Frank Buckley Interviews

Paula Poundstone is a comedian, author, podcaster, and a panelist on NPR's weekly news quiz game show "Wait wait...Don't tell me!" Paula's new book "The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness" is a humorous memoir about her life as a working single mother of three children. Her new NPR podcast "Live from the Poundstone Institute" is Paula's "quest to gather all of the world's knowledge," according to NPR. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Billy Ray is a writer-director who is now a showrunner (with Christopher Keyser) for "The Last Tycoon," a nine-episode series based on the final unfinished novel of author F. Scott Fitzgerald that is available to Amazon Prime members beginning July 28th. Amazon describes the series like this: "In a world darkened by the Depression and the growing influence of Hitler's Germany, The Last Tycoon illuminates the passions, violence and towering ambition of 1930s Hollywood." Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this follow-up to last week's "Best Of" episode, producer Bobby Gonzalez shares clips from past interviews featuring an even wider array of Frank Buckley Interviews guests. For the better part of a year, Frank Buckley has had intimate in-depth conversations with various celebrities, authors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and more. This episode serves as an introduction to just some of the many notable interviews, as well as a look back at some of the interesting, enlightening, and personal stories that were shared on the podcast. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're dipping into the back catalog of the Frank Buckley Interviews podcast to bring you the first of a two-part "Best Of" series. Frank has sat down for one-on-one interviews with over 50 guests that have included actors, entrepreneurs, journalists, medical professionals and more. Presented by Spoken Dreams producer Bobby Gonzalez, this episode explores clips from past guests who have had a profound impact in the world of music, including Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, iconic music producer Jimmy Jam, and Asdru Sierra of Ozomatli. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nicholas Goldberg is the editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times. In April, the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board published "Our Dishonest President," the first in a series of editorials arguing that President Trump "...is a man so unpredictable, so reckless, so petulant, so full of blind self-regard, so untethered to reality that it is impossible to know where his presidency will lead or how much damage he will do to our nation." Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Andrew Jay Cohen is the director and co-writer of "The House," a comedy starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler which opens nationwide on Friday, June 30th. The film is about a couple who decide to open an illegal casino in their suburban home to fund their daughter's college education. "The House" is Andrew's feature film directorial debut. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Janine Sherman Barrois is an executive producer and the show runner for the new TNT show "Claws." The show stars Niecy Nash as one of five manicurists working in a South Florida nail salon while laundering money for a crime family. TNT describes it like this: "Claws is about good women caught in bad places with worse men. It's the story of hardworking women trying to get by in this economy, set against the surreal, bright, gritty landscape of Florida and the luscious, absurd, extreme excesses of the crime world." Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, is the ranking member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Intelligence Committee is investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election and allegations of collusion between Trump campaign officials and the Russians. As the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Schiff has been highly critical of President Trump and he's risen onto the national political stage. As the San Francisco Chronicle put it: "Schiff is emerging from relative obscurity to become a leading voice for Democrats in their opposition to the Trump Administration." Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nick Hamm is a film, TV and stage director and producer who has directed a new film "The Journey" about two central figures in the Northern Ireland peace process who helped to forge what has been a lasting peace in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom for the past two decades. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wing Lam is a co-founder and owner of the Wahoo's Fish Taco chain of restaurants. The restaurants started with one taco stand at 1862 Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa, California. Restaurant #1 is still at that location but there are now some 60 Wahoo's restaurants across seven states as well as Japan. Full show notes available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.