HODGEPOD with Rob Fredette

The movie ”It’s A Wonderful Life”(1946) warms hearts this time of year.

Joseph M Lenard returns as we talk about " It's A Wonderful Life" and the meaning of the movie, In 2023 it is more popular than ever and one of the all time great movies of all time.
I decided to play a few scenes in the beginning of our talk to get you in the mood at the beginning and during this episode.
This movie shows the how important life is.
Rob and Joseph discussed:
-Clarence getting his wings and being the 
-George Bailey( Jimmy Stewart) vs. Mr Potter( Lionel Barrymore)
-Donna Reed playing Mary
-George Bailey's struggles 
-Some other info nuggets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Wonderful_Life
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60792/25-wonderful-facts-about-its-wonderful-life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Capra
It's A Wonderful Life 1946- Liberty Films
Frank Capra-Director
Starring 
Jimmy Stewart
Donna Reed
Lionel Barrymore
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”It’s A Wonderful Life” talk with Adam Hogue who plays George Bailey at the Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center Dec 1st-3rd The Live Radio Play

If you love the movie" It's A Wonderful Life" then give this episode a listen. Adam Hogue who plays George Bailey in the life radio play on stage joined HODGEPOD to talk about the play , movie and more. You can see the IAWL at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center December 1st through December 3rd. Ticket information and link below.
-Playing George Bailey 
-Rehearsing for the The Live Radio Play
-The cast and inner workings of the play itself
-The meaning of the movie
-Different scenes and different characters of the movie
-The meaning behind the movie which still resonates today
Recorded 11-22-2023
Thank you to Michael Bollinger Director of the BPACC for coordinating this interview.
Shows at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
Friday      December 1st 7:30pm
Saturday. December 2nd 2:00pm (Matinee)
Saturday December 2nd 7:30pm 
Sunday.   December 3rd  2:00pm ( Matinee)
Tickets are $30.00 and can be purchased at
https://bpacc.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/BartlettPerforming

Terry A Ferguson aka Professor T Love of the Popular Podcast ”A Bowl of Soul A Mixed Stew of Soul Music”joined HODGEPOD to talk Music , Music and More Music

 
A terrific and fun interview with Terry A Ferguson aka Professor T Love of the podcast " A Bowl of Soul A Mixed Stew of Soul Music "joined HODGEPOD to talk about her podcast and items below.
-How does she get to comprise each episode.
-Soul Music and how it is different in regions around United States, tremendous insight into the different regions.
-Beatles and Rolling Stones inflienced by the blues
-How soul music and different genres cross paths
-Samples being used especially from the Isley Brothers
-Rock bands covering Motown especially Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
-Memphis with Stax and Sun Records
-Isaac Hayes
-U2 and B.B. KIng
-Betty Wright and her influence on major artists
-Recorded November 14, 2023
-You can hear A Bowl of Soul on Apple, Spotify, Heart and Deezer. You can also listen to the Bowl of Soul Radio Network on Live365.com 
-You can follow Bowl of Soul on social media at
@bowlofsoul on X formerly known as Twitter
@proftlove on Instagram
@Bowl of a Soul a Mixed Stew of Soul Music on Facebook.
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JACK BOWMAN DIRECTOR OF THE AUDIO PODCAST DRAMA ”LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT” TALKS ABOUT MAKING THIS 1927 HORROR SILENT MOVIE CLASSIC INTO AN AUDIO PODCAST

"London After Midnight" is an audio podcast drama directed by Jack Bowman. London After Midnight was a 1927 horror silent film that was destroyed in the 1965 fire at MGM studios. London After Midnight was released October 25, 2023.
Rob and Jack discussed
-Bringing to life the audio from the silent film
-The cast including Art Malik who co-starred in notable movie "True Lies" 1994 and Little Mermaid 2023
-The process and production of this drama and the team involved.
-Some influences that we see today from this silent film/audio drama
-Some of Jack's influences and inspirations.
-How digital Dolby Atmos Mix has been a game changer. Jack goes in depth on this.
-And much more
You can purchase London After Midnight at:
https://londonaftermidnightaudio.bandcamp.com/album/london-after-midnight
Written by Lance Roger Axt and Kenton Hall
Directed by Jack Bowman and Kenton Hall
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Recorded 10/28/2023

COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER DREW RYDER SMITH AND AWARD WINNING SONG WRITER, PRODUCER, ENGINEER & AUTHOR JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK MUSIC AND MORE

COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER AND AWARD WINNING SONGWRITER DREW RYDER SMITH JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK ABOUT HIS MANY FACETS OF MUSIC IN NASHVILLE, TN. THIS EPISODE WAS FUN TO DO.
DREW RELEASED AN EP EARLIER THIS YEAR SELF TITLED "DREW RYDER SMITH" WHICH IS AVAILBALE ON APPLE, SPOTIFY. AMAZON, YOUTUBE.
-HIS START IN MUSIC AND THE DIFFERENT INFLUENCES THAT MADE HIM THE SUCCESS HE IS TODAY.
-WHAT BANDS AND GENRES INFLUENCED DREW
-THE PROCESS AND WORK THAT GOES INTO WRITING A SONG AND DOING AN ALBUM. REAL INTERESTING.
-TREMENDOUS INSIGHT ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC SCENE IN NASHVILLE
-A GREAT STORY PLAYING AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM "THE MOTHER CHURCH OF COUNTRY MUSIC"IN NASHVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. DREW GAVE GREAT INSIGHT.
-THE PROCESS OF WRITING HIS SONGS AND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. THIS WAS FASCINATING.
-ROB AND DREW TALKED A LITTLE ROCK AND ROLL ESPECIALLY NIRVANA, FOO FIGHTERS, TOM PETTY AND MORE
- A LITTLE ELVIS PRESLEY , HIS DEATH AND THE MOVIE "ELVIS" FROM 2022.
-AND MUCH MORE
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INSTAGRAM @drewrydersmith
X FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER @drewrydersmith
FACEBOOK -DREW RYDER SMITH
TIKTOK @drewrydersmith
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RECORDED THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 2023

TALKING SLEEP WITH DR BARRY KRAKOW WORLD LEADING MEDICAL AUTHORITY ON TREATING SLEEP DISORDERS IN MENTAL ILLNESS DISCUSSES SLEEP AND HIS NEW BOOK” LIFE SAVING SLEEP”

IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU.
DR. BARRY KRAKOW JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK ABOUT SLEEP DISORDERS AND THE EFFECTS IN MENTAL ILLNESS. SO IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH SLEEP THIS IS A MUST LISTEN
A THIRD OF OUR DAY IS DEDICATED TO SLEEP, DR KRAKOW TALKED ABOUT HOW SLEEP IS IMPORTANT TO OUR EVERY DAY LIVES AND MORE. HIS NEW BOOK "LIFE SAVING SLEEP" IS OUT AND SHEDS LIGHT ON SLEEP DISORDERS AND CAN BE FOUND ON AMAZON.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
-SLEEP QUALITY IS BETTER THAN SLEEP QUANTITY
-SLEEP DISORDER TREATMENT
-TALKED SLEEP AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR HEALTH IN MANY WAYS IN DETAIL
-NIGHTMARES AND SLEEP
-BENEFIT OF POWER NAPS AND THE DIFFERENCE OF FEELING SLUGGISH VERSUS BEING REFRESHED WHAT COULD THAT MEAN
- SUICIDE AND SLEEP DISORDERS
-HOW SLEEP RECHARGES OUR BODIES AND BRAIN FOR THE NEXT DAY
-BENEFITS OF EXERCISE FOR  SLEEP
 
DR BARRY KRAKOW CAN BE FOUND ON THESE WEBSITES AND LINKS
www.barrykrakowmd.com
YOU TUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgtCxsLVd0
CAN BE FOUND ON SUBSTACK
https://fastasleep.substackcom/
 
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DOCTOR OF DIGITAL MICK SMITH TALKS ABOUT FORMER FRONTMAN IAN HUNTER OF MOTT THE HOOPLE ON HIS TIME WITH M.T.H AND HIS SONGS, LYRICS AND MORE

