Big Pop Fun with Tom Wilson

Big Pop Fun with Tom Wilson is a podcast dedicated to pop, and the lives lived within its gentle influence, or tightening grasp, or soul crushing evil claws, depending on who you are. Unapologetically big and fun, Tom has lived a life that the world has seen through pop cultural lenses, and you can keep them on or take them off, but he's going to keep going anyway. Enjoy!

Ted White, Stunt Legend 07/25/2014

Ted White, Stunt Legend Ted White is a legendary Hollywood stuntman and actor, who "doubled" for John Wayne, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, and acted in scores of classic films. He also drove stunts at 100 miles per hour in "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" when he was 84 years old. Let's face it, he's cooler than all of us combined. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2962007

Tom Solos Pop and Fun! 07/11/2014

Tom Solos Pop and Fun! Tom takes a solo on his own pop image, and his stalking of pop artists Peter Max and Larry Rivers. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2938227

Heather King 05/02/2014

Heather King Heather King is a writer of five books, countless essays, and a veteran of "All Things Considered" on NPR. Heather and Tom consider booze, being broken, Bill Hicks, and the light. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2814563

Tom solos a Hollywood Lent 04/11/2014

Tom solos a Hollywood Lent In this sleigh ride, Tom takes a solo on his travels, novelists, and philosophers, including Scott Baio. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2775705

Tom solos Rocky! 03/14/2014

Tom solos Rocky! It's the 100th episode of Big Pop Fun, and Tom takes a solo on Ohio, Phoenix, and Rocky. Yeah, he thought the 100th episode would be a bigger deal, too! Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2728347

James talks Disney! 02/21/2014

James talks Disney! After Tom talks about some Tom stuff, our P.I.T. James Arnold Taylor takes time off from voicing Obi Wan Kenobi to talk to Jason Surrell, a Walt Disney Imagineer and author. They talk about writing, the Haunted Mansion, and almost the meaning of life until James cuts Jason off (podcaster "in training"). Then Tom talks a little. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2693198

Tom solos T.V. writing 02/14/2014

Tom solos T.V. writing Tom takes a solo on journalism, recent travel, and writing a set for television without a net! Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2677566

Tom Solos Bikes! 01/17/2014

Tom Solos Bikes! Tom has been an avid biker since the Beatles were popular, and he keeps us posted on the ongoing score, which is: Tom - 2, Bike Thieves - 5. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2635732

James Arnold Taylor, M.D. (mucho dialogue) 12/20/2013

James Arnold Taylor, M.D. (mucho dialogue) In this episode, Tom gets back on the horse after some time at an undisclosed location, and hands the reins over to James Arnold Taylor, P.I.T. (podcaster in training) Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2600889

Tom solos Machete! 10/04/2013

Tom solos Machete! Tom takes a solo on the famous film director Taylor Hackford, and those two Hollywood legends that simply can't be thought of without immediately thinking of the other - Helen Mirren, star of "The Queen," and Danny Trejo, star of "Machete." /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2495621

Tom solos Machete! 10/04/2013

Ron Young 09/27/2013

Ron Young Ron Young has a life, and job, that's out of the ordinary. He's a priest. Reverend Ronald Wayne Young, OMI, came by Wilson World, and Tom asked him about what it's like to be a priest, and if he truly finds the black outfit slimming. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2486849

Tom Solos Life 09/20/2013

Tom Solos Life In this episode, Tom takes a solo on the richness of life, Coca Cola, and the Liberty Bell March. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2478301

Tom Solos Auditions 09/13/2013

Tom Solos Auditions Tom has auditioned for many thousands of projects. He's been hired on two hundred or so, tops. That should tell you something. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2468336

Tom Solos Toughness 09/06/2013

Tom Solos Toughness Tom is tough. He is so tough that he once slid on broken glass and threw a guy over a lunch table. But only if you heard about it, not exactly if you were there. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2461066

Greg Carpenter 08/30/2013

Greg Carpenter Greg Carpenter has been at the center of the tech boom since it's inception. He's been up to his elbows in the digital age, from satellites to cel phones, music production to Miscrosoft, Ralph Lauren to something else that's starts with an R. Now the CEO of Boopsie, Tom and Greg talk about phys. ed, head injuries, and sinister data collection. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2453051

Travis Clark 08/23/2013

Travis Clark Travis Clark is an accomplished actor, comedian, and podcaster of the Tiny Odd Conversations podcast, as well as the son of Blake Clark, the American folk hero made incredibly famous by the Big Pop Fun podcast. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2444699

Emilio Palame 08/16/2013

Emilio Palame Emilio Palame is a consummate musician, composer, arranger and producer, and talks to Tom about Buffalo, Peggy Lee, and Fredonia State University. Go Blue Devils! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2436953

James Arnold Taylor (2) 08/09/2013

James Arnold Taylor (2) Voice Over legend James Arnold Taylor returns to Big Pop Fun to talk with Tom about his two dads, his vital role in the Star Wars universe, and his forays into standup comedy, which was long ago in a galaxy pretty close. /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2428214

Jonathan May 08/02/2013

Jonathan May Jonathan May is a composer and pianist of wide and varied experience, from performing his works at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to playing ragtime piano at Disneyland while wearing a bow tie. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2419367

Tom solos music! 07/26/2013

Tom solos music! Tom takes a solo on the tuba, the guitar, and the eyepatch. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2411854

John Crist 07/19/2013

John Crist John Crist is a rising young comedian from Denver, a clever stand up comedian who was raised by the pastor of a church in rural Georgia and home schooled through his entire childhood. How did that happen? Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2402373

Tom solos in fives 07/12/2013

Tom solos in fives Tom takes a solo on Joe Don Baker, baseball, and Scott Baio, with an added bonus or penalty song, depending on how much or little you like it. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2393575

Tom solos Disney 06/28/2013

Tom solos Disney Tom takes a solo on Hollywood, Cinderella, and onomatopoeia, the last one being the hardest to spell. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2376001

Scott Lewis (2) 06/21/2013

Scott Lewis (2) Scott Lewis continues his honest conversation with Tom, as they talk about the nature of Hollywood, celebrity, ego, and the effects they have on real life. /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2367983

Scott Lewis 06/14/2013

Scott Lewis Scott Lewis has been an observer of Hollywood and it's grand insanity for a lifetime, but With a dad like Jerry Lewis, how could he not see a few things. /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2357512

Jeff Altman 06/07/2013

Jeff Altman Jeff Altman is a comedian and actor with decades of experience, who started out along with David Letterman, Jay Leno, and the small group of comics who revolutionized show business from the stage of the Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip. Tom and Jeff talk about cattle additives, magic, and pratfalls. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2349627

David Darrow, painter 05/31/2013

David Darrow, painter David Darrow is "Dave the painting guy" on his own web series. Tom and Dave talk about painting, art school, and the uses of an art school diploma, for example, origami. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2341640

Kevin Michael Richardson 05/24/2013

Kevin Michael Richardson Kevin Michael Richardson is an actor and voice over artist whose voice has been heard on cartoons and commercials around the world. Tom and Kevin talk about Syracuse University and the play they were in together, though neither can remember what it was about. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2334326

Kevin Shinick 05/17/2013

Kevin Shinick Kevin Shinick is the man behind MAD the animated series and Robot Chicken, he's written for Batman, Spiderman, and has been a Broadway star. Tom and Kevin talk about UFC cage matches, game show hosting, and working hard at having fun. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/bigpopfunpodcast/id/2325558

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