Becoming Wilkinson Podcast

05/06/2024

Here's a fun podcast episode. Check it out on my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com//videos
Or listen via a link to your fav podcast platform here: www.ecomingwilkinson.com

27/05/2024

I had a very fun Couchsurfer this weekend. Being Memorial Day weekend, I had like four requests. With the remodel and the huge mess, I declined hosting any of the other guys. But Freddy is a really interesting guy and so I said yes to him. We just recorded a podcast episode, which hopefully will publish next weekend. Stay tuned.

07/04/2024

I met James Maillet many years ago in Seattle. We became great friends over the years. He's an adventure seeker who just quit his corporate banking job in order to travel around the world for at least two years... hear the why and how of his adventure. So many of us dream about doing something like this- but he's actually doing it! Listen to his podcast episode here: www.YouTube.com/
Or find it on your fav podcast channel via this link: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

04/04/2024

I had a great time interviewing the fabulously talented and handsome John A Corr for my podcast. John is an actor and he's been very active in the local theatre scene in the valley. He came back a few days later and we did a quick promo shoot. I'll post a podcast link on here when the episode goes live sometime in the next two weeks.

02/04/2024

Steve Milliken has quite the story. He chats about his new book on my podcast. And he also reveals some interesting details about working in some of the dicier high schools in LA.
Check it out now at https://www.youtube.com//videos
Or, yiu can find it on your fav podcast channel via this link:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

19/03/2024

My buddy James came for a short visit on his way tom a two-year adventure going around the world. I snapped a few new pics and we recorded a podcast episode (stay tuned). H now has a '70's style p**n stache. LOL.

13/03/2024

My life in Palm Springs: Sunshine, Palm Trees, Mountains, Desert, Photography, My Podcast, Airbnb bedroom rentals in my home, Stage Managing at The Bent Theatre, Friends and LOTS of time at Joshua Tree.

17/12/2023

I met Barbara Kerr earlier this year at our Bent Theatre's production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. She's a dynamo who's not only an amazing and talented actress, but she's also had very successful careers as a journalist and a public relations leader. We talk about her multiple careers and she shares some of the life lessons that have made her who she is today. Grab a cub of coffee or tea and have a listen:
https://www.youtube.com//videos
or find the link to your favorite podcast channel here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

10/12/2023

Well, this is certainly an unexpected episode! Marc Peridis is a very interesting (and quite lovely) man and I had fun discussing this topic with him.
Check out this episode here: https://www.youtube.com//videos
Or you find find a link to your fav podcast platform here: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

07/12/2023

I'm back! My apologies for the month-long hiatus... I wasn't able to post new podcast episodes because I was swamped with theatre obligations and travel, among other things. While in New York City last week, I had a chance to rendezvous with my buddy Kevin Phinney. Check out the podcast interview I did with him:
https://www.youtube.com//videos
Or listen via the link to your fav podcast platform here. Just hit the "+" symbol near the "Show More" link at the top of the page: www.BecomingWilkinson.com
A few interesting Facts About Kevin Phinney:
*He has worked across the strata of media and yet so far remains below your radar.
*Over the course of his various lifetimes, he has been a drama critic, a boyfriend, fiancé, a husband , morning show radio host, an ex-husband, the creator of a gay advice column called "Ask Daddy" that briefly broke the internet and an entertainment reporter whose interviews range from stage and screen stars to musicians, politicians, news celebrities, and sports heroes.

22/10/2023

I had a really fun time interviewing Micky (Luis Miguel Diaz-Morlet) when he was an Airbnb guest at my place a couple weeks ago. He's an amazing actor from Mexico and a budding Rockstar. Listen to this episode here: www.YouTube.com/ or listen on your favorite podcast channel via a link here: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

15/10/2023

My podcast guest today is one of my favorites: Independent filmmaker Stewart Wade. (Creator of my fav independent film: "Say Yes"). We chat about movie making and his creative process, being gay, relationships, his actors and a lot of other things.
Listen to this episode on my YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/
Or listen via a link to your fav podcast platform: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

01/10/2023

Listen to Billy Clift's story on my YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/
Or listen on your favorite podcast platform via this link: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

A behind the scenes discussion with BILLY CLIFT. Sent home from the hospital to die, he instead chose life. Among other things, he chats about his career as Indy Filmmaker, cousin of Montgomery Clift and his professional relationship/friendship with Elizabeth Montgomery.

