(Guests: Jeremy Sisto, Lisa Lange (PETA), Mina Valentine, Sandra Brown, Mitchell S. Karnes, Dr. Gilda Carle, Hal Linden, Dietrich Bader)

(Guests: Jeremy Sisto, Lisa Lange (PETA), Mina Valentine, Sandra Brown, Mitchell S. Karnes, Dr. Gilda Carle, Hal Linden, Dietrich Bader)Jeremy Sisto opens the simulcast with straight talk on FBI—how Dick Wolf’s gut-level casting and audience sense keep procedurals timeless, and why Jeremy’s “war room” chief works: decisive, people-first leadership under pressure. He sketches the character’s scars—recovery, messy ethics, family hits—and teases an episode that drags him out from behind the screens into danger. Big takeaway: do the job, own your wiring, and stop trying to be someone else’s version of you.PETA’s Lisa Lange yanks the curtain on animal use in film and TV. Abuse rarely happens on set—it happens in the training yards and cages you don’t see: starvation, harsh methods, long days in crates. Solutions? Use the crew’s own pets when they’re truly suited, or go full CGI (yes, it’s that good now). And quit chasing clicks with stressed animals on TikTok. You want “likes”? Be creative without collateral damage.Author Mina Valentine takes us through Regency-era prostitution, from two-penny bunters in alleys to high courtesans and kept mistresses—then draws the clean line to today’s “modern names, same dynamics.” Status buys comfort, not safety; youth fades; contracts protect the smart. If you want the spice with a spine of history, Mina says start with The Marquess Seeks His Muse. Old rules, new labels. Same human math.True-crime shift: retired detective Sandra Brown previews Tech Bro Murders on ID/MAX—six Silicon Valley cases where money, power, and ambition don’t cancel homicide. “Crime has no zip code,” she says, and armchair sleuths will feast. Then novelist Mitchell S. Carnes reports real momentum: big-room signings, conference panels, and book-club demand—especially from readers hurt by church who find a door back through his fiction. Ministry through story. Quiet win.We close on relationships, legends, and laughs. Dr. Gilda Carle lays down a firm boundary: if you’re marrying again, don’t bring your late spouse into the new home—names, rings, shrines—heal first, love clean. TV icon Hal Lindenreminisces on Barney Miller’s “actor’s playground” writing and pops up on American Housewife—still working, still sharp. And Dietrich Bader nails why that show lands: modern family chaos, honest jokes, and two parents surviving on fumes—and love. That’s the gig. Keep going.