Chuck Shute Podcast

Jeremy Swift is an actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Higgins on Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.  He has also been interested in music since he was a kid and just released a new album.  We discuss Ted Lasso, his music, seeing the Sex Pistols with Sid Vicious live, the actor’s strike and more! Fun episode! 00:00 - Intro00:44 - Playing Different Instruments 01:58 - New Album Sound & Influences 03:30 - Early Musical & Acting Upbringing 06:17 - Producer Issues 08:08 - The Song "History of Love"11:48 - Others Songs on Album 13:35 - Goal of Album 14:20 - Live Shows 16:28 - Seeing the Sex Pistols Live 23:17 - Music Business Greed26:00 - Ted Lasso Becomes a Hit 30:50 - Auditioning, Role Offers & Emmy's 32:56 - Why Some Shows Hit & Some Don't 34:53 - Jason Sudekis 36:15 - Downton Abbey 37:58 - Different Acting Roles 39:02 - Fred Claus 41:35 - Movie Premieres 42:15 - Actor's Strike, Residuals, & A.I. 45:47 - Actor's Union in U.K. Vs. U.S.A. 47:11 - Jeremy's Recommendations 49:03 - Dealing with Trolls & Critics 50:15 - New Album & Physical Copies 51:45 - Safety Curtain 52:48 - Outro Jeremy Swift Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.swift.68/?hl=enSafetyCurtain website:https://www.safetycurtain.org.uk/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Fritz Coleman is a comedian, podcaster and retired weatherman. He worked at The Comedy Store for many years and made eight appearances on The Tonight Show. He has a new stand up special called “Unassisted Living” available for free on Tubi. We discuss the new special, The Comedy Store, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, his years in the Navy and so much more! 00:00 - Intro00:40 - Right Place, Right Time 03:46 - Joining the Navy & Path 06:10 - Seeing George Carlin 08:10 - Doing Radio & Weather In The Navy 10:55 - Advantages of Military Service 15:00 - Comedy Store, Tonight Show & Strike 19:30 - Clean Comedy 21:30 - Kids & Social Media 23:40 - Def Jam Comedy & Dry Bar Comedy 26:30 - Comedy Clubs & Getting Older 27:55 - Comedian Friends & Comedy Store31:18 - Robin Williams 33:41 - Jim Carrey 36:05 - Fahim Anwar & Comedy Boom 37:14 - Competition Among Comedians 38:50 - Show "It's Fritz" 42:45 - Anchorman Consultant 45:35 - Promotion 46:10 - Charities Fritz Coleman website:https://www.fritzcolemancomedy.com/Children's Burn Foundation website:https://www.childburn.org/Shelter Partnership website:https://www.shelterpartnership.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling is a comedian, writer, actor, musician and podcaster. He is best known as the former writer and in-studio comedian for The Howard Stern Show from 1983-2001.  He has a new documentary about his life coming out on July 18th called “Joke Man.”  We discuss the new movie, his autobiography, why he left the Stern Show, and so much more!! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:50 - Long Island Comedy Scene 0:06:28 - Self-Producing & Selling Albums 0:13:05 - Getting the Call From Howard 0:13:45 - Early 80s Comedians 0:15:26 - Jackie's Tenacity & Work Ethic 0:19:40 - Jackie's Book - From Bow to Stern 0:21:10 - Leaving The Stern Show 0:28:42 - Artie Lange 0:30:01 - Stern Interviews & Writing Jokes  0:35:35 - Les Paul 0:35:48 - Private Parts Movie 0:42:13 - Busting Balls Going Too Far? 0:43:45 - Howard's Brilliance 0:45:46 - Why Howard Didn't Keep Jackie 0:47:20 - The Jackie Chair & Benjy Bronk0:50:00 - The Ebb And Flow of Life 0:55:10 - Making People Laugh 0:57:15 - Politically Incorrect Comedy 1:00:10 - Doing a Q & A for New Movie 1:04:15 - Jokes on TikTok 1:07:30 - Movie & Aftermath 1:09:08 - Baymen's Heritage 1:10:25 - OutroJoke Man Movie site:https://www.jokemanmovie.com/Jackie Martling website:https://www.jokeland.com/Baymen's Heritage website:https://baymensheritage.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Lance Lopez is an American blues rock, singer, guitarist and songwriter.  He has been involved with music from a young age and was mentored by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons at age 16.  