TheFuture of Acting, AI & Casting, Microdrama; DARREN DARNBOROUGH &RICHARD CAMBRIDGE; Live from California

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Meet RICHARD CAMBRIDGE & DARREN DARNBOROUGH; “Do youremember as a kid going to an amusement park (even Disney stuff or PalisadesPark) and running in circles. You didn’t know what to do first. Unbridledexcitement and awe. This is me as I began my interview with Richard and Darren.Before anything, HUGE thanks and gratitude to LaQuita Washington, Head ofCommunications, QEY Creative Studios in Los Angeles. For me, a dreamycollaboration. She has been effervescent and professional in introducingamazing talent in a rapidly changing world. Indeed, dreamy. And dreamier. BothRichard and Darren are from the UK, actors who migrated to the US and LA.Charming, brilliant, visionary entrepreneurs beyond. They’re changing theworld. As I like to do, I throw some ideas and words, or this intro evolvesinto thirty pages. Richard is in the vertical microdrama space. Darren isalways in the performing arts. I love just listening to their journeys. Theyare the co-founders of We Audition and Verti Cast (just launched). We Auditionis worldwide and changing the way actors audition. Simply brilliant (I saidthis often to them). Why this success? The industry shifted heavily towardsremote casting. I could’ve listened all night. They heard about Casablanca andhow it changed my life. And laughed. Words. Patience (must have this).Attention spans are getting shorter (microdrama). The smartphone. Watchingcontent on a toilet. When is the right time? When it stops being fun. Broadwayrecently had its best week ever. Richard Branson is a hero. AI is a tool. Last.Keep Going. I wanted this interview to keep going. Maybe I can get them toJersey one day. (prophetic?)” Calvin

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TheFuture of Acting, AI & Casting, Microdrama; DARREN DARNBOROUGH &RICHARD CAMBRIDGE; Live from California

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DARREN:A British-born actor and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, I've performedsince childhood, rising through amateur musicals before turning professional at16. After early work on the London stage and in UK television and commercials,I relocated to Los Angeles, where my career expanded to include roles in hitseries such as 2 Broke Girls, True Blood, Magnum PI, MacGyver, Truth Be Told,and Roots, along with films including a leading role in Groundswell oppositeLacey Chabert, the Sundance feature Jamojaya, and the horror film Abruptio withJordan Peele. Beyond performing, I'm the Co-Founder of WeAudition, a leadingworldwide community connecting actors, casting directors, and industry expertsthrough on-demand self-tape readers, paid reading opportunities, video-chatsessions, and global events—and previously co-founded the game-changing internetcompany StuckForStaff.

RICHARD:Richard Cambridge is a British actor, producer, and entrepreneur whose workspans mainstream film and television as well as the rapidly expanding verticalmicrodrama industry. As an actor, he has appeared in Sony Pictures' Gran

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Ozempic Face, Salmon DNA, Lasers, The Future of Aging; DRSANDY MILGRAUM; Live from Central Jersey

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Meet DR SANDY MILGRAUM; “Dr. Milgraum has been front andcenter in my life since my son developed teenage acne. And beyond. It is hugelyfitting and proper that we spend some time together here. For me, it was myfirst interview with a renowned, pioneering dermatologist, and for Dr. Milgraum,it was his first foray into a podcast. I’m good with words. He’s brilliant,caring, introspective, inventive, imaginative. Indeed, a quintessential medicaldoctor. We’ll talk about the work he did with me and the rare skin condition hediscovered. Right out of detective school. And in this interview, he discussedso much, graciously and patiently. Words. Aging. Dermatology. Ozempic Face (in the news daily). Prevention.Sunscreen. Laser technology (he is a pioneer). Detective medicine. Longevity.Botox. Gravity always wins. Truck driver’s face. Yes, Rogers and Hammerstein.Einstein (a channeling hero of mine) theorized lasers. Salmon DNA therapy.Enough said. My day and month were made sitting down with Dr. Milgraum. Perhapsto be continued.” Calvin

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Ozempic Face, Salmon DNA, Lasers, The Future of Aging; DRSANDY MILGRAUM; Live from Central Jersey

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BIO: Dr. Sandy S. Milgraum is an Assistant ClinicalProfessor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is known nationally forinnovative laser procedures and was the first doctor in the country to performLaser Hair Removal and Tattoo Removal in his office.

