Razor's Ink Podcast with Jonathan B. Ferrini
66 episodes Last Updated: May 01, 25
I am a published author of nearly one hundred original, diverse, fiction stories and poems. Check out my story collection at jonathanferrini.com.
Razor's Ink is my weekly take on movies, television and music. So pour yourself a drink, pull up a chair, and let's explore together!
I received my MFA in motion picture and television production from UCLA.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonathan-b-ferrini-9ababa2b
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Episodes
May 01, 2025
Rediscovering David Bowie
Brilliant lyricist, iconic performer, and astute businessman.
Apr 24, 2025
I Want to Live! (Movie. 1958)
Susan Hayward portrays the life of Barbara Graham executed in CALIFORNIA’S gas chamber. I discuss the movie and what I name “The Criminal Justice-Media Complex” surrounding the trial and execution.
Apr 17, 2025
The Conversation (Movie 1974)
Gene Hackman delivers a minimalist approach performance he considered the pinnacle of his career in this film where “sound” serves as a protagonist.
I examine four variety shows from past decades and recommend television networks reinvent the variety show, "cure" declining ratings, and enjoy the intended “side effect” of “healing" the nation.
I examine “original” movies made for television as my “treatment” for declining network television entertainment programing ratings.
Let’s examine Hugh Hefner’s “Playboy after Dark” for a clue to my “fix”.
Mar 20, 2025
My Rx for Network Television
Your heart monitor is about to flatline, television networks. Open my podcast serving as your medicine cabinet and find the cure sitting inside for over fifty years.
Mar 14, 2025
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Film. 1974)
Director Sam Peckinpah’s customary Shoot ‘Em Up genre film includes a protagonist taking the form of a severed head! I call it a “wholesale film” but there’s much more inside than blood and guts.
Mar 06, 2025
Room 222 (Television. 1969-74)
A classic series about dedicated educators struggling with familiar social issues offering inspiration to the underappreciated educators of today.
Feb 27, 2025
The Oscars 2025
Trouble in "Tinseltown".