The Stephen Savage Show

On this episode, Savage takes a Zoom call from actress Claudia Ferri, to speak about her 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, navigating Hollywood as an actor with a disbility, and her personal experience during the terrifying Los Angeles Fires. 

On this edition, Savage and guest host, Julia Parker, bring you a preview episode of their True Crime History Podcast, Fatal Gothic. Titled "Bass Reeves, Charlie Next Moon, and the Indian Territory Murders", Savage and Parker present a story of the old west, from the life of the famed lawman, Bass Reeves. This story chronicles a manhunt that Bass, along with his Native American policeman partner, Charlie Next Moon, embarked on in the 1880s, searching for a brutal serial killer across many miles of the Oklahoma Territory. It would become the biggest manhunt in the Territories up until that time, and the most dangerous of Bass' career.      

On this episode, Savage introduces his new co-host, Nicole Hughes, and welcomes into the studio, Native Voices Theater contributor and the artistic director for California's Official State Play, Ramona, (of which Savage is the proud author of a brand new version), Duane Minard. Mr. Minard talks about the Native Voices Theater and the play, Ramona, entering it's 102nd season this April and May. 

The 3rd and final set of interviews with the IIFC spotlight filmmakers for 2025. On this episode, Savage welcomes into the studio the representitives from three of the films that screened at Idyllwild this year, including the creator of a wonderful short film, Grey, the director of the featurette Galactic Fantastic, and part of the team behind another featurette spotlight film entitled Motel Room.  

Part 2 of a series of 3 shinning a light on 3 IIFC filmmakers for 2025. On this episode, Savage welcomes into the studio the representitives from three of the films that screened at Idyllwild this year, including the creators of the musical, Rock 'N Rolled, the wildlife documentary, Wonders of the Wolf, and a great short film entitled, {Some)day.

On this episode, Savage welcomes into the studio the representitives from three of the films that screened at Idyllwild this year, including the creators of the feature film, In Between The Mountains To The Ocean, the writer and director of another  wonderful feature entitled Bittersweet, and the filmmakers who brought us the Winner of the Anne Archer Award for Best Of Festival for 2025, Stone Garden.

On this archived episode from December 2023, Savage speaks with french actress, voice over artist, and published author and poet, Hélène Cardona, on her vast film resume, including her supporting role alongside Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche in the box office hit, "Chocolat", and her beautiful and world renowned poetry.

On this Gold Archive Episode of the podcast from January of 2024, Savage welcomes to the podcast for his second time around, actor, screenwriter, and director Duane Whitaker to chat about writing, acting, and navigating the New Hollywood norms and dillusions regarding men, masculinity, and female empowerment in movies. Duane also gets into his beginings as a Texas playwright and actor, and how it all manifested into his many film roles, including his iconic turn as Maynard in Quentin Tarantino's classic, Pulp Fiction.   

*WARNING* Slightly saucy language. On this, the first full episode of the podcast for 2025, Savage is joined in studio by renowned actor, Kevin Gage. Kevin talks about working with such legendary directors as Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Ted Damme, and others, and about sharing the screen with some of Hollywoods biggest names, like Johnny Deep, Nick Cage, Demi Moore, Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro. And Kevin's amazing body of work on the films Blow, GI Jane, Heat, ConAir, and many others.

On this 2022 epsiode from the Archives, Savage talks with actor-directors Oscar Torre (Tyler Perry's The Haves and Have Nots, The Hangover III) and Manny Martinez Hernandez (Better Call Saul, Cobra Kai) on navigating careers in film and televison, the growing recognition of talented Latino filmmakers and actors in Hollywood, and working both in front and behind the lens.