SideKickBack Radio

That’s all she wrote folks…hope you enjoyed World Cup 2018. I’ll do a brief review of the final, how both teams got there and chat about a few of the best goals of the tournament. Thank you for listening! Check...Read more

SPOILER ALERT: What a World Cup we have been treated to…our final match is set after some ridiculous turns of events and oh yeah, just the world of club football was changed forever as we know it while that was...Read more

SPOILER ALERT! Although seriously, its been a few days…I’ve got my super late reactions to the quarterfinals and sadly, its almost closing time. Just 4 matches remain (including the completely arbitrary 3rd place match), here comes Belgium v. France and...Read more

SPOILER ALERT: You can feel the end coming and you don’t want it to get here, do you?!? Still, some great matches ahead as I preview tomorrow’s massive matchups: France v. Uruguay and Belgium v. Brazil

SPOILER ALERT: An instant classic today plus some great and not-so-great-coaching. And I’ll preview tomorrow’s final match-ups of the Round of 16: Sweden v. Switzerland and England v. Colombia Watch Honda’s stunner from 2010

SPOILER ALERTS: THAT’S IT! FIFA RANKINGS BE DAMNED! You mean to tell me Russia is not as good as the Cape Verde Islands??? Also, I’ll preview the next matches, Brazil v. Mexico and Belgium v. Japan Watch the highlights of...Read more

SPOILER ALERTS: What a tough to be the best in the world…and I preview tomorrow’s matches, Spain vs. Russia and Croatia vs. Denmark!

SPOILER ALERT: We on a whole ‘notha level now…I review the final group stage matches as we move in to the knockout round: Argentina v. France and Portugal v. Uruguay!

SPOILER ALERT: Sorry for the delay folks but have no fear! I review all the action and storylines from the last few matchdays (what’s Chechnya got to do with this?!?!?) plus I’ll preview the final group matches of tomorrow: Poland...Read more

SPOILER ALERT: Are you not entertained?!? I’ll review the wonderful and wild action of the day and previewing tomorrow’s matches: England v. Panama, Japan v. Senegal and Poland v. Colombia

SPOILER ALERT: SideKickBack in action, reviewing the last two days of matches and previewing tomorrow: Belgium v. Tunisia, South Korea v. Mexico, and Germany v. Sweden.

SPOILER ALERT: Everybody today were copycats, huh…join me to review the action of Day 7 and I’ll preview the three evenly exciting matches for tomorrow: Australia v. Denmark, Peru v. France, Argentina v. Croatia

SPOILER ALERT: More goals, more penalties, more controversy, more upsets…I got a fever, and the only cure is more! Join me as I review today’s action and preview tomorrow’s: Portugal v. Morocco, Uruguay v. Saudi Arabia and Iran v. Spain

SPOILER ALERTS: A review of today’s matches and the Belgian breakthrough, plus previews of tomorrow’s matches. Are you worried there are no big countries playing tomorrow? Nonsense! Still some fascinating match ups on hand: Colombia v. Japan, Poland v. Senegal,...Read more

SPOILER ALERT: Review of today’s action including why I think Neymar holds the top spot for most times I’ve seen someone’s tonsils. Plus Preview of tomorrow’s matches: Sweden v. South Korea, Belgium v. Panama, and England v. Tunisia.

SPOILER ALERTS! Review of today’s matches, VAR and penalty kicks galore…having fun yet??? Preview of Costa Rica v. Serbia, Germany v. Mexico and my favorite matchup of the day, Brazil v. Switzerland!

SPOILER ALERT I do talk about the final results form the games today, June 15th. Once you know the results and see the incredible goals though…have a listen to my preview of the matches to be played on June 16th,...Read more

What can I say, I love the beautiful game. Yes yes I’m back! For now…I was recently listening to another podcast that I love and adore and they were not doing the World Cup justice! They were talking about how...Read more

Sidekickback returns with a midnight special! My friend and former co-star Matias Ponce hopped off the Mark Taper Forum stage on Tuesday night to come over and chat with me about the wonderful revival of Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit going on at Center Theatre...Read more

On the latest episode of Sidekickback Radio, I get to chat with HBO’s Senior Vice President of West Coast Production, Janet Graham Borba. As an executive, Janet plays quite a major role in the making of some of HBO’s wonderful projects, the...Read more

One of the first steps in the filmmaking process is the somewhat mysterious, often underappreciated art of casting. On the latest episode of Sidekickback Radio, I sit down with Casting Director extraordinaire Rich Delia.  You can see his fine work in...Read more

