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YUH 185 is environtmental lawyer/professor/author Rebecca Bratspies and her book "Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues and Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names". Sitting in the exhasberating traffic of the Major Deegan Highway one day, our guest had plenty of time to ponder (and sometimes curse) the faceless figures that blessed the infrastracture in and around one of the greatest cities...

YUH 184 is the compelling documentary "Reimagining Safety" by documentarian Matthew Solomon. By interviewing scholars, activists and civilians involved in BLM and central figures in the defund movement, Matthew presents a case for how current cultural and poltical factors have produced a police force that has lost its' focus on many levels. Progressive alternatives to modern policing...

YUH 183 is the return of Will Cooper. Will has recently published “How America Works and Why it Doesn’t”, in which he documents the flaws and strengths of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Modern factors like social media and the proliferation of nationalism have contributed to a bizarre political landscape heading into the 2024 general election. Fresh off an appearance with Brian Thomas on...

YUH 182 is the latest chapter of our Between the Covers book club. In a future dystopia, contaminated livestock create an environment in which man is compelled to seek alternate sustenance. In Augusting Bazterrica's controversial novel "Tender is the Flesh", we explore the bizarre world of Marcos, a slaughterhouse foreman wrestling with a world gone mad and his journey to find love a...

Aaron's Audio Edibles Track 17 is one of the most underrated hard rock albums of all time, "Jailbreak" by the insanely talented Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Lead by the charismatic lead singer/bassist Phil Lynott, Lizzy has been cited by legendary bands in myriad genres of rock as a dominating influence over their own projects. Returning for this riff-filled hour is TJ "The Deuce...

On YUH 180 Lisa, Aaron, and Phil delve into spine-chilling lists in Charles Rosenay’s fascinating “Book of Top Ten Horror Lists”.  The volume features top ten lists of a number of Charles’ celebrity friends, including a Beatle!  From Psycho to Rosemary’s Baby, this collection of rankings dissect all the top horror films that keep us awake at night.  Charles’ insights into horror culture, obscure l...

YUH 179 is Bob Gonzalez and his book “A Flicker in the Water”.  These days our guest Bob Gonzalez only fishes for leisure, cravking open a cold one and spending a beautiful day casting a rod into the deep ocean off the shores of Destin, Florida.  But during his days as a professional deep sea fisherman, Bob and his crew of family and friends collected enough tales of adventure to fill a fascinatin...

YUH 178 is a Rerun Forensics! Dan Fisher of Bottlerocket Media joins us to dissect episode 8 of season 5 of the outstanding AMC series Better Call Saul, Subitled "Bagman". Dan brings his expertise in the field of video production and marketing to explain why Vince Gilligan's follow up to "Breaking Bad" might even top the nefarious misadventures of Heisenberg. Considered by...

YUH 177 is Linda Chadwick and her rock and roll tour fe force “”On The Road”!  By the time they were in their early 20’s, Linda and her friends had established themselves as backstage regulars on tour with bands like Aerosmith, Pantera, Quiet Riot, Dio and Van Halen.  Her book is fill of great stories sbout the biggest rock stars of the 1980’s, and she shares a few of them in this entertaining hou...

Yeah Uh Huh Rotisserie Cinema Take 6 is the movies of 1986! Top Gun did not even make our cut, so you might be surprised by the titles our esteemed panel came up with this time. We are joined by CJ Plain "The Music God", Time Lightell of "Manbaby" and the full crew from Maniacal Music Musings to rank 17 movies our test group nominated for the celebrated Felis *opposite the Osca...

YUH 175 is a Movie Forensics! In the fall 1974 Mel Brooks was fresh off the huge success of Blazing Saddles when he conspired with fellow comic genius Gene Wilder to produce "Young Frankenstein"! In this gothic hour, Dr. Douglas McLeod Jr. joins us to discuss this iconic film and provide some insiteful profiles of the actors who made it. Do not adjust your sets! The black and white is on purpose :...

YUH 174 author Heather Shafter and her new book “Life of Libby: Chasing Peace and Justice with Humor Guts and Passion.  Libby Frank rose from a young, activist from Cleveland, Ohio to Director of the WILPF. Along the way she worked to help the poor, disenfranchised and victimized members of society in myriad ways.  A friend of the recently departed activist, Heather reminds us that Libby’s path in...

