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The Quidditas Factor
If You Make Your Internal Life a Priority, Then Everything Else You Need On The Outside Will Be Given To You with Jeff Oppenheim
Jeff Oppenheim (Writer/Director/Producer) is a veteran of theater and film production. His live-theater credits include productions for Lincoln Center, the Film Society, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and he has worked in partnership with The Acting Company, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theater, Bay Street Theater and others. Jeff also founded the non-profit literary organization Other Voices and served as the artistic director creating over 100 events, readings and performances throughout NYC. He produced numerous concerts, week-long festivals and international tours including an inaugural party in Washington, DC to commemorate the first-term inaugural of President Obama. He also...
2024-04-23
46 min
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Changing Your Thoughts, Can Also Change Your World with Flynn Hendrix.
Flynn is a native of Nashville, TN. At a young age he was enthralled with cartoons and acting. Growing up he acquired 8 years of concert, jazz & marching band experience. In 2007, Flynn became an Independent Professional Wrestler & Sports Entertainer, performing in 13 states and working for WWE, including appearing on Pay Per View in 2022. In 2014, he got married and started a family, and in 2018, took some time away from wrestling. However, upon returning in 2022, he immediately laid claim to the UCW Southern States Championship, along with starting a pursuit of the UCW Ultimate Championship. He also created the “I Know You He...
2022-09-13
52 min
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Changing The World wIth Ideas and Words with Steven Jay Rubin.
Steven Jay Rubin is the founder and president of Fast Carrier Pictures, Inc., a Los Angeles-based motion picture and television production company. He made his producing debut for Showtime in 2001 on the baseball comedy classic Bleacher Bums, starring Peter Riegert, Brad Garrett, Wayne Knight and Charles Durning. In 2002, for the Hallmark Channel, he produced the true World War II drama, Silent Night, starring Linda Hamilton, which was nominated for four Canadian television academy awards. Rubin was the executive producer of Archie’s Final Project, a teen dramedy which starred David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Joe Mantegna, Nora Dunn, Ton...
2022-09-06
46 min
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Everything you can imagine is real with John Bukowski.
John Bukowski has been a practicing veterinarian, a public health researcher, and a medical writer. But through it all has been his love of books. Like you, He has always loved to read. And like you his tastes have changed over time from Jules Verne and Tolkien to Hemingway, Steven King, and Michael Crichton. Likewise, his writing has changed from consumer handbooks and website content to fast-paced thriller novels, which are a lot more fun. Just as great chefs have distinctive styles, every good author has a distinguishing “voice” that both labels and defines their work. Read a cou...
2022-08-30
57 min
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Growing Through Continuous Effort and Struggle with Christen Stovall
Christen Stovall is an avid reader and lover of fantasy. She began storytelling at a young age but never considered writing until she was an adult. In 2008 Christen married her first love, Dustin. Sadly, just a year and a half later, Dustin ended his life. At 28 Christen was a widow, alone, and struggling to find meaning in her brief time as Dustin's wife. In her sorrow she turned to fantasy.Five years later, Christen published her first novel, Soulbound, as a tribute to her late husband. Through the Song of Souls Trilogy Christen has found h...
2022-08-23
40 min
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Making People Laugh Without Making Them Puke with Bruce Vilance
Bruce Vilanch is a comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winner. Vilanch is known for his acting roles in The Ice Pirates and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. However he is probably best known to the public for his four-year stint on Hollywood Square, as a celebrity participant; behind the scenes he was head writer for the show. In 2000, he performed off-Broadway in his self-penned one-man show, Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous.Vilanch was the head writer for the Oscars after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous ten years. He is...
2022-08-16
42 min
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Believing In Yourself, and The Rest Will Fall Into Place with Mark Christopher Lawrence
Mark Christopher Lawrence is best known for his series regular role as Big Mike on the NBC TV series CHUCK. He recently completed production on the hit ADULT SWIM TV show BLACK JESUS and is recurring on The PureFlix Show Malibu Dan The Family Man. He can be seen on the Disney Channel’s original TV movie Life Is Ruff and guest appearances on Lab Rats, Good Luck Charlie, Heroes, Weeds, My Name Is Earl, Reba, Grounded for Life, Crossing Jordan, and Amazing America with Sarah Palin. MCL is in pre-production on several projects as a writer and/or pr...
2022-08-09
42 min
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Surviving Difficult Times and Challenging Adversity with Ciarán Sheehan
Dublin born Ciarán Sheehan is an acclaimed actor, singer, voice healer whose performances have been said to warm the heart and touch the soul. There is an amazing quality to his voice and his ability to capture an audience is nothing short of remarkable. Ciarán has many professional accomplishments to his credit, most notably playing the role of The Phantom in “The Phantom of The Opera” for over 1,000 performances on Broadway and in Toronto. But perhaps of more importance than his accomplishments is his sincere desire to use his incredible talents to inspire others to look w...
2022-08-02
49 min
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Not Letting What You Cannot Do Interfere with What You Can Do with Keith Ross Nelson
Keith has been making people laugh in all fifty states—and all over the world—for more than a quarter of a century. He has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and Hulu's Comedy Time. Apart from being a great comedian, Keith Ross is also a director, co-writer and star of Electives. He can be seen on Amazon Prime’s Not for Nothin’ which he co-writes, co-stars, and is executive producer.He has appeared in hit independent movies like Mobsters and Mormons and The R.M. In 2011, Keith was featured in the Who's Who. There are articles on him in popula...
2022-07-26
32 min
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Having the Plan, The Road Map and The Courage To Press On with Loren Paul Caplin
Loren-Paul Caplin has had a varied career in the literary and dramatic arts. His experience in film has involved him in writing and directing History of the World in Eight Minutes, producing Forbiddeb Zone, writing the original story for Lost Angels, and co-writing and co-producing Battle in the Erogenous Zone for Showtime.His plays, "Sunday's Child", "Men In The Kitchen, "A Subject Of Childhood and "City Muzik" have been performed throughout the northeastern United States. "The Presidents", a play he co-wrote, has enjoyed a national tour and an appearance on PBS. His poetry has appeared in both...
2022-05-17
51 min
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Creating My Own Door and Walking Through It with Lou Martini Jr.
ACTING IN FILM AND TELEVISION SINCE 1964. Early Film roles included, "What's so Bad about Feeling Good," Opposite Mary Tyler Moore and "The Godfather," opposite James Caan. After Lou's father's (The Notable Character Actor, Lou Martini) death in early 1971, Lou's mom decided it was best for him to take a break. It wasn't until attending The University of Houston that Lou took up acting again. Although, the "bug" for acting had been dormant it had never left. After graduating with a BA in Communications, Lou landed a leading role in the smash off-broadway show "Tony and Tina's Wedding". Since then Lou h...
