Funny In Failure

Dr. Linda Seger is a screenwriting & story coach, screenplay consultant, copyright expert witness, author and international speaker. In fact, she is one of the most prolific authors on screenwriting, having written 16 books, with ten on screenwriting, including the best-selling, Making a Good Script Great, Creating Unforgettable Characters and Writing Subtext.

Linda has created and defined the career of Script Consultant (the first one ever) and has consulted on over 2,000 scripts including over 50 produced feature films and over 35 produced television projects.

Linda was the consultant for Peter Jackson's breakthrough film, Brain Dead and for Roland Emmerich's breakthrough film, Universal Soldier. She was the script consultant on Pasttime and Picture Bride–both winners of the Audience Favorite Award at the Sundance Film Festival–as well as for the films The Long Walk Home, The Neverending Story II, Luther, Romero, and television movies and mini-series including The Bridge, the Danish-Swedish mini-series.

Her clients have won numerous awards, including Academy Awards, and have gained recognition from numerous film festivals and many achieving box office hits. She's lectured in over 33 countries and has given seminars for studios, networks, production companies, television series, film commissions, universities and film schools. Ron Howard has also endorsed her bestselling book, Making a Good Script Great, saying he used this book to inform all of his movies beginning with Apollo 13.

In this podcast, we chat about retirement, being a good person, screen writing, success, finding yourself, ego, negative people, mental blocks, saying yes, conflict management, paving the way for others, power, competition and teamwork, collaboration and failure. Check out Linda:

• Website: https://lindaseger.com/
• Books: You Talkin' to Me?: How to Write Great Dialogue
• Jesus Rode A Donkey: Why Millions of Christians Are Democrats

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Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann is one of Australia's most well-known comedians and is also a Radio Host, author, TV Presenter & an actor. He's been in Utopia, Before the Game, Any questions for Ben, The Project, The Beep Test, Neighbours, Have You Been Paying Attention? Hughesy We Have A Problem, Good News Week, Rove Live, Studio 10, The Circle, It's a date, Off-side, Drunk History, The Glasshouse, Please Like Me, Stand Up Australia, 11am, Hey Hey It's Saturday and Stand Up Live (UK TV).

Lehmo has also hosted a number of radio shows including his new show Bec, Cosi & Lehmo on SAFM 107.1. He's interviewed some of the most famous people in the world and was voted as having the best radio show for many years.

And… if that isn't enough for you- He has written a book, "This shirt wont iron itself".

In this podcast we chat about bad diets and chocolates, stigma behind comedy, life as an accountant, working hard, ambition, short term goals, regrets, being in the Guinness World Records and performing to the troops.

Check out Lehmo on:

• Instagram: lehmo15
• Twitter: lehmo23
• Facebook: lehmo1
• Website: https://lehmo.com.au/

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Tom Walker is an award-winning comedian, a writer, actor, improviser and clown. Tom has appeared in the Australian version of Whose line Is It Anyway? Aaron Chen Tonight, Drunk History, Comedy up Late, Comedy Allstars, Stans Lockdown Special, Comedy Next Gen and has his own Amazon Prime special, Very Very- Check it out, it's hilarious!

He also co-host the hilarious podcast bigsofttitty.png alongside his comedian girlfriend, Demi Lardner.

We chat about trucks, losing podcast, video games, learning new skills, happiness, our minds, disappointment, control, haters, improv, perfectionism, body dysmorphia and Demi even chimes in for a bit, lucky us! Check out Tom on: Facebook: TomWalkerComedy Instagram: TomWalkerIsGood Twitter: TomWalkerIsGood His work on Adult Swim (from our Rick and Morty convo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyNm8wZo-U0 To keep up to date with the podcast and the latest news: Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and Facebook. and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter.

Nicola Parry is an actor, writer, producer and improviser, a veteran of the Australian entertainment industry where she has worked for all the major TV networks in Australia.

