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Lauren LoGiudice, Radio Misfits
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Feb 22, 2023
RTA – Rossilynne Culgan (Time Out New York)
“People here [in NYC] are nice believe it or not ….people are just busy. If you live in New York you’re always hustling from place to place, so it’s not that you’re mean, you’re just on a mission.” - Rossilynne Culgan
Today I interviewed Rossilynne Culgan from Time Out New York
In this episode we speak about how to:
• Curiosity has guided her caree
• Find fun things to do when at home and on the road
• Pitch your event to media outlets
• Build community on and offline
Then my character Carmella Ravolli asks about getting more promo for the goings on in the outer boroughs.
To catch up with our guest:
@Timeoutnewyork
www.timeout.com/newyork
TimeOutrossilynne.culgan@timeout.com
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Dec 7, 2022
RTA – Emily Walsh (Peacock, Stand Up NY)
“[COVID] gave a lot of people the opportunity to reflect if doing something is worth it.” - Emily Walsh
Today I interviewed comedian Emily Walsh
In this episode we speak about:
• Going to (and surviving) Catholic school
• Comedy in the after time, including festivals and THE HANG
• Her podcast Alone at Lunch
Then my character Queens Marie asks about a nun makeover. [EP236]
To catch up with our guest:
www.emilywalshcomic.com
Instagram: @thefunnywalsh
Twitter: @thefunnywalsh
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Nov 10, 2022
RTA – Best of Stupid People
STUPID PEOPLE - it's your favorite segment of the podcast. So we put all these gems into one episode for your listening pleasure. How it works: My dad, a Bensonhurst, Brooklyn native, tells us the stupidest person he saw that week and we rate their stupidness in rectums. [EP235]
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Oct 19, 2022
RTA – Chris Demarais (Rooster Teeth)
“It can be debilitating if you get stuck on one project and you’re like it has to be perfect … and then the universe doesn’t align perfectly.” - Chris Demarais
Today I interviewed Chris Demarais of Rooster Teeth
In this episode we speak about:
Iterating constantly to create internet content
Using failure as a creative tool
How his podcasts Black Box Down, Good Morning in Hell, and Tales From the Stinky Dragon came to be
Then my character Deborah Decanter comes on to ask about his taxes and gets too excited.
To catch up with our guest:
IG/Tiktok: @ChrisDemarais
RoosterTeeth.com
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Oct 6, 2022
RTA – Max Miller (Aunty Donna)
“A good thing to do is not try to fix things when they’re broken, staying a head of the curve when times are pretty good using that as a time to check in.” - Max Miller
Today I interviewed Max Miller of Aunty Donna
In this episode we speak about:
Capturing spontaneity on film
The resurgence of absurd comedy
Aunty Donna’s secrets for working together
Then Melania tries to pitch Max, but then Ivanka steals her idea, and a family drama is born.
To catch up with our guest:
Instagram: @maximusmilla
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Sep 22, 2022
RTA – Rosa Escandon (Forbes, Buzzfeed)
Today I interviewed Rosa Escandon
In this episode we speak about how:
Creating coming out of the pandemic
Her podcast giving psychic life advice
Hoarding and how she took on the subject in an upcoming novel
Then my character Melania asks how she can get on Rosa’s show and we end up talking Tiffany Trump gossip (her single is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVpu6MnXBhQ) [EP232]
To catch up with our guest:
www.rosaescandon.com/
Podcast: @psychicfriendz
TikTok and Instagram: @humancomedian
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Sep 8, 2022
RTA – Mike Diva (SNL)
“The most important thing with doing anything in this industry is learning to treat everything as a learning opportunity, not getting bitter about it, and growing thick skin and not letting it get to you. ” - Mike Diva
Today I interviewed Mike Diva (SNL)
In this episode we speak about how:
How he went from creating on YouTube to directing at SNL.
Finding and keeping the funny in sketch comedy during the intensive production and post-production process
Being a torchbearer for other creative weirdos
Then Melania asks Mike to help her in her goals to live her best life … without her Trumps.
To catch up with our guest:
Instagram: @mikediva
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Aug 3, 2022
RTA – Sam Lingham (Aunty Donna)
“Ego is the biggest issue … when collaborating, is trying to get the fuck out of the road of my own ego and put that aside and just be creative.” - Sam Lingham
Today I interviewed Aunty Donna head writer Sam Lingham of Aunty Donna
In this episode we speak about:
What it means to be the head writer of a sketch group
How Aunty Donna creates comedy
The ways they’ve learned to work together as a group.
Then my character Donna Disney discusses her figurine collection.
Twitter: @SamLingham @AuntyDonnaBoys
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Jul 13, 2022
RTA – Laura Murphy (Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show)
“If you make the crew laugh it’s usually a good sign that you’re on a good set and everybody’s enjoying it.” - Laura Murphy
Today I interviewed Laura Murphy (Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show)
In this episode we speak about:
How she came to be a TV director without going to film school
Directing the groundbreaking show MTV Girl Code
How to make a fun set where everyone wins
Negotiation and the film set
Then my character Queens Marie asks about the pizza selection while filming Nora from Queens.
Then my character Donna Disney asks about passing on her Tchotchke-filled apartment to a location scout.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @BestLauraEver
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Jun 22, 2022
RTA – Jenny Gorelick – (Jenny’s Birthday and The Tony Awards)
“You have to go out there and try stuff to get better.” - Jenny Gorelick
Today I interviewed Jenny Gorelick, producer and comedian
In this episode we speak about how:
Her journey as a producer of comedy and the Tony Awards
Advice to performers from the perspective of a produce
Producing tips for newbies
Then my character Judy asks about producing a show about produce.
