Winzenburg On The Weekend podcast
Classic entertainment talk show hosted by Stephen Winzenburg, with interviews that originally aired on WHO radio in Des Moines from 1995 to 2002. The fun topics include books, games, celebrities, Iowa history, health, spirituality, food, and trivia. Additional guest hosting on WHO radio from 1989 to 2016.
Episodes
Episodes
Monday Apr 29, 2024
John Wayne's Surprising Secrets Revealed
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
John Wayne biographers Herb Fagen and Ronald Davis reveal forgotten secrets about the movie star's life and Iowa roots, including the unusual origin of his birth name and nickname, his huge birth weight, the conflict he had with his mother, being turned down by the U.S. Navy, his surprising college major, his deathbed religious conversion and unusual burial spot. The authors also discuss their interviews with Wayne's family and co-stars such as Gene Autry and Maureen O'Hara. From WHO radio in 1998.
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Celebrate Disney's 100th anniversary with Richard M. Sherman, who teamed with his brother to create songs for Mary Poppins, It's a Small World, Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte's Web and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They are the most successful songwriting team in film history and in this 2006 WHO radio interview Richard explains how he came up with Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, as well as his thoughts on modern rock and jazz versions of his famous tunes, and the Broadway adaptation of Mary Poppins.
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Sitcom Secrets from Brady Bunch star Barry Williams & Producer Lloyd Schwartz
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Here's the story of Barry Williams, who returns to TV on Dancing with the Stars over 50 years after he became famous as Greg on The Brady Bunch. In this 1995 interview students ask him about show highlights as well as his favorite roles (Broadway) and least favorite (Brady Bunch Variety Hour). Then from 1996 Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island producer Lloyd Schartz discusses working with child actors and how his home life led to the famous Brady volcano episode.
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Granddaughter of the Barbie Doll’s Creator Felt Shamed for Full Figure
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Stacey Handler is the granddaughter of Barbie doll creator Ruth Handler and the real-life daughter of Ken. She discusses her struggles with her grandmother over body issues and having to live up to the image of her plastic "flawless sister" Barbie. Stacey is the author of The Body Burden: Growing Up in The Shadow of Barbie" and reveals that she did not play with dolls! This interview is from 2000 on WHO radio in Des Moines but fascinating insights in light of the recent Barbie movie.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Inspiring and Humorous Stories from Chicken Soup for the Golfer’s Soul
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Authors of Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul Mark and Chrissy Donnelly share the insight and life lessons that come from the sport of golf. The writers discuss their backgrounds and success in authoring ten humorous and uplifting Chicken Soup books, including some relationship books for couples. This WHO radio interview is from 1999.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Bill Bickley is the creator of Family Matters and the famous character Steve Urkel. For the first time ever he shares the secret of how the nerdy child character was created and how upset the adult actors were that the young star took over the show. Bickley also discusses his experiences producing other 80s and 90s TGIF series, his work on 70s sitcoms Happy Days and Partridge Family, and tells a story he has never publicly shared about work with network TV executives. From WHO radio in 1999.
Friday Oct 08, 2021
William Shatner‘s Star Trek Memories from the Man Who Knew Him Best
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Meet the man who co-wrote William Shatner's three memoirs, spending hundreds of hours talking with the Hollywood star about his TV shows, movies, and private life. The late Chris Kreske is the one who convinced egotistical Shatner to start making fun of himself. This 1995 interview discusses hatred from his Star Trek co-stars, the first interracial kiss, the original movie death scene, the hairpiece, womanizing, friendship with Patrick Stewart, and that Shatner's public stories are often not true.
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Celebrate MTV‘s 40th Anniversary with Stories from Head Writer Chris Kreski
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Chris Kreski was head writer for MTV during some of its glory days, including writing for Singled Out, MTV Video Music Awards, and VJ segments in between videos. He shares behind-the-scenes stories of working with Michael Jackson, how the network censored music artists, and why he wouldn't let his kid watch the cable music network. From WHO radio in Des Moines in 1993.
Hosted by Stephen Winzenburg