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Tom Shepard is a documentary filmmaker and producer whose latest film Unsettled: Seeking Refuge In America is now to stream via World Channel and PBS.org. It looks at LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in San Francisco.

Reece Thompson has been acting for most of his life. He talks about his start in comedy, his performances as the lovable nerd, transitioning out of childhood roles, and his friendship with Calum Worthy. He shares stories of working with Anna Kendrick, Mischa Barton, Logan Lerman & Emma Watson, as well at what he still wants to accomplish. He also does his best impression of Calum. Reece's new...

There are few actors out there - if any - quite like Bill Oberst Jr. With no less than 20 projects in various stages of production, Bill truly is an actor's actor. He is also a legend of the horror and indie world thanks to his appearances in films such as 3 From Hell as well as a guest stop on Criminal Minds. His profile was raised after appearing in Take This Lollipop, a film which utilized the...

Caroline Berler is a filmmaker who has worked as a producer, editor and researcher. Her debut as director is the feature documentary Dykes, Camera, Action! which examines the history of lesbian cinema from its underground origins in the 60s and 70s, all the way to the Oscars with The Kids Are Alright, through the people that make them including Barbara Hammer, Cheryl Dunye, Rose Troche, Desiree Ak...

Fisher Stevens is an actor, director and Academy Award-winning Producer ( The Cove). Malcolm Venville is a writer and director. Together, they directed And We Go Green , which looks at Formula E, the world's first all-electric racing circuit. The film is streaming now. Subscribe to Endeavours Radio on Spotify, Apple, Google. IG: @EndeavoursRadio

Marshal Hilton has made a career out of playing cops, sheriffs, and detectives. In his latest film A Clear Shot , he plays the real-life Kappy, a detective working with a hostage negotiator, to try and solve a crisis at an electronics store. The film is based on the 1991 Good Guys Hostage Crisis in Sacremento, and Marshal talks shooting in Mexico in the winter. He also reminisces about meeting and...

For many years, Jeremy Taggart was the drummer in one of Canada's most well-known rock bands Our Lady Peace. Now, he is part of Canada's next great double act Taggart & Torrens . They are releasing their first comedy album Bahds on Friday. Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion have now directed three films together. Their latest is the horror-thriller Becky , starring Lulu Wilson, Joel McHale, an...

Agnieszka Holland is one of the celebrated film directors, both in her native Poland and Internationally. Best well-known to English-speaking audiences for 1993's The Secret Garden, she has received Academy Award nominations for her films Angry Harvest, Europa, Europa and In Darkness.  Her new film Mr. Jones tells the story of journalist Gareth Jones who uncovered Soviet atrocities in Ukraine...

Molly Flood is an actress and director and co-creator of the new webseries Band Ladies,   which is about five middle-aged friends who, on a whim, start a punk band. The first season is currently streaming on highball.tv . Stuart Hands is the program director for the Toronto Jewish Film Festival , which, due to the global pandemic, went online for its 28th edition. If the situation improves, t...

Television's original prankster Jamie Kennedy talks about his career, turning 50 in quarantine, feature films that have never been released, and his new comedy Stoopid Smart , which is now streaming on tubi .  Follow Endeavours on instagram - @EndeavoursRadio facebook.com/EndeavoursRadio www.endeavoursmedia.com

Filmmaker Shane Belcourt talks about how his new sci-fi romantic comedy Red Rover, was inspired in part by the Mars One Project using real applicant submissions in the story line. He also gets philosophical about the future of humanity.

Rebecca Black exploded onto the scene at just 13. As she quickly found out, it is difficult to be famous that young, as there were a lot of haters. After maintaining a youtube presence for several years, she made her comeback on the reality singing competition "The Four". She talks about her journey, owning herself and her music, and her new single "Alone Together"

TW: Sexual abuse, addiction, child abuse. Sasha Neulinger was a child actor. Now he is a director. His powerful documentary Rewind seeks to understand the cycle of abuse within his family, as well as his own trial in taking the stand against his abusers. Featuring his parents, sister, therapist, police detective, and lawyer, Sasha gets to the bottom of his story and is finally able to move on. Joe...

Everything you think you know about bread is probably wrong. With the global lockdown reaching two months and families baking seemingly endless amounts of bread, who better to talk to than the world's foremost bread expert, Prof. Emeritus at Cornell University, Steven Kaplan. How and why has bread played such an integral role in our history? Why do we turn to baking bread to comfort us? What about...

Filmmaker Emily Cohn talks her debut feature CRSHD , it's creation at Oberlin College, shooting in Ohio, on-screen depictions of famous sexuality, and women in film.

Former Power Rangers star Amy Jo Johnson talks about her transition to directing with her 2nd feature Tammy's Always Dying , which stars Felicity Huffman and is released in digital platform May 1st. Actress Becky Ann Baker talks working with her husband - actor Dylan Baker - and shooting on location in Italy for the new action short film Nightfire. 

Jesse Cook's 25th anniversary world tour was recently postponed due to the global lockdown. Instead, he recorded a new, updated version of his very first hit Tempest, off of his debut album of the same name. Jesse talks about a quarter of a century in the biz, being creative during a quarantine, and his extension into producing, mixing and directing.

Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson talks his new album Debussy • Rameau, his interrupted residency in Berlin, reinterpreting great composers, and working on the Oscar-winning film The Darkest Hour. 

Actress Liana Liberato (If I Stay, The Best of Me, Light as a Feather) talks about her powerful new film To The Stars and what it was like filming in small town Oklahoma. Additionally, writer-director Ricky Tollman talks about his debut feature Run This Town, which dramatizes the Rob Ford scandal that engulfed Toronto in 2013.

After years of working in fashion and fine art, Cindy Meehl directed her first documentary - Buck - about the horse whisperer in 2011. Since then she formed the production company Cedar Creek, and has worked as an executive producer on number of films, including partnering with an upcoming guests. Her 2nd feature documentary as director - The Dog Doc - follows integrative veterinarian Dr. Marty Go...

For years, Rachel Matlow worked as the arts & culture producer on CBC Radio's flagship program, Q. At the same time the show's former host was involved in a scandal, Rachel was going through a battle of her own, her mom's cancer. Dead Mom Walking is Matlow's recollection of her mother's fierce independence and experiments with alternative treatments, interspersed with stories from her time at...

Actor and web producer Paul Amos talks about the creation of HomeCon; musician Philip Sayce on his new album Spirit Rising and playing with Jeff Healey, Melissa Ethridge and Uncle Kracker.

Artist, filmmaker, animator, musician and high school film teacher Hanon Harchol as his debut feature "About a Teacher"

The former Blood, Sweat & Tears frontman talks about his latest record Say Somethin'. Filmmaker Jeff Barnaby on his indigenous zombie film Blood Quantam. 

Director Francois Girard ( The Red Violin; 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould) on his new film The Song of Names. Also, Toronto electro duo LAL on their new album Dark Beings.