Ira's Everything Bagel

Author, From Cab Driver to Carnegie Hall This week on Ira’s Everything Bagel, Ira sits down with David Singer, author of From Cab Driver to Carnegie Hall. In this inspiring and deeply personal episode, David shares his incredible journey through music and life—from his early days surrounded by melodies to an unexpected love-driven decision to pick up the clarinet

Author, Surviving Life’s Storms and Thriving in the Aftermath This week on Ira’s Everything Bagel, Ira sits down with Christine Fruehwirth, author of Surviving Life’s Storms and Thriving in the Aftermath, for a powerful coaching episode. Christine dives into the key differences between life coaching and career coaching, the challenges of being stuck in “s

This week on "Ira’s Everything Bagel," Ira sits down with Andrew Buss, author of "I AM MCLOVIN: How Superbad Became the Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation." Andrew dives into his deep connection with the film, describing his first viewing as “electric” and reminiscing about seeing it with his father and grandfather. He shares how he balanced his roles as both a journalist a

Author, Driving Marilyn: The Life and Times of Legendary Hollywood Agent Norman Brokaw This week, Ira spoke with Joel Brokaw, author of Driving Marilyn: The Life and Times of Legendary Hollywood Agent Norman Brokaw. In this agential episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Joel talks about his father being in the right place at the right time in Hollywood (1943); how he

Author, Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir This week, Ira spoke with film editor and writer Lisa Cheek, author of Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir. In this (A)vid episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Lisa talks about starting her career in Charleston, South Carolina, then Charlotte, and her big move to Los Angeles; why she loved working on comm

Writer/Director, “The Comic Shop” This week, Ira spoke with writer/director Jonathan L. Bowen, whose film, “The Comic Shop,” is set for streaming. In this comic episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Jonathan talks about his new film, shot on location in Las Vegas; why “The Comic Shop” is a slice-of-life love letter to comic fans that general audiences will easi

This week, Ira spoke with award-winning filmmaker Josh Mendoza, author of "Shadow of the Eternal Watcher," a new noir crime thriller sci-fi novel. In this scary episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Josh talks about he made the leap from his post-apocalyptic film, “What Still Remains” to writing a novel; how the novel features alternate realities and time travel blended to

Author, Flowers of Evil, Web of Evil, and Wheel of Evil This week, Ira spoke with N.L. Holmes, author of a series of three immersive historical fiction books (Flowers of Evil, Web of Evil, and Wheel of Evil) that unravel the mysteries of life during the ancient Egyptian empire. In this trio episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” N.L. talks

This week, Ira spoke with award-winning writer and accomplished musician Marcia Peck, author of "Water Music:A Cape Cod Story." In this cello episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Marcia talks about starting to play the cello at age five; why classical music moves her; the great composers “get inside us”; why the book was set in a certain place and time; her coming-of-age

his week, Ira spoke with Joseph McBride, author of "George Cukor's People: Acting for a Master Director." In this celluloid episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Joesph talks about what made Cukor unique; how he worked through his actors; how he used the camera elo-quently; why Cukor believed in “fidelity to the text”; why he was elusive; living the double life; dealing wi