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Editor JoAnne Yarrow joins us to chat about her start in the industry, her first job in TV working on American Crime , and working on the crime caper comedy, Only Murders in the Building . We also touch on her previous projects, Vida and Queen Sugar , especially the indie film sensibility embraced by those series. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:  ...

Music supervisor Jennifer Smith stops by to discuss her start in the industry, her career so far, and working on Season 2 of Why Women Kill. Jennifer was also very candid about the challenges that music supervisors face with pay inequality. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

In this minisode, Motel Makeover 's April Brown and Sarah Sklash discuss their Netflix docuseries about transforming a rundown motel in Sauble Beach, Ontario into The June Motel. April and Sarah share how they landed on Sauble Beach for their second motel, completing a huge undertaking like this during a global pandemic, and how they're excited for the rest of the world to discover The June. Subsc...

Nicole Winters , Lucia Entertainment Co-founder and Head of Development and Partnerships, joins us for this SeriesFest conversation to discuss her docuseries pilot, Go Green , that screened at this year's festival. We discuss Nicole's start in TV ad sales, creating the hit digital series, Drinking with the Stars , the potential she sees for Go Green , and how she partnered with Mark Ruffalo's non-...

From Season 7 of SeriesFest, writer/producer/director Michele Palermo joins us to discuss her dramedy pilot, Middle of Nowhere . In addition to discussing the Middle of Nowhere pilot (which won the Audience Award for Best Independent Pilot at SeriesFest), our conversation covers her prolific career in TV, including her first TV writing job on Boy Meets World , working in development, and guiding a...

Actor Jaylen Barron joins us to talk about playing Trish on Blindspotting , why it's important to see characters like this on TV, and acting alongside scene partners like Jasmine Cephas Jones and Helen Hunt. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

In our final episode from the 2021 ATX Television Festival, director and producer Kat Candler stops by to chat about her work on CW series, The Republic of Sarah . We also discuss Queen Sugar , and how it has become such a valuable place for female indie directors to get that elusive first TV directing gig. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email...

We return to our coverage of the 2021 ATX Television Festival with this episode featuring actor Kayla Cromer . Kayla is best known as Matilda on Freeform's Everything's Gonna Be OK , and was part of The Messy Middle panel about representation of disabilities on TV.   In the episode, we discuss Matilda's story arc in Season 2, Kayla's love of the true crime and superhero genres, and so much more. S...

Our 2021 ATX Television Festival coverage continues with this conversation featuring director, producer, writer, speaker and TV host, Fiona Dawson . Fiona took part in this year's festival with a proof of concept for her docuseries, Now with Fiona . An Emmy nominee and award-winning director, Fiona reflects on her career so far, the panel and screening of Now with Fiona during Season 10 of the ATX...

Joining us for this episode is Macey Chipping , the star of teen drama series, Mystic .   We talk about her start as an actor, the casting process for Mystic , filming in New Zealand, and forming a bond with her equine co-stars. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

Mandi Line , costume designer on Season 5 of The Bold Type , joins us to chat about her work on the final season of the Freeform series. In our conversation, we chat about her start as a stylist for rock bands, the clever ways she had to source pieces while filming in Montreal during the pandemic, the Black Designer Database that she looked to for Kat's wardrobe, and so much more! Subscribe:   App...

Fem TV is celebrating 100 episodes with Mythic Quest 's Jessie Ennis ! In our conversation, we discuss Jessie's career, playing Jo on Mythic Quest , and how the collaborative nature behind the scenes has offered her so many opportunities to learn and grow. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

In a special Emmy For Your Consideration conversation, Lovecraft Country production designer, Kalina Ivanov , and costume designer, Dayna Pink , discuss their work on the acclaimed series. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

Sex/Life showrunner Stacy Rukeyser and star Margaret Odette join us to talk about the Netflix original series. In it, we touch the ways female sexuality and sexual agency are portrayed on Sex/Life , thoughts on "free the nipple," and how intimacy coordinators on set have changed things for the better. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Tw...

In a special minisode from the 2021 ATX Television Festival, The Bold Type showrunner Wendy Straker Hauser stops by to chat about the final season of the Freeform series. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

In this episode, we're joined by producer, writer and director Anja Marquardt . Best known for her critically acclaimed, award-winning indie film She's Lost Control , Anja has recently ventured into episodic TV for the first time with Season 3 of The Girlfriend Experience . Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Insta...

In our first episode from the 2021 ATX Television Festival, Queen Sugar producing director Lisa France joins us to discuss her work on Seasons 5 and 6 of the groundbreaking OWN series. Lisa shares what it was like to film in real time during the Covid pandemic, how the storylines were reflecting what was happening in real life, and how they adapted to new protocols by creating filming pods. Subscr...

Home Before Dark creator and executive producer Dana Fox and star Brooklynn Prince tease Season 2 of the series and some of the new challenges Hilde faces as she takes on a new mystery.  Home Before Dark Season 1 is available now on Apple TV Plus, and Season 2 premieres June 11. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  | ...

For All Mankind costume designer Jill Ohanneson discusses the 80s fashion in Season 2, the state of the art spacesuits that are used for filming, and that duct tape moment that had everyone talking in the season finale. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

Joining us this episode are Dickinson Season 2 costume designer Jennifer Moeller , hair department head Suzy Mazzarese-Allison , and makeup department head Ande Yung . In it, we discuss bringing showrunner Alena Smith's vision to life, and the ways the team was able to show character growth through costumes, hair and makeup — especially with Anna Baryshnikov's Lavinia, Ella Hunt's Sue, and Hailee...

Kether Donohue chats about playing Gillian on Adult Swim's animated series, Birdgirl , and how her improv skills helped her land the role. We also touch on portrayals of mental health on both Birdgirl and her previous series, You're the Worst . (DISCLAIMER … we had some technical issues with the connection while recording so you may hear inconsistencies in the audio quality, but the conversation i...

Catherine Winder is the CEO and Executive Producer at Wind Sun Sky Entertainment. She stops by the podcast to discuss her work on animated series like Invincible and The Clone Wars , collaborating with Robert Kirkman and George Lucas, and the job at Disney that launched her career in the industry. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitte...

New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong joins us to discuss her latest book, When Women Invented Television , which shares the stories of four trailblazers in the TV biz. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube

Cinematographer Carissa Dorson stops by to discuss her work on Sketchy Times with Lilly Singh , a sketch comedy special that was released on Peacock last year. We also talked about her film school experience, working with College Humor at the start of her career, and her horror feature project, Darkness in Tenement 45 . Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Fol...

Producer and director Celia Jaspers joins us to chat about her work on House Hunters International and her recent short film projects, Homeschool and Milk . We also discuss Celia's start in the industry while still in high school, and the film and TV industry in New Zealand where she is based. Subscribe:   Apple Podcasts  |  Google Play  |  Stitcher  |  RSS Contact + Follow:   Email  |  Twitter  |...