Love, Alexi

Vanderpump Rules Star Ariana Madix stops by to talk about everything & MORE with Alexi.

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Penelope Gazin & Kate Dwyer, founders of Witchsy, stop by to talk creating a fake male identity to bypass blatant misogyny while building their business... and MORE!

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Sam Fragoso is a Los Angeles based writer, editor, programmer and host of Talk Easy; a weekly podcast of intimate, long-form interviews with people from all walks of life: filmmakers, comedians, activists, politicians, actors, and beyond. In 2013, he founded the film-focused website, Movie Mezzanine. His writings have appeared in Vanity Fair, NPR, WIRED, The New Republic, Playboy, and The Atlantic. 

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Writer, Director, Actor Andre Hyland (The 4th, Funnel, The Jesse Miller Talk Show, Mr. Roosevelt, LA Times, Popstar) joins Alexi for a tangential journey filled with laughter and conversation about making movies on a shoe string budget, cats, commercial castings, relationships, Cinefamily, Bill Cosby and SO MUCH MORE!

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Alexi is joined by Tabitha Denholm. Tabitha is a director of music videos, documentary shorts and commercials. She’s directed music videos for Florence and the Machine, Jennifer Hudson, Haim. Her work has been nominated for MTV Video Music Awards. And she's the founder of Women Under The Influence; a collective whose sole purpose is dedicated to celebrating and supporting female filmmakers. 

Together Alexi & Tabs go on a tangential journey where they talk sexism, women in film, her journey from modeling in london to being one half of the dj duo Queens of Noise, finding her way to becoming a director, Marilyn Manson, carpets matching the drapes, handbags, break ups, canoodling, sexual harassment, the recent disgusting Cinefamily scandal, the exciting story of how we met and so much more!

For more Tabitha & Women Under the Influence event updates and general inspiration, follow her on Instagram @WomenUnderTheInfluence and visit WomenUnderTheInfluence.org where you can sign up for the mailing list and buy a super chic Women Under The Influence T shirt made by an amazing, innovative, environmentally responsible company called @everybodyworld. I cut mine into a crop top! 

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Alexi is joined by actor, writer, comedian Brett Gelman (Lemon, Twin Peaks, Stranger Things, Fleabag). Together they go on a tangential journey romp of a high energy conversation where they talk internal spirals, systemic racism, Lemon, his love story with wife janicza Bravo, past dating experiences, going from white nerd to the hip guy he is today, yoga heads, style changes, meditation, therapy, shame, adult swim, social interactions, being desperate, emails texts and the lack of tone, emojis, integrity, micro dosing, the power of disengagement, toxic relationships, people pleasing, being obsessive, potentially being a bungler fumbler, his words not mine, the notion of figuring it all, smoking copious amounts of weed on getting doug with high and so much more!

But most important, see the movie he co-wrote and stars in: LEMON with Michael Cera, Judy Greer, Gillian Jacobs, Jeff Garlin, Shiri Appleby, Nia Long, Jon Daly, Megan Mullally and more! LEMON is in select theaters now AND avail on VOD. Make sure to check it out! 

For more Brett, follow him on instagram @BrettGelman and @LemonMotionPicture

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This week actress Mishel Prada (Fear The Walking Dead: Passage) joins Alexi & together they go on a rosé fueled tangential journey & talk her Emmy nomination, relationships, Miami, LA, TJ, writing, auditions, cooking, her all female art collective (https://www.damarosa.com, @damarosacollective), freezing eggs & embryos, New Orleans, and so much more! Follow Mishel on instagram @mishe____prada & Twitter @mishelprada

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Alexi is joined by writer, director Janicza Bravo (Lemon, Atlanta, Love, Divorce). Together they go on a tangential journey where they talk how Janicza's new movie LEMON came to be, how she was woo’d by her now husband Brett Gelman, training for the olympics, NYU, film festivals, talking about meditating but not actually meditating, insta stories, family, identity, creativity & barbies, Crispin Glover, Anthony Bourdain, Howard Stern, make outs, rosé, and so much more! A super fun romp where you can clearly hear how much Alexi adores Janicza by how much Alexi screams, speaks an octave higher than usual and says ‘oh my gawd’ a ton. Such a beautiful experience, even handsome young producer Aristotle had more fun than usual with Janicza in the studio! For more Janicza, follow her on instagram @Janicza and/or @LemonMotionPicture

Janicza's short films are available online. Watch them ALL: Eat, Gregory Go Boom, Pauline Alone, Woman Of The Year, Hard World For Small Things, The New Yorker Presents, Woman in Deep, Man Rots From The Head. But most important, see her feature film: LEMON staring Brett Gelman, Michael Cera, Judy Greer, Gillian Jacobs, Jeff Garlin, Shiri Appleby, Nia Long, Jon Daly, Megan Mullally and more! 

LEMON is playing at the Ace Hotel, part of Sundace Next Fest, on Friday August 11th at 8pm. August 18th, LEMON will be playing at the Nuart theatre in Los Angeles, as well as the Quad cinema in New York city AND avail on VOD. Make sure to check it out!

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Alexi is joined by actress, comedien, professional muse, talent and gender fluid inspiration: Freckle. Freckle currently stars on the Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo (available on YouTube), Jordan Firstman’s film “Call Your Father”; and can be seen in Brian Jordan Alvarez's upcoming movie “Everything Is Free”, as well as Season Two of Search Party on TBS, and the soon to be released Grizzly Bear music video alongside Busy Phillips. Alexi and Freckle talk gender pronouns, coming of age, acting, gender fluidity, Eckhart Tolle, American Idol auditions gone by, trans advocacy, gender non binary and neutrality, identity, self help, doing the internal work, self acceptance, finding your place and purpose, homophobia, vigilance, shame, being a performer, the fact that we both went to the same high school, parents, friends, lovers, relationships, dating, souls, monogamy, jealousy, passion, internal spirals, tv, movies, gay men, lesbian women, bisexuality, debunking stereotypes, insta stories, self love, doing the internal emotional work to be happy and healthy and so much more! Follow Freckle on Instagram @AuntFreckle

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This week actress, writer, director multi hyphenate comedic genius Bridey Elliott (Fort Tilden, Silicon Valley, Affections, Search Party, Men Don't Whisper) joins Alexi on a tangential journey where they discuss making movies, dating, anti depressants, break ups, family, bodily functions, misogyny, having babies, film festivals, moving from New York to LA, relationships, mutual friends & Love Alexi alumni; Charles Rogers (Search Party, Fort Tilden) and Jordan Firstman (Men Don't Whisper, Call Your Father), and so much more! For more Bridey Elliott, follow her on twitter @brideylee and instagram @bridey_elliott

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