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2025-06-23T10:01:00.000-07:00

RTruth 86'd? WTF!

2025-06-02T04:23:00.000-07:00

Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Presents: Wrestling History Author Spotlight

2025-06-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

When Evan Ginzburg smartened up to pro wrestling

2025-05-20T07:10:00.000-07:00

5 Year Anniversary Show! Show 259 (3/23/25) It's been 5 years since Evan and Buddy started W&EC2C! We look back on some of the great moments, the great guests in the past and also the philosophy behind what makes this show what it is and thanking all the listeners and guests who have made this show great for half a decade! A very special show you will want to check out! • 5 Year Anniversary Show!

2025-03-24T05:12:00.000-07:00

Bob Smith (PWI Writer & Podcaster)!

2025-03-03T04:28:00.000-08:00

Pop Culture Coolness with EVAN GINZBURG (Wrestling Rings, Blackboards, &...

2025-02-08T21:25:00.000-08:00

Superstar Billy Graham Tribute (W/Evan Ginzburg & Dr. Mike Lano)

2023-05-21T19:00:00.001-07:00

Sherwin XL (comedian) & Anthony Cole (Brii Combination Wrestling Promoter)

2022-07-10T22:12:00.001-07:00

Tony M. Caro (Wrestling/comic book/horror analyst-author)

2022-06-27T07:43:00.001-07:00

Show 118 (6/19/22) Wrestling Radio Hosts Denis Weber and Eric Gardner (MotchCast) join Buddy Sotello, Dr. Mike Lano & Evan Ginzburg on Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast to talk about Vince, old school wrestling, the Original Sheik, L.A. Territory, Bill Watts' UWF, Ray Candy & Leroy Brown, Refs Dave Hebner and Tim White, Randy Savage and much, much, more https://youtu.be/JZ66nV2z6-E

2022-06-19T21:29:00.000-07:00

Motch-O-Man-Macho Man Impersonator/wrestler & Glenn Bray-Author & Publis...

2022-06-05T21:41:00.001-07:00

Wrestling legend Mike Pappas (WWWF) joins filmmaker Jason Brasier to discuss the documentary on his life and worldwide wrestling career, The Flying Greek. Pappas discusses his friendships with Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales, John Tolos and many other greats. Old school fans and indie film lovers will enjoy this 1 hour interview co-hosted by Buddy Sotello, Dr. Mike Lano and Evan Ginzburg (Associate Producer on The Wrestler and 350 Days).

2022-05-08T21:21:00.000-07:00

Wrestling&Everything Coast to Coast:Sotello, Ginzburg&Lano Show #111 w Wrestling&Everything Coast to Coast:Sotello, Ginzburg&Lano: show #111 w/Yantong Zhu&Steve Verrier! https://youtu.be/Dw3bItyWujE This week we talk with Animation Director all the way from Beijing, China, Yantong Zhu speaking about her anthology hand-animated, award winning film from China, "To The Bright Side"! Then we talk to Steve Verrier about his upcoming book on wrestling legend George Gordienko! It's a unique episode so you want to check it out right away!

2022-05-01T21:47:00.002-07:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast Hosts Evan Ginzburg & Buddy Sotello Show#110 w/Chris Annino https://youtu.be/dwC7i4gnlt4 This week we catch up with our film-making guest Christopher Annino, who tells us about his new films "Lollipop Gang" featuring our friends Angel Orsini and Jeanne Bassone, as well as Circle of Champions, about the history of Women's Wrestling! We talk about movie making, the New England Music Hall Of Fame, and the challenges of Covid- a great episode so check it out!

2022-04-25T04:19:00.001-07:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Buddy Sotello, Evan Ginzburg, Dr. Mike Lano... This show we talk about the unfortunate passing of Gilbert Godfried, the situation of Sunny/Tammy Sytch, Virgil's health problems, Crash Holly and the unfortunate situation of wrestlers burning out after they are done with their moment of fame...Check it out!

2022-04-18T06:49:00.005-07:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Evan Ginzburg, Buddy Sotello & Mike Lano show #108! https://youtu.be/jwa4F1pDxE8 This week we are all back for an entire show, so that makes it "kinda special" it its own way! We talk about subjects like the old AWA-Power Pro Wrestling shows, Buddy's Wrestlemania II memories and the impact of the most recent Wrestlemania-- An interesting mix of old and new, give it a listen!

2022-04-10T23:36:00.001-07:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg & Sotello show #10...This week we take a trip up to the Pacific Northwest to talk to Indy Wrestling stalwarts Coach Mike Jones & Jason "Sign Guy" Amos! We talk a lot about Pacific Northwest Wrestling legends such as Moondog Moretti, Roddy Piper, Buddy Rose and more! Plus thoughts on HHH's retirement and other great topics so check this episode out!

2022-03-27T21:17:00.002-07:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg & Sotello show#105...Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg & Sotello show#105 w/Angel Orsini & Joy Nash https://youtu.be/ZNeTrNwNm0E This week Evan and Buddy talk to repeat guest Angel Orsini and her partner in a new health project, fitness trainer Joy Nash! Plus thoughts about the passing of Scott Hall... A really great episode, we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!

