The Locher Room

Don't miss An Author's Afternoon when Martha Bolton joins me to discuss Dear Bob ...Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II. 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, The War to End All Wars. Although, current events and the pandemic kept many from celebrating the anniversary, the unique relationship between Bob Hope and “The Greatest Generation,” by way of the USO...

Actress Kimberlin Brown, who has portrayed one of the most popular villainesses in daytime television history, “Sheila Carter,” on The Bold and the Beautiful joins me in The Locher Room. In her role of “Sheila Carter,” Brown debuted on The Young and the Restless in 1990 and crossed over to The Bold and the Beautiful in 1992. For the next three decades, Brown has played “Sheila Carter” on both show...

Please join New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong in The Locher Room for An Author's Afternoon. Jennifer tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know in her new book, When Women Invented Television. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated...

Ozie Nzeribe, currently co-starring in the new Apple TV+ drama Swagger joined me in The Locher Room. Ozie is an actor, rapper and model, whose creativity, talent and humanitarianism belie his young age. With his good looks, charm, acting chops, and dramatic story line, he is certain to be the breakout star of the series. A Youth Ambassador for the Grammy’s, Ozie has become an internationally renow...

Please join me for the 10th episode in the Conversations with Alan series in The Locher Room to meet journalist Andrew Lapin. Andrew will be here to discuss his new podcast series RADIOACTIVE that explores the life and legacy of Father Charles Coughlin, America's “High Priest of Hate” and notorious antisemite. In the 1930s and 1940s, Coughlin became one of the first to use radio as a platform to p...

Please join veteran Los Angeles-based entertainment reporter Michael Maloney in The Locher Room. Michael will be here to celebrate his 30th anniversary covering the daytime soaps and to discuss his current role as Senior West Coast Editor of Soap Hub. In this role, he’s on top of the latest news, casting, behind-the-scenes changes, and trends in the world of daytime drama. Michael will also fill u...

Meet the stars and the creator of the new darkly comic web series, The Disappointments in The Locher Room. Joining me for the hour is the writer, director and star Rich Burns along with his co-star Trevor LaPaglia. The Disappointments follows of group of close friends in their 50’s who, rocked by the suicide of one of their own, are forced to face the failures and disappointments in their own live...

Nine time Emmy Award-winning soap scribe Patrick Mulcahey will join me in The Locher Room to look back at his incredible career writing for many of your favorite daytime dramas. As Patrick tells it, "I was having a fine misspent youth in 1979, writing plays and waiting tables in New Orleans, when a call came asking: Would he be interested in writing for Search For Tomorrow? Sure, I said. “What is...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Kevin Mambo visited The Locher Room to look back at his incredible career. Mambo can currently be seen on the new Netflix drama, Hit & Run. The series tells the story of a man searching for the truth behind his wife's death who becomes caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and intrigue stretching from Ne...

I am thrilled to welcome daytime television legend Eileen Fulton to The Locher Room. Eileen is well known to daytime audiences for her unforgettable role as Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns for nearly 50 years. Lisa joined the cast in May 1960 and remained with the show on and off until the show went off the air on Septemb...

The funny and talented Renèe Taylor along with her director and son Gabe Bologna will join me in The Locher Room to discuss their new film Tango Shalom. Renèe co-stars, as does her late husband and Gabe's father, Joe Bologna, in Tango Shalom - a delightful movie that offers a message of inclusion and tolerance that is resonating with diverse audiences - all religions, ages and within the LGBTQ com...

