Episodes

  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | S2 Ed. 013 OMG, They Sent Rock-And-Roll Radice!
    Jan 19 2017

    From Watergate, to ABC's Nightline, to Entertainment Tonight, to The NBC Agency, to the board at Promax, and now to his ex-pat life as a consultant in the UK, the many sides of Frank Radice, newsman, showman, guitar hero and TV marketer extraordinaire.

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    35 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | S2 Ed. 012 Video Helper - Comedy is Hard, Great Music is Harder
    Jan 3 2017

    Joe Saba and Stewart Winter are the founding partners of Video Helper, an independent boutique library in New York City, providing original promo and short-form production music to people who hate promo and short-form production music. Known industry-wide for unconventional commercial tracks that strike the proper chord and are easy to work with, these guys also throw epic holiday and Promax parties.

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    32 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | S2 Ed. 011 Zeitgeist - National Video Center Tribute Pt.3
    Dec 8 2016

    TV-industry professionals tell stories of the final days at National Video Center, the post-house business model, and the network-promo work flow as we knew it. Tina Potter, Peter Fish, Gary Vandenbergh, Barry Gliner and Ron Harris remind us what we've lost and what others have missed. Plus, a special tribute to departed friends Jerry McKenna and Greg Trimble.

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    34 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | S2 Ed. 010 Zeitgeist - National Video Center Tribute Pt.2
    Nov 30 2016

    More with former National Video Center regulars, Tina Potter, Peter Fish, Ron Harris, Barry Gliner and Gary Vandenbergh. From brushes with death on the Hell's Kitchen streets, to brushes with fame within National's hallowed halls, a fine time was had by all. Were they the best days of our lives?

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    32 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | S2 Ed. 009 Zeitgeist - National Video Center Tribute Pt.1
    Nov 23 2016

    Welcome to Season 2 (The Fall Season) of The Promo Cowboys Podcast! In this premiere edition, editors and producers talk about the heyday at National Video Center, once New York's premiere post production facility, now just a memory. From cable TV's explosion in the 70s & 80s, through the digital revolution of the 90s, and the new millennium, no post house was more loved, and more fondly remembered by Promo Cowboys. (Part 1 of a multipart series.)

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    33 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | Ed. 008 Inside the MTV Launch, with Nancy Paladino
    Jun 29 2016

    TV-design pro Nancy Paladino is an MTV original and was there when the switch was flipped on the network launch. This ever-youthful industry veteran remained with MTV through its formative years, before venturing out as creative director at a major post house and serving as BDA board member. She remains atop her game as founder and “top dog” at Artichoke Design.

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    44 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | Ed. 004 Giant Tubs of Mayonnaise, with Ralph Gunderman
    May 23 2016
    VO artist Ralph Gunderman narrates countless shows and promos for networks like NBC, CBS, HBO and Showtime, as well as advertising for national brands. His path from Cleveland local radio and TV, to becoming a fixture in the New York voiceover industry.
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    40 mins
  • Promo Cowboys Podcast | Ed. 003 Can Control, with Billi Kid
    May 16 2016

    Columbian-born street artist, Billi Kid, talks about his subversive aesthetic and passionate urban temperament, and his path from South America to Los Angeles and then New York, where his work as East Village artist-designer led him into advertising and then HBO’s Creative Services team.

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    45 mins