The Axis Effect

This week, the Media Mavens team meets up with fashion historian and documentarian Antonio Contreras to talk all things couture.

            After becoming the subject of an award-winning film in 2013, Contreras decided to blend film with his love of fashion, and hasn’t looked back since. “I had no idea what making film was about, I had no idea I just knew that I liked fashion,” Contreras said. 

            With the Mavens Team, Contreras discusses how a model impacts fashion, the importance of Jean Paul Gaultier his current film projects and the complexities of fashion history.

            Tune in to learn about “The Intersection of Art & Fashion” and the secrets of the fashion industry!

You can reach Antonio at [email protected].

To reach Sarah Miller, CEO, Axis Entertainment, please go to www.axis-entertainment.com or [email protected]

       This week, the Media Mavens team meets up to talk all things tea and health with Anthony Capobianco, the CEO and Founder of Zen Tea Traders.

            Over a decade working in the tea industry, Capobianco has dedicated his career to helping different businesses find wellness and become “zenned out” in order to stay on track on the job through small breaks of wellness. “I’m not asking for an entire day, how about asking two minutes, so I created something that allows people to stop and zenned out for a second and then get back to work and do what you have to do.” Capobianco said. With his company, Zen Tea Traders, Capobianco works with farmers in order to help source their teas, acting as a middle man helping farmers to find a target demographic.

            With the Mavens Team, Capobianco discusses the various facets of the tea industry, why tea is superior to coffee and how to incorporate meditation and tea just to name a few things.

            Tune in to learn the journey “The Art of Tea: Health & Sustainability” and the secrets of the tea industry!

You can reach Anthony directly at Zen Tea Traders 

To reach Sarah Miller, Media Mavens Podcast Host & CEO, Axis Entertainment, you can get more information at www.axis-entertainment.com

On this episode of Media Mavens Podcast, the Mavens team meets up to talk all things food and culinary arts with Chef Aaron Miller.

            With a career that spans five decades, Miller began his career in the late 1980s where he would cook for presidents including George Bush and Ronald Reagan at legendary restaurant Arizona Biltmore. No stranger to quality craftsmanship, Miller would work side by side with household names like Chef Jacques Pepin, Chef Jeffrey Beeson and Chef George Mahaffey. primarily focused on the western and southwestern cooking styles if his home state, Arizona, Miller has been a true team player. embracing every side of the kitchen, but making original meals will always be his favorite part. “While I was in school, I was a busser, I was a staff member, front of the house at the Arizona Biltmore. I enjoyed it, but I liked the technical aspect of cooking, I like working with your hands, I like development and creativity aspects.” Miller said.

            With the Mavens Team, Miller discusses the cutthroat world of restaurant service, finding sustainable foods and how his restaurant in Telluride is always looking to make something new for customers to experience.

            Tune in to learn the journey “From Michelin Star to Executive Chef in Telluride” and everything that goes in to crafting your favorite dishes.You can reach Aaron directly at the Mountain Lodge in Telluride at www.mountainlodgetelluride.com

To reach Sarah Miller, Media Mavens Podcast Host & CEO, Axis Entertainment, you can get more information at www.axis-entertainment.com

This time around, the Mavens sit down to talk with media visionary and producer Daniel Tibbets, the CEO for From the Stairs Media, LLC.

            Over two decades into his career, Tibbets has held a variety of major positions in the entertainment industry, including Vice President of Production at Fox, Executive Vice President at GoTV Networks and Chief Content Officer at Machinima. Through this tenure, Tibbets was responsible for developing and selling the critically acclaimed series Rome and writing on the mini-series “Signs and Wonders.” Further, Tibbets is also credited as the creator of the moibsode, a typically 1-3 minute episode of television made specifically for mobile viewing.

            With the Mavens, Tibbets talks about the process to get “Rome” greenlit, his process of picking new projects, and the history of how and why mobisodes came to be. “To keep the buffering at a minimum, and get some content, the most we could do was a file size that was 684 kilobytes, and that was one minute of video content compressed” Tibbets said.

            Tune in this week to learn “The Power of Story Telling” and what it takes to be among the most creative minds in Hollywood!

You can reach Daniel Tibbets directly on Linkedin 

To reach Sarah Miller, Media Mavens Podcast Host & CEO Axis Entertainment, you can get more information at www.axis-entertainment.com

       The Mavens team meets up to talk with A.I., VR and AR specialist Phil Ashcroft, the founder and Chief Creative Officer at RTSTRY.

            Starting his career working with the BBC over a decade ago, Ashcroft has worked on shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and played a key role in the development of “Top Gear,” even serving as a board member at BAFTA. Since coming to the United States, Ashcroft has worked on major movies/series like “The revenant,” “True Detective,” and “Mr. Robot.” Since its inception in 2015, Ashcroft has been headlining his company RTSTRY, focused on producing virtual and augmented reality and bringing it to the forefront of modern technology, as he believes they will be the next disruptive technologies.

            With the Mavens, Ashcroft discusses his work with companies like BBC, the ever-growing competition of the entertainment industry (especially in the streaming era) and the dramatically dropping price-and henceforth increased accessibility-point of the technology needed to produce quality content. “A lot of these tools have-if not free-sell very affordable versions of themselves and it’s opened up the doors to creativity again, which is fantastic,” Ashcroft said.

