Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin

Arts & Culture Podcasts

"Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin" explores the journey to success and professional fulfillment. These are the stories of obstacles overcome, periods of doubt, plan B's and the passion to push through to follow one’s passion and realize a dream. Guests on the first 80 episodes of the podcast have included musicians Shawn Colvin, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, Steven Van Zandt and John Pizzarelli, writers Nick Hornby, Jacqueline Woodson, Patrick Radden Keefe, Scott Turow and Colum McCann, Basketball Hall of Famer and former Senator Bill Bradley, plus thought leaders and changemakers like Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, Global Citizen creator Hugh Evans, real estate and environmental racism activist Majora Carter, actors Paul Reiser, Aasif Mandvi and Richard Kind, "Friends" creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, screenwriter Tony Gilroy, fashion design icon Norma Kamali and more. Join us on the journey.

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United States

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Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

"Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin" explores the journey to success and professional fulfillment. These are the stories of obstacles overcome, periods of doubt, plan B's and the passion to push through to follow one’s passion and realize a dream. Guests on the first 80 episodes of the podcast have included musicians Shawn Colvin, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, Steven Van Zandt and John Pizzarelli, writers Nick Hornby, Jacqueline Woodson, Patrick Radden Keefe, Scott Turow and Colum McCann, Basketball Hall of Famer and former Senator Bill Bradley, plus thought leaders and changemakers like Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, Global Citizen creator Hugh Evans, real estate and environmental racism activist Majora Carter, actors Paul Reiser, Aasif Mandvi and Richard Kind, "Friends" creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, screenwriter Tony Gilroy, fashion design icon Norma Kamali and more. Join us on the journey.

Language:

English

Website:

http://www.buddmishkin.com/

Episodes

MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Making Movies Sing, Part 2

12/6/2024

Send us a text In his 20’s, Michael Giacchino had a love of movies and music and a job in marketing. But he’d put himself in a position to succeed. When the window of opportunity opened, he was ready.

Duration:00:27:37

MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Making Movies Sing, Part 1

11/29/2024

Send us a text Imagine movies without music. Impossible. It’s part of the magic. And Michael Giacchino creates that magic, in movies like Coco, The Batman, Ratatouille, Jojo Rabbit and his Oscar winner, Up. A love of movies came early. Michael was the kid in the neighborhood making super 8 films. The love of music followed. Eventually, his two loves met and thus a career was forged. And now it’s come full circle; Michael is making his feature directorial debut with a remake of the 1954 sci fi thriller Them. Those super 8 films of his youth were a lifetime ago. But his passion for making music and movies is as bright as ever.

Duration:00:22:47

ED BURNS: Back Home Again

11/22/2024

Send us a text Ed Burns has mined his experience growing up in an Irish American family on Long Island over the course of his long career as an independent filmmaker, most notably in his breakthrough film The Brothers McMullen in 1995. He has written thousands of words on the page that end up on the screen. Now the words are staying on the page in his novel “A Kid From Marlboro Road.” It’s hardly autobiographical but clearly influenced by those years long ago as a kid on Long Island. His parents gave him roots and introduced him to the worlds of theater and writing and books. Ed’s career has taken him around the world while never straying far from home.

Duration:00:36:36

JEFF GREENFIELD: A Political Life

11/6/2024

Send us a text For some 50 years, Jeff Greenfield has written about political campaigns. He’s reported on political campaigns. He’s analyzed political campaigns for viewers on CBS, ABC and CNN. And he was a young speechwriter on one of the most compelling campaigns in American political history: the 1968 Presidential campaign of Bobby Kennedy that ended in Kennedy’s assassination. So in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 Presidential campaign, who better to talk to than Jeff Greenfield.

Duration:00:34:41

MICHAEL BYRNE: A Life Of Service

11/1/2024

Send us a text I first met Michael Byrne in the months after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Many parts of the New York area were still reeling from the hurricane. Byrne was overseeing FEMA’s response to the hurricane and he was serving the city where he was born and bred, just as he did after 9/11 working for the Department of Homeland Security, just as he had working for the city’s Office of Emergency Management, just as he had as an FDNY firefighter, much like the uncles he watched as a young kid. He learned the lessons of a life of service early and he’s never forgotten them.

