Things Are Going Great For Me with J. Claude Deering

The wait...is over! Welcome back! To another BRAND NEW season of Things Are Going Great For Me. In our first episode of Season 4 ⁠J. Claude Deering⁠ (⁠Threads⁠/⁠Instagram⁠) chats with actor James Wolk. Jimmy is known for starring alongside Robin Williams in the CBS series The Crazy Ones. He’s also known for playing the enigmatic “Bob Benson” on the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning AMC period drama se...

Episode 31! In our Season 3 finale, J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and director Beth Riesgraf, best known for playing "Parker, The Thief” in all five seasons of the TNT hit drama Leverage. For her role, Beth was nominated three times for a Saturn Award for best-supporting actress on television. Additional credits include Spin City, My Name is Earl, Alvin and The Chipmun...

Episode 30! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and singer, Gil McKinney. A Texas Native, and graduate of the University of Southern California School of Music, now residing in LA with his lovely wife and two wonderful kids. In the summer of 2017, he released his first solo EP which shot to the top of the iTunes and Billboard Music Jazz Charts. He followed this up with the r...

Episode 29! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor Sufe Bradshaw. Sufe is best known for her series regular role on HBO’s multiple Emmy-winning political satire Veep as the hilarious and deadpan "Sue Wilson". She along with the rest of the Veep cast were also nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series. R...

Episode 28! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and producer Michael Grant Terry. Mike played “Wendell Bray” for nine seasons on the hit Fox procedural Bones. He’s also recurred on NBC’s Grimm and CW’s Roswell New Mexico. His other film and television appearances include Criminal Minds, NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, CSI, Castle, Without a Trace,...

Episode 27! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor Claybourne Elder (The Gilded Age / HBO). Clay is a Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominated actor who appeared most recently on Broadway, playing “Andy” in the Tony Award-winning revival of Company. In fact this interview was recorded over the summer during the closing weeks of that historic show, so this chat serves in some way...

Episode 26! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and comedian Leonard Robinson (Insecure / HBO). Leonard is best known for his role as Taurean Jackson on HBO’s Emmy, Peabody, and NAACP Image Award-winning series Insecure. He’s also known for his four seasons as a performer on the hugely popular comedy series Wild N' Out. After graduating from Howard University, Leonard a...

Episode 25! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with comedian Fabrizio Copano (Just For Laughs). Fabrizio is one of the most well-known comedians in Latin America, and is the first South American comedian to shoot an original comedy special for Netflix. Called “I Only Think About Myself”. He is the actor and writer of the hit Chilean comedy show “El Club de la Comedia.” Often...

Episode 24! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and comedian Alyssa Limperis (No Bad Days / Peacock). Alyssa's debut one hour comedy special, No Bad Days, was released this past August on Peacock. It is a fantastic and bold debut comedy special that succeeds both in being a deeply honest portrayal of grief following the loss of her father from brain cancer, that still manage...

It's a circle of friends on today's episode of Things Are Going Great For Me! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor (Virgin River/Netflix). Zibby plays "Brie Sheridan" in Netflix’s mega-hit series Virgin River. She began her television career as the recurring character "Nurse Zibby" on Grey’s Anatomy. She’s also known for her beloved role as "Madame Goo Goo" on A.N.T. Farm. Fo...

Today we’re doing something special again, it’s our very first solo guest episode! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor John Clarence Stewart (P-Valley/Starz!). John recurred on the sophomore season of the hit Starz! drama, P-Valley as beloved character "Thaddeus Wilks", aka “Big Teak”. Previously John starred on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning musical television series Zoey's Extra...

Hello folks! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) recorded a bonus episode on Acting Technique, exclusively for our show's Patreon members. And now we’re making it available to you all. In addition to working professionally as an actor, director, writer, and a comedian, Mr. Deering has also worked as an adjunct faculty member at schools like Stella Adler Studios in New York City and New York...

Welcome back! To another BRAND NEW season of Things Are Going Great For Me: The Podcast. In our first episode of Season 3 J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with author and Tony Award-winning actor Ali Stroker (Only Murders In The Building/Hulu). Ali is a Tony Award-winning actor for her role as ‘Ado Annie’ in the 2019 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! She made history as...

