I Survived Theatre School
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWe went to theatre school. We survived it, but we didn't understand it. 20 years later, we're talking to our guests about their experience of going for this highly specialized type of college at the tender age of 18. Did it all go as planned? Are we still pursuing acting? Did we get cut from the program? Did we... become famous yet?
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Joe Mantegna
November 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBIntro: Mummies vs. Zombies, cancer doulas Let Me Run This By You: Gina has projection issues. Interview: We talk to Joe Mantegna about Morton College, The Goodman School of Drama, Arthur Lessac, starting his career with HAIR, Dr. Charles McGaw, The Shubert Theater, Morton West High School, André De Shields, Jonathan Banks, Carrie Snodgrass, his close relationship with Bella Itkin, Geraldine Page, Eugenie Leontovich, Patrick Henry, playing Judas in Godspell, Organic Theater, the Gr...
Molly Smith Metzler
November 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBIntro: Gina is co-hostless and doing her best. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW you beautiful Survivors! Interview: SUNY Geneseo, Boston University, Tisch, Juilliard, Playwriting MFAs, competition in writing programs, Marsha Norman, Cry It Out, MAID on Netflix, Hollywood sea changes, female-centered shows, domestic violence, emotional abuse, Hulu, theatre is behind, denial, making mistakes, bad reviews. COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 1 (10s): And I'm Gina Polizzi. We went to thea...
Chisa Hutchinson
November 02, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBIntro: Boz is in the clear! Let Me Run This By You: secrets, scorched earth Interview: We talk to Chisa Hutchinson about her new film The Subject, Vassar, being a high school English teacher, NYU Tisch, The Lark Play Development Center, New Dramatists, having a sleepover with Tina Howe, She Like Girls, Amerikin at the Alley Theatre, NYT reviews, 101 Reasons Not to Breed, Bad Art Friend, Haagen-Dazs, The Evansville Regional Airport, Three Women on Showtime, Lisa Taddeo, Playwrights ...
Ammar Daraiseh
October 26, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBIntro: Gina ordered her theatre school transcripts Let Me Run This By You: knowing when to let go, moments of clarity Interview: We talk to Ammar Daraiseh about being an MFA, homesickness, Joe Slowik and Bella Itkin, Joe Mantegna, type casting, being a middle eastern actor, Sweet Smell of Success, film noir. www.ammardaraiseh.com - there is where you can watch Ammar's acting reel and my short films he produced www.karenkanas.com - Ammar's wife's website FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedite...
Stephen Davis
October 19, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBIntro: Is Mercury in retrograde?, thought ideation, Let Me Run This By You: holding the hope for someone else when you're not feeling it yourself Interview: Centenary university, Cedar Point, dyslexia, Ed Graczyk, stage combat, John Jenkins, B.K.S. Iyengar yoga, Burn This, movement to music, therapy, improvisation, Sean Gunn, Lee Kirk, Johnna Adams, No End of Blame, Paul Holmquist, Ben Nye, Tisch, Hot l Baltimore, Sharon Gopfert, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Les Liaisons Dangereuses...
On Survival
October 12, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBIntro: rain in LA, Nine Perfect Strangers, we're worried about Nicole Kidman and Madonna, The Way Down documentary, The Plot Thickens podcast, Glee Let Me Run This By You: antisemitism Interview: Jen and Gina talk about survival, itself. FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 1 (8s): And Jen Bosworth wrote me this and I'm Gina <inaudible>. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their...
Caroline Uy
October 05, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBIntro: we are all different fruits in the same blender. Let Me Run This By You: writing a bunch of stories with the same ending, Murder on Middle Beach Interview: We talk to Caroline Uy about stage management for opera, the relationship between engineering and creativity, and the University of Michigan FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 1 (8s): I'm Jen Bosworth and I'm 2 (10s): Gina <inaudible>. We went to theater school 1 (12s): Together. We survived it. 2 (14s): I didn't quite underst...
Noelle Rath
September 28, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBWe talk to Noelle Rath COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT (unedited): We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand. 2 00:00:15 That's 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all 1 00:00:21 Theater school. And you will too. Are we famous yet? 2 00:00:28 Hi, I haven't talked to you 10 years. Been 1000 years. How 1 00:00:35 They celebration? I mean, I know there wasn't a b...