2022-05-03
42 min
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Finding Out Who You Are, Finding and Living That Truth and Being That Person with Cris Graves
Cris Graves is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has worked across platforms from film to television to online content. She has worked across the globe as a producer/director, filming in some of the harshest and most remote areas on our planet. Her credits include The Amazing Race, Whale Wars, and Living Undocumented. She is also an award-winning narrative filmmaker and has had her work shown in various film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Oaxaca Film Festival, and Hamilton Film Festival to name a few. Her feature film script Alone Girl, which Cris plans to direct, was a...
2022-04-19
1h 11
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Reflecting Upon Your Present Blessings Not On Your Past Misfortunes with Bill Sorvino
Bill Sorvino is an award winning actor and is a graduate of William Esper Studio. He is the founder of Golden Door International Film Festival based in his home town of Jersey City, NJ and is also co-founder of Brazen Giant Ensemble with Christian Keiber. Sorvino has directed and produced several films.Support the show
2022-04-12
41 min
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Don’t Just Create; Create To Change and Aspire To Inspire with Jeff Lam
A Hawaii transplant, Jeff moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue acting and has appeared in numerous Features. In 2008 Jeff decided to take a step back from acting, and start to dabble in Casting. Jeff was mentored by numerous Casting Directors including, Sheila manning, Tracy 'Twinkie Byrd and Pam Bouvier. Immediately, Jeff became the Casting Director for the American Division of the largest international web series "The Scary" ."Also, in 2008, Jeff produced his first feature " Why Am I Doing This?" a multi-ethnic comedy which won the New Vision Film Award at San Jose Cinequest Film Fe...
2022-04-05
45 min
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Appealing To Our Better Selves, To Become Something More with Ari Taub
Ari Taub is an American movie director, producer, and editor. Taub was born in New York City. Taub is best known for his movie The Fallen, a 2004 war film about the perspectives of Italian, German, and American soldiers during World War II. Taub's latest movie is '79 Parts, a comedy set in 1979, starring Eric Roberts.Support the show
2022-03-29
58 min
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Trying Something Different Today. Don’t Stay Stuck and Doing Better with Johnny Solo
Johnny Solo is an actor and producer, known for Man on a Ledge, Newlyweds, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas and 79 Parts.Support the show
2022-03-22
49 min
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Focusing, Hard On Work and Keeping Your Eyes On The Goal with Iliana Guibert
Iliana Guibert, a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute took a career detour spending her early years in the corporate sector gaining business skills she now applies to her work as an actress and expanding to writing, producing and directing.Guibert proudly sits on the committee and board of several foundations committed to helping youth in need and chronically/terminally ill children.She was married to her high school sweetheart, Thomas, until his death on September 11th while attending a meeting in the North Tower...
2022-03-15
47 min
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Having a Legitimate and Useful Purpose with Robin C. Adams
Mr. Adams hails from the world of television news and entertainment having worked over the past 40 years as cameraman and producer for CNN, FOX TV, NBCUniversal, NHK Japan, Fuji-TV Japan and ARD German TV.He has also produced and directed documentary and music entertainment projects for CCTV China, NHK Japanese Satellite TV, Sky PerfecTV (Japan), Sony Music Entertainment (USA/Japan) and a wide variety of prominent independent video and music production companies. Robin has worked with such notable music celebrities as James Taylor, Kiss, Christina Aguilera, Pink, The Roots, Keyon Harrold, Ron Carter, Phony PPL, Jamie Alexander...
2022-03-08
53 min
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Never Considering the Possibility Of Failure; As Long As You Are Persistent with Erika Smith
Erika was raised in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. She studied acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, comedy at the Upright Citizen's Brigade and the Groundlings in Los Angeles and holds a BFA in Music from Hunter College. She acts and sings in film, television and theater and is a recording artist as well. Erika is mostly famous for her similar look as Marilyn Monroe. She has acted in numbers of TV/ Movies. Before The Dust Settles, Lady Peacock, and The Three Chris’s to name a few. Apart from acting she has also studied comedy and can b...
2022-03-01
39 min
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Transforming Insights Into Opportunities with Joey MHz
Joey MHz is the Founder and CEO of MHz Media Group, a production company that has produced numerous projects. Born on Long Island, New York, Joey made his first attempt at directing movies as soon as he was old enough to use a video camera. Enrolling at Briarcliff College, Joey worked for Big Blue Computer Products and soon enough found himself taking on the name Joey MHz and creating his company MHz Media Group. Taking on the role of writing, producing, directing, and co-starring in his first film "The Adversary," which was picked up by York Entrainment, the success...
2022-02-22
24 min
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Stick To The Basics and Holding On To Your Family and Friends with Maria Capp
Maria Capp has served the arts community on Long Island, NY and in Los Angeles for over 20 years. Her multi-disciplinary expertise includes work as an award-winning writer, director, producer, entrepreneur, and acting coach. She has served as an advocate, speaker, committee and board member for such organizations as Women In Media, The Millie D'Agostino Scholarship Fund, Breaking into Hollywood, Youth Biz Alliance, NYSTEA, EdTA, BOCES - Arts in Education, and Kids for Kids Productions. Maria produced Cappricielli Production's first feature, Reach starring Garrett Clayton, Jordan Doww and Joey Bragg released in 10 of the top 20 major markets throughout the US...
2022-02-15
38 min
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Be courageous. Challenge Orthodoxy. Stand up for what You Believe in with Greg Paul
Greg Paul is a writer, producer, actor and musician with multiple Film, Recording, Television, and Web credits. Currently a founding Producing partner in 2020 with Derek Mackay at No Brainz Productions [us]. They are an American/Canadian/Mexican Film and Television Production and Distribution Company. Greg was a successful Warner/Elektra/Asylum Recording Artist and a touring Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist working with several popular musical groups and/or solo artists as a Musician or Sound Engineer. Becoming a successful professional actor, he started in New England in 2008 and continued on to New York, appearing on popular network episodic television shows...
2022-02-08
1h 17
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Setting Goals and Turning The Invisible Into The Visible with B.D. Gunnell.
Over the last ten years, Producer BD Gunnell has emerged as a leader in the world of independent feature filmmaking. From humble beginnings on micro-budget indie films, to her professional experience as a Line Producer; BD has developed a well-earned reputation. From completing films with rigorous timelines and severe constraints on budget; BD has developed an exceptional track record in the film industry of delivering films on time and on budget. At this current time, 85% of the movies completed have recouped their costs for investors. BD routinely produces independent films in the $2 million to $10 million-dollar range.BD...
2022-02-01
1h 06
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Choose a Career You Love, Give It The Best There Is In You and Seize Your Opportunities with Brian Donahue.
In 1986 with the help of Iona's coach Harold Crocker, Donahue got a tryout with the New York Jets NFL Football team. He signed a free agent contract with the New York Jets to play nose tackle. He participated in mini-camp and summer training camp with the Jets. He was released in August 1986. In 1987, Donahue signed a free agent contract with the Green Back Packers to play nose tackle. During camp Donahue suffered a knee injury. He was released in August 1987. In 1989, he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the C.F.L. Donahue hurt his knee while with the Argonauts...
