Fan-first interviews with real cultural memory.
Mark and Me Podcast pairs loose, excited introductions with long-form conversations about bands, films, books, creative history, and fan culture. The show suits listeners who like interviews that feel personal, enthusiastic, and rooted in genuine scene memory.
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Mark and Me Podcast is an interview show with its heart plainly on the table. Mark talks to musicians, actors, filmmakers, writers, and artists with the energy of someone who remembers exactly when a band or film first landed for him. That gives the show a specific kind of warmth. It is not detached industry coverage. It is fandom with preparation behind it. Recent episodes move from Melissa Auf der Maur discussing music, career, and her book Even the Good Girls Will Cry to Good Kid talking around their album Can We Hang Out Sometime. Don Broco get a long-awaited hour for band history, new-album talk, touring, festival memories, and Ruben talk. Paul Smith returns for a conversation about Maximo Park, inspiration, lyrics, and the pleasure of getting inside a songwriter's mind. Randy Blythe becomes a chance to reset after a break and reflect on charisma, voice, and the hope of a future face-to-face follow-up. Felicia Day brings the conversation toward film promotion, Hollywood beginnings, family support, tattoos, Supernatural, The Guild, and a small on-camera dog interruption. Dustin Kensrue appears in a Thrice fan Q&A shaped by questions from In Exile. Luc Besson opens the door to Dracula, Leon, The Fifth Element, casting, childhood performance limits, and scale in filmmaking. The range is broad, but the engine stays consistent. Mark usually frames the guest through personal excitement, recent listening, live experiences, or the persistence it took to make the interview happen. Episodes can wander. That is part of the appeal. A discussion about songs may turn into video games, old consoles, World of Warcraft, or fan groups, then circle back to craft. The tone is conversational, grateful, and openly invested. It suits listeners who like creative people treated as more than promo stops. It is also a good fit for music fans who enjoy hearing the connective tissue around albums: artwork, live shows, band history, touring, and why a record arrives at the right moment. The show is affectionate without becoming slick. Its best moments feel like a fan finally getting the longer conversation the quick festival slot would never allow.
Made for: Best for music, film, and pop-culture fans who enjoy long, conversational interviews with artists Mark clearly admires. It especially suits listeners who like band histories, album talk, live-show memories, and personal creative turning points.
What sets it apart: The show stands out through its openly fan-led framing: Mark often explains the personal chase, memory, or obsession behind a guest before the interview begins. That makes the conversations feel earned and lived-in, not simply scheduled around promotion.
Join me, Mark, as I invite guests to talk openly and candidly about the world in which they have grown, thrived, or barely survived. From authors to actors, directors to writers, artists and musicians alike, come sit with us while we explore their own unique journey through life.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Mark's enthusiastic interviews reveal how actors and directors think through performance, production limits, casting, and the creative choices behind familiar films.
Mark and Me Podcast turns admiration into detailed guest conversation. Mark's enthusiasm is unmistakable, yet his questions regularly move past celebration toward how creative work gets made.
Mark gets the Blair Witch directors talking about the terror your imagination supplies.
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A warm Felicia Day interview moves from violin and math degrees to Hollywood humility and devoted fan culture.
Felicia Day sits for a loose, affectionate conversation that starts with Tim Travers and the Time Traveller's Paradox, then follows the broader arc of her career.
A fan-led Dustin Kensrue Q&A that balances Thrice songwriting detail with relaxed gaming nostalgia.
Dustin Kensrue gets a comfortable, fan-led Q&A that lets him move easily between Thrice's craft and the games that shaped his offstage imagination.
A warm director conversation that moves from Dracula into Leon's casting and The Fifth Element's still-fresh appeal.
The episode works best as a meeting of Mark's open enthusiasm and a filmmaker's practical recall. Dracula provides the frame, but the livelier stretches come when the conversation turns to Leon and The Fifth Element, especially the director's memory of testing Natalie for the…
Paddy Considine connects film-set nerves, festival energy, and the long pull of Ride In The Low.
Paddy Considine's visit to Mark and Me has the easy charge of a long-awaited in-person meeting, recorded at Download Festival and centered on the point where his acting career meets Ride In The Low.
A clear look at how The Blair Witch Project turns what the camera cannot show into lasting fear.
Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick revisit The Blair Witch Project through the thing that still gives it power: what stays just out of sight. Their conversation traces the film's unease back to 1970s pseudo-documentaries, Legend of Boggy Creek, In Search Of, and the primal fear…
Anna Martin interviews writers and couples about the real stories behind Modern Love essays.
Knox and Jamie turn celebrity gossip, film deep dives, and streaming news into weekly comedy.
Two hosts revisit one film, show, or book a week, plus long personal tangents.
A Brazilian journalist spends years reinvestigating unsolved child disappearances in Paraná.
Cris Bartz and Juva Lauer alternate debate and interview episodes on Brazilian social issues.
Robert Wright interviews specialists on Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Taiwan, and open-source AI.
Host Mark interviews Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick, the directors of The Blair Witch Project.
Host Mark interviews actor Paddy Considine after a year-long wait, focusing exclusively on his music career with the band Riding the Low.
Mark interviews Charlie from Chubby and the Gang about their album and upcoming tour, with a note that the interview was recorded months ago due to a Zoom mishap.
Mark interviews singer Mia Wray about her new album 'Hi It's Nice To Meet Me'.
Mark interviews Melissa Auf der Maur, bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, about her music career and new book 'Even the Good Girls Will Cry'.
Host Mark interviews Jacob Tsafatinos and David Wood from the band Good Kid about their new album 'Can We Hang Out Sometime' and their upcoming UK tour.
Mark finally lands Don Broco on episode 478 of Mark and Me after roughly five years of trying, with Rob Damiani and Simon Delaney talking the day before their new album is released.
Host Mark interviews Paul Smith from Maximo Park about the band's history and his lyrical inspiration.
Mark returns after a six-week hiatus to introduce an interview with Randy Blythe of Lamb of God.
Mark and Me episode 475 features Felicia Day, who discusses "Tim Travers and the Time Traveller's Paradox" while repeatedly derailing the promo into dogs, pastries, and music.
Dustin Kensrue says Thrice are not naturally prolific, so there are no Horizons West B-sides.
Mark and Me episode 473 features Mark interviewing Luc Besson, who discusses Leon, The Fifth Element, and his new film Dracula.
Mark interviews Sky and Ross from Morcheeba about their band history and new album 'Escape the Chaos'.
Mark interviews film director Uwe Boll about his new film First Shift and his career.
Mark interviews Matt Thomson of The Amazons about the band's history and their new album '21st Century Fiction'.