Best LED Confidential Podcasts (2024)

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The Many Wild Accidents That Led to Peter Gunn 24:13

8h ago24:13

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TVC 654.5: Ed welcomes back esteemed music journalist and music historian Jon Burlingame (Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring). Jon’s latest book, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir, is a combination history of Peter Gunn (NBC/ABC, 1958-1961) on television; biography of Grammy Award-w…

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Putting universities in their place 44:23

13d ago44:23

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With increasing reports of universities in crisis, what does the future hold for these important local and regional anchor institutions? How can they work with higher education 'cold spots' in cities and towns to extend provision, and what does the sector want from the next UK government? David and Mike, discuss with guest Dr Peter O’Brien, Executi…

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Bruce Dern, John Wayne, and The Cowboys 24:15

2h ago24:15

24:15

TVC 653.1: Bruce Dern biographers Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about Dern’s famous appearance in The Cowboys (in which he played the man who kills Wayne’s character halfway through the picture) and the actor had to navigate a schedule conflict over production of another movie, Silent Running, so that he could film that pivotal scen…

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Bruce Dern’s Early Television Career 22:13

1h ago22:13

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TVC 653.2: Bruce Dern biographers Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about why Dern worked frequently in television in the 1960s—even when he was making movies like The War Wagon with John Wayne—because casting directors from both industries always knew to keep an eye on him. Other topics this segment include the nearly fatal lung injury…

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Paul Schrader, Bruce Dern, and James Garner 16:01

1h ago16:01

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TVC 653.3: Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer tell Ed how Bob’s experience working with director Paul Schrader on Auto Focus (Schrader’s depiction of the Bob Crane murder case) spurred Bob to work with Chris in telling his own account of what happened in their book Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father’s Unsolved Murder. Other topics this segment in…

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TMZ and The Death of Michael Jackson 24:56

41m ago24:56

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TVC 653.4: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss how TMZ’s coverage of the death of Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009 put TMZ on the map as a credible news source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy ed robertson

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Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, and Peter Gunn 17:03

3h ago17:03

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TVC 654.6: Music journalist Jon Burlingame (Music for Prime Time, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir) discusses some of the many innovations that Blake Edwards and Peter Gunn brought to network television (including “night for night” shooting, one year before Quinn Martin would make that into an art form), and how the rom…

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Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season 22:29

3d ago22:29

22:29

TVC 652.1: Ed welcomes Joel Thurm, former Vice President of Talent and Casting for both Paramount Television and NBC, and one of the most accomplished and most respected casting directors in the film and TV industry. Joel’s memoir, Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director, provides both a backstage look at the boardrooms of N…

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Confessions of a Casting Director 22:35

3d ago22:35

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TVC 652.2: Legendary casting director Joel Thurm shares a few stories about his experience working with CBS executive Ethel Winant in the early 1970s, including how he discovered Georgia Engel for The Mary Tyler Moore Show; how he lobbied both CBS and MTM to cast Farrah Fawcett-Majors to play Bill Daily’s girlfriend on The Bob Newhart Show; and how…

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The Bob Crane Murder Case 16:38

3d ago16:38

16:38

TVC 652.3: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed provide a brief rundown of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane on June 29, 1978. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy ed robertson

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Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Jack Nicholson 25:31

3d ago25:31

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TVC 652.4: Ed welcomes back Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer, co-authors of Jack Nicholson: The Early Years (the first authorized filmography of Oscar winner Jack Nicholson, covering Nicholson’s early film career through 1974), Bruce Dern: Things I’ve Said, But Probably Shouldn’t Have: An Unrepentant Memoir (a three-way collaboration between Dern…

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Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Bruce Dern 23:26

3d ago23:26

23:26

TVC 652.5: Film historians Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about how they first connected with Bruce Dern while researching Jack Nicholson: The Early Years and how that led to a series of subsequent interviews with Dern for various publications over the ensuing thirty years, culminating with their collaborating with Dern on his memoir…

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Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson, and “Dernseys” 18:48

3d ago18:48

18:48

TVC 652.6: Bruce Dern biographers Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about “Dernseys,” a phrase that Jack Nicholson coined to describe Dern’s unerring knack for knowing what a character might say, or might think, in any given scene, regardless of whether it’s in the pages of the script. Jack Nicholson: The Early Years and Bruce Dern: Thi…

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The Moody Blues, The Beatles, and The Mellotron 28:57

9d ago28:57

28:57

TVC 651.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Marc Cushman, author of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues, a two-volume, total-immersion experience into the six-decade career of The Moody Blues, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group that not only was the first rock group to champion the “concept album,” but influence…

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Ray Thomas: The Veteran Cosmic Rocker 21:35

9d ago21:35

21:35

TVC 651.2: Marc Cushman, author of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues, talks to Ed about the many contributions of Ray Thomas to the sound of the Moody Blues (including his trilogy of songs at the end of the Long Distance Voyager album), and why the Moody Blues took a hiatus from each other around 1974. Volumes 1 and 2 of Long Dis…

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The Moody Blues and Keys to the Kingdom 9:03

