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  • 46: Actress + Master Creative: Kathyrn Smith-McGlynn

    I (Tony) met Kathryn connected on Twitter after I saw her at ACT's WAKEY WAKEY co-starring with actor Tony Hale. 

    Go see it! You have ONE MORE WEEKEND to see it in San Francisco, Valentine's weekend. 

    act-sf.org

    Follow her work! She's also on the show DEPUTY on THURSDAY NIGHTS. 

    https://www.kathrynsmithmcglynn.com/

    IG

    https://www.instagram.com/kathryn_with_a_k_no_e/

    Twitter

    https://twitter.com/kathrynsmithmcg

    42 min
  • 45: The podcast about underwear with Abby Sugar

    Underwear for all shapes, sizes + preferences. That's Play Out Apparel. A non-gendered place to get the underwear you've always wanted. (Have you heard about Athleisure? You have now!).

    What is the story here? Ask Abby Sugar: Entrepreneur, fashionista and LGBTQ+ advocate. From NYC but currently living in the Bay while attending Palo Alto's Founder's Institute. She'll also be at BraveMaker's 2/24/2020 event. She's open to get connected with you and talk!

    https://fi.co/

    https://www.playoutapparel.com/

    IG + Twitter

    https://twitter.com/playoutnyc

    https://www.instagram.com/playoutnyc/

    33 min
  • 44: Emmy/Oscar nominated producer Diane Quon from Sundance

    Recorded in Park City, Utah FROM SUNDANCE.

    Tony and Diane talked about meeting in Chicago at the Blue Whiskey Film Fest, her Oscar/Emmy nominated and Peabody/Sundance winning film MINDING THE GAP as well as her two full length documentaries at South By Southwest this March, 2020--AND ALL THE WORK IT TAKES TO MAKE MOVIES!

    Follow Diane on Twitter

    https://twitter.com/dmquon

    Her short film CLIFF SUPERFAN

    https://cliffsuperfan.com/

    See her production group

    https://kartemquin.com/

    Blue Whiskey Film Fest

    https://bwiff.com/

    22 min
  • 43: From Sundance with filmmaker Jim Cummings

    Jim Cummings and Tony Gapastione sat down in a hallway, yes a hallway and just talked. And it's all recorded for our listening pleasure. 

    Jim is very accessible. Say hi on Twitter: 

    https://twitter.com/jimmycthatsme

    Watch his short film THUNDER ROAD:

    https://vimeo.com/174957219

    See his production company here and look up the films BEAST BEAST, THE BETA TEST AND THE WEREWOLF

    https://vanishingangle.com/

    **Thanks + shout out to Jeremy Hersh and Twitter for making connections that create stories that become films. 

    https://twitter.com/Jeremyhersh

    53 min
  • 42: The SNL writer + Peabody award winning Claire Friedman

    Another great interview from correspondent IRVING RUAN! @irvingruan 

    Claire  Friedman is a staff writer on Showtime’s Desus & Mero. Previously  she wrote for Saturday Night Live, in which she won a Peabody award for  as well as an Emmy nomination. Her comedy has been published in the New  Yorker, McSweeney’s, and The Harvard Lampoon.
    Claire  was born and raised in New York City. She attended Hunter College High  School, Harvard College, and Harvard Business School. She lives on the  Upper West Side, where she spends her free afternoons wandering through  Zabar’s in a full sweatsuit.
    Website: www.clairefriedman.com
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/clairegfriedman 
    Instagram: @clairegfriedman
    Desus & Mero Season 2 premieres on Showtime February 3rd. SNL's "This Is U.S." sketch: https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/404138/SNL-This-Is-U-S
    Claire's piece in The New Yorker, "Deleting Instagram, Installing Instagram: The Vicious Cycle": https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/deleting-instagram-installing-instagram-the-vicious-circle

    57 min
  • 41: Joy Hoover + The Cupcake Girls in LAS VEGAS
    Joy Elizabeth Hoover is MAKING CHANGE +  CUPCAKES IN LAS VEGAS. 
    From her  INSTAGRAM: 
    She's a life + mama
    founder + ceo | @cupcakegirlsorg @localforall
    podcast | @humanswhogiveashit
    ambassador | @lululemon
    social impact coach 👇🏼 joyhoover.com
    50 min
  • 40: Writer Caitlin Kunkel

    Interviewed by BraveMaker correspondent IRVING RUAN (listen to his BraveMaker interview ep 20)

    https://twitter.com/irvingruan

    https://www.instagram.com/irvingruan/


    Caitlin Kunkel is a writer and satirist. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney's, among others, and she's a co-founder of the Satire and Humor Festival as well as The Belladonna Comedy. Along with the other Belladonna editors, in 2018 she published the gift book, "New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay." She created the online satire program for The Second City and teaches and gives talks around the world.

    Caitlin's Website: www.caitlinkunkel.com

    Satire and Humor Festival: www.satireandhumor.com The Belladonna Comedy Publication: www.thebelladonnacomedy.com New Erotica for Feminists: www.neweroticaforfeminists.com

    The Second City - Writing Satire for the Internet: www.secondcity.com/classes/chicago/online-writing-satire-for-the-internet-2020/ Class Instructors: Riane Konc: www.rianekonc.com Brooke Preston: www.brookeprestoncomedy.com

    1 hr 3 min
  • 39: Actor Niles Fitch

    You might know him from playing YOUNG/TEEN RANDALL PEARSON on NBC's "This is Us"

    But he also stars in the new film directed by R.J. Daniel Hannah called:  Miss Virginia starring UZO ADUBA (out now). 

    https://www.missvirginiamovie.com/

    Follow him on IG

    https://www.instagram.com/nilesfitch/

    This guy is a rising start. Catch him on a new film March 2020 on Disney+.

    Listen to find out more. 


    34 min

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