Failing Up

Failing Up

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Failing Up episodes

  • S2 Ep15: Steve Agee | Failing Up Podcast | Comedian, Writer, Actor, Photographer

    Steve Agee

    01:03 Eden’s wallpaper

    04:01 Eden has an update on her rejection letter from last week

    05:58 Names getting pronounced wrong

    10:32 Steve as a young man

    14:12 Going to college

    17:55 Eden breaks her hips 

    19:52 Steve gets an art scholarship

    27:04 Steve discovers The Groundlings and experiences failure

    31:22 Meeting Sarah Silverman

    38:38 Steve talks about auditioning 

    39:12 Auditioning for Curb Your Enthusiasm

    42:12 His approach to acting now 

    45:21 Is there a show he wishes he got?

    49:39 Steve is an awesome photographer 

    54:17 We’re No Doctors - the podcast

    56:05 Biggest failure 

    59:15 Steve’s Charity: Red Cross - https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/

    Follow us all on twitter and Instagram! @SteveAgee @eden_eats @theguydf

    1 hr 2 min
  • S2 Ep14: Rafael Casal|Writer and Actor | Failing Up Podcast|Guy Opochinski and Eden Dranger

    00:35 Eden reads a rejection letter

    01:55 Is it better to hear back or not?

    05:44 The Bay Area hates LA

    08:43 Growing up in Oakland

    11:25 Guy and a 7th grade bully

    15:35 When did he figure out he wanted to be an artist?

    22:33 What does he love about poetry?

    26:12 Is he proud of everything he has written?

    28:08 Blindspotting

    31:52 The 10 year journey to make the movie

    38:35 Does he care about the critics - 93% Rotten Tomatoes

    44:37 Ethan Embry and Sunny Mabrey

    50:38 What’s next?

    57:02 Eden’s writing room

    01:03:28 Biggest Failure

    10:10:12 Favorite Charity: ACLU : https://action.aclu.org/give/donate-to-aclu

    Follow us all on twitter: @RafaelCasal @eden_eats @theguydf @failinguppod

    1 hr 12 min
  • 14: Failing Up Podcast| Writer and Actor Rafael Casal| Guy Opochinski and Eden Dranger
    00:35 Eden reads a rejection letter
    01:55 Is it better to hear back or not?
    05:44 The Bay Area hates LA
    08:43 Growing up in Oakland
    11:25 Guy and a 7th grade bully
    15:35 When did he figure out he wanted to be an artist?
    22:33 What does he love about poetry?
    26:12 Is he proud of everything he has written?
    28:08 Blindspotting
    31:52 The 10 year journey to make the movie
    38:35 Does he care about the critics - 93% Rotten Tomatoes
    44:37 Ethan Embry and Sunny Mabrey
    50:38 What’s next?
    57:02 Eden’s writing room
    01:03:28 Biggest Failure
    10:10:12 Favorite Charity: ACLU : https://action.aclu.org/give/donate-to-aclu
    Follow us all on twitter: @RafaelCasal @eden_eats @theguydf @failinguppod
    1 hr 12 min
  • S2 Ep13: Josh Radnor

    How I Met Your Mother's Ted Mosby

    01:32 Born in Columbus- Went to an orthodox Jewish school but was raised conservative Jew.

    04:25 Milk and meat

    10:00 What did a young Josh want to do

    13:41 Ohio people loving Ohio State

    17:56 Robot writers

    22:06 Turning in to a writer and getting fired from a pilot

    26:01 Everything is a struggle

    28:46 What does he consider his “big break”?

    37:02 Failure and success and How I Met Your Mother

    40:41 Josh doesn’t like Jewish “money jokes”

    44:08 Transcendental Meditation

    47:40 The Den Meditation

    52:04 What is his biggest failure?

    58:30 Josh’sFavorite Charity : https://raziasrayofhope.org/donate.html

    Follow us all on twitter: @joshradnor  @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

    1 hr 3 min
  • S2 Ep12: Eric LeGrand

    4:00 Signed by Rutgers as a high school freshman

    9:23 The injury that changed his life

    11:20 He said he is proud of the hit, why?