Additionally, Dr. Milgraum was one of the first few doctorsto perform laser wrinkle removal, laser treatment of Port Wine Stains, spiderveins, birth marks, age spots. Dr. Milgraum is known as as one of the topdiagnosticians for diseases of the skin, hair and nails. Many patients come infor a second opinion.

Dr. Sandy Milgraum received his medical degree from theUniversity of Western Australia. After residencies in surgery, Pediatrics andInternal medicine he completed a residency in dermatology at The University ofMichigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

He is one of a handful of board certified Adult andPediatric Dermatologists in the New York Metropolitan area, thus possessingunique talents in laser treatments of frightened children and the mostdiscerning cosmetic patient.

Sandy Milgraum on hair removal via Laser treatments

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Meet LAURA VOSIKA; “Just a few weeks ago, I was a gueston Laura’s enduring podcast, Books and Brews, so we swapped. Laura’s journey isiconic. Perhaps even the right stuff they make movies about. Growing up in themilitary, visiting castles in England, sites, and happenings in Germany.Raising a large family. A freelance musician. Trombone. I never met a tromboneplayer before. “Trombone players have a certain personality.” Life inMinnesota. Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree in education. Teaching. Band direction.Author of Blue Bells Chronicles. A lot of books were sold. And today ourinterview was conducted on her working farm in Tennessee. Mountains and sheepjust out her window. She’s wondrously delightful, insightful, charming,eloquent, and brilliant. Love talking about her connections to Scotland. One ofmy favorite mood songs is Loch Lomond. She writes about time travel andmedieval Scotland. As I do in these capsules, I like to deposit words andideas.  She wrote a poem at 8 years oldand a novel at 10. She writes about redemption. And Robert the Bruce and histwo-headed axe. The fifties were a safe time. I mentioned how I look like Dr.Brown from Back to the Future. Talked about being an author. Need thick skin.“Love that book so I married the author.” She was born with a midlife crisis.Now you can grasp why I thought there’s a movie here. Enough said.” Calvin

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Music, Redemption, and MedievalScotland: The Blue Bells Chronicles with LAURA VOSIKA

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BIO: Laura Vosika is the author of theBlue Bells Trilogy.  In addition to Trilogy,she is working on several other novels and a non-fiction book on raising alarge family.

Laura grew up in the military,visiting castles in England, pig fests in Germany, and the historic sites ofAmerica's East Coast.  She earned abachelor's degree in music and worked for many years as a freelance musician,playing trombone for pit orchestras, ballets, and symphonies, and flute andharp for other venues.  She spent threeyears as a member of the Buz Whiteley Big Band and Farragut Brass Band inBremerton, WA.

 After earning a master's degree in education,she took a job as a music teacher and band director.  She has also taught private lessons on windinstruments, piano, and harp for twenty years.

In her spare time, Laura likes to playpiano, harp, and flute, do sudokus, and learn Gaelic.

She currently lives on her farm inTennessee.

CONTACTS:  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauravosika

bluebellstrilogy.com (Personal)

nightwritersbooks.com (Portfolio)

bluebellstrilogy.com (Blog)

Blue Bells Chronicles: The Blue Bells Chronicles tellsthe tale of two men who switch places in time. On my site, you will find themusic of Scotland and of medieval times, often filmed in Scotland and often inmedieval locations. I feature these videos on my bloghttp://bluebellstrilogy.blogspot.com/, where I tell more of the songs and thelocations at which they're performed.

Books & Brews: Books and Brews began in January2017 as an hour-long radio program at 950 AM in the Twin Cities. We intervieweda poet or author each month and paired four beers with their work. From there,we moved to Books and Brews LIVE! at Barnes & Noble Kitchen, Galleria,where guests joined us for a monthly live event to listen to three authorsread, and sample a beer paired with each reading

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Meet LINDSAY CROUSE: “Often I talk about the universe,antennas reaching out, a word, something, things inexplicable and beyond. Myjourney to meeting Lindsay Crouse fits. Now, one of my most endearing andpoignant afternoons. How does this happen? I watch ‘All the President’s Men’ asa journalist every eight weeks. A bit OCD. Two weeks ago, I wondered who playedKay Eddy at the Washington Post. Lindsay Crouse. A bright light bulb. ‘SlapShot’ with Paul Newman. All her roles are complicated women. 

Energized, I reached out, something I’ve never done. Here weare. I love it when my cerebral process is swirling with input. Lindsay isbrilliant, accomplished, gracious, passionate, and consummate. Beneath thecamera on Zoom, I ceremoniously pinch myself. There is so much to thisinterview with Lindsay. You all need to watch. Replete with synchronicity andspirituality.

