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The importance of preserving the Showgirl through costume preservation and its individual history featuring Karan Feder
Showgirls Life - January 09, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourFrom dressing Mitzi Gaynor on tour straight out of fashion design school to designing for film and fashion, Karan Feder’s path led her to her position curating the costume and textiles collection at the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas where she helps preserve this unique time in Las Vegas history ...
IMPACT of Insurrection
IMPACT - January 09, 2021 06:42 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol building, Carrie talks to Congresswoman Susie Lee, who was evacuated from her office. Then we have a discussion with Chris Guinchigliani, Pete Simi, Leisa Mosely and Tiffiany Howard about domestic terrorism and if the U.S. is a failed state.
Auditions: Does it ever get any easier? Featuring Athena Patacsil
Showgirls Life - January 02, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourToday’s episode is all about AUDITIONS! Listen in to hear about my experiences with auditions from my very first ballet audition when I was 12 years old until my final audition as Principal in Jubilee! eighteen years later. I discuss what went down in a showgirl show audition, what dancers went ...
Auditions: Does it ever get any easier? Featuring Athena Patacsil and various guests
Showgirls Life - January 02, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourToday’s episode is all about AUDITIONS! Listen in to hear about my experiences with auditions from my very first ballet audition when I was 12 years old until my final audition as Principal in Jubilee! eighteen years later. I discuss what went down in a showgirl show audition, what dancers went ...
IMPACT on Teachers
IMPACT - December 30, 2020 00:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA daily look at the impact of the coronavirus on the lives of Nevadans through a social, educational and economic lens. We'll look at how people are responding to each other, and how they are creating new lives in times of crisis.
IMPACT on Pandemic Teaching
IMPACT - December 30, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie had an hour-long conversation with five teachers about the things they've learned, what they have done for their students, and the obstacles they've had to deal with during the pandemic. A great peak at what REALLY goes on behind the scenes in teaching.
IMPACT on Pandemic Teacing
IMPACT - December 30, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie had an hour-long conversation with five teachers about the things they've learned, what they have done for their students, and the obstacles they've had to deal with during the pandemic. A great peak at what REALLY goes on behind the scenes in teaching.
Occupational hazards of dancing in a topless show featuring Scott Barnard
Showgirls Life - December 26, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourScott Barnard went from taking classes in a small village in New York to a full scholarship to train with Gus Giordano in Chicago. After a year of training, he went to Las Vegas, where the tall dancers went, to audition for Jubilee. We discuss the elementary school bullying that almost prevented...
IMPACT of the Science and Protest
IMPACT - December 20, 2020 06:27 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie talks with University Medical Center CEO Mason VanHoweling about the delivery of the vaccine, and with Idaho Statesman editor in chief Christina Lords, who gives us some insight on protesters harassing local politicians - and journalists.
IMPACT of the Future
IMPACT - December 20, 2020 06:27 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie talks with University Medical Center CEO Mason VanHoweling about the delivery of the vaccine, and with Idaho Statesman editor in chief Christina Lords, who gives us some insight on protesters harassing local politicians - and journalists.
Las Vegas really was the wild wild West featuring Alan Clancy
Showgirls Life - December 19, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourAlan Clancy came to Las Vegas in his early twenties after traveling the world as an acrobat from the age of 17, and then performing in Fredrick Apcar’s Casino de Paris production in Sydney, Australia. Blown away by the lights and lifestyle of the entertainment industry, he settled there and perf...
IMPACT of Homelessness
IMPACT - December 13, 2020 22:52 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie Kaufman talks with the Nevada Current's Michael Lyle about the razing of a homeless encampment in downtown Las Vegas. Then she chats with incoming CCSD Trustee Evelyn Garcia Morales. And the League of Women Voters' Nevada chapter has been disbanded. CSN professor - and IMPACT contributor -...
The joy of being asked by producers to work for them without an audition featuring Sal Angelica
Showgirls Life - December 12, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutesToday’s very special guest, Sal Angelica, shares about his journey from Brooklyn to the stages of Las Vegas and beyond over his 35+ year career as a dancer and adagio partner. From working with Donn Arden in Sky High in the Latin Quarter as his first professional dancing job to his dream job of ...
Long legs, feathery costumes and weight notices featuring Janet Sawczuk-Chapman
Showgirls Life - December 05, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutesThis episode features former Las Vegas Showgirl turned Pilates instructor, Janet Sawczuk-Chapman. From her first professional dancing job in Japan to jobs on the Las Vegas strip, she shares about the decade she spent on the Jubilee Theatre stage. We discuss the highlights of being a Showgirl and...
What happens when weight notices don't bother you featuring Janet Sawczuk-Chapman
Showgirls Life - December 05, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutesThis episode features former Las Vegas Showgirl turned Pilates instructor, Janet Sawczuk-Chapman. From her first professional dancing job in Japan to jobs on the Las Vegas strip, she shares about the decade she spent on the Jubilee Theatre stage. We discuss the highlights of being a Showgirl and...
