We are honored to welcome aboard the TV Time Machine Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha. Mr. Romesha talks about appearing in the Netflix docuseries Medal of Honor and recounts the harrowing 2009 Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan, where Mr. Romesha defended his men against incredible odds, for which Mr. Romesha received the Medal of Honor in 2013.

TV Time Machine honors the bravery of Mr. Romesha and his Brothers in Arms both past and present, who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Clint Romesha Medal of Honor TV Time Machine Interview

Directors Guillermo del Toro and Jeannot Szwarc talk about Rod Serling's Night Gallery with host Jim Benson on the TV Time Machine podcast. Guillermo del Toro is a legendary horror director (Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Cabinet of Curiosities) and Jeannot Szwarc directed twenty-two episodes of the classic Rod Serling horror series that aired on NBC from 1970-1973.

Guillermo Del Toro and Jeannot Szwarc talk Rod Serling's Night Gallery on TV Time Machine

Today on the TV Time Machine, we welcome Taylor White and Scott Skelton, as we discuss the all-new book about the making of the classic horror television series, Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After Hours Tour. 

Mr. White is the founder and proprietor of Creature Features, which specializes in publishing a variety of TV, movie, and horror genre books, and Mr. Skelton, along with your host, has co-authored three books based on Rod Serling's Night Gallery--An After-Hours Tour; The Art of Darkness, and Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour-- Second Edition.

Over the next segment, the three of us will discuss the creation of this all-new, 824-page tome, featuring hundreds of all-new color and black and white photographs, dozens of brand-new interviews with Night Gallery cast and crew, and we'll also talk about the Kickstarter campaign for Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An-After Hours Tour, now currently in progress.

So please join us on the TV Time Machine, as we take our own private tour, with Taylor White and Scott Skelton, through Rod Serling’s Night Gallery.

Jim Benson Scott Skelton Taylor White discuss their New Rod Serling's Night Gallery Book

In this TV Time Machine interview, host Jim Benson welcomes a legend in the field of television animation, Lee Mendelson. Producer of A Charlie Brown Christmas and scores of Peanuts specials including It’s a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Mr. Mendelson and his late partner Bill Melendez helped craft many of the most beloved and culturally significant television productions of the past half-century.

A Charlie Brown Christmas Interview with Producer Lee Mendelson

In this audio journey of the TV Time Machine, we welcome Maury Povich, the host of the daytime talk show, Maury. Mr. Povich is a legendary broadcaster and talk show host, whose nationally syndicated TV show is seen on hundreds of stations across the country.

Over the next audio segment, Maury Povich talks about his remarkable career in television, and the exciting changes taking place on his iconic talk show. Again, for those of you intrepid enough to take a DNA test, feel free to yell, I’m Not The Father!, as we trace our heritage into the distant past, so we can place a marker, in the present.

Maury Povich of Maury TV Time Machine Interview

In this audio edition of the TV Time Machine, we welcome Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Executive Producer of Washington. Ms. Goodwin is a world-renowned Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author of many Presidential biographies including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, The Fitzgerald’s and the Kennedy’s, and Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

Over the next segment, Doris Kearns Goodwin will talk about Washington, a three night Documentary Miniseries chronicling the life and career of our nation’s first President, airing on The History Channel. Again, for those of you intrepid enough to cross the Delaware, feel free to take a three-day weekend, as we declare our independence from the present, in order to visit a revolutionary past!

Doris Kearns Goodwin of Washington TV Time Machine Interview

In this audio edition of the TV Time Machine, we welcome Kristina Schulman of The Bachelor. Ms. Schulman was one of the top contestants on Season 21 of the program, vying for the attention of that perennial Bachelor, Nick Viall.

Over the next audio segment, Kristina Schulman talks about her extraordinary life, and what it’s like going from dental hygienist to one of the brightest lights on The Bachelor. Again, for those of you intrepid enough to call my old Kentucky home, feel free to tell us the tooth, as we leave the past in the nick of time, in order to have fate smile upon us, in the present!

Kristina Schulman of The Bachelor TV Time Machine Interview

In this audio journey of the TV Time Machine we welcome Jeannie Mai, the host of the new competition series, Steampunk’d. Ms. Mai is a fashion expert and TV personality, and is currently co-host of the popular daytime talk show, The Real.

Over the next audio segment, Jeannie Mai discusses the Steampunk design and fashion movement featured on Steampunk’d. Again, for those of you intrepid enough to create a Victorian mouse trap, feel free to build up a head of steam, as we merge past and present, in order to design a more retro future!

Jeannie Mai of Steampunk'd TV Time Machine Interview

Today on the TV Time Machine, host Jim Benson talks with Steve James of City So Real. Mr. James is an Oscar Nominated documentary filmmaker best known for producing and directing the classic Hoop Dreams, and the Roger Ebert Documentary, Life Itself.       
 
In this audio segment, Steve James talks about his new five-hour docu-series City So Real, that chronicles the infamous Chicago political machine, and how the city grappled with the Covid pandemic, and the death of George Floyd—now airing on National Geographic and Hulu. Again, for those of you intrepid enough to visit that toddling town, feel free to grab a hoagie, as we deep dish out the present, in order to visit a very windy past!

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