Fifi Dosch grew up in Aberdeen South Dakota where a relentless lack of joy stemmed perhaps from a deep belief that she could never fit in. Indeed, she felt if she expressed joy the way she felt; it might actually get her killed. She escaped via film school that brought her to Boseman, Montatna and then a stand up career that brought her to Los Angeles where she eventually stopped drinking out of something that sounds like sheer exhaustion. Four years after getting sober, she began to live her real truth and started transitioning her gender from male to female

I will be posting new episodes by the end of the month, but in the meanwhile I'm reposting this interview because damn it made me laugh. Since we sat down Michael and I almost made a movie together but he has also had numerous films in Sundance including The Truffle Hunters and The Fight both available for streaming, now!

Original notes... Michael Sherman is a prolific and successful independent film festival whose recent film, NATIVE SON, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival where it sold to HBO for 8 figures.  He's also started fashion companies, written movies and TV and lived his share of war stories.  He tells some great ones, here.

I wanted to re-run this episode because it deserves MORE LOVE!  I laughed so hard during this episode and found in Fielding a sparring partner I could trade jabs with for hours.  She has a new season of BITTER HOMES AND GARDENS out now!

Fielding Edlow is a writer and stand up comedian who created and stars in the award winning web series, BITTER HOMES AND GARDENS as well as its spin-off FIELDING'S SNACK VLOG. (Both hilarious looks at Los Angeles domesticity).  She hosts a monthly stand up show at the Improv called "EAT, PRAY, FUCK." She's been sober for 21 years and in this interview really delves into the process and how much she has discovered along the way.  

I love this episode for Kevin's humor in the face of such dire circumstances.  Since we recorded it, he has gotten married and continued to find fulfillment and success in his career in recovery.

After 8 years sober, Kevin McGahey relapsed while working for a management company in the entertainment industry and plumbed the depths before finding renewed hope and faith in recovery.

I love this episode for Kevin's humor in the face of such dire circumstances.  Since we recorded it, he has gotten married and continued to find fulfillment and success in his career in recovery.

After 8 years sober, Kevin McGahey relapsed while working for a management company in the entertainment industry and plumbed the depths before finding renewed hope and faith in recovery.

I feel this episode with the hilarious and charming Zach Noe Towers has not received the attention it deserves. Since recording this Zach started his own podcast - Good Morning, Sodomites! - that brings a celebratory, non-judgmental perspective to sex and sexuality.  He's headlining shows everywhere and was one of the hosts on the E! show "Dating #nofilter."

Original liner notes: Zach Noe Towers is a stand up comedian recently selected for the prestigious 2018 New Faces showcase at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.  Here he talks about how sobriety helped him show up for himself and for his dreams. 

I wanted to re-run this episode b/c a) Bill Dixon is a lovely human who is currently producing FBoy Island and b) I thought this was profoundly moving and deserves some more love.

Bill Dixon is a stand up comedian and TV produce.  He ran the quintessential underground LA Standup Comedy Show, The National Midnight Society. He is currently a producer on THE BACHELOR, THE BACHELOR IN PARADISE and THE BACHELORETTE.  In this episode he shares his unlikely journey from a lackey for a beer distributor to Hollywood success.

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When I first started making this podcast I knew even less about sound recording and mixing than I do now, but I have picked up a few small bits of knowledge along the way and did go back and re-mix this very first episode because it was pointed out to me - when first released - that it was actually impossible to listen to in the car.

Tommy Swerdlow is perhaps best known for writing the 90s family hit, COOL RUNNINGS, about the Jamaican Olympic bobsledding team, and for his more recent success writing THE GRINCH. But at the height of his success in the 90s, he was also battling an epic heroin addiction. He chronicled these experiences in his amazing and very funny directorial debut A THOUSAND JUNKIES and fictionalized them in his recent, hilarious and moving crime novel, STRAIGHT DOPE.

Amir grew up in Tucson, Arizona where his family - Iranian Immigrants - owned and operated a cowboy bar - a business Amir was fated to inherit. But when a family friend told him about an opportunity in the advertising business in Los Angeles, he leapt at the chance and never really looked back. His story is one where the trappings of success insulated him from himself and his journey thru sobriety has largely been about getting reacquainted with who he truly is. 

His new audio book - An Inside Job (https://tinyurl.com/vbes6cet) chronicles his life from an idyllic childhood in Harbor City, CA to a single regrettable decision that would ultimately result in an arrest on drug charges and a twenty year prison sentence.  After doing whatever he needed to to survive in jail and managing his misgivings with booze and heroine, he found an unlikely path to salvation in the form of  a 70 year old lady carrying a pink box.  He’s been sober for 16 years now and currently works as a clinical supervisor helping incarcerated men prepare for re-entry to the real world.

Check out the book here:  An Inside Job https://tinyurl.com/vbes6cet