Rock 'n Roll Ghost
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Rock 'n Roll Ghost is an entertainment podcast specializing in interviews with people in the film, TV, music, literary and restaurant worlds. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
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Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S15 E04 - chef John Manion (Brasero, El Che Steakhouse & Bar)
April 23, 2024 21:28 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with chef/restaurateur John Manion (El Che Steakhouse & Bar) about his newly opened restaurant Brasero in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. Manion talks about how Brasero came to be and what diners can expect when visiting. The restaurant has strong ties to South American cuisine, cocktails and wines. Manion lived in South American as a child and has always had strong ties to the cuisine across his yea...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S15 E03 - musician Shannon Larkin (Godsmack)
April 05, 2024 21:58 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Shannon Larkin, drummer for the hard rock band Godsmack. Larkin discusses the band's upcoming Vibez Tour, which is making a stop at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary, IN (in addition to many other venues) and how this tour is different from the band's last coast-to-coast trek through America. The band will be performing acoustically and lead singer Sully Erna will tell some stories about the b...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S15 E02 - Chef Jonathon Sawyer (Kindling)
March 27, 2024 21:46 - 52 minutes - 48 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with James Beard award-winning chef Jonathon Sawyer of Chicago restaurant Kindling. Along with discussing Kindling, Chef Sawyer talks about his career cooking with such luminaries as Charlie Palmer and Michael Symon (even appearing along Iron Chef Symon on numerous episodes of Food Network's Iron Chef America). He also goes into the issues he had with substance abuse and maintaining his sobriety. Lin...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E07 - musician Stella Rose
December 13, 2023 18:36 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Stella Rose about her album, Eyes of Glass (out now on KRO Records), her music career and just a little bit about growing up the daughter of Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan. Links: Stella Rose --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E06 - filmmaker Mel Eslyn (Biosphere)
July 20, 2023 18:15 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Mel Eslyn about her new film Biosphere starring Sterling K. Brown and Mark Duplass, which is available in theaters and on video now. Eslyn talks about working with Mark and Jay Duplass' production company, co-writing the film with Mark and working with both him and Brown in this unique film centering on possibly the last two men on Earth. Links: Biosphere - https://www.biosphere.movie/...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E05 - musician Peyton Bighorse (Skating Polly)
June 23, 2023 18:43 - 29 minutes - 27 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Peyton Bighorse of rock band Skating Polly about the band’s new album, Chaos County Line, out today, June 23rd, via El Camino Records. Peyton talks about the new album, their tour (which stops in Chicago on June 24th at Beat Kitchen), the band’s move from Oklahoma to Tacoma, WA, as well as the multitude of luminaries that have sung the band’s praises since their inception (including Calvin...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E04 - actor/filmmaker Jennifer Esposito (Fresh Kills)
June 21, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock ‘n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/filmmaker Jennifer Esposito about her role in Ray Romano’s Somewhere in Queens (now available to rent/buy on home video) and her feature film debut, Fresh Kills, which just debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. Esposito also made a surprise return to her role on CBS’ Blue Bloods in May. Esposito discusses working with Romano on Somewhere in Queens, as well as her shocking role on Amazon’s The...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E02 - musician Louise Post (solo / Veruca Salt)
June 19, 2023 14:55 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Louise Post (Veruca Salt) about her newly released debut solo album, Sleepwalker, available via El Camino Records. Post, who hails from Chicago and is one of the members of alt-rock icons Veruca Salt, discusses why now was the time to release her first solo album, how she worked with producer/musician Matt Drenik to shape the songs as well as the album’s tracks. She also gives a hint at he...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E03 - musician Glen Phillips (solo / Toad the Wet Sprocket)
June 19, 2023 14:52 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Glen Phillips about his most recent solo album, There Is So Much Here, available via Compass Records, as well as coming back together with his bandmates in Toad the Wet Sprocket for a summer tour which is already underway (see dates below). Toad the Wet Sprocket also have a remastered greatest hits album out now, All You Want, featuring the bonus track “Best of Me.” Phillips discusses rec...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S14 E01 - musician Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
