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ConversationsEncore: A daring escape from Vietnam to the halls of prestigious American universitiesAnh Nguyen Austen's family fled Vietnam by sea in 1982, on a wooden boat bound for the Philippines. When a once-in-a-century storm struck in the South China Sea, they thought all hope was lost (R)Anh is an academic and community volunteer who grew up in Vietnam in a Catholic family.Anh's childhood was idyllic, with a big extended family and a close friendship with her cousin named Joe.But life for the adults was complicated after the end of the war, and so in the early 1980s, her parents planned a daring escape.
2025-04-0450 min
Cult Flav Is Going OffThe Cookbooks That Got Away, Recipe Copyright Infringement, Top 10 Sexiest FoodsGet Involved Subscribe to Cult Flav (starts at $20/yr): https://cultflav.com/communityAsk a question: https://cultflav.com/community/going-off or call 424-419-3528. 🍿 Snack of the week: Charles Chocolates: https://www.charleschocolates.comPeanut Praline BarCrisped Rice BarSalty-Sweet Hazelnut Bar 📚 Cookbooks Mentioned (in order as they appear):Sift by Nicola Lamb: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9780593797129Wafu Cooking by Sonoko Sakai: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9780593535271The Chinese Way by Betty Liu: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9780316485432Bethlehem by Fadi Kattan: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9781958417287Bahari by Dina Macki: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/978...
2025-02-2353 min
The Innovation Agility PodcastThe Role of Arts in the Community and How an Art Walk Helps Artists, Residences and BusinessesToday we're going to talk about the role of the arts in building a great community that people want to live and work in. Susan Soroko, Director of Creative Economy in BizLaunch at Arlington Economic Development talks with Alissa Maru, Associate Curator at Mason Exhibitions Arlington at George Mason University Also don't miss the 2024 Arlington ArtWalk on October 5. More information here. Resources Mason Exhibitions website: www.masonexhibitions.org AED Art Walk Announcement https://www.arlingtoneconomicdevelopment.com...
2024-09-2419 minThe Innovation Agility PodcastThe Role of Arts in the Community and How an Art Walk Helps Artists, Residences and BusinessesToday we’re going to talk about the role of the arts in building a great community that people want to live and work in.Susan Soroko, Director of Creative Economy in BizLaunch at Arlington Economic Development talks with Alissa Maru, Associate Curator at Mason Exhibitions Arlington at George Mason UniversityAlso don't miss the 2024 Arlington ArtWalk on October 5. More information here.ResourcesMason Exhibitions website:www.masonexhibitions.orgAED Art Walk Announcementhttps://www.arlingtoneconomicdevelopment.co...
2024-09-2423 min
What's Up Bryn MawrDorm Talk: Tips and Tricks You Won’t Find On The BMC Website (ft. Celeste Bloom '24 and Anna Nguyen '25)Tune in on Yeri, Celeste, and Anna talk about all the dorms at Bryn Mawr and their tips on room draw and more!
2023-12-0132 min
The Banksy Story9. RestorationJames Peak isn't an art critic, or even a journalist. He's a Banksy super-fan, and in this series he, and his soundman Duncan, get closer than close to Banksy's secret world - telling the story of the graffiti kid who made spraying walls into high art, the household name who is completely anonymous, the cultural phenomenon who bites the hand that feeds him. James persuades a member of Banksy's secret team – someone who worked closely with the artist when they were starting to cut through – to talk about the experience. The story that results is a rollercoaster ride...
2023-08-1821 min
Politics365.com on KIRN670AM in Los Angeles, every Sunday at 9am PSTPolitics 365 with Hooman Khalili, Mural Designer & Creative DirectorHe co-hosts the Fandor Video Podcast alongside Chris Kelly and Bryn Nguyen. He has a background as a former morning show radio personality on Alice Radio 97.3 FM in San Francisco for over 20 years. He has been involved in the film industry, including lending his voice to Pixar's "Cars" in 2006 and creating a widely viewed video to encourage youth voting in the Presidential election. One of his proud accomplishments is "Olive," a groundbreaking full-length feature shot entirely on a cell phone in 2011, starring Gena Rowlands and featuring involvement from Chris Kelly, Randi Zuckerberg, and Dolly Parton. He is passionate about mission-driven...
2023-06-1321 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 83: William Lustig, legendary filmmaker & founder, Blue Underground, Pt. 2During his teenage years, Lustig avidly watched a huge volume of lowdown trashy exploitation fare at numerous 42nd Street grindhouse theaters in Manhattan and also worked as a movie theater usher in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, he took a few film classes at New York University.In 1980, Lustig found himself at the center of a storm of controversy when he made the grim, gory and disturbing slasher sleaze splatter landmark "Maniac," which boasts an incredibly intense performance by the legendary character actor Joe Spinell as a vicious depraved psychopath and plenty...
2022-08-2417 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp 82: Mark Mills, Best Selling Author of "The Cloud Revolution".The team sits down for a discussion with Mark Mills, as part of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival.Mark P. Mills is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science where he co-directs the Institute on Manufacturing Science and Innovation. He is also a strategic partner with Montrose Lane, an energy-tech fund focused on software.His new book, The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, has risen to...
2022-08-1719 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 81: Roger Love, vocal coach extraordinaireThe team sits down with the one and only, Roger Love!Roger Love is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on voice. No other vocal coach in history has been more commercially successful in both the speaking and singing fields. Roger has vocally produced more than 150-million-unit sales worldwide and written three top-selling books. Roger coaches singers such as John Mayer and Selena Gomez, as well as speakers like Anthony Robbins, and actors including Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightly, and Bradley Cooper.If you would like to ta...
2022-08-1017 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 80: Nikki Erlick, journalist & travel writer, NY Times Best Selling AuthorThe team sits down with Nikki Erlick, as part of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival. Nikki's book debuted #6 on the NY Times Best Seller list.Nikki Erlick is a journalist and travel writer whose work has appeared online with New York Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, Indagare Travel, The Huffington Post, and Vox.Erlick’s eagerly anticipated debut novel, The Measure, will be published by HarperCollins in June 2022. Equally charming and thought-provoking, The Measure explores a philosophical question – “what if everybody on earth knew exactly how long they had left to live?” – with compassion and...
2022-08-0319 min
Philly Maker Faire PodcastChau Nguyen: A Vietnamese Artist Working in Multiple WorldsChau Nguyen (b. Hanoi, Vietnam) (they/she) is a Vietnamese immigrant artist based in Philadelphia. They draw from concepts of translation, memory, cultural symbols, affect theory, materiality, and research on Vietnamese histories to convey frictions at the intersection of cultural identity, colonial fragments, and transnationalism. Nguyen received their BA in Fine Arts and History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and their MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture. They were an artist-in-residence at 77Art Center (VT) and Chautauqua Art Institution (NY). Their work has been in group and solo exhibitions at The Delaware Contemporary (DE...