2022-01-25
1h 14
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Putting An End To Mindwash Religion, Nowhere Politics and Bogus Philosophies With Al Diaz
Al Diaz is best know for his collaboration with Jean Michel Basquiat on SAMO©, graffiti that appeared in lower Manhattan from 1977 to 1979. SAMO© initially became known because of its wit and sarcastic humor; but became a globally recognized graffito after Basquiat’s rise to fame.A prolific and influential first-generation NYC subway graffiti artist, who later became a text-oriented street artist, Al Diaz’s career spans 5 decades. He currently works with WET PAINT signs used throughout the New York City subway system. After cutting out individual letters to create clever, surreal and sometimes poignant anagrams, he hangs the fi...
2021-12-21
33 min
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To Boldly Go: Filmmaking, Screenplays, and Books With David Alan Mack
David Mack is the award-winning and The New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-six novels and numerous short works of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.Mack’s writing credits span television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. His latest novels are The Shadow Commission, the final volume of his Dark Arts trilogy published by Tor books; and his long-postponed Star Trek novel More Beautiful Than Death.His newest projects include the short story “Fiasco” in the pulp-homage anthology Thrilling Advent...
2021-12-14
1h 12
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More Momo, More Flavor and More Things You Didn't Know About Jeff Orlick
Jeff Orlick is a resident and social entrepreneur in Jackson Heights, Queens. His events such as the Momo Crawl and Wox & Lox along with his Roosevelt Avenue Midnight Street Food Crawl and Queens Tastes of the World Tours have garnered attention from around the globe, centering on the area’s unmatched ability to share culture through food. You can follow Jeff on twitter @JeffOrlick.Support the show
2021-12-07
32 min
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The Dynamic Duo Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek on Creating and Writing Magic.
Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek both started writing their first plays at the age of about seven. Lauren fell in love with the magic of movies visiting her dad (visual effects supervisor Joel Hynek) on the set of Predator as a little kid. Elizabeth spent her tween years writing (badly formatted) fan fiction episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In high school, we joined forces while working at the same Shakespeare theater in the summers. We continued to work in classical theater together after college, producing plays on shoestring budgets and getting paid out of a passed hat...
2021-11-30
41 min
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Discovering the Art, Craft, Truth and Quidditas with Russ Camarda
Russ Camarda has been a professional director/actor/acting coach/cinematographer and editor for the past two decades.In FILM Russ has produced, 6 independent feature films, Directed 2, Starred in and edited 5 of them.“Send No Flowers” co-starring in it as well with Sean Young and Tony LoBianco. The film recently secured distribution with Multicom Entertainment Group. “The Night Never Sleeps” co-starring in it as well with Armand Assante, Eric Roberts and Robert Clohessy. The film recently secured distribution with Multicom Entertainment Group.Also the features “Night for Day” , “Lower than the Angels” , “The Video Guys”and...
2021-11-23
1h 01
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The Sweet Harmony of Oksana Kessous
Oksana Tarasova-Kessous received her professional studies degree at The Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of the soloist of The Metropolitan Opera House, harpist Susan Jolles. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) and Master of Music from The Moscow Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Vera Dulova, principal harpist of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater.Oksana has performed as a soloist with The New American Chamber Music Orchestra, The Mannes School of Music Orchestra, The Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic, and The Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra. Her recital appearances include such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall in...
2021-11-16
37 min
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Keeping Your Expectations High and Playing To Your Strengths with Elias Plagianos
Writer / Director Elias Plagianos' film and television projects have won Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Best TV Pilot, and Best Actor awards for his cast at over 75 International Film Festivals including 10 of MovieMaker Magazines list of Top 25 and Top 50 Festivals.In addition to his creative work behind the camera, he is a partner at the new media startup venture "Zero Channel". Their first project (written and directed by Plagianos) "Shoot Me Nicely" stars iconic actors Linda Hamilton and William Sadler. Shoot Me Nicely won over 40 awards at international festivals, including being named Best Independent...
2021-11-09
40 min
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Creating Love, Laughter and Light and A World Record Mindset with Fran Capo.
Fran Capo is a 9-time world record holder who inspires creativity and change around the world, through her humor, motivation and wild adventures. She has been featured on over 6000 Radio, TV and Internet shows. She accomplishes all her world records using her "Seven World Record Mindsets", that she spoke about during her Tedx talk entitled, "A world Record mindset." She broke her 9th world record while on the Tedx stage when she did her 18 minute talk, then redid the entire talk in 59 seconds (Record Holders Republic – Dec. 2019) Fran also became the first woman to zipline inside of an...
2021-11-02
54 min
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Change Your Mindset and Change Your Life and Find the Glow with Taimak.
Taimak plays the lead role in Berry Gordy's cult classic, The Last Dragon in which he played Leroy Green, a Bruce Lee inspired martial artist in search of "The Glow," was his first major break in acting. The film was a financial success and grossed more than $25 million at the box office.Since The Last Dragon, Taimak has appeared in a number of TV roles and over a dozen plays.Taimak has worked with a number of celebrities, including Madonna, and starred in the play Cheaters, which toured the United States. He starred in a h...
2021-10-26
23 min
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Taking a Risk, Dreaming Big and Practicing Pure Perseverance with Robert Kugler
Robert Kugler is the award-winning author of the Avery & Angela series, the Aloha Kugs series, and AN ALMOST TOLERABLE PERSON. He retired from education in order to focus on both writing and parenting. A graduate of The College of Wooster and Seton Hall University, Robert is an avid Philadelphia sports fan, enjoys mixology, and does the occasional sprint triathlon. (slowly)He currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, children and a Labrador named Maggie. He spends as much time as possible in Wildwood New Jersey, as it’s simply the best beach on the East Coa...
2021-10-19
1h 21
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Getting Lost On Some Beautiful Paths With Sarah Lightman
Sarah has been surrounded by music throughout her entire life, but it wasn't until she started street performing on the streets of Los Angeles, CA in 2016 that she decided to pursue her career as a singer/songwriter. She has since released an EP, two singles, & a music video which is played in rotation at Universal City Walk, LA; has established residencies with several venues, been endorsed by Luna Guitars, Empire Ears, & Cleartone strings, and performed on The NAMM Show MAIN STAGE in 2019. Her music video, Noteworthy, shares the spotlight in rotation with work from legendary artists such as Justin...
2021-10-12
49 min
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Dream It and Achieve Your Casting Goals with Kimberly Graham
Kimberly Graham has been the Associate Casting Director for Judy Henderson Casting since 2003. She casts for film, television, commercials and theater. Kimberly Graham is known for her work on Homeland, Avatar and Before Midnight. Support the show
2021-10-05
36 min
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Creating a Positive Environment and Celebrating Your Small Wins with Pamela Lewis
Pamela Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and actor Lewis has released a couple solo studio albums. She is currently a part of the band Code Bleu a band the has provided its clients with first class music and entertainment. This exceptionally talented, well-rehearsed bands and ensembles reproduces the musical styles from every era. They include today’s current hits, Classic Rock-n-Roll, Rap, R&B, Club, Hip-Hop, Motown, Alternative, 70’s Disco, Top 40, Country, Swing, Big Band, 50’s, 60’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, Latin, Jazz, Jewish, Italian and much, much more. Having performed at thousands of weddings, corporate dinner dances, fundraisers, a...