Kate McKiernan
September 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBWe talk to Kate McKiernan COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 1 (8s): I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina <inaudible>. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater school and you will too. Are we famous yet In computer? Let me see your sweatshirt. Oh, it says don't now. Listen, I love it. It is not my m...
Kelly McAdams
September 14, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBIntro: R.I.P. Michael K. Williams Let Me Run This By You: Loyalty Interview: We talk to Kelly McAdams FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): And Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Pulice. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater school and you will too. Are we famous yet? So that's the actual truth of the matt...
50th Episode!
September 07, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBFULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited) I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina <inaudible>. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand 1 00:00:15 It. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense 0 00:00:20 Of it all. We survived theater school and you will too. Are we famous yet? 1 00:00:31 Hello? Hello. Hello survivors. This is Gina. Welcome to our 50th five zero F episode. To...
Mia McCullough
August 31, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBIntro: parenting puppies and kids Let Me Run This By You: Why don't I like The Matrix? Interview: We talk to Mia McCullough SEE TRANSCRIPT (unedited)
Susan Bennett
August 24, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIntro: outlet malls Let Me Run This By You: reimagining Ferris Bueller's Day Off Interview: We talk to Susan Bennett SEE FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited)
Jon Blake Hackler
August 17, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIntro: Condragulations Let Me Run This By You: The David Chase method Interview: We talk to Blake Hackler about surviving multiple theatre schools on both sides of the equation. FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): And Jen Bosworth wrote me this and I'm Gina <inaudible>. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theat...
Sean Gunn
August 03, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBIntro: It's a loooooooooong con. Boz rocks it on #coverfly Let Me Run This By You: Are #stans just modern day gladiator fans? Also, Bhutan. Interview: We talk to Sean Gunn about FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Pulice. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater schoo...
Dawn Vanessa Brown
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBIntro: Boz is getting an adorable dog, affairs and the ESPRIT outlet. Let Me Run This By You: KNOW YOUR WORTH Interview: We talk to Dawn Vanessa Brown about Syracuse, theatre outcasts, making it in New York City, and finding yourself in St. John. FULL TRANSCRIPT (UNEDITED) I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina <inaudible>. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their e...
Edward Ryan
July 20, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBIntro: Writing personally Let Me Run This By You: What would you say to your inner child? Interview: We talk to Ed Ryan about surviving two theatre schools, surviving 9/11, and interrupted grief. FULL TRANSCRIPT (UNEDITED): I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Polizzi. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We surv...
Nasma Toukan
July 13, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBIntro: songwriting Let Me Run This By You: The fatal weight of expectations, intentional mourning, Roadmap Writers, Interview: We talk to Nasma Toukan FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Polizzi. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater school and you will too. Are ...
Jason Denuszek
July 06, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBIntro: the coolest thing about crows, Bexley, fear of flying, Inattentive-type ADD Let Me Run This By You: Avoidance, becoming conflict-curious Interview: We talk to Jason Denuszek about Pinnacle Performance Company, theatrevolution, TimeLine Theatre, Grotowski and Poor Theatre, Woyzeck, Northwestern Cherubs, ComedySportz, Pirandello, Piven Theatre Workshop, Laughing Wild, Diary of Anne Frank, The Seagull, The Search for Delicious, Chicago Shakespeare, Rose Rage, The Actor's Gang, ...
Kevin Fox
June 29, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBIntro: bad news for Virgos, Are You My Mother?, when Forever Love goes too far Let Me Run This By You: Influencer culture, Mr. Beast, Interview: We talk to Kevin Fox about his podcast, Studs Terkel, and Edinburgh Fringe. COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT Speaker 0 (0s): And Jenn Bosworth Remi this and I'm Gina Pulice. We went to theatre school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand at 20 years later, we're digging deep re talking to our guests about their experiences and tryi...
Leslie Ivery
June 22, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBIntro: Boz is in a pickle. Let Me Run This By You: Gina evaluates her relationship with curmudgeonry. Interview: We talk to Leslie Ivery about loving online theatre school, the British drama school experience, preferring playing villains, sci-fi and fantasy, and going against the grain. FULL TRANSCRIPT: I'm Jen Bosworth Ramirez 10s Gina Pulice and I'm Gina Pulice. 11s Jen Bosworth-Ramirez We went to theatre school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand...