2022-03-21T09:06:00.002-07:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg & Sotello show #10...with comedian Dobie Maxwell and a tribute to JJ Maguire

2022-03-13T22:39:00.002-07:00

Ginzburg’s Gab Blog 3/13/02-- “It’s Chaos, Be Kind”

2022-03-13T16:22:00.004-07:00

By: Evan Ginzburg In one of noted comedian Patton Oswalt’s network specials, he speaks of becoming a young widower after his wife dies at the tender age of 46. His wife, a brilliant author, didn’t believe in fate, Karma, a higher entity’s will, or anything along those lines. She exclaimed to him, simply, “It’s chaos, be kind.” Now I had spoken to my friend JJ Maguire just the other day and we were planning and scheming as always. JJ was Executive Producer on a Sci-Fi spectacular with a script in hand that he was exceedingly excited about. A potential franchise, he had me on board as a Producer, desired to bring some pro wrestling legends on as actors, and his mind was going a mile a minute as always. A brilliant musician best known for his WWE entrance music themes with partner Jimmy Hart, he was also a warm, funny, eclectic, exceedingly polite, and incredibly talented guy who stayed in shape, had boundless energy and was a shrewd businessman as well. And while Covid considerably slowed our progress with the film, he was ever networking and had an exciting lead for us that he was furiously working on. Hey, Social Security-aged guys still have dreams, too. I was down with anything he said. Simply put, I believed in the guy. Vegas? Meeting? Spring? Set it up, JJ. Hey, let’s go for it. But when I went online yesterday and saw a post that JJ had died, I was just reeling and blurted out a shrill and sorrowful “Oh no!!!” In shock, I just read it over and over again, kept looking at his picture, and realized that, yes, JJ had indeed passed. In his sleep, no less. For whatever odd reason, Patton Oswalt popped in my head. “It’s chaos, be kind.” Hearing my distress, my wife, Hong, ran out of the bedroom to see what was wrong. But I realized she “knew” for just the other night I had reacted the very same way when my longtime friend and “production guy” Jeff Archer’s lovely wife, Ann, also passed. “Oh, no!!!” has become the horrifying sound of “Yet another friend died.” But I don’t think there was ever a louder “Oh, no!!!” then that time when I went online to discover to my utter horror that my friend, wrestling legend Johnny Valiant, got mowed down by that vehicle, crossing the very same spot in Pittsburgh he had his entire life. Only this time it was a rainy, misty, foggy early morn and the driver just didn’t see him. All those roads he’d driven. All those miles. And to be killed as a pedestrian in his own backyard. The irony. Poor guy didn’t know what hit him. We, too, had just spoken a few days before, his voice fresh in my head. We were going to “grab some lunch…soon” Well, that meal never happened. Nor did the one with Nicole Bass. Tiger Khan. Melissa Coates. Super wrestling agent Scott Epstein. And so many, many other beloved friends I had “just spoken to…” “It’s chaos, be kind.” I practice DDP Yoga three times a week, go to the gym regularly, take Tai Chi classes, and quite often get the “You look good for your age” amusing semi-compliment. But it dawns on me that if I do indeed live to 100, I’ll be burying a whole lot of other friends and exclaiming way too many “Oh no’s!” than I want to think about. Or I could suddenly drop dead tomorrow. Because “It’s chaos…” So be kind. Photo: JJ Maguire (from The Gorilla Position website) Patton Oswalt ▶ It's Chaos, Be Kind Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Buddy Sotello & Evan Ginzburg Show#17 w/JJ Maguire Evan Ginzburg was an Associate Producer on The Wrestler and 350 Days starring Bret Hart and Superstar Billy Graham. He is a 30-year plus film, radio, and TV veteran. He is a regular contributor to Pro Wrestling Post (www.prowrestlingpost.com) and Pro Wrestling Stories (www.prowrestlingstories.com). Read his blog at the Pro Wrestling Post. Check out his Facebook page Evan Ginzburg’s Old School Wrestling Memories and his radio show Wrestling and Everything Coast to Coast with Buddy Sotello. His new book Wrestling Rings, Blackboards, and Movie Sets, a 100-story collection will be released this year. His first book, Apartment 4B, Like in Brooklyn, was about his growing up in the turbulent Brooklyn of the ’60s and ’70s.

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg & Sotello show #1...Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg & Sotello show #103 Guest Benny Scala https://youtu.be/PbdvNxHHnRQ Today's show is SPECIAL because after an update of AEW by Evan Ginzburg, our special guest, Benny Scala of the Dan and Benny Show is joining up with Buddy to talk about BASEBALL, especially the lockout and memories about baseball. I hope you all enjoy this change of pace, it's a different show than usual but I found it to be a lot of fun to make!

2022-03-07T06:20:00.001-08:00

Creating the "350 Days" wrestling documentary and discussion on Filmmaking

2022-03-02T05:19:00.001-08:00

Was Nic Cage going to be in "The Wrestler"? + other Behind-the-Scenes fa...Interview with Evan Ginzburg, Associate Producer of The Wrestler

2022-03-02T04:44:00.001-08:00

Wrestling & Everything Coast to Coast: Hosts Ginzburg, Sotello & Lano Show #102 w/Dave Dutra! https://youtu.be/lGsMsahbTAQ A look back on bay area wrestling in the early 2000's up to today with Indy Wrestling Sensation Dave Dutra! Plus some thoughts on the passing of Indy Wrestling Talent (and former Sotello Syndicate Member )Ayrron "Boom Boom" Comini...Definitely a show you want to check out!

2022-02-28T04:45:00.002-08:00