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With the Trump administration defying U.S. Supreme Court orders, the United States faces a constitutional crisis unlike any in the Republic's history. Will democracy prevail? The courts don't have physical enforcement capabilities, or do they?

Professor Justin Levitt, a nationally recognized scholar of constitutional law and the law of democracy, was President Biden's White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights. He also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. Now a law professor at Loyola Marymount University, Justin offers an inside look at the current chaos in D.C, Harvard's defiance of the Trump administration, and what can be done to stop the madness.

Imagine getting a knock on your door, being taken away to a locked facility, then declared incompetent by a judge, and having a stranger allowed to take over your affairs and sell your homes and possessions. 

It’s a for-profit healthcare scandal known as guardianship abuse, and it’s happening to seniors across the country. You'll hear a never-before-heard pre-recorded interview with Shelley Thomson, before she died in captivity. Today’s guest is her lawyer, Philip Ross, who tried to save her.  

Though a Texas judge declared her "incapacitated," Shelley was not only mentally competent until her death, but also a published scientific scholar and teacher of shamanic arts. She was regarded as one of the world’s most able remote viewers, or as she called herself, an astral traveler. 

If guardianship abuse can happen to Shelley, it can happen to any of us. Learn how to protect yourself in this fascinating conversation.

Magician and comedic actor John Carney is among the finest sleight-of-hand performers in the world. Hollywood’s prestigious Magic Castle has awarded John more than any magician in their history. John talks about the psychology of magic, the art of the misdirect, and how it was applied to this year’s election. John shares funny impressions and tells a hilarious story about his “worst gig ever.” 

The Sexy Boomer Show welcomes actor and activist Ron Perlman, and guest co-host, actor M.C. Gainey. Ron Perlman enjoys an illustrious career and a large fan following for his leading role in the TV series, “Sons of Anarchy” and his starring roles in the motion pictures, “Hell Boy,” "Beauty and the Beast,” and many others.  

Ron has a lot to say about the current political climate, the tenuous state of the Hollywood entertainment industry, and how streaming entertainment and corporatization are squeezing the life out of the movie business and culture out of the people. Click now to hear this no-holds-barred conversation.

Can performing improv help the smartphone generation enhance their in-person social skills?

Actress and comedian Phyllis Katz believes so, as a long-time member of The Groundlings improv comedy group, and a founder of The Groundlings School. She tells some great stories about The Groundlings legacy as a launch pad to stardom for many of its performers.

Phyllis has appeared on countless TV shows, and her one-woman show, ”Katz: Music & Characters," won a Drama-Logue award for best performance. 

Get ready for some funny stories about hanging out with James Brown, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, and the original cast of Saturday Night Live!

Phil and Ted welcome Keith Robinson, a film editor and tech wizard responsible for the Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings. Keith edited the film shorts for the first five years of Saturday Night Live. 

He came to the rescue of David Bowie’s Sound and Vision Tour and created a posthumous show Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way, that "brought back" Frank Sinatra using groundbreaking technology that opened at Radio City Music Hall and later London’s West End. 

Keith has worked with directors Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, John Schlesinger, and Martin Scorsese, and mentored Academy Award winners Scott Rudin and Skip Lievsay. 

Phil and Ted speak with Michael Simmons about popular culture in the 1960s compared with today, and his time at the legendary comedy magazine, The National Lampoon.

Michael edited the National Lampoon Magazine in the '80s where he wrote the popular column "Drinking Tips And Other War Stories." 

Michael won a Los Angeles Press Club Award for investigative journalism and has written for LA Weekly, Rolling Stone, High Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.

As the leader of the band Slewfoot, Michael Simmons was dubbed "The Father Of Country Punk" by Creem magazine in the 1970s, and for decades he played with Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys. Michael scribed liner notes for Bob Dylan, Michael Bloomfield, Phil Ochs, Kris Kristofferson, Mose Allison, and others.

Phil and Ted welcome actor, voice man and comedian Danny Mann. You’ve heard his voice characterizations in big screen favorites like “Up”, “Babe”, and “The Grinch” and countless TV series including “Curious George”, “The Avengers” and several hit video games like “Cars: Fast as Lightning”, “Lego City Undercover. ”

Danny is beloved by his peers and always the funniest “Mann” in the room.

And he's one of the two people in Hollywood that even Jerry Lewis liked (listen for story).