Since then he has toured with Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Def Leppard, Whitesnake & more. His latest album, titled “Trouble is Good” comes out July 14th on Cleopatra Records. We discuss the new record, guitars, mentoring younger musicians, using emotion to create music and much more! 00:00 - Intro00:45 - Audio/Visual 01:50 - Eddie Van Halen & Guitars 03:10 - Lance's Guitars & Sound 14:10 - Song "Voyager" & Spiritual Influence 16:35 - Jeff Beck 21:01 - Mentoring Younger Musicians 29:50 - Breakup Songs & Emotion in The Blues 34:00 - Expressing Emotion with Music 43:04 - Warrant, Cherry Pie & Blackfoot 44:45 - Two Wolf 47:50 - Solo Shows & Live Music 51:06 - Sammy Hagar First Van Halen Show 53:40 - Music Cities 56:10 - MuisCares Lance Lopez website:https://www.lancelopez.net/MuisCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Tad Doyle (full name Thomas Andrew Doyle) is a musician, formerly of the band Tad and now his own solo projects. He has been called “the godfather of grunge” as his band Tad was one of the first grunge bands in Seattle.  Initially on the famed Subpop record label, they later scored two major label deals. The band toured with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Primus & Sweet Water, among others. After the band ended Tad had some other projects and now make music under the name Thomas Andrew Doyle. His latest album “Forgotten Sciences” is out now. We discuss the new record, mental health, the Seattle music scene, film work and more! 00:00 - Intro00:46 - Welcome & Names01:25 - Seattle & San Diego 03:30 - Seattle Favorites 04:40 - Physical & Mental Health  07:50 - Recording New Music 08:40 - Forgotten Sciences & Mental Health 18:30 - Cutting Down Album & Streaming 21:00 - Truth & Parenting 24:12 - Goal With Record & Soundtracks 30:05 - Why No Tad Reunion 33:10 - Discovering Music & Streaming 34:45 - Possible Live Music 36:35 - Seattle Live Music Venues 38:50 - Seattle Bands & Shows 42:28 - Acting for "Singles" & "Twin Peaks" 44:40 - Subpop Records & Store & New Bands 46:35 - Musical Collaborations Past & Future 49:30 - Doing Different Musical Styles 51:55 - American Cancer Society 53:16 - OutroThomas Andrew Doyle website:https://www.taddoyle.com/American Cancer Society website:https://www.cancer.org/donate.htmlChuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Frank Robb is an alligator expert and founder of the non-profit EEARSS (Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services).  He became a Chicago legend when he caught the alligator Chance the Snapper in Humboldt Park in 2019. We discuss that incident along with many interesting facts about alligators and how they may have some answers to curing disease in humans. 00:00 - Intro00:37 - Frank's Background 03:20 - Alligators Vs. Crocodiles 05:25 - Location, Size, & Lifespan 07:45 - Alligators, Gender & Pollutants 09:43 - Alligators & Intelligence 12:27 - Alligators With Dogs & Humans 15:10 - Alligators Diet 17:27 - Sounds Alligators Make & Teeth 19:55 - Alligators & Their Young 21:18 - Gator Holes & Predators 24:00 - Humans Feeding Alligators & Social Media 28:35 - Alligators & Manatees Hanging Together 29:32 - Chicago Gator Chance "The Snapper" 37:15 - Alligators Endocrine Systems 39:25 - Alligators & Echosystem 40:40 - Pythons 42:25 - Alligators, Disease & Conservation Issues 48:17 - Giant Snakes & Risk 51:45 - EEARSS 52:46 - Outro EEARSS website:https://eearss.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Andy Haynes is a comedian, writer, actor and podcaster.  His latest special, The Coward of Gramercy is available now for free on YouTube.  