All Over The Planet Podcast

Karate Kid original cast member, current Survivor keyboardist, and multi-hyphenate musician and singer with The K-Tel All-Star Band's Totally 70s Show, Jeffrey Bryan kicks off the second season of All Over the Place. He fills us in on his days on the set with acclaimed director John Avildsen, how he came to join the 80s heavyweights behind "Eye of the Tiger" and "Burning Heart," and the joys of diving back into the sounds he grew up with in the decade of bellbottoms and wide lapels.

Team All Over the Place gets especially patriotic for a rundown of the flicks and tunes which get their blood pumping red, white, and blue!

Some movies, no matter how good or great, only merit one viewing. Conversely, despite conventional wisdom, some trashy flicks never get old. Team AOtP brings you all of the above. 

Money maximizer Maribel Pina joins Team AOtP as a special guest for the latest Threefer installment, a countdown of what we miss about being a kid ... and one thing we enjoy about adulthood.

Author, translator, and Viking weekend warrior, Lars Walker joins Team AOtP to discuss the wizened ways of the world.

Hey, man, is that "Freedom Rock"? Well turn it up, man ... no, turn it off! Team AOtP runs down three songs they can't move quickly enough to skip + one they wish they had stronger speakers to bring the noise.

Larry Jaffee: columnist, lecturer, co-founder of Making Vinyl, author of "Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century" ... and this week's guest on AOtP!

Tommy Stinson, longtime veteran of the rock and roll wars, with no intention of slowing down or retiring, stops by "All Over the Place ..." to discuss his latest project, Cowboys in the Campfire's debut album, Wronger.

Special guest Christian Toto returns, joining Team AOTP's countdown of their favorite movies from the super-stacked year 1999 ... plus one choice from everyone which hasn't exactly aged very well.

Edge of Paradise's multi-talented Margarita Monet takes a break from the band's ongoing tour with Lacuna Coil to spend some time with Team AOtP. 

Mileage varies on the greatest year for pop music, but few debatably finer than 1984. Cases in point: the struggles Team AOTP faced when narrowing their choices down to only three. Fortunately no hard and fast rules apply on the show, so a few honorable mentions also made the respective lists. 

Team AOtP welcomed 100% comedian Tom Dreesen to our latest episode. Absolutely Hollywood's nicest and most genuine resident, as well the owner of entertainment's largest philanthropic heart, Tom treated us to tales from his humblest beginnings in Chicago to his persistent and triumphant successes in California and beyond. 

Casting off this Earthly plane will happen eventually, but what if you could pick the when and where of how you bid adieu? Check out Team AOTP's choices, a couple of which strangely crossover, all Venn diagram-style ...

The debut of Team AOTP's Top Three of [TOPIC OF THE WEEK]! To kick off the new segment, the gang runs down their wish list of how they'd go about their routines if money was no object, and somebody else could take care of the drudgery of chores, get them in shape, make concerts less annoying, and more. 

In certain walks of life, they say speed kills. Not so for AOTP's latest guest, entrepreneur and four times Winter Olympian speedskater Dave Cruikshank, who for 20+ years has helped hone, develop, and improve athletes' skills on and off the ice. Dave fills us in on his DC Hybrid, DASH Skating, and D'Cosi business ventures; relates how Pittsburgh Penguin legend Mario Lemieux brought his expertise and acumen to the construction of the MLX ice skate brand; and beams with pride watching his children take their skating and hockey games to the next levels.

A breed more difficult to track down than even Bigfoot -- a working actor!!! -- joins us on the latest AOTP. A.J. Laird, Pennsylvania native and longtime Wisconsin resident, entertains us with stories as only an Irishman can, weaving tales of resuscitating his love for live theatre; sharing the key components of establishing and growing relationships on film and television projects; and beaming with pride watching his son and stepson carry on his family's creative legacies.

A breed more difficult to track down than even Bigfoot joins us on the latest AOTP: a working actor! A.J. Laird, Pennsylvania native and longtime Wisconsin resident, entertains us with stories as only an Irishman can, weaving tales of resuscitating his love of live theatre; sharing the key components of establishing and growing relationships on film and television projects; and beaming with pride watching his son and stepson carry on his family's creative legacies.

If you've been following Team AOTP's occasional freestyles, while it may seem fairly obvious the conversations lack a sense of structure, we actually powwow about our topics before we hit record. This week, however, we decided to roll with the truest sense of freestyle, none of us knowing what the others would bring to the table. So, join the fellers as we explore leftist comics dipping their toes into less extreme waters; tribal mentalities on the left *and* right increasing the chasms of intellectual honesty and critical thinking; and the Oscars finally recognizing some ways to appeal to Middle America. C'mon along ... grab a cab if you're of The Replacements' "Talent Show" persuasion.

Author, columnist, NFL veteran, and 1982 NCAA football national champion Bill Contz visits with Team AOTP, recalling his days as a Nittany Lion and the honor of playing for legendary coach Joe Paterno; the inspiration behind his "When the Lions Roared" book; and the benefits and pitfalls for student-athletes facing the current college football landscape via Name/Image/Likeness and the approaching playoff expansion. 

Truth warrior, savviest BS detector in the land, John Thompson's kryptonite: all applicable to media guru John Ziegler. Never a dull moment with the gloriously passionate Zig as he guides Team AOTP on a recap of his adventures with Penn State alums and administrators who, quite frankly, don't deserve his talents; his unusual yet very special relationship with fellow advocate for truth Franco Harris; and a unique encounter with future NBA star Dikembe Mutumbo while both attended Georgetown.