She was the lead cast member in my favourite Australian show, Thank God You're Here and has been in The Hollowmen, Swift and Shift Couriers, Doctor Doctor, Rake, How Not To Behave, Here Come The Habibs, Time Of Our Lives, The Letdown, Mystery Of A Hansom Cab, Celebrity Name Game, How not to Behave, This Is Your Laugh, Frayed, The Librarians, Sleuth 101, Australia Versus and Slideshow.

She has co written, produced and created, Part Time Privates and was a writer for resting Pitch Face and Street Smart and does a lot of work with corporates.

In this episode, we chat about improv, acting and auditions, mindsets, fear, drive and positivity, family, mental health, self- worth, surrounding yourself with great people, working in the arts, competition, collaboration and ambition. Check out Nicola's website at: http://nicolaparry.com.au/ To keep up to date with the podcast and the latest news: Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB. and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter.

Dan Bakkedal is an actor, writer and improviser. You might remember him from Veep, Legit and Life In Pieces. He has an incredible resume where he's also been in The Goldberg's, Space Force, Observe and Report, The Heat, Trumbo This Is 40, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Newsreaders, The United States of Tara, Community, The League, Brooklyn-99, Tarantula, Gotham, Corporate Animals, Sword of Trust, The Mindy Project, voiced Raiden in the Mortal Combat video game and was a correspondent on the daily show with Jon Stewart.

In the podcast we chat about motivation, working on the Daily Show, hindsight, fear, sobriety, collaboration, success and fear of success, self-loathing, happiness, attachment, chasing the carrot, asking for help plus a lot more! To keep up to date with the podcast and the latest news: Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB. and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter.

Nikki Britton is an actor and comedian. She's has been in How to Stay Married on Network 10, featured in Matt Okine's The Other Guy and stars in the Screen Australia web-series Sheila's. Nikki has also appeared on Network Ten's, The Project, Hughesie We Wave a Problem, Stan's lock down comedy festival and Celebrity Name Game.

She has also performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala, ABC's Comedy Up late, The Comedy Channel as part of the Just For Laughs Festival, LA's Laugh Factory, The Hollywood Improv, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in India for the Melbourne comedy festival roadshow.

Just as a heads up we talk deeply about mental health and topics such as eating disorders and suicide attempts. I really thank Nikki for her honesty and bringing these topics to light. She's awesome very inspiring and just a great all-round human. There's a lot of positivity in this one where we also talk about life during Covid, faults of zoom, connecting with others, strange reasons why we don't get acting jobs and the challenges of actors, people pleasing, finding purpose, vulnerability, shame, contentment vs happiness, Santa, the stories we tell our self and perspective.

Check out Nikki on:

• Insta/ Facebook: thenikkibritton
• Nikki's new show, ONCE BITTEN is now out, check it out on the ABC Listen app or wherever you get your podcasts or in the link here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/abc-comedy-presents/nikki-britton-once-bitten/12468414

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Ed Kavalee is a comedian, broadcaster, producer, director, writer and podcaster. He currently co-hosts Hughesy and Ed and features on Have you Been Paying Attention. He has also been in Good News Week, Thank God you're here, Last One laughing, Any Questions for Ben? Scumbus, Agony Uncles, Border Protection Squad, True Story with Hamish and Andy.

He was also on Dancing with the stars and has co-written a picture book with his wife, inspired by his son, "A First Time for everything". He also hosts the Ed Kavalee podcast and Team Effort podcast.

In this podcast we chat about the art of listening and responding, working in radio, improv, Thank God You're Here, making mistakes, what kindness really is, luck, taking chances on yourself, learning from others, ed's famous inventory checks and he even gives me career advice.

