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Marlene Sharp has had a storied career behind the scenes in television and film production and has amazing BTS stories about the production of Sonic Boom, the Sonic the Hedgehog film and the upcoming Young Captain Nemo animated film franchise from Rainshine Entertainment! Join us for this awesome discussion! We're also joined periodically by Marlene's canine diva Bichon, Blanche and learn what it's like to navigate Hollywood auditions as a dog/mom team.

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RustBit, is a small team with a big passion for crafting experiences. Although we've only recently formed, they come to the table with over a decade of game design in both the video game world and the board game world. As well as a decade of programming and art experience.

They're building The Grip of Madness, a 4-8 cooperative FPS with betrayal mechanics.

Twitter: @RustBitStudio

Steam: steam.gripofmadness.com

The Grip of Madness Website: gripofmadness.com

Discord: discord.gripofmadness.com

RustBit Website: rustbit.com

SOLAR is #1 SciFi and #2 Fiction podcast out right now. SOLAR utilizes 3D sound design (mastered in Dolby Atmos) for a fully immersive cinematic experience It takes listeners on a journey through the heart of the solar system and the vastness of the human spirit and stars Stephanie Beatriz, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, and Jonathan Bangs.

JENNY CURTIS is a podcast producer, host & creator with CurtCo Media. Shows include: SOLAR, Hollywood Unscripted, A Moment of Your Time, and When Last I Left.

She is also a Company Member/Media Director with the immersive theater company, The Speakeasy Society. With the company has performed in “The Johnny Cycle”, “The Johnny Cycle: The Living”, “Wild Party”, “Ebenezer: An Immersive Internet Spectacular 2021”.

Trained with a BFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Jenny is a SAG/AFTRA actress who has appeared in TV and film such as: Modern Family, Any Bullet Will Do opposite Bruce Davison, and Postpartum opposite Danielle Harris (taking home “Best Actress” from The International Horror Hotel Festival). Additionally, Jenny has worked behind the scenes in film, digital, music videos, commercials, animation, theater, and casting.

CHRIS PORTER is a Los Angeles-based writer, award-winning composer, and sound designer of concert works, film, theater, and immersive events that have been seen, heard, and experienced around the world.

Chris has been a podcast producer, editor, and host at CurtCo Media since 2019, creating SOLAR as CurtCo’s first narrative production. Podcast credits include: Cars That Matter, When Last I Left, and A Moment of Your Time.

Chris is also the Associate Artistic Director for The Speakeasy Society, an immersive entertainment company that creates intimate and epic work in unexpected places. His roles there include Head Writer and Music Director.

He earned his MFA in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts and a BMA in Music Composition from Baldwin-Wallace University.

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We had a blast at Fan Expo Cleveland 2022! Take a listen to a recap and hear all the interviews we had with some of the celebrities who attended:

Interviews included:

• [17:32] Lucie Pohl (voice of Mercy, Overwatch)
• [25:31] Dan Parent (writer/artist, Archie Comics)
• [37:52] Charles Martinet (voice of Mario)
• [43:19] Brian O'Halloran (Actor, Clerks)
• [1:02:12] Deadpool Uber Driver (@deadpooluberdriver)
• [1:09:46] Rob Paulsen (Voice Actor, Animaniacs, TMNT and more)

Make sure to go and subscribe to our YouTube channel if you'd like to see the full show with visuals, as well as the Cosplay Highlight Video.

This week we combined our newest show "Shawarma Shack" with "The Podcast is Real" in order to give both audiences a taste of each! So SPOILER ALERT! If you have not yet watched the fourth episode of Moon Knight on Disney+.... do that first!

The gang finally find the tomb of Ammit, only to find that undead Egyptian priests are taking out Harrow's men... Layla truly shows how AMAZING and badass she is... Steven makes the most astounding archaeological find in a century only to destroy it... and Marc finally reveals the truth about what happened to her father... all culminating in an ending that starts with a bang, ends in an asylum and introduces the most interesting Egyptian god yet!

