Film

Episode 58: Matthew Barry on Acting, Casting, and Loyalty in Hollywood

Matthew Barry is a Los Angeles-based actor, casting director, and acting teacher. His early career involved landing roles on television shows such as Family Ties and Cagney and Lacey. He then appeared alongside Robert Redford, Demi Moore, and Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal, as well as Johnny Depp and Bill Murray in the Tim Burton […]

Episode 56: Rob Paulsen on Steve Martin, Voice Acting, and Life After Cancer

  Rob Paulsen is an Emmy Award-winning voice actor, singer, and writer. Notable characters he has voiced throughout his extensive career include Raphael on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko on Animaniacs, Pinky from Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain, Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Spike in The Land Before Time films and television […]

Episode 52: RECAP: IndieFlix, #BLM, Hard Truths, and a Simple Twist of Fate

What you will learn: Bryan and Jason recap last week’s interview with IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen, express their support for the Black Lives Matter protesters, and discuss the new Jeffrey Epstein documentary. Bryan talks about a Bob Dylan song that he’s attempting to deconstruct – Simple Twist of Fate by Bob Dylan. Jason and Bryan preview […]

Episode 51: Changing the World Through Film, with Indieflix CEO Scilla Andreen

Scilla Andreen is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, director, and Emmy-nominated costume designer (The Wonder Years). She is also the CEO and Co-Founder of Indieflix, a global entertainment screening and subscription streaming service based in Seattle. IndieFlix produces and distributes social impact films and series to create positive change in the world.         […]

Episode 47: RECAP: Takeaways from Nick Cassavetes, Turning 50, and What's Ahead

Bryan and Jason discuss takeaways from the Nick Cassavetes episode, what it’s like turning 50, what life was like in 1970 (the year of Jason’s birth), and preview next week’s episode with screenwriter and actor Bob Sáenz, author of the book That’s Not The Way It Works: a no-nonsense guide to the craft and business […]

Episode 46: Nick Cassavetes on Breaking the Family Mold as an Actor, Writer, and Director

Nick Cassavetes is an actor, screenwriter, and director. The son of independent film pioneer John Cassavetes and Academy Award-nominated actress Gena Rowlands, Nick started his career as an actor but eventually settled into screenwriting and directing. He wrote the screenplay for the 2001 biopic Blow starring Johnny Depp, directed The Notebook starring Ryan Gosling and […]

Episode 43: RECAP: Sundance 2020, Podcasting in a Pandemic, and What's Next?

Bryan and Jason discuss takeaways from the eight interviews recorded at the Sundance 2020 Film Festival in Park City. They also talk about the challenges of podcasting during a global pandemic and preview next week’s episode with the Modern Drummer publicist David Frangioni, who has served as Aerosmith’s music technologist for over 30 years. Check This […]

Episode 42: Filmmaker Natalie Johns on Finding Untold Stories

Natalie Johns is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. In 2007 she founded Dig For Fire, a studio capturing inspired music stories and live experiences. Commercial clients included Nike, iTunes, Coca Cola, Spotify, Amnesty International, and Rock the Vote. Johns has collaborated with Bono, Sam Smith, Childish Gambino, Solange, John Legend, and Gil Scott Heron. Her most recent […]

Episode 40: Storytelling Through Animation, with Filmmaker Florentine Grelier

Florentine Grelier is a filmmaker from Paris who specializes in animation. Her animated short My Jukebox premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. My Jukebox explores the relationship between Florentine and her father (who sells and repairs Jukeboxes at the famous “Le Puz” Flea Market in Paris) through the metaphor of a juke-box, using multiple […]