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Survival Jobs: A Podcast"Journey to Your Broadway Debut" Panel Live from BroadwayCon 2025!Survival Jobs, the podcast that spotlights the hustle and heart behind the entertainment industry, is back with a special live-recorded episode from BroadwayCon 2025! Episode 119, “The Journey to Your Broadway Debut,” is now streaming and features an inspiring and in-depth conversation with the entire Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English. Hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo sat down with Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, and Hadi Tabbal to discuss their experiences making their Broadway debuts in such a groundbreaking and timely play.The cast spills the tea on what it me...2025-02-1857 min
Survival Jobs: A PodcastLive from "English" Opening Night!We are turning into an English on Broadway fan account! Survival Jobs Co-Host Samantha Tuozzolo is live from the Pulitzer Prize winning show "English" Opening Night, which took place on 1/23/25. Featuring interviews with cast and creatives of the show including director Knud Adams, and cast members Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat and Hadi Tabbal. You can support the podcast and the hosts at www.buymeacoffee.com/SurvivalJobsPod and on Instagram at @surivaljobspod | @SammyTutz | @JasonACoombs. Info on Your Hosts:
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First Online With FranPooya Mohseni: Poking at PrejudiceWhether it's about immigrants, Iranians, Lebanese people or Jews in Warsaw or transgender characters or whatever those characters may be, I feel that, especially theatre, is like a mirror that you hold up to society either to its past, its possible future, its darknesses, its lightness -- things that we don't want to engage with every day in life because it actually has real-day consequences, but as actors we get to share that with people to have that experience with us, and I think it changes people. Pooya Mohseni is a multi-award-winning Iranian American ac...2025-01-2630 min
Coffee Matcha and Soul - The PodcastBecoming Your True Self: Pooya Mohseni’s Journey of Resilience & TransformationWhat does it truly mean to embrace your authentic self? In this profound episode of Coffee, Matcha & Soul, Iranian American actress, writer, filmmaker, and trans activist Pooya Mohseni shares her powerful journey of self-realization. Growing up during the Iranian Revolution, she faced deep struggles as a person born in the wrong body. Yet, through courage and determination, she immigrated to the U.S., embraced her true identity, and transformed her pain into purpose.Pooya’s story is one of resilience, self-acceptance, and the power of turning personal wounds into gifts for humanity. ...2025-01-231h 13
Survival Jobs: A PodcastEpisode 116 | Live From "English" Press DaySurvival Jobs Co-Host Samantha Tuozzolo is live from the "English" press day, which took place on 12/6/24. In honor of their Opening Night on Broadway taking place on 1/23/25- now is a great time to tune into this episode! Featuring interviews with cast and creatives of the show including director Knud Adams, playwright Sanaz Toossi and cast members Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat and Hadi Tabbal. You can support the podcast and the hosts at www.buymeacoffee.com/SurvivalJobsPod and on Instagram at @surivaljobspod | @SammyTutz | @JasonACoombs. 2025-01-2334 min
The Live Stream Live! Hosted by Joshua Schubart!The Live Stream Live with Pooya Mohseni! It's the Live Stream Live! Sponsored by: Lucas Roasting CompanyNestled in the heart of Wolfeboro NH is Lucas Roasting Company. Dedicated to bringing you finely crafted roasts and coffee blends. A small family business that views coffee as not only a work of art, but as a way to showcase the origin and give back to the farmers. This small-batch, award winning coffee, is roasted to order and shipped within days to maximize flavor and aroma. I have been drinking their coffee for years, and am happy to have them as a partner on...2024-12-181h 13
Film Fanatic CommentariesTerrifier (2016) *FIRST TIME WATCHING* - Film Fanatic Commentary - Season 6An Audio-Only Commentary on the 2016 film TERRIFIER by John Doe. Starring Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran, Pooya Mohseni, Matt McAllister, Katie Maguire. Directed by Damien Leone.A maniac named Art the Clown terrorizes two friends on Halloween and everyone who gets in his way.#commentary #2016 #terrifier #arttheclown #halloween #damienleone #davidhowardthornton23/09/2024 Commentary recording dateFilm source for syncing up - Amazon PrimeFollow me on Rumble2024-10-241h 26
Selected ShortsThe Me I Used to BeHost Meg Wolitzer presents three works about change. Yalcin Tosun’s “Muzaffer and Bananas” explores the awkward rites of passage of two teenaged boys. It’s performed by Arian Moayed. In Anya DeNiro’s “Take Pills and Wait for Hips,” performed by Pooya Mohseni, a trans woman reflects on her life before and after the change. And a former couple rehearse the disintegration of their relationship—on a street corner—in A.M. Homes’ “Goodbye to the Road Not Taken” performed by Jane Kaczmarek and Tony Shaloub.2024-07-2557 min
