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• 8/21/24
The Silent Language (with Zoe Kerr)
Meet Zoe Kerr. Actress, director, and writer, whose work has been recognized by several film festivals and whose pilot script for "Prey For Us” won second place in the Pilot Category of the Slamdance Screenplay. She also got some attention on social media for her super-creative pitch video for her Seed & Spark campaign for her short film “A Mother.”
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• 8/14/24
In The Spirit of Respect (with Jamie Flanagan)
Meet Jamie Flanagan. Actor, writer, director and producer, and one of the founders of Respectful Productions, a company committed to making “spirited films, respectfully made.”
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• 8/7/24
The Siren Song of Cinema (with Hannah Fierman)
Meet Hannah Fierman. An actor, director, and producer, who found early success with the film V/H/S and it’s prequel Siren. She’s also appeared in The Vampire Diaries and Dynasty, along with a seemingly endless slew of other movies and TV shows. In the last few years she’s transitioned into directing and producing.
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• 7/31/24
The Way of The Ninja Puppet (with Raymond Carr)
Meet Raymond Carr, puppeteer and filmmaker who got his start in the early days of Atlanta film before Hollywood set up shop in Georgia. Now he works with the Jim Henson company, Apple TV+, and has worked alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the Netflix series “Eric.”
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• 7/3/24
The Blessing and The Curse (with Antonio Duke)
Meet Antonio Duke. An actor and playwright based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. He is of the program director for The Ife Lab, a digital streaming theatre project dedicated to providing black communities with easily accessible live theatre by highlighting new black solo performing artists.
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• 6/26/24
Feeding The Machine (with Jeremy Ryan Carr)
Meet Jeremy Ryan Carr. An award winning commercial director and documentary filmmaker. Jeremy has directed campaigns for major brands and ad agencies, cut award-winning features and spots, and been recognized by the Emmy Awards, the Cannes Lions, the Webby Awards, and the Telly Awards.
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• 6/19/24
The Question of Identity (with James Kicklighter)
Meet James Kicklighter. An award-winning director and producer of narrative films, documentaries and advertising. His work has been recognized by the world’s press, including The Hollywood Reporter, The Times of India, Film Courage and FilmInk Australia. Though he grew up in the small town of Bellville, Georgia, he has worked across the United States and around the world as well.
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• 6/12/24
Karate Kid Yourself (with Michael Brown)
Meet Michael Brown, an American TV producer and documentary filmmaker, who first become widely known for his series “Haunted State.” Michael took an unconventional path to the world of filmmaking and talks about how he amalgamated the skills he needed through working in various fields.
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• 5/29/24
Speaking Through Film (with Zack Burkett)
Meet Zack Burkett. Writer, Director, Editor and Producer. Starting his career in the Baltimore area, Zack eventually found his way into the Atlanta film community. Having developed a stutter at an early age, Zack would use his skills as a filmmaker to elevate his artistic voice.
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• 5/22/24
Punk Rock Work Ethic (with Kim Hurdon)
Meet Kim Hurdon. Casting/Voice Director at KH Casting and Big Mouth Audio. Kim started out in life as a punk rocker, who owned a store until they were robbed, and then answered an had for a casting company that would lead her future (and now present) career in voice casting and directing.
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• 5/15/24
The 3-D Actor (with Kevin Saunders)
Meet Kevin Saunders. Actor, producer, and director. Starting as an actor in D.C., Maryland, Virginia (a.k.a. The DMV), Kevin eventually found his way to Atlanta and branched out into producing and directing, which helped his acting along the way.
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Geek of All Trades (with Jon Erwin)
Meet Jon Erwin, an Award-winning producer, director and writer behind such series as Ancient Recipes with Shola and Ancient Workouts with Omar, both for the History channel. Jon has also worked extensively with the Syfy network helping to significantly increase their engagement on social media.