Phil and Ted welcome one of Hollywood’s most prolific couples, screenwriter and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg and director Lev Spiro. 

Melissa is the creator and showrunner of the Peabody award-winning TV series, “Marvel’s Jessica Jones.” and all five screenplays for the vampire romance phenomenon, “The Twilight Saga.” Melissa won a Peabody as head writer and executive producer for four seasons of the Showtime original series, “Dexter.”

Her husband Lev Sprio is a television and film director with countless credits including “The Waltons’ Homecoming” for the CW, and Netflix’s “Insatiable” and “Orange is the New Black.”

But who does the dishes?

Danny Goldberg has spent a lifetime in the music business as a personal manager,  record company president, PR man, and journalist. He’s worked with many artists, from Led Zeppelin to presently with Steve Earle.

His latest book is Bloody Crossroads 2020: Art, Entertainment, and Resistance to Trump. Previous books include Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, How The Left Lost Teen Spirit, Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside The Rock and Roll Business, and In Search of The Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea.

Besides being among the nicest people in show business, Marty Rifkin is a multi-instrumentalist session musician, producer, and pedal steel guitar virtuoso.  

Marty has recorded with numerous artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Jewel, Glen Campbell, Elton John, Weird Al Yankovic, Hans Zimmer, Dwight Yoakam and many more.

He’s toured with Bruce Springsteen, Glen Campbell, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosie Flores, Chris Shiflett  (from Foo Fighters) and John C. Reilly.

As the owner of Rifkin Productions in Santa Monica, CA, he has produced music for over 1500 songwriters & artists including Smokey Robinson, Hal David, Rita Coolidge, Creed Bratton.

GloZell Lynette Green, better known as GloZell, is a YouTube personality who established her channel in 2008 with video interviews, comedy about her life, and song parodies.

With more than four million subscribers by 2015 and more than 700 million views, her most popular videos include her "Cinnamon Challenge" video and "My Push-up Bra will help me get my man" video.

GloZell interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House and appeared as Little Debbie in "Ralph Breaks the Internet."

Find out how YouTube is taking over television.

Adele Abrams started as the sole female DJ at Maryland’s WHFS-FM, one of the country’s founding progressive radio stations, and is featured (with Phil) in the recent documentary movie, Feast your Ears: The Story of WHFS.  

Adele is now a leading employment safety attorney, advocate, author, and a member of multiple state bars and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Adele’s many specialties include mine safety.

She explains how your life at work could be affected by the outcome of this year's elections. 

Writer, Playwright, Actress and Radio Personality Sandra Tsing Loh is the author of many books on the trials and tribulations of womanhood, motherhood and being a madwoman in the modern world ("A Year in Van Nuys," "Mother on Fire," "Madwoman and the Roomba,"), she is celebrated for her one-woman shows and commentary "The Loh Down."

Her latest play "Madwomen of the West," boasted an all-star cast, premiered to sterling reviews in LA, moving to Off-Broadway and London. In addition to being a goddess, Sandra is also an accomplished pianist.

Get ready for a rapid-fire, mind-bendingly funny conversation with the fastest wit in the West! 

Phil and Ted welcome the multi-talented husband and wife team, Jamie Alcroft and Sarah Kawahara. 

Sarah is a double Emmy Award-winning figure skater and choreographer, including winning for the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City. She is the choreographer for more than a dozen current ice skating shows on cruise ships worldwide.

Jamie is a comedian, expert silversmith, and voice-over artist. He’s also a double organ transplant survivor on a mission to save lives through his advocacy for organ donations. 

One of their three talented children is Hayley Kiyoko a singer-songwriter, actress, and author.

Phil and Ted continue their free-ranging conversation, this time about artificial intelligence, Apple's Vision Pro, and UFOs including little-known history about Utah's infamous "Skinwalker Ranch." 

What could possibly go wrong?

Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt talk amongst themselves today. After three years of co-hosting the Sexy Boomer Show, they feel it’s time to get to know each other.

Talk about opening a can of worms! They share stories about chasing UFOs, surviving gangland shootings, making exploitation films, learning remote viewing and how they first met in a haze of smoke.

Actor Ed Begley Jr. is back for more with the Sexy Boomers!   

Ed is truly one of a kind, a performer who is known equally for his prolific film and television career and his environmental activism. 

