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Ed Kee of CMI shows talks about Christian Music Artist sensation Toby Mac. He shares a story with James that makes James gasp!

James Lott Jr sits down with CMI Shows founder Ed Kee. They talk music, music licensing, and his connection to When Calls The Heart The Musical! churchmusicals.com #edkee #musicals #hearties #musiclicensing

James Lott Jr and Jared Karol (@awhiteguyconfrontingracism2894 ) talk about the state of race and our politicans today!

James Lott Jr has a meaningful conversation with the 1776 star!
Gisela Adisa is an American actress who stars as John Adams in Diane Paulus' Broadway tour of '1776’ and most recently opening at the Ahmanson, 'Lights Out' opposite Dulé Hill at the Geffen Playhouse, Harvard's American Repertory Theater and the Kennedy Center in D.C.. She played Sandra in the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic award winner, 'Nanny', which premiered at Sundance '22 and also starred in the award winning indie film, 'Shield.’
Recent projects include a role in the #1 Netflix hit heist series, 'Kaleidoscope' as well as in the Starz Network hit, 'Power Book III: Raising Kanan,’ with Mario Van Peebles directing.
Adisa was born of Caribbean and West African immigrants.

Natasha chats with James about acting, music with a purpose, being a special kind of bride and the Urkaine! Follow her on IG @NatashaBlasickReal Natasha Blasick is an actress, model, producer and musician originally from Odesa, Ukraine on the Black Sea and currently portrays Svetlana the mail-order bride in the mind-bending Peacock series Paul T. Goldman. She also stars opposite Gerard Butler, Jeremy Piven, Eva Longoria, and Jamie Foxx in in the upcoming comedy feature All-Star Weekend, which marks Foxx’s directorial debut. In the upcoming feature, Moms Rising she plays Luba Tryszynska, the “Angel of Bergen Belsen,” who saved the lives of fifty-two children during the Holocaust in World War II. The prolific actress also has a starring role in Karaganda, a post-Soviet, Eastern European organized crime action/thriller, and she appears in the acclaimed live-action video game Immortality, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and was just the recipient for The BAFTA award in the category of Best Narrative for the live action video game, Immortality where he portrays Natassia.
 Growing up in Ukraine, Natasha studied dance, acted in many plays, competed in beauty contests, and earned a Masters Degree from Odesa State Economic University in International Economy. One of her earliest memories was performing a solo monologue during which she felt a profound connection to the audience. Their reaction, plus the fact that she was good at memorizing her dialogue, cemented a life-long passion for acting. Ordinarily a shy person, acting empowered Natasha, who soon realized she could do things on stage that were impossible for her in real life. Arriving in the United States, one of Natasha’s first breaks was a recurring role in MDN, a sketch-comedy series on Spike TV. She appeared in eight of the ten episodes. She was the swimsuit winner in the Mrs. World contest. One of her first feature leads was in the found-footage horror thriller Paranoid Activity 2. Natasha’s additional feature credits include: Meet the Spartans, Dark Crossing, Nomad: The Beginning, The Black Russian, The Martial Arts Kid, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Playing With Dolls, Blood Pageant, and Hollywood Laundromat. Her episodic television credits include: NCIS, Country Comfort, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and There’s…Johnny. #urkraine #paultgoldman #natashablasick #jameslottjr

James Lott Jr and Jared Karol ( @awhiteguyconfrontingracism2894 ) have their monthly talk on race. This episode mentions left vs right, Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson being fired; how do we move people to feel affected and do something to change for the better!

Donald Peebles Jr joins James Lott Jr. to talk about race and soaps.

Actor, James Moses Black co-stars as Captain Browning in the upcoming comedy horror film, Renfield opposite Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult from Universal opening everywhere on April 13.
Black also most recently co-starred as rogue cop Deacon Brown, opposite Naomie Harris and Frank Grillo in director Deon Taylor’s crime drama, Black and Blue from Screen Gems.
Black also starred as U.S. Army colonel, Colonel Murduch in the Amazon Prime’s TV series, S.O.Z Soldados o Zombies and a supporting role in Vertical Entertainment’s Lansky starring Harvey Keitel and can next be seen in STX Entertainment comedy, Queenpins starring Kristen Bell and Vince Vaughn and also guest stars 2 upcoming episodes of Liza On Demand starring Liza Koshy which airs on You Tube Premium and just completed the indie feature Blackline: The Beirut Contract. He also recurred as Reverend Hawley, a neighborhood preacher/counselor who inspires Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) to continue his run for office in NBC’s wildly popular This is Us series, and portrayed Brother Jamal in the F/X series, Snowfall. He was Sasha the henchman to Richard Dreyfuss’ character in director/star Cuba Gooding’s drama, Bayou Caviar, and he was Coach Oz in writer/director Eric Champnella’s sports drama, Alex and Me.

Jared Karol,follow him at jaredkarol.com and James Lott Jr alottofhelp.com

Starting with the Scott Adams (Dilbert) controversy, James Lott Jr and Jared Karol ( Author, A White Guy Confronts Racism) talk about consequence culture, cancel culture, and utopian ideas! jaredkarol.com