Artists w/ EM

This is a cross-over episode with "Laying Down the Law" podcast with Billy DeClercq. He is a Lawyer, Improviser, comic, sketch writer, and producer. We discuss LGBTQ legal cases, being respectful while we all adjust to pronouns, and using neutral language to be more inclusive.

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Today our guest is Demi Waldron. A South Carolina native, Savannah College of Art and Design Alumna, cinematographer, filmmaker, photographer, and fine artist. We discuss gender and sexuality, the roles of a cinematographer, and the need for inclusion on film sets.

Check out their Instagram and website: @hdemiw https://www.demiwaldron.com/

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Today our guest is Matt Walker. A Santa Monica Native, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1997) Alumnus, Performer, actor, character actor, juggler, instructor, TV director, and theater company owner. We discuss the work that goes into acting, different ways to break down a script, and the aspect of being an evolving artist.

Check him out on Instagram: @commedians @thetroubies

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Today our guest is Amy Gonzales. A Los Angeles Native, USC Alumna, clown, actor, performer, poet, and writer. We discuss mental health, leaving your art and coming back to it, and surviving life to clown another day.

Check out her fun videos on Instagram: @amylgonzales

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Today our guest is Brad Hogarth. A Canada born/Houston Texas grown, Eastman School of Music Alumnus, Music Conductor, Trumpeter, Arranger, and dog parent. We discuss his experience creating a Ballet and Orchestral performance at Burning Man in 2018 & 2019 with Art Haus Collective Orchestra, how he found the trumpet, teaching, and collaborating virtually during lockdown.

Check out his projects on Instagram: @bradhogarthmusic https://www.bradhogarth.com/

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Today our guest is Rex Barraza. She is a SoCal Native, Second City and Cal State University LA Alumna, Improvisor, painter, performer, and creator. We discuss the need to create to be our truest and happiest self, evolving our performance technique on zoom, and the need for diverse people of color and femmes creating content and being lifted up.

Check her out on Instagram: @rexbarraza @lucysaidgo

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Today our guest is Anne Trueblood. She is a writer, sketch artist, wire wrapper, knitter, sewer, and trans woman. We talk about International Transgender Day of Visibility, internalized transphobia, family disownment, pronouns, emotional correctness, and becoming ourselves despite what society has told us to be. This topic is close to my heart because I am a trans non-binary queer person and I wish that I had this as a resource when I was growing up. Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility

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Today our guest is Nicole A. Tetreault, PhD. A Cal Tech Alumna, Neuroscientist, Author, Meditation Teacher, International Speaker, and Human Being. We discuss her New Book; Insight into a Bright Mind: A Neuroscientist's Personal Stories and Unique Thinking, using improv to come back to the world, learning with a dyslexic brain, the effects that bullying has on the brain, and opening the discussion of being neurodiversite and tapping into the strengths of each individual.

Check her out: @awesome_neuro www.nicoletetreault.com beyondthecell.org https://www.giftedunlimitedllc.com/store/p65/Insight__Into_a_Bright_Mind%3A_A_Neuroscientist%27s_Personal_Stories_of_Unique_Thinking.html

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Today our guest is QUYNE. A San Jose Native, SFSU Alumna, singer songwriter, actress, recording artist, voice coach, and storyteller. We discuss writing songs unapologetically, not letting Bi-polar disorder define her, and the toxicity of cancel culture. She performs an original song, "Chasing Pixie Dust" from her album Charlie and the Storyteller.

Check out her Instagram: @quynemariah

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Today our guest is Dewey Morrison. A Massachusetts Native, Emerson College Alumnus, clown, character actor, writer, director, podcaster, painter, and musician. We discuss the need to create for our mental health, finding new points of view through character work, and being bullied as kids and adults.

Check out his Instagram: @its_uncle_dewey www.deweymorrison.com

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