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Today on Salt Lake Dirt I speak with actress Grace Truly. Grace appears in the new film Book Club: The Next Chapter (Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen). Grace has appeared in several short films and has also appeared in Downton Abbey: A New Era.

I had an amazing time talking with Grace about Book Club as well as her interests in vintage clothing, sewing, photography, and classic film. Grace is definitely someone to keep an eye out for. I can't wait to see more of her work in the future!

Thanks for listening.

Kyler

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I fortunate enough to have the Bay Area rapper FIFTH join me on Salt Lake Dirt just one day after the release of his album Terrible Twos (Released 5.5.23)

I've been listening to it non-stop. For a literary and film podcast like SLD, the conversation I had with FIFTH fits in perfectly.

Make sure to check out Taking Chances, a short film about FIFTH and the making of Terrible Twos.

Incredible artist! Great chat!

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Kyler

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I'm absolutely thrilled to welcome Gary Lassin to the show. Gary is the president of the Three Stooges Fan Club and the author of the new book A Tour De Farce: The Complete History of the Three Stooges on the Road. The fan club and ultimately Gary, are responsible for my love of early era comedians and classic Hollywood. I joined the club in my early teens. It was amazing being able to connect with him after nearly all these years.

The book is an epic work of meticulous research (Over 700 pages). It's a complete history of the Stooges' touring life. When they weren't making films they spent huge chunks of the year touring their act around the United States. This book documents it all and has never before seen photos of the comedy trio.

A Tour De Farce is an incredible labor of love and I am extremely grateful that Gary brought it into existence.

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Kyler

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Today I welcome author John Derderian to the show. I became aware of John's work through Stephen Jay Schwartz. If Stephen recommends something, I know it's going to be good. That was definitely the case with John's short story collection Starbucks Must Die and Other Stories.

Great book, great chat! I'm looking forward to reading his next collection of short stories entitled Schrödinger Scat and Other Tales.

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Kyler

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Today I welcome back Michelle Bossy to the show. I first talked to Michelle back in 2021 when her film Under the Lantern Lit Sky played at the Brooklyn Film Festival. That film was one of my favorites from 2021 so I was thrilled when I heard that she had two short films currently playing the festival circuit. In this episode we discuss Early Retirement and Antisemite - two powerful films that you’ll want to keep on your radar. Great films, great chat! I look forward to having Michelle back on in the future.

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Kyler

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Michelle Bossy is a Mexican-American award-winning film, television, and theater director. Recent films Michelle directed include Nobody’s Home (feature), Under the Lantern Lit Sky (feature), Antisemite by Etan Marciano, klutz. by Elizabeth Narciso, Early Retirement by Pete Sabri and Susan-Kate Heaney, Chance of Showers by Julie Craig and Alex Ellis, The Trespassed by Raul Garza, Incurable by Josephine Cashman, Miracle Baby by Steven Fechter, Friendly Neighborhood Coven by Caroline V McGraw, Ladies Lounge by Caroline V. McGraw, 18, written by Courtney Baron, She Grinds Her Own Coffee, written by Cheri Magid, and The New 35 written by Leslie Korein.  Michelle’s films have premiered at the Austin Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Dances with Films, LA Shorts International Film Festival, and the Female Eye Film Festival, among dozens of others. Michelle directed the series The Broadway Babies Show by Nicole Mangi and Leah Sprecher, and There’s a Special Place in Hell for Fashion Bloggers, written by Amelia Alvarez. Michelle collaborated with Maria Alexandria Beech on TeleMAMAS, a pilot.  She has directed music videos for the band Yassou, and the singer/songwriter Brooke Josephson. Michelle directed for Disney’s Diversity Showcase in 2021 and 2022. (Source: MichelleBossy.com)

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Annette Bochenek joins me to talk about her book Hometowns to Hollywood Volume 1. Annette is a film historian, professor and creator of the Hometowns to Hollywood blog where she travels all over the country to explore the hometowns of Hollywood greats like Ava Gardner, Jimmy Steward, and Orson Welles. Great book, great chat!

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Kyler

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Today I welcome back author Chip Jacobs to the show. We talk about his 2016 book Strange As It Seems. Incredible book, check it out!

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Kyler

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Synopsis:

"The life of Gordon Zahler was simply so miraculous that it might as well have been science fiction.  Born into an entertainment family in suburban Los Angeles in the mid-1920s, Zahler was a lovable prankster and class clown, exasperating his parents with his endless teenage feats of derring-do. But Gordon Zahler's promising career as a public miscreant went pear-shaped one day in 1940 when he and his buddies where fooling around in their high school gym with a spring board.  An unsteady jump no the board vaulted Gordon on a deadly trajectory landing him squarely on his neck, severing his spine. He was 14-years old. That's when the miracles began."

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Today I welcome back filmmaker Cameron S. Mitchell. We talk about his new short film Kryptonite which is currently a part of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. I'm a big fan of Cameron's and was thrilled to be able to talk with him so soon after this year's Slamdance Film Festival. Great chat, great film!

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Logline: "Old flames Imani and Alex reconnect after being estranged for over two years. Imani has news that will change Alex’s life forever and together they must come to an acceptance of their new reality."

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This week I welcome filmmaker Dan Katzir to the show. Dan and Ravit Markus (co-director/producer) brought their documentary film American Pot Story to the Slamdance Film Festival where it won an Audience Award. Great chat, great film!

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Kyler

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LOGLINE: American Pot Story: Oaksterdam tells the unknown origin story of the underdogs who took a huge risk in order to revolutionize current cannabis policy.

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Today I welcome Brad Listi to the show. His latest novel is called Be Brief and Tell Them Everything. I really connected with this book. It's high on my current recommendation list. Check it out. He is also the host of Otherppl with Brad Listi, which has become one of my favorite literary podcasts as of late.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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Book Synopsis:

"A darkly funny meditation on creativity and family, Be Brief and Tell Them Everything tracks the life of a middle-aged author who is struggling to write his next novel while trying to come to grips with his son’s disabilities, set against a backdrop of ecological catastrophe and escalating human insanity in contemporary Los Angeles. A beautiful, powerful, concise work of autofiction that is reminiscent of My Struggle and Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Be Brief documents the stops and starts of adulthood and marriage, and the joys and challenges of parenting, while defining what it means to be a good man, and a good writer." (Source: Ig Publishing)

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Brad Listi was born in Milwaukee. He is the author of the novel Be Brief and Tell Them Everything (Ig Publishing / May 2022). His other books include the novel Attention. Deficit. Disorder., an LA Times bestseller, and Board, a work of nonfiction collage, co-authored with Justin Benton. He is the founding editor of The Nervous Breakdown, an online literary magazine, and in 2011 he launched the Otherppl podcast, which features in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. He lives in Los Angeles. (Source: BradListi.com)

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