Project Woo Woo

Who is Donna Jo Thorndale:

Donna Jo Thorndale is a Los Angeles-based actress and writer. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, she hails from a long line of sassy joke-tellers. Her love of improvisation, food, music, and social justice led her to create Chef Jewell Rae Jeffers, a Southern Celebrity Chef out to solve America's political and social problems the old-fashioned way, with food. As Chef Jewell Rae, she toured her improvised show to Chicago, and NYC, and "All Cake, No File: The Johnny Cash Prison Tribute Cooking Show" played in CA State Prisons and enjoyed an 8-week run at The Actors' Gang, where she had the best job of her life, teaching for over a decade in their Prison Project and Education Department. She is a graduate of bang.improv studios and The Second City. Theatre chops include Williamstown Theatre Festival and The Actors' Gang. TV brags are with her comedy heroes – Marc Maron (The Maron Show) and Tig Nataro (One Mississippi). She writes about the intersections of freedom/self-expression as related to punk rock/kids, food/politics, and cooking/meditation. Recent essays and poems appear in the feminist anthology Feckless Cunt and the upcoming Is It Hot In Here or Is It Just Me?

Who is Danielle LaPorte:

Besides being one of Lisa's inspirations for Project Woo Woo, Danielle LaPorte is a bestselling Canadian author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger. Born in Windsor, Ontario,Danielle and is the author of White Hot Truth: Clarity for keeping it real on your spiritual path—from one seeker to another.The Fire Starter Sessions, and The Desire Map: A Guide To Creating Goals With Soul. Named one of the "Top 100 Websites for Women" by Forbes, millions of visitors go to DanielleLaPorte.com everyday. Danielle also has a thought brilliant, provoking, and inspiring podcast, With Love Danielle.

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Who is Wendy Miller:

Wendy Miller is an Emmy winning TV producer and comedy writer who has produced and/or written for The Oprah Show, Lifetime, Oxygen, NBC, TV Land, The Wayne Brady Show, The Tonight Show, VH1, ABC, Travel Channel, Walmart, Telepictures, and Paramount to name a few. In 2010, Playboy TV approached Wendy to create and oversee a brand-new type of programming: Upscale, network quality, sex-positive programming called TV For 2 that's designed to keep married couples sexually in sync. Wendy jumped at the opportunity to evolve one of the world's most iconic brands and create a brand-new genre of programming designed to help couples.

Surrounding herself with the best sex educators in the world, the student eventually became the master. After friends kept asking her for explicit advice and sex toy recommendations, Wendy began hosting sold-out Advanced Sexual Techniques seminars at her home, bringing together her sex educator colleagues with her suburban mom friends. Moderating these events, Wendy normalized the entire experience and made explicit sex education more attainable for women desperately in need of help and information. Aiming to reach a wider audience and bring her unique mix of sexual expertise and humor, Wendy launched her podcast, Sex Ed The Musical. In addition to hosting the podcast, Wendy is currently writing her memoir about her time at Playboy TV and how it changed her career, life and marriage in ways she never imagined.

You can find her show where podcasts are available and at SexEdTheMusical.com or on Instagram at SexEdMusicalPodcast

Who is Erica Jong:

Erica Jong is one of my favorite writers ever! A brilliant novelist, satirist, and poet, and known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. Fear of Flying was a life changer for me. The book is famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the second-wave feminism.

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Who is Don Frankel:

Don Frankel is an Actor and Musician. Don grew up in Brooklyn New York. He played his first professional music gig at his own Bar Mitzvah on the Accordion. Don is a multi-instrumentalist on Keyboards, Banjo, Guitar and sing Tenor and Baritone vocals. He's been a recording artist on major labels as well as played on movie soundtracks. Also, have written songs for TV and Movies. His acting life includes the Broadway stage, tons of commercials, TV sitcoms, etc. He is first called Prez. Bill Clinton Impersonator and have appeared on TV, Movies, Comedy Clubs and personal appearances.

Who is William Jefferson Clinton:

Husband to Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the governor of Arkansas and the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. Also, known for playing the sax on the Arsenio Hall show.

Who is Kathy Nagler:

Kathy began her career after being told again and again that her voice could make anything sound funny. With her ultra-dry delivery, she was billed as the female Ben Stein. But over the years, she has expanded her repertoire to include the not-so-funny, and the deep-breathed sexy. Kathy is an accomplished improviser and standup comedian, and has lent her unique talents to cartoons, commercials, short films, and even at a ride at Disneyland. But wherever you hear her, she's unmistakably Kathy.

Who is Anne Boleyn:

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their marriage, and her execution by beheading made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation.

