Happy Valentine's Day! Actress and activist Constance Marie joins host Robert Peterpaul to discuss her new Amazon series With Love, representation in Hollywood, being your best self and more!

Constance Marie pop, locked and dropped into her career as a teenager in the Los Angeles underground break-dancing scene. She soon began acting, first appearing in the movie Salsa. Over the years, her star power grew with highlights including: Dirty Dancing, Selena opposite Jennifer Lopez, the long-running ABC sitcom George Lopez, and more. She can currently be seen starring in Amazon Prime’s With Love. In addition to acting, Constance gives back in countless ways. She advocates for PETA, Planned Parenthood and Equal Pay for Women and is also the spokesperson for the East Los Angeles Women’s Center.

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JoAnna Garcia Swisher joins Robert Peterpaul for The Art of Kindness season 2 premiere extravaganza! The Netflix star discusses acts of kindness that changed her career, looking up to former co-star Reba McEntire, working on the set of Sweet Magnolias season 2 and much more in this inspirational chat.

JoAnna Garcia Swisher is an actress best known for the beloved show Reba where she played Reba McEntire’s daughter for six seasons.You may also remember her for leading the short-lived CW show Privileged, bringing Disney Princess Ariel to life on ABC's Once Upon A Time or perhaps the recent Hallmark film As Luck Would Have It. Of course her resume is massive! Today, JoAnna is known to fans as Maddie Townsend on the hit Netflix show Sweet Magnolias. Outside of acting, Swisher created The Happy Place and works with organizations like Step Up Women’s Network and Hills Pet Nutrition.

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Join The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul for a sparkling season one finale with Broadway star Lesli Margherita! Lesli talks kindness on Broadway, how she connects with her villainous roles like Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda, hacking self tape auditions in quarantine, growing up on a cattle ranch (where she performed Sondheim with cows), and a whole lot more. Plus, stay tuned for your final kindness tip of 2021 with special guest Cassie Carroll!

Lesli Margherita is an Olivier Award-winning performer who earned the aforementioned award on the West End in Zorro. She made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Matilda in 2013, getting LOUD as the ICONIC and devilishly dazzling Mrs. Wormwood. She more recently appeared in Dames at Sea on Broadway and Off-Broadway in the one-woman show Who's Holiday, where she played a grown up Cindy Lou Who and then the musical Emojiland, as The Princess emoji. She's also got tons of incredible onscreen credits, from starting out in FAME LA to new movie The Many Saints of Newark to her upcoming role in The Fairly OddParents reboot!

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Merry Christmas! Hallmark Christmas movie producer and Synthetic Cinema International owner Andrew Gernhard chats with host Robert Peterpaul about the magic of making Christmas movies, starting his own production company, spreading kindness on film sets and much more.

With a successful producing career spanning nearly two decades, Andrew has worked on a variety of projects, mostly through his Connecticut-based production company Synthetic Cinema International, including a series of successful feature horror films for NBCUniversal’s Chiller Network, and the popular Christmas film Wishin’ and Hopin’ for the Lifetime Network. In recent years, Synthetic Cinema International has created strong working relationships with many prolific executive producers, major studios and networks such as Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, SyFy, Telemundo, Lifetime, Hallmark, BET, Netflix, Disney+ and others. Since it's Christmas time, we focus a lot on Andrew's holiday films, so get ready to be showered with tons of magic!

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Broadway performer Afra Hines joins host Robert Peterpaul to talk being a Rockette in Radio City's Christmas Spectacular, taking care of her body as a Broadway dancer, acts of kindness from stars like Brian Stokes Mitchell and more.

Afra is a veteran performer with 8 Broadway credits to her name. She was most recently seen in the musical Hadestown (where she understudied the role of Persephone). Some of her other favorites include: SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, Motown, and the Original Broadway Companies of In The Heights with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shuffle Along with Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter and Joshua Henry, and Ghost the musical. She also spent a year on the First National Tour of HAMILTON. Additionally, Afra was a Radio City Rockette for 7 years. On screen, you can see Afra in the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon, Amazon's Mozart In the Jungle and, most recently NBC's Annie Live!

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Former stand-up comedian Lisa Lampanelli discusses how she went from being known as the Queen of Meaning to the Queen of Meaning with host Robert Peterpaul.

With a career that spanned more than 30 years, Lisa Lampanelli is synonymous with the comedy scene. She's done numerous tours, received Grammy nominations, and appeared on TV shows like 2 Broke Girls, The Simpsons, Inside Amy Schumer, Celebrity Apprentice and more. Despite much acclaim and her lengthy resume, Lisa realized she wasn't happy, so she retired from the comedy scene in 2018. She now dedicates her life to performing and hosting the podcast Losers with a Dream.

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Kate Mara (A Teacher) and Adam Scott (Big Little Lies) pop by the AOK in our first ever double guest episode! The actors discuss kindness and making their new podcast movie Ghostwriter.

Kate Mara is an actress perhaps most known for playing reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama House of Cards. Her TV credits also include the Fox thriller series 24, the FX miniseries American Horror Story: Murder House, the FX drag ball culture drama series Pose and, and the FX on Hulu miniseries A Teacher. For the latter she created a lot of buzz, including an Independent Spirit nomination for Best New Scripted Series as an executive producer. On the film front, you may have seen Kate in My Day of Mercy, The Martian or Chappaquiddick.

Adam Scott has also appeared in countless tv shows and films. He most recently starred in the acclaimed HBO series Big Little Lies. On the comedy front, he is renowned for his starring role in the beloved Emmy-nominated series Parks and Recreation. His big break in television started with the cult favorite sitcom Party Down, which he starred in and produced, and since then has appeared in The Good Place, Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone and Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. Scott’s long list of roles in high-profiles films include Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, as well as Adam McKay’s Step Brothers and Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up.

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ABC's Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Alan Bersten discusses being inspired by his season 6 partner Amanda Kloots, handling judgement on national TV, a major health scare that changed his entire life and much more.

The Minnesota native is a television personality and fitness expert, who has appeared on the hit show Dancing with the Stars for the past six seasons. He also won Dancing with the Stars juniors and was a contestant on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.

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As the holidays pick up, The Art of Kindness podcast welcomes Robert's beautiful grandmas Nanny and Nonna to share stories on kindness and why everyone should be kind. Both named Ann, these incredible women grew up in NJ and later became teachers. They have a deep appreciation for the arts and all things kind.

Plus, Robert pays tribute to legendary theatre composer Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woods, Gypsy, Company, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd and more) who passed away on November 26, 2021.

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Happy Thanksgiving (and birthday to my mom)! We're grateful for actress Haskiri Velazquez, who talks her hit Peacock show Saved by the Bell, self-care and kindness on set, the importance of having a routine and more.

Growing up in a low-income area of Washington Heights, NY, Haskiri found her passion for entertaining at a young age. Though she had no connection or resources to follow those dreams, she had a strong belief in herself and support from a local nonprofit. Haskiri is now a working actress recently seen in Netflix's award-winning film The 40-Year-Old Version, which premiered at Sundance to rave reviews. She's most known for currently starring as Daisy in Peacock's hit reboot of Saved by the Bell, which is back for season two this week.

We of course discuss the hit show, her dreams of starting a nonprofit, and tons of topics under the kindness umbrellas. Haskiri and I actually share an agent so I've had the privilege of speaking with her before and I'm always struck by the kindness she inherently exudes. 

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