Salt Lake Dirt

Salt Lake Dirt

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  • Emily Ann Zisko - PLAY IT BY EAR - Episode 164
    Today I welcome writer, director and actor Emily Ann Zisko to the show. Emily's latest project is a web series entitled Play It By Ear (Season 1 now available on YouTube). Play It By Ear has screened at Dances With Films and HollyShorts and will be at the upcoming 2023 Nashville Film Festival in late September.
    Great chat, great series! Check it out.
    Thanks for listening.
    Kyler
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    Synopsis:
    "Play It By Ear," a six-part series centered around a young couple, Mila and Lukas, who struggle to grow together as they start their new lives thousands of miles apart (Los Angeles and Amsterdam). (SOURCE: YouTube, Karen Twins Productions)
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    Episode Links:
    STREAM: Play It By Ear: Season 1
    Instagram: @playitbyearseries
    TikTok: @playitbyearseries
    IG: @emilyannzisko
    IG: @thekarentwins
    Screening at Nashville FF: Fri, Sep 29th, 11:00 AM @ Rothschild Black Box Theater, Vanderbilt University
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    SLD Podcast Info:
    www.saltlakedirt.com
    Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
    Listen on APPLE Podcasts
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    Instagram: @saltlakedirt
    24 min
  • Elle Nash - DELIVER ME - Episode 163
    Today I am thrilled to welcome back one of my favorite authors. Elle Nash joins me to talk about her novel Deliver Me (10.3.23 Unnamed Press). Elle is the author of Animals Eat Each Other, Nudes, and Gag Reflex. She has easily become one of Salt Lake Dirt's top picks. Her name has been mentioned by several other guests on this show as one of the best writers out there. I love Deliver Me and I encourage you to (pre-) order today!
    Elle currently lives in Scotland and will be on a book tour in the States this October. If you can, make sure to check it out! A list of events are at the bottom of this page.
    Great book, great chat!
    Thanks for listening.
    Kyler
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    Deliver Me Synopsis:
    "At a meatpacking facility in the Missouri Ozarks, Dee-Dee and her co-workers kill and butcher 40,000 chickens in a single shift."
    "The work is repetitive and brutal, with each stab and cut a punishment to her hands and joints, but Dee-Dee’s more concerned with what is happening inside her body. After a series of devastating miscarriages, Dee-Dee has found herself pregnant, and she is determined to carry this child to term. 
    Dee-Dee fled the Pentecostal church years ago, but judgment follows her in the form of regular calls from her mother, whose raspy voice urges Dee-Dee to quit living in sin and marry her boyfriend Daddy, an underemployed ex-con with an insect fetish. With a child on the way, at long last Dee-Dee can bask in her mother’s and boyfriend’s newfound parturient attention. She will matter. She will be loved. She will be complete. 
    When her charismatic friend Sloane reappears after a twenty-year absence, feeding her insecurities and awakening suppressed desires, Dee-Dee fears she will go back to living in the shadows. Neither the ultimate indignity of yet another miscarriage nor Sloane’s own pregnancy deters her: she must prepare for the baby’s arrival." (SOURCE: Unnamed Press)
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    Episode Links:
    www.ElleNash.net
    IG: @saderotica
    Patreon: @saderotica
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    Deliver Me Book Tour (2023):
    September 29 - Third Place Books Ravenna - Seattle, WA.
    October 1 - Powell's City of Books - Portland, OR.
    October 5 - North Figueroa Bookshop - Highland Park, CA.
    October 8 - Stories Book - Los Angeles, CA.
    October 9 - Franklin Park - NYC.
    October 11 - The Strand - NYC.
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    SLD Podcast Info:
    www.saltlakedirt.com
    Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
    Listen on APPLE Podcasts
    Listen on SPOTIFY
    Instagram: @saltlakedirt
    55 min
  • Brock Forrette- SWING - Episode 162

    Today on the show I welcome filmmaker Brock Forrette. His short film Swing will be at the Burbank International Film Festival (Sept. 21 - 24, 2023). Swing was one of my top picks from this summer's Wyoming International Film Festival. In Wyoming I had the chance to speak with Mary Riitano, who stars in the film (Listen to Mary's interview HERE).

    Great film, great chat!

    Thanks for listening.

    Kyler

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    SWING Logline:

    "A mysterious package arrives at Paul and Terri's door. What it contains could either save or end their passionless marriage."

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    SLD Podcast Info:

    • www.saltlakedirt.com
    • Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
    • Listen on APPLE Podcasts
    • Listen on SPOTIFY
    • Instagram: @saltlakedirt
      • 20 min
    • Dmitry Samarov - TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN - Episode 161

      On today's episode I welcome back artist Dmitry Samarov. His new book To Whom It May Concern can be purchased on his website dmitrysamarov.com. I've become a big fan of Dmitry's work these past few months so it great to catch up with him.

      Dmitry is host of the podcast hu u no and co-host for That Horrorcast with Mallory Smart.

      Thanks for listening!

