The Dr. Ward Bond Show

With us today is actor Austin Basis, one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood. 

 

He is currently known as Alvin on the award winning comedy series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. 

 

Austin is best known as the breakout comedic star on the CW’s People’s Choice Award-winning series, “Beauty and the Beast”, as well as a series regular role on The CW’s “Life Unexpected”. Austin’s acting resume is so long it’s worth a read on IMDb!

 

Also, diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at a young age, Austin is a strong advocate for T1D research, and is currently a Celebrity Ambassador for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, for which he is very passionate about. 

 

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Michael Jann and Michele Jourdan's story is deeply personal: Their 27-year-old son Max's mental breakdown, hospitalization, diagnosis and ongoing recovery, fuel their passion to fight the stigma of mental illness. And as they say “You can’t solve a problem if you can’t talk about it.” 

 

Michael Jann, who is an Emmy-nominated late-night comedy writer and for over 20 years wrote for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. 

 

Michele Jourdan is Michael’s wife, she is his writing partner, and a gold-medal-winning body builder.

 

Their incredible animated short film BUG THERAPY uses humor and entertainment to break the ice on this very important topic.  

 

Michael and Michele made BUG THERAPY themselves, with Dream Works veteran Jason (Rise-Ig) directing.

 

Let’s welcome the powerhouse writing duo and creators of BUG THERAPY, Michael Jann and Michele Jourdan to the show!

How powerful is music when it comes to your mental health? Well, music moves the soul, creates images in our minds and it can calm or energize us. The word ‘soul’ actually refers to our emotions and music is one of the most powerful tools we can use and engage in to help us be more joyful, calm and productive. Even researchers are saying that learning music may have the power to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.

 

Today, to talk about the power of music and our mental well-being is crossover country and southern pop recording artist Brei Carter. 

 

This Louisiana girl was raised on several authentic southern staples: the Bible, Lone Star Missionary Baptist Church’s choir, Charley Pride, Loretta Lynn, and Aretha Franklin to name a few. 

 

She is a proud Veteran of the U.S. Army, where she served as an enlisted soldier and as an officer. 

 

She has new music on the way through her global music distribution deal with Brown Lee Entertainment and The Orchard.

Mac Dorris, who founded The Ride for Mental Health inspired by his son, Eric. Eric struggled with mental health issues as a young man. He was eventually diagnosed with borderline personality disorder among other conditions, and tragically died of an accidental overdose at the age of 21. 

 

Mac, an avid cyclist, created The Ride to honor his son’s life, and to shine a light of hope and caring for others. Eric’s memory lives on in the important work being funded by The Ride for Mental Health, and in the moments of connection and camaraderie that make the event so rewarding. 

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Juan Escobedo is a multi-talented award-winning actor, director.

 

He is also a very talented photographer with his photography being widely praised. The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs started publishing Mr. Escobedo’s photography in 2012 as part of the City of Los Angeles Heritage Month Celebrations. 

 

One of his most notable works of photography, Trash and Tears, was a series of photographs depicting models posing, surrounded by trash in an attempt to explore the issues of hoarding, mental health, poverty, and drug addiction.  

 

Recently, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture launched the Collective Memory Installation as part of its Illuminate LA initiative. 

 

Mr. Escobedo, was selected to exhibit his work titled, El Sombrero de Miguel Lopez, which pays homage to his late grandfather and one of our topics today.

 

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Gearing up for the highly anticipated film AIR, actress, writer and producer Gabrielle Bourne stars alongside Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in the duo’s most recent project.

 

AIR tells the incredible story of ‘Sonny Vaccaro’ and Nike as they pursue basketball rookie Michael Jordan, and creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and contemporary culture. In the film. Gabrielle Bourne brings to life ‘Tiffany,’ Matt Damon’s ‘Sonny Vaccaro’s’ right hand woman.

 

Many of you may have seen Gabrielle in TNT’s “Animal Kingdom,”  FOX’s “Pitch,” THE HATRED, as well as Disney’s “I Didn’t Do It,” to name a few.

 

And she is a master at her DIY home projects and it may bring us a new DIY home renovation show in the future! 

 

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Karen Abercrombie is an award-winning actress, an award winning storyteller and independent film producer.

 

Best known for her award-winning portrayal of the spicy, 80-year-old prayer warrior, Miss Clara, in the Kendrick Brothers film, War Room.

 

But Karen has an impressive body of work under her belt. She has guest starred on such TV shows as “Saved By The Bell”, “The Inspectors”, “Vampire Diaries”, “Ally McBeal”’, and “Strong Medicine” to name a few. 

 

She has also played recurring characters on OWN’S series, “Delilah” and AMC’S, series, “Turn”. As for the stage, Karen has a long list of professional credits to her name. 

 

In 2018, Karen formed Earth Mother Entertainment, an independent film production company. Her first film, “Discarded Things” has garnered five Best Actress awards for Karen's role in the film, two Best Picture awards, and three Best Supporting Actor awards.

Our esteemed guest is actor Jeremy Swift and many of you who are big fans of Downton Abbey where he played Mr. Spratt (Dame Maggie Smith’s butler) and Leslie Higgins in Ted Lasso, well he is here with us tonight!

 

He has been seen in 'Mary Poppins Returns' directed by Rob Marshall for Disney. Jeremy has also worked with legendary film directors such as Roman Polanski in Oliver Twist, Robert Altman in Gosford Park and The Wachowski Siblings in Jupiter Ascending. 

 

How many of you remember seeing Jeremy in Fred Claus? Now there’s bit of trivia. 

 

And finally, we have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the return of Ted Lasso and it’s finally here!

Our special guest was riding bulls and roping calves until he was introduced to acting and the world of storytelling through filmmaking. 

 

Through a series of events, Kerry Wallum found himself involved in the movie & music business. 

 

Kerry now has over 100 film projects, including award-winning music videos, under his belt. 

 

Producing, directing and acting, Kerry has a passion to make great stories that are talked about all over the world. 

 

Kerry has acted and been a stuntman in some great movies including The Yearling, The Rock (directed by Michael Bay), The Crow, and Deadman’s Walk to name a few. 

 

Kerry Wallum is also co-producer in collaboration with country music legend Willie Nelson in building the film production franchise Luck Films.