Jon Cryer – The Man Who Calculated Ducky

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jon Cryer is a podcast producer!! He shares the gripping story behind his new true crime podcast The Man Who Calculated Death, which dives into the chilling legacy of Robert Lusser – his friend, Suzanne Rico’s (journalist & former anchor of KCBS-TV in LA) grandfather, and the brilliant Nazi scientist behind Hitler’s first cruise missile! And how that story ties into the eerie connection to the mysterious bombing that killed Suzanne’s mother decades later. Jon also reflects on his incredible acting career, and recalls great behind-the-scenes stories about playing the beloved Ducky in Pretty in Pink, and what it was like navigate the chaos of Charlie Sheen’s implosion during Two and a Half Men, and how Hugh Grant ALMOST became his new conman roommate on the show! He talks about working with Pete Davidson on the Hulu film, Big Time Adolescence, and doing Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway! Listen to The Man Who Calculated Death now wherever you get your podcasts! https://open.spotify.com/show/1DmrN3Vnn3lUj7sy0dDsLR STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @ChrisJericho Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy X: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho, baby. Talk is Jericho.
0:08.4	Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me.
0:13.4	Here with a very official looking microphone. I love it.
0:17.2	It looks like I'm a newscaster from the 40s.
0:20.9	To all the ships at sea.
0:22.9	You need the fedora with press hanging up the side of it.
0:26.4	Exactly.
0:27.9	Running to phone boots.
0:29.8	Let's just jump right into this, John.
0:31.4	Obviously, you have such an amazing acting career, which we can talk about in a bit.
0:37.3	But I want to talk about this kind of new career for you, which is producing podcasts,
0:43.3	but very interesting topics because everyone has a podcast now.
0:47.3	Yes.
0:48.3	You know, this is not the John Cryer show.
0:51.3	This is much deeper than that.
0:52.3	I am addicted to podcasts myself. I just love them,
0:56.3	listen to him when I'm walking the dog, driving to work, going to the bathroom. You don't need
1:00.9	that picture. You don't need that graphic. Too late. Too late. But I love them. I love them as a medium.
1:08.6	I think they're amazing for telling stories.
1:16.4	I was lucky enough to be a part of a podcast called Undisclosed, which investigated cases of wrongful conviction. And that was just incredible to watch. First of all, the investigators on that,
1:21.6	Colin Miller and Susan Simpson and Robbie A Chowdry, actually in looking into their cases,
1:26.6	discovered evidence that got 12 people either exonerated or out of jail.
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