2021-09-28
32 min
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The Magic of Poetry, The Beauty of Music and a Passion to Create is all things Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and visual artist She is the founder of indie label MPress Records. Sage has released fourteen solo studio albums. Her performances combine music with between-song banter. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine. She joins host Michael J. Arbouet once again to talk about her new album Poetica.Sage said the album “was an opportunity to create new work with a fantastic group of musicians, with no creative boundaries. The language itself and imagery therein has l...
2021-09-21
36 min
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The Joie De Vivre and Positive Attitude of Pam Jorgensen
Pamela Jorgensen is an extremely versatile singer-actor. Age range: 30-50. Vocal range: E3-C6. She is very affable, is always willing to take risks and prides herself on her consummate professionalism. Musical theatre, comedy/drama, cabaret, voice over. After years of drudging through a sea of vocational diversity, Pam is finally living the life she has always dreamed of since she was 5 years old! A proud member of Actors Equity, Pam enjoys the success of being a working actor and that makes her feel accomplished and complete. Let me sing you a song, introduce you to a new character, t...
2021-09-14
59 min
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Achieving Goals and Increasing Your Mental Focus and Staying Sharp With Ramfis Myrthil
Ramfis Myrthil is an award-winning independent filmmaker, producer and avid story-teller from New York City. His tremendous success as an indie filmmaker has won him several awards including Star’s 40 under 40 list. His extensive experience has earned him speaking invitations at the most prestigious film festivals and film schools, including the Cannes Film Festival and SXSW, New York University and others. He has had tremendous success as a New York producer and Los Angeles producer. His films have not only premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW and 40+ other festivals, but have also won a number of awards, na...
2021-09-07
57 min
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Horror, The Cinema and Bryan Thomas Norton
Bryan Norton has an M.F.A. degree in Film Production from New York University's Tisch School of The Arts Graduate Film Program, and a B.A. in Cinema Studies from Sarah Lawrence College. He wrote and directed the award winning horror film Penny Dreadful with a generous grant from Warner Bros, starring Friday the 13th's Betsy Palmer and has won over one hundred film festival awards worldwide. As a professor and lecturer of film, Bryan has taught film directing and screenwriting throughout the United States since 2001 and served as the chairperson of The New York Film Academy. He...
2021-08-31
38 min
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Overcoming Bureaucracy and Generating Legal Innovations With Marc Jacobson
Marc Jacobson has significant experience in the entertainment and Internet industries. He currently advises many clients on the business and intellectual property issues faced by entertainment businesses in the digital age. This includes matters relating to the creation, development and exploitation of intellectual property rights in internet-based content as well as film, television, video, music and theatrical properties. Marc also advises companies on business and financing strategies in connection with such properties.As a result of Marc’s broad business and legal background, he is an advisor to a diverse group of individuals and companies in...
2021-08-24
37 min
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Stand Out, Be Original and Going All the Way With James Mount
James Mount is an actor and voiceover artist who is best known for his role as Agent Thoms, part of the core recurring cast of Season 6 of Showtime’s ‘Homeland’. His Guest Star appearances include character turns on Fox’s ‘Gotham’, NBC’s ‘The Blacklist’, HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ as well as supporting roles in films, most recently the indie-thriller “What We Found”. As a voice actor, James recently played gangster Frank Nitti in the series ‘Jack and Lou: A Gangster Loves Story’ with Lisa Kudrow, and has voiced national commercials, cartoons, and video games like Rockstar Games’ ‘Red Dead Redemption’. James ha...
2021-08-17
52 min
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Finding Your Aspirations Are Your Possibilities With Abigail Hawk
Abigail Hawk is best known for playing detective Abigail Baker in the hit television show Blue Bloods She also appeared in, Body of Proof as well as in the holiday TV movie, A Christmas in Vermont .Hawk also had a starring role in Domenica Cameron Scorsese's directorial debut, Almost Paris for which she won the "Best Actress" award at the 2017 Golden Door Film Festival.She has been married to Bryan Spies since 2009. They have two children.Support the show
2021-08-10
42 min
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King of Conventions, SFX Wizard, FX Makeup Artist, and Author Spat Oktan
Spat Oktan is well known for his work on the sci-fi/comic book convention circuit, and in his roles as costume, prop-maker, and practical special effects man on low-budget films such as Bad Kids Go to Hell and its sequel, as well as videos and TV shows in the New York and Atlanta area, where he now resides. Oktan has made costumes and props for video games, movies, and major companies to use to promote their products at the big Comic Cons, as well Mad Prodigy Productions and Universal Studios.Support the show
2021-08-03
1h 04
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Shaking the Tree and Achieving Your Goals With Donna McKenna
Donna McKenna, CSA is an award winning, international casting director, producer and educator. She has cast numerous independent films, TV show, episodic radio shows, pilots and web-series during her more than 20 years in the business. These projects have received theatrical distribution and can be seen on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Apple as well as Direct TV and other streaming platforms.Producers and Directors love working with Donna as she listens carefully and comes to understand the vision for their project, providing them with an ensemble cast, utilizing both critically acclaimed actors from film, TV, and Broadway as well...
2021-07-27
41 min
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Basking in the Afterglow of Laila Samuels
Laila Samuels is an artist and songwriter from Oslo, Norway. She was the lead singer of The Tuesdays, and has since 1998 written more than 300 songs for other artists, taken part in Melodi Grand Prix as a solo artist and done collaborations with other artists, such as Ravi, Vinni and the Vagabonds, Curse and We Kings and songwriter Jonas Shandel launched the duo Shandel & Samuels in 2019.Support the show
2021-07-20
51 min
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The Otherworldly Vibrant Tones Of Seth Glier
Grammy-nominated Seth Glier is a singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. NPR describes his voice as “otherworldly” while praising him as “an engaging performer and storyteller.” His critically acclaimed, emotionally dense catalog of work often draws upon traditional roots music, experimental instrumentation, and moody atmospheres that result in soulfully intelligent stories that can alternatively fight the power or break your heart.“The music of Seth Glier veers towards being indefinable.” – Paste MagazineWith five albums, five Independent Music Awards, and even a U.S. State Department-sponsored international tour under his belt, Glier has also played with a diverse list o...