    12:20 Malcom Brown’s text to Eric

    17:30 Walking on a treadmill 

    19:58 Winning the Jimmy V Award on ESPN

    20:30 Tweeting Lolo Jones and the drama it caused

    23:13 Getting signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 

    28:10 Would he ever want to be a coach 

    29:30 Fan questions 

    36:20 What is Eric doing now?

    38:51 Eric’s Favorite charity: teamlegrand.org

    Follow us all on twitter: @EricLeGrand52 @eden_eats @theguydf @failinguppod

    41 min
  • S2 Ep11: Erin Gibson

    Erin Gibson

    01:20 living in a construction zone

    06:02 Heathers and other problematic movies

    9:38 Risky Business

    32:00 It’s hard to hate someone when you’re handicapped

    34:35 S&M guy

    44:50 How did she start podcasting

    53:30 Erin’s book Feminasty

    57:00 Favorite charity: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/

    Follow us on twitter: @gibblertron @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

    1 hr
  • S2 Ep10: Ben Blacker

    Author and writer Ben Blacker

    02:26 Ben’s origin story

    06:34 Where did he get the confidence to be a writer professionally?

    11:47 Master classes

    17:45 Thrilling Adventure Live

    24:20 Star Wars and Supernatural canon

    31:30 Does Ben care about reviews?

    39:35 Are three fights with his writing partner Ben Acker?

    41:34 Hex Wives comic book

    50:30 Advice to young writers 

    55:49 Favorite charity: CHIRLA - http://www.chirla.org/donate

    Follow us on twitter: @BenBlacker @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

    58 min
  • S2 Ep9: David Iserson

    The Spy Who Dumped Me - In theaters August 3rd

    02:02 Guy and David grew up in the same town

    04:32 Theater Camp

    09:30 Los Angeles isn’t intimidating 

    12:00 Coming out to LA without a job 

    15:25 The first writing, was it good or crap?

    19:14 What is Failing at writing a script 

    22:45 Writing for Saturday Night Live

    29:36 Moving on from SNL

    34:47 what type of writing does he enjoy most

    38:15 Pitfall younger writers have

    40:09 Does David have a mentor?

    42:40 Writing “The Spy Who Dumped Me” was born out of failure 

    47:38 Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis

    51:09 What is his biggest failure?

    54:32 Favorite Charity : ACLU

    56 min
  • S2 Ep8: Failing Up - Guy and Eden

    00:02 No guest this week

    01:04 Where Eden gets most cyberstalked 

    04:33 Eden’s unwanted “guests”

    09:40 Talking failure

    18:56 Dating worries - Are her parents alive?

    23:10 It’s not about you...

    24:20 Being taught how to flirt

    30:06 Esther Perel 

    32:30 Instagram has a mute function 

    36:01 Cast your net wide

    36:42 The chocolate cookie is a failure

    Give to Guy's favorite charity this week! www.foodonfoot.org

    Follow us on twitter @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

    40 min
  • S2 Ep7: Jay Duplass

    Jay Duplass director, author, and actor (Transparent)

    2:52 Does everybody “bomb”?

    15:51 The jump in to writing and making movies

    20:10 No one’s first movie is great

    23:58 Eden’s dad invented the Arm Waving Tube Man!

    25:30 Jay’s belief in how success happens

    25:50 Transparent

    29:25 Inside Baseball of filmmaking

    36:00 What people like to watch

    37:15 How do you know when your baby is beautiful (The Puffy Chair)

    42:40 Watching old people watch movies

    44:10 Getting cast on Transparent

    48:48 Outside In

    51:44 Biggest lesson Jay learned

    01:01:30 Favorite Charity https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#!/donation/checkout?

    1 hr 3 min

About Failing Up

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Life is a journey that’s filled with ups and downs, but it is how we respond to our failures that truly define us. Conan O’Brien was on The Howard Stern Show and said, "Thirty-five things have to…