The Actor Factor

Brad & Diego are in the studio with long time Hollywood Actor/Producer, Griff Furst. We sit down and discuss what it takes to make it in the biz and how to maintain longevity in your career! From acting in over 85 projects like Green Lantern, CSI, The Founder, & Sleepy Hollow, to Producing soon to be cult classics like ‘Half Baked Two’, Griff gives us all the insight we need, and more! 

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Brad & Diego are thrilled to be in the studio with Hollywood Stuntwoman Diane Peterson! She cracks our bodies & fills us with stunt knowledge from her past films like King Kong, The Jerk, Year of the Dragon, Naked Gun, Robocop, & even Titanic! With an epic resume and an even better biography currently on book shelves everywhere, Mrs. Peterson is still kicking butt in her vibrant career!

Mrs. Peterson will be holding a signing for her recently published book "Hollywood Stuntwoman" @ The Tracy Park Gallery, 3835 Cross Creek Rd, Malibu, CA 90265.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Brad & Diego get down to business with working Hollywood Actor & Singer Larry Bagby. We reminisce about his time on The Wonder Years, Married with Children, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle, Walk the Line, and so much more! 

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Brad & Diego welcome a true Hollywood Talent, TV Icon & Legend, Dave Holmes. From the early days as on MTV's TRL, to his fantastic acting career, to his co-hosting multiple podcasts, as well as being an editor at Esquire, to publishing his nonfiction book Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs, Mr. Holmes never stops excelling! We are thrilled for him to join us and share his stories! 

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Brad & Diego are in the studio with child actor turned Hollywood Star, Ryan Bollman. We discuss his early years on hit shows like Webster, Punky Brewster, Small Wonder, to his continued success playing fantastic characters on Dangerous Minds, Star Trek Voyager, & iCarly. Mr. Bollman has been around the business all his life, and is dropping his insight and knowledge off for you to pick up! 

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Brad & Diego welcome the very talented Hollywood Actor, Producer, Director, Joe Basile. With a long resume of true hits in television and film, Joe gives us the low down on what it took to get where he is today, and what he does to stay on top of his talent game! 

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Brad & Diego are stoked to have the amazingly gifted Hollywood Actress Nicole Dele in the studio! From Snowfall, to SWAT, to CSI, and recurring on Abbott Elementary, Mrs. Dele is going to tell us what led her to where she is today and maybe drop some tidbits about the industry from her eyes! 

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Brad & Diego sit down with long time Hollywood Actor & Producer, Chris Ufland. He gives us some rare insight to what the business was like in the 80’s, 90’s and how he still navigates the crazy maze today! 

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Brad & Diego are in the studio with an amazing Poet, Theatre, TV, Film & Voice Over Artist, Luis Galindo! We discuss longevity in the business and how to maintain working relationships in this fast paced business. 

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Luis has been a professional actor for over 25 years. He has worked and lived in NYC, Chicago and Los Angeles. He has also worked in Connecticut, Montana, Utah and Texas both on stage and screen. He has taught acting at Tulane University, New York Film Academy (Los Angeles branch) and for the Alley Theatre. He was an acting company member of Company of Angels (LA's oldest theatre company) and of the Independent Shakespeare Company of Los Angeles, where he also sat on the board of directors for 6 seasons.He also works as a voice actor in Anime films. He is a founding member of Gravity Players in Houston, Texas.

He received his MFA from the University of Delaware Professional Theatre Training Program. He is the author of two volumes of poetry: Electric Rats in a Neon Gutter and The Roaring Dawn, The Silent Mountain and the play, The Tale of the Barrio Jedi. His wife, Courtney has an animal rescue called Forgotten Coast animal rescue, a 501C3 organization. You can make a donation or learn about adopting a dogat forgotten coast animal rescue.org.

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Brad & Diego get to speak with the most AMAZING Author, Illustrator, Educator, Father, Juggler, Coffee Consumer, & Instacart Fan, MARK KISTLER! From drawing in 3D, to creating epic art murals, to winning an Emmy for his daytime television show ‘Imagination Station’, we geek out for a joyous hour with this super talented individual & it’s still not enough! www.imdb.com/name/nm3278594

When Mark learned in March 2020 that his son's school was switching to virtual learning for the remainder of the school year he began holding daily livestreams, leading half-hour drawing sessions for what became hundreds of thousands of kids over two months, giving families a much-needed break from the chaos of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mark brings 25 of these stress-relieving, creative lessons to life teaching kids and families how to draw in 3D in his new book Half Hour Of Pencil Power. Mr. Kistler is also the creator of Draw3D.Com. which offers hundreds of drawing lessons for kids of all ages. Video instructions are based on different difficulty levels, from beginner to advanced. Check out Mark Kistler’s Summer Art Camps https://www.markkistler.com/art-camps

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