In this interview we discuss the Seattle comedy scene, navigating offensiveness in comedy, eyebrows, sobriety and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:43  - Wife & Bert Kreischer 0:02:40 - Comedy Journey & Seattle Scene 0:10:42 - Phoenix Comedy Scene 0:14:20 - Comedy & Making Money  0:19:19 - Wokeness, Comedy & Offended 0:27:12 - Fahim Anwar Edgy? 0:31:59 - Competition with Comedians 0:34:05 - Smart Comedy 0:35:40 - Eyebrow Issues 0:38:45 - Alcohol & Weed Issues 0:41:50 - Sobriety & Mental Health 0:43:15 - Instagram Explore & Camping 0:46:00 - Comedy Tour & New Special 0:48:30 - Seattle Scene Changes 0:51:00 - Soccer & Saudis 0:56:55 - Mexican Food, Basketball & Sports Bets 1:01:35 - American Native Indian College Fund 1:05:36 - Outro Andy Haynes website:https://www.imandyhaynes.com/American Indian College Fund website:https://collegefund.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Ari Nagel is an American mathematics professor and a sperm donor who has fathered more than 140 children. He has been nicknamed the Sperminator or the Target Donor, after the American retail corporation in whose stores some of his artificial-insemination donations were performed.  In this episode we discuss Ari’s backstory and how he became a sperm donor, the complications of having 140 kids, legal issues and more. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:07 - Background & Growing Up 0:04:03 - Motorcycle Accident, Money & Travel 0:07:36 - Craiglist Ad & First Donations 0:11:13 - Ari Compared to a Clinic 0:13:01 - Ari's Involvement in Children's Lives 0:15:35 - Complications & Different Rules & Prices 0:22:07 - Health Issues 0:23:45 - Making the Exchange 0:25:47 - The Moms & Vetting Process 0:32:00 - Child Support,  Legal Issues & Parenting 0:37:00 - Father's Day Weekend 0:37:37 - Happiness, Time & Travel 0:43:17 - Addiction & Retirement0:45:59 - Kids & Moms Upset 0:47:49 - Good Father 0:49:30 - Attachment 0:50:42 - Settling Down with a Woman 0:52:55 - Helping & Different Families 0:57:03 - Dr. Oz & Talk Shows 0:59:20 - Outlook 1:00:56 - Outro Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Penelope Spheeris is a film director, producer and screenwriter.  She directed all 3 of "The Decline of Western Civilization" with a 4th one on the way.  She also directed Suburbia, Black Sheep and Wayne's World.  This was one of the  most fun interviews I've done this year, maybe ever.  Lots of great stories about Hollywood, working with Chris Farley, her unreleased movie about Ozzfest, UFO abductions and so much more!  Check it out! 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - The Decline of Western Civilization 3 04:01 - Childhood & Background  06:00 - Movies & TV Shows & Creative Outlet  11:00 - Hollywood Business  12:25 - Lorne Michaels & Early Days  14:30 - Misunderstanding Punk Rock 16:50 - Frustration With Movie Choices 20:50 - Black Sheep & Chris Farley  24:15 - John Candy 25:34 - Happiness, Meditation & Film Industry 30:00 - Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne & Oz Fest Movie 36:17 - UFO Abductions 39:30 - Autobiography Coming Soon 40:28 - Rockstar With Mark Wahlberg 42:13 - Working with the Weinsteins 44:00 - Crispin Glover 45:20 - Flea from RHCP 46:15- Establishment, Homeless Crisis & Mental Health 52:10 - Rescues Rock 53:15 - Outro  Penelope Spheeris website: https://penelopespheeris.com/ Rescues Rock website: https://www.rescuesrock.com/ Chuck Shute website: https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Brett Crozier is a retired captain in the United States Navy and author.  His current book "Surf When You Can" shares the inspiring and unexpected lessons he learned from a lifetime of honor, service and leadership.  We discuss his Navy career, life lessons he talks about in the book and more! 00:00 - Intro00:46 - Jack Carr on Rogan Praising Brett 01:40 - Making Decisions 02:40 - Never Turn Down Espresso 09:22 - Top Gun Inspiration & Challenging Yourself  13:10 - Adrenaline & Flying Jets 15:35 - Jets Vs. Nuclear Reactor 17:35 - UFOs18:48 - Kindness & Nice Guys Finish Last24:49 - Prioritizing 32:15 - Surf When You Can & Balance37:27 - Life Moving Fast & Rocking Chair Test 38:50 - Speaking Up Even When Scared 42:55 - Veterans Village San Diego 44:42 - Outro Surf When You Can Book: https://www.amazon.com/Surf-When-You-Can-Leadership-ebook/dp/B0BHTP34L6Veteran's Village of San Diego website:https://vvsd.net/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!