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I believe every person has value. Behind every headline, hustle, hard-earned moment, and family tales there’s a story worth sharing. That’s why I built Beyond the Mic. I talk with artists, athletes, authors, icons and people you need to know. I don’t do puff pieces. I ask questions that get to the real stuff: the doubts, wins, detours, and moments that shaped them. The stories that you normally don't get to hear.Some stories make you laugh. Some hit you in the gut. All of them remind you: people matter, you matter.I’m not here to be famous. I’m here helping others be heard. I want curiosity to run free, connect communities, and make something that sticks with you long after the mic is off.Because in a world full of noise, real stories still cut through. That's my mission. Let's go #BeyondTheMic.New Episodes Weekly!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-
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- Yesterday9 min
James Paxton on Finally Sharing a Screen With Malcolm McDowell
"The cool thing about this story is they both teach each other something throughout the film... That's one of my favorite elements of the film, book smart versus street smart." - James PaxtonWelcome James Paxton:We're joined on the Starline by an actor and musician who's built his own lane in Hollywood. He's trading gunslinger banter with Malcolm McDowell in “Last Train to Fortune”. We welcome James Paxton. It’s been a big week for you...James, let's go Beyond the Mic. More than 10 years ago, you posted a photo of you and the inimitable Malcolm McDowell on social media. Did you ever think the two of you would actually work together, and why was Last Train to Fortune the perfect film for it? The whole movie rides on you and Malcolm having a specific kind of chemistry, a guy who can't read stuck with a guy who won't stop reading. What did building that with him actually look like on day one?This story is basically an argument that not knowing how to read can get you killed out there. What part of Dooley did you recognize in yourself when you first read this script?The Rockin' 8:Last Train to Fortune is the film and James Paxton joins us for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct. There is no Pressure. 1. Malcolm McDowell's been doing this over 60 years, James. What's one habit or ritual of his on set that you've already started stealing for yourself?2. You've done crime drama on Eyewitness, horror in BIT, big studio action in Twisters, and now a Western. Which of these was the one you walked onto set the most nervous about getting right?3. First thing you look for at a farmers market? 4. You went from wanting to cover other people's stories to being the one interviewed constantly. Is there a question reporters keep asking you that you think misses the actual story? 5. You have to get rid of one forever: modeling, playing music, or acting. Which one gives the heave ho?6. Is there someone outside music entirely, a filmmaker or writer, who's shaped the Love, Pax sound more than any actual musician has? 7. Between acting, music, and everything else, what's the one thing you do purely because you're bad at it and don't care? 8. What was the first guitar you ever got, and who got it for you?Sneaking In A Couple More:Before any of this, before Twisters, before your last name meant anything in this business, Dan Gilroy gave you your first real job in Hollywood at nineteen. What's your best memory of him?What did he see in you that day that you don't think you saw in yourself yet?One Big Question:If you walked into every room in this industry under a different last name, one nobody recognized, what do you think would be the first thing people actually noticed about you?The Wrap:He wants to be better at basketball, got his 1st guitar from his 4th grade teacher and wants you to see Last Train to Fortune. James Paxton thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- 1 weeks ago10 min
Eriq La Salle on Writing Solomon, and Finding His Own Compassion in a Killer
"Solomon, I always envisioned him as the African version of Luca Brasi from The Godfather.", Eriq La SalleWelcome Eriq La Salle:We're joined on the Starline by the actor and director who spent nine seasons on ER, directing your favorite shows and just published his most personal thriller yet, “Laws of Solomon”. We welcome Eriq La Salle.Eriq, let's go Beyond the Mic. As an author, it's your job to get the reader invested in the main character's journey. Why is Solomon's road to peace necessary?"Solomon kept his eyes closed until he finally mustered the strength to speak the two words that he never imagined having to say, even under such unimaginable circumstances. “I’m…I’m sorry.” Have you written your own compassion into Solomon?The Rockin' 8:Laws of Solomon is the book, and Eriq La Salle joins us for the Rockin' 8, 8 random questions, first thought, no pressure. But you only have 10 words.1. You've directed across pretty much the entire Dick Wolf universe at this point. Which character intrigues you the most?2. You've said a villain who feels justified makes for the best storytelling. Which movie villain would you actually want to sit down and get to know?3. What's the one movie you'll watch to the end, no matter where you pick it up?4. What's your favorite breed of dog?5. Best UConn