      Kyler

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      Episode Links:

      • PURCHASE To Whom It May Concern
      • DmitrySamarov.com
      • IG: samarov_art

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        SLD Podcast Info:

        • www.saltlakedirt.com
        • Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
        • Listen on APPLE Podcasts
        • Listen on SPOTIFY
        • Instagram: @saltlakedirt


          • 41 min
        • Sara Summa - ARTHUR & DIANA - Episode 160
          Today on the show I welcome filmmaker Sara Summa. Sara's film Arthur & Diana will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
          I loved the film! Keep this one on your radar.
          Great film, great chat!
          Thanks for listening.
          Kyler
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          Synopsis:
          "Writer-director Sara Summa stars alongside her real-life brother Robin Summa, in this playful auto-fictional road trip from Berlin to Paris."
          "Siblings Arthur and Diana are en route from Berlin to Paris in their late father’s Renault with Diana’s adorable two-year-old son in tow. On a mission to renew an expired MOT — a certificate confirming a vehicle’s compliance with road safety and environmental standards — on their shared car, a rusty childhood relic, they also plan on visiting their aging mother along the way.
          With no topic off the table, Arthur — who is younger, with a bohemian air, and into geocaching — is adjacent to intense and pragmatic Diana, who’s just looking to get from point A to point B. Between bantering and bickering, and with a flat tire to boot, the pair encounter a beautiful vagabond, have a run-in with the police, party, attend a funeral, and detour through Italy. Charming every step of the way, the family will wind up with a few more friends and hopes than they departed with.
          Sara Summa constructs a playful and intimate sophomore feature following her debut The Last to See Them, which screened in the Berlinale’s Forum programme in 2019. A European road movie on the surface, Arthur&Diana is the autofictional brainchild of Summa, who plays the headstrong lead alongside her real-life brother, Robin Summa.
          Accompanied by Ben Roessler’s delightful score and shot on MiniDV, Betacam, and 16mm by Faraz Fesharaki (who follows his work on Alexandre Koberidze’s What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?), Arthur&Diana moves constantly between the tension and stasis that bonds all families and sometimes propels us to stay on course." (SOURCE: 2023 TIFF)
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          SLD Podcast Info:
          www.saltlakedirt.com
          Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
          Listen on APPLE Podcasts
          Listen on SPOTIFY
          Instagram: @saltlakedirt
          24 min
        • Ashlyn Anderson - Episode 111
          This week I welcome artist Ashlyn Anderson to the show. Ash is a writer, actor, and musician. I had a blast talking to them! I have a feeling big things are in store for Ashlyn.
          Great chat!
          Thanks for listening,
          Kyler
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          Episode Info:
          IG: @littlepixiegirl
          LISTEN to So It Goes on Spotify
          Demo Reels
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          58 min
        • The Aud Brothers - THE CRIMSON BOUNDER - Episode 76

          On this episode of Salt Lake Dirt I welcome filmmakers Parker Rawlins and Wil Cowser (The Aud Brothers). Their short film THE CRIMSON BOUNDER has been pulling in awards at various film festivals and will be available on YouTube Sunday October 9, 2022. 

          I had a great time talking with this Utah based writer/director duo. We discuss updating classic tropes, keeping your cast and crew happy, and the importance of learning by doing.

          Thanks for listening!

          Kyler

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          Watch The Crimson Bounder

          For more on The Aud Brothers...

          IG: @audbros

          IG: @thecrimsonbounder

          26 min
        • Lisa Johnson - Photographer // The Punk Rock Museum - Episode 159

          On this episode of Salt Lake Dirt I welcome photographer Lisa Johnson. Lisa's work as a rock photographer has given us incredible images of bands like No Doubt, The Vandals, and Nirvana. Today we talk about her iconic image of Bradley Nowell from Sublime, her work with the Punk Rock Museum, and her involvement with the Warped Tour. Lisa's work had a huge impact on the trajectory of my life and we also get into that on the show.

          Great chat! Make sure to check out Lisa's photography at the Punk Rock Museum.

          Thanks for listening.Kyler

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          Episode Links:

          • IG: ⁠@lisajohnsonrockphotographer⁠

            • The Punk Rock Museum

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              SLD Podcast Info:

              • www.saltlakedirt.com
              • Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
              • Listen on APPLE Podcasts
              • Listen on SPOTIFY
              • Instagram: @saltlakedirt
                • 30 min
              • David Flores - LIKENESS - Episode 158

                Today on Salt Lake Dirt I welcome filmmaker David Flores. His short film Likeness has been on the festival circuit playing at LA Shorts, Chattanooga, and Hollyshorts. It will screen at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday August 26, 2023.

                Great film, great chat!

                Thanks for listening.

                Kyler

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                Logline:

                "A young woman works with a digital copy of her mom to investigate the sudden disappearance of her real mom."

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                Episode Links:

                • IG: @davidfloreswrites
                • Twitter/X: @dfloreswrites
                • IMDb page
                • Sidewalk Film Festival

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                  SLD Podcast Info:

                  • www.saltlakedirt.com
                  • Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
                  • Listen on APPLE Podcasts
                  • Listen on SPOTIFY
                  • Instagram: @saltlakedirt
                    • 19 min
                  • Mia McDaniel - My Father's Burning in Hell - Episode 157

                    Today on Salt Lake Dirt I welcome author Mia McDaniel. Her new memoir My Father's Burning in Hell recently came out on Rare Bird Books. A truly powerful book that has stayed with me since I read it. Highly recommended!

                    Great chat, great book!

                    Thanks for listening.

                    Kyler

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                    Episode Links:

                    • MiaMcDanielMemoir.com
                    • IG: @miamcdanielmemoir
                    • Recommended Bookstores: East Village Bookshop, North Figueroa Bookshop, Book Soup

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                      SLD Podcast Info:

                      • www.saltlakedirt.com
                      • Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST
                      • Listen on APPLE Podcasts
                      • Listen on SPOTIFY
                      • Instagram: @saltlakedirt
                        • 39 min

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