Frank Buckley Interviews

Nyesha J Arrington is the executive chef and restaurateur behind Santa Monica's restaurant, Native, described on the restaurant's website as "Progressive California cuisine celebrating the multicultural landscape of Los Angeles." Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

Viet Thanh Nguyen is the author of "The Sympathizer," a spy novel set in the chaos of 1975 Saigon for which Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Viet was born in Ban Me Thuot, Vietnam, and fled as a four-year-old with his family in 1975 to the U.S. as Vietnam was enveloped in the chaos of the end of the war. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privac...

Curtis Stone is the award-winning chef and restaurateur for the highly regarded restaurants "Maude" in Beverly Hills and "Gwen" in Hollywood. He is also the best-selling author of several cookbooks, a TV host, and an entrepreneur with a line of cookware and appliances and a partnership with Princess Cruises. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at...

Scott Huesing is a retired Marine major and the author of "Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City." In 2006, Scott was the commanding officer of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines deployed to Ramadi, Iraq. Scott retired with 24 years of service. He deployed 10 times including to Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa. Full show notes available at http:/...

Laila Ali is a TV host, author, former world boxing champion, lifestyle brand CEO, non-profit advocate and more. In short, she's a multi-hyphenate who defies the typical professional description of an interviewee. Laila is also the daughter of the late boxing champion and icon Muhammad Ali. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com...

Justin Woolverton is the founder of Halo Top Creamery, a Los Angeles based ice cream company that in 2017 (six years after Woolverton first started making the ice cream in his kitchen) became one of America's bestselling grocery store ice cream pints, competing with and sometimes beating longstanding brands Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs. It was one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2017.Full show notes...

Dr. Kristi Funk is a breast cancer surgeon who was thrust into the public eye in 2013 when Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times explaining her decision to have a double mastectomy. In it, she mentioned that she had the procedure at Dr. Funk’s Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at h...

Megan Henderson is one of the anchors of the early edition of the KTLA 5 Morning News. She was recently invited by UNICEF to visit one of the world's largest refugee camps, Kakuma, in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. Megan learned that 60-percent of the camp's population of 147,355 people are children under the age of 18. Many of their parents have been killed in civil wars. Full show notes ava...

Clifford V. Johnson is a theoretical physicist and a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the origins of the universe and the very fabric of nature. Professor Johnson studies and writes about things like string theory, space-time, quantum mechanics, black holes and the Big Bang among other things. He is the recipient of the Maxwell Me...

Roy Choi is the co-owner, co-founder, and chef of Kogi BBQ, Chego!, Alibi Room, A-Frame, Commissary, POT and LocoL. He is a Los Angeles native whose memoir/cookbook “L.A. Son” was a New York Times best seller in 2013. He was named to the TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World list in 2016. Roy created the “Korean taco” and is one of the people responsible for the gourmet food truck movement...

Brad Meltzer is an author who has written 12 thrillers--all of them best sellers on the New York Times Best Seller list including his new book "The Escape Artist." During this podcast, Brad discusses his career and writing routine, "The Escape Artist" (a thriller set at Dover AFB), and he reveals a secret about an incident early in his career that drives him as he writes each novel. Full show note...

This “Best of” episode of Frank Buckley Interviews highlights celebrated chefs and luminaries in the culinary world. Featuring Seamus Mullen, Jet Tila, James Syhabout, and Nancy Silverton. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Charlie Beck is the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. He oversees 10,000 sworn officers and 3,000 civilian employees. Chief Beck joined the LAPD as an officer in March 1977. The chief recently announced that he was retiring in June. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

Zainab Salbi is the founder of Women for Women International, a grassroots humanitarian and development organization that helps women survivors of war. Zainab is also a media commentator, TV host, and the author of several books including the national best seller "Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam Hussein."Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/Frank...

George Takei is an actor, author and activist who is perhaps best known for playing Hikaru Sulu of the USS Enterprise on the original "Star Trek" television series. George is currently starring in the musical "Allegiance" playing at the Aratani Theater at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in downtown Los Angeles. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews...

James Syhabout is one of the top chefs in the San Francisco Bay Area--chef/owner of the fine dining restaurant "Commis" where he has earned two Michelin stars--and chef/owner of "Hawker Fare," which he describes as a "Lao Isaan eatery."Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

Laura Wasser is a veteran attorney in Los Angeles specializing in family law. She has represented several celebrity clients in high-profile divorces. Among her clients: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Kim Kardashian, Stevie Wonder, Maria Shriver and many others. Laura is also the author of "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family Or Bankrupting Yourself." Full sh...

Anthony Scaramucci is an entrepreneur, media personality, author and hedge fund founder (SkyBridge Capital) who served as the White House Communications Director in the Trump Administration for 11 days. During this podcast, Anthony discusses his eventful time in the White House, his disdain for Washington politics, his transformation from President Obama supporter to President Trump loyalist, and...

David Cay Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter and the author of the New York Times Best Seller "It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America." David is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of DCReport. Org, a non-profit news service covering Congress and the White House. David has covered Donald Trump for nearly 30 years and "It's Even Wo...

Erin Falconer is the author of "How to Sh*t Done: Why Women Need to Stop Doing Everything so They Can Achieve Anything." She is also the editor in chief and co-owner of the self improvement website "Pick the Brain" and co-founder of the online video site "LEAFtv" which describes itself as a modern lifestyle resource for women. Erin was recognized as one of Refinery29's "Top 10 Women Changing the D...

Cenk Uygur is the host and founder of The Young Turks, a popular online news and politics show with a politically progressive point of view. Cenk is also the CEO of The Young Turks (TYT) Network. TYT has an audience of 200 million views per month and counts 12 million subscribers to its online network. During this podcast, Cenk discusses the 2016 and 2020 election cycles, his continuing support fo...

Kenny G is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era and one of the best-selling artists of all time with global sales of more than 75 million albums. During this podcast, Kenny G talks about how he got his start, how he creates music and practices, and he also answers his critics who claim that his commercially successful, popular sound isn't true jazz. Full show notes available...

Gabriel Iglesias is a comedian and actor known to his fans as "Fluffy." Gabriel has been performing professionally since 1997 and is one of America's most successful comedians. He has performed in sold-out stadium concerts around the world and on January 26, 2018, he will perform at LA's Staples Center. http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Vincent DiPierro witnessed the June 1968 shooting of presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. DiPierro was a USC student and a waiter at the Ambassador, and says he became a Kennedy confidant while the candidate campaigned in California. According to DiPierro, he advised Kennedy on student issues among other things. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/F...

Hollywood Sampler featuring Kunal Nayyar, Janine Sherman Barrois, Billy Ray, Greg Silverman, Paula Poundstone and Sam Rubin. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/FrankBuckleyInterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.