2021-07-13
47 min
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A Day in the Life Of Steven Cogle: Painter, Filmmaker, Comic Book Artist
Sitting in the back of his middle school classroom, a young Steven Cogle would recollect his favorite childhood super heroes and remix them into his own hip hop versions through his sketches.Cogle's route was by no means direct and straightforward however. Throughout the years, Steven Cogle worked a wide range of occupations before finally settling on his lifelong calling. One of these occupations included serving in the military, an experience that surely shaped his outspoken political perspective. This social commentary is visible in a number of his paintings such as "Detainee" and "Detainees," which document the...
2021-07-06
28 min
The Quidditas Factor
Using Her Eye For Talent In the Waiting Room With Julie Schubert
Julie Schubert is a New York based, Emmy-Award winning Casting Director. She has casted numerous projects including the hit Netflix shows House of Cards and Daredevil. Other casting credits include Confessions of a Shopaholic, Footloose, Devil Wears Prada, and The Departed. Schubert, comes from a very special casting legacy - she was trained by Juliet Taylor and Ellen Lewis, proteges of the famed matriarch of casting, (and subject of the 2012 documentary Casting By), Marion Dougherty. After an extensive apprenticeship with Juliet and Ellen, Julie began her career as a Casting Director. Julie is a sought after on-camera au...
2021-06-29
31 min
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Alive and Kicking With the Mayor of Rock and Roll Sal Sirchia
After twenty five years in the music business as a singer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist and front man of the band Crystal Eyes, Sal Sirchia began his acting career in 2001.Sirchia first television role was on HBO's Oz as a featured extra and regular during seasons 4, 5 and 6. Sal also appeared on the VH-1 Showa "Feedback" and "Newlyweds and Rock and Roll"Sal has also been featured in a number of films Nikos the Impaler, The Tenement, Sins of the Father, Coalition, Knock Knock and How to Grow a Fig Tree.Sirchia also composed music on...
2021-06-22
1h 00
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Sharing a Wink and a Smile With Stacey Prussman
Michael J. Arbouet talks with Stacey Prussman. Prussman landed her first starring role in the Off-Broadway show Grandma Sylvia's Funeral as Dori Grossman in the mid-to-late 1990s. In 2000, she appeared in the award-winning Greg Scarnici film Glam-Trash. She also had roles in Everything's Jake and The Girl in the Park. Aside from her performing career, Prussman is a national keynote speaker on Eating Disorders and Body Image at colleges, universities, treatment centers, and military academies across the country.In 2014, Prussman co-hosted a radio show, Ears Wide Open, with comedian Boy Levy in Boston and Washington, D.C...
2021-06-15
43 min
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Livin' Her Life Like It's Golden With TV Writer, Screenwriter and Professor Michelle Amor
Michael J. Arbouet talks with Michelle Amor who co-wrote PLAYIN’ FOR LOVE, directed by and starring Robert Townsend (FIVE HEARTBEATS, HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE) and Jenifer Lewis (BLACK-ISH), wrote OF BOYS & MEN starring Academy® Award-nominated actress Angela Bassett (BLACK PANTHER) and Robert Townsend, and co-produced and co-wrote the documentary film TUPAC SHAKUR: BEFORE I WAKE. In November 2019 she and collaborator Ali LeRoi (EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS) sold her one-hour drama THE HONORABLE to CBS, a project inspired by her childhood in Chicago.Amor is serving her third elected term as co-chair of the WGAW Committee of Black Writers (CBW), whose miss...
2021-06-08
56 min
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The Curious Case of Mark Islam: When Music is the Shorthand of Emotion
Michael J. Arbouet talks with singer, songwriter and producer Mark Islam. Born in New Castle, DE, Mark had one early aspiration: to leave his state. After moving to Boston University to study literature, Islam performed and honed his craft at various coffeehouses in the Boston area. After completing a master's degree in English, he moved to Los Angeles, the city where most of his favorite music originated. Islam joined a team of songwriters each month called the Western Beat Music Showcase. In 1995, Islam released his debut effort on cassette, The Calloused Heart Collection. The musician continued to perform and...
2021-06-01
51 min
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The Excellent Advice From the Last American, French-Exchange Babe Diane Franklin
Michael J. Arbouet talks with Diane Franklin. Diane is an iconic 80s American film actress, known for her dark curly hair, and dialects. Beginning her acting career at the age of ten, Diane started with modeling, theater, commercials, and soap opera work. She then won the lead role of the dream girl, Karen, in cult classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982) and soon after played the daughter, Patricia Montelli in AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION. Her break-out film role was the spirited French-exchange student, Monique Junot, from the off-beat comedy BETTER OFF DEAD. And her most notable commercial success was playing...
2021-05-25
1h 20
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The Secret Life of Craig Bierko
Craig Bierko got his break in 1990 when he was cast opposite Valerie Bertinelli and Matthew Perry in the CBS sitcom Sydney, however, the production lasted just 13 episodes. He went on to make steady appearances in various television shows including Amen, The Powers That Be, Wings and Ally McBeal. Bierko may be best known for his role as Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight. ] He had a small role as a jazz musician love interest for Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the fourth season of Sex and the City.Bierko also appeared in the L...
2021-05-18
1h 10
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Exploring the Inner Beauty and Inner Radiance of Asia Lee
As a respected artist, entrepreneur, and marketing professional, Asia Lee dedicates her creative, communication and people skills to providing outstanding work and commitment of the highest level to the communities, organizations and individuals she serves. She focuses much of her efforts in support of a wide array of local, regional and national charitable projects. Regularly scheduled exhibitions of her photographic artwork, along with the many non-profit and corporate promotions she is heavily involved with, raise substantial funds and much needed attention for worthy causes. Her artwork is owned and displayed by collectors, museums and galleries nationally and internationally. Asia...
2021-05-11
39 min
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The Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts of Blake Robbins
Blake Robbins is an award winning actor, writer and director. In 2012, after years in front of the camera, Blake stepped behind it to write, direct, produce and act in his feature film debut The Sublime and Beautiful, which world premiered at the 20th annual Slamdance Film Festival in 2014.Support the show
2021-05-04
1h 03
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Fearing Nothing More Than a State Of Mind With Tina Krause
Gorgeous petite brunette Tina Krause was born on July 29, 1970 in Queens, New York. Krause graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in Graphic Design and 3D illustration. Tina worked as an artist and graphic designer prior to embarking on an acting career after being discovered at the Chiller Theatre horror convention in New Jersey in 1994. Besides acting primarily in horror films, Krause has also worked as a model and continues to work as a graphic designer in between acting assignments. Tina directed her first movie in 2001. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
2021-04-27
51 min
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Making the Best of How Things Work Out With Joe Zaso.
Actor and filmmaker, Joseph Zaso was born on November 20, 1970 in Queens, New York. A performer of both the stage and screen, Zaso formed his own film production company, Cinema Image Productions in 1986. Since then he has primarily produced and acted in films of the suspense/thriller genre.Mr. Zaso is the author of 5 cookbooks: The Café Himbo Cookbook, Café Himbo: Cookbook II, Café Himbo's Just Desserts, Breakfast in Bed with Café Himbo and Café Himbo for the Holidays.Joe formed his own film production company Cinema Image Productions in 1986 and since then he has primarily produ...
