Chuck Shute Podcast

Stephen Taylor is a stand up comedian, podcaster and former teacher.  He was recently fired from his teaching job after the district saw some of his comedy videos on TikTok. Taylor was given a choice — remove the videos from his account or resign, which reportedly led to his firing.  The story gained national attention, including an article on The New York Post. Stephen is now focused on his stand up career and has shows booked across the country. In this episode we discuss the state of education, social media, performing with Theo Von, and more! 00:00 - Intro00:13 - Stephen Fired, News Story & Career Boost 03:30 - Marketing Stand Up Career 07:10 - Why Stephen Was Fired From Teaching 11:53 - Backwards Education System 19:51 - Black & White Rules & Education Values 28:00 - Money in Education 35:00 - Other Podcasts & Interviews  36:25 - Stand Up  Comed Versus TikTok & YouTube 41:00 - Working with Theo Von42:50 - Formerly Fat Stephen & Diet Tips 51:46 - Outro Stephen Taylor website:https://formerlyfatstephen.com/Chuck Shute YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/chuckshuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Mackenzie Lansing is a French-American TV and film actress. Her latest film “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is currently the number one movie at the box office. In this episode we discuss her work on that film, working with Rachel Zegler, being mentored by Kate Winslet, future goals and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - New Hunger Games Film 02:40 - Stunts, Fear & Harnessing Anxiety 06:20 - Locations, Sets & CGI with Hunger Games 09:15 - Working with Rachel Zegler 10:00 - Mackenzie's Last Line in Hunger Games 10:45 - Movie Business 11:20 - Reception of Movie for Mackenzie 14:05 - The Creator, Allswell in New York & TV Pilots 15:50 - Working with Kate Winslet & Acting Advice 18:09 - Charlie Kaufman & Creative Movies 19:14 - Frances McDormand 19:45 - Motivation, Habits, Self Talk & Podcasts 22:05 - Learning from Failure & Blues Clues 25:45 - Goals, Confidence, Bullying & Strength 27:45 - Hunger Games Fans 29:14 - Hunter Schafer31:10 - Shows To Guest On & Promotions 33:30 - Outro Mackenzie Lansing Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mackenzielansing/Chuck Shute YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/chuckshuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Joey Belladonna is an American singer and drummer, best known as the frontman for thrash metal band Anthrax.  As a member of Anthrax he was nominated for six Grammies.  Anthrax is part of the “The Big Four” thrash metal bands including Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. In this episode we discuss joining Anthrax, his hiatus from the band, his  Journey tribute band Beyond Frontiers, touring with KISS and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:13 - Cameo & Fans 0:03:20 - Cover Bands & Bible Black 0:05:25 - Joining Anthrax 0:10:21 - First Split with Anthrax 0:12:50 - Relationship with Anthrax Now 0:15:05 - National Anthem, New Music & Tour 0:21:40 - Playing with Different Bands & Genres 0:24:54 - Tour w/ Megadeth, Slayer & Alice In Chains 0:27:15 - Touring with Iron Maiden  & Band Friendships 0:30:10 - Attack of the Killer B's 0:33:10 - Grammies, Best Songs & Covers 0:36:55 - Solo Projects- Joey's Jukebox & Beyond Frontiers 0:39:55 - Songwriting Role , Co-Writes, & Belladonna 0:43:25 - Reflecting Back on Hiatus From Anthrax  0:46:30 - Returning to Anthrax & Voice Strength 0:48:50 - Playing Different Venue Sizes 0:51:20 - The Big 4, Potential Tours & Tour Pranks 0:54:40 - "Not" Sign, Married with Children & Music Videos 0:57:20 - Differences in Music Business Now & Then 0:58:16 - Scott Ian as a Businessman & His Character 1:01:15 - Anthrax Singer Shuffles & Band Relationships 1:05:15 - Veteran Charities 1:05:50 - Future Plans 1:08:42 - Outro Joey Belladonna website:https://www.joeybelladonna.com/Anthrax website:https://www.anthrax.com/Guitars for Vets website:https://guitars4vets.org/War Horses for Vets website:https://www.warhorsesforveterans.org/Chuck Shute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChuckShuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Matthew