basketball game you've ever seen live?6. You kicked off this book tour in Harlem, at Friendship Baptist Church. What went through you that day?7. Three words that describe your friend Michael Beach?8. What's your biggest failure, and how did it change you, and Solomon's journey?Sneaking in A Couple More:"Revenge was much more for the living than the dead." Why do you believe in Solomon's redemption, as well as for people in general?Instant follow up : Do people want redemption? Why?Have you found redemption?You've said you might have undiagnosed ADHD, and that you write for people like you. How has the way you write changed from when you started to now?So what are you working on now?One Big Question:Who is the forgotten character in your life?The Wrap:He’ll always watch The Godfather till the end, Michael Beach is loyal and he wants you to read his book “Laws of Solomon”. Eriq LaSalle, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is Beyond the Mic Short Cut.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- 2 weeks ago8 min
The Attic Artifact That Led Katie Sanders to Her Grandfather's Rescuer
"...(Ortiz) never went back to Centron", Katie SandersWelcome Nick Reynolds and Katie SandersWe’re joined on the Starline by a journalist, who chased a 1949 recording to the Marine who saved her grandfather in Nazi-occupied France, and a historian, who kept that Marine's photo on his CIA desk for years. o-authors of “Ortiz's War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France”. We welcome Katie Sanders and Nick Reynolds.Friends, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Katie, you found a scratchy old recording of your own grandfather's voice completely by accident. What did chasing that down actually cost you, across nine years, to see this through?Nick, you'd already written a prize-winning history of American WWII intelligence. What made Peter Ortiz specifically the guy whose photo stayed on your desk, not somebody else out of that same story?The Rockin' 8:Ortiz's War is the book, and Katie Sanders and Nick Reynolds join us for the Rockin' 8, 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct. There is no Pressure. Since we have two guests we’ll alternate questions but you only have 10 words to answer.1. Katie, favorite course at UPenn?2. Nick, what section of the Library of Congress feels like home to you?3. Katie, one word to describe Peter Ortiz, first thing that comes to mind?4. Nick, will the Kryptos cipher key for K4 ever be produced?5. Katie, the one place on the Jewish Book Council tour you're most looking forward to?6. Nick, best Marine Corps Birthday Ball you've ever attended, where was it?7. Katie, most unexpected artifact you found during research?8. Nick, actor, living or dead, who should play Ortiz in a movie?Sneaking in Couple More:You both live with dogs. Since we're on the record, what makes your dog the best?Katie, between Google, Harry's, and Condé Nast, which office had the best snacks?Nick, between farming, writing a novel, and mountain climbing, which "detour" did you actually take most seriously?One Big Question:Ortiz surrendered himself twice, once to spare a village, and years later, in a way, to spare himself the fight of trying to explain a war nobody back home really understood. If he walked into this room today and heard what his one choice at Centron actually built, a family that exists three generations later because of him, what do you think he'd say?The Wrap:She loved driving a van to prison, he thinks Jacob Elordi should play Peter Ortiz in a Movie. They want you to read “Ortiz's War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France”. Katie Sanders, Nick Reynolds thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- 3 weeks ago8 min
Joe Amodei on "Cold War in Philly: Flyers vs. Russia 1976"
"I made a decision very early on to just let the Flyers tell the story."Welcome Joe AmodeiWe're joined on the Starline by a guy who's spent forty years deciding which movies get made and how they get sold and never once his own. That changes now. "Cold War in Philly: Flyers vs. Russia 1976" is his first film in the director's chair, and it's out now. We welcome Joe Amodei.Joe, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Every one of these players is going to be gone within a generation or two, and this film is what's left. Is there a question you wish you'd asked one of them, that you didn't realize you'd missed until the interview was already over?You've watched thousands of documentaries as a distributor. What's the cliché you were most afraid of accidentally making with this one and was there a moment in the final cut where you caught yourself doing it anyway?What made this game so special for you?The Rockin' 8:"Cold War in Philly: Flyers vs. Russia 1976" is the film, director Joe Amodei joins us for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct.1. You've been distributing films since the VHS era. What's the one title you distributed that you still feel never got the love it deserved?2. What was the first Flyers game you ever saw live?3. How do you actually eat a Reese's cup: nibble around the edge, or one big bite?4. You're a Turner Classic Movies fan. What's your actual favorite film that plays on TCM?5. What's your real favorite Bruce Springsteen song?6. Sunsets or sunrises?7. Out of everything you've collected