2022-07-2737 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 79: Rebecca Halpern, Director of "Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter"The team sits down with Rebecca Halpern, Director of "Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter."Rebecca HalpernFrom true crime and social justice docuseries that affect real world change to epic feature documentaries rooted in history and the arts and culture, Rebecca's work evokes emotion, and enlightens and empowers audiences. LOVE, CHARLIE marks Rebecca's directorial debut. Most recently, Rebecca wrote and produced a forthcoming feature documentary with the SpringHill Company. Prior to that, she served as the Co-Executive Producer of "Helter Skelter," a six-part documentary series about Charles Manson for...
2022-07-2720 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 78: Danny Huston, Actor, and Bernard Rose, Director and WriterThe team sits down to get the scoop on new film, "Traveling Light". Featured in this interview is Bernard Rose, Director and Writer, and Danny Huston, who plays "Harry" in the film.Traveling Light tells the story of Caddy (Tony Todd) over a twenty four hour period on May 30th 2020 as he searches for his missing son who has been living on the streets, while working as an Uber/Delivery driver during the early days of the Pandemic in Los Angeles. His path crosses Harry (Danny Huston), a cult leader who is holding a bizarre happening...
2022-07-2023 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 77: Georgette Angelos & Chris Chesson, Executive Producers of "Boston George: Famous Without the Fortune"Georgette Angelos: Born in South Florida, Georgette moved to Los Angeles to pursue her love of photography. Working as the house photographer for Silverback Music Management Label, she was soon led to her career in the film industry. She transitioned between assistant directing and associate producing for music videos, commercials and short films presenting the opportunity to work with brands such as Adidas, WWE, GQ, Audi and NFL Films before settling into her position as Senior Producer and overall Head of Video Production for Snoop Dogg’s company, MERRY JANE, from 2014 to 2016. Georgette is an Executive Producer at...
2022-07-1318 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 76 : Richard Gray, Director of "Murder At Yellowstone City"The once peaceful and booming Yellowstone City has fallen on hard times, but when a local prospector strikes gold, things seem to be turning around. Any hope is soon shattered when the prospector is found dead and the Sheriff quickly arrests a mysterious newcomer. But nothing is so simple in this sleepy western town, and more than a few of the locals have secrets to keep and reasons to kill. As the brutal murders continue, pitting neighbor against neighbor,Yellowstone City goes down a bloody path to a final showdown that not all will survive.Richard...
2022-07-0612 min
Badlands Cola | A Strange Audio Drama1.02 | The RaptorBad news in the Badlands. A house that doesn’t exist. A second tape.
CONTENT WARNINGS:
This episode contains explicit language, horror themes, firearms, breaking and entering, and references to cults, death, and law enforcement.
TRANSCRIPT:
https://bit.ly/BadlandsColaEp102Transcript
CREDITS:
Liz Morey (they/them) is Sunny.
Ron Guan (he/him) is Jasper Moon.
David J. Dixon (he/him) is Dt. Nicholson.
Dustin Vuong Nguyen (he/him) is Dr. Levesque.
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2022-07-0529 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 75: Andrew & Nick - Co-Director's of Sleeze LakeSleeze Lake comes exclusively to Fandor on June 28. In the 1970s, the custom van craze was sweeping America. Van clubs began to form all over the country. In Chicago, one of the wildest to ever exist came into creation: Midwest Vans Ltd. On Memorial Day Weekend in 1977, these blue collar outcasts set out to throw a gonzo party and built their own personal van utopia around a small farm pond. They erected a ramshackle resort town and called it “Sleeze Lake." When over 20,000 people showed up to the party, all bets were off!Sleeze Lake co-directors Andre...
2022-06-2918 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 74: Diving into GATLOPPThe team sits down with Director, Alberto Belli, and Writer/Star, Jim Mahoney from film, GATLOPP. A group of old friends reunites for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade apart. After one too many, they decide to play a drinking game, but it’s quickly revealed that this game comes with supernatural stakes. Mischief leads to mayhem, and the group realizes that if they can’t come together to win the game by sunrise, they will be forced to play for eternity — in hell. Starring Jim Mahoney, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Bass, and Sarunas...
2022-06-2214 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 73: Ásgeir and Anton, the co-directors of "Come to Harm"The team sits down with Ásgeir and Anton, the co-directors of "Come to Harm," available exclusively to Fandor this month.Ásgeir Sigurðsson and Anton Karl Kristensen, the co-directors behind “Come to Harm” started their filmmaking journey early in their lives. Born in 2000 (Ásgeir) and 1998 (Anton), they met when they were little through their parent's friendship. One evening when they were bored at a dinner party, they looked to the laptop to kill their time with iMovie and after some experimentation they quickly found that filmmaking was what they were meant to do. After High School they wen...
2022-06-1517 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 72: Daniel Adams, Director of “The Walk”The team sits down with Daniel Adams, Director of “The Walk“. This film has its WORLD PREMIERE at the Opening Night (8pm PT) of the 25th annual Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles. Fandor is a proud sponsor of Dances with Films, a defiantly independent festival. The festival will run from June 9 – 19th, 2022.Daniel Adams grew up in Boston and worked in politics, including two gubernatorial campaigns, a race for attorney general, and a presidential campaign. He also garnered valuable film production experience directing television commercials for a Boston advertising agency. He then co-wrote (w/ Michael Mail...
2022-06-0817 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 71: Leslee and Michael, co-founders of Dances with Films FestivalLESLEE SCALLON & MICHAEL TRENT are the Co-Founders of DANCES WITH FILMS, a tremendous indie film festival now in its 25th year!Fandor is a proud sponsor of this festival. Both Turducken and The Huntsman and the Hound were selected for the Fandor service at this festival last year - both available to watch now on Fandor!A Regent Scholar at New York University, Michael Trent began his career as one of the youngest stage managers to receive an Equity production contract with Broadway and touring credits including the Julliard based Acting Company (touring a...
2022-06-0116 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 70 Herb Stratford, Program Director at Mendocino Film FestivalThe team sits down with Program Director for the Mendocino Film Festival, Herb Stratford!Herb Stratford is the program director for the Mendocino Film Festival and Film Fest Tucson. He was previously the program director for the Napa Valley Film Festival and a guest programmer at the Sonoma International Film Festival. He is also a documentary filmmaker, film critic and historic theatre consultant.Fandor is a proud sponsor of the Mendocino Film Festival where the first "Fandor Independent Vision Award" will be presented to a filmmaker in 2022. The Film Festival runs June 2-5...
2022-05-2511 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 69: Aaron Hillis, Director of Programming at CinedigmThe team sits down with Aaron Hillis, Director of Programming at Cinedigm.Aaron Hillis is the Director of Programming (VOD) at Cinedigm. As a film curator with an eclectic career from exhibition to distribution to owning a video store, he was praised by Brooklyn Magazine as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture" alongside Lena Dunham and Spike Lee. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, VICE, Variety, Vanity Fair, and other outlets that don't begin with V. During the pandemic, he hosted a private Zoom screening series with guests like Paul Schrader...
2022-05-1812 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 68: Lori Shockley, Producer and DirectorThe team sits down with Lori Shockley, Producer and Director.Lori is a seasoned, multifaceted independent writer, producer, and director. Her most recent project, Corked, an award-winning short film, follows a young woman and her struggle to enter the male-dominated wine industry in the early 70s. Corked also serves as a proof of concept for the feature script of the same name. Having won multiple screenplay awards, the feature script is based on a true story. Over the years, Lori has worked in physical and creative production for Disney, Pixar, HBO, and Wa...
