Under the Covers with Claire Connors

22/04/2022

Tune into the latest podcast of Under the Covers with Claire to hear my special guest, journalist Carl Arrington talk about his incredibly in-depth interview with the outspoken Madonna for People magazine. Go to to learn about his new program, The Carl Arrington Archive, featuring his in-depth interviews exclusively on jasoncharles.net, including and scores of others! You can also go to to see his art! To hear the podcast go to jasoncharles.net, apple, spotify, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Here's a link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-covers-with-claire-connors-episode-9-guest/id1491503459?i=1000558054590

22/04/2022

On Episode 9 of UNDER THE COVERS  I sit down for a fascinating conversation with CARL ARRINGTON, one of the most respected journalists covering pop culture for over four decades. Carl and I talk at length about his career in   and cover stories during his years as the music editor for People Magazine, as a freelance writer for Time and Rolling Stone as well as a rock critic and editor for The Detroit Free Press and the legendary Circus Magazine, and cultural commentator for CBS Radio 

We also get an exclusive deep dive into the all new series THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE, featuring excerpts from his unique collection of interviews with a who’s who of the biggest names in music, film and literature. He spent hundreds of hours talking to the most influential talents of the era including                    Norah Ephron,  and scores of others – often at crucial moments in the course of their iconic careers. His interview with   (see Episode 1 of THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE) was featured in the recent award-winning documentary “TINA!” 

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22/04/2022

I remember reading this cover story when I was a kid. Journalist Carl Arrington talks about his interview with Carly Simon, which took an unexpected (and painful) turn during the editing process. A must listen for all writers, on the latest edition of Under the Covers with Claire.

22/04/2022

The newest guest on my podcast Under the Covers with Claire is journalist Carl Arrington where he talks about his interview with icon Tina Turner for this People cover story. You doing want to miss his thoughts and insights on this momentous interview. For more on his new show, The Carl Arrington Archive, follow . And listen to the podcast on JASONCHARLES.NET or wherever you get your podcasts. L

18/02/2022

If you love Killing Eve…and I do! Thrilled to have helped make this cover happen. And a must-read interview by Mara Reinstein.

27/08/2021

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02/04/2020

How beautiful is this cover? And it changed Beyoncé’s relationship with the gay community! It was a worldwide exclusive and her first gay press interview! Want the deets? You’ll have to listen to Trent Straube, the former EIC of HX, tell his fantastic story on my podcast Under the Covers with Claire! I promise it’s a good one! Tune in at jasoncharles.net, Spotify and Apple.

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02/04/2020

Trent Straube, former EIC of NYCs hottest gay mag, HX, tells ALL about this fab Britney Spears cover. “She kissed Madonna at the VMAs, popped into the gay hotspot SBNY and then landed on this cover via an interview with music journalist Larry Flick. Talk about ‘In the zone!’ For this cover, we had to rely on existing art work—though we photoshopped it to look extra sexy. I’m shocked we got away with this one!” Listen to the full story on Under the Covers with Claire on jasoncharles.net, spotify and Apple.

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02/04/2020

Episode 3 of Under the Covers, Claire with former EIC of HX, NYCs premier q***r-centric magazine, Trent Straube. In his words: “This Kyle Minogue cover (March 2002) marked the magazine’s first major celebrity “get” that included an exclusive one-on-one interview with the pop star. We had to find our own cover art and scored this gorgeous image from photographer Andrew Hobbs.” Listen to the podcast at jasoncharles.net, Spotify, and Apple.

We don’t know about you but we can’t get this cover “out of our heads!”

02/04/2020

On episode 3 of Under the Covers, Claire goes all mag-hag with guest Trent Straube, former EIC of the fab HX, NYCs gay club scene zine. He dishes, of course, about Madonna’s July 2001 cover, with never-before-seen images of her Drowned World concert, furnished by uber celebrity publicist Liz Rosenberg! We love Liz! Listen to the podcast at jasoncharles.net, Spotify and Apple.