across forty years and dozens of films, is there one object that isn’t an award or family member you'd grab first if the house was on fire?8. You lost a few of these players while you were still making this film. Was there a specific day when you got the call or text and do you remember exactly who had passed?One Big Question:You've spent forty years deciding which movies were worth someone else's time. Is there one thread connecting every film you've ever put your name behind and did making your own tell you what it is?The Wrap:He eats Reese’s cup in one big bite to his wife’s dismay and loves Chaplain’s “City Lights”. He wants you to check out "Cold War in Philly: Flyers vs. Russia 1976," in theaters now...Joe Amodei, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Director Andy Billman Found His Dick Allen Film in an Audio Tape Nobody Was Looking For
"What's ironic, Sean, is it's not video, it's audio."Welcome Andy BillmanWe're joined on the Starline by the director who spent four years turning one baseball injustice into a five-part series, “My Father, Dick Allen”. Two Emmys, a Peabody, and a lifelong Cleveland kid at heart. We welcome Andy Billman.Andy, let's go Beyond the Mic. This started as a one-hour film and became a five-part series over four years. What was the moment you realized one hour wasn't going to hold this story?What was the exact piece of footage, that made you say this isn't just a baseball story, this is the one I have to make next?Working this closely with Dick Allen's own family, specifically his son, changes the shape of a biography. How did that relationship set the boundaries of what you were willing to put on screen?The Rockin' 8:“My Father, Dick Allen” is the series and Andy Billman joins us for the Rockin' 8, 8 random questions, first thought, no pressure.1. At either Big Met or Little Met, what's the best round you ever put together?2. Of every 30 for 30 you've cut, which one nearly broke you in the edit bay?3. Is there one person you wanted for this film and just couldn't land?4. The one thing you always tell your public speaking students at New Haven?5. Toughest interview you ever sat across from. Who was it?6. Best Stuart Scott memory. Go.7. Time machine, any sports story ever. Which one are you directing?8. First Cleveland memory. The one that made you fall in love with this city, or broke your heart?The Back Half:“My Father, Dick Allen” is the series and Andy Billman joins us for the Back Half. You've spent your whole career telling other people's hardest stories. What did four years inside Dick Allen's story cost you personally?How has storytelling changed you?What’s the one story you wanted to tell but you can’t.So what is story that you got from your parents?Justice:“My Father, Dick Allen” is the series and Andy Billman joins us Beyond the Mic. You've made films about a city that lost for fifty years and a man who waited fifty years to get in. Why are you drawn to stories about people who have to wait too long for justice?Andy, what's the thing about making this film you almost didn't survive, creatively, emotionally, or logistically?You were a deer in headlights writing for Stuart Scott at 22. What would that version of you think of the guy directing his own five-part series now and all the things you’ve done?Andy, what’s the 1st thing you bought with 1st paycheck from ESPN?Four years is a long time to live inside one man's story. What do you know about your own father, or your own family, that you didn't know before you made this?And how did this change the way you are with your boys?Don Reiber believed in you before you'd done anything to earn it. Who else in your life did that, and did you ever get to tell them it mattered?What’s your thoughts on the media world right now?One Big Question:You spent four years making sure history finally got Dick Allen right. When you look at your own life outside the editing room, who is the person you’re still working to truly understand?The Wrap:“Youngstown Boys” nearly died in the edit bay, Jim Brown was scary and director Andy Billman wants you to see “My Father, Dick Allen”. Andy thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is Beyond the Mic.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- Aug 22, 202632 min
Tom Provost on Young Washington: Decades as a Ghostwriter, Now a Name on the Poster
"You're going to die and nobody's going to remember you 50 years after that." — Tom ProvostWelcome Tom Provost:We’re joined on the Starline by a true Hollywood polymath. Writer, director, actor, teacher, and part time charity CEO. Hollywood’s go to script is in the spotlight now with his film “Young Washington”. We welcome Tom Provost.Tom, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Every version of Washington we've had is the marble statue. What made you want to write him at his most unfinished? He was young, unsure, capable of a mistake that could've ended everything?How has your views of Washington failures changed since researching and writing this?The film has an icy river sequence too dangerous to actually shoot. But a pool in Ireland stretched into a frozen death trap with the assistance of AI. What was it like watching a scene you wrote on paper become something so dangerous that technology had to invent it?What's the one scene in this movie you fought hardest to keep true, even when an easier version could've played safer?The Rockin' 8:Young Washington is the film and Tom Provost joins us for the Rockin' 8. 