He’s been in hundreds of films, from “An Officer and a Gentlemen” to “This is Spinal Tap.” His TV work spans from “My Three Sons” to “Mary Hartman,” “St. Elsewhere” and “Better Call Saul.” 

We had so much fun last time, that we’re doing it again!

Public outrage is exploding over the radical Musk/Trump Administration, and the emerging "FiftyFifty.One" movement is leading nationwide public protests. "50501" is a group of grassroots organizers aiming to “uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach, and fight for a government that serves the people, not the powerful." Hunter Dunn is 50501's southern California spokesman and a Pepperdine College senior. Hunter is a breath of fresh air and a brilliant young man working hard to save democracy. He'll fill you with hope!

Actor, artist, and legendary radio and TV personality, Shadoe Stevens is an inductee of the Radio Hall of Fame. Shadoe was the brains behind the original KROQ, the cutting-edge progressive FM radio station in Los Angeles. In addition to a million other achievements, Shadoe is now behind the wild and innovative comedy of “Mental Radio.” 

Author Joey Green has written 60 books!  He was a writer for National Lampoon and top ad agencies. You’ve likely seen him on TV polishing furniture with Spam and moussing Conan O’Brien’s hair with Jello. And now, Phil and Ted learn what to really do with Miracle Whip. And you’ll hear why Senator Barry Goldwater came up with idea to shave on a camping trip..using peanut butter! Join their fun and funny conversation while learning some amazing tips on novel uses for common household products. All sales final!

Phil and Ted welcome Shelley Herman, author of her tell-all book, My Peacock Tale: Secrets Of An NBC Page. “I’m not ashamed of anything,” says Shelley, which is a good thing having come of age in the 1970s.

Shelley talks about her experiences as a young 20-something working at NBC’s Burbank TV studios in the heyday of network television, which included sex, drugs and rock’n’roll -and rubbing shoulders (plus a lot more) with show business royalty.

Phil and Ted are in New York to speak with Tulis McCall, a true, one-woman show, renowned monologist on her podcast “Monday Musings” and storyteller at a local NY cabaret. Tulis covers the NY stage on her website, thefrontrowcenter.com.

Greg Laemmle runs Los Angeles’ cherished Laemmle Theaters. We discuss the present and future of movie theaters, and their dramatic struggles in the post-pandemic and video streaming age. Also, the remarkable Laemmle family legacy, including Greg’s great-grand uncle, Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures and an originator of the motion picture business.

Also joining us is Raphael Sbarge, director of the feature documentary, “Only In Theaters” which chronicles the Laemmle Theaters’ fight for survival. Action!

Veteran film, TV and stage actress Phoebe Dorin played “The Wild Wild West” ingénue and bad girl, “Antoinette.” Despite nearly dying on set repeatedly, she never let Hollywood lick her (or at least Robert Conrad). Phoebe almost smothered in Adam Sandler’s bare chest, while drowning in whipped cream. But she licked that moment!  

What, and quit show business?

Listen now to amazing stories shared by the wonderfully funny Hollywood and Broadway veteran actress, singer, and writer, Phoebe Dorin!

Ted and guest co-host, MC Gainey welcome actor, master storyteller, and funnyman, Troy Evans. Troy has appeared in countless movies and is perhaps best known for his television roles as Desk Clerk Frank Martin in “ER” and more recently as Detective Johnson (Barrel) in “Bosch.”

Serving with the Army infantry in the jungles of Vietnam during the war left young Troy angry, and drunk, and later sentenced to 46 years in prison for assault. He turned his life around and worked his way to a successful career as a beloved actor. He also makes beautiful tipis.

MC and Troy are long-time friends, and prepare yourself for some wild, Hollywood stories.

With a constitutional crisis in Washington, D.C., there are legal ways to protest. We talk to two veterans of the successful 1960s anti-war movement about how to resist today’s extremist political environment effectively.

Author/activist Judy Gumbo was one of the original Yippies (Youth International Party) with Abbie Hoffmann and Jerry Rubin. Her insider feminist memoir, "Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI,” tells of her involvement with the counter-culture protest movement. 

Arthur Eckstein's "Bad Moon Rising: How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution" details the war between the Weather Underground and the FBI through previously unreleased documents. 

Summer is here and time to watch out for sharks at the beach!  Phil and Ted welcome Carl Gottlieb, screenwriter of "JAWS." Carl shares amazing inside stories about the making of the very first summer blockbuster movie that changed the movie business forever.