June 05, 2023 22:10 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies (writer/guitarist) about the band’s latest release, Such Ferocious Beauty, which is available now via Cooking Vinyl. Michael discusses the band’s origins, his working relationship with the band (which includes his sister Margo on lead vocals, brother Peter on drums and Alan Anton on bass) after decades together, how touring has changed for them in the past...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E10 - actor Adrian Martinez (Universal’s Renfield)
May 05, 2023 13:16 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Adrian Martinez about his role in Universal’s Dracula film, Renfield, which is in theaters and available digitally now. Martinez, who is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company, discusses how he prepared for the role in Renfield, where he plays a New Orleans policeman, by asking for advice from NOLA locals. He also talks about his relationship with the film’s star Nicholas Cage, as well as ...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E09 - actor John Hoogenakker (Showtime's Waco: The Aftermath)
April 17, 2023 15:53 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor John Hoogenakker about his role as Branch Davidian member Clive Doyle, the only member of the group to not be convicted in the wake of the events that transpired in Waco, TX in 1993. Hoogenakker discusses how he got the role and what research he did to prepare for his role. He also touches on his connection to Waco: The Aftermatch star Michael Shannon, who he replaced in a stage version of Tr...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E08 - filmmaker Tim Bogart (Spinning Gold)
April 03, 2023 15:34 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Tim Bogart (Spinning Gold). Tim is the son of Casablanca Records co-founder Neil Bogart and Spinning Gold tells his father’s bold and wild story in the music business, warts and all. Casablanca was home to Donna Summers, KISS, Parliament-Funkadelic and the Village People to name a few of the hugely successful artists on the label. Tim discusses staying true to who his father was, even if ...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E07 - actor David Dastmalchian (Boston Strangler, Count Crowley) [Dune, Blade Runner 2049, The Dark Knight, The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man, Marvel, DC, Oppenheimer, The Boogeyman]
March 24, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, All Creatures Here Below, Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Prisoners, the Ant-Man series, Animals, The Dark Knight) about his most currently-in-release projects. Those would be his role in 20th Century Studios’ Boston Strangler, available now on Hulu. As well as the second volume in his Count Crowley graphic novel series. Dastmalchian discusses his love of all t...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E06 - actor Roman Zaragoza (CBS' Ghosts)
March 23, 2023 21:57 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Roman Zaragoza about his role on the hit CBS sitcom, Ghosts. Zaragoza discusses his role as the deceased Native American Sasappis, and how his own Native American ancestry comes into play in the role. He also talks about the difficult road he has had being someone multi-cultural and how he always wants to not play a stereo-typical ethnicity and his work with charitable organizations such as O...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E05 - actor Adam Goldberg (CBS' The Equalizer, Saving Private Ryan, Dazed and Confused)
March 17, 2023 17:00 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Adam Goldberg (Saving Private Ryan, Dazed and Confused) about his role on CBS’ The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah. On the show, a remake of the 80s hit series (which begat two successful films starring Denzel Washington), Goldberg stars as Harry Keshegian, a computer hacker working with Latifah’s character Robyn McCall to help people in desperate situations. Goldberg, who is also a musician...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E04 - Filmmaker Jamie Winterstern (Supercell) [Anne Heche, Alec Baldwin, Skeet Ulrich]
March 16, 2023 19:47 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Jamie Winterstern, the director behind Supercell, a film about storm chasers and a young man’s pursuit of connecting to his deceased father. Supercell opens in theaters across the country and via video on demand Friday, March 17th. Winterstern discusses the genesis of the idea behind Supercell, writing the script with Anna Elizabeth James, how a limited budget made him think outside of th...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E03 - Filmmaker Balin Schneider (Out of Time: The Material Issue Story)
March 10, 2023 18:03 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Balin Schneider about his film (his first), Out of Time: The Material Issue Story, about the Chicago power-pop band Material Issue’s career. Schneider, who is in his 20s, discusses how he “discovered” Material Issue and what led him to focus on the band for a short documentary for a film school project and how that snowballed into a feature length film. The Ghost and Schneider also focus ...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E02 - actor James Badge Dale (1923, The Departed, Iron Man 3, Hightown, Rubicon, The Grey, 24)