2022-05-1116 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 67: Steve Harms, Professional Opera SingerMAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. Special episode of the Fandor Festival Podcast releases today with guest, Steve Harms, Professional Opera Singer!Steven A Harms was classically trained as a professional opera singer and has been performing nationally and internationally for two decades. He has shared stages with well-known greats such as Placido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli. While spending the last two decades singing, speaking, and teaching, he has developed expert-level breathing techniques that enhance personal health and allow anyone to train their bodies to live healthier with the advantage of defying age and having longevity of...
2022-05-0418 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 66: Sunnie McFadden-Curtis, Director of Broken VowsThe team sits down with Sunnie McFadden-Curtis, Director of Broken Vows.Sunnie McFadden-Curtis is a multi-award-winning independent filmmaker, director, producer, actor, educator, social advocate for women and children, and above all a devoted mother. Before she included independent filmmaker to her repertoire of titles, Sunnie was an actor for over twenty years, including the soap opera “Family Passions”. After taking a hiatus she went back to acting concurrently with filmmaking and can be seen in the soon-to-be-released Netflix Sci-Fi film ”Code 8-2” . While also raising her three children, Sunnie took a leap of fa...
2022-05-0314 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 65: Lori Miller, Director and Producer of Living WineThe team sits down with Lori Miller, Director and Producer of Living Wine.Lori Miller, a Los Angeles-based producer/director, is known for her documentaries about arts and culture. As a producer, credits include They Came to Play about the inspirational stories of older amateur pianists rekindling their musical dreams, Shakespeare High which follows underserved teens who study Shakespeare and stay in school, and Virtuosity, about the Van Cliburn piano competition. As producer/director, Lori recently completed Day One, about a trauma-informed public school for teenage refugees. Living Wine, Lori’s second documentary as producer/director, fo...
2022-05-0210 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 64: Mikey Corker, Director, and "Taz" Knight, world class SurferToday we site down with Mikey Corker (Director of "Savage Waters") and Taz Knight (professional surfer featured in the film).Savage Waters is a captivating surf adventure inspired by a tantalizing passage in a 19th century treasure hunter’s journal. Director Mikey Corker follows modern day adventurers, renowned skipper Matt Knight, world-class big wave surfer Andrew Cotton as they embark on a modern-day adventure to find and surf a spectacular wave in some of the most remote and dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Joined in their quest by family and friends, they’ll be faced with se...
2022-04-2817 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 63: Ed Vincent, CEO of Festival PassThe team sits down with Ed Vincent, CEO of Festival Pass.Ed Vincent is the founder and CEO of Festival Pass, the world’s first festival and live events subscription marketplace providing access to thousands of experiences around the globe across music, film, food and wine, art, sports, theater, lifestyle, and tech & innovation experiences. Enjoy thousands of events & festivals locally and globally for one monthly fee. Festival Pass is a story about community and creating experiences that change you. We as humans need connection – it’s in our DNA, as strong a need as food, water and warmt...
2022-04-2619 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 62: Dr. Nate Kohn, Director of EbertfestThe team sits down with Dr. Nate Kohn, Director of Ebertfest.Dr. Nate Kohn is the festival director at Ebertfest and a professor at the University of Georgia. His producing credits include Zulu Dawn starring Burt Lancaster and Peter O’Toole; the independent feature Somebodies, which premiered at Sundance (2006); Rain, the Bahamas’ first indigenous feature which premiered at Toronto (2007) and on Showtime (2010); the feature film Bottleworld (2010); he was Executive Producer on the BET television series Somebodies(2008); he was Producer on the feature-length documentary Bayou Maharajah that premiered at the SXSW Festival (2013); he produced the Emmy Award-winning short documen...
2022-04-2108 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 61: Joseph A. Ziemba & Annie Choi, Creators behind BLEEDING SKULL!The team sits down with Joseph A. Ziemba & Annie Choi, the Creators behind BLEEDING SKULL!On January 4, 2004, Joseph A. Ziemba launched BLEEDING SKULL! with a simple intention: to share a passion for obscure genre films and honor the filmmakers behind them. Since then BLEEDING SKULL! has become the authority on cinematic dispatches from the fringes. FANGORIA called BLEEDING SKULL! “The go-to encyclopedia for trash, bizarre, and shot-on-video horror cinema,” while VICE referred to it as “like a fever dream glimpse into parallel worlds.” Years of uncovering and celebrating outsider films led to the publication of BLEEDING SKULL! A...
2022-04-1921 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 60: David Goldblum & Julie Parker Benello, Producers of "Sell/Buy/Date"The team sits down with David Goldblum & Julie Parker Benello, Producers of "Sell/Buy/Date".Sell/Buy/Date is a heartfelt, witty doc/narrative hybrid following Tony-winning performer/comedian Sarah Jones and her multicultural characters on a journey exploring her personal relationship to the sex industry through a social justice lens.David Goldblum is a writer/producer at the intersection of social justice and entertainment. Next up he's writing/producing an adaptation of the #1 New York Times best-selling book which sold 12 million copies worldwide, A Child Called It. David has extensive experience in f...
2022-04-1814 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 59: Ondi Timoner, Award-Winning Non-Fiction Filmmaker & Director of "Coming Clean"The team sits down with Ondi Timoner, award-winning non-fiction filmmaker & director of "Coming Clean".Ondi Timoner is known to be one of the greatest talents in non-fiction filmmaking. She often takes on the stories of visionaries fighting against all odds with a gripping and unique narrative style. She has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice - for her documentaries DIG! (2004) and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (2009). Both films were acquired by MoMA NY for its permanent collection.In 2020, she premiered her newest feature documentary, COMING...
2022-04-1228 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 58: William "Bill" Lustig, legendary filmmaker & founder of Blue UndergroundDuring his teenage years, Lustig avidly watched a huge volume of lowdown trashy exploitation fare at numerous 42nd Street grindhouse theaters in Manhattan and also worked as a movie theater usher in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, he took a few film classes at New York University. In 1980, Lustig found himself at the center of a storm of controversy when he made the grim, gory and disturbing slasher sleaze splatter landmark "Maniac," which boasts an incredibly intense performance by the legendary character actor Joe Spinell as a vicious depraved psychopath and p...
2022-04-0518 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 57 Greg BaldwinIt's Fandor's April Fool's Special!Today the team brings special guest, comedian/actor Greg Baldwin, to the show.Greg Baldwin is a comedian/actor and producer and host of the popular podcast Second Chances. Greg performs regularly at the top clubs performing in shows with many of today's biggest comedians. He currently tours and features for Jay Mohr and Darrell Hammond from Saturday Night live.Greg is also a seasoned actor. He has honed his craft with amazing teachers Howard Fine, Kirk Baltz and Jean Shelton and was a member of...