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct. There is no Pressure.1. You played Ensign Filie on SeaQuest DSV right as the network was retooling it into the ground. What did that teach a young actor about how Hollywood actually works?2. A friend of mine once drank 32 oz of blue cheese dressing on a dare. Could you?What’s the secret of your blue cheese?3. When you're at the movies, what snacks do you buy and if it's popcorn, how do you treat it?4. If you had to build the perfect menu for a night watching Young Washington, what's on it?5. Ten years waiting tables: Is there one shift or one table you still think about today?6. After the fire took 1,832 of your books, what was the one you went looking for first to replace?7. Is there a smell that means home to you?8. What's a piece of advice from a parents that didn't actually land until years later?The Impossible Question:If you could hand the script of your own life to a 21-year-old Tom Provost, what's the one scene you’d let him edit? And if he chose to fix it, would you still be the man who made “Young Washington”?The Back Half:Tom Provost from “Young Washington” join us Beyond the Mic. Four years at UT Austin studying English lit, film production, and criticism. How did those years actually prepare you for the life you're living now?You co-wrote “Under Suspicion” decades ago, then years as a script doctor and consultant before your name went back on a poster with “Young Washington”. What made these two projects worth stepping out from behind the curtain for?How have your thoughts on respect changed?This film leaned on AI to build shots too dangerous or expensive to shoot for real. Has working with AI changed how you think about your own process as a writer?There's a line in the film: "The world is often an unfair place, and you must take what it gives you and make it yours." What have you taken from the world and made it yours?Tom, you are a giver, as the founder and CEO of Bags and Grace, how does surviving your own house fire change what you think people actually need when they've lost everything?Teaching:Tom Provost from “Young Washington” join us Beyond the Mic. You teach film making and acting to students who want the career you have. What's the one lesson you didn't actually understand yourself until you'd already failed at it?Who challenges you now?You had early success with a produced, Edgar-nominated screenplay, a directed feature that won festival awards. Then years as a script doctor and consultant, other people's names on the poster. Was there a point you thought your own name might not go back on one?What’s on your list now?Tom, what did you get from your dad that's different from what you got from your mom?When was the last time you lost your temper?One Big Question:Your mother is a historian of the American Revolution. She handed you this country's story before anyone else did. If she watched this film sitting right next to you, what's the one moment you'd most want to see land on her face?So the best vacation was where?Your best memory of family is…The Wrap:He likes milk duds in his popcorn, waited once on Robin Williams and wants you to watch “Young Washington” now. Tom Provost, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic XL.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- Aug 17, 20267 min
Josh Turner Watched His Own Record Come Off the Press in Nashville
"...how different my career would have been had Alan Jackson cut Long Black Train."Welcome Josh Turner:We’re joined on the Starline by a man who stood in a Nashville pressing plant and watched the first copy of his own twenty-year-old record come off the line. "Your Man" turns twenty. We welcome Josh Turner.Josh, let's go Beyond the Mic. You were standing right there at United Record Pressing when the first test press came off the line. What did you do with it?Chris Stapleton sent you the demo. You have said you could not hear it for your own record. What was wrong with it?The Rockin' 8:"Your Man," the 20th Anniversary Edition, is the album, and Josh Turner joins us for the Rockin' 8. 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct. There is no Pressure.1. It's a Small World. Fan, or not? Like ride / song2. Last Braves game you saw live. Did they win?3. Best Halloween costume you had growing up?4. Biggest fish you ever caught in South Carolina?5. Favorite place to perform BEFORE the Opry?6. More than twenty students have come through the scholarship fund you and Jennifer started. Who touches your heart still today?7. What is the one thing in your house right now that came from Hannah?8. You found his medals and that letter after he was gone. What else of your granddaddy's do you have?Sneaking in a Couple More:If you could meet your 28 year old version of yourself today, what advice would he give you? And would you actually listen?Some artists bury their early records. Why put yours on turquoise vinyl?One Big Question:You almost passed on "Your Man." What does it do to a man to know the biggest thing in his life was something he nearly said no to and how glad are you that you said yes?The Wrap:He last caught a 26 lb Red Drum, cherishes his parents 1st table from Hannah, and wants you to hear "Your Man," the 20th Anniversary Edition, out now.Josh Turner, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
