Dennis Has A Podcast

Author Ron Hutchinson joins the podcast today to talk about his new book - Clinging to the Iceberg: Writing for a Living on the Stage and in Hollywood! Ron shares how he developed a taste for writing growing up in Ireland, how he traveled to London, then Hollywood, and now Brooklyn, shares stories of his early successes, and advice he'd give to up and coming writers. You can get Ron's new book on Amazon and anywhere you can books! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Actress, singer, comedian, whathaveyou!, Julie McNamara can do it all! Julie joins the podcast to talk about her life coming up with musical theater aspirations, how comedy came into her life, the differences in teaching yoga versus taking a class, her upcoming summer at a renaissance fair, and more! You can learn more about Julie at JulieanneMcNamara.com and at Facebook.com/JulieMcNamaraActress! You can download and listen to this episode here! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

David Arroyo is a comedian, storyteller and freelancer writer, who shares his own story about moving to New York City from Puetro Rico, his beginnings as a comic writer and how that lead him into storytelling, how speed dating led him to meet his wife and so much more! You can learn more about David on YouTube and Facebook! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

The wonderful Bethany Kay joins us on the podcast to day to talk about her incredible appearance on the new show Dietland that you can see Mondays at 9pm on AMC, which is also currently streaming for free on their website. We chat with Bethany about her life as an actor, her auditioning experience for the show Dietland, how to play and experience a character who steals their scene and so much more. You can also see Bethany this summer in Blithe Spirit as part of the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey from mid-August through Labor Day weekend! You can learn more about Bethany at BethanyKayActor.com, on Twitter at @BethanyKayActor, and on Instagram at @BethanyKayNYC! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

A little more than two years ago, Kris Rosario gathered a band of merry Softballers (now Minkmen) to join our little adult baseball league in Queens. While Kris plays MLB: The Show in the background, I talk to him about his love of baseball, his life growing up in Queens, and how he and his fellas joined our league. If you want to play some baseball in New York City, check us out at FanBaseballNYC.com! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Fresh off her debut at Dangerfield's, Kisha Peart shares with us her hot start in stand-up, the 'wonderful' world of dating in NYC, how her background as a marching band trombone player led her to becoming an actor, how she's been finding her stand-up voice on stage, and more! You can see Kisha at QED Astoria on May 27th at 7pm, and in the upcoming horror film "Love Bites." You can learn more about Kisha at KishaPeart.com, and on Twitter and Instagram at @KishaPeart! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

John Sucich is a writer, comedian, and lifelong Mets fan, who connected with me on Twitter, and we discuss his early career in television news and how everyone has their local TV favorites, the plights of the super-on-time people, the year he tried a new thing every day for a year, how being a parent influences his comedy, and what it's like being a Mets fan in Massachusetts. You can see John as he hosts the Framingham Comedy Weekend on July 26, 27 and 28th in Framingham, Massachusetts. You can learn more about John at JohnSucich.com, Facebook.com/JohnSucich, and on Twitter at @jsucich!  Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Our good friend Marc Adam Smith is back on the podcast and we're talking the delightful Keith Hernandez Twitter account, him running into Paul Giamatti in a bodega, the fun of collecting sports cards in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, some of the best movies that came out 30 years ago in 1988, and more! You can follow Marc on Twitter at @moosemas45! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Amamah Sardar shares her story about how she started pursuing comedy and teaching up in Providence, Rhode Island, after leaving New York. Amamah shares what she was passionate about as a teacher, and why she left the profession, we talk about what her family knows about her comedy career, what it's like to have friends see bad set, the awesomeness/awfulness of random 90's teen romance comedies and more. You can see Amamah at The Rochard on 97th & Lexington in Manhattan on Monday, May 14, at 8:30pm! You can also follow Amamah in Instagram at @amamah_sardar! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Juliet Simms joins me on the podcast today to talk about her new single, "Take Me", which you can currently get on Spotify and iTunes! We talk with Juliet about the origins of her new single, how challenging it can be to write when you know exactly what you want to say, our shared Billy Joel connection, her origins as a musician, sneaking on to Warped Tour, her experience on The Voice and with the music industry, and the importance of finding yourself on and off stage, and so much more. Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Our good friend Peter Michael Marino joins us to talk about his new show "Show Up, Kids!" and to talk about the process of transforming a show for adults into a show for kids, the importance of creating a show that caters to both audiences, while also discussing festivals, the performing community and talk shows, promoting the tar out of yourself and more! You can see an All-Star reading of Peter's Desperately Seeking the Exit on Saturday, May 18th at Ryan's Daughter on E 85th Street in Manhattan - for tickets and more information go to SeekingTheExit.com! You can also see Show Up, Kids! in May, June and July at the Kraine Theater on E 4th Street in Manhattan - for tickets and more information to go ShowUpTheShow.com/Kids! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Ethan Feldman didn’t start stand-up comedy until his early-30’s, and we talk with Ethan about what him make the leap into comedy, being a lifelong New Yorker navigating the subways, how sometimes we take better care of our cats and pets than ourselves, and more! You can see Ethan at Greenwich Village Comedy Club on Tuesday, May 8th, and at Broadway Comedy Club on Wednesday, May 9th! You can follow him in Twitter and Instagram at @emaxsaun! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Francis Levy is a thoughtful and funny author, whose most recent novel Tombstone: Not a Western, follows a couple as they prepare for the great beyond. I chat with Francis about his reasons for writing the book, his previous experiences writing about death, how to find humor in a not-always-funny subject, what we owe to those before we travel to the great beyond, and so much more. Released April 19, you can buy Tombstone: Not a Western at Amazon.com or wherever you get your novels! Big thanks to Randy Medina to the new show graphics we will be rolling out! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