01/04/2020

On Episode 3 of UNDER THE COVERS, Claire gets cozy with Trent Straube, the former editor-in-chief of the fabulous q***r magazine, HX, a NYC dance club staple for nearly two decades. Trent gives us a peek under HX’s most infamous covers—featuring sexy LGBTQ performers and whitey-tighty clad Chelsea Boys, and female stars like Madonna and Kylie Minogue. Now the deputy editor of POZ, a magazine that serves the HIV/AIDS community, Trent talks about working for these vital publications for most of his 25-year career, and how he landed those hard-to-get celebrities for his covers. You’ll love his insidery story about Beyoncé and how her HX cover story helped smooth over her then-controversial standing with the LGBTQ community. It must’ve worked, as today she is a full-fledged gay icon! Go to jasoncharles.net, Spotify, apple, and wherever you listen to podcasts!

05/02/2020

31/01/2020

Where it all started! This is Michele Shapiro’s very first celebrity cover! It’s a lovely story about her time at and how she booked the beautiful model-turned-actor for iconic editor Ruth Whitney.

31/01/2020

File this cover under “when good celebrities do crazy things!” Gorgeous Blondie showed up for her cover shoot with a new look: dark brown hair! What’s a celebrity booker to do? Just ask Michele Shapiro, who handled the situation as best she could! It’s all on my podcast, Under the Covers with Claire Connors.

31/01/2020

The cover that changed everything for in terms of celebrity covers. Si Newhouse himself saw the big numbers on Julie’s newsstand sales and from then on, Michele only booked celebs for the mag. It’s an awesome story on episode 2 of Under the Covers with Claire Connors!

31/01/2020

graced a couple of my covers as well! Find out what gift she sent the staff at Shape after her first shoot with us! It was definitely not lo-cal!

31/01/2020

Shhh, don’t tell anyone but celebrity wrangler Michele Shapiro spills the beans on one of her worst shoots ever for (don’t worry boy band fans, it wasn’t all ’s fault). Listen in!

31/01/2020

’s first cover, right after Desperate Housewives started. Learn what happens when you book a celebrity “too soon” in their career from celebrity wrangler Michele Shapiro in the new podcast Under the Covers with Claire Connors!

31/01/2020

Listen in to Michele Shapiro talk about her adventurous time with in Mexico, shooting this fab cover, despite the big drama going on behind the scenes! Spoiler: Michele prevailed!

31/01/2020

on the cover of , booked by Michele Shapiro! Her story about Christina’s cover shoot on this week’s podcast is hilarious! Check it out!

31/01/2020

‘s first major cover! Booked by Claire Connors, shot in Miami. Listen in to my memory of shooting this phenom for in my podcast . Episode 2 with and for .

31/01/2020

Episode 2! Our guest is publishing triple threat Michele Shapiro, writer, editor, and celebrity booker for magazines like SELF, Seventeen, WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers), and Glamour. Listen to her behind-the-scenes adventures in booking covers with Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie, and Halle Berry. A must-listen!

Listen to this episode from UNDER THE COVERS with Claire Connors on Spotify. On Episode 2 of UNDER THE COVERS with Claire Connors, Claire and co-host Zak Wojnar sit down with “triple threat” editor/writer/booker Michele Shapiro about her nearly three decade career in the publishing world. From h...

31/01/2020

Here is the debut podcast with co-host Zak Wojnar where we talk about my 30-year career as a celebrity wrangler, editor, and writer for magazines like Parade, Shape, Glamour, Seventeen, and many (oh-so many) more!

Listen to UNDER THE COVERS with Claire Connors on Spotify. Publishing veteran, celebrity booker and downtown NYC diva Claire Connors goes behind the scenes of vintage and iconic magazine cover images. UNDER THE COVERS features exclusive interviews with guests from the publishing world including phot...

30/01/2020

Welcome to Under the Covers with Claire Connors, a provocative podcast from Jasoncharles.net, featuring the creators behind those glossy magazine covers we all know and love! If you're a fan of print, you won't want to miss these intimate interviews with the producers of these exciting, often iconic, images. Meet me Under the Covers, won't you?