Talk about breaking new ground! The late Jerry Garcia—who would have turned 68 years old this Sunday, Aug. 1—had sky-high hopes for his famously peripatetic band, the Grateful Dead.

In a 1990 interview with Milling About host Robin Milling, which has never before aired anywhere, the legendary rocker discussed his health, drug problem, family and aspirations for The Dead.

"So I've had a problem with drugs? Who hasn't?" Jerry (above) told our host.

“I’ve never had a heart attack. Let me clear that up right now. But I have been ill and was on drugs, yeah,” said the Casey Jones singer, who died of a heart attack on Aug. 9, 1995 at Serenity Knolls, a substance-abuse treatment center in Forest Knolls, Calif.

“But those things are kind of normal nowadays, a lot of people went through those things. They don’t represent good excuses as far as I’m concerned.”

Jerry went on to talk about what inspired him to try and clean up his act.

“I think the idea that, well, it looks like I’m going to live past 40 and Read the rest of this entry »

At noon Wilmer Valderrama, whose new flick, The Dry Land, opens today, gets all moist about jailed former flame Lindsay Lohan—telling host Robin Milling, “I adore her to death. I love her to death. I love her. I love Lindsay very much and I know she’ll be OK at the end.”

At 10 PM In Part 3 of his follow-up series on the BP oil-spill crisis, Mediaite host Steve Krakauer welcomes CNN weather anchor Rob Marciano, who’ll discuss where Gulf Coast residents—and the rest of America—stand from an environmental and political point of view.

At 9 PM British bad boy Charlie Bewley, who plays Volturi guard Demetri in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, drops into The VRO to chat up his upcoming flicks, Soldiers of Fortune, opposite Christian Slater, and Slightly Single in L.A., opposite Haylie Duff.

At 9 PM Olga “The Baracuda Girl” Ondush kicks it with Grammy-nominated producer Edwin Ramos, who has worked with such artists as Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Sonique, Calvin Richardson and Angie Stone. Edwin will take is behind the scenes of today’s music scene, while sampling his own tracks.

At 5 PM Host Sharon Nelson goes one-one-one with New York City Law Department Advocate Gail Goode, who’s challenging Kirsten Gillibrand, the junior U.S. senator from New York, for that powerful seat, which was previously held by Hillary Clinton.

At 8 PM MZN Promotions’ Ravenda Dallah chills with reggae artist Jahmings Maccow, whose latest album, I, features the tracks How Ya Gwaan Crucify and Let dem Grow. The Anguilla native will discuss bringing art form back to its roots by focusing on storytelling.

*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.

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Wilmer Valderrama stands by his gals—even the one he cut loose six years ago, who has since amounted to little more than a series of train wrecks.

Interviewed on Milling About, the That ‘70s Show star opens up about former flame Lindsay Lohan, who’s currently serving 13 days in L.A. County Jail for violating the terms of her probation from a DUI bust.

"I just hope that she gets through it," Wilmer (above) tells us of Lindsay's stretch in the slammer.

“She’s a very talented girl and I adore her to death,” Wilmer tells host Robin Milling.

“I love her to death. I love her. I love Lindsay very much and I know she’ll be OK at the end. But out of respect to her privacy, I definitely won’t comment further on any of her situation.”

Then, however, he does go on, saying: “This is something very personal that she’s dealing with and it’s kind of unfair that she has to deal with it so publicly.”

The actor beloved by millions as Fez—his geeky ’70s Show character—also reflects on turning the big 3-0. Read the rest of this entry »

“I do what I love best every Saturday. Not only do I marry love and technology, but I help singles with dating advice. The program is about dating, love and romance in a Web 2.0 World.”  -Julie Spira

Julie Spira started her radio career as the first female announcer at the FM rock station WAAL in Binghamton, New York. Julie returned to her first passion of radio on Valentine’s Day, 2009 when she launched Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show on BlogTalkRadio. As the bestselling author of “The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online,” she is passionate about helping singles find love and her BlogTalkRadio show helps her “share the love” with a growing number of listeners every week.

“Returning to radio and hosting the only online dating radio show is a dream come true. With my program, I interview bestselling relationship authors and online dating CEOs to help educate singles on the dating scene,” says Julie.

And, BlogTalkRadio is lucky to have her. Julie is a worldwide authority in online dating. Her dating advice has appeared on ABC, CBS, FOX, E!, KTLA, WPIX, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Woman’s Day, Men’s Health, Cosmo Radio, Huffington Post, Your Tango, JDate, Zoosk, eHarmony Advice, and Gen Connect TV.

In addition to her time at WAAL, Julie spent many years both on the air and in management at several syndication companies and at RKO Radio Networks. Julie also spent some time in the digital space at several technology and Internet companies, so she is no stranger to what it takes to survive in our Web 2.0 world.

Visit her at CyberDatingExpert.com. Follow her on twitter @JulieSpira

Tune in to her Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio show airs live weekly on Saturdays 2pm/ET.

