Shows / 1000 w/ Ron Placone
1000 w/ Ron Placone
1000 Stories. 1000 Journeys. Each week I interview somebody who is living a creative, fulfilling life, and doing inspiring work amidst the backdrop of a society in decline. For the freethinkers and those going against the tide.
Episodes
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Will Wood (Slouching Towards Branson) - 101
Will Wood is a musician, songwriter, and comedian. His show is part storytelling, part comedy, part music, and he can really wail on the piano. Will’s been…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Sage Francis - 100
Sage Francis is an underground hip-hop legend. He’s won battles, toured the world, written everything from rhymes to poetry, runs Strange Famous Records, and…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Dale Dymkoski (Being Deaf, From Athlete to Comic) - 099
Dale Dymkoski is a comedian, personal trainer, and he’s deaf. I saw his Fringe show, Feminist Ass Man, where he shares his story. He talks politics, and we…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Josh Stolberg (Saw X, Piranha 3D) - 098
Josh Stolberg is a Screenwriter and Director. The Saw Franchise, Avatar, Piranha 3D, and that’s just barely tipping the iceberg of his extensive resume. He has…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Angeline Mirenda (AP Sex Education) - 097
Angeline Mirenda is a Sex Educator. I saw her Hollywood Fringe Show, AP Sex Education. Not only was it entertaining, but also incredibly informative. She draws…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Jason Freeman (Zeke) - 096
Jason Freeman is a musician. He plays bass for the hardcore punk band, Zeke. Zeke’s been a legendary Seattle institution since the early 90s, setting their own…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Walker Bragman (Public Health in the Rise of Eugenics) - 095
Walker Bragman is a journalist. He covered Electoral Politics, particularly during Bernie’s first run in 2016, and now his main focus is public health. Right…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Matthew Rantanen - (Tribal Broadband Bootcamp, MuniBroadband) - 094
If you know me, you know Municipal Broadband, also known as Public Broadband, is an important issue to me. Matthew Rantanen is one of the founders of Tribal…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Kelly Spillman (Battling Stage 4 Colon Cancer) - 093
Kelly Spillman is a psychology professor and comedian. She’s also a friend of mine. In 2020, she was diagnosed with stage 4 Colon Cancer. She has a show…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Giovannie Espiritu (NCIS, Acting Coach) - 092
Giovannie Espiritu is an actress, filmmaker, and educator. She’s escaped from a cult, an abusive marriage, she’s overcome extensive loss and grief, all while…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Robin Waite (Take Your Shot) - 091
Robin Waite is an author, mentor, and coach. I came across Robin’s book, “Take Your Shot”, and I absolutely loved it. It used story to teach the principles of…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Peter Joseph (Zeitgeist, InterReflections) - 090
Peter Joseph is a filmmaker, author, musician, and activist. Years ago, he released the Zeitgeist documentary for free online. He went viral before there was a…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Satori Shakoor (Parliament-Funkadelic, Storytelling, Detroit) - 089
Satori Shakoor is a storyteller, singer, actress, and comedian. She’s lived multiple lives in multiple places but she’s always found her way back to the Motor…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Caroline O'Riordan (Healthcare Activism, Hollywood4CalCare) - 088
Caroline O’Riordan is a writer, filmmaker, and healthcare activist. She founded the group Hollywood4CalCare, an organization dedicated to making health care a…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Brian Kiley (Conan, Letterman, Emmy Winner) - 087
Brian Kiley is a comedic force. He’s a stand-up and writer. He wrote for Conan for nearly 30 years, he’s won Emmys, and he’s among the most respected comedy…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Joslyn Sky (Overcoming Retinitis Pigmentosa) - 086
Joslyn Sky is a singer, musician, and speaker. She has Retinitis Pigmentosa, or RP for short. This is a disease that causes progressive damage to the retina…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Gary Arndt (Everything Everywhere Daily) - 085
Gary Arndt is a podcaster, blogger, photographer, and world traveler. Gary was, among other things, an entrepreneur in Minnesota. Then one day he decided he…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Nate Golon (Workshop, Briefcase) - 084
Nate Golon is a filmmaker, producer, educator, and world traveler. I saw him speak on a panel at WonderCon and he mentioned that he sold a series to Hulu and…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press, Comic Book Publishing) - 083
Comics! The print kind! Barbra Dillon is a comic book publisher and creator. She’s the co-founder of Fanbase Press, a comic book publisher and “geek culture”…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Jeremy Fury (Jeremy & The Harlequins, Little Steven's Underground Garage) - 082
