The Sizzle Reel

By Shishkin Productions

Stories, conversations, and (sometimes) insights from working-class post-production cogs.

Hosts Chris Eastman and Alexei Shishkin walk you through their day-to-day in the video editing world. From we... more

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How many episodes does The Sizzle Reel have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.

The Sizzle Reel episodes:

August 30, 2021 48: The Venus Return! w/ Kirah Tabourn (@thestrology)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Kirah Tabourn (@thestrology) to talk forming a business/legal entity, running a magazine, and overwhelmed/overworked creatives!
Learn more about The Eleventh House - https://www.thestrology.com/the-eleventh-house

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August 23, 2021 47: Born-Again Corporate Christian w/ Amy Gasaway (@smells_likebk)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Amy Gasaway (@smells_likebk) to talk battles with Verizon, an out-of-this-world vocal/instrumental splitter technology, and Adobe’s ~$1.3 billion valuation of Frame.io!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions
send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter (or [email protected]) and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok
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50min
August 16, 2021 46: The Importance of Being Earnestly Good at GFX (feat. Our PAL Alan)
Chris & Alexei talk review/feedback processes, the importance of knowing motion graphics, and being a good manager! PLUS: Our PAL Alan has some big news!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions
send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter (or [email protected]) and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok
Call us and ask a question! 332-333-4361
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47min
August 09, 2021 45: Kindly Place Me Under The Bus
Chris & Alexei talk ScarJo v Disney, dealing with gaps between gigs, and the legal wild west that is America!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter (or [email protected]) and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Call us and ask a question! 332-333-4361
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50min
August 02, 2021 44: Sports: The Final Frontier w/ Luis Domingo (@loopy.doop)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Luis Domingo (@loopy.doop) to talk useless degrees, a failed branded content tailgate bus, and hiding beans in the content!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter (or [email protected]) and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Call us and ask a question! 332-333-4361
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49min
July 26, 2021 43: Crashing The Boards III w/ Daniel Kouba (@driftingphoto)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Daniel Kouba (@driftingphoto) to crash the online message boards, talk Kouba’s Iceland excursion, and dissect the reanimation of Sonic The Hedgehog!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter (or [email protected]) and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Call us and ask a question! 332-333-4361
...more
57min
July 19, 202142: Life, The Universe, and Deepfaking Anthony Bourdain’s Voice
Chris & Alexei talk vacuum cleaners, deepfakes, and listen to some voicemails!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Show Stringout:
The other day someone brought up a great point

They said, why do you do these show stringouts if you don’t include timecode?

And I was like… damn that’s a good point.

So just trust us on this one and listen to the show :)
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48min
July 12, 202141: The 1st Annual Sizzle Reel Spelling Extravaganza!
Chris & Alexei talk second screens, homeschooling, and they face-off in a spelling bee!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Show Stringout:
Our new studio!

The contest is still going!!

“Second screen” lifestyle and how it’s destroying humanity

Alexei’s big-brain move: podcast + crossword

Chris’s new PC (dude, he got a Dell)

Second season of Jerm’s Ask (Not) Me Anything podcast -- now looking for guests!

We get into the 1st Annual SIZZLE REEL SPELLING EXTRAVAGANZA!

But first we discuss how brainwashed homeschooled people tend to be
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49min
July 05, 202140: Out Of The Studio, And Into Your Heart!
***IF YOU'RE READING THIS, THE CONTEST IS STILL OPEN -- CALL IN AND LEAVE A MESSAGE TO WIN: 332-333-4361*** (grand prize is a trip to go mini-golfing in Red Hook)

Chris & Alexei talk disruptive co-workers, Adone’s new Premier Pro beta, and our brand new mascot!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Show Stringout:
A very special remote record!

Our studio is being demolished via wrecking ball, a la Miley

Weirdness of having to disconnect the server and go back to remote work for the week

Contract struggles / Small-business struggles

Our latest job (spoiler alert: we’re working on some Olympic track & field content)

We have lots of sports stuff over the last year -- why??

The format gets FLIPPED -- 3 segments this week instead of 2!

Some insight into the **build out plans**

New productivity goals

Are we a real post-house? (short answer: yes, but baby)

The corporate workplace trend of eliminating offices and instead, using an “open plan”

That one co-worker who BLASTS music

LA vs NY (and: short trips, are they really trips?)

Adobe’s new Premiere Pro beta update thing

Consumer vs Professional vs Prosumer

Shishkin Productions new MASCOT UNVEIL

Keep those captioning companies in business!!

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48min
June 28, 202139: Cannonballing Into The Hot Tub w/ Jerm Cohen (@jermcohen)
Chris & Alexei are joined by Jerm Cohen (@jermcohen) to talk the politics of water fountains, how overrated (or properly rated?) hiking is, and weirdest photo jobs!

Leave us a voice mail: 332-333-4361 or send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/shishkinproductions

send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter and follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok

Show Stringout:
We mess up our episode number, smh

Some hotdog stories that we never got to

We announce the next SIZZLE REEL CONTEST

Our guest wiggles his way into the podcast early! Jerm Cohen is here!

Jerm has a new water fountain review ig channel

Power Washer tiktok

Storm King adventures

John McAfee is a crazy man (also: dead)

Media Shuttle + Jellyfish updates, and why we need to have 1 singular PC

Jerm the renaissance man, he also has a podcast -- Ask (Not) Me Anything!

Plus: Buzzfeed buys Complex!

With a portfolio of so many networks/media companies, does Buzzfeed compete with bigger companies now? Like Turner, or something?

Quibi, go90, Seeso, and the content graveyard!

The new Netflix dating show -- Sexy Beasts

Hot tub cannonballs

Jerm’s start in photography

Hot take: Hiking is not actually that fun

Running around abandoned buildings as a kid

First time getting paid to take photos

First gigs and horror stories

How intimidating and messy it can be to get started, even the smallest things

Weirdest jobs

Chris tries to weasel his way into a photo trip

Jerm announces his NEXT PROJECT
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FAQs about The Sizzle Reel:

How many episodes does The Sizzle Reel have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.