To catch up with our guest:
jennygorelick.com
Instagram: jennycestquoi
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Jun 2, 2022
RTA – Maria DeCotis (Comedy Central, HBO Women in Comedy Festival)
“I think it’s a mix of thinking about what’s going on in the world right now or seeing some big famous figure and wondering what people in their life are like -” - Maria DeCotis
Today I interviewed Maria DeCotis (Comedy Central, HBO Women in Comedy Festival)
In this episode we speak about:
Being Italian American and why Romeo and Juliet needs to be played like Italians
Saying goodbye to her Andrew Cuomo impression
Her journey in standup and eventually starting Jack’s Fruit and a solo show
Dude confidence and my Hannah Gadsby story
Then my character Queens Marie asks what we can do to Andrew Cuomo if we meet him in the street.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter and Instagram: @mariadecotis
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May 25, 2022
RTA – Mark Samual Bonanno (Aunty Donna)
“We try to keep it to us so it feels real and find a way to make the audience understand what’s happening.” - Mark Samual Bonanno
Today I interviewed Mark Samual Bonanno of Aunty Donna.
In this episode we speak about:
• Being incapable of being mainstream
• Being Italian American experience in Australia
• Translating comedy to the U.S. audience
Then my character Queens Marie then grills Mark about the dating pool in Oz.
To catch up with our guest:
Netflix: Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun
www.auntydonna.com
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May 11, 2022
RTA – Fred Raimondi (Borat: Subsequent, Stranger Things, Star Trek)
Today I interviewed Fred Raimondi (Borat: Subsequent, Stranger Things, Star Trek)
In this episode we speak about:
Thriving as an artist with creative ADD
Creating visual effects magic in Borat: Subsequent Movie Film to Stranger Things to Star Trek
Useful creative habits to help you meet industry challenges
Then my character Amelia asks about his inspiration for doing his own thing.
To catch up with our guest:
http://fredraimondi.com/
fred@channelfred.com
Twitter @fredfx
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Apr 28, 2022
RTA – Gideon Evans (Daily Show, Comedy Central, President Show)
“The shows that interesting are the weird shows that feel completely unique … I think it’s a little lazy to do what’s already popular.” - Gideon Evans
Today I interviewed Gideon Evans
In this episode we speak about:
His experience working on the Daily Show for 6 years and being banned from Disney World when working with Michael Moore.
Casting grandmas and pas in his collab with Mo Rocca that got a Daytime Emmy nom.
Creating story arcs out of intensive research
Following creative impulses to tell stories that aren’t your typical stories
Then my character Judy asks how she can create a story about the unsung heroes of produce
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @gideonevans
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Apr 13, 2022
RTA – Shea Depmore (TikTok political comedy)
“In any social media platform there’s gonna be biases built in.” - Shea Depmore
Today I interviewed comedy creator Shea Depmore
In this episode we speak about:
Her journey in creating political comedy online
The state of satire on the internet
Crazy stories from her time online
And then Melania comes in with a question that we don’t want to answer.
To catch up with our guest:
Tiktok: @sheadepmore
Instagram: @sheadepmore
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFo42oRCF3EZ7j_XJn93jOA
Twitter: @sheadepmore
And here is the resource that we spoke about: Reply All’s episode on internet security: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/v4he6k
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Mar 30, 2022
RTA – Michael Hartney (Characters Welcome, School of Rock)
“If you keep your senses pealed … you will find what you find funny from what you observe in your life.” - Michael Hartney
Today I interviewed Michael Hartney
In this episode we speak about:
Creating characters
Curating comedy
The newest comedy theater in NYC: Squirrel Comedy Theater
Power of characters to affect hearts and minds
Then my character Estrella asks about buying stage time.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @michaelhartney
Instagram and TikTok: @hartneymichael
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRbuFzQOXSpsftxW4JyNew
The Squirrel Comedy Theater: https://www.thesquirrelnyc.com/
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Mar 18, 2022
RTA – Silas Howard (Pose, Dickinson, Transparent)
“I have done so many things in my life I would have never done because I have community.” - Silas Howard
Today I interviewed Silas Howard (Pose, Dickinson, Transparent).
In this episode we speak about:
Creating in capitalism
Operating according to your own rules
Debunking the “cream rises to the top” myth
Having a creative community that greenlights your projects
Then my character Princess Diana asks about extraterrestrial reptiles in Hollywood.
To catch up with our guest:
Instagram: @silash
www.silashoward.com
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Mar 2, 2022
RTA – Alex Blagg (@midnight, Problematic With Moshe Kasher)
“Satire feels like a less potent weapon when the other side has realized how to turn it around and a weaponize it for themselves.” - Alex Blagg
Today I interviewed Alex Blagg of @midnight and Problematic With Moshe Kasher
In this episode we speak about how:
Experience creating @midnight and Problematic With Mosher Kasher, and working on Trump vs. Bernie
How TV can be a matter of right place/right time
Satire in a social media environment
How to prepare for and adapt to writing jobs
Then my character Jeff asks about the casting couch.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter and Instagram : @alexblagg
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Jan 12, 2022
RTA – Matthew French (Awesomely Authentic)
Today I interviewed Matthew French - Awesomely Authentic
In this episode we speak about how:
His journey to a career in Diversity and Inclusion with his organization Awesomely Authentic
Regional differences in queer communities
Job discrimination for LGBTQIA+ people
Then my character Gigi asks how to deal with being cooped up with people she hates.
To catch up with our guest:
Instagram: @mattcareer
www.awesomelyauthentic.com
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Dec 16, 2021
RTA – Matt Mazany (Gay of Thrones)
“At least for a few seasons I was in a room where I was the only straight cis white guy. And I think that every straight cis white should be in a room like that to see how that feels for a lot of people. ” - Matt Mazany
Today I interviewed Matt Mazany from Gay of Thrones
In this episode we speak about:
His time working for WWE and Funny or Die
This process behind Gay of Thrones
Discovering painting with his podcast the Art of Arting
And my character Carmella asks Matt about his favorite Game of Thrones character.
To catch up with our guest:
The Art of Arting Podcast - Instagram: @aoapodcast
Get It Again Podcast
Twitter and Instagram: @mattmazany
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Dec 8, 2021
RTA – Alex Parks (Netflix)
“If someone’s watched this thing I think maybe their heart can be softened in some way but how do you get them to watch it in the first place. ” -Alex Parks
“There’s an old adage about film that to make a great film you’ve got to make it three times. You’ve got to write a great film, you’ve got to shoot a great film, you’ve go to edit a great film…At any of those phases it can fall apart.” -Alex Parks
Today I interviewed Alex Parks of Netflix
In this episode we speak about:
How post production can elevate comedy
Creating comedy to meet the budget and when the right time is to push production value
Netflix innovation in production technology
How indie comedy matters
Then my character commiserated with Alex about people who want o fix everything in post.
