SCRATCH the SURFACE with EJ Scott

Michael Keenan was my partners (Deborah Ann Woll) teacher at USC many years ago. Now Michael is retired and living outside Los Angeles in an assisted living facility. We talk about his life as a teac…

Opus Moreschi and I met up in Brooklyn, NY and talked about everything from getting appendicitis in another country, doing comedy bits with Bill Murray and Mark Hamill, Emmy wins and losses, I talk a…

SCRATCH the SURFACE is BACK!! I took a very long hiatus. Thanks for checking back in!

Jim Parrack had me over his apartment in Brooklyn where we caught up after not seeing each other for about 5 year…

Joanne Whalley sat with me to do her very first podcast ever! We talk about acting as a child, her parents divorce, meeting her husband Val Kilmer on the set of Willow, getting divorced several years…

Matt Gerald is an actor who discovered what he wanted later than other actors, but he is still in the biggest movie of all time; Avatar! We talk about his shift of careers in his 20's, his parents di…

Ayelet Zurer plays Vanessa on Marvels Daredevil on Netflix. She talks with me about coming from Israel, having a mom that was on the run from Nazis and had to hide and live in a convent, working with…

Deborah Ann Woll is my favorite guest and my girlfriend! I asked her to return to the podcast to talk about the new season of Daredevil which is getting fantastic feedback and reviews, and this is pr…

Erik Oleson is the newest show runner of Marvels Daredevil on Netflix. We have a very in-depth talk about the new season, how he got the job, how he staffs a writers room, his challenges of talking t…

Jay Ali is in the newest season of Daredevil and comes to the house to discuss being from England, having parents from Pakistan, moving to Los Angeles to be an actor with no training and no experienc…

Jon Barinholtz came over to discuss being in the new film THE OATH directed and written by his brother Ike Barinholtz. We talk about working on the NBC show Superstore, being directed by his brother,…

Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the best and hardest working actors today. He was kind enough to meet up with me in Brooklyn, NY and talk with me about all aspects of his life and career. We talked about…

Elden Henson kindly met up with me for a second interview in Brooklyn, NY. We talked Daredevil, being a kid actor, getting divorced, being a dad, the ups and downs of acting, and so much more!!!

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Emily Candini and I met in Chicago several years ago. Emily and I talk about her current health issues that are stumping doctors, losing her father to alcoholism, getting sober herself a few years ag…

Sarah Gee was one of my first improv coaches in Los Angeles. She's lived quite a life since she moved out of LA several years ago. We talk about her life and how she got started as a performer, her e…

Michael McCarthy was one of my first teachers in Los Angeles when I moved here in 2003. He taught Sitcom Writing. These days he is fighting a battle against cancer. He was kind enough to make some ti…

Tanya Wright and I had a great chat about a lot of very interesting topics such as creating her own hair care products, hosting her own podcast, working with Dave Chappelle before he was the juggerna…

Raelle Tucker joins me for an in-depth conversation about her fascinating life. We talk about being raised in Ibiza, doing drugs, the loss of her father, moving to the US by herself at a young age, b…

Ike Barinholtz and I met at iO West about 15 years ago. I was already a fan of his from MadTV and he was an incredible improviser. He was kind enough to come to the house and chat with me about comed…

Fred Melamed has nearly 100 acting credits on IMDB and we talked about some of them when he came over to the house and sat at the kitchen table. We talk about sexual politics in Hollywood, working wi…

Jerry Minor has some fascinating stories from an amazing life. I was a fan of his comedy and didn't know the life he has lead before I invited him on the show. Jerry and I talk about his early life a…