Catch up with actress Rebecca Staab in The Locher Room. Rebecca will be here to talk about her new role in the romantic comedy Love Hard premiering on Netflix on November 5th. Rebecca continues to work non-stop and will fill us in on all the projects she's been working on. She will also reminisce about her daytime roles on Guiding Light (Jesse Matthews) and Port Charles (Elizabeth Barrington). Reb...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Emmy Award-winning writer Victor Miller will be my guest in The Locher Room. Victor introduced the world to Jason Voorhees when he wrote the original Friday the 13th film. In addition to Jason, Victor wrote for several daytime dramas including All My Children, Another World, Guiding Light and One Life to Live. Victor was born in New Orlean...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Production Designers Rick Dennis and Patrick Howe will be my guests in The Locher Room to discuss their incredible work designing sets for As the World Turns and Guiding Light. Rick Dennis spent 23 years from 1986 - 2009 as Guiding Light's Production Designer earning seven Daytime Emmy Nominations for his work in Springfield. After Guiding...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Actress Judith McConnell will be my guest in The Locher Room. Judith was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and started dance classes at age 6. She has continued with dance for most of her life and today she takes a weekly tap and jazz class. She was accepted and attended the renowned Carnegie Mellon School of Acting. Upon leaving college, Ju...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Tune-in to The Locher Room for a very special episode dedicated to the international non-profit charitable organization, Twist Out Cancer. If you or anyone you know has been touched by cancer like I have, you won't want to miss this episode. Twist Out Cancer provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative ar...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Please join me for An Author's Afternoon with new author Vincent Van Patten in The Locher Room. Vincent is a Californian native who calls Del Mar his home. He is a writer, media creator, and co-host of The Dare to Dream Podcast. Most importantly, he considers himself an inspired citizen of our ever-changing world motivated by a love for tr...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Please join me for An Author’s Afternoon live in The Locher Room to meet three talented writers who will be here to share their stories with all of you. Tina Andrews is an author and an actress who appeared in ROOTS and played Valerie Grant on Days of Our Lives. She received a Writers Guild Award for her Sally Hemings: An American Scandal...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Actor Michael Lowry will stop by The Locher Room to share memories from his incredible career and his daytime television roles on All My Children (Jake Martin), As the World Turns (Les Sweeney), The Bold and the Beautiful (Dr. Hillman), One Life to Live (Ross Rayburn) and Days of Our Lives (Dr. Clay Snyder). Do not miss the chance to catch...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Tune-in to The Locher Room for a look back at Search for Tomorrow with two actresses and good friends, Maree Cheatham (Stephanie Wyatt) and Lisa Peluso (Wendy Wilkins Carter). Maree has been a working actress for over 60+ years and is knowns to daytime audiences for her roles on Search, General Hospital and Port Charles (Charlene Simpson),...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Please join me for a very special episode of The Locher Room featuring coming out stories about gay sons and their mothers as we celebrate National Coming Out Day. Joining me for this special episode will be Psychotherapist Rick Miller who became curious about the relationship between gay men and their mothers, a theme resonating throughou...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Please join me for the ninth episode in the Conversations with Alan series in The Locher Room to meet Scott Richman, the Anti-Defamation League's Regional Director of the New York/New Jersey office. Scott will be here to discuss the rise of hate and antisemitism in our country and around the world. In addition, Scott will tell us about his...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Please join me for An Author's Afternoon featuring public relations' snarkiest publicist and new author, Jeremy Murphy. Jeremy expertly chronicles his hatred, love, indifference, amusement, and scorn for the profession in F*ck Off, Chloe due out March of 2022. From entitled millennials to surly reporters, obnoxious clients, and cumbersome,...

Please join Animal Kingdom's Jake Weary (Deran Cody in The Locher Room. Jake will be here to discuss Season Five and the upcoming season finale. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, to an award-winning actress mother (Kim Zimmer) and an actor/director father (A.C. Weary), Jake Weary started following in their successful footsteps in his early teens. After booking a number of guest roles, he took a break...

Subscribe to The Locher Room: https://bit.ly/TheLocherRoom Please join me for a very special look at Dark Shadows and Beyond The Jonathan Frid Story in The Locher Room. This is the first feature-length documentary devoted to Canadian-born actor Jonathan Frid, who became a television sensation with his portrayal of guilt-ridden vampire Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows, the 1966 – 1971 daytime drama...