Carl also co-wrote "The Jerk," and TV shows “The Smothers Brothers," "The Odd Couple,” “All in the Family,” “The Bob Newhart Show" and many others.

Carl is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and author whose books include the bestseller Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby (with David Crosby) and the acclaimed Jaws Log. 

We'll also talk about the writers' strike, as Carl served as Vice-President of the Writers Guild of America West.

Phil and Ted welcome TV weatherman and stand-up comic, Fritz Coleman and veteran radio producer and documentarian Louise Palanker. Fritz was a fixture on Los Angeles’ KNBC-TV for 39 years and Louise co-founded Premiere Radio Networks. Together, they host the MEDIA PATH PODCAST, a conversational show that looks at what has defined media and culture for the past half-century. Click now for a fun and wide-ranging conversation with four very curious people.

Phil and Ted welcome Noel Blanc, the son of Looney Tunes voice legend, Mel Blanc. Noel shares personal stories about his dad and his remarkable career, ranging from close friendships and personal encounters with Jack Benny, Roy Rogers and Elvis Presley. Noel also talks about his remarkable life and work, including his close friendships with Kirk Douglas, Hugh Hefner, and Michael Jackson. And how he seemed to find himself in the most amazing circumstances, like double-dating with OJ Simpson on his first two dates with Nicole Simpson. Enjoy an inside look at Hollywood that you've never heard before. 

Actor, writer and social activist, Ian Ruskin trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and is a veteran of stage and screen. Performing his one man show for audiences around the world, Ian brings to life the stories of remarkable and often misunderstood, true-life heroes, including Nikola Tesla and Thomas Paine.

Thomas Paine, considered the father of the American Revolution, was so despised that his ashes were placed in the heels of shoes worn by English nobility to be walked on. 

Nikola Tesla charged the world with AC electric, never married and had a deep relationship with a female pigeon. 

Just two mind-blowing tidbits we learn about these rule breakers and history makers.

Lawrence is a long-time Hollywood producer, agent, and actor. He produced and acted in films and television, including "Death Before Dishonor," "Merchants of War" and the TV series "Hunter." 

From the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, Lawrence and his partner Craig T. Rumar, ran the successful Hollywood talent agency, Film Artists Management Enterprises (FAME).  They represented Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, and dozens of other Hollywood stars.

Click to play for some wild stories about Hollywood's last days of shooting from the hip.

As the voice of Bart Simpson, Nancy Cartwright is at the center of the cultural phenomenon, “The Simpsons.” America’s longest-running television series has made America laugh for over 30 years.

In this engaging and fun interview, Nancy offers a fascinating, inside look at how “The Simpsons” is made, how it navigates controversy, and remains a hit in a “woke” society.  

Nancy shares a Cinderella story of how her career began in Ohio, thanks in large part to a record promoter and Yogi Bear.

Beloved actor Paul Dooley dressed up as a clown and juggled his way out of a hardscrabble rural West Virginia childhood and onto the Broadway stage opposite Walter Matthau, and later played “Wimpy” in Robert Altman’s classic film, Popeye.  On the way, he performed comedy in New York’s Greenwich Village Vanguard and watched Lenny Bruce get his start. He sat in on several Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows and later filmed his own memorable comedy stunts on Candid Camera. Paul was an early member of The Second City group and worked with many legends from Buster Keaton to Art Carney.

While known by millions as America’s most lovable screen dad, Paul was having his own real dad issues from his own father to his kids.

Guests include Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Walken and others, including Rocky Rococo… thanks to master impressionist, big screen actor, comedian, artist and renaissance man, Jim Meskimen.

Jim shares fast and funny stories about his work, spanning from his amazing YouTube and TV performances to acting in “Apollo 13” and a soon to be released movie starring Sean Penn and Julia Roberts.  

In brilliant form, Jim explains his creative process that anyone can apply and thrive with. 

It may be easier to list what Jamie Alcroft hasn’t done, than to list all his many talents and accomplishments. He’s a comedian who with his partner Mack Dryden hosted a hit TV show, “Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie” that helped launch the careers of Kevin Pollak, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Reiser and others. He’s a silversmith and dad to pop star, Hayley Kiyoko. Oh, yeah, and he’s also the recipient of a heart AND liver transplant. Best of all, he’s a terrifically funny storyteller with amazing tales to tell.  Your ears are in for a treat!