Her father, Russel Crouse, was an accomplished playwrightwith Howard Lindsay. (A Tony Award for the book, ‘Sound of Music.’) Her mother,Anna, was an actress and activist. She learned it’s a privilege to be an actor.Her father asked whether she wanted to act. He said, “It’s a dirty business.”

 I’m frozen, absorbingher words. She studied with Uta Hagen, Sandy Meisner (both legends), andElizabeth Dickson (who taught Katherine Hepburn). All that instructional energywent into Lindsay’s performance in ‘The Verdict.’ I watched the movie onSunday. Lindsay is amazingly riveting. Then her Academy Award-nominatedperformance in ‘Places in the Heart.’ Her director, Robert Benton, from Texas,was brilliant. The movie’s ending is brilliant. Someone said, after beingnominated for the Academy Award, “It will be tough for you now.”

Working with her then-husband David Mamet in ‘House ofGames’. A minimalist director. “We trusted each other.”  I asked another question. Lindsay answered,“Abraham Lincoln.” Enough said for now. A sumptuous, magical interview. Lindsayis perfectly gracious.” Calvin

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Academy Award Nominee LINDSAY CROUSE: Broadway, Hollywood,Buddhism & the Art of Being Human

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BIO

Lindsay Ann Crouse (born May 12, 1948) is an American actresswhose career spans film, television, and theater. The daughter of PulitzerPrize–winning playwright Russel Crouse, she made her Broadway debut in a 1972revival of Much Ado About Nothingafter training at HB Studio and graduating from Radcliffe College. Her filmcareer began in 1976 with a small role in Allthe President's Men, followed by appearances in Slap Shot (1977), The Verdict (1982), and astarring turn in House of Games(1987), directed by her then-husband David Mamet. For her performance in Places in the Heart (1984), sheearned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

On television, Crouse took on several notable roles, includingKate McBride on Hill Street Blues—oneof network television's first recurring lesbian characters—and Professor MaggieWalsh in the fourth season of Buffythe Vampire Slayer. She has guest-starred on numerous series, amongthem Law & Order,ER, Columbo, and Criminal Minds. In recent yearsshe has focused on the stage, performing in productions such as a revival of The Belle of Amherst, LeeBlessing's Going to St. Ives,and a 2021 Broadway engagement of Morningsat Seven.

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#realconversations #professionalgambler #LasVegas #Hollywood#Author #actor #BlackJack #Chicago

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Meet RICHARD MUNCHKIN; “I’m invoking the universe andgratitude on orchestrations for meeting Richard Munchkin. He’s a plethora ofenergy. Began his life in Chicago studying theater and also fell in love withgambling. Went to LA, did film and acting. But there was gambling and LasVegas. Richard is engrossing, brilliant, honest, charming, and successful. Yes,he wins. I never win. He disagreed with my self-description. So, I told himabout my Rutgers football trip to Pittsburgh. Maybe I convinced him. Manyquestions to ask a gambler. Is professional gambling more about math orpsychology? Can every casino game be beaten? Profession versus hobby? He is anauthor too. “Gambling Wizards” is a conversation with the world’s greatestgamblers. Indeed, for me, this was a dreamy interview. Fascinating on manylevels. Counting cards. Mysterious. Vegas way back. What was it like? Commontraits of great gamblers. He likes the movie, ‘Harold and Maude.’ Richard hasworked as a writer, producer, actor, and director. And he’s a currentpodcaster, ‘Life is a Gamble.’ Richard has learned so much about human nature.We explore that as well in our time together. Then, towards the end of ourinterview, I had an epiphany. I love epiphanies. Richard’s life story is amovie to be made. Enough said.” Calvin

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RICHARD MUNCHKIN: Professional Gambler; Author; Filmmaker;Blackjack Hall of Fame; Inside the Mind of a Professional Gambler; LIVE fromLAS VEGAS.

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BIO: Richard W. Munchkin was born in 1955 in Des Plaines,Illinois, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Ring of Fire (1991),Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel (1993) and Texas Payback (1995).

.Between 1987 and 1999 Munchkin wrote, produced and/ordirected in more than 20 movies and television shows primarily in the adventuregenre including Guardian Angel (1994), with Cynthia Rothrock, Evil Obsession(1996), Fists of Iron (1995), Ring of Fire (1991), L.A. Heat (1999). and Edgeof the World (2018).[citation needed]

In 2018 Munchkin starred as himself in Inside the Edge: AProfessional Blackjack Adventure, a documentary about elite blackjack player.

