Talk Is Jericho

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready talks about his new graphic novel and companion album, “Farewell to Seasons,” and the real Seattle rock stories that inspired it. He shares memories of Andrew Wood and Mother Love Bone, how Chris Cornell welcomed Eddie Vedder into the Seattle scene, the making and timing of Temple of the Dog, and how Pearl Jam went from opening clubs to exploding on Lollapalooza and MTV. Mike explains w...

Stuart Snyder is launching the SUMO Championship League In Austin, Texas this Saturday, October 10th! The former WWE President & COO reveals his vision for turning sumo into a full-scale live sports spectacular, creating larger-than-life stars, and building a true league with international talent, monthly tournaments, points, championships, and a season-long race to the Grand Championship complete with custom belt. He explains ...

AEW’s David Finlay breaks down his journey from growing up as Fit Finlay’s son to spending 11 years in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and ultimately making the jump to AEW! He talks training with his dad in a WWE ring in their garage, wrestling Fit’s final match, cutting his teeth in England, and surviving the NJPW Dojo with 1,000 squats, laundry duty, chanko and life as a Young Lion. David gets into learning from Hiros...

Bruce Campbell is back, and he’s got plenty to say about Evil Dead, Ash Williams, Sam Raimi, and his brand-new movie, Ernie & Emma! Bruce reveals why he’s officially done playing Ash, how meeting Sam Raimi in high school changed his life, why Stephen King helped save the original Evil Dead, and the crazy DIY tricks they used to create the movie’s groundbreaking camera shots and effects. He breaks down finding ...

David Howard Thornton returns for a deep dive into Batman’s greatest villain, The Joker! The Art the Clown actor reveals how The Joker helped inspire his Terrifier character, why Mark Hamill will always be his Joker, what he loved about Jack Nicholson, and why he originally hated the idea of Heath Ledger playing the role! He breaks down The Killing Joke, the mystery of The Joker’s origin, his twisted relationship with B...

Michael Sweet returns to talk Stryper’s new album “Throne of Thorns.” He explains why Oz Fox wasn’t able to play guitar on the new album, what it was like handling all the guitar parts himself, and why they decided to be fully transparent about Oz’s role on the record. Michael also goes deep on Stryper’s signature twin-guitar sound, the Christian metal backlash that followed them through the &rsq...

Vietnam Pro Wrestling founders Rocky Huynh and Carey are back to tell the incredible story behind VietSlam, the new documentary produced by Chris Jericho about the rise of pro wrestling in Vietnam! They reveal how the original Talk Is Jericho interview unexpectedly led to the film, how they kept Jericho’s involvement secret from the VPW roster, and what happened when Chris gave up his tickets to KISS’ final show at Madi...

Shadie, founder of the Sh***y Movie Club, joins Chris Jericho to celebrate the movies that are so crazy you can’t look away! He explains how The Room, Troll 2, Birdemic, Neil Breen and Samurai Cop became cult classics, and why sincerity is the secret ingredient. He gets into Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, Cats, Battlefield Earth, The Wicker Man, the Star Wars Holiday Special, disastrous sequels, bizarre internation...

Brian Posehn got a surprise call from Chuck Lorre that turned his Big Bang Theory character, Bert Kibbler, into one of the leads of the new spinoff, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe! He talks about finally getting top billing after decades in Hollywood, working with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross on Mr. Show, and his early sitcom run on Friends, Seinfeld, NewsRadio and Just Shoot Me! Brian shares the nightmares he had before shootin...

Stephen Dorff has been acting for 40 years, and he’s got the stories to prove it! He talks growing up in Hollywood, getting his start on Diff’rent Strokes, Roseanne, and Married… with Children, choosing The Power of One with Morgan Freeman over acting school, and the movies he wishes he hadn’t passed on (like Boogie Nights and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)! He gets into playing Stuart Sutcliffe in Ba...

Steve Guttenberg celebrates 50 years in Hollywood with stories from Police Academy, Three Men and a Baby, Diner, Can’t Stop the Music, and his new movie, American Summer! He shares stories from the making of Diner alongside Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser and Daniel Stern. He explains how Police Academy made him massively famous almost overnight, why he walked away from Mahoney after four movies, and why he still beli...

Filmmaker Tyler Measom unlocks the wild rock & roll history of Hollywood’s legendary Sunset Marquis in his new documentary, If These Walls Could Rock! Hear how Bruce Springsteen came aboard after the movie was already finished, what happened when Slash met Keith Richards and his knife, and the story behind Ozzy Osbourne’s late-night poolside glass-smashing chaos. Tyler shares what Dave Grohl, Gene Simmons, Bill...

Documentary filmmaker Wes Orshoski spent nine years following original Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno for his new film, Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, and reveals what really happened during the final years of Paul’s life. He shares the shocking reality of Paul’s health when filming began, why the planned 12-month documentary turned into a nine-year journey, the desperate move to Croatia for trea...

Patrick Renna shares BTS stories from The Sandlot including how he landed Ham Porter as one of his very first acting jobs, the original version of “You’re Killing Me, Smalls,” the scene that was rewritten for him the night before filming, sneaking into Basic Instinct with the cast, and why The Sandlot exploded on VHS and still connects with generations of fans. He reveals how his new YouTube comedy series Dugout D...

Violent J of Insane Clown Posse returns to tell the wild story of Juggalo Championship Wrestling and how JCW went from wrestling made strictly for Juggalos to a promotion fighting for respect from the entire wrestling world. He explains what he learned working with WWE, NWA, MLW, GCW and AAA, why ICP’s changing reputation gave him confidence to rebuild JCW, and how Vince Russo came aboard and completely changed Lunacy, JCW&rs...

Legendary horror filmmaker Charles Band shares the wild stories behind Puppet Master, Ghoulies, Full Moon Features and more than 400 movies! He reveals how the infamous Ghoulie-in-the-toilet poster turned Ghoulies into a hit, why Puppet Master launched Full Moon and spawned 14 movies, and what he can say about the major Hollywood company now developing a Puppet Master reboot. Charles talks Re-Animator and his partnership with Stuar...

Robert Romanus, aka Mike Damone from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, tells the stories behind one of the most quotable characters of the ’80s! He reveals the six-week-plus audition that finally landed him the role, why he decided Damone was an East Coast transplant, and how Cameron Crowe’s real-life high school experiment inspired the legendary “Five Point Plan.” He remembers working with Amy Heckerling, Jenni...

Tiger King and Chimp Crazy filmmakers Eric Goode and Jeremy McBride uncover the wild world of reptile smuggling and illegal wildlife trafficking in their new HBO docuseries, Monsters of God! They reveal how rare snakes, turtles, iguanas and other reptiles are smuggled across borders, the staggering prices collectors will pay for endangered animals, why collectors risk prison to get them, and how they tracked dow...