To catch up with our guest:
alexparks.tv
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Dec 1, 2021
RTA – Felipe Torres Medina (Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
“The way to deal with rejection is to be sad for a few seconds, minutes, or however long it takes you, and then write something else.” - Felipe Torres Medina
Today I interviewed Felipe Torres Medina from Late Show with Stephen Colbert
In this episode we speak about how:
His path to late night at the Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tracking and using ideas
Handling rejection
Then Melania asks about maintaining humanity when working in political humor.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @felipetmedinaa
Podcast: The Un-Tied States of America
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Nov 11, 2021
RTA – Michelle Bossy (Under a Lantern Lit Sky)
“I’m still interested in what’s going on emotionally for those people. Because that never goes away.” - Michelle Bossy
Today I interviewed Michelle Bossy, director of the feature film Under the Lantern Lit Sky.
In this episode we speak about:
Her journey making
Under a Lantern Lit Sky
How she became a director
The power of story and great performances
Then my character Candice Twyla tries to get a role in one of Michelle’s films.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @mbossy1
Instagram: @mbossydirects
www.michellebossy.com
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Oct 27, 2021
RTA – Derek Gaunt (Former Hostage Negotiator and Negotiation Coach at The Black Swan Group)
“These conversations, whether you’re negotiating with an insurance company or dealing with Thanksgiving dinner, it's all about how you sequence the conversation. ” Derek Gaunt
Today I interviewed Derek Gaunt, former FBI hostage negotiator and now negotiation coach at the Black Swan Group
In this episode we speak about how:
How to deal with dinner table negative comments
How to use tactical empathy which has nothing to do with liking the other side
Why narcissists are easy to deal with
How listening is the easiest and cheapest concession you can make
Then my character Queens Marie asks about how to avoid conflict which is her favorite thing to cultivate.
To catch up with our guest:
info@blackswanltd.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-gaunt-2943a824
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derek.gaunt.12576
Twitter: @negoti8or
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Oct 13, 2021
RTA – Christine Grimaldi (Vice, Vogue, SELF)
“I found there was this very rich tradition of Italian American anti-fascism, not just Italian anti-fascism, across the pond, but anti-fascism here. ” - Christine Grimaldi
Today I interviewed Christine Grimaldi who reports on reproductive policy and politics for outlets like VICE, Vogue, SELF Magazine, GEN Magazine, among other outlets.
In this episode we speak about how:
The history of Italian-American anti-fascism in the United States
How the Knights of Columbus is not just a hall where you had your sweet 16, but a rabidly anti-choice organization
How she predicted Amy Coney Barrett would be the Supreme Court Nominee
Then Carmella comes in to talk about an update on abortion rights since we first recorded the podcast
To catch up with our guest:
www.christinegrimaldi.com/
Twitter: @chgrimaldi
- "The Paesano of Shame: Trump’s Italian American Consiglieres" by Christine Grimaldi
- "Two friends talk about Black, White, and The Grey: On cooking and collaboration across t…
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Sep 29, 2021
RTA – Pleasure Syndicate – Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder, Mike Sacks, Ted Travelstead
“Writing with other people makes the solitary writing life a lot more fun, especially when it’s the same sensibility which is a rare thing.” - Mike Sacks
Today I interviewed Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder, Mike Sacks & Ted Travelstead. Authors of Sex: Our Bodies Our Junk and humor articles for The New Yorker. In this episode we speak about their ongoing writing collaboration. [EP212]
To catch up with our guests:
Scott Jacobson: twitter.com/straintest
Todd Levin: twitter.com/toddlevin
Jason Roeder: twitter.com/jasonroeder
Mike Sacks: twitter.com/mikebsacks
Ted Travelstead: twitter.com/trumpetcake
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Sep 15, 2021
RTA – Mike Sacks (Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Randy: A Memoir, Stinker Let’s Loose!)
“It just comes down to a few things and that is: have a good attitude and get into it because you’re interested not for the money, and keep moving forward. Just keep moving and good things tend to happen. ” - Mike Sacks
Today I interviewed Mike Sacks
Mike Sacks works for Vanity Fair and contributes humor to The New Yorker, Time, Esquire, GQ, Believer, Vice, Salon, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.
He is the author of eight books and three audio projects.
In this episode we speak about:
His decision to self publish and stick to his creative vision.
The precariousness of success
How he came up with his two books Stinker Let’s Loose! and Randy: The Full and Complete Unedited Biography and Memoir of the Amazing Life and Times of Randy S.!
To catch up with our guest:
www.mikesacks.com
Twitter.com/mikebsacks
Instagram.com/mikebsacks
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Aug 25, 2021
RTA – Ross Buran (Gay of Thrones)
Ross Buran was born in San Francisco where he was confident he was excelling at sports. Eventually, he grew to realize his own mediocrity and set out to find answers in the Arts. He attended USC's School of Theater and is a Writer/Actor and 3x Emmy Nominated Producer (Funny or Die's Gay of Thrones). He currently lives in Los Angeles where he clings to the hope that his athletic abilities were just waiting to blossom in his 30s.
In this episode we speak about:
His experience balancing being an actor and a producer
How to navigate money vs passion gigs
Indulging in our mutual theater nerdom! And his play The Paris Syndrome
Then Estrella asked about forcing herself on a production.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter and Instagram: @themanburan
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Aug 11, 2021
RTA – Onir (My Brother … Nikhil, I Am, Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz)
“What about the artist sentiment. … Where are we? Where do we stand as a society?” - Onir
Today I interviewed Onir.
Onir is an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is best known for his film My Brother...Nikhil, based on the life of Dominic D'Souza, starring Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla and Purab Kohli. It was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships. He won the Indian National Film awards for Best Film (Hindi) for the anthology “I AM” in 2011. I AM is considered as one of the first and largest crowd funded and crowd sourced film through social media in India. The film dealt with single motherhood, child sexual abuse, displacement and LGBTQI rights.