Originally from Des Plaines, Illinois, Munchkin startedplaying chess and gin rummy at the age of three. His first exposure to the ideaof playing for profit came when he was 12, when a family friend mentionedplaying backgammon for money. Making about $100 or $200 a week,[2] Munchkin wasable to put himself through Columbia College in Chicago where he received a BAin Theater Arts by playing backgammon and poker professionally. Aftergraduating from college in the late 1970s, he moved to Las Vegas and worked asa dealer and occasional pit boss at The Castaways Casino. While working in thecasino he learned to count cards, and after a few years was making more moneyplaying blackjack than dealing, so he quit to become a full-time professionalblackjack player.

LINKS: AMAZON book “Gambling Wizards’ https://amzn.to/4nPq3tl

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Meet JIM MAZZIOTTI; Once again, I invoke elements of thevast universe for connectivity. I met Jim Mazziotti a month ago. A blink of aneye, and I was a guest on his podcast, ‘Senior to Seniors,’ obviously focusingon seniors. Gosh, I’m an octogenarian. A perfect interview. Check it out. Now Iget a chance to host Jim, a fascinating, hugely accomplished top real estateand property specialist. He is eloquent, successful, giving, sensitive, andcaring. A visionary, family man, and author. Now watch this. Today’s interviewdeals with ‘How to Fail Forward.’ The most important skill in business and lifeis not the ability to succeed. It’s the ability to fail forward. This isbrilliant thinking. Comes from John C. Maxwell’s landmark work. Achievingsuccess through failure. You all really should watch this interview. In themeantime, some ideas and words to energize. Often, Jim talks about reducingfear. Allow failure. Take action. Failing backward is waving a white flag.Failing forward is accepting everything. He originally studied music. Wouldlove to meet Paul McCartney. They filmed Field of Dreams a mile from his housein Iowa. He left Iowa bravely and went to Oregon, and now is in Texas. He is insales. I was in eyewear sales for 25 years. We relate well to each other. Weall face failure. You are not your failure. Recognize and move forward. Failureis a price we pay to achieve success. Simply brilliant. Real. Necessary. AIcan’t help you as Jim can. I told him this. I took two pages of notes duringthe interview. And he’s coming back. He made my day.” Calvin

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The Skill Nobody Teaches: How to Fail Forward; JIMMAZZIOTTI; Live from Texas

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BIO: Jim Mazziotti, known to many as “MAZZ,” is a longtimereal estate leader, coach, speaker, and podcast host with decades of experiencein residential and commercial real estate. Formerly the Franchise Owner andPrincipal Managing Broker of EXIT Realty Bend in Oregon, he built one of theregion’s most respected real estate offices before relocating to Texas in 2021and joining EXIT Realty Elite in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. A top-producingRealtor throughout his career, Jim has earned numerous industry certificationsand is widely known for his expertise in coaching, marketing, technology, andagent training.

MAZZ is also a published author of The Challenge: How 144Letters Changed My Life, The Life Of My Son, And Will Change Your Life Too andthe founder of the podcast Senior To Seniors, which focuses on issues impactingolder adults. A certified coach, trainer, and speaker with the John C. MaxwellTeam, Jim has spent more than 20 years mentoring real estate professionalsacross the United States. Married to his wife Leann for 45 years, he is theproud father of three children and remains passionate about leadership,service, and helping others succeed.

LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmazziotti/

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#realconversations #AI #mystic #technologist #football#RutgersNewark #consciousness #parasympathetic #author

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Meet PETE SACCO…. “I’ve seen a lot, met endless purveyors,descriptors, classics, and originals. Now Pete Sacco. He’s all four and beyond.Our wrists are adorned with bracelets of significance. We attendedRutgers-Newark. He was football, and I was basketball. He is a CEO,entrepreneur, technologist, and mystic. He coached football. A family man.Founded several successful tech ventures. We Zoomed the day before to getacquainted. Powerful stuff. Impacted my sleep. I was resonating. Thinking abouthis eloquence, consciousness, brilliance, and balanced mind, body, and spirit.I’m going to throw around some words and ideas. Bio-electric field of cells.Not quite discovered yet. Cancer? Pete is AI in many ways. So, my resonating?  After two days of Pete. AI. Consciousness.Sympathetic. Parasympathetic. We, the species, are getting closer to seeing themind of. We are given this ability to learn and brought closer to understandingfrom the beginning. How consciousness and AI impact humanity. AI is forcing usto evolve. I told Pete that I am a more productive, happier person with AIhelping me, not fearing it.  Pete got hisdegree in electrical engineering and helped develop a power supply for defensesystems. How AI is becoming more sentient. The night before, I read Pete’slatest book (and took notes), “The Bridge.’ Essential fast provocative reading.‘How Building AI Infrastructure Taught Me That Human Consciousness Is the RealTechnology.’ Pete Sacco is a gift. And I could go on and on. One more thought.My two days with Pete made me think of the great 1956 sci-fi film ‘ForbiddenPlanet’ and the Krell, a highly advanced race. Enough said. Just a final thanksto Influencer Press’, Laurens Tijssen, Maria Zsal, and Rachelle Anne for theintro to Pete Sacco. Calvin