2022-04-0114 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 56: Ryan De Quintal, Actor, Producer, WriterThe Team sat down with Ryan de Quintal, actor, producer, and writer. In the fall last year as he was on set of "Big Sky," please excuse the technical difficulties! Since that time we're pleased to announce that you can now watch Ryan's short film, The Huntsman and the Hound, on Fandor.com!Ryan began his acting career in 2005 while attending California State University Fullerton. He received his BA from CSUF in Radio, Television, & Film. He trained in the Meisner technique with veteran actor and actors studio member Robert Miano. Ryan’s past theatre work includes pl...
2022-03-2910 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 55: Louis Godbout, Writer & DirectorThe team sits down with Louis Godbout, Writer & Director.Louis Godbout is a writer and director living in Montreal. He holds law and philosophy degrees and has taught philosophy for fifteen years in a Montreal college. In parallel with teaching, he has pursued a career as a writer, publishing essays in philosophy before recently turning to screenwriting and directing. His film credits include “Coda”, starring Patrick Stewart and Katie Holmes (2019, writer); “Mont Foster” (2020, writer-director), Une révision (2021, writer), and “The Cheaters” (2022, writer-director). Fandor is a proud sponsor of Sonoma International Film Festival.Fandor o...
2022-03-2311 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 54: Eric J. Adams, Producer & WriterThe team sits down with Eric J. Adams, Producer & Writer.A passionate filmmaker, Eric is best known for his provocative and poignant storytelling. Most recently he produced the girl-empowerment feature film Rickshaw Girl — the first-ever US-Bangladeshi co-production — and winner of six international film festival awards. Eric wrote and co-produced Supremacy, starring Academy-Award-winner Mahershala Ali, Danny Glover, Anson Mount, Lela Rochon and Joe Anderson. He also co-wrote and produced Archie’s Final Project (aka My Suicide), starring David Carradine, Gabriel Sunday, Mariel Hemingway, and Joe Montegna, winner of 21 major international film festival awards, including the Crystal Bear at the Berlin I...
2022-03-2211 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 53: Gardner Grady Hall, Writer and Director of "Winter Ball"The team sits down with Gardner Grady Hall, Writer and Director of "Winter Ball."WINTER BALL is the debut feature film of writer-director Gardner Grady Hall. A former professional baseball player, Hall was a first round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox and is a member of Northwestern University's Athletic Hall of Fame. He wrote and directed the short film Fencing Miss Morality that starred Harry Lennix and Marc Blucas. He also worked with Morgan Creek Productions as part of the development and pitch team to turn the film franchise "Major League" into a television se...
2022-03-2112 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 52: Brian Lilla, Director of Children Of The VineThe team sits down with Brian Lilla, Director of Children Of The Vine.Brian Lilla is an award-winning American documentary filmmaker. Lilla's first films began with raw super-8 footage of skateboarding empty pools in his 1999 short, Twenty To Life, and would later be nominated for best documentary short for Tale Of Two Bondage Models at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. From 2009 to 2011 Lilla directed Patagonia Rising which investigated the impacts of a proposal to build five large-scale dams in the heart of Patagonia, Chile. The film enjoyed an award-winning festival run before it was released on Netflix...
2022-03-2111 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 51: Kathleen Ermitage, Director & ProducerThe team sits down with Kathleen Ermitage, Director & Producer.Mixtape Trilogy: Stories of the Power of Music is written and directed by Kathleen Ermitage. This film is her directorial debut. Previously, she was an associate producer on Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary; Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy; Herb Alpert Is; and the forthcoming What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?Fandor is a proud sponsor of Sonoma International Film Festival.Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https...
2022-03-1909 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 50: Patricia Nazario, International JournalistThe team sits down with Patricia Nazario, International Journalist.Patricia is an international journalist with 18 distinguished recognitions, including two Congressional Awards. Her career spans from hurricane coverage in Florida and New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to Argentina's severe financial, social, and political crisis in 2001. Her outstanding coverage of Miami's Cuban community won South Florida's WLRN (NPR affiliate) its first award and prestigious statewide recognition.Nazario is a UCLA alumna with a B.A. in Political Science. She moved to Buenos Aires in 2002 and freelanced during Argentina’s worst-ever social, economic, and political cr...
2022-03-1810 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 49: Marc Shaffer, Documentary Filmmaker, Investigative Reporter, & Founder of Inside Out MediaThe team sits down with Marc Shaffer, Documentary Filmmaker, Investigative Reporter, and Founder of Inside Out Media.Marc Shaffer's latest film is Exposing Muybridge, the first feature documentary on the revolutionary 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Exactly 150 years after Muybridge made the very first photographs of Northern California winemaking in Sonoma, Exposing Muybridge has its California premiere at the Sonoma International Film Festival.Over a documentary career spanning more than two decades, Marc has traveled the world making films on many of the most pressing issues of our time, from environmental threats to corporate corr...
2022-03-1817 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 48: Stan Zimmerman, Writer, Producer, & DirectorThe team sits down with Stan Zimmerman, industry veteran, and multi-talent.Stan Zimmerman is a writer, producer, and director, with multiple decades in the entertainment industry, including two nominations from the Writers Guild of America for Episodic Comedy. Stan's writing has spanned across film and television, including such notable credits as "The Golden Girls," "Roseanne," "A Very Brady Sequel," and "Gilmore Girls." In recent years, Stan acts as the host and producer of "Brunch Date" alongside Kristen Carroll.Stan will also be in attendance at the first ever "Golden Girls" convention: "Golden-Con: Thank...
2022-03-1518 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 47: Rosalie Chiang, star of TURNING REDThe team sits down with the talented Rosalie Chiang! Rosalie is the voice star in Pixar's new release, "Turning Red" (2022).Rosalie Chiang was born in the Bay Area, California. She is the lead in Pixar's "Turning Red" (2022). She also played the lead in the USC MFA thesis film, "Soiled" (2018), and was the principal in Yamaha Piano's first TV commercial in the US (2017). She has published two poetry books: "A is for Albatross: Birds A to Z" and "A is for Arowana: Freshwater Fish A to Z". The former won the Skipping Stone Honor Book Award in 2017.
2022-03-1411 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 46: Domee Shi, Director of TURNING REDThe team sits down with Domee Shi, Director of Pixar's new film, "Turning Red" (2022). (And she did the screenplay!!)Domee Shi is a Chinese-Canadian animator, director and screenwriter. Since 2011, she has worked for Pixar, where she has contributed to multiple films including Inside Out (2015), Incredibles 2 (2018), and Toy Story 4 (2019). She was the first woman to direct a short film for Pixar ("Bao," 2018), and is the Director for Pixar's new film, "Turning Red" (2022).Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https://twitter.com/FandorInstagram: h...
2022-03-1414 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 45: Kevin McNeely, Artistic Director at SIFFThe team sits down with Kevin McNeely, Artistic Director at SIFF.The Sonoma International Film Festival is celebrating 25 years this year! The SIFF team does an incredible job each year of curating talent from around the globe. This year there is an incredible 120 films showing at the festival and 79 of those (79!!) are premieres of some sort. Kevin W. McNeely, Artistic Director at Sonoma International Film Festival since 2010, is a catalyst for inspiring and supporting creative development and pursuits in Sonoma. His commitment to education and passion for film was the imp...
