This Is Happening!

Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week Eric and Doug welcome award-winning casting director Rick Millikan! Rick cast THE X FILES, the original SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, BONES, CSI: MIAMI, and MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, and many other television shows. Rick tells us about growing up in Southern California and breaking into show biz as an actor and dancer with gigs ranging from playing characters at Disneyland to dancing on tour with Mitzi Gaynor, costumed by Bob Mackie, to menacing Helen Hunt in a television movie of the week opposite Christopher Atkins and Diane Lane! Rick recounts breaking into casting with a gig on DYNASTY and giving early breaks to Jack Black and Giovanni Ribisi on THE X FILES and tells us why Whoopi Goldberg was the one that got away. And Doug recalls his experiences auditioning for Rick before they became friends.

Rick is charming, generous, and fun! Enjoy!

This week Eric and Doug are thrilled to welcome good friend Anne Moore! Anne is an accomplished actress, writer, producer, and director and she teaches acting at New York Film Academy in Los Angeles! Anne has appeared on stages around the country, on television series including Grey's Anatomy and Vegas, films including Driver X and Czech Days, the award winning short she directed. Anne is charming, talented, and hilarious. Enjoy!

Join us, won't you, as Eric welcomes new co-host Doug Budin and previews a new podcast called Georgie & Friends featuring the gorgeous and talented Georgie Leahy!

Doug is an actor, writer, marketing exec, and in-demand radio cohost (featured regularly on JEFF LEWIS LIVE on Radio Andy on SiriusXM).

Georgie is a multimedia phenom who has appeared on BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT, THE BACHELOR UK, and BLAME THE HERO, the outrageous, hilarious and strangely poignant web series by Brandon Rogers.

Join Eric as he chats with Georgie and Doug during an impromptu visit to New York City!

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This week we spotlight our co-host and co-creator of This Is Happening! - the multitalented and impossibly charming Nathan Streifel! Nathan is stepping away from the podcast as a regular co-host, so new co-host Doug Budin and Eric chat with Nathan about his creative journey and how he became so amazing! Listeners of the podcast will have picked up little nuggets about Nathan along the way, but join us for a deep dive into the boundless charm of Nathan Streifel. Actor, writer, singer, podcast legend - Nathan is delightful and gives good podcast guest. Enjoy!

We have our first ever repeat guest! None other than Silverlake Icon Tony Soto! Join us as we chat it up and spill more tea with one of our faves!!

The one, the only, FRECKLE!!!

This week, Eric and Nathan welcome the amazingly talented and charming actress, writer, and producer Elisa Donovan! Elisa made an early and indelible splash as Amber in Clueless, which she reprised for 3 seasons in the tv series. She also co-starred for 3 seasons in the original Sabrina the Teenage Witch tv series and has appeared in scores of other films and television series. Elisa shares some highlights of her career to date - taking us behind the scenes of simultaneously shooting Clueless the tv series and A Night of the Roxbury opposite Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan and sharing stories of working with Jason Priestly and Luke Perry when she played Ginger on Beverly Hills 90210.

Elisa offers insights about being a woman in Hollywood and transcending limitations. She recounts moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco, getting married and having her daughter. Elisa also tells us about Wake Me When You Leave, the screenplay she wrote about losing her father which slated to be her directorial debut. Elisa is truly a delight and could well be our favorite guest. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

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This Is Happening! wraps up a magical trip to Santa Fe with a visit to the studio of prodigiously talented painter Darren Vigil Gray. Darren takes Nathan, Eric and special guest co-host Georgie Leahy I’m a tour of his workspace as he discusses his evolution as an artist. Darren grew up on the Jicarilla Apache ReservatIon in northern New Mexico, studied art and honed a style informed by abstract expressionism and the diverse dreamscape of his own imagination. Gray’s dramatic, evocative canvasses have earned him a reputation as “the Golden Boy of the third generation of Native American painters.”

Gray’s work has been extensively shown in museums and galleries and is sought by collectors.

Darren is also an accomplished musician and tells us about first meeting an idol turned friend Robbie Robertson of The Band. Darren is as charming and kind as he is talented. Enjoy!

This Is Happening! continues our road trip to the Land of Enchantment. This week, again joined by special guest co-host, fab Brit phenom Georgie Leahy, Nathan and Eric get artistic by visiting the home studios of accomplished Santa Fe-based artists Monique de Nys and Kellogg Johnson!

Born in Holland, Monique made her way to Santa Fe where she forges sculptural magic in multiple media. Much of Monique's work makes use of bones and skeletons, mingled with bronze, glass, metal, and leather. Monique conjures haunting, sometimes dark and disturbing imagery, which provocatively contrasts her warm and generous spirit.

Check out Monique's work on her website:

http://moniquedenys.com/Home.html

Kellogg Johnson creates large scale sculptures in ceramic and bronze using distinct kilns. We had the privilege of seeing some of his works in progress as Kellogg gave us a tour of his studio. Kellogg's works has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the country. And he is a highly sought after teacher, presently inspiring the next generation of artists at Santa Fe Community College.

Check out Kellogg's art on his website:

http://www.kelloggjohnson.com/

Kellogg and Monique are both amazing artists and equally amazing people. Enjoy!

This week Nathan, Eric, and Georgie are on the road in Santa Fe interviewing the lovely and talented stage and screen actor Paul Geoffrey! Paul has appeared in Excalibur, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Withering Heights among many other credits. We chat with Paul about coming to the U.S., his daughter's birth, and he even speaks Hungarian for us! Enjoy!