Who is Karly Nimmo:

With five iTunes hit podcasts under her belt, including Karlosophies and Rock Your Mic Right, Karly Nimmo uses her voice and wisdom to guide us back to the truth of who we are so that we can show up and speak up as our fully expressed, most rad selves. A faithful student of the human spirit, Karly can help connect to your voice and 'find your freq' at karlynimmo.com and in your podcast app of choice. Links to socials: https://instagram.com/karlosophies https://facebook.com/karlynimmo

Who is Dr. Phil:

Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author and psychologist who is the host of the television show Dr. Phil. He first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s

Who is Mary Weiss:

Mari Weiss is a native of Chicago where, after receiving an M.F.A. in Theatre, she worked with such companies as Steppenwolf, Court Theatre, and The Annoyance where she originated the role of Alice in the cult hit "The Real Live Brady Bunch", performing it in New York and Los Angeles where she stayed (not just for the weather).In L.A. she's worked in all areas of the business from stage to in front of the camera and behind the mic. As a Voice-Over artist, she's done hundreds of commercials including campaigns for such brands as McDonald's, Chrysler, Blue Cross, Yoplait, to name a few.She has performed her original work for Comedy Central's Sit 'N Spin, Rogue Machine's Rant & Rave, 15 Minutes of FEM, and as a member of the The Quarterly Report at such venues as Highways and Fake Gallery. Her poetry has appeared in the anthology MO+TH and is part of the collection Big City Mantra from Bombshelter Press.

Who is Pema Chodron:

Pema Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist. Pema is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Pema has written several dozen books and audiobooks and is a principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. And one of my favorite teachers ever!

Who Is Anil Desai: Anil Desai started in comedy with the sketch group The Giant Pineapple Boys, who performed at the Edinburgh festivals from 2001 to 2004. He then went on to host The Late Show Spank! On the fringe and created comedy characters Rajesh: Bollywood Lounge singer and Candice the Fluffer Girl. He is best known as an impressionist and has performed several solo shows in various international festivals to showcase his talents. He is also an actor, having appeared in Goodness Gracious Me, Doctors and The Bill among others. Who is Bruce Lee: Lee Jun-fan, known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong-American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, and philosopher. Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and European cinema and audiences the way it has over the past four decades.

Who is Jeff Michalski:

JEFF MICHALSKI Improv practitioner, teacher, and actor, he is featured in over thirty films, most recently The Laundromat playing opposite Meryl Streep. He has taught all forms of improvisation for over twenty years, as well as developed his own long-form techniques. He has performed across the United States, Canada, and Ireland in theatres and nightclubs and has directed Second City companies in Chicago, Los Angeles, Kilkenny, and Toronto. Founder of the Second City ETC, he also helped create the Second City Training Program in Chicago and Los Angeles. As a producer, director and performer, he has worked with Dan Castellaneta, Chris Farley, Amy Sedaris, Mike Meyer, Steven Colbert, Ryan Stiles, and many more.

Jeff worked in comedy clubs across the country with the Original Comedy Rangers and was a member of the Groundling in Los Angeles before settling with the Chicago Second City in 1980. During his years with the Second City, Mr. Michalski studied with Paul Sills and his historic Story Theatre. While traveling the country with Second City's National Touring Company he continued training with Second City founder Paul Sills, and artistic directors Del Close, Fred Kaz and Bernie Sahlins.

Jeff has also written for comedians and television shows including Emo Phillips and "Exit 57". He has also been a director of the Cats' Laugh International Comedy Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Who is The Real Deal:

The Real Deal is a spiritual teacher to the Hollywood elite who believes we are all holograms, His influences by Marshal McCluhan, Joyce and Chompsky although he is completely original.

Who is Terry Evans:

Terry is a Pisces born in Texas, lives in California. Enjoys acting, building things, fishing from the beach and letting them go. And maybe a little humble. Terry has been a fixture in the LA theatre scene for over 25 years and a member of the premier classical Los Angeles theatre company Antaeus. You have seen him in both film and television and he also starred in the cult classic Mongrel directed by the late Robert Burns.

Who is President Kennedy:

Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became one of the youngest U.S. presidents. He led a renewed drive for public service and eventually provided federal support for the growing civil rights movement. His assassination on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, sent shockwaves around the world and turning Kennedy into a larger-than-life heroic figure. And to this day, JFK is ranked among the best-loved presidents in American history.

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Who is Karianne Flaathen:

Karianne is an actor and photographer who finally landed in Los Angeles via Oslo, Seattle, New York, and London.... and is a company member of the brilliant world-class Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles... where she was seen in Top Girls.

Who is Amelia Earhart:

Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. And the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records too, wrote best-selling books about her experiences in flying, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

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