At 11 PM Night Views Radio host Robert Saul cuts loose with sitcom star Brad Garrett, who’ll chat about his new comedy club at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, and about his upcoming screen projects, now that his post-Raymond series, ’Til Death, has wrapped for good.

At noon In Part 2 of his follow-up series on the BP oil-spill crisis, Mediaite host Steve Krakauer welcomes Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie, who’ll discuss where Gulf Coast residents—and the rest of America—stand from a political and environmental point of view.

At 1030 AM Diva Toolbox Radio’s Janet Powers introduces Lisa Johnson Mandell, co-host of their new show Work It Girl. A former L.A. film critic, Lisa, who wrote Career Comeback: Repackage Yourself to Get the Job You Want, did just that herself—and will tell you how, too!

At 8 PM The Dialogue with Daisy & Friends’ Daisy Roberts goes one-on-one with Tim Hetherington, who co-directed the new documentary Restrepo—about U.S. toops’ Taliban battles in Afghanistan—with The Perfect Storm scribe Sebastian Junger.

At 10 PM 123 Film!’s Sam Heer welcomes Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth Carter, who has collaborated with Spike Lee since 1988’s School Daze, working on such other classics as Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing, as well as Steven Spielberg’s Amistad.

At 9 PM Milk of Minutia’s Ken Rodriquez hangs with funnyman Paul Goebel. The self-styled “King of TV”—who made his name on Comedy Central’s Beat the Geeks and has done guest turns on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Will & Grace—will (we hope) chat about something.
At 10 PM Singer-songwriter Tamara Champlin, who has collaborated with such artists as Elton John, Andreas Carlsson and Douglas Carr—and is married to Bill Champlin of the legendary rock band Chicago—drops in to chat with Night Views Radio about her summer tour with the Sons of Champlin.

*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.

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Lisa: New, improved—and employed!

We don’t impress easily, so believe us when we say Lisa Johnson Mandell’s networking prowess is something the likes of which has rarely been seen at BlogTalkRadio.

As an L.A.-based entertainment journalist and film critic, Lisa spent 25 year rubbing elbows with such powerhouses as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and Ben Stiller.

But in her late 40s, while searching for work, she—as she puts it herself—”found that the precious few jobs available were going to the young, nubile and unskilled.”

“So I started a personal campaign to give myself a career makeover,” she says.

“I ‘Botoxed’ my resume, rejuvenated my image and Read the rest of this entry »

At 10 PM The Movie Geeks get busy with Patricia Clarkson, who has starred in such hit flicks as Shutter Island, The Untouchables and Pieces of April, the latter earning her an Oscar nomination. Patricia and director Ruba Nadda will chat about their new film, Cairo Time.

At 12:30 PM In Part 2 of his follow-up series on the BP oil-spill crisis, Mediaite host Steve Krakauer welcomes ABC News anchor David Muir, who’ll discuss where Gulf Coast residents—and the rest of our nation—stand from a political and environmental point of view.

At 2 PM Real Women Real Life host Nickcole Byrd gives it up for Kim Fields, who played Regine Hunter on Living Single and Tootie Ramsey on The Facts of Life. Kim will chat about her faith, her family and her upcoming animated flick, Stork, co-starring Ed Asner.

On Demand: Louise Roe, host of The CW’s new makeover series Plain Jane, tells Simon Applebaum she’d like to get her paws on Angelina Jolie: “She goes from wearing long black skirts and coffin tops— being the mummy—to then vamping up on the red carpet in a leather dress.” Me-ouch!

At 8 PM Buzzworthy Radio’s NaVell Lee gets up close and personal with Sharon Case, who plays Sharon Newman on CBS’ Young and the Restless. The Emmy winner will debut her new jewelry line, POMP, which has been featured on the daytime drama and will soon be offered on QVC.

At 9 PM Icon Fetch’s Tony Peters cranks up the volume for 3-time Grammy champ Delbert McClinton, whose new album is titled Acquired Taste. The music legend chats about his annual Sandy Beaches cruise—and lays to rest the rumor that he taught John Lennon how to play harmonica.

*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.

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It ain’t easy being a supermodel, particularly if you’ve got the acting bug—like Tyson Beckford.

Interviewed on Conversations of a Spirited Actor, the chiseled fashion icon chats about breaking into films back in 2000, in the little-known Val Lik pic Boricua’s Bond.

"It's twice as hard for us," Tyson (above) tells us of supermodels looking to strut their stuff on the silver screen.

“When I started transitioning into the acting thing—and I still get this to this day, people say, ‘Ah, I didn’t know you could act,’ or ‘I didn’t know you could speak.’ I mean, because they’re so used to seeing you in ads,” he tells host Tracey Moore.