The Edge of Everyday with Sandra BargmanThe Evolving Identity of Kindness with Pooya MohseniToday we are #LIVEintheHIVE with actor and activist, Pooya Mohseni for a compelling conversation on the evolution of IDENTITY.My listeners know that my opening question to all my guests is “WHAT Identity do you lead with”? The answers are always fascinating.Identity is a big concept to unpack, especially in today’s world. People who are overly concerned with the impression they make, or more importantly, people who feel a core aspect of themselves, such as gender or sexuality, is not being expressed, can struggle acutely with their identity. Reflecting on the discrepancy between who on...2024-07-0156 minSelected Shorts#28 Approaching PeaceOn this show, Meg Wolitzer hands things off to guest host Hope Davis, who presents three stories about finding some kind of peace and stability in a variety of challenging circumstances. In Rabih Alameddine’s “Break” a trans woman reconnects with a sibling. The reader is Pooya Mohseni. Dave Eggers imagines a world changed by determined parents in “Your Mother And I,” performed by the late David Rakoff. And love triumphs over illness in Amy Bloom’s “Silver Water,” performed by Linda Lavin.2023-03-2358 min
The Hang with Ramin KarimlooHanging with Pooya MohseniThis episode contains language and topics that may not be suitable for younger listeners. Listener discretion is advised.An Iranian/American actor, writer and activist, Pooya was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, based in New York City. She moved to New York in her teens, where she studied design at Fashion Institute of Technology, and after joining the FIT theatre ensemble, she discovered her love of acting and story telling. She is a graduate from the esteemed Maggie Flanigan Studio.She seeks stories that speak to her, with rich, three dimensional characters, good and...2023-02-2058 min
Quiet Part Loud09. SONIC WEBRick wakes up in a terrifying world in which none of the normal rules of reality apply... where The Blank is waiting to offer him a devil's bargain.Quiet Part Loud, created by Monkeypaw Productions, written by Mac Rogers and Clay McLeod Chapman. Directed by Mimi O’Donnell. Starring Tracy Letts, Nikohl Boosheri, Christina Hendricks, Milly Shapiro, Taran Killam, Krish Marwah, Alfredo Narcisco, Krysta Rodriguez, Ali Louis Bourzgoui, Marwan Salama, Pooya Mohseni, Benjamin James Carlson, Julianne Cross, Joseph Dalfonso, Jay DeYonker, Richard Ginnocchio, Chris Plonka, and Win Rosenfeld.Executive pro...2022-11-1528 min
Quiet Part Loud04. THE BOYAfter desperately reaching out to an old colleague for help, Rick finally finds what he's looking for... and it's nothing like what he imagined.Quiet Part Loud, created by Monkeypaw Productions, written by Mac Rogers and Clay McLeod Chapman. Directed by Mimi O’Donnell. Starring Tracy Letts, Nikohl Boosheri, Christina Hendricks, Milly Shapiro, Taran Killam, Krish Marwah, Alfredo Narcisco, Ali Louis Bourzgoui, Krysta Rodriguez, Pooya Mohseni, Dariush Kashani, Chris Coffey, Nancy Johnston, Jennifer O'Donnell, and Aaron Weiner.Executive produced by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Mimi O’Donnell. Produced by Ge...2022-11-1522 min
Quiet Part Loud02. ALL EARSRick tracks his eerie new mystery to its Staten Island source, stirring up old ghosts—and demons—among the members of this marginalized Muslim community.Quiet Part Loud, created by Monkeypaw Productions, written by Mac Rogers and Clay McLeod Chapman. Directed by Mimi O’Donnell. Starring Tracy Letts, Nikohl Boosheri Christina Hendricks, Milly Shapiro,Taran Killam, Krish Marwah, Alfredo Narcisco, Krysta Rodriguez, Pooya Mohseni, Marwan Salama, Barzin Akhavan, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Geoff Bailey, Michael Markham, Win Rosenfeld, and Rasha Zamamiri.Executive produced by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Mimi O’Donnell. P...2022-11-1526 min
Asian Actors & ThespiansWhat is it like to be a transgender actor? ft. Pooya MohseniPooya Mohseni joins me on the show to detail her remarkable journey as a woman/artist of transgender experience and to share her insights on the women’s rights crisis in Iran.Content warning: references to political violence, assault, suicide attempt, and queer/transphobiaFor more content, check out my website at chaseleeacts.com and follow me on Instagram @chaseleeacts and on TikTok @chaseleeacts.And make sure to follow Pooya on Instagram @pooyaland and visit her at pooyaland.comOrganizations promoting women’s rights in Iran:www.change.org2022-11-031h 13Selected ShortsThe Me I Used to BeSELECTED SHORTS host Meg Wolitzer presents three works about change. Yalcin Tosun’s “Muzaffer and Bananas” explores the awkward rites of passage of two teenaged boys. It’s performed by Arian Moayed. In Anya DeNiro’s “Take Pills and Wait for Hips,” performed by Pooya Mohseni, a trans woman reflects on her life before and after the change. And a former couple rehearse the disintegration of their relationship—on a street corner—in A.M. Homes’ “Goodbye to the Road Not Taken’ performed by Jane Kaczmarek and Tony Shaloub.2022-10-271h 00
Case 63Episode 8 - “Gaspar Marin”Session eight. In an unexpected turn, Case 63 is an impostor. And, for now, he has escaped.Case 63, created and written by Julio Rojas. Adapted by Mara Vélez Meléndez. Directed by Mimi O’Donnell. Starring Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, and Pooya Mohseni. Executive produced by Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Mimi O’Donnell, Javier Piñol, and Nacho Gil. Produced by Katie Pastore, and Facundo Soler. Associate producers Julie Balefsky, Kayla Stokes, and Tobias Traglia. Sound design & mix by Armando Serrano and Daniel Brunelle. Additional engineering by Jonathon Roberts, Shane He...2022-10-2510 min
Asian Actors & ThespiansThe existential dread of becoming an actor (ft. Christine Lee)Being an actor is horrifying. It’s not just overcoming the stage fright - it’s living a life of uncertainty, obstacles, and rejection. New York-based actor Christine Lee joins me on the show to share their thoughts.For more content, check out my website at chaseleeacts.com and follow me on Instagram @chaseleeacts and on TikTok @chaseleeacts. And be sure to follow Christine Lee on Instagram @christinehillarylee.And be sure to tune in next time, as we talk to Pooya Mohseni about her journey as an Iranian-American actor, and the current women’s right...2022-10-1844 min