Media Path Podcast

Kimberly Soenen is the creative director, curator and editor of “SOME People” (Every) Body, an ongoing, multiverse group project that raises questions about definitions of “health," "health insurance," “healthcare” and Public Health. A Best Practice and Public Health policy thought leader, Soenen has combined the creative and journalistic forces of photographers, artists, essayists and physicians...

Michael Reagan joins us for an engrossing conversation about finding your own voice while growing up in a Hollywood family and coming of age in a political family. Michael’s parents are Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. His step-mother is Nancy Reagan and he is an accomplished writer, political consultant and radio host. Plus Fritz and Weezy discuss the new James A. Baker book and the Netflix hybrid d...

What is it about The Sound of Music? Story? Cast? Soundtrack? Message? Family? Ideals? A dash of magic? Or all of the above? The Sound of Music Story Author Tom Santopietro is captivated by Von Trapp family values and he joins us to share his enthusiasm with Fritz, Weezy and surprise guest, Sound of Music super fan, Rick Rosenfeld. Tom comes to us with insight into the real and fictional Von Trapp...

Why did Mark Felt leak? Was he on a hero’s journey to save democracy, uphold justice and protect The FBI or was he engaged in an epic battle of succession to the seat of power, previously held for 37 years by J. Edgar Hoover? Author journalist Max Holland joins us for a deep discussion about what motivated Deep Throat. Max also holds a fascinating theory about the Zapruder film and the assassinati...

Wendy Liebman and Jeffrey Sherman are among the world’s most adorable couples. The cutest thing about them being that they are each other’s biggest fans. Wendy is a comedian with a unique wordplay afterthought style that has taken her to The Tonight Show, Letterman, HBO and Comedy Central Specials. Her husband Jeffrey Sherman is an accomplished writer/producer/musician whose credits include Boy Me...

You may have a uniquely conflicted and complicated relationship with your father but until you discover him to be a serial killer, Steve Hodel wins. Steve was a retired L.A. police detective when he learned that his father George Hodel had been a suspect in the 1947 Black Dahlia murder. Steve’s efforts to clear his dad’s name led him to discover and face the dark and disturbing truth in his own fa...

Our media path brings us to Nashville for some quality time with John and Robin Berry whose new podcast, Faith, Family and Friends pulls you around their virtual coffee table for meaningful conversations about the things that matter most. John Berry is a music city icon. His hits include Standing On The Edge of Goodbye and Your Love Amazes Me. We are talking about Glen Campbell, Charlie Daniels, G...

Herbie J. Pilato’s book Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story inspires us to explore Mary’s effect on a generation of women who have grown up to turn the world on with their smile, their independence and their ingenuity. Plus, Fritz and Weezy head down paths towards TCM’s salute to women filmmakers, the warning signs of fascism, Jim Gaffigan’s Twitter truth and Chadwick Boseman’s light and legacy. Path...

Tom Dreesen’s uniquely American trajectory took him from desperately impoverished roots in the streets and saloons of Harvey, Illinois to sharing a stage with Frank Sinatra. Tom’s path is the stuff of both inspiration and legend. One of America’s finest standup comics, he served as Frank’s opening act for 14 years, becoming a most trusted friend. Tom’s gift with a yarn endeared him to Mr. Sinatra...

Filmmaker Danny Wolf is our guide down a path through the greatest cult films of all time and the curvaceous history of film nudity from the pre and post ban eras, to the ratings board, #MeToo, nudity riders, intimacy coordinators, power dynamics and beyond. Danny’s film “SKIN: A History Of Nudity In The Movies” is now streaming on Amazon Prime and it examines our complicated relationship with pas...

Renowned photographer and photojournalist Dan Winters joins Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker with stories from the field along with knowledge and wisdom gleaned from his own deep dives into the history of photography, World War 2, the Viet Nam War, space travel, and the impact of photography on human awareness and societal progress. Path Points of Interest: ▶ Watch and Subscribe on Youtube ▶ List...

Fritz and Weezy welcome Dateline NBC’s Keith Morrison who takes us down an eerie and shadowy path through the dark and sinister synonyms he uses in his true crime reporting. Keith shares Dateline memories, career highlights, and insights into what we can all learn from love stories that go horribly wrong. Keith also fills us in on his podcast, The Thing About Pam and tells us the true story of how...

Fritz and Weezy are joined by author John O'Connor who uncovered the secret identity of the notorious Watergate source known as Deep Throat. John recounts his long held belief that Felt was Deep Throat and his chance intersection with Felt's grandson Nick which led to the Vanity Fair which revealed, after 39 years that Mark Felt, number 2 at the FBI during Watergate, was the man Woodward and Berns...

Josh Mankiewicz enjoys a storied career in journalism, a fabled Hollywood family history and he's joining us to look back on 25 years of legal and true crime reporting on Dateline plus his new podcast Motive for Murder. We discuss the surge in true crime interest, the challenges in sharing a family’s agonizing heartbreak and and what he’s learned through years of interviewing crime victims and con...

We are joined by the great and legendary Henry Winkler who shares his success secret… fear! Plus his triumphs, his struggles and his bottomless cup of stories. Henry’s IMDB page is a hefty read so we pull out recommended highlights for your media path through Henry’s career which include Happy Days, Barry, the upcoming Wes Anderson film and Henry’s pivotal roll in Blues Clues as “Bookmark.” Path P...

The power of the music is undeniable on its face but Fritz and Weezy also explore the roll this music has played in the Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy was the first black business owner to sell his product to a predominantly white audience. He was not only selling music. He was providing a shared experience which amplified our collective human bond. Music is color blind. It moves us all to tap...

Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist, who has worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek and NBC News. He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers including, with David Corn, Russian Roulette. His reporting for this book took him deep inside the Trump/Russia scandal in which unprecedented political chicanery merged the interests of the Republican Party with those of KGB t...

Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker share their passion for Turner Classic Movies, delving into the careers of Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Natalie Wood, which sends them on a hunt for  messages in Splendor In The Grass. Can abstinence really drive teenagers crazy? Plus Fritz goes down a media path that leads from his NBC co-worker Josh Mankiewicz through Josh’s grandfather Herman Mankiewicz w...

Have you ever become obsessed with a topic and taken a deep dive into consuming all you could uncover about it? Media Path podcast is here to indulge your obsessions. hosted by Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker, the show takes you along on a scenic tour through books, movies, web content  and music related to a given topic of captivation. We are exploring entertainment, politics, history, true cri...