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Maybe Baby

In this episode of the Daedalus Howell Show, filmmakers Abe Levy and Silver Tree (The Aviary) discuss the production of their latest film collaboration, One of Our Own, a seriocomic look at surrogate motherhood. Throughout the hour-long chat, we also explore the current state of independent filmmaking; accessorizing with babies in L.A.; and the truth [...]
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Back to School

In this episode of the Daedalus Howell Show, we go back to school – or at least I do – literally. As a freshman in 1986, French and drama teacher Madame Wadsworth suspended me for a bawdy stage production of Dr. Strangelove. 20 years later, I reunited with (as we affectionately referred to her) “The [...]
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Radio: Robots

Tonight on the Daedalus Howell Show, in honor of the domestic droid I had to put down today, we look into the world of robots, where they’ve been, where they’re going and if they’re going to kill us when they get there. I’ve comprised a panel of experts which includes Robot Magazine editor-in-cheif Tom Atwood; [...]
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Disaster!

This week’s episode of the Daedalus Howell Show is a disaster – or at least it’s concerned with disaster. I speak with authors Glenn Kay and Michael Rose, the brains behind Disaster Movies a new tome about the genre; screenwriter pal Jerry Rapp discusses the disaster that lead to his new film Mojave Phone [...]
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My Life as a Dog

The interviews on this episode of the Daedalus Howell Show all share a canine connection. Filmmakers Jacques Thelemaque and Diane Gaidry discuss their flick The Dog Walker, now out in theaters; When I Knew Al authors David Sheldon and Joan McCall discuss Dog Day Afternoon star Al Pacino; Patrick Wilson of the National Hot Dog [...]
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(Un)Censored

In recognition of the 40th anniversary of the death of Lenny Bruce, tonight’s broadcast of the Daedalus Howell Show takes a look at the issue of censorship. Our guests include actor Ronnie Marmo who portrayed Lenny Bruce in the critically-acclaimed production of “Lenny’s Back” in Los Angeles; return guest David Landis of Ultimate 80s.com discusses [...]
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The Spitznagel Tapes

Tonight, on a very special episode of the Daedalus Howell Show, we take a tour of the Spitznagel Tapes Volume One. Regale in these choice snippets from interviews conducted by my pal and colleague Eric Spitznagel who writes for magazines like Esquire, Vanity Fair and The Believer among others. In the course of an hour, [...]
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Dear God, It’s me Daedalus

Tonight on the Daedalus Howell Show, you gotta have faith. Or not, depending on what else you’ve got. We’ll speak with bestselling author Steven Kotler, whose latest books is West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief; M. Scott Byrnes chats up Revelations his debut novel about a Martian discovery that might [...]
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Being Green

There are Red states and blue states and, if tonight’s guests have their way, there will be green states – and not just states of mind. Kermit the Frog lamented that “it’s not easy being green.” Tonight on the Daedalus Howell Show, we beg to differ. Our guests include Betsy Rosenberg, host of nationally syndicated [...]
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The Law

We use them, abuse them, make them and break them — today we’re talking about Laws. Poet Archibald MacLeish wrote “The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life—to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity.” Well, [...]
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