Jeremy Fury is a musician, producer, and he lives it. He’s based in Brooklyn via Detroit area, Toledo to be exact. I first became aware of him when I…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Esteban Gast (Climate Comedy Cohort) - 081
Esteban Gast is a comedian, content creator, and educator. He’s the comedian in residence at Generation 180 where he created the Climate Comedy Cohort. I saw…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Mike Royce (One Day at a Time, Everybody Loves Raymond) - 080
Calling All Writers!Mike Royce is a writer and producer. His list of credits is not short. One Day at a Time, Men of a Certain Age, Everybody Loves Raymond…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Alonzo Bodden (Last Comic Standing, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me) - 079
Alonzo Bodden is a comedian and actor. He won Last Comic Standing (Season 3), he’s a regular on the NPR show “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and that’s barely…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Lee Camp (Unredacted Tonight) - 078
Lee Camp is a comedian, writer, podcaster, and show host. He hosted the teeth-as-sharp-nails political comedy show, Redacted Tonight, which tragically got axed…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Eddy MacKenzie (Blood and Honey 2, Edinburgh Fringe) - 077
Eddy MacKenzie is an actor, musician, and comedian. I first met Eddy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023. The fest was in its last week, many performers…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Eleanor Goldfield (Project Censored, Common Censored) - 076
Eleanor Goldfield is a journalist, filmmaker, and, more than anything, she’s a creative radical. She co-hosts Common Censored and Project Censored. Also, I…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Chris Kluwe (Blacklisted from the NFL) - 075
A few years before Colin Kaepernick, there was Chris Kluwe.Chris Kluwe is a former NFL punter, writer, musician, and activist. During his time with the…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Jess Pettitt (Project 2025 Researcher, Speaker, Author) - 074
Jess Pettitt is a speaker, author, and researcher. Recently, she did a deep dive into Project 2025. Somebody had to.I first met Jess on the NACA circuit…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Sam Richard (Weirdpunk Books) - 073
Sam Richard is a writer, editor, and publisher. He is the orginal editor and current operator of Weirdpunk Books, a publisher in Minneapolis, MN. I found out…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Bryant Odega (Late Night ICE Knocks to Harvard) - 072
Bryant Odega is an educator and activist. His first memory is of ICE coming to deport his father. He recently graduated from Harvard. I first became aware of…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Havilah Malone (Best Selling Author) - 071
Havilah Malone is an author, actress, producer, and speaker. She’s written some best selling books, and you’d probably recognize her from a national commercial…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Sally Mullins (Comedian to Porn Star to Animal Rescue) - 070
Sally Mullins is an actress, comedian, animal rescuer, and porn star. Also, she’s in my movie, Left At Wall. She’s hilarious. I met her in the LA comedy scene…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Chad Riden (Off-Grid Living, Earthships) - 069
Curious about Off-Grid Living? Earthships? Chad Riden is a comedian and producer. A few years ago, Chad packed up his life in Nashville, got a plot of land in…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Krish Mohan (Exploring Happiness) - 068
Krish Mohan is a comedian, graphic designer, and mental health advocate. Also, he’s a close friend. He’s in my movie, Left At Wall, and we’ve collaborated on a…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Graham Elwood - 067
Graham Elwood is a comedian, filmmaker, and podcaster. Also, he’s my good friend. We’ve toured multiple countries together, heck, we even toured a different…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Jordan Chariton (Status Coup, We The Poisoned) - 066
Jordan Chariton is a Journalist. He’s also one of the reasons I’m still as active as I am in the YouTube space. Jordan is the co-founder and Head Journalist…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Courtney Cronin (Chelsea Handler, Mohr Sports) - 065
Courtney Cronin is a comedy writer, stand-up, and producer. She’s written for shows on MTV, TBS, MohrSports, The Chelsea Handler Show, and that’s barely…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Tina-Desiree Berg (Real Journalism) - 064
Tina-Desiree Berg is a Journalist. Dare I say, one of the most bad-ass ones I know. She goes toe-to-toe with right-wing extremists groups, she puts herself in…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady, Band People) - 063
Franz Nicolay is a musician and author. He performs as a solo artist, he was a member of World Inferno/Friendship Society, he plays keyboards for The Hold…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Silverio Tucci (Italian Leftist Punk Rock) - 062