Born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan, Onir spent much of his childhood going
to the cinema. Earlier, Onir studied comparative literature from Jadavpur University in 1989, he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin. He later returned to India…
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Jul 28, 2021
RTA – Michael Melamedoff (The Problem With Apu, Black Women OWN The Conversation)
“Good producing is about finding ways to help people tell the stories in ways they didn’t know they could. Giving them the resources and the permission to make their voices heard.” - Michael Melamedoff
Today I interviewed Michael Melamedoff from Cowboy Bear Ninja.
Michael Melamedoff is a partner in New York based production company Cowboy Bear Ninja, where he heads up their film and television division. His work as a producer includes the Emmy winning series Black Women OWN The Conversation, Paid Off with Michael Torpey and Shade: Queens of NYC. He is also a director and producer of narrative and documentary films and television, including the critically acclaimed and culture disrupting doc The Problem with Apu starring Hari Kondabolu. Other feature documentary credits include Victori, which the Boston Globe hailed by writing: "Exploring the fine line between kitsch and genius, Melamedoff's dead-pan doc out mocks some of the best of Christopher Guest." Mr. Melamedoff is also th…
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Jul 14, 2021
RTA – Doug Brady and Robyn Adams (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
Today I interviewed Doug Brady and Robyn Adams who produced on Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Election Special and more!
Doug Brady is an Emmy-Nominated, Webby-Winning Producer / Writer. He's Showrun for a few comedy shows including "Billy On The Street" and most recently "Last Night's Late Night" for Quibi. (RIP Quibi) Check out more about Doug at dougbradywork.com.
Robyn Adams is a writer, director, producer whose work has appeared on Colbert, Conan, various Triumph the Insult Comic Dog incarnations, a The Daily Show special, and Kevin Hart: What The Fit. robyn.adams on insta.
In this episode we speak about how:
How they got where they are
What “producer” actually means
How to prepare to write for different types of shows
Behind the Scenes of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Then my character DAD asks about how they film on-the-street segments when people are assholes.
To catch up with our guest:
Instagram: robyn.adams
Dougbradywork.com.
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Jun 30, 2021
RTA – Sabir Sultan (Strand Book Store)
“The balance is to amplify voices when I can and to put together interesting events that are going to excite people.” - Sabir Sultan
Today I interviewed Sabir Sultan of Strand Book Store
Sabir Sultan is the Director of Events at the Strand. Prior to that he was the Events Manager at Barnes & Noble 5th Avenue. He loves reading books, thinking about books, talking about books, and programming book events.
In this episode we speak about:
Creating an ideal audience experience and exchange of ideas at book events
How to navigate spoilers
Being responsive to world events
Delightful idiosyncrasies of different book audiences
Then my character Judy revels about the parallel organization of the Strand and the produce aisle of her cop.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @SabirSultan
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Jun 16, 2021
RTA – Lindsay Hoffman (University of Delaware, Associate Director of the Center for Political Communication)
“How much further down this abyss of complete hatred of each other are we willing to go. And for what?” - Dr. Lindsay Hoffman
Today I interviewed Dr. Lindsay Hoffman.
Dr. Lindsay Hoffman joined the faculty of the Department of Communication at the University of Delaware in September 2007 after receiving her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Her research examines how citizens use internet technology to become engaged with politics and their communities. She also studies individual and contextual effects of media on individuals' perceptions of public opinion; the effects of viewing political satire on knowledge and participation; social capital and communication; and factors leading to public-affairs news use.
Dr. Hoffman's research is theoretically grounded in political communication, mass communication, and public opinion. Her work emphasizes both the social circumstances and psychological predispositions that influence individual media uses and effects. Her research als…
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Jun 3, 2021
RTA – Bassem Youssef (Tickling Giants, Revolution for Dummies, The Magical Reality of Nadia)
“A lot of people are annoyed by differences and they are scared of it. … If they can only see how being different enriches a place, a community, it doesn't take away from it. ” - Bassem Youssef
Today I interviewed Bassem Youssef
Bassem Youssef, dubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab World, was the host of popular TV show AlBernameg - which was the first of its kind political satire show in the Middle East. AlBernameg became the first online to TV conversion in the Middle East and the most watched show across the region with 30 million viewers every week.
AlBernameg received wide acclaim around the world with coverage in some of the biggest media outlets, topping it off with Youssef’s appearance on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart , Colbert and Trevor Noah.
Throughout its three seasons AlBernameg remained controversial through its humorous yet bold criticism of the ruling powers. In recognition of his success, Youssef was named among the Time Magazine most influential list for 20…
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May 19, 2021
RTA – Henry Alford (The New Yorker and Vanity Fair)
“Anything I can find that inspires me, propels me, goads me, is great.” - Henry Alford
Today I interviewed Henry Alford.
Henry Alford is a humorist and journalist HA writes for the New Yorker and Airmail. His six books include Big Kiss, which won a Thurber Prize, and most recently, a book about dancing called And Then We Danced.
In this episode we speak about how:
changes in audiences throughout his career, particulars of publishing, dealing with competition, and pondering the effect of the internet on comedy.
To catch up with our guest:
henryalford.com
Twitter: @henryalford
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May 5, 2021
RTA – Dom Nero (Esquire Magazine)
“[Moonstruck] represents a part of our culture that doesn’t always get the spotlight.” - Dom Nero
Today I interviewed Dom Nero.
Dom Nero is a staff video editor at Esquire Magazine, where he also writes about film, television, and video games. He's the co-host of Eye of the Duck, a podcast about movies and the scenes that make them special.
In this episode we speak about: being Italian American beyond the Godfather, specifically:
the legacy of Italian American anti-fascism,
what Sebastian Maniscalco
means for the community,
where the racist bent in the community comes from
why Moonstruck should be the new touchstone movie for Italian Americans.
To catch up with our guest:
Follow Dom on
Twitter at @dominicknero
www.domnero.com
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Apr 21, 2021
RTA – Jay Martel (Key and Peele, Alternatino, The Present, and Strangers With Candy)
“There’s nothing better than satirizing what’s going on right now and knowing that thousands of people are reading it. ” - Jay Martel
Today I interviewed Jay Martel.