- Aug 14, 202631 min
Robin Christian on Ed Asner, Auschwitz, and Why One Life Is Enough
"Nobody cares about your story, whether you're a writer of books or screenwriting.", Robin ChristianWelcome Robin Christian:We're joined on the Starline by a filmmaker who refuses to pick a lane: horror, holiday, musical, true story. The horror-thriller "Below," brings bull sharks to landlocked Illinois. We welcome Robin Christian.Robin, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You've made a bull-shark thriller, a Christmas drama, and a musical, horror. How does your movie making range fit, or does it not fit anywhere on purpose?"Below" was shot nowhere near an ocean. What's the hardest part of pulling off a genre movie like that on an independent budget, project after project?You've proven you can make almost anything. But why?Champaign-Urbana keeps showing up as your home base for shooting. What does that town give you that LA or Canada never could?One Ed Asner’s last movies was with you. How did his presence change you?How did you meet Ed?The Rockin' 8:Filmmaker Robin Christian joins us for the Rockin' 8, 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct. There is no Pressure.1. C.O.R.N. stands for the Collective Order of Recreational Necrophilanthropists. Who in the hell came up with that name?2. You worked as a laborer for Habitat for Humanity for over two years. What was the skill from a construction site that you still use on a film set?3. You married Cathy on November 7, 1987. What's one thing about that day you still remember clearly?4. You helped out at the Austin Film Festival Writers Conference in 2024. What's one piece of advice you give new screenwriters that you had to unlearn yourself?5. You went to Urbana High School. What's one class or teacher from there that still shows up in how you work today?6. Of everything you've made, is there one poster you'd keep on your wall if you could only keep one?7. What's a habit from your very first film set that you still do today?8. You've taught Sunday school to teenagers for six years, and you also write and direct movies about death cults and reanimated killers. How do those two things relate?The Back Half:Your screenplay about the Beatles' first promoter, the guy who helped launch them and then missed his own moment, is something your own production company calls a hidden gem. Do you relate to that guy at all?Important you make your own joy, what joy to you now?When was the best memory with your family?Is there a version of your own career Robin where you almost missed your moment?Past and Adversity:How do you go from analytics to illumination to polymers to film making?Filmmaker Robin Christian joins us Beyond the Mic. Robin, how has adversity changed you?One of the stories your company has done was of the Morris Goldner. A story about a teenager who snuck into a concentration camp to photograph what was happening inside, and those photos may have helped confirm what the Allies suspected. What drew you to that story, and how do you direct something that true without it becoming a spectacle?Why do you keep chasing the art itself instead of settling into one format or genre?First musical you saw growing up?Mentor:Who was your mentor who has guided you on this path of film making?Robin, how has your work changed from the films you made when you started to what you're making now?Which directors working today have actually changed how you think about your own craft?What's a rule of film making you had to break to make something you actually believed in?So what's the project that almost didn't get made, the one where you nearly walked away from?Who believed in you before there was any real reason to?Two Big Questions:1: What's the story: yours, or one you're telling, that fires you up to keep doing this every day?2: Has a stranger ever told you that one of your movies changed something for them and did you believe them?The Wrap:At his wedding the fire engine wouldn’t start and loves Mrs. Clemens his accounting teacher. He wants you to watch his CORN Horror Trilogy. Robin Christian thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.And that my friends is Beyond the Mic.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
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About Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon
I believe every person has value. Behind every headline, hustle, hard-earned moment, and family tales there’s a story worth sharing. That’s why I built Beyond the Mic. I talk with artists, athletes, authors, icons and people you need to know. I don’t do puff pieces. I ask questions that get to the real stuff: the doubts, wins, detours, and moments that shaped them. The stories that you normally don't get to hear.Some stories make you laugh. Some hit you in the gut. All of them remind you: people matter, you matter.I’m not here to be famous. I’m here helping others be heard. I want curiosity to run free, connect communities, and make something that sticks with you long after the mic is off.Because in a world full of noise, real stories still cut through. That's my mission. Let's go #BeyondTheMic.New Episodes Weekly!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-
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