Sean Astin radio interview on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Here is an interview Sean did on Magic 105 KMVR in Las Cruces, New Mexico on March 1. Sean talks about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.






[The book came out 9 years ago, LOL!]

Sean Astin and Craig Parker on Beyond the Screens

Sean Astin and Craig Parker are featured in the latest episode of the Beyond the Screens podcast. Both were interviewed at cons last fall. Sean talks about making The Goonies and The Lord of the Rings, among other topics, while Craig talks about LOTR and Legend of the Seekers.

Their interviews start at about 22:20. Listen here.

Sean does radio interviews at MTV VMA Retreat

While at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Celebrity Retreat earlier this week, Sean did a couple of radio interviews.

He was interviewed by the Hot Morning Crew on 93.7 FM Hartford CT. Listen below as he talks about how he learned his Samwise accent ("that's a nice shiny apple"), The Hobbit and his role as Raphael in the upcoming animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, premiering on Nickelodeon on September 29, 11am ET. You can also read an article about the interview here.




Also, Sean was interviewed by Monti Carlo on My 103.9 FM Phoenix. Listen as he talks about his 20-year marriage to Christine Astin, missing time with his children, and more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  

Sean interviewed at C2E2 about Hollywood Treasure

Sean discusses his upcoming appearance on SyFy's Hollywood Treasure, and how it led to his being at C2E2 last month.



Sean's episode, the season premiere, airs on SyFy Tuesday, May 22, 10pm ET, and at several other times over the next few days. Check your local listings for details!

New Sean Interview at C2E2

Drew Duhig interviews Sean at C2E2 for the Windy City Show. They talk about Drew's prom, Sean's appearance in "Law and Order" and LL Cool J's pectorals!

Sean at Story Chicago 2011

Sean's session with JR Kerr at the Story 2011 Conference in Chicago, September 2011. He talks about "Number the Stars," risk taking, Doug Whitmore's pectoral dance in "50 First Dates," and what he liked about his role in "Bigger than the Sky" and more!



More videos from the conference and info on this year's Story 2012 can be found on their website.

Sean Astin on Running: Five Questions

The LA Times posted an interview with Sean about his running.

It's easy to be motivated with a legion of orcs on your tail. But on the streets of Los Angeles on regular old Earth, Astin must find the drive to run from within. On March 18, Astin ran the L.A. Marathon for the third time — but as he explained in a recent interview, he doesn't always find it easy to push himself to lace up those shoes.

Read full interview here. You don't want to miss the question about barefoot running like a hobbit!

Sean on Adelaide Radio

Sean Astin did a brief interview on Adelaide Radio today. Sean is heading to Adelaide, South Australia to attend Oz Comic Con March 31-April 1.

Listen here.

Runner's World, Blythe RAW & hats!

Sean had an eventful day yesterday, so settle down to read and watch!

First, an interview with Runner's World, the premiere magazine for runners, made the front page of their web site with a story titled: I'm a Runner: Sean Astin.

Sean on the BlytheRAW Live show

Sean continues to make the rounds promoting his #run3rd project and a healthy life style. Tomorrow, Friday March 16, he will be on the BlytheRAW Live show hosted by Blythe Metz at 12 noon PT (3pm ET).

Watch it here

From the site: "To me, RAW means being healthy and natural in what we eat, what we put on our body and how we treat the world."

The video will be online at the site later in case you miss it.

Armor Games interviews Sean about run3rd and gaming

Armor Games interviewed Sean about his passions for gaming, running and his #Run3rd project.

It’s just a hash tag like the millions of others, but I am infusing it with sustained passion and intention. The longer it goes on, the more I reflect about why it is able to grow. I wonder how many of the people that make dedications have ever done that before. I like to think that in many cases my invitation unlocks a little something…causing the person to consider for a moment…it is that moment of reflecting on what is important enough to make a public statement about that is the beauty of #run3rd..sure the internet might feel like a safe place to throw out a thought, but the truth is that for most of the people who post a #run3rd dedication, they feel incredibly deeply about their loved ones or cause. The stream of these things moves people, in many cases to tears…

Read the full interview here.

