Paul Harris Show
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPodcasts from The Paul Harris Show, as heard on radio stations across the country (plus The Final Table poker radio show).
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Opening Remarks 2/9/18
February 10, 2018 06:06Here are the opening remarks from my final Friday show on KTRS, in which I explain how I came to St. Louis 19 years ago this month, why I jumped over to KMOX after five years, and why I returned to KTRS a decade ago while doing freelance and syndicated shows for stations around the country. I also looked back at some of the extraordinary people from so many professions I've had the honor of interviewing in my 40 years on commercial radio. The list is too long to mention everyone, but quite o...
Closing Remarks 2/9/18
February 10, 2018 06:05Here are the closing remarks from my final Friday show on KTRS, in which I explain why I quit college to pursue radio, why I didn't let a corporate VP keep me from succeeding in major markets, and offer thanks to the person who's been with me during the highest highs and the lowest lows of my career. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes!
The Harris Brothers
February 10, 2018 06:04As the final guest on my radio show, I invited my brother Seth -- former US Deputy Secretary of Labor -- to join me to explain what it's like to run a cabinet department when the government shuts down. We also talked politics, from Trump's White House to the Democrats' chances in the 2018 and 2020 elections, and much more. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes!
Showbiz Show 2/9/18
February 10, 2018 06:03This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max and I reviewed the new movies "Fifty Shades Freed" and "Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool." We also talked about "The Cloverfield Paradox" on Netflix and other movie and television stuff. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes!
Harris Challenge 2/9/18
February 10, 2018 06:02How and why did I create The Harris Challenge, the most popular feature in the history of my radio show? I explain in this podcast, and then you can take a shot at the topical trivia categories, including Radio You Can See, They Go Outside In The Cold On Purpose, and Names In the News. Listen and play along, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Harris Challenges? Click here.
Knuckleheads In The News® 2/9/18
February 10, 2018 06:01This collection of Knuckleheads In The News® stories includes a destructive trucker, a naked airline passenger, and a stadium seat stealer. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Knuckleheads In The News®? Click here.
Joshua Zeitz, "Building The Great Society"
February 03, 2018 01:24Joshua Zeitz says the presidential legacy most at risk under Donald Trump isn't that of Barack Obama, but of LBJ. I asked him to explain while we discussed his book, "Building The Great Society: Lyndon Johnson's White House." We talked about Johnson's work on Medicare and Medicaid, how much the Vietnam War detracts from his legacy, how his War On Poverty worked out. I also asked how his work on desegregation and civil rights lost the south for the Democrats and how he spent the political c...
Showbiz Show 2/2/18
February 03, 2018 01:23This week on the showbiz segment of my show, guest movie critic Kevin Brackett (from ReviewSTL.com and the Reel Spoilers podcast) joined me to discuss this weekend's Comic-Con in St. Louis, the new Helen Mirren movie "Winchester," and a Netflix movie about one of the founders of National Lampoon. We also talked about the upcoming "Black Panther" film, the next "Star Wars" standalone project, and what was wrong with the Tonya Harding biopic "I, Tonya." Listen, then click here to subscribe t...
Harris Challenge 2/2/18
February 03, 2018 01:22On this edition of my Harris Challenge -- the most fun you can have with your radio on -- the categories include That's A Super Bowl, Groundhog Day, and Boston or Philadelphia? Listen and play along, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Harris Challenges? Click here.
Knuckleheads In The News® 2/2/18
February 03, 2018 01:21This collection of Knuckleheads In The News® stories includes trouble in a box truck, a planeload of plumbers, and an Amazon delivery mistake. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Knuckleheads In The News®? Click here.
Dr. Demento, "Covered In Punk"
January 30, 2018 06:03Radio legend Dr. Demento -- the man who popularized such oddball songs as "Fish Heads," "Wet Dream," and "Shaving Cream" -- visited my radio show to discuss his new project, "Covered In Punk." He was accompanied by John Cafiero, who produced the project, which plays like a two-hour Dr. Demento show with punk covers of some of the songs he first gave airplay to. We talked about how Dr. Demento's career began at one local station in Los Angeles and eventually grew to a weekly national show o...
Andy Dehnart on Reality Stars' Fake Followers
January 30, 2018 06:02Andy Dehnart, publisher of RealityBlurred.com, returned to my radio show to discuss Omarosa's return to reality television, the future of "The Amazing Race," and Ann Curry's new PBS show. We also delved into the New York Times story about a company that sells millions of fake followers on Twitter and Facebook, the reality stars who have inflated their fan numbers that way, and an analogy to radio ratings. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes!
The Stars Of "Faceless"
January 30, 2018 06:01Last week, I raved about "Faceless," a drama that's playing at The Rep in St. Louis. I liked it so much that I invited its two leads to join me in the studio to talk about it. Susaan Jamshidi plays the prosecutor, Claire, while Lindsay Stock plays Susie, the teenager accused of trying to run off an join ISIS. We talked about what they see as their characters' motivations, what it was like to step into those roles again after having played them a year ago at the Northlight Theatre in Chicag...
