Behind The Camera Podcast

Joining me for Episode 151 of Behind the Camera is London-based independent animator, Esteban Castillo Velez. Creator of the YouTube series Wreckord Shop, we talk Esteban's journey as an animator, his inspirations, and the importance of culture and collaboration in storytelling and creativity. Esteban has also expanded Wreckord Shop from a YouTube series into digital mini-comics, and even a mobile game, available on the App Store.

🔗Check out Esteban's website below;

➡️https://wreckordshop.com/

➡️https://www.instagram.com/wreckord_shop_official/

➡️https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_55g3qHawDmy86TkLYU2w

➡️https://www.tiktok.com/@wreckord_shop

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Becky Shrimpton is a professional voice actor, writer, and extremely committed Canadian movie nerd. You may know her voice from Five Nights at Freddy’s, or her face and opinions from Hollywood Suite’s A Year in Film. In this episode we talk the reality of working with major franchises, what goes in to the art of voiceover work from audition to finished product, and what it truly takes to make a living from voice acting.

🔗Check out Becky's website below;

➡️https://www.beckyshrimpton.com/

➡️https://www.instagram.com/caridea_extravaganza/

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Today I'm joined by independent musician Failed to Ignite. Ahead of the release of his debut album, Not Dead Yet, on 27th November, we discuss the journey from playing in bands to becoming a solo artist, the challenges of creating and promoting music independently, and how social media has reshaped the music industry for artists trying to build an audience.

We also talk about collaboration, creativity, and what it takes to bring an album from concept to release in today's music landscape.

🎫Catch Failed to Ignite's album Launch Show:

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🔗Socials:

➡️https://www.instagram.com/failedtoigniteofficial/

➡️https://tiktok.com/@failedtoigniteofficial

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Pesa Shayo is an author and co-founder of Live Your Best Marriage. He helps cross-cultural Christian couples build a United Front through in-law pressure, loyalty conflicts, and culture clashes. Through his books, podcast, and marriage resources, Pesa helps couples stop turning against each other and start facing outside pressure as one team.🔗Pesa's Website/Socials:

➡️https://pesashayo.com/

➡️https://www.instagram.com/liveyourbestmarriage

➡️https://www.facebook.com/liveyourbestmarriage

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Two years after his first appearance on Behind the Camera, my guest today is LuigiDini.

After a lengthy hiatus from streaming, Dini spent time adjusting to major personal changes, focusing on self-improvement and personal growth. Now back creating content, he has his sights set on an ambitious life goal: completing the World Marathon Majors.

In this episode, we discuss Dini's time away from streaming, the lessons learned through self-reflection, his return to content creation, and the mindset required to pursue one of the biggest challenges of his life.

Dini will be running the Boston Marathon in 2027 and is currently raising money for the American Liver Foundation. If you would like to support this fantastic cause, you can find the donation link below:

🔗Donation Link:➡️https://www.givengain.com/project/joseph-raising-funds-for-american-liver-foundation-132679

🔗TikTok:

➡️https://www.tiktok.com/@luigidinistream

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Don Schechter is the author of Ascendants, an international best selling science fiction technothriller about a future where proof of an afterlife collides with corporate power, scientific ambition, authoritarianism, and the collapse of religious ideology. He is also the founder and CEO of Charles River Media, a producer, director, professor of the practice at Tufts University in the film and media studies program, and co-host of the sci-fi podcast No Win Scenario. Don joins us to talk about science fiction as a rehearsal for tomorrow, why future stories reveal today’s anxieties, and how questions around AI, biotechnology, power, class, and belief shape both Ascendants and the world we are living in now.🔗Check out Don's socials, an Ascendants below

➡️https://ascendantsbook.com/

➡️https://www.instagram.com/donschechter/

➡️https://www.tiktok.com/@donschechter

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Gordon Firemark has practiced media, entertainment and business law in solo practice since 1992. In podcasting circles, he is known as The Podcast Lawyer™, and is producer and host of the Entertainment Law Update podcast (since 2009), and author of the Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’’s Legal Survival Guide. His undergraduate degree in radio, television and film and experience in live theatre production informs his thinking about all things legal. In addition to a busy law practice, He teaches Entertainment Law at Columbia College Hollywood, Intellectual Property and Media Law at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and Contract law at Pepperdine Law School.🔗Look for him on Facebook, Youtube, Linkedin and other social platforms.➡️https://gordonfiremark.com/

➡️https://www.facebook.com/gfiremark

➡️https://www.youtube.com/user/gfiremark

➡️https://www.instagram.com/gordonfiremark

➡️http://linkedin.com/in/gfiremark

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Adriana Kaegi has spent her life building worlds. As the visionary behind Kid Creole and the Coconuts, from founding the group to shaping its sound, choreography, and iconic visual identity, she understands what it really means to create something that stands out and stays true.

In this episode, Adriana and I dig into the heart of creative identity: how it’s formed, how it evolves, and how you hold onto it when the world keeps trying to define you. We talk about her journey from performer to creative architect, and how that same instinct now drives her work at Addy Media, where she continues to design, produce, and innovate across digital and live experiences.

🔗Check out Addy Media below➡️https://www.addy.media/

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Ed Driscoll has spent more than 25 years making people laugh, whether he was writing for television, performing comedy, producing shows, or creating material for some of entertainment’s most recognizable names. The Emmy-winning writer has worked on everything from The Academy Awards and Dennis Miller Live to the ESPY Awards, sitcoms, films, and major live productions, writing material for performers including Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Bob Newhart, and Michael Bublé. In his book, Cracking Up, Ed takes readers behind the scenes of that unpredictable career, sharing the funny, strange, and sometimes humbling moments that taught him just as much about people as they did about comedy. Through stories of big breaks, rejection, writers’ rooms, famous personalities, hits, flops, and plenty of uncertainty, Ed explores what it takes to keep laughing, keep creating, and stay grounded when life rarely follows the script.🔗Check out Ed's website below;

➡️https://www.eddriscollcomedy.com/

🔗Follow Ed on Social Media;

➡️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EdDriscollComedy/

➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theeddriscoll

➡️X: https://x.com/theeddriscoll

➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeddriscoll/

🎧 Listen to Behind the Camera Podcast:

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➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-camera-podcast/id1762286651

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In one of the wildest and funniest episodes of Behind the Camera to date, I'm joined by ventriloquist and comedienne, April Brucker.

Appearing on TLC's My Strange Addiction, April talks her journey in ventriloquism, creating characters and watching their personalities develop, and the history of ventriloquism, with her latest book, 250 Years of American Ventriloquism.

Also featuring a few special appearances from some of April's most famous characters!

🔗Follow April on Social Media below!

➡️TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aprilbrucker

➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theaprilbrucker/

➡️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AprilBruckerComedy

➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAprilBrucker/

➡️X: https://x.com/aprilbrucker

🎧 Listen to Behind the Camera Podcast:

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➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-camera-podcast/id1762286651

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