March 03, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor James Badge Dale about his role as John Dutton Sr. on the hit Paramount Plus series 1923 from creator Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, The Mayor of Kingstown), as well as his career which dates back to his appearance in 1990’s Lord of the Flies adaptation. Dale, who resides in New York City, but spent a good deal of his youth in California, discusses the reasons for both wanting to become an act...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E01 - Celebrity Chef Tiffani Faison (Sweet Cheeks Q, Tournament of Champions III Winner, Guy's Grocery Games, Chopped, Top Chef)
February 24, 2023 16:09 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with celebrity chef Tiffani Faison (Partner/Chef in Boston’s Big Heart Hospitality which includes Sweet Cheeks Q, Tenderoni’s, Bubble Bath, Dive Bar and Fool’s Errand, as well as the runner up on the very first season of Top Chef and the winner of Food Network’s Tournament of Champions III). Faison discusses the changes she and her company have had to make in the wake of the Covid pandemic, including cl...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E10 - filmmaker/podcaster Mike Pecci (12 KM, In Love With the Process)
February 10, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker (12KM) /podcaster (In Love With the Process) Mike Pecci. Pecci discusses what drove him to filmmaking, the pull from Boston to Los Angeles to invest in himself and his career from that point on, including his podcast, In Love With the Process. He also dives deep into his much buzzed about short film 12KM (see my review here), about a science team’s confrontation with something paranormal...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E09 - actor Melissa Ponzio (Teen Wolf: The Movie, The Walking Dead, Chicago Fire)
February 02, 2023 20:16 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Melissa Ponzio (Teen Wolf, The Walking Dead) about her role in the newly released Teen Wolf: The Movie, available now on Paramount+. Ponzio discusses taking on the role of Melissa McCall, a hard-working single mother to the series and film’s title character, Scott (Tyler Posey), from 100 episodes on TV and into the feature film and how devoted the Teen Wolf fan base is. Ponzio also talks abou...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E08 - filmmaker/novelist Eric Garcia (Kaleidoscope)
January 24, 2023 18:39 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker/novelist Eric Garcia (Matchstick Men, The Repossession Mambo) about his new series, Kaleidoscope, which debuted on Netflix January 01. The series, about a heist 25 years in the making, has a fascinating structure. All episodes have a color instead of a title or episode number for one. They are also completely out of order, save for the "white" episode, which Garcia says should always be...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E07 - musician Vonda Shepard
January 20, 2023 15:31 - 31 minutes - 29 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Vonda Shepard about her new album, Red Light Green Light, which she will be touring on in 2023. Shepard discusses the creation and recording of the album during the Covid-19 pandemic, recording it in her and her husband's, musician/producer Mitchell Froom (Crowded House, Sheryl Crow, Randy Newman), home recording studio, her time as part of Al Jarreau & Jackson Browne's bands (Vonda reac...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E06 - actor Amy Landecker (SHO's Your Honor, Missing)
January 17, 2023 23:56 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Amy Landecker about the return of Showtime's Your Honor where she co-stars alongside Bryan Cranston, as well as her role in the upcoming feature film, Missing. Landecker, who hails from Chicago and is the daughter of famed Chicago DJ John "Records" Landecker, talks about her breakout role in the Coen brothers' A Serious Man, where she worked alongside Michael Stuhlbarg (who is also on Your ...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E05 - actor Gabriel Luna (HBO's The Last of Us)
January 15, 2023 01:10 - 29 minutes - 27 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) about his role as "Tommy" on the HBO adaptation of the video game The Last of Us (from Naughty Dog). Luna discusses working on the show with the game's creator Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin (Chernobyl), his bonding with Pedro Pascal (the series lead, Joel) and how playing the game helped him get into the TV's world. He also talks about his role in 20...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E04 - Filmmaker Andrew Baird (One Way)
December 30, 2022 19:22 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Andrew Baird about his new film One Way starring Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly), Drea de Matteo, Storm Reid, Travis Fimmel and Kevin Bacon. Baird, making his second appearance on the podcast (the first guest to do so), discusses the making of the film, working with the cast on a tight shooting schedule, and lets slip a detail about his next film which will star Guy Pearce who was...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E03 - actor Paul Calderon (Bad Lieutenant, Fear the Walking Dead, Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, Bosch, King of New York, Bosch, Out of Sight, Sea of Love)