2022-03-1112 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 44: Iryna Pravylo, Ukrainian FilmmakerThe team sits down with very special guests, Iryna and Lesya. This interview was recorded on 3/7/22. Iryna Pravylo, filmmaker, is in the middle of a war zone in Ukraine. Please excuse any technical difficulties.Iryna PravyloFilm director, screenwriter, producer, member of the NGO "Congress of Cultural Activists", and associate professor of the Institute of Screen Arts of Kyiv National I. K. KarpenkoKary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine Co-founder and CEO of the Right Time Studios. Based in Kyiv, Ukraine
2022-03-0924 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 43: Obie Benz, Producer & DirectorThe team sits down with Obie Benz, Producer, and Director.Benz was born in 1949 in New Jersey. After graduating from Middlebury College in 1971, he founded the Vanguard Foundation, a San Francisco-based philanthropic group that granted over $400,000 a year to social change organizations. Benz served on the boards of progressive organizations: TVTV, one of the first groups producing PBS programming with videotape; The Film Fund, a foundation supporting documentary films; and the Funding Exchange, a national network of community foundations supporting social activism. He was a founder of Pacific Alliance, the country's first benefit concert production company, and t...
2022-03-0819 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 42: Brad Parks, CEO of Hollywood Film FestivalThe team sits down with Brad Parks, CEO of Hollywood Film Festival. Brad has over 30 years' experience in community engagement and social commerce technology development. In February of 2014, Brad financed the acquisition of the Hollywood Film Festival and became the CEO, before managing the acquisition of other “Hollywood” related brand properties that now make up the Hollywood Film Holding Corporation.Prior to that, he worked over a decade each in three separate disciplines. First as V.P. of The Hanleigh Companies, America’s first-ever direct underwriter for Lloyds of London, specializing in entertainment, profess...
2022-03-0312 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 41: Claudia Puig, Director of Programming SBIFF 37The team sits down with Claudia Puig, Director of Programming for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF, in its 37th year, is happening in person from March 2—12th in Santa Barbara, CA.Claudia Puig is a nationally recognized film journalist. Currently, she is Director of Programming for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and also President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Claudia has been a film critic on National Public Radio’s “Film Week,” on KPCC-FM, since 2005. She was the lead critic at USA Today for 15 years, and host of the USA Today vide...
2022-03-0110 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 40: Renny & Boston McConnaughey, FilmmakersThe team sits down with Renny & Boston McConnaughey, Filmmakers, Director, and Star of "Alien Country." We'll be checking back in with the duo as they progress through their journey of making their dream a reality, which includes a companion video game!Renny and Boston are a filmmaking duo based in Utah. They got their start writing and directing viral sci-fi action and comedy videos on YouTube. Their YouTube success spring-boarded a career making commercial content for large brands like Nokia, Google, Reebok and Coca-cola. And soon after building a Youtube brand and production company they tied...
2022-02-2518 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 39: Alison Levine, Documentarian, Polar Explorer & MountaineerThe team sits down with Alison Levine, Documentarian, Polar Explorer & Mountaineer. Alison is the executive producer of: "Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest;" which has its WORLD PREMIER at The 37th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival running March 2-12, 2022. Alison will be in attendance for the second screening of the film. Alison Levine is a history-making polar explorer and mountaineer. She served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South Poles—a feat known as the Adventure Grand Slam...
2022-02-2317 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 38: Chaz Ebert: Publisher, Producer and PhilanthropistThe team sits down with Chaz Ebert, Publisher, Producer and Philanthropist. Chaz Ebert is the CEO of Ebert Digital LLC, which publishes the acclaimed movie review site, Rogerebert.com. She is also a producer of television and movies, and co-founded the Ebertfest Film Festival at the University of Illinois, now in its 22nd year. Her civic passions include programs to help break the glass ceiling for women and people of color, and to provide education and arts for women, children and families, with a global interest in encouraging empathy, kindness, compassion and forgiveness. Her philanthropic en...
2022-02-1522 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 37: Tim Kirkby, DirectorThe team sits down with Tim Kirkby, Director of "Last Looks," currently in theaters."Last Looks," which stars Charlie Hunnam, Morena Baccarin, Lucy Fry, Dominic Monaghan, Cliff "Method Man" Smith, Clancy Brown with Rupert Friend and Mel Gibson is about Charlie Waldo (Charlie Hunnam) an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force. He now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Mel Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on set. When Pinch's wife is found dead, Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate.The...
2022-02-0915 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 36: Frazier Prince, Producer & DirectorThe team sits down with Frazier Prince, Director and Producer of Crackdown Big City Blues and Crackdown Retrospective: Behind the Scenes of Crackdown Big City Blues. Both films are set to come to Fandor as exclusives for streaming in early April. Frazier Prince is the CEO/Founder of Prince Henry Entertainment, assembling a multi-talented creative team specializing in feature film, music video, and digital production. He is a Director, Producer, Writer and Media Specialist. His current production, the feature film “The Play Book Redemption” is now in Pre-Production. As a filmmaker, Frazier made his feature film p...
2022-02-0210 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 35: Ray Giarratana, Director of "The Tiger Rising"Chris and Hooman sit down with Ray Giarratana ("Jer - a - tanna"), Director of The Tiger Rising.Ray has been a staple in the commercial industry for over 20 years. Originally visual effects supervising high-end commercials for directors like Fincher, Bay, Fuqua (and many more guys with accents) as well as music videos for artists ranging from Michael Jackson to the latest One Direction video, Ray then moved on to directing commercials for Coca- Cola, Budweiser, Mercedes, Hallmark and many others. Ray’s always thought of himself primarily as a storyteller which led him to adapt Ka...
2022-01-2812 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 34: Anthony Diaz V, President, Kaizen StudiosHooman and Bryn sit down with multi-talent, Anthony Diaz V, "T-Boy," joining us all the way from the Philippines, where he is in pre-production on his next film.Anthony Diaz V discovered his love for film since childhood and enthusiastically began his journey into filmmaking through creating dozens of short films since the age of 15. His passion for filmmaking led him to enroll at the University of Las Vegas Film School, where many famous movies directors and producers have taught. He graduated with high honors with a Bachelor Degree in Film in the year 2010 at the...
2022-01-2512 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 33: Senior Programmer at Slamdance, Ben Umstead.Hooman and Chris sit down with the Senior Programmer at Slamdance, Ben Umstead.Ben Umstead is a non-binary filmmaker and senior programmer at the Slamdance Film Festival, where they participate in building the fest's First Time Narrative Features Competiton and the Breakouts section.As a creative development specialist, script consultant, and filmmaker, Ben works with artists outside the Hollywood norm, striving for new freedom in cinematic storytelling. Their films include the multi-award-winning "Three Fingers'', the parable "Tormenting the Hen", and dark comedy "Homewrecker".In this episode, we discover the origins of...
