The News Junkie: Interviews

Rachel Nuwer is an independent journalist who went undercover to gain access to black markets for wildlife. How does wildlife trafficking work? What animals are the most valuable? Who are these people who smuggle animals through airports? Rachel has the answers for us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Stephanie Page is at the forefront of male birth control studies, methods and testing. So it's time to ask, what are the options for men? How long until male birth control hits the market? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grid Man, Grid Jesus, whatever you want to call him is fine. Teddy is the guy who is actually in charge of the 'grid,' the thing you hear so much about but you don't really know what it is. Let's find out what a nightmare scenario looks like to him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A company named Miso Robotics is revolutionizing the fast food world. How did they pivot from a burger flipping robot that got fired to a industry leader so fast? What secret robots are they working on for the future? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Shaffer is a 20 year FBI veteran and former member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. Shaffer has done security for events like the Super Bowl and the World Series. In the wake of the Texas school shooting, what when wrong and how can we stop this? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melain Rodriguez of Viagen Pets explains how the process of cloning your pet works, how much it costs and what happens when it goes wrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Welsh of Elite Horse Transport joins the show to talk about the logistics of getting all of the horses to the Kentucky Derby. How do you get a horse on a plane? How much does it cost to ship a horse from Japan to the United States? Find out now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rider isn't just a major voice in the world of entertainment, with gigs from CBS football to Stephen Colbert and Shark Week, he's also the host of the first radio show Shawn ever worked for! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bryce Weiler has made headlines around the country for calling sports games on the radio despite that fact that he was born blind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planetary astronomer Andy Rivkin is one of the team leads for NASA's DART program to defend the planet from asteroid strikes. How accurate is the new movie Don't Look Up? Are we going to get wiped out? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

YouTuber 'Exploring the Nug' goes on solo missions to solve cold cases. You won't believe what he finds deep in lakes and rivers. He's going viral for his latest video. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shawn dives into the insane and explosively growing world of NFTs with a collector named PackPhour. They discuss how to understand what NFTs are, what The News Junkie is planning to do with NFTs and the future of this exciting breakthrough technology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monique Reymond is a world-class foley artist who has added sounds to some of the biggest movies and television shows on the planet. Find out what tools she brings to the studio to recreate slaps, footsteps and slashes, how she got into the business and so much more in this interview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Grimes has taken eight different Covid-19 tests. Some come back positive, some come back negative. He's now been on a cruise ship for EIGHT weeks. Listen to his amazing story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Dena Grayson is a medical doctor, a scientist and an expert on infectious diseases. She tells us how to avoid the Coronavirus, different dangers to avoid, what it does to your body and more. Dr Grayson also sounds the alarm on things we're doing wrong in our battle against the virus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Faherty took a call that would change his life forever. On the other end, his godfather told him he had a million dollar winning piece in the McDonalds Monopoly contest. Jim tells his story as the HBO hit show McMillions continues to draw in viewers every week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gina Devasahayam joins The News Junkie to talk about reports suggesting she is an obsessed fan that is harassing New York Yankees player Brett Gardner. Devasahayam says the reports are 'libelous' and she is in a relationship with Gardner. She says the family is spreading lies about her and she wants to be with him because he is 'lying about the truth.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The Impractical Jokers have soared to popularity since their show debuted nearly a decade ago on Tru TV. James Murray has been a constant source of laughs on the show as well as on the game show The Misery Index. As the Impractical Jokers celebrate their 200th show and a movie hitting theaters this week, James Murray joins me for an episode of The News Junkie: Interviews. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Darryl Payne is one of the most experienced dog trainers in the United States. He's changed lives for dogs and owners alike because he knows a great deal about these great animals who have certainly earned the title Man's Best Friend. But what do dogs see? What do they do when you're at work? Do they remember things? Do they understand time? We'll answer all these questions and more as we find out...

John McAfee, the man, myth and legend, the genius behind McAfee anti-virus software that made him over $100 million is the guest this week on the show. Did McAfee murder a man who robbed his house? Did he kill a guy who poisoned his dog? Is he on drugs? Is he broke? I ask him all this and more on this controversial episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The News Junkie: Interviews Season 2 kicks off with an interview with Emmy Award-winning nature documentarian Gavin Thurston. He's friends with Sir David Attenborough, has traveled the world experiencing things that will blow your mind and has even been slapped by a Gorilla. Get his new book 'Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman' on Amazon now. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

There are currently 120,000 people waiting on organ transplant lists across the United States. Each year, over 35,000 transplant procedures slowly chip away at this growing list. Of those 35,000, about 35 get a lung transplant. Our guest this week, Joel Kelly dishes up the wild details of what it's like to get a double lung transplant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each year, millions of people tune in to watch about a dozen other people live in a house on television. Every second of the contestants lives is broadcast on the Internet and on a television show produced several days each week. People have learned of family tragedies, events like 9/11, their positive HIV status and more as the audience watches it all. But what is it like to be on CBS's Big Broth...

Tornadoes damage homes to the tune of about $400 million each year. They also kill, on average, about 70 people in that same time frame. So why on Earth do people purposefully chase these dangerous storms? This week we talk to professional storm chaser Zach Sharpe about chasing storms, the tools of the trade and his most epic chase stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The newspaper, once a juggernaut in the news world, is ready for its second act. This week we talk to Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell about what it's like to work for a major daily newspaper, how people react to his stories and the secrets from the newsroom floor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.