December 16, 2022 21:39 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Paul Calderon (Bosch, Four Rooms, King of New York, Sea of Love, Bad Lieutenant, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Fear the Walking Dead, Q&A) about his career from the start to the present. Calderon discusses that he was up for the role of Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction, his audition for legendary director Sidney Lumet for his 1990 film Q&A, his connection with Abel Ferrara that led to his role ...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E02 - Rockaway Records co-owner Wayne Johnson
December 09, 2022 22:00 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Rockaway Records co-owner Wayne Johnson. Johnson discusses how he got into collecting and how he and his brother started Rockaway Records. He also gives insight into some of his famous customers and how he treats them like anyone else (save for some more privacy). Links: Rockaway Records --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S12 E01 - musician Josh Robins (The Invincible Czars) [Nosferatu]
October 21, 2022 15:18 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Josh Robins of the experimental rock back The Invincible Czars. The band is currently on tour, performing the music of the classic silent horror film, Nosferatu alongside the film. Robins discusses the band’s origins in Austin, TX, how the band became known for accompanying films (beginning at the Alamo Drafthouse in 2006), as well as the current tour, which features a stop at Chicago’s hi...
Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S11 E10 - filmmaker Walter Hill (Dead For a Dollar) [48 Hrs., The Warriors, Johnny Handsome, Extreme Prejudice, Geronimo: An American Legend, Streets of Fire]
October 14, 2022 14:46 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with the great filmmaker Walter Hill (48 Hrs., The Warriors, Johnny Handsome, Extreme Prejudice, Geronimo: An American Legend, Streets of Fire) about his newest film, Dead For a Dollar. Starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke and Benjamin Bratt, Dead For a Dollar is Hill’s new age twist on the classic western. Hill explains here how he wanted to take modern-day themes and ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E09 - filmmaker Mark Pellington (Going All the Way, Survive, Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies)
October 07, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Mark Pellington (Going All the Way, Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Survive). Pellington discusses his work turning the short form series Survive, produced for the now defunct Quibi, into a long form film, as well as the upcoming video release of his first feature film, Going All the Way starring Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, Jeremy Davies and Rachel Weisz in November. Additionall...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E08 - filmmaker Zach Cregger (Barbarian) [Bill Skarsgaard, Georgina Campbell, Justin Long]
September 30, 2022 17:00 - 29 minutes - 27.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Zach Cregger about his new film Barbarian which debuted at #1 at the box-office on its opening weekend. In a discussion that includes spoilers (so beware!), Cregger gets into subverting expectations with his cast (Bill Skarsgaard, Georgina Campbell, Justin Long), substituting Budapest for Detroit, how they pulled off that flashback scene in the film, and how Barbarian's success has affo...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E07 - actor Warren Burke (Dead for a Dollar) [Walter Hill, Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, Benjamin Bratt, Brandon Scott, Willem Dafoe]
September 29, 2022 15:24 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Warren Burke (Netflix's Family Reunion) about his role in acclaimed director Walter Hill's new western film, Dead for a Dollar co-starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Brandon Scott and Benjamin Bratt. Burke discusses growing up in Chicago and his impulsive move to Los Angeles in the middle of winter at age 22, as well as his work on Family Reunion, his upcoming shoot on...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E06 - filmmaker Allan Ungar (Bandit) [Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert]
September 28, 2022 19:53 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Allan Ungar, director of the recently released Bandit starring Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert and Mel Gibson in a true story about Canada's biggest bank robber. Ungar discusses his road to making the film, how budget reasons made it impossible to shoot the film in Canada, instead swapping Georgia in as a substitute, and how happy he was to get this cast set in place. Bandit is in the...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E05 - actor/author Richie Stephens (The Gangster's Guide To Sobriety) [NCIS, Blue Bloods]
September 16, 2022 15:17 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/author Richie Stephens (NCIS, Blue Bloods) about his book The Gangster's Guide To Sobriety, which details his criminal background along with his decline into alcoholism and drug addiction. Stephens discusses the real life exploits detailed in the book, his acting history, as well as the upcoming TV series adaptation of the book by Silicon Valley co-creators Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler....