2022-01-1916 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 32: Eddie Muller, Host of TCM's Noir Alley FranchiseHooman and Chris sit down with Eddie Muller the host of TCM's Noir Alley franchise.Muller writes novels, biographies, movie histories, plays, short stories, and films. He also programs film festivals, curates museums, designs books, and provides commentary for television, radio, and DVDs. He produces and hosts NOIR CITY: The San Francisco Film Noir Festival, the largest noir retrospective in the world, which now has satellite festivals in seven other U.S. cities.As founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation, he has been instrumental in preserving America’s noir heritage, which to da...
2022-01-1217 min
Thoughts from a Page PodcastElizabeth Barnhill - Our Historical Fiction FavoritesIn this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about some of our favorite books in the historical-fiction genre.Elizabeth’s selections:
The Light Between Oceans by ML Steadman
The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson
Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
Roses by Leila M...
2021-12-281h 02
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 31: Jim Harbaugh former NFL Quarterback | part 3Hooman and Chris sit down with head football coach at the University of Michigan, Jim Harbaugh.Jim Harbaugh is a former 49ers head coach and former NFL Quarterback. Jim had a successful 14-year career playing for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, and the San Diego Chargers. He earned the nickname "Captain Comeback" for his ability to turn around a team with a losing record.In this episode, Hooman and Chris ask Jim about his acting career in Saved by the Bell, Arli$$, and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. Along with t...
2021-12-2811 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 30: Director of Fortress, James Cullen BressackHooman and Bryn sit down with the Director of Fortress, James Cullen Bressack.James Cullen Bressack is an American producer, director, and screenwriter, and son of three-time Emmy®-award winning writer Gordon Bressack and voice actress Ellen Gerstell. At the age of 18, Bressack received critical attention from audiences and critics alike when he made his debut feature, My Pure Joy. One to push boundaries, he followed up his first film with the bold and unapologetic Hate Crime, which forced audiences along for a brutal home invasion, the first found-footage feature ever to be m...
2021-12-2116 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 29: Director of Deadlock, Jared CohnHooman and Chris sit down with Director, Jared Cohn .Jared Cohn has directed 47 feature films, including the critically acclaimed Lynyrd Skynyrd biopic: Street Survivors, the true story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane crash. Jared has worked with many A-list actors and has won numerous awards for his films and is originally from NY, holding a BFA from NYIT.In this episode, Hooman and Chris discuss the process from writing Deadlock to filming Deadlock with actor, Bruce Willis. The film is about an ex-military man working at a Georgia power plant, who has to...
2021-12-1414 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 28: Director of A Girl Like Her, Amy S. WeberHooman and Chris sit down with Director, Amy S. Weber. Amy S. Weber is an award-winning writer, producer, and director with over 20 years in the industry. She has been recognized for her directorial work twice by Emmy as well as Best in Show at Mobius, and has earned over 50 Telly nods. Her feature film, A Girl Like Her, (2015) that she wrote, produced, and directed, debuted in theaters across the nation and became a Netflix viral sensation, gaining worldwide attention and praise during its digital release in 2016, and remains one of the top bully movies today. She is c...
2021-12-0718 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 28: Director of A Girl Like Her, Amy S. WeberHooman and Chris sit down with Director, Amy S. Weber. Amy S. Weber is an award-winning writer, producer, and director with over 20 years in the industry. She has been recognized for her directorial work twice by Emmy as well as Best in Show at Mobius, and has earned over 50 Telly nods. Her feature film, A Girl Like Her, (2015) that she wrote, produced, and directed, debuted in theaters across the nation and became a Netflix viral sensation, gaining worldwide attention and praise during its digital release in 2016, and remains one of the top bully movies today. She i...
2021-12-0718 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 27 Director of Silent Night, Camille GriffinCamille Griffin is a writer, director, and co-producer. She has written and directed seven short films that screened at over 20 international film festivals and makes her feature film directorial debut with Silent Night. In this episode, Hooman and Chris dive deep into Silent Night and how it parodies Camille's own life. Camille brings an intentional political incorrectness to the film in order to expose how the privileged get away with a lot in society... and perhaps even more behind closed doors. The film shows the microaggressions present in everyday life without the need to walk on e...
2021-11-3020 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 26: Director of Turducken, Grant Newcomb HendersonGrant Newcomb Henderson is a writer/ director who has worked on a variety of commercial and narrative projects. He grew up in Northern California wine country and became interested in film at an early age.In this episode, we learn about Turducken a short comedy horror about a passionless family man that eats turducken, a three bird roast, for the first time, then becomes dangerously obsessed with putting objects into progressively larger objects. In honor of Thanksgiving, we present a limited-time opportunity to stream Grant's film, TURDUCKEN! Subscribe to our newsletter to stream.
2021-11-2412 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 25: Director of The River, Rick WaltersRick Walters is a 14-year US Army veteran with a creative mind and an eye for composition. He began working professionally in 2010 for the veteran-owned and run Adventus Films on narrative film, documentary, and commercial projects. He’s produced award-winning short films like A Man Buried, Scamp and the feature film, Fantastic Confabulations (Old Loyal Films). Currently, he is co-directing the post-apocalyptic, sci-fi Phoenix Run (JWalk Entertainment). In this episode, Hooman and Chris discuss Rick’s documentary The River. The River is about how communication and purpose play into the success and failures of managing the h...
2021-11-1912 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 24: Documentarian, Cam Cowan Part 2Hooman and Chris continue the conversation with Producer, Director, and Cinematographer, Cam Cowan.Cam stopped practicing law to study filmmaking and began to make documentaries focused on political and social justice issues. While shooting in Madagascar, he came across a man named Father Pedro. In this continued conversation with Cam we learn about what the film Opeka has done for Madagascar through the film festival circuit. Father Opeka is the inspiring story of an extraordinary humanitarian Father Pedro Opeka. He has been helping people for 50 years, and, in the last 30 years, he cr...
2021-11-0911 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 23: Herb Stratford, Program Director of Napa Valley Film FestivalHooman and Chris sit down with Herb Stratford, Program Director of Napa Valley Film Festival.The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) is taking place virtually this year from November 10-14. Featuring 65+ films available to stream on demand, the festival is also paying tribute to remarkable performances and achievements in storytelling. Honorees this year include Caitriona Balfe (Spotlight Award), Jamie Dornan (Spotlight Award), Harvey Keitel (Icon Award), Marlee Matlin (Trailblazer Award), Odessa Young (Rising Star Award), David Gelb (Excellence in Culinary Cinema), Phil Rosenthal (Culinary Cinema Icon Award), and Jon Taffer (Culinary & Spirits Cinema Spotlight). All the vide...
2021-11-0414 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 22: Actor and Comedian, Steve ParkHooman and Chris sit down with Actor and Comedian, Steve Park.Stephen Park, sometimes known professionally as Steve Park, is an American comedian and actor. The son of Korean immigrants, Park began his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian before transitioning into acting. He is best known for being a cast member of the sketch comedy television series In Living Color during the 1991–1992 season. He is also known for the film roles of Sonny in Do the Right Thing (1989), Detective Brian in Falling Down (1993), Mike Yanagita in Fargo (1996), and Lt. Nescafier in The French Dispatch (2021).Now playing on...