Check out on:

• Insta: therealedkavalee
• Twitter: mredkavalee
• 'Hughesy and Ed' every week day between 5pm-7pm
• 'Team Effort' podcast
• 'Have You Been Paying Attention' every Monday night
• 'Thank God You're Here' is now out on 10play

Notes from podcast, check out:

• Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais's short film by BBC, the Boss (A few years later it had mutated into a full-blown TV sitcom called 'The Office').
• Check out the pilot of "Cheers"- here is the pilot screenplay http://www.zen134237.zen.co.uk/Cheers/Cheers_1x01_-_Give_Me_a_Ring_Sometime.pdf
• 'Here's To The Dreamers' (there may be a full version) link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgGy3lMY-wE

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Danielle Walker is an award-winning comedian and actor. She's the winner of Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2018 and was the winner of RAW in 2016. She was also handpicked by the Melbourne Comedy Festival to be part of The Comedy Zone and has gone on to appear on Comedy Up Late and Stand and Deliver, both for the ABC.

She's also appeared as 'Ranger Danny' alongside on ABC TV's Get Krack!n, done stand up on ABC's Comedy's Tonightly with Tom Ballard, the Just for Laughs Stand Up Series on The Comedy Channel and performed at the Soho Theatre. She's also been involved with Aunty Donna and co-hosts the 'Batch Bitch' podcast.

In this podcast we chat about her unique upbringing and childhood, growing up without a TV, confidence, negative reviews, loving your work, comparing yourself, being liked, dead dogs, trying new things, positivity, being overwhelmed and being yourself. Check her out on: Insta: daniellescoolokay Twitter: danwalkercomedy Facebook: daniellewalkercomedy Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Patricia Velásquez is an award-winning actress, history making super model, philanthropist, activist and author. You might remember her from the Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Curse of La Llorona. She's also been in The L Word, Arrested Development, CSI: Miami, Ugly Betty, Rescue Me, Liz in September, Zapata, Mind Hunters, Little Heroes, School of the Americas and she's in the Shadow of the Tomb Raider video game.

For those who love fashion she's also been in ads for Chanel, Fendi, Chloe, Dolce and Gabbana, Cover Girl, Victoria's Secret plus many more, and has also appeared in Oprah and Ford Models "Supermodel of the World" contest and been on covers such as Vogue, Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, and Marie Claire and have also done a TED talk!

She has her own autobiography entitled, "Straight Walk: A Supermodel's Journey to Finding her Truth".

We talk about being a loner/ outsider, embracing your differences, creating paths for others, coming out, victim mentality and ego, the truth, doing what you love, perceptions and mindset, gratefulness, fear, the preciousness of time, her charity Wayúu Tayá, poverty, importance of having goals and life purpose. Check out her socials: Facebook/Instagram/ Twitter: wayuuprincess

To find out more about her incredible charity (Wayúu Tayá):

Website: https://www.wayuutaya.org

Crowd funding campaign:

https://projectworldimpact.com/crowdfunding/become-an-instant-humanitarian

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Thomas Roberts is an Emmy Award winning journalist and broadcaster, who was an evening anchor for CBS46, Atlanta. He had a seven-year stint anchoring MSNBC Live, the daytime news platform of NBC News. Previously, he was the anchor of Way Too Early and a contributor on Morning Joe. He was also an NBC News correspondent and a fill-in anchor on Today and NBC Nightly News.

He has also served as a correspondent for CBS News and has contributed to several entertainment shows including "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider." Prior to that, he was a news anchor for CNN Headline News covering topics such as the Iraq War, the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and more. Thomas also hosted the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.

Thomas has been honored for his work as an advocate in the LGBT community, and is the recipient of the prestigious Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign in October 2011. He was also honored by the Stonewall Community Foundation, Marriage Equality USA and The National Crime Victim Bar Association.

In this podcast we chat about making positive news, horror live stories, unemployment, social media, self-worth and self-esteem, therapy, coming out, surrounding yourself with good people, suicide attempt, marriage equality and mistakes.

Thomas also hosts #GAYGOODNEWS every Thursday EST via his Facebook live page Check out his socials: Facebook: ThomasRobertsLIVE Instagram/ Twitter: ThomasARoberts Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.