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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 553.5 with guest Steve Pieters is now available for listening on demand

Steve Pieters and The Eyes of Tammy Faye Original Airdates: Sept. 11-13, 2021 TVC 553.5: Ed welcomes AIDS/HIV activist the Reverend Steve Pieters. One of the first non-celebrity figures to be identified with AIDS in the early 1980s, Steve’s amazing … Continue reading

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The Jeopardy! Host Debacle, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Two TV Pioneers: Next on TVC

We’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with television writer Susan Silver (Hot Pants in Hollywood, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped), plus we’ll welcome Emmy Award-nominated stunt woman and actress Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, activist Steve Pieters, … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: The Reverend Steve Pieters on how he overcame two forms of cancer and a nearly fatal reaction to the experimental AIDS drug suramin in 1985 by developing his own wellness program (which included healthy dosages of I LOVE LUCY every day); how the fear and paranoia surrounding COVID-19 today is not unlike the stigma he faced in the 1980s when he was first diagnosed with HIV/AIDS; and how the television interview he gave to evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in 1985 changed his life, and hers as well. Steve’s interview with Bakker is part of the backdrop of THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, a new film starring Jessica Chastain that opens nationally on Friday 9/17

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