Doug Elfman Show

Doug Elfman Show


Elfman And Dave Berns (@daveberns)

March 20, 2015

Award-winning journalist Dave Berns said he wanted to be on my show, and since he's an old friend of mine, and since my dad spilled red wine on his carpet during Thanksgiving once, I said, "Yes, of course," and I Google-mapped over to his house for a funtertaining conversation about Barbara Walters, Trayvon Martin, governors, Robin Leach + sex, and our long-lost Jewfros.


Track Listing:


1 minute in: If people get good at 10,000 hours, how many hours are they in when they start sucking?


07:30: Jewfros and Mr. Kotter's mustache 


12:00: Jewish people of New York


18:00: News people versus personalities, plus Fox News.


21:00: Journalists are emotionally constipated because they don't climb stripper poles


24:30: Robin Leach + sex


30:30: Limo jacking in Vegas TV ads


31:30: The Orwellian cameras of Las Vegas


36:00: Porn stats!


44:00: "The best attainable version of reality"


47:30: The punchline of Dave's Jim something story


49:45: Dave and I have Rashomon stories about Barbara Walters


62:00: Greatest wisdon: Listen


69:00: Trayvon Martin's mom, Sybrina Fulton


78:00: Ethics time -- would you save a bridge jumper or take video?


82:30: Martha Gellhorn


85:00: Journalism Schools and our disagreement


91:45: What people do for $9 an hour in Vegas


96:00: Should Vegas have a sports team?


98:45: Berns wants to do a Doug + Dave podcast, what would we name it?