Is Jay Johnson doing Satan’s bidding? Or does he just suffer from mental illness? Neither of course, but it’s a good thing that Jay is working in the 21st Century where master ventriloquists win Tony Awards, unlike more superstitious times when the stagecraft of “throwing a voice” was associated with demonism, fraudsters and God forbid, sewage!  

Jay became nationally known as the ventriloquist in the landmark TV comedy series, “Soap” and has since acted in many films and TV shows. He won a Tony Award for his hilarious one-man, hit Broadway show, “The Two and Only.”

Jay explains the fascinating art of ventriloquism and how it has rattled and amazed audiences for centuries. Hit “play” now and hear amazing stories that you won’t see coming…

Nina Knierim and her family lost their house in the Pacific Palisades fire. Their life has been wholly up-ended, and sadly, the nightmare is not ending soon. Nina shares her family's story, from the moment they saw the fire racing toward them and how they are struggling to put their lives back together in Los Angeles' challenging housing environment.

Nina also works as a climate action strategist and a (wildfire) disaster preparedness and resilience expert for CORE- Community Organized Relief Effort, Co-Founded by actor Sean Penn. She is joined by her colleague, Yosef Jalil, CORE's Area Director for California, and they discuss how they are offering substantial, long-term support for wildfire victims and the difficult decisions all residents in fire-prone regions now face in the wake of one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

As a long-time Hollywood producer, Steven Leiva has enjoyed a front seat in the film animation world, working with greats like Looney Tunes’s Chuck Jones, Brad Bird, Yutaka Fujioka, Gary Kurtz and others. When animation was down and out in the late 1970’s, Steven correctly predicted that animated films would become Hollywood blockbusters, but only if studios appealed to adult audiences and not just children. He was the animation producer for "Space Jam" with Michael Jordan.

Steven shares inside stories about old Hollywood and the geniuses behind animation classics like Bugs Bunny, Iron Man, Japanese animation and the advent of computer generated imagery (CGI) mastered by studios like Pixar, makers of “Toy Story.”

Steven is a prolific author, and shares a taste of his new comedy novel, Creature Feature, A Horrid Comedy.

Paul Magid is a master juggler, comedian, playwright and co-founder of the world-renowned Flying Karamazov Brothers.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers, the world’s most innovative juggling act, began as a couple of college students who just enjoyed the attention. Their fortune began unexpectedly one day when they took off their hats off as they street performed and to their surprise and delight, spectators threw money in them, which heralded the custom of throwing cash in the hats of street performers. 

Paul and his pals never looked back and juggled their way across the world and appeared on major TV shows and motion pictures, and eventually becoming a smash Broadway hit. 

Paul tells the story of how they named themselves, The Flying Karamazov Brothers while hitchhiking to their first big gig and getting picked up by a couple of beautiful women, including Ed Sullivan’s niece, who were driving west, looking for Coors Beer (when that was a thing). 

Paul shares amazing stories about how juggling is accomplished more by music and hearing than sight, and that throwing sharp knives and sickles at your friends can really be a bloody mess of a job!

Actor, author and professor, Armin Shimerman, is best known as “Quark”, the first Ferengi alien character in the TV series Star Trek: the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. You’ve also seen him on many TV shows including, “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer”, “Boston Legal” and, “Beauty and the Beast.”  Gamers know him from countless video games, including as “Dr. Nefarious” in “Ratchet and Clank”.

Armin is an accomplished Shakespearean actor and professor of the life and works of Willam Shakespeare at USC. He brings Shakespeare to life in 16th Century, not-so “Merrie Olde England”, where the average life span was only 22 years and everything was dangerous. Armin tells stories that will fascinate bardology fans and the uninitiated. Sword fight, anyone?

Press “to play or not to play” now for some laughs and mind-expanding conversation!

If you’ve enjoyed The Office Space, The Larry Sanders Show, Cheers and countless other TV shows and movies, Paul Willson has made you laugh…a lot. His on-screen characters are deadpan hilarious. Paul’s fast-draw talent comes from groundbreaking work in political comedy improvisation groups in the wild days of 1960’s San Francisco, where he grew up.

It’s also where Paul witnessed the birth of the counter-culture movement and became politically radicalized. Paul describes an amazing San Francisco that is unrecognizable today. He remains politically astute about today’s societal discord and offers a no-holds-barred approach to address it. 

Press “play” now for some laughs and ear-opening conversation!