JAY MARTEL is a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, director, actor, and TV producer. The science-fiction comic novel “Channel Blue” was published by Head of Zeus in 2013, and “The Present” was released as an Audible Original in March of 2021. He’s a contributor to The New Yorker. As a journalist and critic, he’s written for Rolling Stone, Vogue, GQ, TV Guide.
Martel served as a show-runner, executive producer and writer for the award-winning sketch show “Key & Peele,” and many other comedies, including “Alternatino,” “Teachers,” “Halfway Home,” and “Strangers With Candy.” He has created numerous series for MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. For his work in television, Martel has received Emmy, WGA, Peabody and Comedy awards.
He has worked extensively as a writer, producer and pres…
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Apr 7, 2021
RTA – S2 Teaser
We're back with Season 2 of Reconcile the Aisle!
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Nov 11, 2020
RTA – How to Talk to a Trumper With Sammy Rangel of Life After Hate
“They do change and that’s what these messages mean. People do change .” - Sammy Rangel
Today I interviewed Sammy Rangel of Life After Hate
In this episode we speak about how:
The far right exploited the pandemic to terrorize vulnerable communities.
Far right groups are stealing recruitment techniques from ISIS.
The work continues - the election outcome does not change that people have been radicalized
We evaluate a conversation with a Trumper (my dad) to give you concrets tips and strategies to engage in this necessary dialogue
To catch up with our guest:
www.lifeafterhate.org
www.instagram.com/lifeafterhate
www.twitter.com/lifeafterhate
www.facebook.com/lifeafterhate
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Oct 30, 2020
RTA – ELECTION SPECIAL WITH DR. DANIELLE HOLTZ
This bonus episode gets us ready for the election in 2020 — and beyond! The lessons in this episode apply to the Democratic process overall.
Danielle Holtz is a historian of US political culture, intellectual history,and US foreign policy, Dr. Holtz focuses on conservatism and white supremacy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is currently working on a book manuscript about racial nationalism and American politics based on her dissertation, “’Who Are the True Conservatives?’: A Critical History of American Conservatism in the Nineteenth Century.” She received her PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. She also served as the assistant editor for the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, published in 2013.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @daniholtz
In this episode we speak about:
Dissidents have existed throughout US history, but have been written out of the historical record.
Democracy takes work. If we…
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Oct 21, 2020
RTA – Democracy Needs to be Taught! With Timothy Shaffer, PhD
“We think about [Democracy] happening someplace else … and how I think about it and encourage students to think about it: it’s there yes … but it’s also in you.” - Timothy Shaffer, PhD
Today I interviewed Timothy Shaffer, PhD
Timothy J. Shaffer is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University. He is also principal research specialist with the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona. Connected to these efforts, Shaffer also serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy, as a country expert on deliberative democracy with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem Institute) research project, and as a co-director guiding the work of the Deliberative Pedagogy Lab, an international project focused on applied scholarship about the ways that deliberation can transform higher education educational approaches and environments.…
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Oct 7, 2020
RTA – COVID Planning Over Herd Immunity With Dr. Sema Sgaier of the Surgo Foundation
“The fundamental principle of a testing desert is: you’re in a county and there’s not a single test site. … About 40% of rural counties in the United States are testing deserts.” - Dr. Sema Sgaier of the Surgo Foundation
Today I interviewed Dr. Sema Sgaier.
Dr. Sema Sgaier is Co-founder and Executive Director of Surgo Foundation, a privately funded action tank whose mission is to bring precision to solutions that save and improve lives by integrating behavioral science , data science, and artificial intelligence. Previously at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she led large-scale health programs in India and Africa. She is faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the department of Global Health at the University of Washington. Her research interests include methodologies to understand human behavior, novel data systems and analytic approaches, and management practices to drive innovation within large-scale global health programs. She was selected as…
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Sep 23, 2020
RTA – Books As Activism With Jeannine Cook
“To me what movement work means is creativity.” - Jeannine Cook
Today I interviewed Jeannine Cook,
For the last 10 years Jeannine Cook has worked as a trusted writer for several startups, corporations, non-profits, and influencers. In addition to a holding a master’s degree from The University of the Arts, Jeannine is also a Leeway Art & Transformation Grantee and a winner of the South Philly Review Difference Maker Award. Jeannine’s work has been recognized by several news outlets including Vogue Magazine, INC, MSNBC, The Strategist, and the Washington Post. She recently returned from Nairobi, Kenya facilitating social justice creative writing with youth from 15 countries around the world. She writes about the complex intersections of motherhood, activism, and community. Her pieces are featured in several publications including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Root Quarterly, Printworks, and midnight & indigo. She is the proud new shopkeeper of Harriett’s Bookshop in the Fishtow…
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Sep 10, 2020
RTA – The Problem With Empathy With Fritz Breithaupt
“You’re not a rockstar and I’m not an angel either, and that’s why we need each other, and that’s why we need empathy, actually.” - Fritz Breithaupt
Today I interviewed Fritz Breithaupt.
Fritz Breithaupt is a provost professor at Indiana University, Bloomington since 1996, since 2010 as a full professor of Germanic Studies, an adjunct professor of Comparative Literature, and an affiliate professor of Cognitive Science. He co-founded the European Union Center at Indiana University in 2005 and served as its co-director until 2007. In Germany, he is most well known outside of academic circles as a columnist for ZEIT Campus magazine and the author of the recurring feature "Frag den Prof" ("Ask the professor"). In 2009-10, he was the distinguished Remak Scholar of Indiana University. He has twice (in 2003 and 2009) won the grant of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, which is "granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamenta…
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Aug 26, 2020
RTA – Comedy on Capitol Hill with Mark Eaton of The Capitol Steps
“We get into this weird thing, that if politicians don’t get made fun of [by The Capitol Steps] they get mad.” - Mark Eaton of the Capitol Steps
Today I interviewed Mark Eaton of The Capitol Steps.
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.
The group was born in December, 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party. Their first idea was to stage a nativity play, but in the whole Congress they couldn't find three wise men or a virgin. So, they decided to dig into the headlines of the day, and they created song parodies & skits which conveyed a special brand of satirical humor.