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E04 - actor Mike Starr (Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, Ed Wood, Chicago Fire)
September 01, 2022 16:47 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Mike Starr (Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, Ed Wood, Clockers, Chicago Fire). Starr goes through his career, including a look into his role in Martin Scorsese's iconic gangster film, Goodfellas. He also takes a number of detours along the way, talking about his family, his time living in Chicago, favorite restaurants and more. Links: Mike Starr IMDB --- Support this podcast: https://p...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E03 - Chef Van Johnson (Hog Diesel)
August 26, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with BBQ competition chef Van Johnson of Overland Park, Kansas' Hog Diesel. Johnson talks about how he got his start in BBQ, what drove him to compete and where he's going next. Johnson also dives into some of his favorite movies as well. Links: Hog Diesel Facebook Hog Diesel on Food Network's BBQ USA with Michael Symon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hic...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E02 - Chef Richie Farina (Ever Restaurant)
August 17, 2022 19:45 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Richie Farina, sous chef of Chicago's 2-Michelin Star rated Ever Restaurant. Farina discusses his career, including his years at MOTO learning under the tutelage of chefs Homaro Cantu and Chris Jones, as well as his stint on Top Chef Texas (along with Jones), his Cooking Channel show Carnival Kings, and his time at Chicago's Monteverde - from fellow Top Chef Texas Sarah Grueneberg. But most ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S11 E01 - Author Meg Gardiner (Heat 2) [Michael Mann, Unsub, China Lake]
August 11, 2022 14:37 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author Meg Gardiner (Unsub, China Lake) about her collaboration with filmmaker Michael Mann on the newly released Heat 2. The book, a sequel and a prequel to Mann's revered crime thriller Heat (1995) that starred Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer, takes the reader through the aftermath of the film while also exploring the characters lives before those events. Gardiner discusses her collabor...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E10 - Musician Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines)
August 09, 2022 14:47 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Brandon Curtis of rock band Secret Machines. Curtis discusses the band's new double EP, Dreaming of Dreaming and Day 21, as well as the September 23rd reissue of their s/t album. Curtis and Josh Garza remain the two sole members of the band after Curtis' brother, Benjamin Curtis left the band to form School of Seven Bells. Benjamin sadly passed away in 2013 and Brandon and I discuss having ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E09 - Chef Gene Kato (Momotaro)
August 05, 2022 20:06 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Gene Kato, executive chef at Chicago's Momotaro. Kato discusses his time living and working in North Carolina, his time running his acclaimed restaurant Sumi Robata Bar and his transition to running Boka Group's stunning Japanese restaurant Momotaro in Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood. Links: Momotaro Site Momotaro Instagram Gene Kato Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://podcast...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E08 - musician George Porter Jr. (The Meters, The funky Meters, Joyride) [The Neville Brothers, New Orleans]
August 05, 2022 17:11 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with legendary New Orleans musician George Porter Jr. (The Meters, The funky Meters, Joyride, GP Jr. & the Runnin' Pardners) about his career, his current touring schedule and what it means to be a musician from New Orleans. Links: George Porter Jr. Official George Porter Jr. Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E07 - actor Garret Dillahunt (Where the Crawdads Sing, Sprung) [Raising Hope, Widows, The Mindy Project, Justified, Fear the Walking Dead, Ambulance, Army of the Dead]
