All Over The Planet Podcast

Jim and Eric pick up where they last visited the early days of AOtP as they run through an eclectic mix of current events: OJ Simpson's death; Jerry Seinfeld's standing up to cancel culture; the legacy of the influential "Attack of the Show!"; catching up with Wes Anderson's filmography; and a few other streams of consciousness.

Funsanity in full effect when Team AOtP combines the worlds of music and sports and takes some fantastical liberties reshaping bands via trades and free agency acquisitions. What if ... Freddie Mercury and Bob Dylan took on each other's songs? We're just getting warmed up!

The acting bug has been known to bite a typically music-minded performer through the years ... and some actors have tried their hands (and voices) on the music stage. AOtP shares a few of their favorites.

Red Reign's Sammy Lee brings the Power Rock noise to the latest AOtP, discussing the band's Don't Look Back album, the importance of connecting with their fans in concert and via social media, and his purist love for Van Halen.

Guitar virtuoso Uli Jon Roth takes All Over the Place #podcast beyond the limit as his Interstellar Sky Guitar tour of the United States gets set to kick off in April. Uli discusses the inspiration for the tour and how he will incorporate all the phases of his storied career -- guitarist, author, artist, instructor, philosopher -- into the epic stops across the country.

An absolutely retro-tastic All Over the Place as the team breaks out the quarters and drops them in their memory slots for a rundown of classic video arcade games with a +1 dedicated to the analog world of board games. 

Dana Pappas, Director of Sports Officiating for the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), returns to AOtP to update us on how sportsmanship at the high school and youth sports levels has actually started to improve since her first visit to the show in 2022.

Dan Shinder, Executive Director/Founder of Drum Talk TV, headlines AOtP's latest Threefer: a rundown of our favorite drummers +1 killer drum solo! Before he counts us off, he fills us in on the origins of DrumTalkTV.com as well as his latest addition to the site, DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com, your ticket to exclusive live-streamed concerts and private Q&As with artists and producers.  

John Scheinfeld, the acclaimed filmmaker behind "Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback," "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," and "Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary," unearths and brings to life the story of Blood, Sweat & Tears' 1970 goodwill tour behind the Iron Curtain.

Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett joins All Over the Place to discuss The Circus and the Nightwhale, his 30th solo release, and tell us what's it like connecting with fans, on the road as well as via social media.

Whether or not the always informative and entertaining John Ziegler closes the doors on his "The Death of Journalism" podcast later this month remains to be seen, especially in light of his executive producer's testing the waters to keep the podcast on the air via subscriptions. Zig's return to AOtP, however, delivers 100% on his brand of brilliantly dissecting the media and providing keen insights to the ways of the world. Contact "The Death of Journalism" Executive Producer Mike Agovino at agotdoj@gmail.com if you want to make a pledge.

Though it sometimes felt like the teen comedy landscape of the 1980s revolved around the masterful writing, directing, and producing skills of John Hughes, it wasn't always the case. Team AOtP runs down their three favorite non-Hughes teen comedy flicks +1 from the man whose legacy will live forever. Official podcast of MediaPub.live, be a righteous dude and subscribe, like, and share at YouTube, Spotify and/or your preferred platform.

Author CR Allen visits to discuss the release of his "Club Llithium" novel and the myriad of people, places, and dreams which inspired it.

Zo Rachel, Bronze Serpent Media's multi-medium, joins the All Over the Place "Second Timer's" Club. He's accompanied by recording artist and actress Ava Aston as they discuss their Pour the Light In album.

Brian Urso from Gideons Mob joins All Over the Place to discuss his band before jumping into the latest Threefer, a rundown of our favorite progressive rock bands + 1 prog band who has never quite clicked with us.

Fake bands ... Real bands ... Fake bands who got so good at their instruments they became real (or semi-real) bands ... A non-qualifying band from a comic strip ... All covered on All Over the Place's debut episode of 2024!!!

Bring the Coleman and fire up the back bacon as Boxing Day, originally established in the British commonwealth countries as a day of giving donations to aid the poor (which remains an excellent practice), this week also serves as inspiration for All Over the Place's latest Threefer: our favorite three Canadian actors or actresses + 1 favorite Canadian band not named Rush (though none of the Team even had them as their #1 anyway).

Jacob Smith from Society Reviews and The Bar Room Podcast returns to All Over the Place to run down the year in movies. He also offers some insight into Hollywood's continuing lack of creativity ... and what they could do to reverse that trend.  

Sometimes heroes aren't as honorable as you might think, nor are villains completely worthy of our contempt. This week's Threefer topic, "Movie/TV Villains Who Were Right + One Hero Who's More Complicated," explores the moral ambiguity characters sometimes encounter.

Some holiday songs fly too far underneath the public's radar. Other songs get overplayed for a reason. Team All Over the Place lists their respective favorites in the latest edition of the Threefer!