Any Time with Vin Forte
'Any Time with Vin Forte' is an interview-based pop-culture podcast hosted by Vin Forte and brought to you by DAPS.TV. Every other week, Vin brings you an extended interview with everyone from actors, writers, musicians, video game programmers, and everyone in between.
Episodes
Gaby Dunn is a writer, actress, author, and podcaster who you may know from her web series 'Just Between Us' with Allison Raskin or her successful podcast 'Bad With Money' which debuted the first episode of it's third season this week. This episode Gaby returns to the podcast to discuss shopping addictions and bad spending habits, learning not to be too reactionary, the evolution of the content creator scene over the past 8 years, ...
Nina Bargiel is a TV writer and transmedia producer who has worked on projects for your kids & teenagers for the past 18 years (Lizzy McGuire, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Valemont). This episode we discuss the struggles of getting into any kind of writing profession, how transmedia benefits a show or project, the ten year anniversary of the Writers Guild of America strike, the lasting impact of awkward comedy, the...
JHU Comics has been a staple of the NYC comic book scene for over 30+ years. But like many small businesses, increasing rent prices and rapid gentrification have pushed them out of their current location. Fortunately, they have been able to find a new home on short notice, but it needs around $30,000 in repairs & moving expenses to get up and running. Owners Ron Hill & Nick Purpura have turned to GoFundMe to help mitigate t...
Steve Whalen is a comedian who has some great insight into the current NYC comedy scene and has been featured on shows like Difficult People, Crashing, High Maintenance, and can be seen every week on The Special Without Brett Davis. This episode we discuss breaking into the Screen Actors Guild, getting punched on the set of Law & Order, influential comedies that deserve more awareness, Tiger electronics, working on different mo...
Mady G is a comic artist and illustrator. They also co-host a podcast with me on Youtube called 'Cartoon Buffoons' all about animation. This episode, I'm choosing to highlight and promote one of our recent conversations about the 90s Cartoon Network showcase classics "CN Groovies" and "What-A-Cartoon"!
Mady G on Twitter: @MadyGComics
Me on Twitter: @MightyVin
Next episode: March 2nd!
Comedian Mary Houlihan joins me this episode for a wide-ranging discussion including talking about her interview with Martin Shkreli, Mr. Rogers, the original 151 Pokemon, re-evaluating old problematic media, the Hungry Monk Rescue Truck, high school teachers that moonlight as wrestlers, the pure joy of King of the Hill, old cookbook food, and more!
Next episode: February 16th!
Todd Glass is a comedian who has a Netflix Special premiering January 23rd and hosts The Todd Glass Show on the Nerdist network. This episode, Todd and I pick up right where we left off the last time he was on and get into a substantive conversation about various social issues related to comedy, putting things in proper context, discussing which hills people decide to die on over, understanding the type of audience you cultivate, p...
Joe Rumrill is a comedian who has his hand in many different cookie jars around the NYC comedy scene. Listen as we kick off 2018 with a loose, fun conversation about golden age animation, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Sunday comic strips, comedy, Sesame Street & The Muppets, what the kids today are into, the uncanniness of the Spongebob musical, and much more!
Joe Rumrill on Twitter: @2tonbug
Me on Twitter: @mightyv...
It's the 2017 Holiday Special! This year the theme is a very cheap and British Christmas as past guests Stuart Ashen (Youtuber, Author) and Paul & Eli from CheapShow Podcast come together for a roundtable conversation about the holidays, fast food, Christmas Number Ones, Holiday Crackers, Black Friday, and generally all-things festive!
Big thanks to Steve Horsley (@Horsenburger on Twitter) for the teletext episode artwork!
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Brian Bonz is a singer/songwriter who has toured around the world as a solo artist as well as a part of Kevin Devine's backing band. He also, along with Filmmaker Mike Rizzo, are launching a new web series based off their cult comedy music project 'Bobo Touch.' Brian is also currently starring the the short sci-fi film 'Pumpkin,' which is currently seeking distribution. This episode we discuss the idea of bands touring vs saturatin...
Daniel Kibblesmith is a writer for 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and the author of a new Christmas picturebook called 'Santa's Husband' (with illustrations by AP Quach). This episode we discuss how a tweet led to the book's creation, the positive response and reacting to the backlash by some, sexual assault relating to the comedy community, the stigma some people still have regarding depression, The Late Show's 'Russia Week'...
Marc Summers is known as the host of the Nickelodeon's 'Double Dare,' 'What Would You Do?,' as well as 'Unwrapped' on the Food Network, which he has become a big personality on in the second act of his career. He has been promoting a documentary on his life called 'On Your Marc,' which is currently in the process of solidifying a distributor. This episode we discuss Marc's early years as a stand-up and warm-up comic, working at The...
This week is a very special episode, as I look back on the first two years of the show and highlight clips from 10 comedians/writers. Newer listeners will be in for a real treat and longtime ones will enjoy revisiting some great moments from comedians Paul Scheer, Bill Oakley, Negin Farsad, Josh Gondelman, Todd Glass, Kelly Carlin, Brian Stack, Jimmy Pardo, Roy Wood Jr, and Jo Firestone!
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Larry Olmsted is the author of the book 'Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating & What You Can Do About It.' He is also a columnist for Forbes & USAToday. In this episode, we discuss how the FDA is hurting Americans by keeping in place low standards (such as only inspecting 2% of all seafood imports), what different companies are doing to get you to buy products that aren't what they seem, how some of th...
Jo Firestone is a comedian, writer/performer for 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,' Creator of the live-show and hit card game 'Punderdome 3000,' has a new podcast called 'Dr. Gameshow' coming to the Earwolf network later this October, and this past Friday had a half hour stand-up episode premiere on Comedy Central. This episode we discuss her unique comedic style, using games and themes as a means to facilitate comedy, her recu...
Dan Colonna, Dave Grima, and Mark Magro host the 'Dinosaur Machines Gameclub' podcast where they do book-club style reviews of indie video games. This episode, Dan & Dave stop by to discuss the state of game consoles in 2017, what indie games can do now that they couldn't several years ago, why the state of co-op games feels stagnant, good applications for VR, and more!
Chris Cogswell holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and hosts the popular Mad Scientist Podcast. This episode we discuss the accessibility of scientific research, misconceptions and falsehoods in the way we report on science, debunking the modern conspiracies, and more!
More info: http://www.themadscientistpodcast.com
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Lizzy Goodman is an author whose latest book 'Meet Me In The Bathroom' is the first major book to document the NYC music scene and culture from 2001-2011. This episode we discuss the romanticizing of that time, how the book is just as much about the culture of NYC as it is about the music, putting things like the internet and gentrification in context, how the music and comedy scenes were dovetailing into the same patterns during t...
Justin McElroy is best known for him & his brother's podcast 'My Brother, My Brother, and Me" as well as their SeeSo comedy series, being the Editor-at-Large for the gaming site Polygon, and for additional podcasts such as The Adventure Zone and Sawbones. This episode we discuss the inherently good nature of the brothers, how to keep working through creative self-doubt, video games as deconstructed building blocks, why 'podcast...
Paul Gannon & Eli Silverman host the popular 'Cheap Show Podcast' out of the UK as well as perform on the Barshens Youtube channel alongside popular Youtubers Barry Lewis & (past guest) Stuart Ashen. This episode we discuss Ghostbusters and the shelf-life of novelty and nostalgia, the value of being cheap and frugal, why their listeners can't stop asking questions about noodles, why we are living in a golden age of snacks, ...
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