2021-04-20
47 min
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Swimming For New Horizons With Stephanie Czajkowski
Stephanie Czajkowski was born in Wisconsin to a family with a hard to pronounce last name (Check-house-key just FYI) , Stephanie realized she wanted to be an actor the moment she saw her first episode of The Brady Bunch, and insisted her mom write the TV station to ask how that might be possible. That lead Stephanie to pursue a career in the Arts. After high school, she attended NYU where she received her BA in acting and ran the Student Council, before heading for Los Angeles. Supporting herself working as a fitness instructor and a bartender, her "big break"...
2021-04-13
1h 06
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Overcoming Adversity With Yancy Butler
Yancy Victoria Butler is an actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone, and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade. Yancy is the daughter of Leslie Vega, a theatre company manager, and Joe Butler, the drummer and vocalist for the 1960s rock group The Lovin' Spoonful.Butler's first major role was in the television series Mann & Machine in which she played an android police officer partnered with a human detective. The series was set in Los Angeles in...
2021-04-06
35 min
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Living Life to The Fullest With Dailyn Rodriguez
Dailyn Rodriguez is a TV writer and producer. She is currently the Showrunner on USA's Queen of The South, she was Co-Executive Producer on the 3rd season of Queen of the South and also on NBC's The Night Shift.Born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City to Cuban parents. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Writing. In 2001 she earned a spot in the ABC/Disney Studios Writing Fellowship and has been working as a TV writer ever since. She has also worked...
2021-03-30
46 min
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Listen Up Fives, Two Tens Are Speaking! Power Couple Keith Powell and Jill Knox Powell Are Living Their Lives Like Its Golden
Keith Powell is an actor, writer, director, and web series creator, known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on 30 Rock, Connecting... and for and starring in the web series Keith Broke His Leg, for which he won several Indie Series Awards in 2016. Jill Knox is an actress, known for Connecting... , Keith Broke His and Train Baby. She is also an accomplished artist. Her works are an exploration of how she is influenced by words, drawings from personal experience and inspired by political figures, artists and free thinkers and hopes to create a body of wo...
2021-03-23
56 min
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There is no Dana, only Zuul and Erine Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddrmore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz. Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Congo, Miss Congeniality and The Ron Clark Story. Erine was cast in a recurring role as Jacob, an organic farmer who is the romantic interest for Frankie Bergstein (Lily Tomlin) in the series Grace and Frankie.
2021-03-16
1h 03
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Drinking Good Wine With Good Food in Good Company With Vanessa Price
Vanessa Price was born and raised in Kentucky, Vanessa first caught the wine bug working in a small winery down south. She followed her passion for wine and moved to New York City in 2007, starting as a sommelier on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. From there she moved on to wine education, PR and events for wine-focused client services, consulting for private wine collectors and wine lists in NYC restaurants, and as a distributor and importer, working with some of the most renowned restaurants and wineries in the world today. Through this years-long diverse education of the wine...
2021-03-09
43 min
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Exploring Your Culinary Fire With Jonathan Scinto
Jonathan Scinto is Food Artist, TV Host, Content Creator and Entrepreneur from Long Island, N.Y. While, most toddlers were watching Sesame Street; Jonathan was watching cooking shows. He’s influenced by Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, Gordon Ramsay and Iron Chef Showdown Japan.Jonathan is the creator and host of the hit Prime Video TV series, “Family Kitchen Revival” now in the process of a major distribution deal and currently available for streaming on Roku via GlewedTV. “You’ve probably seen him on numerous TV shows like Food Network “Chopped”, FOX’s MasterChef 6
2021-03-02
44 min
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Being in the Moment and in Retrospect with Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World, Is This Tomorrow, Pictures of You, Girls In Trouble, Coming Back To Me, Living Other Lives, Into Thin Air, Family, Jealousies, Lifelines, Meeting Rozzy Halfway.Various titles were optioned for film, translated into different languages, and condensed in magazines. Her novel, Is This Tomorrow is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, a San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick/Editor's Choice, a Jewish Book Council Bookclub Pick, a WNBA National Great Group Reads, a May Indie Next Pick, A Best Book o...
2021-02-23
47 min
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Living with Purpose From Prison Guard to Acting and Writing With Lee Edward Colston II
Lee Edward Colston II is a Philly native, former prison guard turned actor, playwright, director, acting and writing coach, and author.His play Solitary was winner of the 2008 Philadelphia Theater Workshop. His play Roost won the 2010 Life Media Award in the Philadelphia Urban Theater Festival and the 2013 Hidden River Arts Award for Best New Play. Colston is also a writer for the television shows Fargo and For Life.As a teaching artist he trains actors and writers in both one on one and classroom settings with a special focus on classical training and p...
2021-02-16
38 min
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Taking The Stage With Satomi Hofmann
Satomi Hofmann is a Broadway, television, film, & commercial actress, a voice over artist, singer, musician, composer, arranger, music director, and host on the I❤️Geek Podcast. She produces music videos for herself as well as various charities, including Broadway Hearts and the recent Broadway, non-partisan Make a Plan to Vote campaign. Satomi is a proud cast member of Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera with credits that include: Television: Bull, New Amsterdam, Law & Order SVU, The Blacklist; Theater: Midsummer...(Titania), EFX (Morgana) opposite Michael Crawford and David Cassidy; Film: Stuck (Dr. Claire Morning), Four Bottles (Lisa); Commercial: IBM, United...
2021-02-09
57 min
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Reading Between the Lines with Hilliard Guess
Hilliard Guess is a fun, ex-80s Mod/Punk with a knack for writing underdog/redemption stories in the bio, horror, gritty, or murder-death-kill world. His knowledge of the craft and instinct for unique, flawed characters have won him attention or awards at Sundance, Nicholls Fellowship, Scriptapalooza, Screenplay Festival, The Page Awards and AOF, to list a few.Hilliard serves on the following WGAW Committees: Vice Chair - Committee of Black Writers, Vice Chair - LGBT Committee as well as the Latino, Genre and Education Committees. In 2007, Hilliard won the Guy A. Hanks, Marvin H. Miller Fellowship...
2021-02-02
1h 09
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Believing You Can with Lauren B. Martin
Lauren B Martin is an actor, voice artist, writer and director. Best known for her portrayal of a young woman surviving breast cancer, Camille Bennet on As the World Turns. She also has had the good fortune of being cast on Another World, All My Children, Cosby, Law and Order, Unforgettable, and Blacklist.Passionate about making a difference and using whatever notoriety she had garnered, Lauren spoke at several “Race for the Cure” events and appeared on Montell Williams to educate about early detection. She later partnered with P.T Cruiser as a national spokesperson for th...