July 15, 2022 18:55 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Garret Dillahunt about his roles in the just released film Where the Crawdads Sing, as well as his upcoming Freevee series Sprung, which reunites him with Raising Hope creator Greg Garcia and his co-star Martha Plimpton. Dillahunt discusses working on both Crawdads and Sprung - especially about his reunion with Garcia and Plimpton, as well as his relationships with master filmmakers Andrew ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E06 - actor/filmmaker Tim Matheson (Virgin River) [Animal House, Fletch, A Very Brady Sequel,, Burn Notice, Criminal Minds, Psych, 1941]
July 08, 2022 17:05 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/filmmaker Tim Matheson (Animal House, Fletch, Criminal Minds, The West Wing) about the new season of Netflix's Virgin River where he has played Dr. Vernon "Doc" Mullins for 3 seasons. Matheson discusses the character, the world of streaming, his time directing an enormous of amount of TV episodes (Psych, Hart of Dixie, Burn Notice and Virgin River), as well as delving into some of his iconic ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E05 - filmmaker Emily Carmichael (Jurassic World: Dominion, Pacific Rim Uprising) [Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, Laura Dern, Sam Neill]
July 06, 2022 16:12 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim Uprising) about co-writing this summer's blockbuster sequel, Jurassic World: Dominion with director Colin Trevorrow. Carmichael discusses her pathway to big-budget screenwriting from her years of making independent short films. She also talks about the difference between co-writing Pacific Rim Uprising and collaborating with Trevorrow on Dominion. Carmichael...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E04 - filmmaker Richard Wong (The Valet) [Eugenio Derbez, Samara Weaving, Max Greenfield, Carmen Salinas]
July 01, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Richard Wong about his new film, The Valet, starring Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included), Samara Weaving (Mayhem), Max Greenfield (New Girl), Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad) and the late legend Carmen Salinas. Wong talks about coming on to the project somewhat last minute and the chance to break into another level of filmmaking with a bigger budgeted movie. He also speaks about his d...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E03 - filmmaker Alfonso Pineda Ulloa (There Are No Saints) [Jose Maria Yazpik, Tim Roth, Ron Perlman]
July 01, 2022 16:03 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Alfonso Pineda Ulloa about his film There Are No Saints starring Jose Maria Yazpik (Narcos: Mexico), Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy) and Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) and written by acclaimed filmmaker Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). Ulloa, whose last name I butcher repeatedly (apologies to Alfonso again), discusses the making of the film, including the years it took to be released. He gets into h...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E02 - filmmaker Gaz Alazraki (Father of the Bride)
June 28, 2022 00:21 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Gaz Alazraki (HBO MAX's Father of the Bride). Alazraki discusses his goals for the remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, including the desire to not just make a film about a Cuban family and a Mexican family coming together in marriage, but a universal film about families. The film, a smash hit on HBO MAX since debuting before Father's Day, surprised this viewer with both its hysterical...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E01 - musician Omar Doom (Straight Razor) [Quentin Tarantino]
June 17, 2022 18:03 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/actor Omar Doom (Straight Razor) to discuss the release of the ep Straight Razor Vol. 2. Doom discusses making the new ep, his days in fashion design, which led to him meeting Quentin Tarantino, which in turn led to his roles in Tarantino's films (Deathproof, Inglourious Basterds), as well as his upcoming touring schedule. Links: Omar Doom Official Site Omar Doom Instagram --- ...