24/09/2023

On today's podcast episode, J Craig Fong discusses his career as a civil rights and immigration attorney, his work with Lambda Legal Defense and his current position as a Palm Springs Airport Commissioner.
Listen to his podcast episode here: www.YouTube.com/
Or listen on your favorite podcast platform via this link: www.BecomingWilkinson.com
J Craig Fong is a recovering attorney. It is not clear whether an attorney ever truly recovers.
A graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, J has been a corporate attorney and a civil rights advocate. J served as the Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and also as the Board Chair of Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team in Los Angeles.
In recent decades, J was an immigration attorney with offices in Hollywood, Pasadena, and Palm Springs, focusing primarily on family unification cases and visas.
Currently, he serves as a Commissioner on the Palm Springs International Airport Commission.
He lives in the Cathedral City Cove, with his two cats Benji and Merlin, and with his husband Andrew.

17/09/2023

Listen to Craig Chester's amazing journey here: www.YouTube.com/
Or listen on your favorite podcast channel via this link: www.BecomingWilkinson.com
Craig Chester: From writing, directing and starring in Hollywood films- to addiction, homelessness... and back again!
He's an award winning actor best known for his roles in the movies “Swoon”, ”Grief”, “Frisk”, “Kiss Me, Guido”, “I Shot Andy Warhol” and as the Birkin Bag Guy on “Sex & The City”.
He transitioned to a successful career as a television writer when St. Martin’s Press published his memoir, “Why The Long Face? The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor”, writing and producing three seasons of LOGO’s “Big Gay Sketch Show” and HBO’s smash hit, “True Blood”.
He is currently working on a new memoir and “Adam & Steve 55+”, the sequel to 2005’s “Adam & Steve”, which he starred in and also wrote and directed.

10/09/2023

In this podcast episode, Bennett Yellin answers the question: "How'd a nice gay, Jewish boy become a Hollywood screenwriter of fabulous comedy films like "DUMB AND DUMBER"? To listen to this very fun episode, just go to: www.YouTube.com/
Or listen on your favorite podcast platform via the link here: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

04/09/2023

Happy Labor Day, Y'all!
Today's podcast features Palm Springs artist Gamél. He's a cool guy, he's fun and he shares some great thoughts with us today.
In his own words: "My aim is to produce artwork that tells a story of resilience and what it means to be human, ultimately striving to evoke an atmosphere of eternal search or hunger for meaning".
Listen to his story on my YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/ (Note- this YouTube version also shows some of his amazing art throughout the episode).
Or listen to the audio version on your favorite podcast platform- here's the link: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

04/09/2023

In this podcast episode, I chat with Cherlyn Lanning, who has over 30 years experience dressing Hollywood stars as a Costume Designer. And she has stories! We met last year as we were both working on The Bent Theatre's final production of the season: Boys in the Band. And we've become good friends in the meantime!
To listen to our chat, just go to: www.YouTube.com/
Or you can listen to it on your favorite podcast platform. Find the list of links here: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

21/08/2023

In today's podcast episode, Paul Hietter and I talk about aging as gay men living in Palm Springs, CA. And he talks about some of the things he's learned in life thus far...
To listen, go to: www.YouTube.com/
Or you can listen on your favorite podcast channel via this link: www.BecomingWilkinson.com

30/07/2023

After a July break, I just released a new podcast episode this morning. I'm pleased to resume sharing interesting folks' stories with this delightful gentleman: What was it like to grow up in a family where both of your parents were celebrities? Bill Marx talks about his parents Harpo Marx and Susan Fleming. And he shares stories of his own successful career as a pianist, arranger and composer.
Listen as Bill shares some of his life lessons: www.youtube.com/
Or, as always, find this episode on your favorite podcast platform here: www.Becomingwilkinson.com

02/07/2023

Gina Zollman lost over 120 pounds and then found her calling as a singer and entertainer, proving that there IS life after 60!
Listen to her story here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

14/06/2023

Enrique Quintero is a gay Puerto Rican actor, writer, video editor, tutor/teacher and ex-marine biologist. And he's not just a pretty face. He's really intelligent and he shares his thoughts on a variety of surprising subjects.
His television credits include Amazon’s Bosch, HBO Max’s Q***r You Are, Netflix’s High Heat, and Hulu’s Tengoku Daimakyo. He appeared recently on films such as Anchor and Hope and Tu Me Manques.
He has graced the stage on productions of Chicago (Billy Flynn), In The Heights (Sonny), Arena (Adan Torrez), and Daddy Date (Beto).
He is currently working on a comedy screenplay called Kill Your Selves and is editing a q***r documentary titled Flamingo Camp.
He was a finalist on the NBC Nosotros’ Ya Tú Sabes! Monologue Slam as a writer.
Listen to his story here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

11/06/2023

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear". Transforming from an introverted gay man to performing naked in a play on stage! Byron Scott Jones discusses the process he went through in order to change. It happened one day in 2015. He sat down and made a list of all of the things that he felt were causing his depression. But he didn't stop there. He did something about it!
Listen to Byron's fascinating story here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