Silverio Tucci is an Italian punk rock musician and Socialist. I discovered his band, Lumpen, via Attila the Stockbroker and became an instant fan. I learned…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Thomas Frank (Listen Liberal) - 061
Thomas Frank is a political analyst and writer. He wrote the book “Listen, Liberal”, a thorough but fair dissection of the failures of the Democratic…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Dennis Jagard (Ten Foot Pole) - 060
Dennis Jagard is a musician and sound engineer. He is the singer, songwriter, and one of the principle members of the legendary skate punk band, Ten Foot Pole…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Danny McDermott (Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer) - 059
Danny McDermott is a producer, actor, comic, and filmmaker. His latest effort, Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer, is tearing it up in the indie horror…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Anastasia Washington (Horror Scream Queen) - 058
Anastasia Washington is an actor, comedian and Scream Queen. She is an institution in the Indie Horror Comedy world. She’s appeared in tons of movies you’ve…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Samantha Hale (Horror Nerd) - 057
Samantha Hale is a comedian, writer, producer, and most importantly, she’s a horror-comedy institution. She produces the show, Horror Nerd, which combines…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Greg Palast - 056
Voting in a US Election soon? This episode’s for you. Greg Palast is an investigator, reporter and filmmaker. He’s worked for the Guardian and covered the…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Jay Befaunt (Revolutionary Blackout Network) - 055
James Fauntleroy, also known as Jay Befaunt, is a show host and member of the YouTube Network and activist org, Revolutionary Blackout Network. I’ve…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Kaytlin Bailey (Old Pros Online) - 054
Kaytlin Bailey is a comedian, performer, former sex worker, and she is the executive director and founder of the Non-Profit, Old Pros Online, an organization…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Zeynab Day - 053
Zeynab Day is a campaigner, activist and journalist. She’s also a mom and an entrepreneur. She’s lived many lives and overcome many obstacles. We’ve crossed…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Josh Spector - 052
Josh Spector is a marketing expert who helps businesses get more clients from their content. He runs the For the Interested newsletter and he has a podcast…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Sabby Sabs - 051
Sabrina Salvati, aka Sabby Sabs, is a YouTube commentator, journalist and activist. She is part of the indie media space that I used to be heavily involved in…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Joy Damiani - 050
Joy Damiani is a musician, veteran, and anti-war activist. She has had quite a life. To escape a religious cult, she joined the military and got sent off to…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Darrin Bradbury (From Music To Mutual Aid) - 049
Darrin Bradbury is a singer/songwriter turned activist turned singer/songwriter/activist. He’s based in East Nashville. I first saw him when I was still living…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Valentina Martelli (Italian RAI Journalist & Entrepreneur) - 048
Italophiles Rejoice! Valentina Martelli is an Italian journalist, entrepreneur and innovator. And that’s barely scratching the surface of everything she does…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Michael Blaha (From Attorney to Fringe Producer) - 047
Michael Blaha is an Entertainment Attorney, Performer and Fringe Producer. I met him because of that last thing. Michael loves Fringe Festivals and has made it…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Andrew Frank (From Evangelical To Gender Queer) - 046
Andrew Frank is a comedian and performer based in Seattle, WA. They’re Queer, Pansexual and use They/Them pronouns. They grew up in a fundamentalist Christian…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Marco Di Pinto (BeComedyUK) - 045
Marco Di Pinto is an Italian comedian and producer. He is among the main players in bringing Italian and English speaking stand-up comedy to Italy on a larger…
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Tuesday Thomas (Being Transgender in the 70s) - 044
Tuesday Thomas is an actress, performer, comedian and filmmaker. Her documentary, The Trash Goes Out On Tuesday, is out now. It’s about her life growing up…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Mike Park - 043
Mike Park is a musician, activist, and record label operator. He runs the legendary ska/punk label, Asian Man Records. I’m not fluent in the entirety of Asian…
- 1000 w/ Ron Placone
Margaret Killjoy - 042
Margaret Killjoy is an author, podcaster and musician. She has brilliant insights especially on the topics of Anarchy and History. Her video series, Live Like…