Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show

42:30

Revolution in America- On the run with the Weather...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/10/01

Zayd Ayers Dohrn, son of Weather Underground leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, grew up as a toddler on the lam, dodging the FBI while his parents traded protest signs for pipe bombs. Then a West Village townhouse blew sky high and took three of their own with it. The kids got the bill: arrests, exile, and scars that never healed. So what happens when people give up on democracy and start building bombs? Zayd knows. He was raised in the fallout.Takeaways:The Weather Underground moved from

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38:17

UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/09/24

Season 7 blasts off with a mind-expanding conversation with bestselling author D.W. Pasulka, whose new book The Others: UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny has everybody from Silicon Valley to the Vatican talking.Pasulka pulls back the curtain on how faith traditions, Catholicism especially, saw this coming: a seismic shift in human consciousness now being accelerated by AI and emerging tech.Behold apocalyptic dread in Silicon Valley boardrooms, the rise of "grief tech" and AI

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43:01

Communes, Cults & Alien Contact: Unraveling...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/09/15

Everyone dreams of dropping out and building a better world. Almost nobody plans for the compost schedule, the group meetings, or the guy who thinks he's the Messiah. Phil and Ted head deep into California's utopian fringe — one stop in a Klamath Mountains commune, the other out in the high desert, scanning the sky for something that isn't from here.Guest Jonathan Berman, professor emeritus of film at Cal State San Marcos, made Commune (2006), the first real reexamination of 1960s communal life,

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33:05

The Log Lady's Secret Life: Inside Twin Peaks with...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/08/20

Who was the woman talking to a log on primetime TV — and why can't anyone forget her? Phil and Ted sit down with filmmaker, actor, and singer Richard Green, whose documentary "I Know Catherine, the Log Lady," chronicles the life of Catherine Coulson, Twin Peaks' most unforgettable oddball.Green was Coulson's friend for decades, and he brings real stories: what it was like on David Lynch's iconic sets, how Coulson built a legacy from one strange, indelible role, and what it takes to survive — and

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28:33

Inside Cheers, Improv & the Golden Age of Comedy with...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/08/06

Comedy legend Paul Willson returns to The Sexy Boomer Show for an engaging and often hilarious conversation spanning improv’s golden age, reflections from decades in show business, and the changing landscape of comedy and Hollywood. Paul shares stories about working on “Cheers” and rubbing elbows with icons like Robin Williams and Garry Shandling, and discusses the ripple effects of political satire, corporate media, and the decline of traditional entertainment spaces. This episode dives deep into

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47:49

Who's Watching You? Inside America's Surveillance State

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/07/30

Your phone isn't just a phone anymore. It's a checkpoint. Phil and Ted dig into the quiet, relentless buildout of America's surveillance state — the one where government agencies and private data brokers have quietly merged into something neither the Constitution nor most Americans ever signed up for.Nicole Bennett, PhD candidate and assistant director at Indiana University's Center for Refugee Studies, breaks down how we got here: the long history of U.S. government surveillance, the explosive rise

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42:24

The Most Corrupt Supreme Court in U.S. History —...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/06/13

Phil and Ted sit down with Lisa Graves — author of the bestseller Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights — to ask the question nobody in a robe wants to answer: who bought the Supreme Court, and what did they get for their money?Spoiler: dark money, billionaire puppet strings, and a decades-long plan to gut your rights one ruling at a time. Lisa names names, connects the dots, and lays out exactly how we got here — and

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43:25

Special Guests Toy Story 5's Mr. Potato Head, Bugs...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/06/06

The new voices of Bugs Bunny and Mr. Potato Head walk into a podcast. Phil and Ted are ready.Jeff Bergman is the new Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 5 — and the current voice of Bugs Bunny and the entire Looney Tunes universe, following in the giant footsteps of Mel Blanc and Don Rickles. His wife, playwright and vocal powerhouse Carla Delaney-Bergman, is right there with him. Together they unpack the invisible art of voice acting — how you honor a legend, become a character, and make a plastic potato

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34:43

How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/05/24

Not Insane! Firesign Theatre, Psychedelic FM Radio, and the Comedy That Rewired Your BrainBefore the internet taught us to layer memes inside memes inside memes, four guys in Los Angeles were doing it with reel-to-reel tape, and it changed everything.Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt sit down with Cornell professor Jeremy Braddock — author of Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.If you're a Bozo on this bus, you're in for fresh treats. If you've never heard of

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39:26

Tracks, Cracks & Political Hacks: How Sinkholes &...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/05/09

