interviews

Mary Morello and Tom Morello

Remembering Mary Morello: The New York Times

I’m honored to have my interview with the late Mary Morello referenced and linked by The New York Times in its August 2026 remembrance of her extraordinary life.

Mary Morello was an educator, activist, civil rights advocate, and mother of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello – who spent her lifetime speaking out against racism, injustice, inequality and censorship. She dedicated her life to service.

I had the privilege of interviewing Mrs. Morello, back in 2020 when we were all relegated to our homes, about her remarkable life: her experiences with racism and the civil rights movement, her years as an activist and educator, raising her son, and the values that shaped both her activism and her family.

In its remembrance, The New York Times linked to my original interview while looking back at her life, activism and legacy.

It is humbling and an honor to see our conversation become a small part of the larger record celebrating this extraordinary human.

Read More

Read The New York Times: “Mary Morello, Free Speech Activist Who Defended Explicit Lyrics, Dies at 102.”

Read my full interview: “Mary Morello: Tom Morello’s Mother on Civil Rights, Activism, Racism, and a Lifetime Fighting for Justice.”

Rest in power, Mrs. Morello. ❤️

QUENTIN TARANTINO SOUNDTRACKS :: CELEBRATE THE REISSUES – AN INTERVIEW WITH QUENTIN TARANTINO AND MARY RAMOS

by ELAINESIR .

Celebrate the reissues of the exquisite soundtracks to “Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof,” “Jackie Brown,” and “Inglorious Basterds” as part of Rhino Records’ Summer Blockbuster Soundtracks campaign! QUENTIN TARANTINO SOUNDTRACKS Join filmmaker, Oscar-winner & author Quentin Tarantino and music supervisor Mary Ramos in conversation together for the first time ever to discuss the music in Tarantino’s…

AN INTERVIEW WITH BRITTANY KRYSTLE :: THE ONLY PERSONAL BRANDING EXPERT YOU NEED TO KNOW

by ELAINESIR .

Brittany Krystle is en fuego these days and for every reason. She has tapped the market in the personal branding arena, advising the world’s top digital leaders (Gary Vaynerchuck, Marie Forleo and Tom Bilyeu) as well as us laypersons on how to grow our influence.  And in so doing, she lays out why personal branding…

TINA SEARCHES FOR HER DREAM (PART 1 OF THE FEEL GOOD FABLES COLLECTION) :: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, NANCY GANZ

by ELAINESIR .

It has become trite to discuss the ups and downs and emotional nadirs suffered by our nation over the past year. What we need, however, is to find answers to the problems and solutions to the sacrifices and stresses our children have suffered throughout this Covid-19 pandemic time period, especially within underserved and at-risk communities.…

HOW PERSEVERANCE, RESILIENCE AND LOVE MADE A BOY THE FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD :: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INDELIBLE BLAKE LEEPER #LETLEEPERRUN

by ELAINESIR .

WHO IS BLAKE LEEPER? Blake Leeper is a man of immeasurable magnitude. Born with no legs to stand on, he was told by doctors that he would never walk a day in his life. Yet today, his stance is intentionally positioned and his strides are of greater postured intention than all of the humans I…