Duration:00:36:27

JOHN HODGMAN: Seriously Funny, Part 2

10/23/2024

Send us a text John Hodgman always makes me laugh, in his books, on his podcast and certainly during his long run on The Daily Show. He makes me laugh in interviews as well, but he is also an extremely thoughtful interview, especially about his many and varied influences and how they melded together into the career he’s fashioned. And so, there’s a part two of our conversation. Besides, you have to love any guy who was voted in 8th grade “most likely to become the editor of The New Yorker.”

Duration:00:24:24

JOHN HODGMAN: Seriously Funny, Part 1

10/18/2024

Send us a text John Hodgman has made a wonderful career out of telling us things that are not true: as the “Resident Expert” and then “Deranged Millionaire” on The Daily Show and the author of three fun books of fake trivia. His warm and clever wit are on display each week on the podcast Judge John Hodgman. He is a thoughtful and compelling interview, especially when discussing his early influences, including the TV show Dr. Who, the writer Jorge Luis Borges and a Peter Cook/Dudley Moore comedy bit that “reshaped” his brain. It all started in a Brookline, Massachusetts home where his parents allowed his creative side to flourish, And it’s never stopped.

Duration:00:23:48

BARRY SONNENFELD: A Series Of Fortunate Events

10/8/2024

Send us a text Barry Sonnenfeld is a storyteller. In film. And in conversation. His journey has taken him from the streets of Washington Heights to the heights of Hollywood. He tells hundreds of these stories in a new memoir, Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time.” He shared more than a few of them in our conversation.

Duration:00:44:01

HARRY TEINOWITZ: Getting Another Shot

9/27/2024

Send us a text Talk to Harry Teinowitz for ten seconds and it’s easy to understand why he’s had a successful career in Chicago sports talk radio. There’s a fun gift of gab, a solid sense of humor and a passionate love of sports. He brought a lot of joy to Chicago sports fans. But then came a DUI, rehab and a coming to terms with his alcohol problem. The result? A play called “Another Shot” that is opening off Broadway in New York this fall. Where once he provided laughs to his audience, now he’s providing hope. And a few laughs too. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.

Duration:00:34:12

BEN MANKIEWICZ: For The Love Of Family And Film

9/19/2024

Send us a text Many of us grow up in homes with high expectations, but perhaps not the burden of expectation that Ben Mankiewicz experienced. His grandfather and great uncle were prominent in Hollywood, his father in the world of politics. Ben long ago dreamed of being a baseball broadcaster. Along the way, he worked in sports media, hosted an eclectic news broadcast in Miami and eventually moved to California where he went on scores of auditions and batted .000. But much like in his beloved baseball, it only takes one. At the audition for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in 2003, Mankiewicz hit it out of the park. More than 20 years later, generations of classic movie fans are glad he did. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.

Duration:00:38:35

FRANK RICH: From Ticket Taker To Critic To Producer

9/11/2024

Send us a text You never know what job you have that will teach you lessons that you’ll use decades later. Growing up as a theater loving kid, Frank Rich got a dream job as a ticket taker in a theater in his hometown of Washington, D.C. And he watched as shows were changed, rewritten, shortened and lengthened from night to night in preparation for Broadway. What he observed and the lessons he learned served him well later as the New York Times drama critic and much later as an executive producer on the HBO series Veep and Succession. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.

Duration:00:43:26

LEN ELMORE: Balancing The Books And Ball

9/3/2024

Send us a text For much of his adult life as an athlete and attorney, Len Elmore has balanced academics and athletics. That work continues to this day as a Senior Lecturer at Columbia University in the Sports Management program. The balancing act began long ago growing up in New York City, then attending Power Memorial Academy, the University of Maryland, playing in the NBA, going to Harvard Law School, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn and beyond. We are wowed by the big time nature of college sports and the gaudy salaries of the pros, where careers on average tend to be short. The lessons learned by balancing academics and athletics last a lifetime. I hope you enjoy the latest episode of “Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin.” If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.

