Best Barbara Norman Podcasts (2024)

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Wolfgang Stange, Lord Renfrew, Julie Stevens, Mary McGee 27:39

1h ago27:39

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Matthew Bannister on Wolfgang Stange, the director and choreographer who founded the Amici Dance Theatre Company which integrates able bodied and disabled performers. Sir Ben Kingsley pays tribute. Lord Renfrew, the leading archaeologist who used scientific techniques to challenge the received wisdom in his chosen discipline. Julie Stevens, the act…

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Rod Serling, Mike Wallace, and Dick Cavett 21:22

3h ago21:22

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TVC 669.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began on our last program with Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, and author Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Pretty Little Liars, A Screenwriters Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement). Joe’s latest book, Rod Serling at 100: One Writer’s Acknowledgment, takes a deep dive into the lega…

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Rod Serling and the Night Gallery Conundrum 17:51

9h ago17:51

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TVC 669.2: Joseph Dougherty, author of Rod Serling at 100, talks to Ed about “They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar,” the first-season episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery that is widely considered to be among the very best pieces of writing that Serling ever did, and why Joe believes the episode itself “exists somewhere in a space between The Twi…

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Rod Serling: An Author of Television 13:24

3h ago13:24

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TVC 669.3: Joseph Dougherty, author of Rod Serling at 100, talks about the opportunity he once had to adapt Rod Serling’s live television drama The Velvet Alley into a film, and how surprised he was to learn just how sparsely Serling wrote when Joe studied Serling’s script for “The Purple Testament” for style purposes as part of the Velvet Alley pr…

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The Sopranos: A Cultural Phenomenon 24:45

7h ago24:45

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TVC 669.4: Ed welcomes back Ray Richmond, longtime television critic and entertainment reporter for such trade publications as The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety. Ray’s latest book, The Sopranos: The Complete Visual History, celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of The Sopranos, the multi-Emmy Award-winning drama created by …

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The Lives and Legacy of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans 20:10

10h ago20:10

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TVC 669.5: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: TV Confidential brings you special audio highlights of the opening night ceremony for Happy Trails, a new exhibit at the Hollywood Museum that celebrates the lives and legacy of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, the legendary King of the Cowboys and Queen of the Westerns. The Happy Trails exhibit features a…

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Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and The Lone Ranger 18:25

3h ago18:25

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TVC 669.6: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: TV Confidential brings you more highlights of the opening night ceremony for Happy Trails, the new exhibit at the Hollywood Museum that celebrates the lives and legacy of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. This segment includes comments from Dawn Moore, daughter of actor Clayton Moore (Roy and Dale’s co-star…

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Vicky Stone, Penny Chuter, Clifton Wharton Junior, Peter Sinfield 27:41

9m ago27:41

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Matthew Bannister on Vicky Stone, the film maker who travelled to the remotest parts of Africa to make her award winning wildlife documentaries. Penny Chuter the medal winning rower who became coach of the GB team. Clifton Wharton Junior, the first black chancellor of a primarily white US university, the first African American to run a Fortune 500 …

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Why CBS was originally nervous about A Charlie Brown Christmas 8:42

5h ago8:42

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We're taking a few days off this week, but we'll be back with a brand new edition of TV Confidential on Monday. In the meantime, please enjoy this Blast from the Past, featuring this clip from December 2010 in which Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the network premiere of A Charlie Brown Christmas, the very first Peanuts animated special, on CBS on Dec…

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Norman Lear and "The Draft Dodger" 16:01

4h ago16:01

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Thursday, Dec. 5 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of television icon Norman Lear. TV Confidential marks the occasion by bringing you this "Blast from the Past" clip from July 2022 in which Ed, Tony, Donna, and writer, producer, and author Jay Moriarty (The Jeffersons, All in the Family, Honky in the House) discuss how “The Draft Dodger,”…

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A Blast from the Past: Barbara Feldon 8:02

5h ago8:02

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We're taking a few days off this week, but we'll be back with a brand new edition of TV Confidential next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this Blast from the Past, featuring an excerpt from our January 2013 conversation with Barbara Feldon (Get Smart, Getting Smarter, Living Alone and Loving It).…

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TV CONFIDENTIAL trailer 5:31

2h ago5:31

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Television is one of the few things that we have in common. Just about all of us has a favorite show that we either grew up watching or binge-watch today, or a favorite star whose career we continue to follow. That’s the premise behind TV CONFIDENTIAL, an engaging blend of talk and entertainment featuring lively conversations with the stars and oth…

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A Blast from the Past: Norma Maldonado 4:41

19h ago4:41

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We're taking a few days off this week, but we'll be back with a brand new edition of TV Confidential next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this Blast from the Past, featuring an excerpt from our December 2022 conversation with Norma Maldonado (Jane the Virgin, Sweet Navidad).By Ed Robertson

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A Blast from the Past: Julie Newmar 10:09

2d ago10:09

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We're taking a few days off this week, but we'll be back with a brand new edition of TV Confidential next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this Blast from the Past, featuring an excerpt from our September 2011 conversation with Julie Newmar (Batman, Li’l Abner, Silk Stockings, The Marriage-Go-Round, My Living Doll, The Conscious Catwoman Explain…

