies, The Gin Blossoms, family life, loving everyone and coming to terms...

Michael Christopher is a voice actor and musician who joins us to talk about his career, a reset during Covid, his passion for music and voice acting, and one of our favorite topics - the supernatural! Enjoy!

Sean Rowe was an absolute blast to have on Dystopia Tonight. We talked about his latest album release, going on survival walks, the thing we will and won’t eat based on texture, his passion for music growing up, ditching a social media presence, his song, “to leave something behind,” and his new album The Darkness Dresses in Colored Lights. Enjoy!   https://www.seanrowe.net/

It was an honor hosting Billy West on Dystopia Tonight. So much of what he’s done has not only been apart of my childhood but all of our childhoods and to get to spend some time with the man behind the characters was a true joy. We talked the return of Futurama and Ren and Stimpy John DiMaggio and the plight of voice actors, standing up for what you believe in, creating characters, his first time...

Gary Kroeger came out of the gate running in this episode of Dystopia Tonight and we loved every minute of it! We talk progressive politics, democrats, republicans, and the rest of us caught in between, covid, his days on SNL, his passions growing up, what lead him directly into comedy and then eventually politics, splitting his time between Ohio and Chicago, some solid beard advice, and more, Enj...

Good talk with Chris Difford on what inspired him through lockdown, his early days with Squeeze, his music writing process, being unabashedly British, producing new music and the chance to talk with other music legends on his podcast. Enjoy!

There’s no question that Ricky Byrd’s had an amazing music career. Touring with Joan Jet and the Blackhearts and giving a hilarious induction speech at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to recount a few stories from this show, but if you had told me he had a rich love for comedy and it’s history woven into all of it I may not have believed you. Thankfully I had the pleasure of having him on Dystopia...

There’s nowhere to hide from the Rude Pundit! In the tradition of Abbie Hoffman, Bill Hicks, and Bill Maher, from the depths of the left side of the blogosphere, the Rude Pundit steps forth to defend the right to be liberal, to be sexually suspect, to be broke and pissed-off-and to make fun of Republicans all the time! We have a blast deep diving into the truckers from Canada, Jon Stewart, Joe Rog...

Al Pitrelli returns and lays down some wisdom from his rock star rebel beginnings as a kid growing up in Long Island (which he stresses, birthed some of the best names in Rock and Roll) his time spent touring with Alice Cooper, Asia, Savatage, Joe Lynn Turner, and the Trans Siberian Orchestra which he just ended one of his best tours with the group coming off the Pandemic which has affected us all...

Legendary Comedian, Actor, Writer and Author Dave Thomas joins us on Dystopia Tonight as we discuss the state of comedy today, our favorite talk show hosts, his time with SCTV, The New Show with Lorne Michaels, picking a fight with Johnny Carson over Bob Hope, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Writing with Dan Aykroyd, his favorite Joe Flaherty story, movies that never got made, why he loves Curb over Ted...

Geopolitical analyst, former conflict journalist and host of the wildly popular The Red Line Podcast, Michael Hilliard joined us yesterday to talk about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin. We also talk about a few brushes with death he’s had as a conflict journalist, his fiancé and how she handles his career, dangerous places he’s traveled to and still willing to go, the success of...

John Romita Jr. is back!! Just like he promised he would be, and on the heels of his upcoming run of Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man! We talk about the cliff-hanger he left us with from the last episode, the new villain he’s excited to be drawing in ASM, his new social media accounts (listed below) what he thought of the MCU’s Spider-Man No Way Home, the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the Amazing Spider...

Great talk with the legendary Austin Pendleton! Actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor, who currently due to the pandemic still teaches his courses over zoom joins Dystopia Tonight to chat about his long and varied career in show business. We talk, What’s Up Doc, Barbara Streisand, Peter Bogdanovich, Jerome Robbins, Joe Pesci, My Cousin Vinny, advice from Lynn Redgrave, discovering Ph...

I had the great pleasure of speaking to one of my favorite American Folk singers, Danny O’Keefe about his new album Looking Glass & The Dreamers, his long career in music, his number one hit and a personal favorite of mine, Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues and its newfound resurgence in the film The Tender Bar, his early influences, the joy and love and friendship given by the animals in our live...

Singer, songwriter Rhett Miller was a blast to have on Dystopia Tonight! We talk cruise gigs, Asbury Park, quitting smoking, missing out on Bruce Springsteen, his early influences, filling the void, house fraus at pizza deliveries, lynch mob moms, loving what you do, his amazing Wheels Off Podcast, pandemic creativity, and more! Enjoy! Stewart Ransom "Rhett" Miller II is the lead singer of the alt...