Gigi in the 561

Gigi in the 561


Latest Episodes

Interview: Dancer, Actor and Costume Designer Pete Menefee
April 19, 2021

Three Primetime Emmy Awards to his credit, the incomparable Pete Menefee left dancing and acting by the age of 25 to pursue a career in costume design. In the ensuing years, Pete has designed with way too many performers and shows to easily recap. I hav

Is There a Ketchup Shortage?
April 15, 2021

Save those packets!

Meet Mixologist and Cat Lover Nick Granello
April 12, 2021

Originally from New Orleans, our Gigi the 561 guest, Nicholas Granello, now resides in Dallas. He qualifies as a man-about-town! After the year-long lockdown and the February ice storm with its lengthy power outage, Nick recently returned from a much-need

The Man Behind the Haunted Mansion
April 07, 2021

And can't we just leave Jill alone.

Interview: Steve Hibbert, the "Gimp' in Pulp Fiction
April 05, 2021

Steve Hibbert – who is a recent transplant to Colorado - had a nearly 3 decade-long career as a professional actor, theater director, improv/sketch writing teacher, and as a TV/screen writer. He now teaches improv and sketch writing at the Bovine Metropol

Cate Talks About Easter
April 03, 2021

Plus a recipe from a 1930s cookbook.

Happy Easter, Baseball and the Zags
April 02, 2021

Plus tune in for the Steve Hibbert interview on Monday.

Value in Taco Bell Packets?
March 31, 2021

Plus Madonna photos and $900 face cream.

Interview: Tom Turner, Author of the 'Palm Beach' Book Series
March 30, 2021

A native New Englander, Tom Turner dropped out of college and ran a Vermont bar. Limping back a few years later to get his sheepskin, he went on to become an advertising copywriter, first in Boston, then New York. After 10 years of post-Mad Men life, he m

Interview: Author Pamela Skjolsvik
March 29, 2021

Pamela Skjolsvik has been published in literary journals like Ten Spurs, Creative Nonfiction and Witness. She has won, placed and been honorably mentioned in a few writing contests...Creative Nonfiction, Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference and Writer'