IF YOU LIKE ROCK AND ROLL ESPECIALLY 1970'S MUSIC THIS EPISIODE IS FOR YOU.
THE DOCTOR OF DIGITAL MICK SMITH JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK ABOUT FORMER FRONTMAN IAN HUNTER OF MOTT THE HOOPLE AND HOW HIS MUSIC HAS ENDURED TO THIS DAY. ROB AND MICK DISCUSSED:
-IAN HUNTER AND MOTT THE HOOPLE
-THEIR MOST POPULAR SONG" ALL THE YOUNG DUDES AND HOW IT CAME TO BE WITH DAVID BOWIE
-ROCK AND ROLL IN THE SIXTIES WITH THE BRITISH INVASION
-HUNTER'S SOLO CAREER
-MICK'S BOOK DUE OUT TO IN JANUARY 2024 "IAN HUNTER ON TRACK" 
-MOTT THE HOOPLE'S INFLUENCE ON ROCK AND ROLL BANDS FROM THE 1980'S
-IAN HUNTER SOLO CAREER
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-IAN HUNTER IS 84 AND STILL MAKING MUSIC
RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BOOK ”STAR-CROSSED-A TRUE ROMEO AND JULIET STORY IN HITLERS PARIS” WITH AUTHORS HEATHER DUNE MACADAM AND SIMON WORRALL

STAR-CROSSED IS A MUST READ!!!
IN THIS EPISODE OF HODGEPOD CO-AUTHORS AND HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM HEATHER DUNE MACADAM AND SIMON WORRALL TALK ABOUT THEIR BOOK "STAR-CROSSED -A TRUE ROMEO AND JULIET STORY IN HITLERS PARIS".
https://www.heatherdune.com
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com
YOU CAN PURCHASE STAR-CROSSED ON AMAZON, AT BARNES AND NOBLE AND OTHER OUTLETS.
STAR-CROSSED IS A TRUE STORY IN PARIS, FRANCE DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION WITH ANNETTE ZELMAN  A JEWISH TEENAGER AND JEAN JAUSION A YOUNG DYANMIC CATHOLIC POET. MACADAM AND WORRALL THROUGH RESEARCH AND WRITING HEATHER AND SIMON TAKE US BACK IN TIME WITH ANNETTE ZELMAN'S LETTERS AND FAMILY MEMORIES IN PARIS COPING WITH THE EVIL OCCUPATION OF THE NAZIS.
 HEATHER AND SIMON TALK ABOUT:
- RESEARCHING FOR THE BOOK AND FOLLOWING ANNETTE'S PATH
-SPEAKING WITH ANNETTE'S SISTER MICHELLE DURING THEIR TIME IN PARIS
-THE ZELMAN FAMLY CIRCUS
-ANNETTE ZELMAN AND JEAN JAUSION REALTIONSHIP
-LIBERATION OF FRANCE FROM THE ALLIES AND UNITED STATES
-ANNETTE BEING PART OF THE HIP CROWD OF PARIS
 
ANNETTE'S FAMILY COPED AND LIVED DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION BUT MANAGED TO SURVIVE. STAR-CROSSED IS A MUST READ TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF PARIS AND DURING THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE BY THE ALLIED FORCES AND UNITED STATES.
A REMARKABLE INTERVIEW. THANK YOU TO HEATHER AND SIMON FOR JOINING HODGEPOD.
HEATHER IS AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL. BEST SELLER AND PEN AWARD FINALIST 999: THE EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG WOMEN OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL TRANSPORT
RECORDED AUGUST 31, 2023
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IS DIE HARD A CHRISTMAS MOVIE? A LITTLE ”ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE” TALK AND GOING DOWN 1980’S NOSTALGIA LANE WITH MOVIES

ROB FREDETTE AND JOSEPH M LENARD DISCUSS WHY DIE HARD IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE AND A COUPLE MORE MOVIES AND ACTORS.
1980'S WERE FULL OF TERRIFIC MOVIES
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28 Minutes :02 Seconds
RECORDED AUGUST 18, 2023

TALKIN ”TOP GUN” , ”E.T.” AND ”DIE HARD” IN A TWO EPISODE SERIES WITH JOSEPH M LENARD

Joseph M Lenard author and podcaster joins HODGEPOD to talk about three movies E.T. 1982, TOP GUN 1986 and DIE HARD 1988. In the first episode Rob and Joseph discuss E.T. and TOP GUN. The second episode will be on DIE HARD will drop Wednesday August 23rd.
These 3 films main character started out as themselves against the world. But after perseverance the tide turned for these characters.
Henry Thomas as Elliot, Tom Cruise as Maverick and Bruce Willis as John McClane all share similar characteristics from the beginning of the movie to the climatic ending of each film. The world or authority against them.
Other topics discussed
-Top Gun as a patriotic film
-E.T. not your typical scary space film
-Die Hard as a Christmas movie. Rob and Joseph discussnthe reasons why Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
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Recorded August 18, 2023