Culture Pop Podcast

Episode 206- Comic/Stand-up Gianmarco Soresi

Rising star Gianmarco Soresi joins Mase & Sue to talk about his stand-up career, making comedy during the pandemic & working with Jennifer Lopez in HUSTLERS. Plus, he is skeptical about marriage, ghosts and psychics. Very funny conversation.

ICYMI -- Dean Norris, ”Breaking Bad” & ”The United States of Al”

Mase & Sue are joined by actor Dean Norris to talk about his most famous role: DEA agent Hank Schrader on BREAKING BAD. They also discuss his latest role on the Chuck Lorre CBS sitcom THE UNITED STATES OF AL.

Episode 205 -- Karen ”Duff” Duffy

Legendary MTV veejay Duff aka Karen Duffy joins Mase & Sue on the Culture Pop Podcast. She is a producer, actor and author, and her latest book is WISE UP: IRREVERENT ENLIGHTENMENT FROM A MOTHER WHO’S BEEN THROUGH IT, and it's a great, fun, smart read. She talks about the genesis of the project and how ancient wisdom informs her life every day.

Episode 204 -- Actor Robert Wuhl, ”Arli$$”

Actor/writer Robert Wuhl joins Mase & Sue on the #CulturePopPodcast to talk about his many roles including movies like "Bull Durham," "Good Morning Vietnam," "Batman," "Blue Chips" and on and on. He also discusses the success of his long-running HBO hit "Arli$$," working with screenwriter & director Ron Shelton and what it was like working with Billy Crystal as a writer on the Academy Awards.

Episode 203 - Allen Sliwa, 710 ESPN Los Angeles

Broadcaster Allen Sliwa joins Mase and Sue to talk about being a first generation American, growing up in the close-knit Chaldean community of El Cajon. He grew up loving the Lakers, and it's an amazing story that got him from San Diego radio salesman all the way to the host of Lakers Talk.

ICYMI -- Comic Frank Caliendo

One of the world's best impressionists Frank Caliendo joins Mase & Sue on the Culture Pop Podcast to talk about how he "builds" an impression from the ground up. He does impressions of everybody from Jon Madden to Tony Romo to Sean McVay....and on and on..

ICYMI -- Comedy Legend Jay Leno

Former TONIGHT SHOW host Jay Leno joins Mase & Sue on the Culture Pop Podcast to talk about his early days as a stand-up comedian, his era in late night talk and what he thinks of the guys who are doing late night today. He also details his relationship with Johnny Carson and the impact of the fact that Johnny wanted David Letterman to get his job.

Episode 202 -- Glen Powell, ”Top Gun: Maverick”

TOP GUN: MAVERICK is a worldwide box office sensation, and Glen Powell has become a break-out star as "Hangman."  Glen joins Mase & Sue on the Culture Pop podcast to talk about the intense training and preparation to get ready for the movie, how he got his call sign, what it's like inside the cockpit of a fighter jet and what it is like working with the legendary Tom. Cruise.

Episode 201 -- Simone Ashley, ”Bridgerton”

The star of Shonda Rhimes' BRIDGERTON joins Mase & Sue on the Culture Pop Podcast. Simone Ashley, who plays Kate Sharma, talks about what it's like to be in a show that has reached 100 million households. Plus, moving to L.A. from the U.K. when she was only 15, and her instant chemistry with BRIDGERTON co-star Jonathan Bailey.

Episode 200 -- Mario Cantone, ”And Just Like That”

The hilarious Mario Cantone joins Mase & Sue on the #CulturePopPodcast to talk about his latest show AND JUST LIKE THAT on HBO Max. It's the sequel to SEX & THE CITY, so he worked with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon again, but his friend and co-star Willie Garson passed away during shooting. He discusses how that impacted the show, and what it was like to "get the band back together." Plus his colorful childhood and his legendary stand-up career.