In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom ("Don't quit your day job!"), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congr…
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Aug 12, 2020
RTA – Make the Stage and the Crowds Will Come With Mona Shaikh of Minority Reportz
“Somebody described our comedy shows as going to Chippendales because it’s so rowdy. These women don’t want to leave.” - Mona Shaikh
Today I interviewed Mona Shaikh.
Mona Shaikh is a stand-up comedian, host, emcee and producer of Minority Reportz. She most recently emcee’d the Women’s March in SF in Jan 2019 and made history by being the first South Asian/Middle Eastern Female Comedian to perform in front of over 50,000 people! She’s been featured in LA Times, Newsweek, The Guardian, LA Weekly, New York Post, Huffington Post, Washington Post and BBC. She can also be seen regularly on The Young Turks, The Stephanie Miller Show on SiriusXM and Mo’Kelly Show on IHeartRadio. Mona has also headlined in Dubai, Portugal as well as London. In addition to being seen all around Los Angeles at major comedy clubs as The Comedy Store, Flappers Comedy Club, The Laugh Factory, Ice House Pasadena, Hollywood Improv and many more, she hosted the Hollywood Improv for Comedy Juice night…
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Jul 29, 2020
RTA – The Conservative/Liberal Divide With Dannagal Young
“I’ve been asked over the years a lot for the potential of humor to bridge these divides and I have not figured out a way it work. .... Unless you’re someone who is willing to targets the machinery that creates the division in the first place.” - Dannagal Young
Today I interviewed Dannagal Young.
Dannagal G. Young (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, 2007) is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Delaware where she studies the content, audience, and effects of political humor. She has authored over forty academic articles and book chapters exploring themes related to political entertainment, media psychology, public opinion, and misinformation. Her latest book "Irony and Outrage" examines satire and outrage as the logical extensions of the respective psychological profiles of liberals and conservatives (Oxford University Press, 2020: available here).
Young is a Research Fellow with the University of Delaware's Center…
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Jul 15, 2020
RTA – Call-Out Culture With Loretta Ross
“Call-out culture impoverishes our pools of meaning because we don’t get to share what everybody is thinking. Because some people are intimidated by the brutality with which an unfolding thought is received.” - Loretta Ross
Today I interviewed Loretta Ross.
In this episode we speak about:
How her years of activism have given her a perspective on call-out culture
Call-out is a civil rights strategy for people in power that are inaccessible. If you have access to people you have a lot of choices before calling people out.
Calling out is splintering our potential for change because it is horizontally targeted. And it is moving people who don’t completely agree with us to the right.
How opting not to call people out doesn't mean letting people off the hook; every call out opportunity is also a call in opportunity.
We will never 100% agree on all issues. 90% can often be good enough. We should focus on calling in the 75%.
We should adjust our strategies according to the percentage…
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Jul 1, 2020
RTA – Heroin, Hooking, and Happiness With Mary Goggin of Runaway Princess
“I have choices. I’m responsible for my happiness.” — Mary Goggin
Today I interviewed Mary Goggin, the creator of the solo show Runaway Princess.
In this episode we speak about:
Mary’s journey through drinking and hooking to become a working actor in NYC.
How Mary found her calling, the desire to share her story in the internationally touring show Runaway Princess.
How you have to go from being the writer and the actor in a solo show, especially when the subject matter is emotionally charged.
Queens Marie and Melania Trump come in ask questions about sex work. [EP117]
To catch up with our guest:
runawayprincessplay.com
Instagram.com/marypat218
Twitter.com/marypat218
Facebook.com/runawayprincessplay
www.fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/runaway-princess
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Jun 17, 2020
RTA – Publishing Unique Voices With Rick Kaempfer and David Stern of Eckhartz Press
“Everyone has a story to tell and when its your personal story you’re selling yourself, too. And that, to me, is a very easy sell.” — Rick Kaempfer
Today I interviewed Rick Kaempfer and David Stern of Eckhartz Press.
Rick Kaempfer is the co-founder and publisher of Eckhartz Press. In addition to being the publisher, he is the author of several Eckhartz Press releases, inclucing "EveryCubEver", “Father Knows Nothing”, “Records Truly Is My Middle Name” (with John Records Landecker) and “The Living Wills” (with Brendan Sullivan), Rick has been published several times before (including a novel “$everance” and a how-to-book about radio called “The Radio Producer’s Handbook”). He was also a member of the media for more than twenty years as the producer of two highly acclaimed radio shows (Steve Dahl & Garry Meier and John Records Landecker), and still covers the industry as the media critic for the Illinois Entertainer. He has watched the media landscape chang…
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Jun 3, 2020
RTA – Restorative Justice With Gina M. Hill
“Restorative justice is about healing. And healing in communities.” — Gina Hill
Today I interviewed Gina Hill.
Gina M. Hill is currently the Lead Administrator at the Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy High School and a trainer with RJTI - Restorative Justice Training Institute founded by Rita Renjitham Alfred. Gina M. Hill has been an educator in Oakland, California public schools for over twenty years as a Teacher/CTM, after school Program Coordinator and Administrator. As Principal at Street Academy, she led the school wide implementation of restorative justice and dynamic mindfulness to create an intentional school culture aiming to resist institutionally racist norms that ultimately funnel our most vulnerable youth into the school-to-prison pipeline. In her spare time she enjoys samba dancing and yoga.
To catch up with our guest:
www.oaklandstreetacademy.org
www.rjtica.org
In this episode we speak about:
How restorative justice is an alternative model to working with…
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May 20, 2020
RTA – Vulnerability in the age of social disconnect with Richard W. Gretzinger
“Everybody has a uniqueness to them and I try to celebrate that.” — Richard W. Gretzinger
Today I interviewed Richard W. Gretzinger
Here’s more about him and his project The Vulnerability Project in his own words:
The subject of my latest work is vulnerability. This is not a mid-life crisis, although sometimes it feels that way. It is my attempt to use photography to examine how vulnerability leads to connection in a disconnected world.
