Mike Burstyn & Friends: Recent Episodes
Mike Burstyn
Raviv is the senior Washington correspondent for i24 News, headquartered in Tel Aviv and New York. Previously he was with CBS News as their national correspondent and was heard regularly on the CBS Radio Network. He had also done TV reports from Washington, D.C. on the CBS Evening News.He is also the author of several books, including the 1990 best seller Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, co-authored with journalist Yossi Melman.
Elon Gold is an American comedian, television actor, writer and producer. He starred in the television series Stacked. He also starred in the short lived sitcom In-Laws. Known for his impressions including those of Jeff Goldblum, Howard Stern and Jay Leno, Gold was also a judge on the celebrity impersonation competition series on ABC, The Next Best Thing. Gold was also in the movie Cheaper by the Dozen as one cameraman from The Oprah Winfrey Show. He had one recurring role on the short lived prime time show by ABC, The Dana Carvey Show in April 1996.
Lainie Kazan is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for St. Elsewhere and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for My Favorite Year.
Moni Yakim is the renowned dramatics instructor at America’s great performing arts academy Juilliard. Indeed, Moni is a founding member of the prestigious institution and, over four decades later, is the only one still teaching at Lincoln Center’s Upper West Side campus. His former students include Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Laura Linney, Viola Davis, and many more. Mr. Yakim emphasizes the gestalt of body, mind, and spirit in regard to the actor’s journey.
Sharon is a celebrated Film, TV and concert music composer. She is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures, Four - time Emmy Award Nominated, Winner of the 2013 Society of Composers and Lyricists Award for "Outstanding work in the Art of Film Music", the 2012 Visionary Award In Music by The Women's International Film & TV Showcase, winner of the Telly Award and the co- vise president of the Alliance for Women Film Composers (The AWFC). Sharon is a celebrated Film, TV and concert music composer who served on the board of the SCL for 10 years.
Daniel "Danny" Ayalon (Hebrew: דניאל "דני" אילון; born17 December 1955) is an Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002 until 2006.
Emanuel "Manny" Azenberg is an American theatre producer and general manager whose professional relationship with playwright Neil Simon spans thirty-three years.
Joel Zwick is an American film director, television director, and theater director. He worked on the television series Perfect Strangers, Full House, and Family Matters, and directed the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Second Sight, and Fat Albert.
Nancy Spielberg is a writer and producer. She produced the documentary feature Above and Beyond in 2014 and is developing it as a narrative feature film with a studio. Spielberg is executive-producer of Who Will Write Our History (2017), with director Roberta Grossman, and executive-produced On The Map. Spielberg grew up surrounded by the film industry, where she worked on her brother Steven's early films.
Hershey Felder is a pianist, actor, and playwright known for his portrayals of classical and American composers on the theatrical stage.
David Suissa is President of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the Jewish world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for "Editorial Excellence" by the American Jewish Press Association.
Among the topics we discuss are our mutual interests in the Jewish world today and his "The David Suissa Podcast."
Reminiscing with the great Hal Linden/Barney Miller on the eve of his 90th Birthday Celebration.
A lively discussion about US & Israeli relationships with Israel's former Ambassador to the United States and author of his latest best-seller The Night Archer.
Mike & his longtime friend, the legendary Norman Lear, shmooz about their friendship in the midst of the Corona epidemic.