What does it take to build a subway under one of the most car-obsessed, earthquake-prone, politically tangled cities on Earth? Turns out: a lot of explosions, a few sinkholes, and an almost heroic tolerance for bad faith.Phil and Ted climb aboard with Ethan Elkind — Climate Policy Director at UC Berkeley Law and author of The Fight for Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City — to trace L.A.'s wild transit saga from the forgotten golden age of electric streetcars, through the smoggy spiral

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48:03

WILL THEY LAUGH IN RUSSIA? How to Be Funny Anywhere...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/05/01

What do a Moscow sitcom and a Romanian punchline have in common? John Vorhaus has probably written both. A comedy writer, author, and globe-trotting laugh merchant, John has spent decades teaching the world to be funny — including Russia, which got its own version of Married With Children. (We have questions. John has answers.)His book, The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not, is basically a Swiss Army knife for humor — and Phil and Ted are putting it to the test. Tune in for a crash

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37:55

Dead Playwrights, Live Audiences: Some Stories Still...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/04/18

House lights down. Phones down. There's a human on stage — and apparently, that still matters. Turns out the wild, improbable comeback of live theater is being led by the generation everyone assumed was glued to a screen. Nike Doukas of the Antaeus Company makes the case — passionately and persuasively — for the unrepeatable experience that no phone, no stream, no home theater system can touch. The stage is alive. Nike, Phil and Ted dive into the vibrant world of Los Angeles theater, exploring the

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37:15

Monkeys on My Back: Debbie Kasper's hilarious story...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/04/04

Emmy-nominated comedy writer and comedian Debbie Kasper talks about her one-woman show, Monkeys on My Back and Everywhere Else — part confession booth, part stand-up set, and 100% unforgettable. Debbie takes us on a wild ride through growing up in 1950s and 60s New Jersey, navigating a household where white-collar alcoholism was a hobby, her own battle with addiction, the gladiatorial sport of writing for Roseanne Barr, and the heartbreaks and hard-won healing in between. It's raw, it's hilarious,

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46:48

John Goodman - Sexy Boomer Show's 100th Guest

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/03/29

Phil and Ted celebrate their 100th episode with special guest actor John Goodman, who was also the first Sexy Boomer Show guest.They discuss their 30-year friendships and John's amazing career, from working with the Coen Brothers to hosting SNL 13 times.John's had a busy few years, working double duty on the TV shows The Righteous Gemstones and The Conners, all while losing his home in the LA wildfires. He's now peacefully living where he doesn't have to lock his doors. John gets candid about his

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31:42

America’s New Authoritarianism - What to know and How...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/03/26

Authoritarianismisreshapingoursocietyandtheworld—andwecan'taffordtoignoreit.UCLA'sEdwardDunbar,aleadingexpertonauthoritarianism,hatecrimes,andthedarkeraspectsofpoliticalpower,uncovershowtheTrumpadministrationisrulingasanautocraticregime,extra-legallyerodingfreedoms,manipulatingmedia,andfuelingcorruption.ThepsychologicaltolloneverydayAmericansisheavy,andit'stimetorecognizethewarningsigns,challengethestatusquo,andempowerourcommunities.PhilandTeddigdeepintothemechanicsofmediamanipulation,theprofitmotive

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31:17

Feeding the Forgotten: Hunger and Hope for Boomers in...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/03/21

Attention Sexy boomers feeling lonely and a little hungry! There are angels among us.With Trump's cuts to SNAP and inflation, older adults are financially squeezed across the country, even in affluent areas of Los Angeles. Kaylee Hawkins discusses how Meals on Wheels serves over 700 clients from Malibu to Marina Del Rey, and Santa Monica, helping them stay in their homes and avoid making impossible choices between rent, medical bills, and food. With only 10% of their operating budget coming from

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44:42

They Drove Him Insane: UFOs, Orbs and Obsession -The...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/03/16

The Cover-Up Wasn't About UFOs — It Was About You Believing in ThemPhil and Ted take a fun dive into the deep end of the enigmatic world of UFOs and UAPs, joined by paranormal investigative author Greg Bishop.Together, they unravel the story of Paul Bennewitz—a physicist whose obsession with unexplained lights over Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, drew him into a web of government intrigue, disinformation, and psychological manipulation that drove him to madness. Adding to the

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34:11

The Wild Journey of Ben Vaughn : From a One-String...

Phil and Ted"s Sexy Boomer Show ·

2026/02/26

On this lively episode of the Sexy Boomer Show, hosts Ted Bonnitt and Phil Proctor welcome the multitalented musician, producer, and radio personality Ben Vaughn. You may know Ben as the composer behind the iconic "Third Rock from the Sun" theme, but his journey spans from humble beginnings in New Jersey with a one-string guitar, to recording a classic album inside his Rambler car, and producing legends like Nancy Sinatra and Los Straitjackets.Together, they swap tales of wild club promotions in

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