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• 3/13/24
Wrestling With It All (with Frances Chang)
Meet Frances Chang. Writer, producer, director, graphic designer, who has also done extensive work in the realm of marketing and public relations. Her experience in arts and entertainment has careened from puppetry and professional wrestling to film and theatre.
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• 2/7/24
The People Industry (with Naomi B. Smith)
Meet Naomi B. Smith. Art director, set decorator, photographer, writer, and director. After years spent in the background of film and tv productions, Naomi stepped forward taking the reins as writer and director on her upcoming short film “I Love You.”
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Drano For The Brain (with A.W. Miller)
Meet A.W. Miller. An actor, voice actor, audiobook narrator, teacher, and podcaster who says his most important roles are father and husband. As he nears the end of his career as an educator, A.W. produces a podcast called Alabaster Flats with his son, and his wife learned to edit audio to help him make audiobooks.
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• 11/29/23
Passion As Propulsion (with Christopher "Chiz" Chisolm)
Meet Christopher “Chiz” Chisolm: Actor, Writer, Producer, and director, who was part of the original launch team that started E! Entertainment Television. Having started his journey in the theater, Chiz would later go into TV & movies, eventually running a brick & mortar studio and watching the technology and business of entertainment evolve over a long career.
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• 11/1/23
Audio Drama in America's Icebox (with Jeff Adams)
Meet Jeff Adams, founder of the Icebox Radio Theater, which creates podcasts and live radio theater shows in America’s icebox, International Falls, MN. Twenty years after he first envisioned starting a community theater company, Jeff has produced several ongoing series, such as the Scoop Sisters Mysteries, Frozen Frights, Funny in a Small Town, and Rum Runner Sue…bringing stories of America’s northland to the world.
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• 9/20/23
Time to Give Up or Double Down (with Jeremy Thao)
Meet Jeremy Thao, a writer and director based out of Atlanta, who is receiving a lot of attention for his short film “Wok Man.” After working on many short films as an assistant director, Jeremy took the reins, and utilized his connections around the Georgia film community to bring his personal story of an Asian immigrant family to life.
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• 9/13/23
F*ck You, Universe! (with Julie Shaer)
Meet Julie Shaer, an actor, director and producer, who found her way back to the creative world after getting lost for a time in corporate America.
Julie has fought her way back to the stage with the help of a group called Sketchworks Comedy, which had to win a lawsuit to show their play “Vape; The Musical” which is a parody of Grease..
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• 9/6/23
Money Ruins Everything (with Chris Burke)
Meet Chris Burke, creator of the Mandible Judy: a sci-fi horror podcast that has spawned 2 spinoffs, Under Dead Water and Becalmed. Over a long career, Chris has journeyed from music to sound design all the way to writing, directing, and producing his own podcast series.
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• 8/23/23
New Old Good Bad Monster Movies, A Family Affair (with Christopher R. Mihm)
Meet Christopher R. Mihm, a writer, director and producer of the “Mihmiverse,” a series feature length films that pay homage to 1950’s drive-in cinema. Since 2006, Mihm has churned out a film almost every year creating a vast catalog of movies and a cult following to boot.
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• 8/9/23
Underwater Filmmaking and Other Ways To Save The Earth (with Shannon Morrall)
Meet Shannon Morrall. A director, writer, and actor (and my former roommate), currently getting her MFA in film production from the University of Southern California. Shannon most recently had the chance to direct her first documentary short about the fight against the invasive lionfish in her home state of Florida. But Shannon aspires to share stories on a more epic scale.
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• 7/19/23
Improvisational Meteorology and Other Assorted Skills (with Marc Isaacs)
Marc Isaacs is a writer, director, actor, and producer who seems to have never met a gig he couldn’t make interesting. Marc joins us to talk about his lengthy resume and the many roads he’s traveled to get to where he is today.
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• 7/2/23
Meet Your Hosts: Brandon Duke | SCRATCH CLAW PUSH
Meet Brandon Duke, co-host of the Scratch Claw Push podcast.