P.J. Powers
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBIntro: looking your best before death, Let Me Run This By You: On the subject of grit. Interview: We talk to P.J. Powers FULL TRANSCRIPT: Jen Bosworth Ramirez and Gina Pulice. We went to theatre school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater school and you will too. Are we famous yet? 1 00:00:29 We could do both at once...
Ryan Kitley
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIntro: Salad bars, Sizzler, vaccine aftermath, resentful giving, Let Me Run This By You: Mentorship, boundaries Interview: We talk to Ryan Kitley about teaching theatre, coming to the work with a beginner's mind, and manifesting going "offer only". FULL TRANSCRIPT: Jen Bosworth Ramirez and Gina Pulice. We 1 00:00:11 Went to theatre school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand 2 00:00:15 It. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about...
R.I.P. David Avcollie
June 02, 2021 16:50 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBJen and Gina pay a small tribute to a complicated man who had a profound impact on them both.
Bridget Quebodeaux
June 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBIntro: major life realizations, writing personally, people think you are what you tell them you are Let Me Run This By You: FOMO Interview: We talk to Bridget Quebodeaux about Feldenkrais, Cal Arts, anxiety, DEFT, the unique mental health challenges of people who choose a conservatory education, unresolved trauma, trying to figure out who you are through acting, avant garde theatre, John Sarno's work, using her own experiences in theatre school as a tool for doing the therapeutic wo...
Syler Thomas
May 25, 2021 11:13 - 1 hour - 115 MBIntro: SAG insurance, returning to normal, Cedar Point, Disneyland tours, the mundane casualties of covid, conspiracy theories, 5G radiation. Let Me Run This By You: How good are you at saying you're wrong? Interview: We talk to Syler Thomas about finding his faith while at TTS, Christian media, and finding performance everywhere.
Stefanee White
May 18, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBIntro: Is Boz becoming the next Rick Rubin? Also, fledgling bands, diversifying your anxieties, and Let Me Run This By You: How do you feel about the concept of laziness? Interview: We talk to Stefanee White about professional poker playing, microagressions, and proud dads.
Sarah Charipar
May 11, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIntro: Should Boz become a band manager? Let Me Run This By You: When you ASSUME. Interview: We talk to Sarah Charipar about playing old ladies when you're barely an adult. FULL TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1: (00:08) I'm Jen Bosworth Ramirez and I'm Gina Pulice. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater school...
Nik Whitcomb
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBIntro: licking the ground to lose weight Let Me Run This By You: spin class, check on your cheery friends, too *IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, PLEASE CALL 1-800-662-HELP (4357) OR VISIT THE SAMHSA WEBSITE Interview: We talk to Nik Whitcomb about Nebraska, the Rose Theatre, and working in a truly collaborative fashion.
Paul Holmquist
April 27, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBIntro: tracking the weather, gardening, unhelpful aphorisms. Let Me Run This By You: memory Interview: We talk to Paul Holmquist about making a difference through teaching, learning Laban Movement Analysis, and making career moves in theatre. Plus, a truly horrifying story. FULL TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1: (00:08) I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Polizzi. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep ...
Sue O'Lear
April 20, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBIntro: Accountability, the power of speaking with certainty (i.e. Jen believed she was a different age because someone miswrote it on a medical report), false confessions. Let Me Run This By You: We are always our essential selves, Soleil Moon Frye's new film Kid 90, Interview: We talk to Sue O'Lear from The Strongly Worded Podcast about chafing in the theatre school environment, seeking art with a social justice bent, the little-discussed psychological trauma that can result in p...
Justen Ross
April 13, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIntro: The cult(ure) of skiing. Shapewear. Let Me Run This By You: What is your emotional age? A parent's biggest job. Interview: We talk to Justen Ross about doing theatre school on zoom, being a multi-hyphenate, and forging a new path for Black students at TTS. FULL TRANSCRIPT (00:00:08): I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Polizzi. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our gues...
John Cabrera
April 06, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIntro: The Villages, doing drugs late in life, people named Dennis. Let Me Run This By You: Do you have evidence of the benefits of letting go? Seeing what the nets bring in. Interview: We talk to John Cabrera about transitioning from art to theatre, auditioning at Juilliard and TTS with the dramatic monologue du jour (Equus), the casting pool, mushroom mishaps, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lovers. FULL TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1 (00:00:08): I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I'm Gina Pulic...
