THE DON Podcast
1) "Dying Like Elvis on the Toilet"
The End. In this episode we chronicle Don's final days. His last gasp attempt at making a comeback with his film, "The Rock". His dependency on a team of doctors that would bill him upwards of $50,00...Show More
2) "Death in the Pool House"
In this episode, we go deep into Don's pill addiction and his time in seclusion with his personal doctor slash filmmaking partner. We look into how and why Don turned away from studio films to make an...Show More
3) Top Gun on Wheels
Don and Tom's "Days of Blunder"... In this episode, we go into what went so right on Don and Tom’s critically panned and vastly under-rated unofficial sequel to Top Gun, "Days of Thunder"... And we g...Show More
4) Top Guns- Don and Tom- True Religion
Don and Eddie Murphy have another box office hit with Beverly Hills Cop 2-- all in spite of Don's preoccupations with cocaine and call girls and plastic surgeries. After several failed attempts in reh...Show More
5) Top Gun- Don and Tom Part 3
In this episode, we go deep into the production of “Top Gun”. We learn of how Don’s insistence on throwing parties for the cast helped to fuel the rivalry between Maverick and Ice Man... The partying ...Show More
6) Top Gun--Don and Tom Part 2
In this episode, we look into Don’s paternal relationship with Tom Cruise, how Don nearly sabotaged the Top Gun screenwriters efforts to produce a script good enough for Tom, and how Don’s last ditch ...Show More
7) Top Gun- Don and Tom
The first of three episodes devoted to the Top Gun partnership of Don and Tom Cruise. In this episode, we track the origins of Top Gun... How MTV videos of bands singing about nuclear war shape...Show More
8) DON, SLY STALLONE AND EDDIE MURPHY
THE DON Season 2: Maverick, Top Gun, Don’s Greatest Hits, And The Addictions That Killed Him” In this episode, we learn just how close Sly Stallone came to starring in Beverly Hill...Show More
9) TOP GUNS DON & TOM
THE DON Season 2: Maverick, Top Gun, Don’s Greatest Hits, And The Addictions That Killed Him” In this episode, we track Don’s collision course with Tom Cruise-- b...Show More
10) "DON GOES HOME TO ALASKA AND THE MAFIA COMES LOOKING FOR HIM"
THE DON Season 2: Maverick, Top Gun, Don’s Greatest Hits, And The Addictions That Killed Him” In Episode 3, we go into Don’s last days as a Paramount executive. His obession ...Show More