The Stephen Savage Show

On this episode of the Stephen Savage Show, Savage welcomes into the studio acclaimed actress Michele Marsh. Michele talks about her families flight from Nazi occupied Europe to the United States, and her journey to an amazing acting career in film and television. She then talks about the round about way in which she landed a huge role in the Norman Jewison classic musical, Fiddler On The Roof, leading to roles in such iconic TV series as The West Wing, House, Desperate Housewives, Star Trek The Next Generation, Little House On The Prairie, and many many others. And she and Savage discuss her childhood in Idyllwild, California, before setting out to plant her flag in Hollywood. 

On this Savage Classics episode from 2024, Savage places a call to Joshua Tree California to speak with renowned guitarist, songwriter and record producer Chris Goss. Chris talks about his collaboration with legendary producer Rick Rubin, his production work with such musical icons as Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, The Cult, UNKLE, and more, and we clear up Chris' own take on his work with his band, Masters Of Reality, with Ginger Baker on drums, and his role in bringing about the Desert Sound musical genre in the 90's and beyond.

On this special Fatal Gothic edition of the podcast, Savage and Fatal Gothic co-host Julia Parker take us on a True Crime History journey to England, 1657. The British Civil War and the beheading of King Charles I has forced many noble families into desperate straights, as Oliver Cromwell, his Roundheads, a radical Parliament, and the 17th century version of Cancel Culture, has allowed a confiscation of lands and fortunes that had been secure for generations. Out of this chaos arose a phenomenon known as The Highwaymen, formally titled gentlemen who took to robbing pay wagons and travelers along the country's narrow roads after dark. But the worst of these was no gentleman at all, but rather a woman who would become infamous as The Wicked Lady Skelton, a royalist aristocrat's daughter who murdered over fifty innocent souls during her three year reign of terror. Not the feminist heroine history has painted her, but rather a ruthless killer with little regard for moral standards or empathy.  
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of violence that may not be suitable for younger listeners.

On this episode, Savage welcome into Cranium Wheel Studios, actress and director Lisa Datz, to talk about her career appearing in such great television series as The West Wing, FBI: Most Wanted, Bones, Castle, and many more. She then discusses her extensive Voice Over work, and her stage career, appearing on Broadway and Off Broadway in some of The Big Apple's greatest stage shows of the past few years. Lisa then talks about directing her short film, Life of Riley, and the move toward developing that project into a series, She also explains the differences between television work in New York and Los Angeles, and she and Savage delve into AI, and its benefits and pitfalls in the world of independent filmmaking.

On this, a special Fatal Gothic Episode of the Stephen Savage Show from 2022, Savage and FG co-host Julia Parker conduct an interview with actress Nhairi Calvey and director Paul Dudbridge about their film, Fear The Invisible Man, now streaming worldwide on most platforms. 

On this episode, Savage and podcast co-host, Nicole Hughes-Bradshaw, take us back to a 2017 On Stage Interview that Savage conducted at the Historic Rustic Theatre, with Oscar and Golden Globe nominated actress and Idyllwild Film Festival Grand Jury Chairperson, Anne Archer. Anne discusses her amazing career working in such blockbuster films as Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Fatal Attraction and more, as well as her on screen love interests with such iconic leading men as Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, Sly Stallone and others. And they talk about Anne's work with some of Hollywood's greatest directors. 

On this Savage Classics podcast hiatus episode from 2020, Savage talks one on one with legendary television director and creator Alan J. Levi to chat about his long and illustrious career directing and developing such iconic series as Magnum PI, NCIS, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, JAG, and ER. Alan also speaks freely about working with stars such as Bryan Cranston, George Clooney, Denzel Washington, and many more, very early in their respective careers. 

On this Savage Classics episode, Savage takes us back a year and a half to just after the Los Angeles Palisades Fire to talk with actress Claudia Ferri about her personal experience during that terrifying event. The interview continues with a discussion about Claudia's illustrious international acting career in projects like Queen of the South, Longmire, Highlander, and more, as well as her role as part of the all star cast in the Apple TV Originals series, Palm Royale, and navigating Hollywood as an actor with a disability, . 

On this episode, Savage welcomes into the studio legendary recording and touring pianist Barnaby Finch. Mr.Finch talks about his epic career playing live and recording with some of the music industry's most iconic stars, including Kenny Rogers, George Benson, Boz Skaggs, Lee Ritenour, and the great saxophonist, Ronnie Laws, among countless others. Yes, that’s him you hear playing piano on the huge Lionel Richie-Diana Ross hit, “Endless Love”. And as a member of the phenomenal Tom Scott Band, Barnaby appeared on top television shows like The Carol Burnett Show and The Pat Sajak Show, to name just a couple. The two also dive into their lives in Idyllwild as artists in one of America's last great arts communities. 
 

On this episode, Savage suspends the podcasts hiatus for a moment to take a call from author Simon Daryl Wood, who's book "Deconstructing Jack: The Secret History of the Whitechapel Murders" has caused quite a stir in the Ripperology community. In a newly release Expanded Version off the book, Mr Wood theorizes that Jack the Ripper never actually existed, and was in fact a fabrication of media and newspaper hype, police manipulation, and a whitewash of the actual number of murderers walking the streets of the Whitechapel district of London in the fall of 1888.