JAMIE FARR AND THE WEDDING DRESS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Jamie Farr sits on the stage, the bright lights of the convention center reflecting off his glasses. He leans into the microphone with that familiar, warm grin that…
THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT DEFEATED THE ENTIRE U.S. ARMY
The podcast host leaned back, adjusting his headphones, and looked across the table at the man who had spent a decade trying to get a Section 8…
THE SOUND THAT STOPPED MIKE FARRELL AND JAMIE FARR IN THEIR TRACKS.
It started as a low vibration in the floorboards of the porch. A rhythmic, heavy thumping that didn’t belong in the quiet, manicured hills of Malibu. Mike…
THE JEEP ENGINE ROARED, BUT JAMIE FARR COULD ONLY HEAR SILENCE.
Jamie Farr stood in the gravel driveway of a private ranch in Malibu, his hands tucked deep into his pockets. He wasn’t looking at the mountains or the…
THE SURGEON WHO OPERATED ON A SALAMI INSTEAD OF A SOLDIER
The microphone was close enough that I could hear the host breathing, one of those modern podcast setups where everything feels like a whispered secret. He leaned…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT INTELLECTUAL… BUT HE LIVED IN A SILENT PRISON
The world knew him as the pompous, erudite surgeon with a refined accent and a penchant for Mozart. On the set of the most popular show in…
THEY NEVER TOLD THE CAMERAS WHY THE RAIN WAS REAL
It started with a simple question during a quiet dinner in Los Angeles. A few of us were sitting around a table, the kind of gathering that happens…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON A SURGERY SCENE COLLAPSED
We were sitting in a small, dimly lit studio in New York, recording an episode for my podcast, Clear+Vivid. My guest that day was an old friend, and…
THE DAY MCLEAN STEVENSON AND THE DESK LOST THE WAR
I was sitting in a comfortable armchair across from a young interviewer who looked like he hadn’t even been born when we were still in the trenches, and…
THE DAY KLINGER’S DRESS DECIDED TO BECOME A TENT
It is funny how a single image can just snap you back to a specific moment in time. I was at a convention last year, sitting on a…