Senreich is a screenwriter, TV producer, director and co-creator of the animated series Robot Chicken. John Harvatine IV is a producer and director and has worked on shows including Robot Chicken, The Simpsons and Crossing Swords. John and Matthew’s latest project is a kickstarter project called “The Von Dingles” about lost Easter Eggs. We discuss the new project, guest stars on Robot Chicken, meeting George Lucas, and more! 00:00 - Intro00:13 - Awkward Beginnings 01:50 - New Project "Von Dingles" 04:45 - Kickstarter & Rewards 06:15 - Voices - Dee Snider & More 07:45 - Plans for Future Von Dingles 10:20 - Early Beginnings 13:30 - Robot Chicken Guest Stars 19:50 - Egg Puns 20:55 - Drugs, Fans & ADHD Generation 23:55 - Offending People 24:55 - George Lucas 25:55 - Fans 27:53 - Ending Promotions 29:21 - Outro Von Dingles Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stoopidbuddystoodios/the-von-dingles-graphic-novelChuck Shute Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/c/chuckshuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Tommy Henriksen is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known for his work as a guitarist with Alice Cooper and supergroup Hollywood Vampires. His latest project Crossbone Skully recently released a new single produced by Mutt Lange (Def Leppard, AC/DC).  We discuss that project plus working with Poison’s CC DeVille, auditioning for Ozzy, Dio & David Lee Roth, his thoughts on Nikki Sixx’s bass playing and Johnny Depp’s character and more! 00:00 - Intro00:13 - Relationship with Stefan Adika01:25 - Perceptions of L.A.  Vs. New York 03:03 - Band with C.C. DeVille 09:20 - Auditioning for Joan Jett 11:20 - Regrets, Low Point & Haircut 13:47 - Auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne 15:20 - Auditioning for David Lee Roth 17:31 - Auditioning for Ronnie James Dio 18:50 - Playing the Songs Right 19:43 - Crossbone Skully Coming Together 22:40 - Working with Mutt Lange & Phil Collen26:25 - Nikki Sixx Bass Playing & Guest Spots29:05 - Assembling Crossbone Skully 34:40 - Other Elements of New Record 39:50 - Touring for New Record 40:57 - Working as a Producer & Lady GaGa 42:30 - Tommy Lee & Songwriting Co-Writes44:25 - Living the Dream 45:43 - Learning from Alice Cooper 48:30 - Johnny Depp 51:15 - MusiCares 52:30 - Future of Crossbone Skully 54:50 - OutroCrossbone Skully website:https://crossboneskully.com/MusiCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Chuck Shute YouTube:https://youtube.com/@ChuckShute?si=GB0v-8hYshh1eUMsSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Chad Ferrin is an American horror film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.  He started out working as a production assistant on such films as "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers” and “Hellraiser: Bloodline.”  He then moved on to work with Troma and make his own films.  His latest movie, "Pig Killer" is based on Canada's most notorious serial killer, Robert Pickton.  We discuss the film including why Jake Busey beat out Fred Durst for the lead, some interesting props from the movie,  distributing the film and more! 00:00 - Intro00:13 - Chad's Background 02:35 - Film Props in Pig Killer 03:50 - True Story Behind Pig Killer 06:44 - Pig Farm Parties & Bands10:30 - Jake Busey Vs. Fred Durst 14:04 - Research for Film & Sentencing 16:30 - Getting the Rights 17:43 - Dark Humor 18:45 - Making Movies 20:24 - Distribution, Profit & Sales 25:00 - Next Film with Edward Furlong25:50 - Outro Chad Ferrin on X:https://x.com/skatd?s=11&t=x_NMAzP0sYeSGnyOz7exzwChuck Shute Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/c/chuckshuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Desmond Child, a musician, songwriter, and producer, discusses various topics in this podcast. They touch on failed projects with David Lee Roth and Van Halen, an awkward encounter during a songwriting session, a bizarre encounter with Michael Jackson, and the role of hustle and luck in achieving success. They also talk about the origins of the song 'Dude Looks Like a Lady' for Aerosmith and the implications of AI on songwriting and copyright.