In this episode of SideKickBack Radio, I sit down with Highway to Havasu‘s radass editor Drew Kilcion.  As a lead editor, he has cut some great projects such as the fascinating documentary Craigslist Joe, episodes of FX’s gone-too-soon comedy Legit with Jim Jefferies...Read more

About a year and a half ago, I had the great pleasure of attending the world premiere of Last Days in the Desert at the Sundance Film Festival 2015.  Written and Directed by Rodrigo Garcia, this stoically beautiful, captivating film features an incredible...Read more

SideKickBack is back! This week I sat down with Variety’s Deputy Awards and Features Editor, Jenelle Riley.  You might recognize her from almost any SAG Foundation screening Q & A, as she has moderated discussions with some of the best and brightest...Read more

My guest on this weeks episode is the lovely actress, writer, producer Jessica Howell. She’s been a part of such great projects as Eleanora: The Forgotten Princess, the phenomenal stage production of Re-Animator: The Musical and Showtime’s Masters of Sex. Her latest short...Read more

This week’s episode of SideKickBack Radio features Jessie Kahnweiler, creator, writer, director and star of The Skinny. Her well-crafted, dark-comedy web series premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and it’ll take you places you might not expect.  Jessie and I chat about...Read more

In the triumphant return of SideKickBack Radio, I sit down with half of the writer/director/editor team behind the superb and fascinating film known as Band of Robbers. Adam Nee…oh and he also stars in it too…and I chat about the odd yet ballsy process...Read more

To end 2015, I decided to gather together a musical treat for your ears as you go off on your various flights and drives and other holiday travels. Check out some of the performances from previous episodes as well as...Read more

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Upon my return, I sat down with the lovely Sasha Spielberg…a marvelous musician, writer extraordinaire and all-around goof.  We chat about her band Wardell and their west coast tour with Ryan Adams, what it’s like to...Read more

My latest chat features Chris Aquilino who has appeared on Jane the Virgin, Bones, House of Lies, and will be seen on Amazon’s Bosch and in the upcoming Mockingbird Pictures independent feature film The Sweet Life (starring Chris Messina and Abigail Spencer). We chat about...Read more

This week I get to chat with Stan Zimmerman, known for writing/producing on such television programs as Roseanne, Gilmore Girls, The Golden Girls, Rita Rocks, such feature films as The Brady Bunch Movie, A Very Brady Sequel and such plays as Meet and Greet and Suicide Notes:...Read more

The latest episode of SideKickBack Radio features the incomparable actress Naomi Grossman, whom you might recognize (with some difficulty) as Pepper from American Horror Story. We chat about her high school reunion, the difference between “making it” and “doing it,” and...Read more

This episode was recorded on September 9th, my wonderful, proud Jewish mama’s birthday!  My gift to her this year was an hour of questioning her cryptic and often times mumble-mouthed son on his life. Eye-rolling was kept to a minimum…Highlights include...Read more

This week’s episode features Justin Kelly, the writer and director of I Am Michael (starring James Franco and Zachary Quinto). We chat about the years of work it takes to climb the film-world ladder, Michael Glatze’s reaction to a film about his...Read more

This week I get to sit down with Victor Levin, writer/director of the marvelous film, 5 to 7 (starring Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe).  We chat about the lost art of writing letters, the realities of running a TV show and the French view...Read more

I am joined this week by veteran actress Robin Riker, who appeared in such series as Brothers, The Bold and the Beautiful and my personal fanboy geekout, the Disney Channel Original Movie Brink! We chat about her new book A Survivor’s Guide to Hollywood, steering clear...Read more

This week George “Johnny 3 Tears” Regan of Hollywood Undead stops by for another Highway to Havasu episode. We chat about the hate/hate relationship between band and record label, his approach to writing lyrics, and how his doomsday preparations are going. Although...Read more

This week I chat once again with Urban Theatre Movement, only this time its the cast of their latest play, Replica. We cover the origins of the play, why theater might be losing its edge and what plays inspire them to...Read more

This week my guest is Highway to Havasu producer and music supervisor Tony Lovato of the pop punk band MEST.  We chat about growing up on the south side of Chicago, the challenges of life on tour, and I get his...Read more

This week I sit down with the brilliant, award-winning director Kyle Patrick Alvarez,  whose films include C.O.G., Easier with Practice and most recently The Stanford Prison Experiment (starring Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano and Tye Sheridan) which opens July...Read more