Jimmy McDermott
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBIntro: Halter monitors, Boz moves back to LA Let Me Run This By You: Philosophy. Do people who like to talk about philosophy also not like to talk about psychology? Interview: We talk to Jimmy McDermott! TRANSCRIPT Jen Bosworth- Ramirez (00:00:08): I'm Jen Bosworth Ramirez. Gina Pulice (00:00:10): and I'm Gina Pulice. Jen Bosworth- Ramirez (00:00:11): We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. Gina Pulice (00:00:15): 20 years late...
Erikka Yancy
March 23, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBIntro: Having the experience of listening and not talking. Let Me Run This By You: I want to stop doing comparisons. Interview: We talk to Erikka Yancy about developing an eating disorder, facing the not so nice qualities of her younger self, cutthroat environments, becoming a documentary film producer, going to grad school at AFI, One Flea Spare, being one of only a very few students of color, unlikely hikers. FULL TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1: (00:08) I'm Jen Bosworth from me this and I...
Jen Dede
March 16, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBIntro: The challenge of finishing things, Gina is finally facing herself, 20/20, Con Doctor Paolo Macchiarini WHOM JEN CALLS Pablo Macaroni, The Con Queen, sociopaths. Let Me Run This By You: How you you cultivate and sustain your self confidence? Acceptance is the answer in so many cases. Seeing people in power as human and vulnerable when they accidentally drink sake and are also recovering alcoholics. Interview: We talk to Jen Dede about being a shy kid, being an empath, and bei...
Rob Hess
March 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBCONTENT WARNING: Trauma, Suicide. Intro: Do you know who your allies are? Boz is torqued. How big is the pie anyway? Let Me Run This By You: Vulnerability on Clubhouse Interview: We talk to Rob Hess about making ice cream in Michigan, suffering a huge trauma in high school, getting cut in his second year, feeling safe with Phyllis Griffin, when Carey Peters saved Rob's life, living alone in a rural Michigan cabin, writing screenplays, making films, finding human connectivity throu...
Jason Peck
March 02, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIntro: Gina is totally over it. Performing chores, repetition, BOREDOM, the promise of Clubhouse. Let Me Run This By You: Have you ever committed a crime unintentionally? Interview: We talk to Jason Peck about studying at not one but two theatre schools - USC and Florida State University. Jason helps us compare the different conservatory experiences. Also, the trope of "breaking you down to build you up", studying alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Maggie Gyllenhaal at th...
Rollo Romig
February 23, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBIntro: Boz comes into some unexpected money, the "prudent reserve", validation, martyrs, King Babies, passive aggression vs aggressive aggression, Mommy Dead and Dearest, Munchausen by proxy Let Me Run This By You: the pervasive and dangerous bias against medication. Interview: We talk to Rollo Romig about a terrible one year theatre school experience, being inspired by his high school teacher (who also taught Keegan-Michael Key and Kristin Bell) stumbling around to find your tal...
Kat Phillips
February 19, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBIntro: checking in on Boz's heart, atrial fibrillation, going to the doctor. Interview: We talk to Kat Phillips about fire pet rescue, being a Commissioner on Human Rights in Sonoma County, coming to Chicago for the first time from Indiana, competition vs lifting each other up, seeing life as an improv game, almost not getting the role and working with Mel Gibson on Payback, subverting the dominant paradigm by playing punk rock Juliet, the Hothouse, gibberish operatic improv, the up...
Mary Kay Cook
February 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 92 MB*program note: this episode was recorded two months ago and avid listeners of ISTS may note that we discuss things on the episode chronologically for the first time but that would be followed by subsequent conversations that are in episodes that have already aired* (whew that was a confusing sentence to write) Intro: Biopics are not for the living. Let Me Run This By You: Love languages and a pharmacy apparel update. Interview: We talk to Mary Kay Cook about being a working child ac...