On this episode of Yeah Uh Huh with Lisa, Phil, and Aaron, we're joined by our friend Thea Shook to “Level the Land” with a track-by-track breakdown of the classic Levellers album. Get ready to rock out and dive deep into the history, meaning, and musical genius behind each song. From "One Way" to the outcry of “The Battle of Beanfield” we leave no stone henge unturned on this wild ride through on...

YUH 173 is another "Between the Covers" book club edition. This time it's Carrie Brownstein's memoir "Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl with Admin Thea of the Rock and Roll Heaven podcast. Carrie and her comedy partner Fred Armissen are well known to fans of the IFC program "Portlandia". But music lovers know her from the post punk grunge trio Sleater-Kinney. The book is notable for how it chronicles...

YUH 172 is Keldamuzik. From Silicon Valley, Keldamuzik has utilized advanced metrics and technology to advance her diverse career as an actress, talk show host, business woman and r and b/hip hop artist. We had a great conversation with the self described "Diva", covering a wide array of topics and culminating in yet another awesome edition of our "Elite 8 Mini Bracket" Such a...

YUH 171 is author Rhonda Parker-Taylor and her mystery thriller Crossroads. Set in the members only era of 1982, it's the story of a murder in a suburb of Rhonda's very own Indianapolis, Indiana. Paris Pennington is a bank Loan Analyst who finds herself as the jury foreman on the case of the boy accused of the crime. A complex, mind twisting series of events brings her much closer to peril...

On Yeah Uh Huh 170 author Keith Mason brings a remarkable story.  As a child our guest did not know his father, Burton Mason.  But through some Life magazine articles his mother passed along and family stories he pieced together an image of the deep sea diver he barely knew.  Not until Keith found a youtube video from a 1961 episode of the classic game show “To Tell The Truth” could he finally put...

Ebony Hustle 2 dropped on all the streamers a couple of weeks ago. Mastermind of the Ebony-verse John Wayne S III returns to Yeah Uh Huh to discuss scifi, intergender baseketball, the flowering career of Michelle Lamb and more. Aaron missed John's first appearance, but participated from the bucket seat of his car traversing the scenic streets of Socal. #ebonyhustle #TheBigLebowski #scifi #mich...

YUH 168 brings us the return of Anne Montgomery. Anne has written the story of Sgt. Bud Richardville, a World War 2 veteran who saw action from the beaches of Normandy through the brutal fighting in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge as part of a graves unit. Anne's book, "Your Forgotten Sons", is curently available for pre-order and will be released in June 6th of th...

Aaron's Audio Edibles Track 16 was a long time coming. Will Hickey (aka. Will The Thrill from the Rock and Roll Heaven Podcast) helped us launch one of our favorite formats when he brought Ween's "The Mollusk" to the chatlab on episode 79, our very first AAE. Not long after, Aaron turned the erstwhile New Yorker on to Big Star's 1972 roots rock treasure "No. 1 Record" as they hiked the hillsides o...

Aaron's Audio Edibles Track 15 is Wind and Wuthering by the 1970's Prog Rock supergroup Genesis. By 1976, founding member Peter Garbiel has left Genesis to start his own incredible solo career. Stepping up to lead vocals was drummber Phil Collins, a man who would become a powerful force in pop music in the 1980's. Wind and Wuthering was the band's 8th album. Keyboardist Tony Banks&...

On Yeah Uh Huh 165 author Gerald Everett Jones joins us to talk about his fascinating book "Preacher Stalls The Second Coming". It is the latest installment for Gerald's popular protagonist Preacher Evan Wycliff. The story revolves around a mysterious cult and explores themes of spirituality, accountability and the power of technology. #preacherevanwycliff #preacherstallsthesecondcom...

Our awesome nephew Kris Tucker recently did some beautiful renders of some of his favorite characters from MASH, which so happens to be one of our favorite shows as well. We wanted to incorporate them into the podcast somehow, so we thought resurrecting episode 4, in which Lisa and I sat around the table and discussed different episodes, would be a great way to exhibit his work in a video. Kris is...

YUH 164 is the fifth installment (or chapter) of our book club, "Between The Covers". Our favorite living author Mike Hilbig helps us review the second novel of Aaron's favorite all time author Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan. It is the story of Malachi Canstant and his intergalactic travels through the Chrono-synclastic Infandibulum! Considered by many to be the greatest writer of the 1950's a...

The Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primaries are over, and all that stands between Donald Trump and a second term in the White House are some 91 indictments and incumbent President Joe Biden. Will Cooper returns, not only to promote his upcoming book "How America Works and why it Doesn't", but to help us interpret a new NBC poll that suggests the 2024 General Election may be Trump&#39...