The Next Best Thing

Miss Cleo? Convicted of fraud. Sylvia Browne? Also convicted of fraud. John Edward was a well-known mentalist before becoming a "psychic," and producer of the hit show "Crossing Over." Are these people for real, or are they just clever conartists who prey on the grieving and the vulnerable? #Psychics #Paranormal #Ghosts #Skeptic #Cynical #TheNextBestThing #RadioFreeBrooklyn #Podcast

Donald Trump recently had one of the WORST weeks in Presidential history. Even worse than the 25 weeks before it, which were pretty damn awful. This Presidency got off to an atrocious start, and things don't seem to be improving. How long can this go on? Could Donald Trump be on his way out of office just 4 months after being sworn in?? Is this the beginning of the end? #NextBestThing #RadioFreeBr...

Jon met singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around good guy Dan Zimberg in 2012, when they were in an Off-Broadway production together. While both Progressives, the two look at politics quite differently. Dan, for example, was a self-described "Bernie Bro," turned Jill Stein voter. Jon...wasn't. Hear their thoughts and feelings in this civil discussion of the election that was 2016. #Politics #B...

Evan Gregory is the eldest member of The Gregory Brothers, a musical group whose sole purpose is to songify the universe. Plain and simple. Best known for their viral videos, like Songify the News (previously Auto-Tune the News), and classics like the Bed Intruder and Double Rainbow Song, he stopped by the studio to talk with Jon about their musical upbringing, how they went from being a tradition...

Tyler Lea spent an entire year performing on Broadway as the lead role in the Tony-Award winning play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Jon sat down with him to discuss what life was like before the show, during its run, and since it closed back in September of 2016. #TheNextBestThing #RadioFreeBrooklyn #TylerLea #Broadway #Theatre #CuriousIncident

Jonathan met Davi Santos in late 2010, when they were both cast in a bizarre little musical in New York City. Since then, he's gone on to appear in various films and television shows, including Mr. Box Office, Don't Trust the B**** in Apt. 23, Switched at Birth, and of course, as the Gold Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Charge! He and Jon discuss all this and more during their time in the studio. #Ra...

Part two of our deep look into the epidemic that is gun violence in America! www.rfb.nyc/nbt #Guns #NRA #RadioFreeBrooklyn #TheNextBestThing #America

No other developed country in the world has anywhere near the same rate of gun violence as America. The US has nearly six times the gun homicide rate as Canada, more than seven times as Sweden, and nearly 16 times as Germany, according to UN data compiled by the Guardian. The problem just keeps getting worse, and we're doing NOTHING about it. Jon delves into this and more in this two-parter! #Guns...

For baseball fans, Opening Day serves as a symbol of rebirth. A chance to forget last season, when all 30 of the major league clubs and their millions of fans begin with 0–0 records. Going into 2017, everyone seems to have written off Jon's beloved Kansas City Royals. It's cool, though. As we learned in 2014 and 2015, being written off and disrespected is precisely when KC plays their best basebal...

Accomplished attorney, and ardent Hillary Clinton supporter, Zarah Levin-Fragasso joins Jonathan to talk about her experience working as a volunteer lawyer for the HRC campaign, what went wrong, and where we go from here! #HillaryClinton #RadioFreeBrooklyn #TheNextBestThing #Radio

To some, she was the greatest star of all time. To others, she was a tragic figure. For most of us, though, she will be forever be remembered simply as "Dorothy." A look into the life and career...of Judy Garland. #Podcast #RadioFreeBrooklyn #TheNextBestThing #Singers #JudyGarland

Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan...what do they all have in common? They each have one of the most distinctive, celebrated voices of all time! See who else made the list on this episode of The Next Best Thing. #RadioFreeBrooklyn #TheNextBestThing

Donald Trump had an incredible life. He never expected to be the President. He never WANTED to be the President. And now that he is, he absolutely hates being the President. Might he be doing all he can to lose the job he spent 2 years trying to win? I wouldn't put it past him. #TheNextBestThing #RadioFreeBrooklyn

The age in which we all saw the sign, did the Macarena, and learned NOT to go chasing waterfalls. The decade that asked that age old question: what if God was one of us? All this and more as we celebrate the 1990's! #ILoveThe90s #decades #nickelodeon #PowerRangers #RadioFreeBrooklyn #NextBestThing

Barbra Streisand hated feeling rejected, and once told a casting director, "you'll be sorry." Sigmund Freud once told a childhood friend of his to save his letters. "You never know how important they will be," he said. Whether an actor, singer, psychologist or baseball player, there are some things ALL very successful people have in common: vision, resilience, ambition, and an unyielding belief in...

Kellyanne Conway has a supernatural ability to derail any interview and avoid answering ANY real questions. How does she do it? And how much longer will she be able to pull it off? Seems to be unraveling before our very eyes... #News #KellyAnneConway #RadioFreeBrooklyn #TheNextBestThing

The second half of our look into some of the greatest film scores, and composers, of all time. If you can't guess who comes in at number 1 overall, slap yourself in the face. Oh yeah, I said it. #Film #Music #Scores #JohnWilliams

Imagine Jaws without the low, steady orchestral theme, or the shower scene in Psycho without the screeching violins. The value a brilliant score brings to a film can't be overstated. In this two-part episode, we hear and discuss some of the greatest film music of all time, as well as those who create it. #FilmMusic #Scores #Movies #RadioFreeBrooklyn #Composers #Music

Dreams are weird. Whether lovely and fun or dark and scary, dreams almost always have some bizarre elements to them. But what if you could control your dreams? If you could realize, while asleep, that you were dreaming, and turn nightmares into fantasies? It's possible, and sometimes...it can change your life. #Dreams #LucidDreaming #RadioFreeBrooklyn

Remember Shelley Duvall? The svelte actress who starred opposite Jack Nicholson in The Shining, and Robin Williams in Popeye? Whatever happened to her? Well, apparently, she's gone completely insane. Jon dissects a recent interview she gave to Dr. Phil. Also includes an in-depth review of the 1989 horror film, Pet Sematary! #StephenKing #ShelleyDuvall #RadioFreeBrooklyn

How can one hate #guns if they've never been shot, or lost a loved one to gun violence?? Jonathan shares a story he recently heard on NPR, and shares one of his own that answers that very question.

A look back on all the craziest news items of January 10-15 of 2017. Also, an in-depth review of the original film version of Stephen King's IT, starring Tim Curry!

What's the difference between satire and political humor? Do insult comics still exist, other than Don Rickles? Why do some people find Kathy Griffin hilarious, but Chris Rock unlikable? Isn't that a little ass-backwards? There are many different ways to be funny, and even more ways to be painfully UNfunny. We explore some of the former, and listen to some examples of the very best comics alive to...

What went on in the NEWS, what went on in the WORLD for the week of January 3-8 of 2017. Also, a dissection of how Kellyanne Conway, Trump's wet brain, artfully avoids answering a single question throughout an interview. Brace yourself.

Up-and-coming comedian David Bradley Isenberg stops by the studio to discuss politics, reminisce with Jon about growing up in Kansas, and what life is like for young comics in New York City!