2021-01-26
54 min
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Keeping It Real with Kevin Arbouet
Kevin Arbouet is a writer, director, producer and film executive whose career has been about expanding the idea of what diversity in filmmaking really means. With surprising influences that range from Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols to Bong Joon Ho, he is not only a rising African-American writer/director with a penchant for classic storytelling, but one who is defying stereotyped expectations.Arbouet always had an eye for talent, so he followed that deep into the industry. He got his start as a modeling agent, then moved into developing the careers of promising new actors, which then l...
2021-01-19
54 min
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Listening to a Bronx Tale and Following Your Path With Nestor Serrano
Nestor Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit. Serrano has also appeared in supporting roles in films such as Lethal Weapon 2, Bad Boys, The Negotiator, The Insider and The Day After Tomorrow. Nestor has an extensive television résumé, with appearances in shows such as Burn Notice, Homeland, Alias, Blue Bloods and Law and Order but is best known for his role playing Navi Araz in the fourth season of 24 and...
2021-01-12
50 min
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Laugh Often, Dream Big and Reach for the Stars with Elliot and Zander Weaver
Directing brothers Elliot Weaver (32) and Zander Weaver (29), produce both factual television and narrative dramatic content.Since 2010 the Weaver brothers have produced over nine hours of factual programming for broadcasters including Discovery, PBS, Canal+ and UKTV and have just completed production on the self-produced feature film, COSMOSThe brothers plan to continue producing documentaries but shift their focus to directing feature films, where their passion lies.Support the show
2021-01-05
56 min
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Hollywood Legend Gianni Russo Talks About Love, Family and Life Lessons.
Gianni Vito Russo is an actor, producer, entrepreneur and singer. He is best known for his role as Carlo Rizzi in the 1972 film The Godfather. Gianni was born in Manhattan, raised in Little Italy. Russo went on to act in more than 46 movies, including Goodnight, My Love, Lepke, Laserblast, Chances Are, The Freshman, Side Out, Another You, The Freshman, Super Mario Bros., Any Given Sunday, Seabiscuit and Send No Flowers. Russo is also a singer. In 2004, he released a CD called Reflections that pays homage to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Russo owns a wine br...
2020-12-22
59 min
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Making Each Day a Masterpiece With Nick Wilkinson
Nick Wilkinson is an Executive, Strategist, Advisor, Entrepreneur and Author. Nick has enjoyed success across a wide spectrum of the IT software and services industry: a proven CEO in private equity and founder owned companies and extensive, global multi-functional leadership experience in a publicly traded corporation. He is a chair and board member for the Junior Achievement of Delaware as well as on the board for the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania a venture capital and private equity firm. Nick is also an accomplished author. His book Snakes and Ladders is a biting satire of corporate culture, ever...
2020-12-15
50 min
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The Soulful Sounds of Shelly Bhushan
Shelly Bhushan captures the attention of her listeners with a sultry, atmospheric voice and effervescent stage presence. She’s cool, with a frankness and roughness of a fiercely independent woman, quick with a self-deprecating joke, full of anecdotes to warm up her audience – by all appearances, normal like you and me. It’s when she opens her mouth to sing that you fall back into your seat, with the sound of her honeyed, lush vocals wrapping around you…completely captivated. It’s then you realize there’s nothing normal about her— Shelly Bhushan is exceptional. The Texas native has been belting h...
2020-12-08
1h 00
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Exploring Your Inner Voice with Miles Doleac The Real Indiana Jones
Miles Doleac, is an actor, writer, director, producer, and professor. He has studied at several academies across the world including in Rome, Athens, and Munich and holds a Ph.D. in Ancient History. He has had acting roles in several films and television shows since 2011 including Watchmen, Treme, Sleepy Hollow, and Containment. He also has acting roles in the films THE Magnificent Seven and Don't Kill It. Doleac is the founder of Historia films, the production company which produced The Historian, The Hollow, Demons, Hallowed Ground and The Dinner Party. He was the writer, director, producer and an actor on...
2020-12-01
55 min
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Exploring Inner Emotions with Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and visual artist. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine and has released fourteen solo studio albums. Sage has toured with an eclectic list of artists including Ani DiFranco, Beth Hart, Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins and Howard Jones. She also continues to significantly grow her visibility via her many song placements, including 22 songs on top reality show Dance Moms, translating into over 10 million YouTube hits. Her latest single and video, “Bl...
2020-11-24
45 min
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Creating Opportunities With James Martinez
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. James Martinez started out doing impressions at stand up comedy clubs at 16. He eventually got an interest in acting classes in small spaces in venues throughout Manhattan. His first dramatic role was as John Proctor In Arthur Miller's The Crucible at Forest Hills High School. After High School he attended The Juilliard School for Dramatic arts. Since then he has performed on various Off Broadway stages and is seen going back and forth between stage and screen. Martinez is known for his breakout role as Max Arsiniega in Breaking Bad as well...
2020-11-17
45 min
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Aiming High with Kristina Klebe
Actor, producer, writer and director, Kristina Klebe was born in New York City and raised between NY, Germany, France and Italy. Kristina is most known for her performance as the sassy, foul-mouthed Lynda in Rob Zombie's 2007 remake of Halloween. Kristina received much praise for her depiction of the tough-as-nails psychopath Anika in Zack Parker's TIFF hit Proxy as well as her performance in the lead role of Michelle in the movie Dementia. In January 2016, Kristina was nominated as best German actress at the prestigious Jupiter Awards for her performance in Oscar winner Jochen Alexander Freydank's Kafka adaptation Der Bau, s...
2020-11-10
33 min
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Conquering Any Difficulty with Kelly AuCoin
Kelly AuCoin is an actor and producer who has appeared in film, television, and theater. AuCoin played Pastor Tim on The Americans as well as recurring roles on several other television series, including Hercules Mulligan on Turn: Washington's Spies and Gary Stamper on House of Cards. He currently plays "Dollar" Bill Stern on the Billions. He has also appeared in a number of films including The Kingdom, Julie & Julia, Complete Unknown, The Wizard of Lies, starring Robert De Niro and the upcoming films The Good House starring Sigourney Weaver and False Positive starring and written by Lliana Glazer. Kelly h...
2020-11-03
1h 01
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Following Your Heart and Intuition with Debbie Markowitz
Debra Markowitz serves as Director of the Nassau County Film Office. In this capacity, Ms. Markowitz presides over the Nassau County Film Commission, now known as the Nassau County Film Advisory Board, and chairs as its Executive Director. Ms. Markowitz also serves as Vice President of the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, Long Island's most established and largest not-for-profit agency dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. Debra Markowitz is also a freelance writer and novelist. Her latest novels are her Karmic Wind Trilogy (Naked in the Rain,Sarah and Caleb, and concluding with Karmic Wind) Ms. Ma...