10d ago9:03

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TVC 651.3: Marc Cushman, author of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues, talks to Ed about some of the many parallels between Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues and George Harrison of The Beatles (particularly with regard to the albums of their respective bands) and how Keys to the Kingdom, the Moody Blues album released in 1991, both ma…

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The Story Arc of The Moody Blues 22:22

22d ago22:22

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TVC 650.1: Ed welcomes award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, and documentary maker Marc Cushman, author of These Are the Voyages, a three-volume history of Star Trek: The Original Series. Marc’s latest book, Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues is a two-volume, total-immersion experience in the six-decade career of The Moo…

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The Night of the White Bronco Chase 22:53

24d ago22:53

22:53

TVC 650.2: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at June 17, 1994, the night of the famous low-speed white Bronco police chase that captivated television audiences, and how TV news coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder case continues to impact us today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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How TV Covered The O.J. Simpson Murder Case 15:22

19d ago15:22

15:22

TVC 650.2: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at June 17, 1994, the night of the famous low-speed white Bronco police chase that captivated television audiences, and how TV news coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder case continues to impact us today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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The Spiritual Side of Irene Tsu 26:13

19d ago26:13

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TVC 650.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with trailblazing actress, author, and designed Irene Tsu (Flower Drum Song, Paradise Hawaiian Style, Take Her She’s Mine, The Green Berets, Caprice, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Down and Out in Beverly Hills). Topics this segment include how Irene got her independent spirit from her mother; w…

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Irene Tsu, Raymond Burr, and James Garner 21:02

23d ago21:02

21:02

TVC 650.5: Actress and author Irene Tsu shares a few memories of working with Raymond Burr on both Perry Mason and Ironside and with James Garner on “Irving the Explainer,” the famous episode of The Rockford Files that was also directed by James Colburn. Irene’s memoir, A Walter Color Dream: The Many Lives of Irene Tsu, is available now through Bea…

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How FM Radio Changed the Trajectory of The Moody Blues 20:24

23d ago20:24

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TVC 650.6: Marc Cushman, author of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues, talks to Ed about the emergence of FM radio circa 1972 helped the Moody Blues surge in popularity (and, particularly, the success of “Nights in White Satin,” four years after its original release in 1968. Volumes 1 and 2 of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of …

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UK General Election Special - 2024 31:11

21d ago31:11

31:11

What does the UK General Election mean for the future of economic development and placemaking in the country? As the sector contemplates a major change in national policy direction, David and Mike set out the key questions for those seeking office.

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The Life and Music of Richard Sherman 16:39

28d ago16:39

16:39

TVC 649.1: From November 2011: Greg Ehrbar discusses the Sherman Brothers’ many contributions to Walt Disney Records (above and beyond their Oscar-winning music for Mary Poppins), including how they helped composer Tutti Camarata develop “the Annette sound” for Annette Funicello, the back story behind “It’s a Small World,” and, later, their work on…

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Flower Drum Song on Blu-ray 18:12

28d ago18:12

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TVC 649.2: Greg Ehrbar discusses the recent Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of Flower Drum Song, the 1961 film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein starring Nancy Kwan, Jack Soo, Miyoshi Umeki, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall, Benson Fong, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Kam Tong, Victor Sen Yung, and Irene Tsu. Want to adve…

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The Many Lives of Irene Tsu 26:49

28d ago26:49

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TVC 649.3: Ed welcomes trailblazing actress, author, and designed Irene Tsu (Flower Drum Song, Paradise Hawaiian Style, Take Her She’s Mine, The Green Berets, Caprice, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Down and Out in Beverly Hills). Irene not only worked steadily in movies and television for more than four decades, but in many instances broke ground for…

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The Many Wild Accidents That Led to Peter Gunn 24:13

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Putting universities in their place 44:23

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Bruce Dern, John Wayne, and The Cowboys 24:15

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Bruce Dern’s Early Television Career 22:13

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Paul Schrader, Bruce Dern, and James Garner 16:01

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TMZ and The Death of Michael Jackson 24:56

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Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, and Peter Gunn 17:03

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Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season 22:29

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Confessions of a Casting Director 22:35

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The Bob Crane Murder Case 16:38

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Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Jack Nicholson 25:31

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Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Bruce Dern 23:26

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Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson, and “Dernseys” 18:48

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The Moody Blues, The Beatles, and The Mellotron 28:57

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Ray Thomas: The Veteran Cosmic Rocker 21:35

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The Moody Blues and Keys to the Kingdom 9:03

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The Story Arc of The Moody Blues 22:22

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The Night of the White Bronco Chase 22:53

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How TV Covered The O.J. Simpson Murder Case 15:22

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The Spiritual Side of Irene Tsu 26:13

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Irene Tsu, Raymond Burr, and James Garner 21:02

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How FM Radio Changed the Trajectory of The Moody Blues 20:24

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UK General Election Special - 2024 31:11

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The Life and Music of Richard Sherman 16:39

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Flower Drum Song on Blu-ray 18:12

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The Many Lives of Irene Tsu 26:49

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