Sean flying high: video & interview

The Blue Angels are in El Centro CA for the NAF El Centro Air Show on March 10, and Sean Astin got the opportunity to fly in Lt. Mark Tedrow's F/A-18 Hornet. They flew at near Mach 1 (~760 miles/hour) and experienced G forces up to 7.2 times the pull of gravity!

KYMA TV's Rachel Elzufon was there when Sean landed, and wrote this interview.

Lieutenant Tedrow flew Astin all over the Desert Southwest, showing him all kind of stunts, twists and turns. 

"We were high altitude for the first half," Astin said. "Then we talked politics for the second half." 

Astin says this experience makes him even more proud to be an American. 

"This is America. I don't know what other fighting forces are like in the world. But the fact that in ours you can go and serve our country in war time … and then come back and show your skills to citizens. 

Astin says he was amazed by the beauty of the Desert Southwest, both on the ground and in the air. 

Astin was actually invited to fly with the Blue Angels on his twitter page.
Astin tells News 11 he was asking followers to suggest causes for him to run for during an upcoming marathon. One of the responses was from a Lieutenant [Mike Smith] offering Astin the chance of a lifetime to fly with the Blue Angels.

Video Source

To get an idea of what Sean experienced in flight, check out this story and video of KYMA's 
Rachel Elzufon taking a ride.


And here are some pics from the experience:

Sean on the Matthew Aaron Show today

Sean explained Twitter to his hosts, talked about run3rd, told a Corey Feldman anecdote, and mentioned his latest audition was for a musical!
Sean comes in about 25 minutes into the program.
Listen here
Or download from iTunes here.

Sean guest on Matthew Aaron show Monday

Sean will be a guest on the Matthew Aaron show live from Detroit Coney Dog in LA Monday March 5 at 4 pm PT, 7 PM ET to talk about #Run3rd.

Listen here!

 

Watch Sean's visit to 2 Guys & a Mic

Sean was the guest on "2 Guys and a Mic" podcast last night, talking about Run3rd and other topics. You can listen to or download an mp3 audio file or watch the video on the Toadhop Network web site. Sean's interview starts about 30 minutes into the one hour broadcast.

Sean and Marisa Coughlan

Read the interview on running that Sean mentions here.

Warning: there is crude language in the first half of the program.

Sean on 2 Guys & Mic podcast

Sean will be a guest on the "2 Guys and a Mic" podcast in LA this Tuesday, February 28, 8pm PT, 11pm ET.

Listen and watch the episode here..

More clips from Sean on TORn Tuesday

Sean lists the recent films he's been in:

TORn Interview now online!

Sean's interview with Cliff "Quickbeam" Broadway is now online!

http://www.theonering.net/live/ or http://stickam.com/theonering

If you have an iOS device, use the free Stickam app for iPad or iPhone and iPod Touch. (Note: I am having problems finding the video within the app. If anyone can help, please let me know!)

ETA: You can watch on iOS device here: http://vimeo.com/36793317

I'll be posting a list of highlights later! In the meantime, you can read the interview about running that Sean discusses.

Sean Discusses Risk Taking

Last September, Sean attended a gathering before the start of the Story 2011 conference in Chicago. Victor Saad had the opportunity to talk briefly about his Leapyear Project with Sean, and blogged about it last November.

Today, Victor posted the full audio of their discussion about risk taking. Sean talks about the actions he took during a blackout in NYC (he says in 2006, but I think he means the 2003 blackout) and his Number the Stars movie project.

Sean concludes by saying "Anytime someone of good faith takes in upon themselves to call others to action and then leads by example is a sacred thing."

Sounds like his Run3rd project to me!

Listen here.

Photo by Victor Saad

Clips from Sean's live chat on TheOneRing.net

These clips are courtesy of SeanAstinZone.com. We hope TheOneRing.net will put up the full video soon!

Sean mentions this blog and my twitter account!



Sean talks about the variety of roles he's played recently, Tolkien and the power of literature and mythology, allegory vs. applicability, and more.