Our guest today is writer, script coordinator, former attorney, founder of Chicks with Scripts, EVA TAYLOR! Eva’s worked on “The Red Line” for CBS, “Paradise Lost” for Paramount Network, and “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” for Disney +.  We talk about obligatory television, genetic mental illness, financial honesty, sending family to prison, scholarships, hierarchy of TV assistants, riding cows instead of horses… Go forth and listen!

Michelle has been on all our minds all year, just as she’s been on our TV screens all year! From Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe, The Circle, Tales of the City, and Work It!

In this #firecrackerAFTERSHOW we talk about being funny without making fun of people, fairy godmothers with back fat, honest conversations, getting dressed up to go to the kitchen, and what the team's up to lately!

Our guest this week is actress, comedian, writer, host, podcaster, producer MICHELLE BUTEAU from Always Be My Maybe, Tales of the City, Russian Doll, and The Circle, The First Wives Club, Broad City, AND she’s this year’s Firecracker Department BLAZE Award recipient!

On Sept 29th her stand-up special WELCOME TO BUTEAUPIA drops on Netflix! We talked about the different comedy circuits, embodying cilantro, 2020 times, mental health, standup, therapy, her ADORABLE twin babies and so much more.

Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Nadine Brito @nadine_brito on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

Tickets available NOW for our annual (now virtual) Firecracker Department TIFF Party on Sunday, September 13th!

Our guest this week is writer, improviser, actor, producer KAREN GRACI! Karen’s currently writing and producing The Harper House for CBS All Access! She’s worked on Tuca & Bertie and Girlboss on Netflix, co-written for Blue on Hulu, AND toured worldwide with the Second City. We talk about FBI ambitions, taking the LSAT, the glacier of LA, being a fancy 80 year old, writing rooms, and MORE!

We streamed a new, LIVE Aftershow to talk about director and Emmy nominee Lesli Linka Glatter's podcast episode.

Every first Sunday of the month, I talk to a past guest about what’s going on with them now, and we release it as a bonus episode on the pod!

For the May Spark Chat, I caught up with comedian couple Jess & Eman, The El-Salomons! Hear what they’re up to in 2020. Look out for July’s Spark Chat with director Renuka Jeyapalan to be released as a podcast episode NEXT month! But first, Jess & Eman!

Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and firecracker community member Alissa Abeler on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

Andrea has so many different outlets for her creativity, from animation to directing to tiny book creation, she really seems to do it all! This episode made our team think about how art can save you, being honest about how you're doing, COVID solitude, empathy, and what they're up to now!

Our guest on the podcast this week is animator, writer, illustrator, director, artist, ANDREA DORFMAN! She’s written and directed shorts, docs, multiple features, and most recently, the new comedy SPINSTER starring Chelsea Peretti. You can watch Spinster on Apple TV, iTunes, or Vimeo, right now… or right after you listen to this episode!

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Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Sarah Potter @ssass34 on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

This Aftershow episode, the team chats about Mozhdah’s vibrance and artistry, her selfless choices, triple threat status, attempting to understand fame, and what they’re up to now!