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Now displaying: 2015
Dec 18, 2015

This week on EarBurner, a chat with Donna Denise, "house mom" at Dallas gentlemen's club the Lodge. Among the topics discussed are the Lewisville Lake Dam, to which country Zac would flee to escape extradition, and what Tim likes best about strip joints.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Donna Denise
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Dec 11, 2015

Lawyer Bobby Abtahi, who's also a member of the Dallas Plan Commission, stopped by the Old Monk to talk about the recent national-news-making incident in which he was kept off a Virgin America flight from New York to Dallas for murky reasons. Plus, Zac Crain goes unplugged on the Lower Greenville Neighborhood Association.

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Bobby Abtahi
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Dec 3, 2015

Harrison Edell, senior director of living collections at the Dallas Zoo, makes a return visit to Table No. 1 at the Old Monk to talk about the controversy over the zoo's plans to relocate six elephants from southern Africa to southern Dallas. Plus, are dolphins rapists and murderers?

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Harrison Edell
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Oct 26, 2015

Former 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes stopped by the Old Monk ahead of the nationwide release of Truth, the new film about the 2004 events that led to the departures of Mapes and longtime anchor Dan Rather from CBS. 

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Mary Mapes
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Oct 16, 2015

Sock-of-the-month club operator Bryan DeLuca of Foot Cardigan returns to the Old Monk to talk about what it was like to appear in his underwear on national television for a recent episode of Shark Tank.

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Bryan DeLuca
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Oct 9, 2015

Musician Sarah Jaffe stopped by the Old Monk to chat about how a hook she wrote in her driveway ended up on an Eminem record, what she and her touring band listen to on the bus (Radiolab), and how much she looks up to her farmer sister.

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Sarah Jaffe
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Oct 2, 2015

Dallas entrepreneur Matt Alexander returned to the Old Monk on Friday afternoon to talk about the Dallas tech and startup communities — and his hot sports opinions.

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Matt Alexander
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Sep 25, 2015

The Dallas Observer‘s own Cheap Bastard, Alice Laussade, stopped by the Old Monk to talk about her upcoming Meat Fight fundraiser, and she brought plenty of salty language with her. Consider this your mature-content warning. Maybe skip this one if you’re listening with the kids.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Alice Laussade
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Sep 18, 2015

District 9 Dallas City Councilman Mark Clayton stopped by the Old Monk to chat about just how much he's let power go to his head since taking his seat at City Hall in June, his soccer fandom, and which Dallas suburb he really, really, really doesn't like. Plus, iPhone roulette.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Mark Clayton
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Sep 11, 2015

D Magazine burger editor pro tem — and sometime literary agent — David Hale Smith stopped by the Old Monk to talk about all the hunks of meat he consumed for our Best Burgers in Dallas issue and how his New York colleagues still can't understand that Dallas isn't a wasteland of wagon wheels and oil derricks.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: David Hale Smith
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Sep 4, 2015

Feargal McKinney — proprietor of the Old Monk, Idle Rich Pub, and Blackfriar — talks about how an Irishman wound up in Dallas, and his plans for a new Henderson Avenue bar, The Skellig.

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Feargal McKinney
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Aug 28, 2015

Michelle Rodriguez, a DJ for country station KSCS, stopped by the Old Monk to talk to Zac and guest co-host Eric Celeste about how she got started in Dallas radio, the Susan Hawk saga, and her soccer fandom.

 

Hosts: Zac Crain, Eric Celeste
Guest: Michelle Rodriguez
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Aug 20, 2015

Widely regarded as the greatest female basketball player ever, Nancy Lieberman stopped by the Old Monk to talk to with Tim and Zac about her long and varied career on the court, as a coach, as a broadcaster, and as a mom. Lieberman's about to start her new gig as an assistant coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Nancy Lieberman
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Aug 13, 2015

Longtime TV newsman Dan Rather stopped by the Old Monk, along with his grandson Martin, to talk about his time covering the JFK Assassination, his professional relationship with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, the new movie about his downfall at CBS, and a prize he's offering for great ideas to improve Texas education.

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Dan Rather and Martin Rather
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Aug 7, 2015

Former Dallas TV news anchor Brendan Higgins stops by the Old Monk to talk for the first time about the details of the arrest in Aspen, Colorado, that led to his firing by CBS 11. 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Brendan Higgins
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Jul 31, 2015

The co-owner of Goodfriend Beer Garden and the Blind Butcher stopped by the Old Monk to talk about his early days as a bouncer at Trees and his plans to open a new package store that also serves incredible sandwiches. Plus the most amazing round of iPhone roulette ever.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Matt Tobin
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Jul 24, 2015

Former Dallas mayor and investigative journalist Laura Miller stopped by the Old Monk to talk about why she now spends her days fighting for clean coal and against proposed Preston Center developments. Plus the story behind her classic 1991 D Magazine piece on John Wiley Price.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Laura Miller
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Jul 17, 2015

Alan Peppard, longtime society columnist for the Dallas Morning News, talks about reporting on the city's elite, how he got his start at D Magazine, and why Troy Aikman hates our own Zac Crain.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Alan Peppard
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Jul 10, 2015

Comedian Paul Varghese stopped by the Old Monk yesterday to commiserate with Zac and guest co-host Eric Celeste over just how royally DeAndre Jordan screwed the Dallas Mavericks, why the Dallas comedy scene is even better than you realize, and what it's like to tell off-color jokes in an ultra-PC era. Also, for our more sensitive listeners, we must issue a MATURE CONTENT WARNING regarding some of the language in this episode, particularly in the third act.

 

Hosts: Zac Crain, Eric Celeste
Guest: Paul Varghese
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Jun 26, 2015

Former Dallas City Councilman Dwaine Caraway stops by the Old Monk to talk about his run for the Dallas County Commissioners Court and his plans for hosting a TV fishing show.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Dwaine Caraway
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records

Jun 12, 2015

Bryan DeLuca of sock subscription service Foot Cardigan stops by the Old Monk to chat about his unique business model, the national news that McKinney made this week, and the chief exports of Eurasian countries.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Bryan DeLuca
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

Jun 5, 2015

Chef Brian Luscher of the Grape and Luscher's Red Hots stops by the Old Monk to talk about the Dallas restaurant business, the future of Deep Ellum, and his Chicago roots.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Brian Luscher
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

 

May 29, 2015

Thursday afternoon former CBS 11/TXA 21 sports anchor and reporter Gina Miller stopped by the Old Monk to talk about Josh Hamilton’s return to the Texas Rangers, her new life as a lifestyle blogger, and why she was forced to endure years of living in Houston during the 1990s.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Gina Miller
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

 

 

May 22, 2015

Joe Tone, who recently announced he's stepping down as editor of the Dallas Observer, talks about the book he's planning to write and the future of the Voice Media Group alt-weekly newspaper.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Joe Tone
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

May 15, 2015

Dr. Seema Yasmin, public health professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and reporter for the Dallas Morning News, stops by the Old Monk to discuss her recent article about vaginal rejuvenation, her English roots, the public shaming of two women at the Kessler Theater, and her nascent knowledge of Texas.

 

Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Seema Yasmin
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records)

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