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#178 Jonathan Taplin / Death of Counterculture / Culture & Politics / Scorsese, Religion & Guilt
Jonathan Taplin is a writer, film producer and scholar. He is the Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab (http://www.annenberglab.com/) at the University of Southern California and was a Professor at the USC Annenberg School from 2003-2016 in the field of international communication management and digital media entertainment. Taplin began his entertainment career in 1969 as Tour Manager for Bob Dylan and The Band. In 1973 he produced Martin Scorsese's first feature film, Mean Streets (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMean-Streets-Special-Julie-Andleman%2Fdp%2FB000286RP2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167218%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325), which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1996, Taplin produced 26 hours of television documentaries (including The Prize and Cadillac Desert for PBS) and 12 feature films including The Last Waltz (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLast-Waltz-Band%2Fdp%2FB00003CXB1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167365%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325), Until The End of the World, Under Fire (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUnder-Fire-Nick-Nolte%2Fdp%2FB00005LOKX%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167475%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325) and To Die For (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDie-Nicole-Kidman%2Fdp%2F076781777X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1200167604%26sr%3D1-1&tag=jotasbl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325). His films were nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe awards and chosen for The Cannes Film Festival five times.
In 1984 Taplin acted as the investment advisor to the Bass Brothers in their successful attempt to save Walt Disney Studios from a corporate raid. This experience brought him to Merrill Lynch, where he served as vice president of media mergers and acquisitions. In this role, he helped re-engineer the media landscape on transactions such as the leveraged buyout of Viacom. Taplin was a founder of Intertainer and has served as its Chairman and CEO since June 1996. Intertainer (http://www.intertainer.com/)was the pioneer video-on-demand company for both cable and broadband Internet markets. Taplin holds two patents for video on demand technologies. Professor Taplin has provided consulting services on Broadband technology to the President of Portugal and the Parliament of the Spanish state of Catalonia and the Government of Singapore.
21 Oct 2026
#177 Dr. Mike Cifone (Part 1) Philosophy of Science / UAPs, Science & Shattering Reality
Dr. Michael Cifone is a philosopher of science and the founding Executive Director of the Society for UAP Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of physics from the University of Maryland, is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Limina: The Journal of UAP Studies, and is completing a doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Hamburg. He lives in Lisbon.
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19 Oct 2026
Entertainment Series 17 / Sam Gennawey / Behind Disney & Universal Theme Parks / Theme Park History / Van Life & 300+ National Parks
Sam Gennawey has been a record store owner, president of an independent record label, promotion guy for a major record label, urban planner, planning historian, and public participation expert. He's the author of five books;
Universal vs. Disney: The Unofficial Guide to American Theme Parks’ Greatest Rivalry
The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney’s Dream.
Walt and the Promise of Progress City
JayBangs: How Jay Stein, MCA, & Universal Invented the Modern Theme Park and Beat Disney at Its Own Game
Sacred Landscapes: One Van Lifer's Six-Year, 175,000-Mile National Park Journey
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