So far I have been overwhelmed with the responses I have received and the amazing individuals I have met. I've photographed many people from all walks of life, and I will continue because I am finding that photography is just the means; what is most fulfilling are the intimate conversations about life, fears, regrets, love and joy. I see so much beauty in this world and in each person I photograph. So, as I continue my work I am revealing more about myself and the way art affects people.
Part of me being vulnerable is to allow a place for…
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May 6, 2020
RTA – TikTok + Creating Comedy in Quarantine with Jesse Sneddon
“It’s quite possible that TikTok is the Nintendo of this generation.” – Jesse Sneddon
Today I chatted with Jesse Sneddon, standup comedian and co-writer and producer of The Melania Trump Road Show: Get Out the Vote and Get Me Out of the White House of Garbage.
Jesse Sneddon is a comedian, actor and voiceover artist. A graduate of Playwrights’ Horizons Theater School at the Tisch School for the Arts, Jesse has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, to name just a few. He’s recently been featured in national ad campaigns for Amazon Web Services and Stanley Steemer as well as doing two seasons of South Brooklyn Shakespeare. His debut screenplay, Becoming Schmeul, co-written with Ken Carter is currently in development. He’s probably funnier, more handsome and less stable than you.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @djdogre
Instagram: @djdogre
Website: www.jessesneddon.com
In this episode we speak about:
What the epidemic means for…
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Apr 22, 2020
RTA – White Supremacy and the Violent Far Right With Sammy Rangel of Life After Hate
“People are being groomed and don’t realize that they’re being groomed or that they have been groomed.” — Sammy Rangel
Today I interviewed Sammy Rangel from Life After Hate. This is part two of that discussion.
Sammy Rangel is an author, social worker, peace activist, speaker, trainer and father. His autobiography, "Fourbears: The Myths of Forgiveness," chronicles his life from the physical and sexual abuse he endured as a child to his path of self-destruction that culminated in a 15 1/2-year prison sentence. In 2012, Sammy founded Formers Anonymous, a national self-help group based on the 12-step model for people addicted to street life and violence. In May 2015, he participated in the TEDxDanubia Conference: Balance On the Edge held in Budapest, where he spoke about the power of forgiveness.
In 2017, he was honored in a special tribute to Everyday Heroes in the Global Campaign Against Violent Extremism. Sammy holds a Master of Social Work from Loyola University-Chicago.…
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Apr 8, 2020
RTA – How to Deal People Intentionally NOT Social Distancing With Charles LoGiudice, Jr.
“You can fix a lot of things. That’s why erasers were made. But the one thing you can not fix is stupid.” — Charles LoGiudice, Jr.
Today I interviewed Charles LoGiudice, Jr. My Dad.
Charles LoGiudice, Jr. was born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and later raised a family in Howard Beach, Queens. In case you’re wondering, he's very, very Italian. He just retired from many years working in Hunts Point Terminal Market, in the Bronx. He is the inspiration for the web series DRIVING WITH DAD.
He is probably the wittiest person I know. Some people talk about cheesy dad jokes, and it’s a thing that I had to learn about because my dad was never cheesy, always incredibly funny. If he took to the stage he’d blow everyone away.
Our guest doesn’t do social media much, but you could find him on Facebook if you really want to.
In this episode we speak about:
What to do about all the morons not practicing social distancing.
That it’s unfortunate that so many people have to…
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Mar 25, 2020
RTA – How to Convince People to Take COVID-19 Seriously With Dr. Danielle Holtz (Recorded March 20th, 2020)
“I don’t think people understand the number of people we’re going to bury before this thing is over.” — Dr. Dani Holtz
Today I interviewed Dr. Danielle Holtz.
Danielle Holtz is the Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon State University’s Center for the Humanities. As a historian of US political culture, intellectual history,and US foreign policy, Dr. Holtz focuses on conservatism and white supremacy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is currently working on a book manuscript about racial nationalism and American politics based on her dissertation, “’Who Are the True Conservatives?’: A Critical History of American Conservatism in the Nineteenth Century.” She received her PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. She also served as the assistant editor for the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, published in 2013.
To catch up with our guest:
Twitter: @daniholtz
In this episode we speak about:
How media bubbles aff…
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Mar 11, 2020
RTA – Confronting Hatred With Sammy Rangel of Life After Hate
“Hatred is also a form of suffering expressed.” — Sammy Rangel
Today I interviewed Sammy Rangel from Life After Hate. This is part two of that discussion.
Sammy Rangel is an author, social worker, peace activist, speaker, trainer and father. His autobiography, "Fourbears: The Myths of Forgiveness," chronicles his life from the physical and sexual abuse he endured as a child to his path of self-destruction that culminated in a 15 1/2-year prison sentence. In 2012, Sammy founded Formers Anonymous, a national self-help group based on the 12-step model for people addicted to street life and violence. In May 2015, he participated in the TEDxDanubia Conference: Balance On the Edge held in Budapest, where he spoke about the power of forgiveness.
In 2017, he was honored in a special tribute to Everyday Heroes in the Global Campaign Against Violent Extremism. Sammy holds a Master of Social Work from Loyola University-Chicago. He previously served as a program director for a youth outre…
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Feb 26, 2020
RTA – Public Discourse + American History With Dr. Dani Holtz
“There is the ideal of a pristine moment in U.S. history when, surely, people were able to communicate without the kind of violent rhetoric you see today, but the truth is that’s never been the case.” — Danielle Holtz
Today I interviewed Dr. Danielle Holtz.
Danielle Holtz is the Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon State University’s Center for the Humanities. As a historian of US political culture, intellectual history,and US foreign policy, Dr. Holtz focuses on conservatism and white supremacy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is currently working on a book manuscript about racial nationalism and American politics based on her dissertation, “’Who Are the True Conservatives?’: A Critical History of American Conservatism in the Nineteenth Century.” She received her PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. She also served as the assistant editor for the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, published in 2013.
To ca…
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Feb 12, 2020
RTA – Creating Impressions
Today we’re going to talk about creating impressions. You’ll hear about my process of creating my Melania Trump character, that will be featured in my book Inside Melania: What I Learned About Melania Trump by Impersonating Her that is out in March.
You’ll also hear from impersonator MJ Trump.
Today my character Melania Trump interviews impersonator MJ Trump.
