Archives: Captivate Podcasts

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with Oscar nominated actor, Mary Badham. She is best known for playing the role of Scout in the 1962 film, To Kill A Mockingbird. Badham is once again involved with a production of To Kill A Mockingbird but this time she plays Mrs. Henry Dubose and is in the stage adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Richard Thomas. We talk about the film, the current stage production and her life since the 1962 film.To Kill A Mockingbird will be at the Providence Performing Arts Center February 6-11.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with Tony Award winning composer, arranger, music supervisor and performer, Justin Levine. He arranged the Orchestrations for the 10-time Tony Award Winning Musical, Moulin Rouge! They talk about Moulin Rouge and other projects he has worked on and is currently involved with. Moulin Rouge will be at The Providence Performing Arts Center from Dec 19 through the 31st.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with Michael Franzese. He is a former “made man” and a Capo for New York’s Columbo crime family who made over a billion dollars for the mob. Franzese has a YouTube show, “Sitdown with Michael Franzese”, which has 5 million views per month. He will bring his “History of the Mafia in Boston and Providence, Michael Franzese’s A Mob Story” to the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre in Woonsocket Saturday December 30.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with Zara Bode of The Sweetback Sisters who are known for lovely harmonies, their country flavored music, and particularly their annual Christmas shows. They talk about the show, how it came about and how the band started out. The Sweetback Sisters will bring their Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular to the will be at the Jamestown Arts Center as part of The Newport Live Music Series.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with Comedian, Paula Poundstone. She is known for her many TV comedy appearances and specials, books, NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, her own podcast- Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, and so much more. They talk about cats, dogs, politics, her early years and many other topics. Paula Poundstone will be at Umass Dartmouth as part of the Zeiterion’s On The Road shows on Saturday, December 2.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with Comedian, Jeff Allen. He is known for his comedy specials, Honor Thy Wife and I Can Laugh About It Now. He recently released a book titled Are We There Yet. They talk about his sobriety, being a certain age, his wife and kids, and comedy. Jeff Allen will be at the Stadium Theater in Woonsocket on Saturday, November 25.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa. They talk about his new albums, a little of his history, his self-management and production, and the upcoming show at Providence Performing Arts Center. Bonamassa will be at Providence Performing Arts Center on November 22.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today we have Irish singer-songwriter Anna Mieke. She is touring behind her latest release Theatre. Anna will be at Newport Live on Friday November 3 at 7pm. We talk about music, Ireland, touring and her show at Newport Live.

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif. In this episode, John chats with singer-songwriter-guitarist Richie Furay. He is best known as a founding member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco as well as the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Furay is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and a member of the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame as well. Richie Furay will be at the Odeum in East Greenwich on Thrusday October 26 at 7pm