Tommy Davidson is a comedian, actor, author and musician.  He has recently released some new music as a solo artist, which we discuss in the interview.  We also discuss his inspiring autobiography, his time on "In Living Color", having lunch with George Lucas and more! 00:00 - Intro00:13 - Talk Shows & Podcasts 02:05 - Tommy's Book & Career 04:41 - In Living Color 07:30 - Tommy's Music & Message 12:58 - Kid Zero & Lasuanne 17:13 - Cultures, Love & Learning 20:50 - Cover of Kid Zero 23:30 - Upcoming Single & Projects 24:35 - Lunch with George Lucas 25:37 - Branching Out & Promotions27:25 - Outro Tommy Davidson website:https://www.thetommydavidson.com/Chuck Shute website: https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Robert W. Sullivan IV is an author, historian and lawyer. He has written 3 books on esoteric imagery in films, as well as a book about the Free Masons and a work of fiction titled “A Pact with the Devil.” We discuss the history of the Free Masons, possible connections with the Illuminati and Bohemian Grove, a death curse on the Wizard of Oz that ties into other events and more!0:00:00 - Intro 0:14:00 - Robert's Expertise & Books 0:02:32 - Free Mason Origins 0:06:42 - People in Charge of Free Masons 0:11:25 - Illuminati & Connections 0:14:35 - Bohemian Grove 0:16:01 - Free Mason Conspiracies & Deep State 0:20:12 - Occult Accusations, Taxil Hoax & Ceremonies 0:25:00 - Simpsons Stone Cutters & Secret Connections 0:28:25 - Eyes Wide Shut & Kubrick 0:31:35 - Wizard of Oz & Death Curse 0:37:30 - Numbers Symbolism & Method 0:40:35 - Using Numbers To Designate Itself 0:42:45 - Kobe Bryant & Wizard of Oz References 0:47:50 - Wizard of Oz, Pink Floyd & ELO 0:51:00 - Crowley, Sevens & Sixes,  & Age of Horace 0:56:09 - Anton Lavey & Church of Satan 1:01:50 - Michael Jackson, Psychic & Sevens 1:09:39 - Curse of 39 and Fame 1:10:31 - Lost Highway & Movie Occult Symbolism 1:15:30 - Promotion & Website 1:16:11 - Outro Robert W. Sullivan IV website:https://robertwsullivaniv.com/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Barrett Martin is a musician, producer and author. He is best known as the drummer of Seattle bands Screaming Trees and supergroup Mad Season with Layne Staley & Mike McCready.  He has also played with R.E.M., Stone Temple Pilots, Duff McKagan and Queens of the Stone Age.  He has a new book out now about his time with Screaming Trees titled “The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t.” He also has some one man shows scheduled that consist of music, storytelling and film. We discuss all this plus a project he did with Duff McKagan and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill and more! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:14 - Aging, Health & Exercise 0:04:00 - Pacific Northwest 0:05:25 - Skin Yard, Thin Men & Seattle Scene 0:10:20 - Seeing Dave Grohl in Scream 0:14:00 - End of Skin Yard & Joining Screaming Trees 0:16:10 - Sweet Oblivion Album 0:18:45 - Playing Drums & Songwriting 0:23:21 - New Screaming Trees Book  0:25:25 - Bad Shows & Alice In Chains Tour0:28:35 - Layne Staley & Mad Season 0:30:10 - Second Mad Season Album 0:32:30 - Peter Buck of R.E.M. 0:33:50 - Screaming Trees Break0:35:50 - Lollapalooza, Oasis, & Bumpershoot 0:40:40 - Photography 0:42:30 - Meditation & Sobriety 0:48:10 - Transformation, Creativity & Consistency 0:53:25 - Projects with  Duff McKagan 0:55:45 - Speaking, Visual & Music Tour 0:58:25 - New Book Out Now & Website 1:00:39 - Outro Barrett Martin website:https://barrettmartin.com/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!