Bella Maori is a Southern California native and was raised in Los Angeles. She started writing at the age of eight. Early in her career, she worked as a model and later starred in her first feature independent film, "The Internship Games," in 2015. In, 2021 she appeared as the lead model on the album cover trailer for Grammy-nominated Hip Hop rap star Baby Keem's debut album, "The Melodic Blue." Bella has written and produced multiple independent projects. Bella's current project is a pilot for "Ugly," which she wrote, produced, and directed. "Ugly" is a story about color-ism's effects on an African American actress's black identity. The pilot episode of "Ugly" was nominated for Best Web and New Media, Best Web Series/TV Pilot, Television - Pilot Program, and Best Series-Web-Pilot by LA Independent Women Film Awards. In 2021 "Ugly" also won an award for Best Pilot-Series from LA Independent Film Channel Festival.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tim Holloway

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2394724/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm

Website: https://bellamaori.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bella.maori/

Alan J. Porter, writer, and podcaster, likes to talk about stuff and makes up stories too. With over 30 fiction and non-fiction book publishing credits and hundreds of magazine articles, he covers the worlds of Pop Culture, Comics, High-Adventure fiction, Movies, Music, Business Strategy, and more.

His pop-culture non-fiction work has featured properties such as Batman, Star Trek, The Beatles, G.I. Joe, Battlestar Galactica, and James Bond. He can also be found podcasting on a regular basis about James Bond, The Beatles, and pop-culture in general.

He has also written comics for Tokyopop, BOOM Studios, Marvel, Disney, and Kid Domino, as well as produced a series of educational comics in partnership with the University of Texas and NASA.

He has written original adventures featuring classic characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Allan Quatermain, Houdini, The Musketeers, Wild Bill Hickok, Gideon Cain, and private eye Rick Ruby; as well as his own New Pulp adventurers, The Raven and The Lotus Ronin.

His other online activities include the comics history blogs: Batman On The Cover (Tumbler and Instagram) and Racing Comics: Motor Sports In The Comics (Tumblr).

He is a regular guest and speaker at various comics, pop-culture, and science-fiction conventions.

Website: http://www.alanjporter.com/

Twitter: @alanjporter

Joe Stillman co-wrote “Shrek” for Dreamworks which earned him an Academy Award® nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Annie and BAFTA Awards. Other produced features are “Beavis & Butthead Do America”, “Shrek 2”, “Gulliver’s Travels”, “Planet 51” and “Joseph King Of Dreams”.

In television, he was co-producer and writer on “King of the Hill,” for which he received two Emmy Award® nominations. He was a writer and story editor for Nickelodeon’s “The Adventures of Pete and Pete” and a writer on MTV’s “Beavis and Butthead”. More recently he worked on Nickelodeon’s “Sanjay And Craig” and “Kirby Buckets” for Disney. Other TV credits include “Albert” for Nickelodeon, “The War Next Door” for the USA Network, “Clueless”, “Doug” and “Danger And Eggs” for Amazon.

Joe is currently working on a “Curious George” feature for streaming on Peacock.

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Instagram: joethestillman

Twitter: @JoeStillman1

Chris Warner began acting professionally over two decades ago in Austin, TX. After some marked success in film, television and commercials, Chris headed for the bright lights of hollywood! Chris’ first major studio film role was in academy award nominated Alan Parker's Feature The Life of David Gale. In his most recent role, you can find him going toe-to-toe with Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage in the independent feature Willy's Wonderland. You may also recognize him opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the Academy Award-winning film No Country for Old Men or with Benicio Del Toro's Jackie Boy in the ground-breaking movie Frank Miller’s Sin City.

In addition to his successful movie roles, you might have also seen him on the television shows Prison Break, Criminal Minds, Friday Night Lights, The Event, NCIS: Los Angeles, Justified, Shut Eye, and American Auto. As one of the most respected character actors of his generation, Chris has cemented himself as an edgy, intense artist who leaves nothing to chance when he appears on-screen.

When he's not sharpening his acting chops, bangin' away at a keyboard on his next storied adventure or laying down his next Voice-over project, he can be found spending time with his queen at the beach, helping to rescue animals-in-need, supporting his beloved Texas Longhorns and leading his mission-driven brand Badass Original.

https://www.thechriswarner.com/

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Join us for one part of our crossover with our good friends at Promptly Written podcast! This past month Matt and Ian from PW and Yuta, Allea and Jeff from World Gone Geek worked on stories based on the prompt "Option 1." In this episode, you'll hear World Gone Geek gang reading their stories and providing commentary along with Matt and Ian.

When you've finished, head over to Promptly Written in your favorite podcast player (or link below) and hear Matt and Ian's stories as well as the whole group discussing "The Demolished Man," by Alfred Bester.

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