Any Time With Vin Forte

My guest this episode is actor William B. Davis, who was a regular on The X-Files for nine years playing the secretive Cigarette Smoking Man. He will make his return this January on FOX when The X-Files comes back for a six-episode miniseries. We discussed his character surviving into the revival, how the actual act of smoking informs the character, treating alien ‘true believers’ with rational skepticism, the perception of atheism and the skeptic community, Climate Change and the danger of mixing climate denial with politics, forming the William Davis Acting School in Canada and what the Canadian acting scene is like, his views on death and mortality, the nature of open political conspiracies, and more! Also, there's a new theme song/bed music this week courtesy of DJ UDACHI who you can check out over at www.soundcloud.com/udachi

This episode I was privileged to have a conversation with critically-acclaimed Musician/DJ/Producer 'Daedelus.' We discussed a large breadth of topics including his use of the monome, musicians as brands in 2015, the loudness wars, remix culture and sampling, music as synesthesia, the calculations behind songs used in advertising, Dublab and the LA Beat scene, being remixed by Madlib and MF Doom, doing the score for the popular Indie game Nidhogg, working on the Old Spice “Muscle Music” commercials, and more. CHECK OUT DAEDELUS OVER AT WWW.DAEDELUSMUSIC.COM FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVIN FOLLOW DAEDELUS ON TWITTER: @DAEDELUS SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES ADD TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON YOUR STITCHER APP NEXT EPISODE DROPS: November 18th

This episode I'm honored to be talking with comedian, writer/producer for season five of Impractical Jokers, and co-host of the Super Live Adventure Podcast John Szeluga. John stops by and talks about being the new guy on the writing staff of an established comedy show, buying a deer ass from a feed store, picking unwieldy names for your comedy troupe, navigating the NYC comedy scene, getting a parody St. Patrick's Day Yule Log on local cable, doing the SLA Podcast, having his wedding officiated by a sea captain, and we end the episode by unearthing a long lost song he performed about a certain "Ladybug." CHECK OUT JOHN SZELUGA OVER AT WWW.JOHNSZELUGA.COM CHECK OUT SUPER LIVE ADVENTURE OVER AT WWW.SUPERLIVEADVENTURE.COM FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVIN FOLLOW JOHN ON TWITTER: @JOHNSZELUGA SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES ADD TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON YOUR STITCHER APP NEXT EPISODE DROPS: November 4th

This episode I'm honored to be talking with singer/songwriter/Simpsons podcaster/A+ human being Allie Goertz. I'm hopped up on cough syrup this episode as we discuss a whole lot of The Simpsons, Allie's deep love of Weezer and Adam Schlesinger, growing out of your elitism, Allie's Rick & Morty concept album, having her Kickstarter campaign fully funded in less than 24 hours, replying to your own Tweets, and more! CHECK OUT ALLIE GOERTZ OVER AT WWW.ALLIEGOERTZ.COM HELP FUND HER KICKSTARTER STRETCH GOALS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/534180071/rick-and-morty-album-music-video-by-allie-goertz SUBSCRIBE TO ALLIE'S PODCAST: EVERYTHING'S COMING UP PODCAST FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVINFOLLOW ALLIE ON TWITTER: @ALLIEGOERTZ SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES ADD TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON YOUR STITCHER APP NEXT EPISODE DROPS: October 21tst  

This episode I'm honored to be talking with actor/comedian Paul Scheer (The League, How Did This Get Made, Crash Test, Human Giant, NTSF:SD:SUV, many many more things). After getting over a minefield of interruptions I had to cut out and pare down, we had a nice conversation about Paul's new comedy special 'Crash Test,' getting to take over MTV for 24 hours as part of Human Giant, the context of bringing "danger" to comedy, Paul's connection to Odd Future, selling out Irving Plaza in five minutes for a podcast, and more. CHECK OUT CRASH TEST OVER AT WWW.CRASHTESTSHOW.COM FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVIN FOLLOW PAUL ON TWITTER: @PAULSCHEER SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES ADD TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON YOUR STITCHER APP NEXT EPISODE DROPS: October 7th THIS EPISODE’S SPONSOR: WWW.SUPERLIVEADVENTURE.COM

This episode I'm truly honored to have gotten to take part in a lengthy conversation with film critic and writer Drew McWeeny (Hitfix.com, Masters of Horror, Jodorowsky's Dune, Rewind This!). We discuss a ton of rotating topics including 70s film style, Film and VHS preservation and how much is already lost, the myth of Digital Streaming and Film Library Ownership, the rise and bust of the DVD market, the fallacy of high vs low culture in media, wading through the media landscape and advertising, Film Nerds 2.0 and the dialogue we have with children about media, the value of experiencing sensitive topics in context, how Hollywood treats classic directors in old age, and more!   CHECK OUT DREW OVER AT WWW.HITFIX.COM/MOTION-CAPTUREDENHANCED   EPISODE RUNDOWN AND BONUS CONTENT: WWW.DAPS.TV   FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVIN FOLLOW DREW ON TWITTER: @DREWATHITFIX   NEXT EPISODE DROPS: SEPTEMBER 23RD   THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR: WWW.FRESHGRAFIX.NET

This episode I have a long conversation with comedian Steve Whalen (The Special Without Brett Davis, Chris Gethard Show, Brooklyn Comedy Festival) about elitism and finding your way in the NYC comedy scene, working on The Special without Brett Davis, meeting TV's Frank and General Zod, old video stores, having a comedy best friend, 867-haha, Space Ghost's Musical BBQ, and much more. CHECK OUT STEVE WHALEN AND GET UPCOMING SHOW INFO AT: WWW.STEVEWHALENMRJOKES.COM ENHANCED EPISODE RUNDOWN AND BONUS CONTENT: WWW.DAPS.TV FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVIN NEXT EPISODE DROPS: SEPTEMBER 9TH THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR: HANZ ON MUSIC | METHODMAN.BANDCAMP.COM  

This FIRST episode I am joined by Chris Olivieri from Dog and Pony Show (daps.tv) as we discuss the new Fantastic Four movie, Robot Dinosaurs, the Rise and Fall of Adam Sandler, Pound Puppies, and a special guest pops in to say hi. Any Time with Vin Forte is bi-weekly. Next episode is scheduled to go up on Aug. 26th! By that point it should be on all the podcast streaming services and iTunes. I will update you on that at the top of the next episode. FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @MIGHTYVIN FOLLOW CHRIS: @CHRISDAPS