John Bridges
February 12, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIntro: Jen gets co-dependent with the Superbowl, Boz as a 7th grade alternate cheerleader, waitlists, Birkin bags, working at 2 donut shops, Gina has had 37 jobs, the top floor bar and restaurant at the San Francisco Hilton, the horrors of being a cocktail waitress, Lord Jones. Let Me Run This By You: Safe spaces. Gina wonders about the origins of the quote "The arc of history..." and it turns out it was first spoken by Theodore Parker and was paraphrased by Dr. Martin Luther King, ...
John Jenkins
February 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBIntro: Imitrex, Ambien, night eating, the job of a Hollywood assistant, studio execs and hazing, performative equity. Let Me Run This By You: Jen wants to get to the bottom of stage fright. Interview: We talk to John Jenkins about the San Quentin Drama Workshop, Alexander Technique, Martin Esslin, Krapp's Last Tape in Berlin, Patti Rocks, Oleanna, Harmless by Brett Neveu at Timeline Theatre Company, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, Woyzeck, Waiting for Godot, Six Degrees of Separati...
Allison Zell
February 05, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBIntro: Gina and Jen make a list of embarrassing things and read them off in an attempt to reduce their unnecessary shame! Stories include John C. Reilly, Nicky Silver, and Norman Mailer. Interview: We talk to Allison Zell about choosing directing over acting, Savage/Love, taking acting classes to overcome piano recital stage fright, Grotowski and Towards a Poor Theatre, casting from the vantage point of a directing student, Insignificance, Desdemona, Soul Monsters, Best plays of 19...
David Dastmalchian and John Hoogenakker
February 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBIntro: Screen-free Sunday, Planning ahead in projects, the charm of a child asking you for presents. Let Me Run This By You: Mementos: Marie Kondo it or....be a hoarder? Holding on to stuff or holding on to stuff? Interview: We talk to Dave Dastmalchian and John Hoogenakker about a special moment with F. Murray Abraham, finding friendship in a cutthroat environment, having substance abuse and authority issues, mind-f***ery, the cloistered nature of conservatories, using skills gaine...
Bradley Walker
January 29, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBIntro: predicting the future, oh look! another example of income inequality!, would you want to live in a tiny house?, Pioneer House, Colonial House, Sherlock, Clementine Dimmerswitch, Fort Atkinson Wisconsin. Plus! Miles makes an appearance in his lumberjack cape! Let Me Run This By You: cancel culture, reconciling the artist with the art, Louis CK, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Patrice O'Neal, can people be funny without being offensive?, Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Bill Cosby, ...
Jen Ellison
January 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBIntro: Do we have to be a mess? Representation matters. When you weren't there they day they told you how to pronounce cashew. Let Me Run This By You: Are you afraid of death? Interview: We talk to Jen Ellison about not only surviving theatre school but going on to teach there too, the ethical quandaries that can arise when teaching ethics, differences between students at different schools, the handling of gender issues in the Gen X drama school world, Too Much Light Makes the Bab...
Patrick Belton
January 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBIntro: Are we joining a cult? Undeniable Writers. Let Me Run This By You: Is anything a meritocracy? Recognizing your own privilege, AOC, combo platters, creation myths, what would your cult look like? Interview: We talk to Patrick Belton about being the social glue, expectations of a conservatory from a kid from South Bend, The Clearing, Antigone, Diogenes the Dog, Spring's Awakening, BW3, Goose Island, Ed Debevic's, the character of the fun loving hippie, being a DJ, mixtape etiqu...
Lee Kirk
January 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 130 MB*program note: Unfortunately, we were unable to record the audio for this podcast in the usual way so you will notice diminished sound quality. Apologies for the annoyance. Intro: Fenty, plastic surgery, self-acceptance, Wild Wild Country, Paris Hilton, the Donner Party, where do you stand on documentaries?, feeling trapped. Let Me Run This By You: letting go of unnecessary shame Interview: We talk to Lee Kirk. The power of TTS marketing department, not getting movement to music, j...
Jonas Abry
January 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBIntro: We should all be paying more for food. Let Me Run This By You: Who would you be if you were ONLY nature with no nurture. Also, Jack White, Fran Lebowitz, and introducing the flexapology. Interview: We talk to Jonas Abry! Getting cut, Tisch, being a child actor, voiceovers, Joe Lieberman, Mother Night, figuring out your identity with fedoras and pipes, Westchester Broadway Theatre, playing the Scarecrow, playing Peter Pan, being a blond-haired blue-eyed King of Siam, playing...