Vicki Abelson's Broadcast: The Road Taken

One of the most recognizable voices in the world, Shadoe Stevens' been the host of American Top 40 - broadcast to an estimated 1 billion listeners a week. Share, Shadoe! Currently, he's the voice of the Antenna TV Network, and the new Craig Ferguson series for the History Channel, "Join or Die."
 He was also the voice of Ferguson’s “The Late Late Show.” Shadoe's voiced countless commercials and has appeared on 90210, starred in two series for CBS: spent four years on "Dave's World," and two different versions of “Hollywood Squares.” Shadoe created and launched the most successful rock station in the country, KROQ-FM” in Los Angeles, and KMET-FM, the most successful Album Oriented Rock station of the 70’s and 80’s- Nothing like hosting a talk show host. Great storyteller with great stories.! He's FUN! Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Celebrities Who've Merged Creativity And Commerce Produced by Louise Palanker Sound Engineer Jon Mattox Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher

Who's running the show? Well, if it's a great comedy, good chance it's Mike Royce. Showrunner of the reimagined One Day At A Time currently streaming on Netflix, the stupendous Men of A Certain Age, and, Luckie Louie... plus Emmy-nominated writer, and exec producer on Everybody Loves Raymond. The man knows how to do this. I've known Mike since a gazillion years ago, when he was the main MC, introducing Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Louis CK and Ray Romano, nightly at NYC’s Comedy Cellar. Clearly great at it, as he's written many of the latter's shows. 60 + second Quik Quip Preview https://youtu.be/5Lu2y-38Rjk Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj BROADcast debuts 2/13/17 Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Sound Engineer Jon Mattox This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com/

Paula Poundstone, American Comedy, and Cable Ace Award Winning Comedian. The funny does not get funnier. 60 second Quik Quip Preview https://youtu.be/aqEYxQXspc4 Also available on: iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher http://bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein http://bit.ly/2gGeItj BROADcast debuts 2/7/17 Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Sound Engineer Jon Mattox This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. http://quikimpressions.com/ Preorder Paula's HYSTERICAL, The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness http://amzn.to/2jXutla

When the world's gone mad, we need Mo. Actress, comedian, writer, activist, Mo Gaffney, is a two-time Obie winner, a regular on Absolutely Fabulous, That 70s Show, Mad About You, and a host of other performances on television and film. We talk career path, the state of the union, and, what her activism looks like. And, of course, we laugh. Because, Mo's funny! Even now, This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com/ Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Sound Engineer Jon Mattox 60 Second Quik Quip https://youtu.be/oysKNlKaRLU

Five-time Emmy Nominee, Will Durst, finds the funny in these terrifying times. Thoughtful, insightful, delightful conversation with the man The New York Times called, "Quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today." The Los Angeles Times said, "He’s an equal opportunity offender with a restless mind and delicious sense of language. Where most comedians give us attitude, Durst brings style and has one thing in common with the best: a sense of moral outrage." He spills his beans, his guts, and I spill my kishkas. We laugh! This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com/ Also available on: iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher http://bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein http://bit.ly/2gGeItj Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Engineered by Dj Markuson Sound Edited by Jon Mattox

I met Ricky Byrd back in the daze… when we were both in a daze… I was booking the Rock’ N Roll Café on Bleecker Street. Ricky was already a rockstar, center stage with Joan Jett ~ Blackheart lead guitarist, playing those iconic riffs in the great MTV Music Video Days. Ricky Ricky has recorded, toured and/or has performed with Roger Daltrey, Ian Hunter, Southside Johnny, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Mavis Staples, Billy Squier, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector, Brian Wilson, Steve Miller, Graham Nash, Don Felder, Alice Cooper, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zant, Mick Taylor, Dion, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Bramlett, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bill Medley, Paul Shaffer, Smokey Robinson and many others. Two years ago Ricky was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. An honor which befalls the very best, and the very few. More importantly, 29 years ago, he got sober. For the past 9 years, using music to help others follow in kind has been his life’s passion, and now, his work. Ricky Byrd’s Clean Getaway,

Columnist, TV correspondent, talk show host, actor, author, award-winning producer, Aj Benza, created his successes and parlayed one to the next. We dish about his moxie, hustle, and his ongoing reinvention. A great storyteller, he shares behind the headlines of Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, to name but two. We laugh. We learn. Produced by Louise Palanker​ Engineered by Dj Markson Sound Edited by Georg Brandl Egloff This week's show is sponsored by MP84 Video and Photo Archiving. Get your old VHS tapes transferred to video swiftly, and inexpensively. Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl and tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj

Carole Bayer Sager... Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy Winner for Song of the Year, which she wrote with Burt Bacharach, has written over 400 songs, She wrote the Broadway musical They're Playing Our Song with Marvin Hamlisch and shared her life as well the music with both collaborators. Her just dropped Best Seller of the same name is a raw to the bone revelation of her life behind the glamor and success. We talk men, mother, music, food, celebrity, highs, lows, heartache, and, finding happiness. Fun and forthcoming, we laugh a lot, but, there's meat on these bones. This week's show sponsored by MP84 Video and Photo Archiving. Get your old VHS tapes transferred to video in time for the holidays. 310-753-5799. Produced by Louise Palanker​ Sound Edited & Engineered by Dj Markson Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl and tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj

This week's guest, Alan Zweibel, an original writer on Saturday Night Live, It's Garry Shandling's Show, and Curb Your Enthusiasm... funny behind Gilda, Belushi, Crystal. From his first joke to his latest and a load of the in between... he made us howl! This week's show sponsored by MP84 Video and Photo Archiving. Get your old VHS tapes transferred to video in time for the holidays. 310-753-5799. Produced by Louise Palanker​ Sound Edited & Engineered by Dj Markson Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl and tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj

Constantine Maroulis rocketed to stardom on American Idol, went on to star on Broadway in Rock of Ages and Jekyll and Hyde, was Tony and Drama League Award nominated, respectively, and continues to thrive as an actor and singer. We talk about how overnight success came, what it felt like, how it changed him and his life, and, how he's one of the very few to parlay it into an ongoing successful career. How we came to meet... and, he sings to us. Yowza! Produced by Louise Palanker​ Sound Engineer Dj Markuson This week's show sponosred by Quik Impressions​. The best printers with the best customer service. quikimpressions.com Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj short

Actor, author, activist, and friend, Evan Handler​, at his relaxed best, with open heart and fiercely intelligent mind, talking career, miraculous recovery from grave illness, and the road ahead in this "new normal." This week's show sponsored by MP84 Video and Photo Archiving. Get your old VHS tapes transferred to video in time for the holidays. 310-753-5799. Produced by Louise Palanker​ Sound Engineer Dj Markson Also available on: iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher http://bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein http://bit.ly/2gGeItj short

Howard Kaylan, lead singer of The Turtles, the Eddie half of Flo and Eddie... starting wih Zappa's Mothers of Invention, went on to record nine albums of their own, host their own radio show, and then Howard wrote Shell Shocked... http://amzn.to/2eOGrdf and read a piece at Women Who Write just before it dropped. We had a lot of stuff to talk about. This man is fun and funneeeeee. This week's show sponsored by Quik Impressions. The best printers with the best customer service. http://quikimpressions.com/ Also available on iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3

Illeana Douglas has appeared in some of the greatest movies of all time, Goodfellas, Cape Fear. starred in Grace of My Heart, created Easy to Assemble, wrote the smash, I Blame Dennis Hopper... and so much more. We talk about where she came from, how she did it, and what still drives her... Orginally aired on Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken, Tues, Oct 25th, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET on The Conversations Radio Network. This week's show sponsored by Quik Impressions. The best printers with the best customer service. http://quikimpressions.com/ Archived shows on available on iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3 And, on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/vickiabelson Produced and engineered by Justin Lebens

NY Times Bestselling Author, They Call Me Supermensch, Shep Gordon ~ talking rock, food, pot, and crazy coincidences... like running into each other in the reals at Nobu in New York, the day after the BROADcast, even though Shep lives in Maui and I live in LA. Fun! So is the show. Come, laugh with us. Creator of RockStars and RockStar Celebrity Chefs, from Alice to Emeril. Originally aired on Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken, Tues, Oct 18th, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET. This week's show sponosred by Quik Impressions​. The best printers with the best customer service. quikimpressions.com Also on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Quik Quip Preview https://youtu.be/AYby7IOzd8Y Video by Samantha Abelson

Bob Cowsill of The Cowsills... Hair, The Rain, The Park And Other Things... the real life Partridge Family, upon who the show was based. Bob's Women Who Write appearance was KILLER... the most YouTube hits by far, still receiving comments, almost daily. This show is also FAB! Originally aired on Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken, Tues, Oct 11th, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET on the Conversations Radio Network. This week's show sponosred by Quik Impressions​. The best printers with the best customer service. http://quikimpressions.com Also on iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3 Quik Quip Preview https://youtu.be/JuZdt3N8VxI Photo and video by Louise Palanker

Saturday Night Live Alum, Gary Kroeger, currently running for the Iowa House of Representatives, talks about the climb, his lifelong associations with Julia Louie Dreyfus and Brad Hall... how they broke the big time and how that led him back home to run for public office. And, we laugh. A lot. This week's show sponosred by Quik Impressions, The best printers with the best customer service. http://quikimpressions.com Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken, originally aired, Tues, Oct 4th, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET on Conversations Radio Network. Now Archived shows are available on iTunes http://apple.co/2dj8ld3 Produced by Justin Lebens

Tom Bergeron, host of Dancing With The Stars, America's Funniest Home Videos, the first man to grace Women Who Write 8 yrs ago and change our history, sat down and dished... as he mapped his path. There was laughter! Lots! Mr, In The Moment, brings the funny to everything he does... that's one of the not secrets of his success. 47 Quick Quip Edited by Louise Palanker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0QkAX_Swsg This week's show sponosred by Quik Impressions, The best printers with the best customer service. http://quikimpressions.com

Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, and THE most successful sitcom in Russia (Phil documented that transition in his hysterical, Exporting Raymond), is one of my favorite human's on the planet. My go to guru for where to eat anywhere in the world.... his, I'll Have What Phil's Having (streaming on Netflix), combines his passions for human connection, the funny and the yummy, and is not only a great food show, it's one of the most entertaining shows on television. Ever. Period. We talk about how this aspiring actor from New York shifted gears to become a Writers Guild Award, Peabody Award, and a James Beard Award, Winner, living his dreams. And, why he carries Springsteen's picture in his wallet. Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken 43 Second Quick Quip Preview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPjdJ6N6Cdk Sponsored in part by Gina L. Mulligan's, Remember the Ladies http://amzn.to/2d1QqL3 Photo by Sonja Sones

Craig Bierko star of UnReal, Cinderella Man, Scary Movie 4, Tony Nominated for The Music Man, bares his heart, soul, spirit & silly... with plenty of charming loveliness as he navigates the way through his successes and, other stuff.

How did a white Jewish girl from Detroit write arguably the most successful funk song of all time?!? How do I know?!? Wait... I do... funfabulous replay with Grammy and Tony Winner, Allee Willis, Slap-happy thrilled to have sat down with brand-spanking new Tony Award Winner for The Color Purple. Allee wrote September, Boogie Wonderland, the theme song for Friends, and, a gazillion other hits. She has great stories, is a fantastical storyteller. Such a fun chat!