DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
"A podcast about making things up and making things happen." L.A.-based writer-performer Dennis Hensley believes that art and creativity make the world go around and make life worth living. Each week, he interviews a different creative person each about what they do, why they do it, and how they manage the ups and downs of a creative life. Some guests are famous, some are less so...all are what Dennis describes as "beautiful strugglers." Past guests have included authors, actors, photographers, musicians, screenwriters, acrobats and one visual artist who makes cartoons centered around dead houseflies.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 601
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Filmmaker & Author Sam Irvin (I Was A Teenage Monster Hunter): “All I Want To Do Is Be On A Set Saying Action & Cut”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by filmmaker Sam Irvin. Sam is the author of the memoir I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter, which is about his childhood obsession with horror movies and the interviews he cond…
“Naked Boys Singing” Creator Robert Schrock: “You Gotta Make Friends With The Pole”
Dennis is joined via Zoom from Puerta Vallarta, Mexico by writer-director-producer Robert Schrock to talk about Naked Boys Singing, the hit musical review he conceived, directed and co-wrote that is…
The Bottoming Process playwright Nicholas Pilapil & Stars George Salazar & Rick Cosnett: “I Wanted To Write Me As Katherine Heigl”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by three of the talents behind the new play The Bottoming Process: playwright Nicholas Pilapil and actors George Salazar and Rick Cosnett. The play, which runs through June…
Director-Choreographer-Actor Vincent Paterson (co-author of Icons & Instincts): Part 2 “Getting a Bad Review From the Pope Made My Day”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Vincent Paterson, director, choreographer, dancer, actor and now co-author of a book about his life and career entitled Icons & Instincts: Choreographing and Directing…
Director-Choreographer-Actor Vincent Paterson (co-author of Icons & Instincts): “I Was Always The White Boy That The Black Girls Wanted to Dance With”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Vincent Paterson, director, choreographer, dancer, actor and now co-author of a book about his life and career entitled Icons & Instincts: Choreographing and Directing …
Singer Matt Zarley (creator & star of 11 O’Clock Number): “Sometimes You Just Need a Yes”
Dennis visits the L.A. home of his friend Matt Zarley for Listening Party of the songs from Matt’s newest project 11 O’Clock Number, a musical video project about a man who harnesses the power of mu…
Filmmaker-Actor Todd Flaherty (“Chrissy Judy”): “You Have To Feed The Hungry Ghost”
Dennis is joined via Zoom from Provincetown, Massachusetts by Todd Flaherty, the writer-director-producer-editor and star of the new film Chrissy Judy. The film is about two struggling drag performe…
Author Sam Staggs (Did You Sleep With The Models?): “I Looked Up And There Was Al Parker…”
Dennis is joined by author Sam Staggs whose Substack newsletter “Did You Sleep With The Models?” documents the five years he spent as Editor-In-Chief of the gay magazines Mandate, Playguy and Honcho…
Filmmaker Gregg Araki (“The Doom Generation”): “It’s The Brattiest Kid That Conquered The World”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by filmmaker Gregg Araki (The Living End, Nowhere, Mysterious Skin) to discuss the re-release and restoration of his mid-1990s cult classic The Doom Generation, which stars…
Singer-Songwriter Brandon Stansell: “There’s No Feeling Like Finishing a Song”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by singer-songwriter Brandon Stansell to talk about his latest album This Must Be the Place, his upcoming show at Hotel Café in Los Angeles on April 6 and shares the storie…
Entrepreneur Wendy Miller (Ask Your Gay BFF Oracle Cards): "I Peed Next To Della Reese!"
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Wendy Miller, the entrepreneur behind the new Ask Your Gay BFF Oracle Cards, a deck of cards that, in Wendy’s words, “force people to get real about what they want out o…
Playwright Steve Silverman ("Happy Birthday McKenna"): "I Want To Make People Uncomfortable"
Dennis is joined via Zoom by playwright and director Steve Silverman, whose dark comedy Happy Birthday McKenna is currently running at the Hudson Backstage Theater in Hollywood. Steve talks about the…
Filmmaker Robert Chandler ("Dirty Sexy Comics"): "I've Never Held One Myself"
Dennis is joined via Zoom by L.A.-based filmmaker Robert Chandler to discuss his new documentary Dirty Sexy Comics, which is about the world of gay, male, erotic comics. Robert talks about how he g…
THE YEAR IN MOVIES 2022 Part 2 w/ film critic Glenn Gaylord and actor-writer Drew Droege
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Glenn Gaylord, Senior Film Critic at The Queer Review, and actor-writer-film enthusiast Drew Droege for Part 2 of their annual year-end movie wrap-up. The films discusse…
THE YEAR IN MOVIES 2022 Part 1 w/ film critic Glenn Gaylord and actor-writer Drew Droege
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Glenn Gaylord, Senior Film Critic at The Queer Review, and actor-writer-film enthusiast Drew Droege to talk about the movies of last year; their favorites, the moments t…
Cinema Craptaculus Presents The Expanded Universe crossover episode w/ hosts John H.H. Ford and Smoore: “Romance…Wherefore Art Though?”
Dennis goes from host to guest with this crossover episode with the podcast Cinema Craptaculus Presents The Expanded Universe hosted by John H.H. Ford and Smoore. Here’s the official blurb: Love … e…
Actors Jonny Beauchamp & Mike Manning (The Way Out): “We Owe It All To Super Coffee & Chipotle Burritos”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by actors Jonny Beauchamp and Mike Manning the stars of the new thriller The Way Out, which hits streaming this month. The film, directed by Barry Jay, tells the story of a …
Eric Orner (Cartoonist & Author of Smahtguy: The Life & Times of Barney Frank): “You Should Stick to the Kinds of Fairies That Wear Chaps”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by cartoonist Eric Orner, who is best known for The Mostly Unfabulous Life of Ethan Green, to talk about his new graphic novel Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank. …
Actor Jonathan Slavin (Home Front): “It Might Have Been Joey Lawrence Related”
Dennis is joined via Zoom by actor Jonathan Slavin, one of the stars of the play Home Front, which is about the obstacles facing a black naval officer and his white fiancee in post WW2 America and i…
Filmmaker Matt Carter (In From the Side): “Come For the Shorts, Stay for the Drama”
Dennis connects via zoom with Matt Carter, the London-based co-writer and director of In From the Side, a romantic drama about a forbidden love between two players in a gay rugby league. Matt talks h…