Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident and licensed Private Investigator with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on 50+ television stations weekly, plus key podcast and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast." His third book is slated for a 2023 release via Backbeat Books.
As of November 2022, the “Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz” airs weekly on 50+ television stations (and counting), in addition to all key U.S.-based podcast providers.
Guests on the show have included: Shaquille O'Neal, Ice-T, Johnny Knoxville, David Duchovny, Lake Bell, Chord Overstreet, Billy Corgan, LaLa Anthony, Vanessa Lachey, Anthony Anderson, Emma Roberts, Method Man, Mary J. Blige, Danica Patrick, Joel McHale, UB40, Jon Taffer, Nate Berkus, Jason Aldean, Tyrus, Beth Behrs, Travis Tritt, Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Lindsey Stirling, Perry Farrell, Aerosmith's Joey Kramer, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kristen Chenoweth, Diamond Dallas Page and The Fraggles. More guests and other info can be found here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14955106/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt.
Among the stations regularly airing the “Paltrocast”':
BronxNet (New York)
Manhattan Neighborhood Network (New York)
Brooklyn Free Speech (New York)
White Plains Community Media (New York)
Queens Public Television (New York)
Finger Lakes Television (New York)
Channel 20 Hamptons (New York)
North Shore TV (New York)
PADNET (California)
Berkeley Community Media (California)
Thurston Community Media (Washington)
CTN (Michigan)
Dartmouth Community Media (Massachusetts)
Old Rochester Community TV (Massachusetts)
Bridgewater Community Television (Massachusetts)
Access Framingham (Massachusetts)
Ipswich Community Access Media (Massachusetts)
Salem Access Television (Massachusetts)
BTV13 (Massachusetts)
The People’s Channel (North Carolina)
Pisacataway Community Television (New Jersey)
Oradell Public Television (New Jersey)
Enfield PATV 15 (Connecticut)
Nutmeg TV (Connecticut)
Simsbury Community Television (Connecticut)
SPPA-TV (Maine)
WTCO Channel 18 (Wisconsin)
The “Paltrocast” on key radio and podcast providers:
Special “Paltrocast” interviews also air via Sidewalks Entertainment.
Pick-ups & shout-outs to the “Paltrocast”:
Features about Darren and/or the “Paltrocast”:
Voyage Michigan (Michigan)
Journal Inquirer (Connecticut)
Long Island Herald (New York)
Sportskeeda (India)