07/06/2023

I met Helene Verin last year when I crashed an afterparty she was hosting for a mutual friend after his movie premier in Palm Springs.
I knew the second I walked into her amazing condo that I had to have her on my podcast. Who has an original painting of themself by Andy Warhol hanging on their living room wall?
Helene discusses her adventures in NYC as a designer, author, friend of (and model for) Andy Warhol, her experiences at Studio 54 and so much more!
Check it out here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com
NOTE: I recorded this episode last year, when my podcast was new. I've been re-issuing some of the better episodes lately so they'll reach a larger audience.

05/06/2023

Switching seats. (Part 2). I visited my middle son Dave, his wife Meredith and my two grandsons Henry and Jack at their home in Dartmouth MA.

Dave is a good sport. He agreed to be interviewed for my podcast. After we were finished, he told me that it was now my turn and that he was going to interview ME for a podcast episode!
I was surprised at what I was feeling at first. I guess I was afraid of what he might ask. After all, he IS an attorney and he's be putting me on the stand, so to speak. LOL.
But as I thought about it and mentioned to my friend and energy guru Mark Hollenstein, he encouraged me to do it. He thought it would be good for both of us.
Before this interview, I had a little time to reflect and one of the things thatI realized was that I knew virtually nothing about my own father (or his father). What a gift it would have been to have been able to sit my own "Pop" down and ask him a bunch of questions. So we did the interview. I kind of figured that it would be a gift to each of us.
I had no idea what Dave would ask me. There were some interesting questions and I'm pretty sure that he got some interesting answers. Like: "Whoa. No, I did not know that grandma used to be an underwear model before she met your Dad and then she became a radio preacher"!
It's a light-hearted interview with a lot of interesting questions. I appreciate the time Dave took in preparing to participate.
Listen in to our bantering, interspersed with some great dialogue.
Check it out here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com
NOTE: I recorded this episode last year, when my podcast was new. I've been re-issuing some of the better episodes lately so they'll reach a larger audience.

05/06/2023

In this episode, I interview one of my favorite people in this world: my son David. We chat about his journey from each of our perspectives, his family, his business and his perspective when I came out to him as a gay man in 1999.
Two people can experience the exact same event and yet they can have two different perspectives on what happened. So we discuss what I saw as an amazing turnabout in his life from a very average high school student, to his life now as an attorney with multiple law offices on both coasts.
He talks about his current life as a married man and dad and we share some memories of his life growing up.
Lastly, we discuss what it was like for him when I came out as a gay man in 1999.
I hope you enjoy this rather personal look into my life as a father to this amazing man.
Check it out here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com
NOTE: I recorded this episode last year, when my podcast was new. I've been re-issuing some of the better episodes lately so they'll reach a larger audience.

31/05/2023

Boy Scotty, Mr. Phoenix Leather 2018, is a former President of the Phoenix boys of Leather. He is a B**M educator teaching classes on the Violet Wand, Role Play, and his experience as a leather boy.
He is a former professional actor and acting teacher from New York City, which is how he developed his “Expanding the Self Through Role Play” class.
He is Alpha boy in the Leather House of Shangri-La and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Q***r Center, Phoenix’s new LGBTQ+ Center.
He’s a student of humanity and loves sharing experiences with people. He’s always up for making a new friend or giving a hug.
Scotty has a voice that's very easy to listen to. Check it out here: www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

28/05/2023

How do you approach life when a famous, larger than life, Oscar winning woman is your mother? LUKE YANKEE figured it out and has come into his own as a successful Producer, Director, Actor, Author, Playwright, filmmaker and so much more.
Listen to Luke's story at www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com

21/05/2023

21/05/2023

My podcast guest today is Emrhys Cooper. He's a dancer, singer, actor, writer, producer and director! He's a creative force- a very talented guy and this podcast episode really knocks it out of the park!
He's best known for playing the male lead in the Emmy nominated drama series Vanity (Amazon Prime), in which he starred alongside Denise Richards. Other select TV credits include: Desperate Housewives, CSI: NY, Touch, From here on out and Person of Interest, among others.
Selected film credits include: Mammia Mia the movie! Walk a mile in my Pradas (Netflix) Bright Young Things, Dreamcatcher (Hulu) Trophy Boy (Official entry Cannes Film Festival) The Shuroo Process (Gravitas Ventures)
Up next, will be seen starring in the remake of the classic horror Nosferatu alongside Doug Jones.
Check it out at www.YouTube.com/
or find a link to your fav podcast platform here:
www.BecomingWilkinson.com