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PETE SACCO; The Man Building AI Says Consciousness Is theReal Technology; Author, ‘The Bridge’; Entrepreneur; Technologist; Modern DayMystic; LIVE from NJ

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BIO: Pete Sacco is an entrepreneur, technologist, andmodern-day mystic whose life journey embodies the pursuit of balance—mind,body, and spirit. As the founder of several successful ventures, including PTSData Center Solutions, INTUVA, and Inspirica, Pete has spent over two decadesat the intersection of technology, business, and innovation. Yet, his mostprofound transformation began when he realized that true fulfillment lies notsolely in professional success but in aligning one's inner and outer worlds.

Guided by his Massively Transformative Purpose—to inspirehumanity to embrace a future of transparency, trust, and wisdom—Pete embarkedon a path of self-discovery, overcoming personal challenges and adopting corevalues of Presence, Purpose, and Prosperity. These principles now shape hislife, leadership, and writing.

In Living in Bliss: Achieve a Balanced Existence of Mind,Body, and Spirit, Pete shares the insights and practices that fueled histransformation. Through personal anecdotes, practical tools, and timelesswisdom, he empowers readers to awaken their higher selves, achieve balance, andunlock their fullest potential.

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Meet JUSTIN MAHWIKIZI: “When we connected a few weeks ago, Iprocessed Justin’s vast financial background and accomplishments. His book,‘The Manufacturing of Poverty,’ resonated hugely. Endless questions to ask himin an interview. Bouncing around my sensibilities is how to keep this interviewless than 100 questions. Justin is eloquent, caring, genuine, and brilliant. Heinspired many off-topic questions. Future thinks. This interview is essential.I think it's expedient to insert some ideas, words, concepts, and images intothis intro. Purpose. To induce viewing. You can look in someone’s eye and seepoverty. Poverty is something manufactured rather than accidental. It’s likeplaying basketball on a soccer field. (powerful imagery). He interviewed tens ofthousands of people. Main takeaway. How similar people are. Several times, heanswered, “Find Trust.”  Reduce costs.Buy together. (for small businesses). Be gatherers, not hunters. Allow yourselfto fail. I heard the same thing last week in another interview. Modern financeis 75% psychology and 25% math. He’d like to spend a day with ThurgoodMarshall. So would I! Marshall’s father took him to court when he was a kid toobserve the court. Amazing parenting. The Shawshank Redemption. (an answer to aquestion) Dignity in escaping poverty. Love yourself first. Justin attendedValley Forge Military Academy. Then Temple. We talked about John Chaney,basketball coach. Enough said to grasp the depth, diversity, and necessity ofthis interview.” Calvin

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The Hidden Systems Keeping People Poor: JUSTIN MAHWIKIZI;Author, ‘The Manufacturing of Poverty.’ Live from CHICAGO

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BIO: I am afounder and finance executive with over 15 years of experience operating at theintersection of investment banking, foreign exchange, market structure, andcapital strategy. My work spans global financial institutions andentrepreneurial ventures, where I have led FX operations inside multinationalbanks and scaled boutique platforms. Across all roles, my focus remainsconsistent: building durable systems, reducing risk, and allocating capitalintelligently.

Throughout mycareer, I have founded and led firms advising businesses with enterprise valuesfrom $2M to $20M on valuations, growth strategy, and capital formation. Earlieron, I specialized in modernizing FX trading, settlement, and reconciliationoperations, successfully cutting cycle times to same-day processing. I alsobuilt a frontier market data platform covering all 54 African countries and 22stock exchanges, which included developing a trade-weighted currency index tomanage complex FX risk.