MJ Trump is Michael Falato. "MJ Trump" started the week before Halloween 2015. Hearing comedian Ben Stein once wrote speeches for Nixon, MJ started writing a Tall Tale as future President Trump at Toastmasters. It was an Advanced Manual Public Relations Crisis Management Speech. "Kim Jong Fool, mess with America, we'll turn you into Egg Foo Young!" Our Club President said it was a Saturday Night Live skit. He encouraged MJ to do it again and again. Halloween came later that week, MJ worked the door with a Sandy Ducan Wig turn backward & the Insane Improv couldn't be stopped. Everyone loved the Donald & wanted their pictur…
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Jan 29, 2020
RTA – Are Video Games the Problem? With Josh Boykin
“We’re now starting to see more people be able to use their voices in the [gaming] space. And the space as a whole is changing as people see that the stories of marginalized people are stories that everyone can relate to regardless if whether or not they have that specific marginalization.” -- Josh Boykin
Today Principal Mary Poppins and I interview Josh Boykin.
Josh is the Founder of Intelligame.Us (pronounced "us," not "u-s"), a site where people think about games and the ways they affect the real world. A lifelong writer, he's worked in video game journalism since 2009 and written for multiple outlets including GotGame, 411Mania, FatWallet, and more. He's spoken at multiple industry events including PAX South, Game Devs of Color Expo, PixelPop Expo, TwitchCon, and more, working as both a panelist and moderator. Leveraging skills from his background in project management and IT, he aims to create communities that not only love games, but also make a positive difference in the…
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Jan 15, 2020
RTA – “That’s Not Okay” With Neil Rubenstein
“I don’t judge people on their sins. People make mistakes in their lives and if you think you’re morally superior to someone else you’re out of your mind.” -- Neil Rubenstein
Today my co-host Melania Trump interviewed Neil Rubenstein.
Neil Rubenstein doesn’t do drugs. He’s never had a sip of alcohol. So it may come as a bit of a surprise when the Long Island comedian references past occupations like owning a brothel or running an illegal poker room. It’s a dynamic that makes Neil both incredibly interesting and incredibly funny – something that served him well when his role on a Spike TV show as a gambling expert introduced him to the world of stand-up comedy. Stand up was more than an outlet – it straightened out his life.
“I accidentally became a good role model,” Neil Rubenstein says.
Neil doesn’t shy away from discussing his former life of crime. Though he credits comedy with in some ways saving his life, his past experiences inform his understanding an…
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Dec 16, 2019
RTA – Meditation For the Rest of Us With Justin Michael Williams
“When we can pause and can respond from a place of compassion, and a place of love, and a place of understanding, which is what meditation is all about … then you don’t have to react to somebody.” -- Justin Michael Williams
Today I interviewed Justin Michael Williams. From growing up with gunshot holes outside of his bedroom window, to sharing the stage with Deepak Chopra, Justin Michael Williams knows the power of healing to overcome. He is a UCLA Alumnus, author, top 20 recording artist, and transformational speaker whose work has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Grammy.com, Yoga Journal, Billboard, Wanderlust, and South by Southwest. With over a decade of teaching experience, Justin has become a pioneering millennial voice
for diversity and inclusion in wellness. More: StayWokeGiveBack.com
To catch up with our guest:
www.MeditationForThePeople.com
Make sure to check out his book Stay Woke: A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us:
www.StayWokeGiveBack.com
and
https:/…
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Dec 3, 2019
RTA – Asking Real Questions With Oracle Dyana Valentine
“If we’re operating on a level of real, then there’s no question that we’re more effective at dismantling these systems of oppression within ourselves, within our family systems, within our local communities, and within our general societies.” -- Dyana Valentine
Today I interviewed Dyana Valentine. Here’s a bit about her, in her own words:
“I’m Dyana, and I’m an oracle. I started doing Woke Up Knowing™ experiences in 2011 when I had a waking vision of being in a bed in an ancient castle with people sitting around my bed waiting to hear a dream I had. Years later, I have dreamt in several countries, in languages I didn’t speak, for seekers, artists, scientists, and humanitarians.
“I practice an unsupervised oracular tradition that has no formal training. Currently, I have few peers. I believe these things are changing as more of us step out of the quiet and into the light.
“This is my service. This is my art. This is Woke Up Knowing™.
“I use she/her/her…
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Nov 19, 2019
RTA – The Power of Story Can Save Us: Interview With Novelist and Comic Dave Terruso
“There’s no real person you can straight-up demonize once you get to know them.” -- David Terruso
Today I interviewed David Terruso. Here’s a bit about him:
Dave Terruso is a novelist and stand up comic based in Philadelphia. As a comic, Dave has opened for acts including Richard Lewis, Gilbert Gottfried, Maria Bamford, and Colin Quinn. He was featured on the RISK! podcast episode 350 Out of Bounds. Dave is the co-founder of Philly Sketchfest, an international sketch comedy festival now in its 11th year. His latest book is a graphic novel superhero detective mystery called ALTER EGO: THE OTHER ME (Issue 1). You can read the first 2 chapters free at AlterEgoBlue.com
To catch up with our guest:
Facebook: Dave Terruso
Instagram: @alteregoblue
In this episode David and I were two good comedians and dove right into talking about children dying and suicide. Then we determined:
The power of story can save us.
Creating well-rounded characters challenges people to accept common human…
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Nov 6, 2019
RTA – Melania Interviews Dr. NYC: Psychologist Working With High Conflict Families
“When we focus on hearing each other everyone will feel heard.” -- Dr. NYC
Today’s guest who we will call Dr. NYC for the purposes of this interview. She is a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with families and parents co-parenting after divorce and separation.
If you’d like to catch up with Dr. NYC then reach out to me via my website (laurenlogi.com) and I will connect you directly.
As you’re going into the holidays and spending more time with family remember a few things:
It’s not always about that moment, it’s about a larger issue
If you’re going to speak about something difficult, which we should be doing, make sure there’s fair fighting, some sort of agreed upon rules and etiquette.
If people are not going to abide by these rules then you shouldn’t be having the conversation because at that point no one is open to new ideas anyway.
Know what your boundaries are and stick to them. [EP101]
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