Duration:00:38:00

LUCY KAPLANSKY: Art + Science = Sweet Music

8/26/2024

Send us a text LUCY KAPLANSKY Art + Science = Sweet Music We’ve all come to crossroads in our lives and our careers. Lucy Kaplansky initially chose music. Then she chose school and a doctorate in clinical psychology. She tried pursuing both passions, psychologist by day with a little music on the side. But then came those crossroads. Her many admirers are thankful that she chose a life in music. Years ago she affected lives with her work as a therapist. Now she’s affecting lives with her songs. If you like the episode, please rate and review it on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And please share it on social media and by old fashioned word of mouth.

Duration:00:35:32

SEBASTIAN JUNGER: In His Time Of Writing

8/15/2024

Send us a text I first met Sebastian Junger in 2011, only months after the death of his friend and war reporting colleague Tim Hetherington in Libya. Junger was at a crossroads, searching for an experience as intense as war but an experience that doesn’t get you killed. The passion he felt for war reporting has been replaced by the passion for his young family, and yet the opportunity to see his kids grow up almost vanished in the blink of an eye in 2020, the subject of his latest book “In My Time of Dying.”

Duration:00:32:49

Alan Zweibel: A Life In Laughs, Part 2

6/26/2024

Send us a text By 1975, Alan Zweibel had decided on a career in comedy writing. He’d written jokes for older borscht belt comics and become friendly with young comics like Billy Crystal. But then he faced a difficult career decision between a relatively sure thing and a leap into the unknown. The decision changed the rest of his life.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:27:16

Alan Zweibel: A Life In Laughs, Part 1

6/19/2024

Send us a text “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Shakespeare forgot about this one: “some are nudged by the rejection of numerous law schools.” Alan Zweibel has written so many words that have made us laugh, through the voices of Gilda Radner, Billy Crystal, Garry Shandling and his own. He was one of the original writers and creators of Saturday Night Live. The legal world’s loss was clearly comedy’s gain. Our’s too.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:29:08

Ruth Reichl: Eating Is A Political Issue

6/12/2024

Send us a text Ruth Reichl never thought she’d make a career out of writing about food. But she has, defying expectations and obliterating boundaries at august publications along the way. She’s found joy and memory and escape in her writing about food: witness her latest book The Paris Novel. But there is also the theme that has stayed true to Reichl from Berkeley to the L.A. Times, The New York Times to Gourmet magazine and beyond; eating is a political issue.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:37:58

Will Lee and Paul Shaffer: 50 Years Of Friendship

6/5/2024

Send us a text I don’t think it violates some journalistic Edward R. Murrow code to say that some interviews are a labor of love. And if it does, so be it. This is one of them. Paul Shaffer and Will Lee have put a lot of joyful music into the world. They are best known for their work in the Letterman bands, first on NBC and then on CBS, 33 years in all. But their compelling stories begin long before David Letterman. So too their friendship.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:44:34

Bill Persky: Still Funny After All These Years, Part 2

5/29/2024

Send us a text By 1963, Bill Persky had already worked as a lifeguard at Grossinger’s in the Catskill Mountains and watched the hotel’s standup comics make people laugh. He’d written a show at Syracuse University that won a national collegiate award. He’d worked at an advertising agency and radio station in New York before moving to California to write for television. And then in 1963, everything changed. He and his writing partner Sam Denoff started writing for a show that is considered a classic: The Dick Van Dyke Show. A door had opened and on other side stood the rest of his life.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:19:55

Bill Persky: Still Funny After All These Years, Part 1

5/22/2024

Send us a text What is it like to create something early in your life and then watch as that creation has a tangible effect on people decades later? Musicians know the feeling. Actors and writers too. It’s a feeling Bill Persky knows well. He and his writing partner Sam Denoff wrote many of the classic episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, a 1960’s show that is timeless and often held up as TV comedy writing at its best. 60 years later and we are still laughing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:28:35