This Is (Not) It

Actor + writer + feeler + thinker Rob Kerkovich talks about the Star Wars X-Wing miniatures fantasy game, living in New Orleans (and not Disneyland's New Orleans Square), CCH Pounder's Clocktower, the intersection of hardcore fishing aficionados and hardcore Star Wars collectors, collecting a game designed for social interaction only to avoid that social interaction, selling his Magic The Gathering cards so he can buy more Star Wars miniatures, his parents thinking he's famous to everyone, getting sucked back in by the 2nd edition, enrolling his four year old in his hobbies, the zen art of putting cards in sleeves, and throwing down for the 8-button joystick.

Watch Rob on NCIS New Orleans, and check out the episode he co-wrote, airing Tuesday October 9th.

Molly Prather talks about screenwriting and social work, volunteering as an advocate, applying to grad school, going to church in the late 80s, her superpower: emotional stonewalling, crawling around in yoga pants during college, moving to NY, hating inefficiency, the fantasy of a 7am statistics class, going through the journey to get the answer, her all-lady D&D group, being her dog's main source of everything, and five grand being a cheap lesson.

Check out https://www.peaceoverviolence.org/ to learn more and support their mission.

Two of the five original members of Below The Line (BTL), Will Carnahan and Jose Ibarra, talk about starting the podcast that was born out of an Amazon order and a 36 pack of PBR, being visual people trying to figure out audio, just wanting to hang out, get drunk and talk about movies, having strong Sam Rockwell affinity, being wild set boys holding onto the dream of Hollywood while hitting the wall of having to work, growing their own media empire, being too tired from making movies all day to talk about movies, birthing another podcast, being a professional lamp operator, the possibility of finding ghost episodes of BTL online, and fire-spinning.

http://williamcarnahan.com

@jibarra_

@williamcarnahan

Clint Gage talks about growing a mustache, being a taurus and being on the cusp, taking the Baseball Hall of Fame family vacation, contemplating how a full sleeve tattoo would affect his other life choices, the dirty but approachable look, stress dreams, the secret 'stache menu at every restaurant, always being about to get back into things, and the hobbies waiting to be discovered out in the garage.

Check out Clint on the Team Tiger Awesome Show podcast and at patreon.com/teamtigerawesome

Recorded remotely from his wooded cottage in Northern California, Evan Gaustad talks about starting a production company, his hit website BoringArticles.evan, his two paying clients, helping models be funny, realizing it was very hard to be a producer and it wasn't what he wanted to do anyway, stepping out for an existential cigarette, leaving Los Angeles mid-edit, the road from LA to Ukiah via Maine, teaching, writing and directing theatre, and podcasters hiding in his closet.

Check out Evan's work in all his different web series: Talking Marriage With Ryan Bailey, YouCube, Vicariously.

Chelsea Clark-James talks about chemistry, inadvertently making chlorine gas in an attempt to create a better toilet bowl cleaner, growing up in Denver, becoming fascinated by the science of color and light, putting down thing she loved because there was no way to pursue it the way she would want to, coming from a long line of educated women, art and science coming from the same seed, the desire to sing in Spanish, and continuing to explore science without the dangerous in-home experiments part.

Nick Rallo talks about writing a novel, his transition into journalism, exploding himself on the page, getting to write about Chili's, stealing the Merck Manual from a library, not caring whether people read his work on their wrist or projected on the moon, trusting that he is good enough to finish the thing, the first sound the aliens hear, writing about artificial intelligence, and wanting the career path of Ninja Turtle.

Check out Nick's work at the Dallas Observer http://www.dallasobserver.com/authors/nick-rallo-6372273

https://twitter.com/nickrallo

Katy Stoll talks about the intersection of activism, acting and producing, wanting to change the world but not being confident using the sleeve holes just yet, her star turn as Mr. Beaver, being Ms. High School America, empowering women to find their voice, growing up with a cool dad, finding the things that light her up, missing certain meats, not wanting her name on a bumper sticker, and the clay pot that is out there somewhere waiting for her to return.

Follow @katystoll and check out her work on Some More News, Even More News, and on Smallbeans

Adam Sztykiel talks about self-reliance, the need to fly the plane himself, composting, creating his own ecosystem, having the bug-out bag packed, the fleeting joy of harvesting the corn, the desire to prove he's more than a guy who just sits at a typewriter, fatherhood, and throwing knives.

Check out the movie he wrote, RAMPAGE starring Dwayne Johnson, in theaters April 13th.

Chris Cantwell talks about model trains, the intersection of the creative and the analytical, high barriers to entry, basic DCC wiring skills, the satisfaction of building an electrical circuit that works... and the emasculation of your train not running, thinking about building that drop cloth pulley system, the elephant in his garage, and bonsai trees. Brought to you by Flock n' Turf.

Watch Chris' show Halt and Catch Fire on Netflix, and look out for his Dark Horse comic and a feature film coming soon.