2021-10-2908 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 21: Director of Snakehead, Evan Jackson LeongHooman and Chris sit down with Evan Jackson Leong, Director of Snakehead. Snakehead is a story of resilience and survival. Evan Jackson Leong is a 6th generation Chinese American director and documentary filmmaker. Leong is most known for his documentary Linsanity and his first narrative feature film, Snakehead, will be premiering in theaters October 29,2021. Sister Tse comes to New York through a Snakehead, a human smuggler. She gains favor with the matriarch of the family of crime and she rises the ranks quickly. Soon Tse must reconcile her success with her real reason fo...
2021-10-2816 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 20: Elvira Icon, Cassandra PetersonHooman and Chris sit down with Elvira icon, Cassandra Peterson, and get an inside scoop on Cassandra's memoir, Yours Cruelly Elvira.Unique, and at times scandalous, Yours Cruelly Elvira, tells the story of a small-town girl’s journey to becoming the world's most glamorous Hollywood Halloween icon. Details include Cassandra's first-time revelation of sexual assault and her nearly two-decade love affair with a woman. This podcast episode covers a life-changing conversation with Elvis Presley, her journey as a 17-year-old Las Vegas showgirl, and of course, movies that changed her life.Today's show is br...
2021-10-1927 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 19: Jim Harbaugh former NFL Quarterback | part 2Hooman and Chris sit down with head football coach at the University of Michigan, Jim Harbaugh. Jim Harbaugh is a former 49ers head coach and former NFL Quarterback. Jim had a successful 14-year career playing for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, and the San Diego Chargers. He earned the nickname "Captain Comeback" for his ability to turn around a team with a losing record. In this episode, Hooman and Chris debate what makes a sports film a sports film. From Top Gun to Space Jam and all that fall in between, we...
2021-10-1414 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 18: Documentarian, Cam CowanHooman and Chris sit down with Producer, Director, and Cinematographer, Cam Cowan.Cam stopped practicing law to study filmmaking and began to make documentaries focused on political and social justice issues. While shooting in Madagascar, he came across a man named Father Pedro. Father Opeka is the inspiring story of an extraordinary humanitarian Father Pedro Opeka. He has been helping people for 50 years, and, in the last 30 years, he created a non-government organization with one village. His work has focused on teaching young people how to build houses, schools, and hospitals. In 50 y...
2021-10-0712 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 17: TV series creator, Michele PalermoHooman and Chris sit down with TV series creator, Michele Palermo.Michele Palermo is a published and award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Throughout Covid19, Michele wrote Middle of Nowhere, a half-hour television pilot that made waves at Festivals in 2021.Middle of Nowhere explores the universally comic tragedy we call middle age. In this episode, Hooman and & Chris go behind the scenes to learn about everything from the creation of the show, fundraising, to even shooting schedules. Also discussed is how Covid has impacted Television content domestically and internationally. Today's show is brought to y...
2021-09-3018 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 16: Jim Harbaugh former NFL QuarterbackHooman and Chris sit down with head football coach at the University of Michigan, Jim Harbaugh. Jim Harbaugh is a former 49ers head coach as well as a former NFL Quarterback. Jim had a successful 14-year career playing for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, and the San Diego Chargers. He earned the nickname "Captain Comeback" for his ability to turn around a team with a losing record.In this episode, Hooman and Chris review the five best sports films ever, and Jim goes off-script discussing possibly the best sports TV series of all t...
2021-09-2311 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 15: Ben Fong-Torres, American Rock JournalistHooman and Chris sit down with Ben Fong Torres an American rock journalist, author broadcaster, and Suzanne Joe Kai, an independent filmmaker, and award-winning journalist. Suzanne Joe Kai is the director of “Like a Rolling Stone the Life & Times of Ben Fong- Torres”., showing this Oct 10 & Oct 11 at the Mill Valley Film Festival.This 2021 Documentary is an epic sweep through the world of rock and roll. An American-born son of Chinese immigrants, Ben rose through the ranks to become a rock interviewer, social activist, and editor of Rolling Stone Magazine. Today's show is brought...
2021-09-2024 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.14: Mark Fishkin Director of Mill Valley Film FestivalHooman and Chris sit down with Mark Fishkin, film festival director of the upcoming Mill Valley Film Festival, taking place Oct 7-17 2021.Mill Valley Film Festival was founded by Mark Fishkin in 1977 located in Marin County, Northern California offering a prestigious, non-competitive environment which celebrates the best in independent and world cinema. In this episode, Mark gives us the 2021 festival rundown & drops hints about the upcoming film Dune with Thomthée Chalamet, Power of the Dog with Benedict Cumberbatch, Kristen Dunst and more. Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about...
2021-09-1511 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.13: Bradley Grant SmithHooman and Chris sit down with Bradley Grant Smith, songwriter, screenwriter, director and actor.Brad's original composition Help Yourself (as Sad Brad Smith) was featured prominently in the Oscar-nominated film UP IN THE AIR. During the pandemic, his feature film debut OUR FATHER (as writer/director) premiered in competition at the 2021 SXSW film festival. A graduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University, he lives and works in Chicago.You can watch Brad's film, Our Father, now on Fandor!For the latest updates on Fandor, subscribe here. Also playing on...
2021-09-0915 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.12: Leslee Scallon, co-Founder of Dances with Films FestivalHooman and Chris sit down with the co-Founder of Dances with Films, Leslee Scallon. They dive into some of Leslee's top picks screening this year, and what a festival in 2022 looks like.Dances With Films is an annual independent film festival located in Los Angeles, California and was founded by Leslee Scallon and Michael Trent. From its inception in 1998, the festival is dedicated to representing true independent cinema stipulating that all films entered into the festival competition have no known directors, writers or producers connected to them. Learn more about Dances with Films here. Today's s...
2021-09-0113 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.11: Author & Researcher, Dan RussellHooman and Chris sit down with Dan Russell, author, researcher, and user happiness expert.Dan is presenting his book at the upcoming Sonoma Valley Author’s Festival, August 27-29, 2021.In this episode, Hooman and Chris sit down with Dan to learn about Google search queries, personalization for users, and how we can use Google to find recommended films.Dan is Google’s Senior Research Scientist for Search Quality and User Happiness in Mountain View, CA. His day job is understanding how people search for information, and the ways they come to learn about the...
2021-08-2614 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.10: Editor & Travel Writer, Don GeorgeHooman and Chris sit down with Don George, editor-at-large for National Geographic and Travel Writer extraordinaire. He is the author of The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George, and has won dozens of writing awards.Don is presenting at the upcoming Sonoma Valley Author's Festival, August 27-29, 2021. In this episode of the Fandor Festival Podcast, Hooman and Chris talk with Don about some of the 90 countries he has visited, and some films that have stood out to Don. Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn mo...
2021-08-2412 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.9: World Famous Comedian, GodfreyHooman and Chris sit down with world famous comedian, Godfrey! They cover everything from how Godfrey stayed sane during the pandemic to little known facts about Forest Whitaker. And, of course, they dive into films and some of Godfrey's favorites.Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and subscribe for the latest updates here. Now playing on Fandor is Afternoon Delight (2013). In this sexy, dark comedy, a Silver Lake mom puts her idyllic life in jeopardy when she tries to rescue a stripper by taking her in as a live-in na...