IMPACT of Speech
IMPACT - December 05, 2020 05:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Clark County School District uploaded a new policy document just before Thanksgiving, but didn't tell anyone. The document limited the free speech of CCSD employees. A First Amendment Lawyer in Chicago happened to find it. He wrote a Twitter thread that shocked people involved with CCSD. On ...
We started breaking that color barrier featuring Jakki Ford
Showgirls Life - November 28, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutesThis episode features the multi-talented star, Jakki Ford sharing her story about how she got started in the performing arts and how she has worked as a model, dancer and actress. We discuss how she sang and danced in all three of Donn Arden’s MGM productions and continues to sing and record alb...
MGM Grand fire and the impact on the opening of Jubilee!
Showgirls Life - November 21, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutesToday, November 21st, marks the 40th anniversary of the devastating fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada that killed 85 people and injured several hundreds more. This episode features survivors from the fire that were working on the opening of Donn Arden’s Jubilee! One member of the ...
MGM Grand fire and the impact on the opening of Jubilee! featuring Pete Menefee, Diana Eden and Jakki Ford
Showgirls Life - November 21, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutesToday, November 21st, marks the 40th anniversary of the devastating fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada that killed 85 people and injured several hundreds more. This episode features survivors from the fire that were working on the opening of Donn Arden’s Jubilee! One member of the ...
IMPACT of COVID on Reimagining Education
IMPACT - November 21, 2020 00:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAs a follow-up to Carrie Kafuman's column in the Nevada Current, Dana Gentry wrote a piece exploring the suicide numbers in Nevada. Alas, 14 students have died by suicide this year. That's four more than last year. But six less than 2018, when CCSD lost 20 students to suicide. We talk with Dana...
The hidden stories of shame about being a topless dancer
Showgirls Life - November 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourDancing Nudes, Showgirls, topless dancers: this episode features excerpts from previous guests discussing the subject of being a topless dancer and the shame (or not) surrounding it. Each guest has unique perspectives and experiences about their time being a Showgirl or topless dancer and how it...
Being a Showgirl was the ultimate confidence
Showgirls Life - November 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourThis episode features excerpts from previous guests discussing the subject of being a topless dancer and the shame (or not) surrounding it. Each guest has unique perspectives and experiences about their time being a Showgirl or topless dancer and how it has shaped their life since. We also have ...
IMPACT of the Election
IMPACT - November 07, 2020 11:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie Kaufman talks to Sondra Cosgrove, Leisa Mosely, Cecia Alvarado, and Sarah O'Connell about who turned out and what the election of 2020 means for our immediate future in Nevada.
Now stick that giant headpiece on and go featuring Bluebells Forever Host Sheri Lewis
Showgirls Life - November 07, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutesShe’s back! The host of Bluebells Forever Podcast, Sheri Lewis, takes the hot seat again to share her own experience as a Showgirl in Hello, Hollywood, Hello and beyond. We discuss her experience of accepting a “nude” dancer contract and being disowned by her parents and the shaming some Showgir...
Now stick that giant headpiece on and go
Showgirls Life - November 07, 2020 08:00 - 58 minutesShe’s back! The host of Bluebells Forever Podcast, Sheri Lewis, takes the hot seat again to share her own experience as a Showgirl in Hello, Hollywood, Hello and beyond. We discuss her experience of accepting a “nude” dancer contract and being disowned by her parents and the shaming some Showgir...
I really felt right at home featuring Donna London
Showgirls Life - October 31, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourDonna London, former head of wardrobe of Jubilee shares her story of unexpectedly joining the circus and then moving to Las Vegas and joining the wardrobe crew of Jubilee in the winter of 1981. She shares about her time as a wardrobe technician and then moving up to management during her 33 1/2 ...
I really felt right at home
Showgirls Life - October 31, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourDonna London, former head of wardrobe of Jubilee shares her story of unexpectedly joining the circus and then moving to Las Vegas and joining the wardrobe crew of Jubilee in the winter of 1981. She shares about her time as a wardrobe technician and then moving up to management during her 33 1/2 ...
We all played dress up
Showgirls Life - October 24, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourThis episode features broadway dancer turned costume designer, Diana Eden. We discuss her brief, but important role in the creation of Jubilee as the assistant to Bob Mackie and Pete Menefee. She was the creator and keeper of the famed "Costume Bibles" that were used to help rebuild the costumes...
We all played dress up featuring costume designer Diana Eden
Showgirls Life - October 24, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourThis episode features broadway dancer turned costume designer, Diana Eden. We discuss her brief, but important role in the creation of Jubilee as the assistant to Bob Mackie and Pete Menefee. She was the creator and keeper of the famed "Costume Bibles" that were used to help rebuild the costumes...
IMPACT of Women
IMPACT - October 17, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt would seem at first blush that working from home might be a boon to women - especially women who endure toxic workplace culture. But it turns out the pandemic has done harm to women. Last month, 865,000 women left the workforce. Only 216,000 men did. The trend line is down for all of us, but...
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