Today, I have Rachel Morrison! Rachel is an award-winning cinematographer, director, surfer and mama. In 2018, she was the FIRST WOMAN to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for her work on MUDBOUND. She also shot BLACK PANTER for Marvel okayyyyyyyyyyy??! Her forthcoming film as a director, FLINT STRONG, about boxing phemon Claressa Shields, is highly anticipated. HOWEVER, we're not talking shop or what it's like to be an ICON today. We're talking about the impact of losing both her mother and father at a young age (and as an only child) and how that affected her tenacity, drive and the blurry memory of grief and loss. Rachel is so generous in what she shares and is deeply raw, authentic and direct.

Today Molly interviews the wildly talented Chicago based author, artist and *dead mom club member*, Tyler Feder. Tyler is the author of Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir. It was listed on Booklist Best Books of the Year &  the Chicago Public Library Best Books of the Year, amongst other fancy lists. Tyler’s mom was diagnosed with late-stage cancer the summer after Tyler’s first year of college and a decade later, in 2020, Tyler published this graphic memoir where she shares “the sting of loss that never goes away, the uncomfortable post-death firsts, and the hard to talk about feelings of the grieving process - but also the ways a premature death of a loved one can enrich your life.” I ADORE THIS BOOK and Tyler. Find Tyler's work at @tylerfeder or https://www.tylerfeder.com. You can buy the book here!

Episode 1 is fellow Canadian, Scorpio and filmmaker, Chell Stephen! Chell is a Bad Bitch ™ with biting wit and a gigantic heart. Chell had directed short films, music videos, commercials, fashion & branded content (L'Oreal, JanSport, Fendi and Givenchy), television (CW's Riverdale) and is currently in development on her feature film, Kidnapping Brihanna. Chell believes "all good art should make you feel less alone. She’s drawn to exploring the darker themes of humanity -- bad attitudes, bad habits, bad gals -- but doing it all through the brightest possible lens, with out-of-this-world colors and as many foggers as we can rent."