2021-08-1828 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.8: Metropolitan Theatres Corporation with David CorwinMovie theaters in America were hit hard during 2020 - what is their future? Join us for our discussion with David Corwin of the Metropolitan Theatres Corporation about the state of Movie Theaters in the United States today.Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and subscribe for the latest updates here. Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https://twitter.com/FandorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandorfilms/Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/fandor Ho...
2021-08-1112 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp.7: Women Is Losers (2021) w/ Lissette FelicianoOn the latest episode of the Fandor Festival Podcast... Hooman and Chris interview Lissette Feliciano, director, writer, and producer of "Women is Losers," coming to the SIFF Summerfest, August 5-8. About "Women Is Losers" - Meet Celina, a smart, ambitious Latina girl who wants nothing more than to get out and see the world. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers she's pregnant and her military boyfriend is stationed abroad. Dreams deferred, Celina halts her studies and takes menial jobs to support her infant son, but does not give up her dreams. With a fierce i...
2021-08-0610 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 6: Sonoma Internation Film Festival w/ Giorgio SerafiniOn the latest episode of the Fandor Festival Podcast, Hooman and Chris interview Giorgio Serafini, Director of Senior Moment, showing at Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF). Senior Movement stars William Shatner and Jean Smart. The SIFF Summerfest is coming to Sonoma, CA, August 5-8, featuring 40 new, independent films from around the world, including 15 films making their premieres at Summerfest. Live screenings kickoff with the Opening Night film "Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free" on Thursday! Learn more about the at Sonoma International Film Festival .Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn mo...
2021-08-0408 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 5: Sonoma Internation Film Festival w/ Kevin McNeely, Artistic DirectorOn the latest episode of the Fandor Festival Podcast, Hooman and Chris interview Kevin McNeely, Artistic Director of the Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF). The SIFF Summerfest is coming to Sonoma, CA, August 5-8, featuring 40 new, independent films from around the world, including 15 films making their premieres at Summerfest. Live screenings kickoff with the Opening Night film "Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free" on Thursday! Learn more about the at Sonoma International Film Festival .Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and subscribe for the latest updates here.
2021-08-0211 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 4: Sonoma International Film Festival w/ Ruth Meehan - Director of ‘The Bright Side’Hooman and Chris interview independent filmmaker Ruth Meehan about her movie 'THE BRIGHT SIDE,' screening at Sonoma International Film Festival this August. Called 'A brave and ultimately rewarding approach to the subject of cancer' by the Irish Times, THE BRIGHT SIDE follows Dublin stand-up comedian Kate McLoughlin, whose life changes when she is diagnosed with cancer. Learn more about THE BRIGHT SIDE: www.thebrightsidethemovie.com Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and subscribe for the latest updates here. Fandor on Social Media:...
2021-07-2910 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 3 : North Fork TV Festival with Bryce NorbitzFestival season is upon us! In this episode Hooman and Chris interview Bryce Norbitz, the program director of the North Fork TV Festival. Bryce breaks down what makes a great pitch, and special guest, Rudy Ortiz, pitches Bryce on a new Reality show.North Fork TV Festival will run August 4-6, 2021. Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and subscribe for the latest updates here. Now on Fandor is Amira & Sam (2014), where an army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is...
2021-07-2714 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 2 : "The Dark Side of ROADRUNNER: A Film about Anthony Bourdain" with Tyler Florence | part 2In the second part of the inaugural Fandor Festival Podcast episode, your hosts, Hooman Khalili and Chris Kelly, continue their review of ROADRUNNER: 'A Film About Anthony Bourdain' with celebrity Chef, Tyler Florence of @Wolf it Down with Tyler Florence! Also including Bryn Nguyen.In part one of this dynamic interview, they reviewed the lighter side of this film. Today we dive into the darker side of this film.Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and subscribe for the latest updates here. Now on Fandor is the r...
2021-07-2219 min
Fandor Festival PodcastEp. 1 : "The Light Side of ROADRUNNER: A Film about Anthony Bourdain" with Tyler Florence | part 1In the inaugural Fandor Festival Podcast episode, your hosts, Hooman Khalili and Chris Kelly, review ROADRUNNER: 'A Film About Anthony Bourdain' with celebrity Chef, Tyler Florence of @Wolf it Down with Tyler Florence! Also including Bryn Nguyen.In part one of this dynamic interview, they review the lighter side of this film.Join us later this week for Ep.1 Pt.2 where Hooman, Chris, and Tyler dive into the darker side of "ROADRUNNER: A Film About Anthony Bourdain."Today's show is brought to you by Fandor. Learn more about Fandor and...
2021-07-2017 min
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2021-04-1912 min
Four Eyes31. Diving into Specialty Optometry as a New Grad ODWe talk with Dr. Diana Nguyen, new grad optometrist from the University of Waterloo, as she kickstarts her career in specialty optometry areas including dry eye disease and myopia control.Resources:1. Follow Dr. Nguyen on Instagram @eyedoc.diaries2. Register for the Dry Eye Summit live virtual conference on November 14th-15th here: https://dryeyesummit.ca/product/virtual-conference-registration/3. Share the MyDryEye website (https://mydryeye.ca/) and Instagram page @mydryeyespace with your dry eye patients for online resources and support.4. Listen to the Learning During Quarantine (LDQ) online...
2020-11-1131 minFour Eyes31. Diving into Specialty Optometry as a New Grad ODWe talk with Dr. Diana Nguyen, new grad optometrist from the University of Waterloo, as she kickstarts her career in specialty optometry areas including dry eye disease and myopia control.Resources:1. Follow Dr. Nguyen on Instagram @eyedoc.diaries2. Register for the Dry Eye Summit live virtual conference on November 14th-15th here: https://dryeyesummit.ca/product/virtual-conference-registration/3. Share the MyDryEye website (https://mydryeye.ca/) and Instagram page @mydryeyespace with your dry eye patients for online resources and support.4. Listen to the Learning During Quarantine (LDQ) online...
2020-11-1131 min
Rusty Quill Gaming PodcastRQG 174 - ImpactJoin Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia, and Ben as the Vengeance touches down.This week Hamid digs, Azu searches, Zolf keeps busy, and Cel finds a way.NOTE: This is a heavy episode, but we strongly urge listening to the episode fully as the ending is very important to the context.Content Notes:FallingAircraft failure (inc SFX)Graphic injuryCharacter deathsGrief / LossTraumaThanks to this week's Patrons: Laurel Buchanan, Maria Maksimova, Nikki, Seren Mist, Vince Nguyen, Asha Perry, DamienandFishGreco, Haberdasher, Jay Palmer, John Anglo, Jose Manuel Santiago Yepes...
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College Talk Series#005 - Bryn Mawr College Chat Insight ft. Alishia Nation '23Alishia Nation is a rising sophomore at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She is a Posse Scholar majoring in math and minoring in computer science. Listen to the episode to hear Alishia sharing her own experience and story going to school outside of Texas. Alishia will give us more advice on how to navigate your first year at college and how to best take care of yourself during your time there. To make the best out of college, don't be afraid of trying new things, ask for help, and use the resources available to you in your school!
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