Frank Buckley Interviews

It's a new year. Is one of your resolutions to be more mindful? Maybe you've heard of mindfulness and wondered what it means. My guest on this podcast is Andy Puddicombe who says meditation is the way to achieve mindfulness. He's co-founder of Headspace, a meditation app that London's Telegraph newspaper described as having "brought mindfulness to the masses." The company is a thriving start-up with offices in London and Santa Monica that claims 11 million downloads and users in 190 countries. 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.

Nancy Silverton is one of the most celebrated and honored chefs in the U.S. and is a co-owner of three of the most popular and well-regarded restaurants in Los Angeles--Osteria Mozza, Pizzeria Mozza, and Chi Spacca. With partners Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, the three restaurants have wowed critics and diners from the day each opened. 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.

Actor Corbin Bernsen became a star with his portrayal of divorce lawyer Arnie Becker in the critically acclaimed, audience favorite "L.A. Law" on NBC from 1986-1994. He also starred in another long-running series "Psych" from 2006-2014. Fans will also remember him from major roles in movies like the "Major League" franchise among many others. In recent years, Corbin has also become known for being a filmmaker with a production company that focuses on family and faith. 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.

Jonathan Gold is the restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. He is the most influential restaurant critic in Southern California. His "Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants" list in the Los Angeles Times is a bible for foodies, and being on the list is the aspiration of every restaurateur and chef in Southern California. 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.

Dave Holmes is the editor at large for Esquire.com and a former VJ on MTV. He got the VJ job in the late 1990s after being a contestant on MTV's "Wanna be a VJ?" contest. His book "Party of One" is an honest and hilarious memoir about being a boy in a big Catholic family in St. Louis in the 1970s, about his time on MTV, about feeling like he was "different" at an early age, and about how being a closeted gay kid led to him feeling like an outsider. 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.

David Koechner is probably best known for his role as the absurd Champ Kind in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and its sequel. But that's just one role of some 160 or so film and TV credits to his name. Many of them are comedic roles. After all, he trained at Second City Theater in Chicago and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the mid 90s. 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.

McDonald's Big Mac and fries? You can place that order just about anywhere in the world. In the 1940s though, this American success story was just a single restaurant in San Bernardino, California started by a couple of brothers named McDonald. That is until a man named Ray Kroc entered the picture in 1954 and became the franchising agent for McDonald's. 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.

Romany Malco is an actor who you'll recognize from films like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Think Like A Man" and from TV shows like Showtime's "Weeds" and ABC's "No Ordinary Family." Recently, he starred in Amazon's "Mad Dogs." In short, he's a well-respected and constantly working actor who you probably recognize. 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.

Corporal Todd Nicely was leading a group of Marines on a security patrol in Afghanistan on March 26, 2010 when he stepped on a 40-pound bomb. Corporal Nicely survived the blast, but the improvised explosive device left him a quadruple amputee. Today this young man is one of only five Americans to survive deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan as quadruple amputees. 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.

Dr. Kristi Funk is a breast cancer surgeon who was thrust into the public eye in 2013 when Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times explaining her decision to have a double mastectomy. In it, she mentioned that she had the procedure at Dr. Funk's Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills. 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.