I am also theauthor of The Manufacturing of Poverty, an empirical, field-basedexamination of economic systems grounded in tens of thousands of directinterviews. Today, I leverage this human-centered, data-driven approach topartner with founders, executives, and organizations. I work with those who valueclarity over hype, robust systems over slogans, and long-term resilience overshort-term optics.

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Jeff Kleinbaum attended Rutgers University, where he playedon the famous Final Four basketball team and captained the baseball team in itsfirst NCAA appearance in nearly ten years, both in 1976.

He went on to a forty-year teaching and coaching career,interrupted only by a ten-year stint on Wall Street.  While coaching high school basketball andbaseball, he was named both the Middlesex County and the Morris County Coach ofthe Year.

Jeff retired in 2024 and lasted a mere five months beforelaunching a new career as an author. He lives with his wife Deborah and hisgolden retriever, Scarlett, in Florham Park, New Jersey.

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The untold story of Rutger’s perfect 26-0 season andhistoric run through the NCAA Tournament to the Final Four.

It has been 50 years since Rutgers captivated the entiresports world, when the Northeast was starving for a team to take on the giantsof college basketball.

Read the true story about each of its players, includingPhil Sellers, first team All-American and all-time leading scorer andrebounder; Mike Dabney and Eddie Jordan, arguably the best backcourt duo in allof college basketball at that time; Hollis Copeland and James Bailey, twofuture NBA stars; and a cast of others, including Mark Conlin, Abdel Anderson,Steve Hefele, Jeff Kleinbaum, Mike Palko, Bruce Scherer, and Stan Nance.

These men played in an iconic gym nicknamed “the Barn,”where every seat was sold and thousands were turned away each and every timethey played. The crowds were so loud during the action that paint chips oftenfell from the ceiling and stopped the game while people swept it up.

This team played during the 1970s when the Vietnam War wasraging and the political and social atmosphere around them was full of tension.Despite that challenging time in US history, seven African American and fiveCaucasian players pulled together and became stronger and more united than everbefore.

It all culminates in their first trip ever to the mecca ofcollege basketball, the NCAA Final Four, where they joined college basketballgiants Indiana, UCLA, and Michigan to provide fans with a tournament toremember.

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Meet Jacqueline (Jackie) Letkowski: Actually, Jackie and Iliterally met walking into the Garden State Film Festival last year as herfilm, ‘Cecelia’s Ship’ was screening. I interviewed her a few days before. Whatwas observed last year still resonates and then some. Jackie is talented,enigmatic, energetic, brilliant, and passionate about film. If you fall underthe film umbrella in any capacity, then this is a special interview. Jackiedoes it all. A middle-aged woman (we talk about the age thing. Remember GoldenGirls?), a mother, screenwriter, director, actress, businesswoman, founder ofFilm Nerd Pictures. As customary in my brief introductory words, here are theessences of Jackie's thoughts and notions. “I’d rather have someone hate mywork rather than be indifferent”. Often, she said these words. Resilience, thestory, and funding. Powerful words. Love is the most important currency.Contests? Depending on who is judging. Took an acting class to improve herdialogue. Her best work is under pressure. Dark comedy. She laughed when almostassaulted while walking the streets of NYC. Hard stop. I could go on and onhere. Best to watch Jackie’s interview. An old Reader's Digest ongoing articleseries. “The Most Unforgettable Character I’ve Ever Met.” Jackie Letkowski is.Calvin

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JACQUELINE LETKOWSKI: Film Nerd; Mother, Actor,Screenwriter, Director; LIVE from NEW JERSEY

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BIO:  I'm anaward-winning screenwriter and a working actress who was previously repped byBetter Management LLC.  I'm currentlylooking for representation and/or to collaborate with filmmakers/financiers whoare looking for unique stories (I've written a 30-minute darkly comedicfemale-driven, sports TV pilot/series that, I'm humbled to say, has placed innumerous contests which have led to a few meetings and several script requests-think "Glow" meets "Ted Lasso". I've also written a darklycomedic feature film starring two middle-aged women- think "Wayne'sWorld" meets "Bridesmaids".)

Born and raised in Northern New Jersey (outside of NYC). Ieventually made my way to Savannah, GA where I attended film school. Aftercollege I travelled to a few different states, while working in the mediaproduction industry. (I resided & worked in Atlanta, Los Angeles and NewJersey.) Currently, I'm back living in the NJ/NYC area with my husband, twodaughters and a son, along with our two dogs Bailey & Bea Arthur (We had toput our other dogs Gizmo & Spike- RIP.) and some chickens :)

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