Benjamin Maio Mackay's Talk 2 Me! Benjamin Maio Mackay's Talk 2 Me! Benjamin Maio Mackay's Talk 2 Me! is a podcast hosted by actor and director Benjamin Maio Mackay. The show launched in May 2014. The show is produced by Preachrs Podcast OnLine & OnStage. By mid-2014 the show began receiving positive press, including articles on "Books and Arts Daily" and in The Australian. After concluding a 4-year Doctor Who podcast Maio Mackay wanted to launch an interview show, which he described as "a midpoint between The Graham Norton Show and Parky." Maio Mackay used his past podcast and ABC Radio hosting experience to coax early
Tabloid talk show such shows were on the air, but which gradually gave way during the 2000s to a more universally appealing form of talk show. "The Les Crane Show", a network talk show that aired on ABC as part of its late-night schedule from August 1964 to February 1965, was the first talk show to follow the format. Host Les Crane would bring on controversial guests, interview them in an aggressive but fair style, and take questions from the audience. Crane was the first to interview an openly gay man on-air and frequently interviewed black celebrities, folk singers and other taboo guests;