            Tune in to hear the Mavens team andAshcroft talk about “Disrupting Technologies: The Future of A.I., AR & VR” and how VR, AR and A.I. may find it way into your home sooner than later! 

You can reach Phil Ashcroft directly on Linkedin.

To reach Media Mavens Podcast Host, you can get more information at www.axis-entertainment.com

The Media Mavens sit down to talk with newscaster Jeffrey Hayzlett, the CEO of the C-Suite Network.

            An award-winning author and former Fortune 100 CMO, Hayzlett is perhaps known for his show “The C-Suite” on Bloomberg, which became the most popular business show on cable. Realizing that his fans extended beyond TV and onto the internet, Hayzlett creating “C-Suite TV” and eventually “The C-Suite Network,” the latter acting as a membership network to connect various business people through events etc. now spanning over 350,000 members. Comparing the network to a sequoia tree, Hayzlett explains how “the C-Suite Network” has tools for anyone working in the business sector. “Underneath the sequoia tree is this huge canopy with this great ecosystem that has a community, has media content, has event as going on…” Hayzlett said.

            With the Mavens, Hayzlett explains the various facets (including hundreds of podcast) that inhabit his network, providing authenticity when broadcasting one’s self, keeping out advertisements, and how broadcasting/podcasting on these networks can still make money even if one does not become “the next Joe Rogan.”

            Tune in to learn about “Making Money with the Power of Broadcast” and why podcasting may be your next career choice.

To reach Media Mavens Podcast Host, you can get more information at www.axis-entertainment.com

The Media Mavens meet with fitness revolutionary Angela Davies, a consultant for Fitness Projects.

Working with numerous teams across the health industry, Davies has been responsible for bringing numerous projects to life. These days, Davies primary role involves what she refers to as addressing “group activation.” This revolves around helping facilitate group projects and workouts which encourage teamwork through different brands. 

With the Mavens, Davies discusses her current plans for innovating TheFitExpo through unprecedented accessibility, staying fit in the middle of the pandemic, the importance of community’s role in fitness, and some fascinating upcoming projects. “We had a group from the east coast called drum latte, and it’s not a coffee drink, you use drumsticks, and it was a really fun way to put workouts together.”

Tune in to lean about “The Power of Change in Health & Fitness” and why fitness is more important than ever! 

This week, the Media Mavens link up with Jen Whelan, the Vice President and Head of B2B Marketing at Verizon Media.

With over 20 years under her belt, Whelan explains how Verizon Media is key for helping delivering content to users, and with this comes a barrage of companies looking to deliver their own content as well. “Advertisers want to be a part of that, if I’m having a great experience with sports, all of those advertisers…. They want to partner in that experience so that their brand gets part of that goodness, so we connect advertisers to people…” Whelan said.

With the Mavens, Whelan discusses various examples of how Verizon Media acts as the bridge between customers and brand, such as the purchasing of Yahoo properties, how customer service has positively adapted/innovated to work fluidly during the pandemic as well as how they helped keep the troops entertained in a world of social-distancing.

Tune in to find out how Verizon Media is “Staying Connected in a Wireless World” and Verizon’s latest in-progress advancements!

The Mavens team sits down to talk with author Dr. Reed Noss, the Chief Scientist at Conservation Science.

Receiving his Ph.D. in wildlife ecology and conservation, Noss has recently published with his fellow authors, revealing that we have lost approximately 65 plant species in North America (primarily in the United States in Canada) since European settlement. Now, Noss is busy focused on his latest book project, which discusses the decline of endangered ecosystems in North America and how humans can help combat this problem. “It’s not just lamenting this terrible loss of ecosystem, it’s figuring out how we can reverse that” Noss said

With the Mavens, Noss discusses the goals and detail of his next book, the various hidden creatures of the planet, the moral dilemma of killing exotic wildlife for “bragging rights”, other potential problems of eating inordinary anaimals to the human diet and how Noss would advise President Biden to deal with our nations conservation problems.

Tune in this episode to learn the importance of “Conservating a Better World Through Better Climate Change & Ecosystems” and what goes on the behind the scenes of helping protect our planet’s ecosystem!

This week, the Media Mavens meet up with marketing/business development executive Chia-Lin Simmons, the CEO/Co-Founder LookyLoo.

A longtime of friend the original Media Maven herself, Sarah Miller, Simmons has worked across numerous mediums throughout of her career, holding positions in companies like CNET, AOL LLC and serving as the Head of Global Partner Marketing at Google Play. Most recently, she has been focused on LookyLoo’s main project: an A.I. named Lucy which serves as a personalized stylist, purposed to navigate the data of individuals to help them to find their best outfits for all occasions and seasons. “For something as subjective as ‘what looks good’, it’s actually a much more complex question than we could ever think of” Lin-Simmons said, explaining how the A.I. can base “what looks good” off context, age, body shape, size and conscious/unconscious biases.

With the Mavens team, Lin-Simmons discusses the specifics of what makes Lucy tick, the various features that it provides to users-such as a personalized daily five recommendation-and teaches about the “90-day fashion cycle.”

• Tune in to discover “The Convergence of Fashion & Tech” and the fascinating secrets behind the fashion industry!