Mysterious Goings On with Alex Greenwood

Jane Biondi Munna joins us to share the story of her father, media executive Frank Biondi, and how the importance of treating people with fairness and integrity was the hallmark of his life and career. She is co-author of “Let’s Be Frank,” with her late father, who ran HBO, Viacom, and Universal Studios over the course of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, building many franchises you still love such as Sei...

Today we meet David E. Feldman, author of The Dora Ellison Mystery Series, a 5-book (so far) series starring a detective couple who happens to be lesbian. Dora is a sweet martial arts savant with a violent streak stemming from childhood trauma. She especially loathes bullies. Feldman is also author of The Neighborhood , a novel about four families in the then-all-white town of Valley Stream, N.Y.,...

THIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber here. Welcome to episode nine of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  ⁠⁠Star Trek⁠⁠  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of...

Welcome to episode nine of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  ⁠Star Trek⁠  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer ⁠ Lucas Hardwick⁠ , sharing their "first takes" on every epis...

We meet so many accomplished and delightful guests on Mysterious Goings On. However, it is rare we get to meet a living legend such as our guest, Oscar and Emmy Winner George Stevens, Jr. His father directed incredible films, including GIANT , PENNY SERENADE , SHANE , A PLACE IN THE SUN , and perhaps most importantly, was there to film the liberation of Dachau . George Stevens, Jr. is the founder...

Joining us is the bossy, compelling, and inspirational Fitz Koehler. She is the author of multiple books, including ⁠My Noisy Cancer Comeback⁠ , ⁠Your Healthy Cancer Comeback: Sick to Strong and Healthy Cancer Comeback Journal⁠ , and also a busy keynote speaker, professional race announcer, and fitness expert. Her small company Fitzness International has a global reach, and she's conquered eve...

THIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber  here. Welcome to episode eight (PART 2) of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  ⁠⁠⁠Star Trek⁠⁠⁠  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lif...

THIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber  here. Welcome to episode eight (PART 1) of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  ⁠⁠Star Trek⁠⁠  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifel...

Welcome to episode eight of a special bonus series on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  ⁠Star Trek⁠  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season. As a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer ⁠ Lucas Hardwick⁠ , sharing their "first takes" on every epi...

What would happen if the entire California electrical grid went down? You don't want to know...but you MUST! Find out about his exciting thriller about this catastrophe-in-waiting and more as we meet the author, Christopher J. Lynch, who has inside info on our country’s vulnerabilities. He’s also an adventurer and the biographer of the iconic child actor who played the conniving Eddie Haskell...

Kathy Forti, Ph. D. joins us to discuss her near-death experience that led to her multi-genre book, Stacks Library of Truth⁠, about a Library of Congress employee who discovers an interdimensional portal leading to a Library of Truth, which reveals secrets about world leaders and politicians. “It’s hard to explain what happened to me, how I survived, and the amazing creativity that came about as a...

THIS VIDEO EDITION is AVAILABLE ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION for just $1.99 a month you get exclusive access to every video we launch on the feed! Thanks for subscribing. Become a Paid Subscriber  here. Welcome to episode seven of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  ⁠Star Trek⁠  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelon...

Welcome to episode seven of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  Star Trek  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer  Lucas Hardwick , sharing their "first takes" on ever...

Alex is joined from Baltimore by novelist John DeDakis, author of five novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series. DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." He is also a writing coach, manuscript editor, and writing workshop leader. They discuss broadcast journalism, as well as the difficulties women face in that male-dominated worl...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY VIDEO CONTENT! Become a subscriber for ad-free shows, subscriber-only content, giveaways, and more! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/j-alexander-greenwood/subscribe Welcome to episode six of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  Star Trek  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of t...

Welcome to episode six of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  Star Trek  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer  Lucas Hardwick , sharing their "first takes" on every...

We're thrilled to offer a PR After Hours crossover interview with one of the masters of the public relations profession...you might even call Marc Whitt the "Johnny Appleseed" of PR, spreading the word about ethical practice and more. As greater demands and expectations are placed on those who practice public relations, PR veteran and author Marc Whitt contends that we should advance ourselves to...

Michael Pickard has had three careers, including working in software and retail, and has written 11 titles including nine novels, two children's books, and a collection of juried short stories. Dozens of Pickard's short stories have been published, including Hardwired , which won a Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Prize in 2005. He started writing fiction when his daughter asked him to write...

Welcome to episode five of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well,  Star Trek  fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer  Lucas Hardwick , sharing their "first takes" on every...

Alex welcomes the delightful G.P. Gottlieb , author and podcaster for a fun, free-ranging discussion about writing and being a writer, the role of food, the pandemic, the Chicago backdrop in her work, and so much more. After recovering from breast cancer in 2015, she took baking classes for fun and began writing in earnest, melding two passions, nourishment for mind and body and recipe-laced murde...

Alex welcomes Derek O. Hanley to the show to discuss Derek's photography project, which began as a way to document the experiences of medics and evolved into a way to capture the emotions of the pandemic. Derek shared how his background as a medic and his family's history of photography helped him gain access to the medics and capture intimate moments. He also discusses how he had to remain emotio...

Welcome to episode four of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES.  What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick , sharing their "first takes" on every episode--c...

In this fascinating conversation with Monte Schulz (son of the late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz), Alex talks about Schulz’s new novel filled with robust characters, an unraveling mystery, mayhem, innocence, and moral disintegration. Metropolis (Fantagraphics, August 23, 2022) is a coming-of-age novel with a moral puzzle at its core. This dystopian tome is narrated by college senior Julian Brehm,...

Welcome to episode three of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick , sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you...

From D.C. lobbyist to storyteller to entrepreneur, JV Hilliard is an epic & dark fantasy author of the Warminster series who sees his rapidly-growing writing career as part of a larger creative enterprise. Owner of Altered Reality Magazine, Hilliard has licensed the intellectual property of his books to an augmented reality/virtual reality video game company that will launch the Realm of Warmi...