Let's Talk Ten

Following up on the previous mini episode, "The Grammy Experiment: 1994", host Dan Fisher looks back on the Academy Awards honoring the movies of that year, as well. Having created an imaginary "Parallel Universe" where he can control time and its chain of events, will Dan "right" Oscar's "wrongs" of that night?  Will Tom Hanks take home his second cons...

Property Master KEVIN LADSON ("Malcolm X", "Creed", "30 Rock") joins Dan for a nostalgic and often hilarious discussion of their parallel lives as movie-obsessed kids growing up in the 1960's and 70's -- though Dan hailed from a tiny West Virginia town with no movie theater while Kevin was a city kid from Queens.   Among many other things, they talk about th...

Dan loves awards shows -- while simultaneously considering them utterly ridiculous.  Too often, the "academies" reward the old tried-and-true over the innovators and young upstarts.  Case in point: the year 1994, when the Recording Academy chose Tony Bennett's "MTV Unplugged" as its Album of the Year, over such competition as Nirvana, TLC, Oasis, Nas, and Hootie & the...

Dan Fisher's guest is MICHELE MANTYNEN,  one of the "Social Media Poobahs" for Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast.  She has helped to generate continuing interest in the show and to expand its  internet presence, even after the passing of its amazing, colossal, legendary host.  Thanks to the efforts of Michele and many others, the spirit of Gilbert lives on through th...

Minis will drop every other Monday, alternating with the regular-length "Let's Talk Ten" episodes. Dan Fisher loves cereal more than most people -- for him, it's a 24/7 dietary staple.   He'll sit there crunching away, gulping the remaining milk from the bowl, while he reads  every word on the box -- though he no longer digs around for the prize. In this episode, Dan hosts...

Robyn Kincaid was one of Dan's best friends in college.  She has been hosting her own live, five-nights-a-week podcast, "Head-ON with Robyn Kincaid" for over a decade, on which Dan has been an occasional guest. Now, it's Robyn's turn.  With no script and no discussion beforehand, Dan and Robyn have a blast comparing their favorite pop songs that focus on the legendary live...

Minis will drop every other Monday, alternating with the regular-length "Let's Talk Ten" episodes. For some Minis, host Dan Fisher might talk about a single movie, show, or album that had a particularly strong effect on him.  Some might feature guests, with  shorter and more specific conversations on a single subject instead of LT10's standard format of 10 Favorite Whatevers. ...

H.E. Fisher is the author of two published books of poetry, "Sterile Field" and "Jane Almost Always Smiles."  She also happens to be married to the host of this show. With no script and no discussion beforehand, Helene and Dan have fun comparing Top Ten lists of their favorite strong women characters through cinema history. What does that even mean, "strong"?  How do...