Interview: Susan Rogers

On April 21st, the world lost one of the most gifted, talented and mysterious musicians to ever exist.
On April 21st, the world lost one of the most gifted, talented and mysterious musicians to ever exist.
These are exciting times for not only viewers of television, but for the people behind the scenes who create what we watch each and every week. With subscription services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon entering the television arena with high quality original programming to cable channels AMC, FX and A&E really giving the networks a run for their money, the creative element of television has never been greater.
Today we sit down with award winning writer, professor and author Pam Douglas. Her latest book, Future of Television: Your Guide to Creating TV in the New World is out now and discusses the future of television, encompassing all forms of television from traditional networks to the new media frontier.
The end of 2014 is almost here and that means it’s time for everyone’s list of top shows. Well, we here at the Pop Culture Principle do not want to disappoint our followers, so we have decided to share our list of Top Shows of 2014. Don’t worry, we aren’t doing this alone, we have a very special guest on our podcast. Carissa Pavlica, who is the Managing Editor at TVFanatic.com will be joining us and sharing her list as well.
With the popularity of films such as The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity, the found footage genre has had a steady flow of films released that were of varying quality. One would wonder why someone would try and release another film from a genre that is already cluttered with many forgotten efforts.
Well, in steps Bobby Roe and Zack Edwards, the creative force behind the film The Houses October Built. Not only have they crafted a fantastic found footage film, but they were able to add a twist to the genre that will give audiences a reason to watch it.
The film follows a group of friends who are looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, they set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them.
The hit CBS reality series Big Brother is currently airing its sixteenth season and as usual, it never fails to provide the audience with hours of entertainment. Showmances, plotting and backstabbing are some of the elements that make Big Brother one of the best reality shows on television today.
We had the opportunity to sit down with recently evicted houseguest Amber Borzotra. Amber talked with us about her experience in the Big Brother house, why an all female alliance might be a hard thing to pull off and of course the situation with Caleb who most likely hurt her chances to make it to the end.
If you would like to keep up to date with Amber's activities, you can follow her on Twitter @aborzotra or you can visit her official page aborzotra.com!Many of you may know actor Dule Hill as Charlie Young on the NBC series West Wing or as Burton "Gus" Guster on the recently wrapped USA Network series Psych. What you may not know is Dule started to make a name for himself before his big break on The West Wing. He studied ballet at an early age and was the understudy for Savion Glover in the Broadway show The Tap Dance Kid and went on to play that part once the show went on a national tour. He's appeared on the television shows Cosby, The Jamie Foxx Show and New York Undercover as well as films like She's All That and Men of Honor. Dule recently wrapped a successful run on Broadway in the play After Midnight and is now one of the people behind the exciting new app Nomino.
The multi-talented artist took some time out of his busy schedule to sit down and talk with the Pop Culture Principle about After Midnight, working on The West Wing, what the fans of Psych mean to him and his brand new app Nomino.
You can listen to the entire interview below. If you would like to keep up with all of Dule's latest news and projects, you can follow him on Twitter by using @dulehill or click here and join his Facebook page. Also, to learn more about his new app Nomino and where you can download it, please click here.What is the human condition? What does it mean to you? If you look up the meaning of the human condition it says that it is the positive and negative aspects of existence as a human being, especially the inevitable events such as birth, childhood, adolescence, love, sex, reproduction, aging, and death.
Brandon Henry Rodriguez, Arnie Pantoja and Keith Pratt decided to put their own spin on the human condition by creating a webseries of the same name. The first three episodes of the series deals with perversion, mating and death. What they have created is one of the funniest webseries out there today and definitely show their creative edge.
Today we talk with Brandon, one of the creative minds behind the series. We discuss the evolution of the series, what he would like fans to take from the series and the overall climate of television and the internet today.
Below you will also find links to their website and various social media sites that are related to the series.The Human Condition Official website
The Human Condition Facebook page
The Human Condition Official Twitter
Eric "The Smoke" Moran has become one of the most popular cosplayers in the game today. He's been featured in numerous interviews, articles and recently appeared in several episodes of the hit Syfy series Heroes of Cosplay. Although he could easily continue to excel in the world of cosplay, Eric also has several other outside interests. The former United States Marine is also a professional wrestler and with a good friend, started Together Brother Productions which produces films and webseries.
Even though he has a very busy schedule, Eric was kind enough to sit down with us and talk about his cosplay career, wrestling, acting and several upcoming projects that he is very excited about. You can listen to our interview with Eric below:
The Pop Culture Principle is proud to present our interview with actor/musician Lance Reddick. Lance is starring in the upcoming film Won't Back Down with Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhal. He also will lead the team from Fringe during the final season of the FOX series. If that isn't enough, he also has a Youtube web series called Dr0ne that has just been released. Lance is one of the hardest working actors in the business. He sat down to talk with us about Fringe, Won't Back Down, acting, our school systems and his love for the music of Miles Davis and Sting. We hope you enjoy the interview and please make sure you take a moment to visit some of the links in the show notes below!
Lance Reddick interview Official Lance Reddick website Lance Reddick Facebook page Official Dr0ne Youtbue channel