In our Season 2 finale of Things Are Going Great For Me J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with Shelly Bhalla (Jane the Virgin). Shelly is an actor who starred as Krishna Dhawan in the Peabody Award Winning, and Emmy and Golden Globe nominated series, Jane the Virgin. Shelly talks about turning a small co-star role into a beloved character who recurred 29 times on the show. She a...

It’s multi-hyphenate day on Things Are Going Great For Me. J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with Alyshia Ochse (True Detective). Alyshia is an actor, a podcaster, an author, and an audition coach. Alyshia has over 75 titles on her resume and even more credits, including her outstanding performance in the iconic first season of True Detective, where she shared the screen with Matthew...

J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with actor Pej Vahdat (The Old Man). Pej is a prolific actor who starred as Dr. Arastoo Vaziri on Bones, Kelly Patel on Empire, and Kash on Showtime’s Shameless. He talks about the groundbreaking character arc of Dr. Vaziri on Bones. Struggling to get noticed early on in his career as a brown actor, and navigating an industry that often tokenizes and...

J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with actor Joe Tippett (Mare of Easttown). Joe is an actor who starred as John Ross in the multiple Emmy Award winning HBO hit series Mare of Easttown. Joe was also in the original cast of Waitress on Broadway, and he also recurs as Hal Jackson on The Morning Show for AppleTV+. Joe talks about craft and process while working on a complicated whodunit...

Schitt's Creek fans! Here’s a “Surprise-Me-Smoothie” you’re sure to love. J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with actor Sarah Levy (Schitt's Creek). Sarah is a SAG Award-winning actor for her role playing Twyla Sands in the record breaking Emmy-winning smash streaming hit, Schitt’s Creek. Sarah talks about the success of Schitt’s Creek, her beginnings auditioning in LA, and her new co...

J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with actor Jim O'Heir (Parks and Recreation). Jim is an Emmy-winning actor and comedian, known to everyone as the beloved Jerry Gergich from Parks and Recreation. Also known to superfans of the show as Larry, Terry, and Garry. He talks about his come up in his Chicago days doing theater and comedy, including his theater cult hit Stumpy’s Gang, which...

J. Claude Deering (Twitter/Instagram) spoke with actor Corbin Reid (Run The World/Starz). Corbin plays Sondi Hill on the new Starz comedy series, Run The World, which recently got picked up for a second season! Corbin talks about shooting a season of a show during a pandemic, in the pre-vaccine world. Her easy chemistry with her co-stars. The unique character of Harlem in New York City. Growing up...

J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with comedian and Emmy winning television writer, Kevin Avery (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver). Kevin served as head writer for the TV series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Kevin and Kamau also had a popular podcast on Earwolf, called Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period. Kevin currently writes for the FOX animated seri...

It’s podcasters day on Things Are Going Great For Me! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) spoke with screenwriter, culture critic, and podcast host Ira Madison III (Keep It!/Crooked Media). Nylon Magazine has called him “one of the most reliably hilarious and incisive cultural critics writing today”. Ira is the creator and one of the hosts of the hugely popular Keep It! podcast on Crooked Me...

Welcome back! To a BRAND NEW season of Things Are Going Great For Me: The Podcast. In our first episode of the season J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor Patrick J. Adams (Suits/The Right Stuff). They talk about his work on Suits, and his latest Nat Geo series, The Right Stuff, in which he plays astronaut John Glenn. Getting his first movie role while in college, in Will Fer...

Here it is, our final episode of Season 1! J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and author Tembi Locke (From Scratch). Tembi is a succesful actor, and New York Times bestseller for her memoir, “From Scratch”. Soon to be a Netflix series, starring Zoe Saldana. It’s a heartbreaking and beautiful story about the loss of her first husband, a wonderful Italian chef named Saro, to...

This is a really good one, folks... J. Claude Deering ( Twitter / Instagram ) chats with actor and writer Rightor Doyle (Barry). Rightor is a SAG-Nominated actor for best comedy ensemble, for his role as Nick Nicholby on the Peabody and Emmy-winning HBO comedy, Barry. He’s also the creator and director of Netflix’s dark comedy series, Bonding. Rightor talks about making his Broadway debut. His aud...