David Lawson is performing his one-man show "No Oddjob" at Fringe Seacoast in Dover, New Hampshire, July 18-22, and I was all too excited to talk about our middle school and college experiences playing games like Smash Bros., Tecmo Super Bowl, Mario Kart, and of course, GoldenEye. I talk with David about growing up playing games in person with groups to the evolving trending of playing with people online, his evolution as an actor to performing one-man shows, and his monthly storytelling show at The Astoria Bookshop the first Thursday of every month! You can learn more about David by following him on Twitter at @dtlawson! Big thanks to Randy Medina to the new show graphics we will be rolling out! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts, and  TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You can get your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!

Matt Vita is super passionate about music, comedy, surfing and snowboarding, and doesn't know where in New York City he will be moving to tomorrow. Matt talks about being a surf guy moving to New York City, giving up his dream of moving to Costa Rica to pursue a life he wasn't expecting, the joys of unexpected human interactions in the world, and so much more! You can see Matt's YouTube video "The Excel Rap" by putting that into the search bar and follow his channel, you can follow him on Instagram at @BigDawgNY1, check out his band The Shipwrecks at Arlene's Grocery May 31st, and so many other places we talk during this episode. You can check out the photographer of Matt's new headshot and chance encounter, Adam Smith, on Instagram @shotbyasmith. Big thanks to Randy Medina to the new show graphics we will be rolling out! Follow the Dennis Has A Podcast on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! You

Author Brian Wright joins us on the podcast to get amped up for the upcoming baseball season by telling us about his new book "Mets in 10s." Through a variety of Top 10 lists, Brian's book helps us relive some of the best and worst moments of the blue and orange history. I talk with Brian about his love of the Mets, what it was like growing up as a Mets fan in a different part of the country, some of his own favorite moments and more. You can pre-order the book, released April 9th, on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and elsewhere books are sold. You can follow Brian on Twitter at @BrianWright86. Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com! #phenomenal Support the show and buy your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at ProWrestlingTees.com!

Today, we talk with Steve Tardio and Mike Hauschild of IRTE Improv about IRTE's first show of their season "What's New Groovy Gang?" We talk with two of the members new the IRTE gang, find out more about the upcoming show, the pluses and minuses of playing with new teammates versus being with the same players for a while, and more! You can see IRTE Improv's "What's New Groovy Gang?" on March 23 & 24 and March 30 & 31 at The Producers Club -- tickets and more information at IRTEinfo.com! Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com! #phenomenal Support the show and buy your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at ProWrestlingTees.com!

Maria Timonina is an actor out in Los Angeles who is starting her own podcast, Super Into It, where she talks with her guests about their passions, as she learns more about what her guests love most. Maria is also a actor, content creator, comedian who is in LA pursuing her own passions. We talk with Maria about her new podcast, her love of sci-fi and geeky things, advice she'd give people following a similar path and more. You can learn more about Maria at MariaTimonina.com! Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com! #phenomenal Support the show and buy your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at ProWrestlingTees.com!

My friend Jenn Triplett was at the gym listening to our NYC Pizza Tour episode which led to use creating our own Astoria Burger Tour episode! On this episode, me and Jenn share the silly way that we met, how one can love both burgers and yoga, and we share our burger experiences at Burger Club, Sweet Afton, and Mom's in Astoria. To learn more about Jenn and her certified yoga instruction, go to JennTriplett.com! Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com! #phenomenal Support the show and buy your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at ProWrestlingTees.com!

My buddy Glen Kelly texted me last week that I had to watch the season finale of The Bachelor, and after watching five hours of The Bachelor in 30 some-odd hours, Glen joins me on the podcast to walk me through the journey of Arie, Lauren, Becca, and Bachelor Nation. Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com! #phenomenal Support the show and buy your Dennis Has A Podcast t-shirt at ProWrestlingTees.com!