Authenticated

Lucas Iverson (The Pitt, The Gilded Age, A Ghost In Your Ear) on the duality of authenticity when it comes to perception of self and the character the public meets. This episode of Authenticated is where Kate and Lucas, like sunflowers following the sun, leverage their self awareness to weigh "cameras in" and "cameras out" angles of perception and connect it to the gap between...

Niki Williams (Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Indigo Ink.) knows the responsibility of being someone’s first fandom. This episode of Authenticated is where Kate and Niki discuss how to keep the integrity of storytelling intact in a media space becoming more performative.  Niki spent the 2020s figuring out how to entertain children. Now she is navigating the realities of entertaining new generations devo...

It's the first Authenticated Minisode! Officially, the podcast is over 40 episodes young and the creative conversations that make it up are also what make it gold. In a Minisode, you can expect a curation of glimmers of wisdom, insight, perspective and reflection from select guests over multiple episodes, all themed around one question or one topic. The first one being on authenticity and wha...

April Kayganich is an LA based colorist and hairstylist for all humans and textures known to the beauty press and her clients all over the country as "The Curl Whisperer." April's perspective of a head of hair being art in is an approach that curates a safe space for clients to meet or revive their natural texture. It's an intimate relationship that themes this episode with a d...

Artios Award-winning casting director and actor advocate Alaine Alldaffer (Stereophonic, A Strange Loop, Clybourne Park, Downstate, Circle Mirror Transformation) on being attuned to how creative skills translate to real life problem solving. For Alaine, you are always equipped to deal with what life has in store for you. This episode is a stray from the traditional conversation opposite a casting...

Ali Stoner (Black Rabbit, Chicago Med, Daredevil: Born Again...) on what the job of a working actor actually looks like today. This episode of Authenticated is where Kate and Ali sit with eyes on the 20/20 hindsight lens to trace Ali's evidence map and connect it to how she's learning to trust her own intuition.   Episode Context: At the time of the recording, Ali was splitting her time...

Morgan Siobhan Green (A Woman Among Women, Hadestown, Be More Chill, White Girl in Danger) has thoughts on curiosity as a creative discipline, and what it takes to commit to trusting your own process even through the moments when the outcome isn't guaranteed.   As Morgan and Kate trace through Morgan's path from a non-union open call for SpongeBob the Musical, where she built a pre-audit...

On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate hosts NY Emmy-winning storyteller, director, cinematographer, and photographer Berman Fenelus (Have a nICE day, Kojo, Privilege, Lana, PSA Spell It Out) to ask for his thoughts on bearing witness through a lens, and what it costs to tell a story you're drawn to entirely on your own terms.   NOTE: At the time of the recording, Berman was...

On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate hosts Tony-nominated, Lucille Lortel and OBIE Award winning actor John-Andrew Morrison ( Oh, Mary!, A Strange Loop ) to ask for his thoughts on joy as an active practice, and the cost to choose it.  *At the time of the recording, John-Andrew was back at the Lyceum Theatre where he made his Broadway debut, and then playing Abraham Lincoln in...

On the latest episode of " Authenticated ," Kate is joined by Director of Photography James Daly. It is a conversation between two well-versed creatives providing context, experience and ambitions from behind the camera. After sharing their expertise on " Opt In: An AI Trilogy " (being released by 6'2 Productions later this year), Kate and James share their thoughts out lo...

On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate invites on Tony Award®-nominated Broadway actress, director, playwright and artist L Morgan Lee for a creative conversation on fear, and what lives on the journey to getting to the other side of it.  L Morgan spent two decades of her artist's journey proving that a role is never the whole story. She made Tony history as the first openly...

On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate asks director, choreographer, playwright, producer, and Artistic Director of Midnight Theatricals, S. Asher Gelman what happens when a playwright refuses to give audiences a clear singular opinion on a multidimensional debate topic? Together, in conversation, they get into the details of his process to develop works that present audiences wi...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Authenticated, Kate spends a Saturday morning down with Corey Hayes, photographer and creative director at a nonprofit serving people experiencing homelessness, to explore what it actually means to see someone. Corey's work exists in two worlds: behind the lens capturing people whose stories not often offered the space to be told, and on the streets m...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate is joined by playwright Calley N. Anderson to explore what it means to hold an opinion in an age that has made having one seemingly easier and simultaneously more dangerous than ever before. Their mutual investment in the internal "why's" of life is the tool they share to dig into the architecture of an opinio...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Authenticated, Kate welcomes Maggie Wilt, community builder and creative entrepreneur, to talk about what it means to constantly be defining the landscape of belonging. The representation of Maggie's work looks simple on the surface: she photographs beautiful cafes, films moments of intentionally designed welcoming ambiance and defines community by th...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Authenticated , Kate is joined by Broadway actor David Mattar Merten to workshop what it means to measure backwards in his career.  David's always been a "look ahead" person, great at getting the job and currently in the practice of staying present in it. He reflects on the threads that have woven together to get him from his 11-year-old pos...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of "Authenticated," Kate invites on entrepreneur, creative, and former Starface President Kara Brothers for a grounded exploration of intuition, leadership, and building a life system that actually reflects you. They unpack Kara's lifelong relationship with her intuition, the moments her internal voice showed up, how she learned to trust without exte...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Authenticated , Kate sits opposite the LadyDi MegaDiva, a star on her ascent who is powered by perception. She's a real-life, adult, her-version Tinkerbell—she needs the applause and laughter or she dies. Give her an audience and she comes alive. Her songs are her scrapbook because she's terrible at journaling. Silly, cliche and real all at once....

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate is joined by astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator Dr. Moiya McTier to explore what happens when you understand both the universe's vastness and your own insignificance — and allow that scale of knowledge to deliver you liberation. They leverage their shared comfort with not knowing everything to dig into...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate sits down with harpist, artist and sound healer Terrease Rebecca Aiken to talk about the courage to choose your individual path. They share their practices of distinguishing ego from intuition—and all the masks ego has—and how surrendering perfectionism creates space for something else. Their conversation moves through the p...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate converses with life coach Lindsey Mango all things exploring their personal work within interplay between intuition, logic, and the courage to trust your inner knowing. Sharing all inner musings of practices that identify expanders versus contractors—the people, places, and things that either open you up to possibility or sh...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate is joined by personal branding coach and content creation strategist Courtney Johnson to explore what it actually means to authentically build online through content. They leverage their shared understanding that honesty, with yourself and your audience, is the only currency that matters, dissecting why most people fail befo...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Authenticated, Kate reflects opposite Maria Müller, a Romanian-born artist who's mastered the audacity of believing multiple versions of herself can coexist—actor, writer, producer, co-founder of Italia Theater—despite growing up in a culture that insisted excellence could only exist in a singular focus. Maria and Kate side-by-side compassionately and...

Send us Fan Mail In the second half of their conversation, Kate and Renee thoughtfully expand on the intersection of accessibility and advocacy, building out how Renee transforms complex scientific research into compelling personal narratives that inspire action beyond academic silos. They unpack the stories we carry from nature and nurture, ranging from gender limitations in STEM to the baggage o...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Authenticated," Kate is joined by plant scientist and sustainability advocate Renee Murphy, who made a bold and integral career pivot from fashion to environmental science in her forties. They play with the application of the concept of personal circularity, especially focusing on where their expertise overlap: treating your life like a sustaina...