The Bat Segundo Show was a long-running cultural radio program devoted to quirky and very thorough long-form interviews with contemporary authors, idiosyncratic thinkers, and other assorted artists. Guests included David Lynch, Octavia Butler, John Waters, John Updike, Stephen Fry, Marilynne Robinson, Karen Russell, Weird Al Yankovic, Robert A. Caro, and more than 500 others. There was also a program called Follow Your Ears, which was a thematic investigative counterpart, in which I pursued a specific subject through several angles. The entire archive of what I did from 2005 to 2014 is included here.
Eran Kolirin is the writer and director of The Band’s Visit, now playing in theaters. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contending with the inflexible language demands of the Academy. Guest: Eran Kolirin Subjects Discussed: Using a great deal of static shots, Antonioni, the influence of comic books, creating a cinematic fable, contending with too many extras […]
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MorePeter Fernandez and Corinne Orr are best known for their voiceover work on Speed Racer. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Trying to figure out why his voice gone all funny. Guests: Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr Subjects Discussed: Being referred to as a voiceover artist vs. being referred to as an actor, dubbing foreign films into […]
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MoreRon Jeremy is the author of The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz. Author: Ron Jeremy Condition of Mr. Segundo: Filled with gushing admiration. Subjects Discussed: On being “the hardest working man in show business,” being covered by the New York Times Book Review, Eric Spitznagel as ghost writer, celebrity stories, Parkinson’s disease, Al Goldstein, on […]
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MoreDavid Lynch is most recently the author of Catching the Big Fish. Author: David Lynch Condition of Mr. Segundo: In absentia, terrified of meditation. Subjects Discussed: Transcendental Meditation, true happiness, contending with stress, fear and anxiety, anger, the relationship between filmmaking and TM, inner happiness, walking vs. TM, Knut Hamsun, Einstein’s Theory of Everything, Dostoevsky’s […]
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MoreNina Hartley is most recently the author of Nina Hartley’s Guide to Total Sex. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Harried and henpecked. Author: Nina Hartley Subjects Discussed: The meaning of “total sex,” vanilla vs. “alternative” sex, basics vs. options, self-acceptance, foreplay, the relationship between sexual realities and porn film fantasies, the “three position” proclivity, swinging, sexual […]
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MoreJoe Eszterhas is most recently the author of The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood. Author: Joe Eszterhas Condition of Mr. Segundo: Groping for borrowed salacious content. Subjects Discussed: Ambrose Bierce, the screenwriter as god, exclamation points, Robert McKee, the “twisted little man” inside Eszterhas, cynics in Hollywood, William Goldman, the reasons for writing Basic Instinct, Jagged […]
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MoreNora Ephron is most recently the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck. Author: Nora Ephron Condition of Mr. Segundo: Terse, but combative towards golden boys. Subjects Discussed: The side effects of eating cake, book tour provisos, Marie Antoinette, superthin models, anatomical parts as literary inspiration, ageism, hair dye, Botox, responding to the Cleveland […]
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MoreAuthor: Tommy Chong Condition of Mr. Segundo: Recovering from a medical mishap. Subjects Discussed: Examining Title 21, Section 863, whether Clinton was in power in the 1980s, salsa dancing, the requirements for being an FBI special agent, plea bargaining, prison life, bodyguards, the Bush family, the advantages of celebrity status vs. a common offender being […]
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MoreAuthor: Chris Elliott Condition of Mr. Segundo: Immersed in the past with a baseball bat cut from a tree. Subjects Discussed: Lack of sleep from both parties, the lure of money, the Chris Elliott persona vs. the real Chris Elliott, Jack the Ripper, parodies, Alan Moore’s From Hell, research, trying to read while acting, on […]
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