“And you’re saying, ‘Duh, dumbass, I’ve been speaking my whole life!’ continues Tyson, who also appeared opposite Laurence Fishburne in 2003’s Biker Boyz, and is currently developing another biker flick, this one titled Read the rest of this entry »

BlogTalkRadio understands the importance of iTunes when it comes to the syndication of your online radio show or podcasts. We automatically send your last show over to the iTunes store for people to download for free, but wouldn’t you like to have ALL of your shows in the iTunes store for people to subscribe to, download and listen to from their iPods, iPhones and computers right from their iTunes?

It provides direct access to whole new audience. So what are you waiting for?

Step One: Get Your Feed URL
Right on your profile page you will find an orange RSS icon, this is where you can get the link to your RSS feed. This is what you need to use to register your show in the iTunes store.

You might ask what is an RSS feed?

RSS stands for real simple syndication, and it’s really just that, really simple! To make this even easier, all you need to do is add .rss to the end of your show URL, for example: http://blogtalkradio.com/yournamehere.rss Your RSS feed is the storage place for all of your shows. People can subscribe to your show using their favorite RSS reader with this link. They then get all of your past content and new content delivered to them as you create it. The same will go for iTunes when you submit your feed to the store.

Step Two: Submit Your Show to iTunes
If you do not have one already, you will need to have iTunes installed on your computer and create an account so you can use iTunes and submit your show.

Go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ to start your free download.

Once you have it installed, create an account and then click on the “Podcasts” link on the top of the menu navigation. It should look like this:

Once you click on the “Podcasts” link you will then be directed to the Podcast section of the store. On the right hand side there is a link that reads: “Submit a Podcast,” click on that.

Once you have clicked on “Submit a Podcast” a new page will open up. This is where you will insert your RSS feed. You can type in your BlogTalkRadio RSS feed, remember it looks like this: http://blogtalkradio.com/yourshownamehere.rss

After you have typed it click on “Continue” and you will then be prompted to log into your iTunes account that you just created.

After you log in, you will review your submission and see your artwork from your BlogTalkRadio profile page. Keep in mind if this artwork doesn’t show up you will need to resize your image on your profile to be exactly 300×300 pixels. Then go back to iTunes and resubmit so your image will be included in your podcast.

After you review your show for accuracy and it is exactly how you want it, click on the submit button and your show will be sent to iTunes for approval. This process can take up to one day or up to two weeks depending on iTunes backlog. BlogTalkRadio will then import your account number into your profile page. GUESS WHAT?! You don’t have to do anything after this point.

That was easy wasn’t it? Congratulations! Your show is now ready to heard by millions of people!

You will also notice that on all of your shows and on your profile page there is an iTunes icon. When people click on that icon they will be automatically directed to your podcast page in the iTunes store. They can then subscribe to your show, download your shows and load them into their mp3 players, iPhones, iPods and listen to you whenever they want, wherever they are! We will include all listens/downloads in your stats from iTunes right in your BlogTalkRadio account so you can see the increase in listenership to your show.

Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions by using the contact us form on the site and we are happy to help you!

At 11 AM In the first of his series of follow-up reports on the BP oil-spill crisis, Mediaite host Steve Krakauer goes one-on-one with NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson, who has been stationed on the Gulf Coast longer than most all other members of the national media.

At 4:30 PM Buzzworthy Radio’s NaVell Lee sits down with Finn Wittrock, who plays Damon Miller on All My Children, and has also done guest turns on such series as E.R. and CSI: Miami. The Julliard grad will chat about his bad-boy persona (and how erroneous that is).

At 9 PM The Bottom Line Sports Show’s Gerald Brown kicks it with Andre Johnson of the Houston Texans, who’ll weigh in on what it takes to be the NFL’s best wide receiver (and how he feels he stacks up to Larry Fitzgerald). Plus: Charles Oakley on possible NBA and NFL strikes.

At 10 PM Diva of Days of Our Lives’s Carrie Messner chills with Aussie hunk Thaao Penghlis, who has played Count Antony DiMera and his lookalike cousin, Andre DiMera, on the daytime drama since 1981, while also appearing on such series as Magnum, P.I. and Hart to Hart.

At 4 PM Movie Addict Headquarters’ Betty Jo Tucker hangs with producer Joel Freeman, who’s been bringing classic flicks to the silver screen for five decades—from The Music Man to Shaft to Soapdish to the upcoming Eugene Levy vehicle Punctured.

At 10 PM Olivia Wilder gets up close and personal with Doug Davidson, who has played private eye Paul Williams on The Young and the Restless since 1978. Paul’s work on the CBS series recently earned him his second Daytime Emmy nomination, for Outstanding Lead Actor.

At 10 PM 123 Film!’s Sam Heer welcomes Hollywood production designer Robert St. Pierre who has 19 years experience in the animation industry, having worked on such flicks as An Extreme Goofy Movie, Space Jam, Return to Never Land and Mulan II.

*Please note that all show times are listed in EST time.

Thousands of live radio shows broadcast live everyday on BlogTalkRadio. Find out what’s on live now.