Shame On You, Stephen Colbert!
January 28, 2018 06:05As I wrote Friday, I was outraged at Stephen Colbert -- for whom I'd had a lot of respect for both his comedic and critical thinking skills (Catholicism aside) -- for playing nice with Gwyneth Paltrow on his Thursday night "Late Show." Over the last few years, he's made fun of Paltrow and her nonsense-promoting business, Goop, and he's been pretty direct about it. But this time, he allowed Paltrow a network television platform to promote her Goop pseudoscience (e.g. vagina steaming, magnet...
David Evanier on Woody Allen Backlash
January 27, 2018 06:06Over the last few weeks, several actors and actresses who have appeared in Woody Allen movies (e.g. Joaquin Phoenix, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Rebecca Hall, Greta Gerwig, Rachel Brosnahan, Ellen Page, and Mira Sorvino) have made public proclamations of regret in an attempt to distance themselves from the filmmaker. The reason? The continuing claims by Dylan Farrow that Allen sexually assaulted her in 1992, when she was 7 years old. Allen has always denied the assertions, claiming that ...
Showbiz Show 1/26/18
January 27, 2018 06:03This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max and I review the new Christian Bale movie "Hostiles." Then we get into who was left out of the Oscar nominations, why we love the movie theater company that's coming to St. Louis, and the upcoming remake of "West Side Story." On the TV side, we discussed the return of "Murphy Brown" and "The Greatest American Hero," plus Jimmy Kimmel's perfect guest for the night of Trump's State Of The Union speech. Listen, then click here to subscribe to t...
Harris Challenge 1/26/18
January 27, 2018 06:02On this edition of my Harris Challenge -- the most fun you can have with your radio on -- the categories include Never Won A Grammy, Names In The News, and Where In The World? Listen and play along, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Harris Challenges? Click here.
Knuckleheads In The News® 1/26/18
January 27, 2018 06:01This collection of Knuckleheads In The News® stories includes a beauty pageant for camels, a catnip cocktail, and a real-life man-bites-dog headline. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Knuckleheads In The News®? Click here.
Larry Olmsted, "Real Food, Fake Food"
January 23, 2018 06:03Do you know there's wood pulp in your parmesan cheese? Do you know there's probably no lobster in the lobster bisque you ordered? Do you know what makes olive oil "extra virgin"? Do you know that the Kobe beef on a restaurant menu is very unlikely to be real Kobe beef? These are just a few of the questions answered by my guest Larry Olmsted, author of "Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It." Larry writes the Great American Bites column for ...
Peter Nicks, "The Force"
January 23, 2018 06:02In the years since the Darren Wilson/Michael Brown story in Ferguson, there’s been a lot of talk about police department reform, both here in St. Louis and across the country. Documentarian Peter Nicks spent two years embedded with the Oakland, California, police department, as it tried to reform itself after years of high crime rates and scandals. The finished product is called “The Force,” which aired last night on PBS as part of the Independent Lens series and is now streaming online. H...
Aaron Carotta, "Finding The Current"
January 23, 2018 06:01Here's my conversation with Aaron Carotta, who took a solo trip in a canoe the entire length of the Missouri River, then down the Mississippi River, and across the Gulf of Mexico -- that's 5,000 miles from Montana to Florida. Considering he had zero experience in a canoe (he didn't even own one) when he started, it's an amazing story, part of which is captured in the documentary "Finding The Current," which will premiere at the Tivoli in St. Louis on February 8th. Listen, then click here t...
Jeff Kreisler, "Dollars and Sense"
January 20, 2018 06:04Here's my conversation with Jeff Kreisler, co-author with Dan Ariely of "Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter." Jeff explained such terms as opportunity cost, the pain of paying, and anchoring. We also discussed why we don't talk to each other about money, and why our kids don't get a good financial education in school. We also delved into why it's a bad idea to be your own real estate agent, how credit cards make us pay more for things, and what we did before t...
Showbiz Show 1/19/18
January 20, 2018 06:03This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max and I review the new movies "12 Strong" and "Den Of Thieves." In other showbiz news, we discussed more #MeToo fallout, including a contract dispute on "Black-ish," whether James Franco and Aziz Ansari will attend the SAG Awards on Sunday, and a followup on the Michelle Williams/Mark Wahlberg pay gap on "All The Money In The World." Next we turned out attention to television, including another nineties sitcom that NBC might bring back, Conan...
Harris Challenge 1/19/18
January 20, 2018 06:02On this edition of my Harris Challenge -- the most fun you can have with your radio on -- the categories include the He Only Hired The Best People, Around The World In Seven Days, and You Know Her Name. Listen and play along, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Harris Challenges? Click here.
Knuckleheads In The News® 1/19/18
January 20, 2018 06:01This collection of Knuckleheads In The News® stories include three bizarre airport incidents and one flying car. Listen, then click here to subscribe to these podcasts via iTunes! Want more Knuckleheads In The News®? Click here.