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A Blast from the Past: Charles Grodin 7:26

2d ago7:26

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We're taking a few days off this week, but we'll be back with a brand new edition of TV Confidential next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this "Blast from the Past," featuring an excerpt from our December 2012 conversation with actor, author and CBS Radio commentator Charles Grodin (Rosemary’s Baby, Catch-22, Midnight Run, The Heartbreak Kid, S…

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Madeleine Riffaud, Chris Topp, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Dr Julian Litten 27:49

11d ago27:49

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Matthew Bannister on Madeleine Riffaud, the French resistance fighter who was tortured by the Gestapo, became a journalist and was embedded with the Vietcong in Vietnam. Chris Topp, the blacksmith who restored ironwork at Buckingham Palace, York Minster and St Paul’s Cathedral. Barbara Taylor Bradford, the best-selling author of A Woman of Substanc…

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The Evergreen Christmas Tree 27:52

9d ago27:52

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TVC 668.1: Ed welcomes actress, producer, and comedienne Kat Kramer, author Jimmy Byrge, and actress and producer Patricia Riley. Jimmy is the author of The Evergreen Christmas Tree, a new children’s book, based on a true story, about a family in the mountains of Tennessee who, despite not having a lot of money, set off to find the perfect Christma…

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Tribute to Ric Ocasek 19:43

12d ago19:43

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TVC 668.2: From November 2019: Tony Figueroa remembers Ric Ocasek, the front man of The Cars, with a particular focus on the iconic video “You Might Think,” the first music video to use computer graphics. Ric Ocasek passed away on Sept. 15, 2019.By Ed Robertson

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How “You Might Think” Impacted Music Videos, Movies, and TV 13:49

9d ago13:49

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TVC 668.3: From November 2019: Tony and Ed talk about how the award-winning video “You Might Think” by The Cars—the first music video to use computer graphics—went on to influence the production of movies and TV shows, as well as such other music video pioneers as Michael Nesmith.By Ed Robertson

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Rod Serling at 100 23:11

9d ago23:11

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TVC 668.4: Ed welcomes back Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, and author Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Pretty Little Liars, A Screenwriters Companion: Instruction, Opinion, Encouragement). Calendar year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery). To mark the occasi…

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Why The Twilight Zone is Literature in Every Sense of the Word 20:03

9d ago20:03

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TVC 668.5: Joseph Dougherty, author of Rod Serling at 100, talks to Ed about how The Twilight Zone operates on an ethical and moral universe (for the most part); why The Twilight Zone is particularly appealing to anyone who loves language; and why Joe believes that most of the hour-long Twilight Zone episodes are better than most people remember. R…

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Why Rod Serling’s The Loner is a “work in progress” 17:33

9d ago17:33

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TVC 668.6: Joseph Dougherty, author of Rod Serling at 100, talks to Ed about “Dust,” “Mr. Denton on Doomsday,” “Mr. Garrity and the Graves,” and other Western-themed episodes of The Twilight Zone, and how Rod Serling’s disenchantment with the television can be traced with the network interference he faced during the production of The Loner (CBS, 19…

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Lord Prescott, Stephanie Collie, Dame Janet Nelson, Frank Auerbach 27:56

1h ago27:56

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Matthew Bannister on Lord Prescott, the working-class lad who became Deputy Prime Minister. Stephanie Collie, whose costume designs for “Peaky Blinders” and “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” inspired street fashion. Dame Janet “Jinty” Nelson, the leading mediaeval historian who wrote an acclaimed biography of the Frankish King Charlemagne. Frank…

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Happy Birthday, Ed Asner 22:09

22d ago22:09

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TVC 667.1: From November 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed wish legendary actor Ed Asner a Happy Birthday as part of This Week in TV History. Ed Asner passed away on Aug. 29, 2021 at age ninety-one. Since this segment originally aired in 2014, TV Confidential had the opportunity to talk to Ed several times on our program; you can enjoy those conversations …

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David Koenig, author of Unshot Columbo 21:11

16d ago21:11

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TVC 667.2: Ed welcomes back Columbo historian David Koenig (Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective). David’s latest book, Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed, takes a deep dive into nineteen Columbo mysteries that were written for either the original NBC series or the ABC revival, but, for one reason o…

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Why Peter Falk was Uncomfortable with Female Murderers on Columbo 14:11

20d ago14:11

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TVC 667.3: David Koenig, author of Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed, talks to Ed about how “Old-Fashioned Murder,” the sixth-season episode featuring Joyce Van Patten as the murderer, was originally conceived as a modern-day Richard III that would have featured Burgess Meredith as the lead character, and why Peter Falk alway…

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The Cathartic Effect of Hogan’s Heroes 28:16

16d ago28:16

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TVC 667.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Robert Crane, eldest son of Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane, and the author of My UnHollywood Family, a fresh look at his relationship with his famous dad (mostly told from the perspective of his mother’s side of the family); the lifelong impact that his dad continues to have on him, his m…

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