2020-10-27
37 min
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Beating the Odds with Silvia Spross-Miano and Robert Miano
Silvia Spross began her career as a street performer in Central Park, doing shows with a tap dancing puppet named Bonifaz. , Miss Spross has appeared in numerous independent films, working with actors such as Adrien Brody, Danny Glover and Martin Landau. Robert Miano rtook up method acting studies with Lee Strasberg. Miano honed in on his craft as a character actor for over thirty years, appearing in hundreds of feature films and numerous television programs. He is perhaps best known for repeatedly playing mobster characters.In 1994 and 1995, Miano played Bronx mob boss Joe Scully on the soap op...
2020-10-20
45 min
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Accomplishing the Next Level with Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank
Actors, writers, and directors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, who are also a married couple, are experts creating documentary theater. They have written The Exonerated, about death row exonerees. Aftermath, about people who were exiled by the American invasion of Iraq, Coal Country about the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster and THE LINE their live-streamed play, bringing first-person stories of New York City's first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic to the digital stage. Jessica is also an accomplished author, consultant and public speaker on story and social change. Erik has had over a hundred roles on television, film, and s...
2020-10-13
1h 16
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Pursuing Your Passions with Lisa G. Black
Lisa G. Black is an award winning producer and entrepreneur. Ms. Black brings a unique blend of business experience and artistic vision to the world of international independent filmmaking through her production company Garnet Girl Media. Black produced: The Birdcatcher, starring August Diehl and Sarah-Sofie Boussnina released theatrically by Signature Entertaiment in the U.K. and currently on Amazon worldwide and coveted 26 festival awards ; MILES starring Molly Shannon and Paul Reiser distributed by Freestyle Releasing world wide ; Almost Paris starring Abigail Hawk and directorial debut of Domenica Cameron Scorsese. Support the show
2020-10-06
1h 02
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The Last Word with Michael McGlone
Michael J. Arbouet talks with actor, singer, writer, and comedian Michael McGlone. McGlone is best known for his roles for the 1995 Sundance Film Festival Best Film Award Winner, The Brothers and 1996's She's the One with Jennifer Aniston. He's also had large supporting roles in One Tough Cop and The Bone Collector. His writing credits include the novels And All the Roses Dying..., Dice, and Hourigan's Song. He has recorded and produced two albums, Hero (1999) and To Be Down (2002). Recently Michael has portrayed the film noiresque spokesman for GEICO Insurance and his passion project Kenny The Gun, the story o...
2020-09-29
56 min
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Satisfying My Curiosity with Jennifer Estep
Michael J. Arbouet talks with author and writer Jennifer Estep. Estep is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She has written more than 40 books, along with numerous novellas and storiesShe is most known for the Elemental Assassin and Mythos Academy series. In 2018 she began publication of her new Crown of Shards epic fantasy series with Harper Voyager.Support the show
2020-09-22
50 min
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The Philosophy Of Alex Dinelaris - Gratitude Turns What We Have into Enough
Michael J. Arbouet talks with writer, producer and screenwriter Alex Dinelaris. Dinelaris is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winner for the screenplay Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). He also produced the Academy Award winning film The Revenant. Alex is also the co-creator and executive producer of the upcoming series “The One Percent” for the Starz network. Alex also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet about the life and career of Gloria Estefan.Support the show
2020-09-15
1h 02
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Making Sense With Donna Drake
Michael J. Arbouet talks with international award-winning creative artist, writer, producer, actress and influencer Donna Drake. She is the creator and host of The Donna Drake Show: Live it Up! a weekly, 30-minute television and digital talk series. Drake is also the head of Drake Media Network, Inc. which specializes in content strategy and video content production. Donna is also a voiceover talent and actress with a lengthy stage and screen résumé. In 2006, she authored her first inspirational book, "Got Cancer? Just Roll Over and LIVE," a memoir dedicated to her second husband, Tom LaScala, and rece...
2020-09-08
39 min
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100% Real With Jim Fall
Michael J. Arbouet talks with director, producer and writer Jim Fall. Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed indie film Trick which was picked up for distribution by Fine Line Features after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival. Jim's studio directing debut, "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" the hit Disney Channel series starring Hilary Duff was a big box office hit opening at number two below "X-men 2" its opening week. He also directed several TV movies, including Wedding Wars, Holiday Engagement and Kristin's Christmas Past. Recently Jim announced he was working on the sequel to Trick, Trick 2, which he had...
2020-09-01
54 min
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Behind The Scenes With Tara Westwood
Michael J. Arbouet talks with actress and producer Tara Westwood. Westwood is best known for her roles in the Grudge, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story.Support the show
2020-08-25
41 min
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Royce Johnson Saves The World
Michael J. Arbouet talks with actor, screenwriter and producer Royce Johnson. Johnson is best known for his recurring role in the MCU as Detective Sergeant Brett Mahoney in the Netflix series Daredevil, Jessica Jones and The Punisher. He has also appeared in the upcoming film Crabs in a Bucket.Support the show
2020-08-18
43 min
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Stuff You Should Know About Summer Crockett Moore
Michael J. Arbouet talks with actress and producer Summer Crockett Moore. Summer is an award-winning actor/producer and a Managing Partner and founding member of Choice Films Inc. & Choice Theatricals, which has produced various theatre, television and film projects, including the dramatic thriller television series "Big Dogs" (on which she was a show-runner). She was a lead producer on and cast member in the multi-award-winning feature film Junction, which won 17 major festival awards and has appeared on various national and international television and radio commercial spots.Support the show
2020-08-11
55 min
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Time Out with Robert Funaro
Michael J. Arbouet talks with actor and producer Robert Funaro. Robert was a series regular on the Emmy award winning shows The Sopranos and Ray Donovan and is also know for his work in the films American Gangster, The Sinner and The Irishman.Support the show
2020-08-04
47 min
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Don't Touch My Candice Cain
Michael J. Arbouet talks with Candice Cain born and raised on Long Island, NY. She has been in front of the camera and on the stage since she was a child, this director, producer and writer is not afraid to embrace her girl power and with a name like Candy Cain specialize in making Christmas and feel good movies!Candice is the owner of Cain Casting & Talent Management, Candy Cain Travel and the CEO of Gemelli Films.Support the show
2020-07-28
41 min
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Second Chances: The Tom Wardach Idea
Finding business success not fulfilling enough, a lifetime desire to be an actor was finally acted upon leading to years of study at The Beverly Hills Playhouse, the Lynette Sheldon Actors Studio and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. He is now an award winning actor, producer and director proving that its never too late to make your dreams come true.Support the show
2020-07-21
59 min
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The Deborah Twiss Perspective
Michael J. Arbouet interviews Deborah Twiss a actress, screenwriter, film director and producer. In the 2000s she became well-known with roles in films and television shows such as Kick-Ass, Gravity, Law & Order:Special Victims Unit and White Collar. Support the show
2020-07-14
58 min
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KEVIN SHINICK Your Way To Success and your Quidditas!
Michael J. Arbouet talks with writer, producer, director and voice artist Kevin Shinick. Kevin received an Emmy award for his work on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken and is the author for the best selling Star Wars YA novel Force Collector. Support the show
2020-07-04
57 min