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This week Nathan and Eric welcome the innovative choreographer and director, Kitty McNamee. Kitty was the Artistic Director of the groundbreaking experimental LA based Hysterica Dance Co. She choreographs with the LA Philharmonic, The LA Opera, and the Pasadena Playhouse among others. Her film "The Yellow Room" has been screened at festivals around the world, and was the winner of Best Experimental Film at the Paris Independent Film Festival and Santa Cruz Independent Film Festival. She will be releasing her second film soon. Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

For more on Kitty McNamee:

Website: www.kittymcnamee.com

This week @nathanstreifel and @itsericmorris sit down with the amazingly talented (and gorgeous) actor Amin El Gamal! @feistypharaoh has appeared on @prisonbreak , @transparentamazon , @shameless , HBO’s The Newsroom and many more. Amin tells us about coming out and how that has impacted him as an actor and a Muslim. Amin is smart, funny, and enchanting! Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

For more about Amin El Gamal:

Website: www.aminelgamal.com

Instagram: @feistypharoah

Twitter: @aminelgamal

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This week Nathan and Eric sit down with the gorgeous and talented drag queen Indica Sativa!! Indica performs every Sunday in 'Green Eggs and Glam' at the Lyric Hyperion, Home Girls monthly on Thursday's at Saint Felix, and Bacon and Eggs the 3rd Sunday of every month also at Saint Felix.

We chat with Indica about her drag, creating her own shows and opportunities, growing up in New Orleans and more! Enjoy!

Check out Indica Sativa online:

Instagram: @theindicasativa

Contact: [email protected]

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This week, Nathan and Eric welcome veteran television executive, journalist, reality television producer, and marketing executive Christopher Lisotta. Chris has led a fascinating and multi-dimensional life. He tells us about how television shows are developed, bought, and sold; takes us behind the scenes of the production of hit reality tv shows (10 years as a producer of BIG BROTHER); and shares stories of corralling the likes of William Shatner and Sharon Stone for interviews after they won Emmys or Golden Globes.

Along the way, Chris has had brushes with infamous criminals as they were committing terrifying crimes, which he tells us about in spellbinding detail. Chris is a gifted and generous storyteller and a genuinely lovely guy. Enjoy!

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Hello! This week Nathan and Eric sit down with children's book author, vlogger, and musician J.D. Oldenburg! J.D. recently released his first children's book 'Horatio in the Wind' available at www.horatiointhewind.com - It is his first book in a series called 'The Time Travel Tales'. We chat with J.D. about his inspiration for the book, his process in self publishing, fear of death, KonMari-ing and more! Enjoy!

For more about J.D. Oldenburg:

www.horatiointhewind.com

Instagram: @jd.oldenburg

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jdoldenburg/

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This Is Happening! celebrates Valentines Day by sharing our inspiring and fun interview with trailblazing talent Peter Paige. Peter discusses his journey from struggling actor to playing as Emmett for 5 seasons on the hit Showtime series QUEER AS FOLK to writing and directing the feature film SAY UNCLE. Most recently, Peter co-created THE FOSTERs, which ran for 5 years on ABC Family and its new spinoff GOOD TROUBLE currently its first season on Freeform.

Peter is smart, funny, and iconic, y'all. Eric reminisces with Peter about their early days in Hollywood and we discuss the the importance of seeing yourself and your community in the media. Peter's journey inspires. Enjoy!

Join the tens of thousands who follow Peter on Twitter @ThePeterPaige

GOOD TROUBLE airs on Tuesdays on Freeform or you can watch it on the Freeform website or app:

https://freeform.go.com/shows/good-trouble/clips

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Hello Listeners! This week Nathan and Eric sit down with the talented and super sexy burlesque performer, host/personality, personal trainer, and unicorn correspondent for Cosmopolitan Magazine: Jake DuPree! Jake has made a name for himself as a premier burlesque performers in LA. He has worked with Dita Von Teese, performing her famous martini glass number, and can be seen on February 16th in the burlesque show 'Tease If You Please' at Exchange LA in downtown Los Angeles.

We chat with Jake about getting into burlesque, growing up in Arkansas, relationships, androgyny, and SO MUCH MORE. Enjoy!

For more about Jake DuPree:

Tickets to 'Tease If You Please': http://teaseifyouplease.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=292066

Instagram: @JakeDuPree

Twitter: @Jake_DuPree

Website: jakedupree.com

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Check out an especially lyrical episode of This Is Happening! This week, Nathan and Eric warmly welcome Armenian-English author, actress, and filmmaker Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss to talk about her first book, The Seamstress of Ourfa, an epic and sweeping tale of a family forced into exile by genocide. Inspired by her own family history, Victoria conjured a trilogy tracing a family's journey. The Seamstress of Ourfa is the first book in that trilogy and spans the turn of the nineteenth century in the Ottoman Empire to 1960's Cyprus. Victoria's vividly captures Armenian culture and a lineage of amazingly strong women. By turns hilarious, achingly romantic, and devastating, this book's magical beauty is undeniable. Victoria also tells us about her origins as a dancer in London, her training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and her career as an actress in British film, television, and theater before moving to Los Angeles with her husband and starting a family. In addition to writing epics, Victoria is a mother, voice actor, and filmmaker.

If you're in New York, don't miss the chance to see Victoria reading from and speaking about The Seamstress of Ourfa presented by Harper's Magazine on Thursday February 7 at 7pm at Book Culture on Columbus, 450 Columbus Avenue.

Published by Armida Books, The Seamstress of Ourfa is available at Amazon, as an ebook from Google Play, and at bookstores everywhere.

You can follow Victoria:

Instagram: @planetvix

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This week, Nathan and Eric are thrilled to welcome actor, singer, and voice actor Paul Nakauchi. Paul has had a long career onstage, performing on Broadway, London’s West End, and extensively in regional and international theaters. Paul launched his career in Yul Brenner’s final revival of 'The King and I' and has appeared in numerous subsequent productions of this classic musical, including playing the King opposite Elaine Paige in London and a principal role in the most recent Broadway revival. Paul also appeared in Allegiance opposite Lea Salonga and George Take, a musical with personal resonance for Paul who tells us about his own family's experience in internment camps during World War II.

On television, you may have seen Paul on Knots Landing, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER, and the current Netflix adaptation of Carmen San Diego. Paul played Watari in the recent Netflix adaptation of Manga series Death Note. And he is in demand on the convention circuit due to voicing Hanzo in the popular video games Overwatch and others, including World of Warcraft. Paul is as charming as he is talented. Enjoy!

For more about Paul, follow him:

Instagram: @PaulNakauchi

Twitter: @PaulNakauchi1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pnakauchi

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This week Nathan and Eric are joined by the gorgeous, talented, darkly hilarious drag queen FENA BARBITALL! Fena is an LA based drag-queen who made a name for herself in the Boston drag scene before heading out west. She performs monthly at 'You've Got Male' at Precinct Bar in Downtown Los Angeles. We chat with Fena about getting her start, the Boston drag scene, moving to LA with fellow drag queen and bestie Katya Zamolodchikova, working as Trixie Mattel's assistant, The View, Walt Disney being a Nazi lover, and more! Enjoy!

Check out more of Fena Barbitall:

Instagram: @fenabarbitall

Twitter: @fenabarbitall

Bookings: [email protected]

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