Author Scott Turow, Sound Opinions’ Jim DeRogatis, Burlesque Dancer Michelle L’Amour, and Chef Heather Terhune of Sable joined host Elysabeth Alfano on The Celebrity Dinner party. You can see those clips here. Scott Turow is the author of nine best-selling works of fiction including Innocent, Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof, and two non-fiction books including One L, about Read more…
Celebrity Guests
The re-release of Davis’ Stony Island will be available on April 24th. Davis is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent action thrillers, most notably the Academy Award® nominated box office hit, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. The film received seven Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture and earned Jones Read more…
Host of Fear No ART, Elysabeth Alfano, sits down with acclaimed graphic novelist, Chris Ware, in his home library to get a sense for the mind behind the masterful artist. Chris Ware was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1967. He moved to San Antonio Texas at 16 and went to the University of Texas in Read more…
Academy Award winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard sits down at The Hideout with Fear No ART host, Elysabeth Alfano, and opens up about his early days as a street musician, his experience with Marketa Irglova on the film, Once, connecting with an audience and the creative process of songwriting. Hansard quit school at age Read more…
What does it mean to be a movie producer? More specifically, what exactly does a movie producer do? In the podcast below, movie producer and CEO of Oddlot Entertainment, Gigi Pritzker, joins me in the WGN Studios. Over Beet Bruschetta with black kale, smoked pecans, red onions, and whipped goat cheese, and a Spinach and Read more…
As we gear up for the Academy Awards, Nocturnal Animals nominee, actor Michael Shannon sits down with me for food and drink as we dish on cooking, his creative process, working with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Leonardo di Caprio and Martin Scorsese, being nominated for an Academy Award…and bourbon! Want some insight into the elusive artist Read more…
Interview starts at :27 Paul Nicklen uses his camera to reveal the nature of a world melting away under human-induced global warming. Now more than ever we need to focus on the environment. With no time to lose, Paul gives us one simple tip that we can all do right now to help save our Read more…
Joel Murray and Curtis Armstrong dish with me on acting, directing, starting out, advice for young actors, what it means to be a nerd, marriage tips, Wrigley Field and favorite snacks. And, over some great nerd food and Tequila Old Fashioned Cocktails, Joel also does some fun imitations of his famed brothers, actor and Caddyshack Read more…