Downtown with Rich Kimball

07/28/2025

Country star Robby Johnson, Billy Joel's Creative Director Steve Cohen on the new HBO Max documentary, Chad Finn of The Boston Globe, Shawn Laatsch from the Versant Power Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium, and UMaine hockey coach Ben Barr, all coming your way on the next episode of Downtown!

07/27/2025

A meeting of Downtown friends this weekend as Danny Cashman of The Nite Show and I saw a phenomenal concert by Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal at Groton Hill Music and visited with Rosanne backstage. Saturday night we were joined by Lucas Richman from Bangor Symphony Orchestra to travel to John Davidson's Club Sandwich to see John perform and spend a little time together post-show.

07/25/2025

Part 2 of the terrific HBO Max documentary, BILLY JOEL: AND SO IT GOES, premieres today, so here's a little preview (which will also be on next week's podcast) from Executive Producer and Billy's longtime Creative Director, Steve Cohen.

http://www.downtownwithrichkimball.com/2025/07/25/steve-cohen-7-25-25/

07/25/2025

A fun discussion about sports movies with David Roth, Allen Adams, and Carey Haskell, plus Allen reviews SUPERMAN, author and Maine native Cory Magee discusses CHASING BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER STORIES, Bruce Pratt remembers umpire Ron Luciano on Sports Lit 101, and talks with University of Maine women's hockey coach Molly Engstrom, all on this week's Downtown. Click to listen:
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07/24/2025

David Roth of Defector discusses some of the best sports films with Rich, Carey, and Allen Adams. Author Cory McGee talks about his new book, CHASING BUTTERFLIES AND OTHE STORIES. On Sports Lit 101, Bruce Pratt fills us in on Jim Leeke's new book on umpire Ron Luciano, THE BIG LOOSH. Allen Adams ret...

07/24/2025

07/21/2025

Writer David Roth, Sports Lit 101 with Bruce Pratt, Maine author Cory Magee, University of Maine women's hockey coach Molly Engstrom, and Allen Adams ranks the Superman movies, all on the next episode of Downtown! Click to listen:
https://richkimbally.podbean.com/e/downtown-with-rich-kimball-episode-27-david-roth-cory-mcgee/

07/19/2025

Ed Begley, Jr. returns to Downtown, Chad Finn weighs in on the Red Sox, Maine actor Matthew Delamater, and Dennis Price, all on the latest Downtown!
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07/18/2025

It’s summer and that means a visit with Ed Begley! Ed’s back for the fifth straight year, plus Chad Finn, Matt Delamater, and Dennis Price!

07/17/2025

Ed Begley, Jr. talks about his work in the dark comedy, DON'T TELL LARRY, actor and Maine native Matthew Delamater discusses his role in ABSOLUTION with Liam Neeson and the series JULIA, Chad Finn with an All Star Break Red Sox report, and Dennis Price on upcoming events at Theater at Monmouth and Cumston Hall, all on the latest Downtown!
https://richkimbally.podbean.com/e/downtown-with-rich-kimball-episode-26-ed-begley-jr/

07/17/2025

Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. talks about his work on the new film, DON'T TELL LARRY. Actor and Maine native Matthew Delamater discusses his film with Liam Neeson, ABSOLUTION, and how he balances acting with his job at Oxbow Brewing Company. Chad Finn of The Boston Globe gives us an All Star Bre...

07/15/2025

If you're a movie fan, you'll want to check out the new season of the great Turner Classic Movies: TCM podcast, THE PLOT THICKENS, as Ben Mankiewicz takes a deep dive into the making of the epic, CLEOPATRA, written and directed by his great uncle, Joseph L. Mankiewicz. If you missed our conversation about it on the podcast, give a listen right here:
http://www.downtownwithrichkimball.com/2025/07/01/ben-mankiewicz-7-2-25/

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