Frank Buckley Interviews

Ivy Pochoda is the author of the new book "Wonder Valley." It's "destined to be a classic L.A. novel," according to a review by author Michael Connelly. The book is on the Los Angeles Times "Best Books of 2017" list. 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-...

Nate Boyer is a former U.S. Army Green Beret and war veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. After leaving active duty service, Nate made the football team at the University of Texas as a walk-on. In 2015, Nate signed a free-agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks and played in one game before being cut from the team. When then San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began protesting...

Sal LaBarbera is a former Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective and detective supervisor in LAPD's South Bureau. Sal was widely known on social media as "LA Murder Cop" and gained a reputation for being both a tenacious investigator and a compassionate advocate for the families of murder victims. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at...

Sam Rubin is award-winning entertainment anchor on the highest-rated news program in LA, the KTLA 5 Morning News. Sam has been with the program since 1991. He also reports regularly for Australia's Channel 9 TV network and frequently contributes to BBC programs. During this podcast, Sam discusses his approach to reporting on the entertainment industry, the history of the KTLA 5 Morning News, and t...

Dr. Joel Fuhrman is an expert on nutrition and natural healing, a best-selling author, and a board-certified family physician. Dr. Fuhrman says he has helped thousands of people to lose weight permanently and to reverse some chronic diseases through what he describes as a "nutrient-dense, plant-rich eating style." Full show notes available at ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at...

Chris Matthews is the host of MSNBC's "Hardball" and he's the author of a new book "Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit." He's also a former White House speech writer for President Jimmy Carter, a onetime aide to former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., and he was the Washington Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Examiner. His latest book about Bobby Kennedy is a New York Times best-seller. F...

Seamus Mullen is the successful chef and restaurateur behind the New York City restaurants Tertulia and El Colmado. In 2007, the award-winning chef was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, prompting him to make changes in the way he eats, cooks, exercises and lives his life. The transformation continued into his professional life as Seamus changed the way he cooks for customers at his acclaimed re...

Mark Mothersbaugh is a musician, singer, composer and co-founder of the iconic 1970s and 80s rock/synth-pop group Devo. The group's music and social commentary had a core group of devoted fans, with their biggest hit "Whip It" making it to number 14 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1980. Full show notes available at http://klta.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...

Ned Colletti is the former general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was in “The Big Chair,” as he has titled his book about the experience of being the GM, from 2006 to 2014. He was one of the executives responsible for building the Dodgers team that’s playing in the 2017 World Series. Our conversation happened on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 between Games 1 and 2 of the World Series. Full sh...

Jorge Reyes Salinas is a Cal State Northridge grad student who serves on the California State University Board of Trustees. Jorge is also an immigrant from Peru who was brought to the U.S. as a child by his parents who never returned home when their tourist visas expired. Jorge and his parents became undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status, fearing that one day they might b...

David Litt was a White House speechwriter in the Obama Administration between 2011-2016. David was 24 years old when he was hired, making him one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. His new book "Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years" is a humorous memoir about his government service. Full show notes available at http://www.ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privac...

Dean and Ayesha Sherzai are doctors and co-directors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center. They are the authors of "The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age." The neurologists say that it's possible to reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease by 90% and to s...

Dr. Bennet Omalu is a neuropathologist credited with discovering and naming Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in football players. CTE is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain found in people who've suffered repetitive brain trauma. The movie "Concussion" starring Will Smith was inspired by Dr. Omalu's story. Dr. Omalu's discovery has had far-reaching implications for the NFL and f...

Matt Ruskin is the writer and director behind "Crown Heights," a movie based on the true-life story of Colin Warner who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 20 years. Colin's best friend, Carl "KC" King, devoted two decades of his life to get the conviction overturned. The movie is adapted from a "This American Life" story by Anya Bourg. The film won an Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance...

Kunal Nayyar is an actor who plays Rajesh Koothrappali on the popular CBS-TV show "The Big Bang Theory." It is America's most-watched scripted television program. It was Kunal's first regular TV role. 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.

Martin Guigui is the writer-director of the film "9/11" opening on September 8th. The film is based on the play "Elevator" by Patrick Carson and is the fictional story of five people trapped in an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. The movie stars Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Gina Gershon, and Wood Harris. Full show notes available at http://kt...

Jet Tila is a celebrated chef, restaurant partner, and cookbook author who is a member of the "first family" of Thai food in the United States. His parents, who arrived in Los Angeles from Thailand in 1966, opened the first Thai market and restaurants in America. The famed Bangkok Market in East LA became the center of Thai immigrant life in LA and is still open in East Hollywood. Full show notes...

Dean Cain is an actor best known for playing Superman in the 1990s TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." But that Clark Kent/Superman role is just one of his nearly 150 acting credits. Dean is also a writer, director and producer and recently he's been guest co-hosting the Today Show on NBC. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy...

Simon Majumdar is a Food Network personality and judge, an author of three books "Eat My Globe," "Eating for Britain," and "Fed, White, and Blue," and he's a lover of food and travel who also likes to cook and eat. Simon's motto: "Go everywhere. Eat everything." Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

Daymond John is an entrepreneur and founder of the FUBU brand of hip hop apparel. He is also a "shark" on the long-running ABC program "Shark Tank," a best-selling author ("The Power of Broke"), a branding expert and consultant, and a motivational speaker. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

Paula Poundstone is a comedian, author, podcaster, and a panelist on NPR's weekly news quiz game show "Wait wait...Don't tell me!" Paula's new book "The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness" is a humorous memoir about her life as a working single mother of three children. Her new NPR podcast "Live from the Poundstone Institute" is Paula's "quest to gather all of the world's...

Billy Ray is a writer-director who is now a showrunner (with Christopher Keyser) for "The Last Tycoon," a nine-episode series based on the final unfinished novel of author F. Scott Fitzgerald that is available to Amazon Prime members beginning July 28th. Amazon describes the series like this: "In a world darkened by the Depression and the growing influence of Hitler's Germany, The Last Tycoon illu...

In this follow-up to last week's "Best Of" episode, producer Bobby Gonzalez shares clips from past interviews featuring an even wider array of Frank Buckley Interviews guests. For the better part of a year, Frank Buckley has had intimate in-depth conversations with various celebrities, authors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and more. This episode serves as an introduction to just some of the many no...

We're dipping into the back catalog of the Frank Buckley Interviews podcast to bring you the first of a two-part "Best Of" series. Frank has sat down for one-on-one interviews with over 50 guests that have included actors, entrepreneurs, journalists, medical professionals and more. Presented by Spoken Dreams producer Bobby Gonzalez, this episode explores clips from past guests who have had a profo...

Nicholas Goldberg is the editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times. In April, the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board published "Our Dishonest President," the first in a series of editorials arguing that President Trump "...is a man so unpredictable, so reckless, so petulant, so full of blind self-regard, so untethered to reality that it is impossible to know where his presidency will lead or h...