Met by Coincidence

Lindsey Ann Walkemeyer is an incredible improvisor I met while auditioning for Groundlings back in February of 2026. Luckily, we signed up for the same class at the same time, and since have bonded over surviving basic improv class…along with life in general. In this episode, we get invaded by parrots, discuss eating inanimate objects and what they’d taste like, debate the best roads to travel on,...

My Sleep Paralysis Demon is a freakin’ demon I met back in eighth grade in the middle of the woods. Man, he sucks. Enjoy this mini-episode where I celebrate Halloween by telling a spooky story! WAAAHH! Follow the pod on Instagram! @metbycoincidence

Anna Jacob is a director, writer, and coffee-order-memorizer-genius that I met by coincidence last year on the set of her film, “Need No Man.” We went to the same high school in Iowa, but never met until we were both in LA! So we bonded over the struggles of a mid-west kid learning to navigate the craziness of California. In this episode, we talk about living in modern times versus medieval times,...

Andrew Harriss is an actor, improvisor, and big boss man of managing commercial real-estate. We met by coincidence around seven months ago at Groundlings, where our scenes usually involved a father yelling at his son about something. Andrew plays a cool son. In this episode, we uncover Andrew’s fear of orange cheese, surviving the rats of New York City for 22 years, skydiving at 95 years old, and...

Keegan Manning is an actor, soccer player, and former ninja with adult asthma. We met by coincidence seven years ago at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but got to reconnect online and goof around for a goooood long while! In this episode, we talk about the personalities of pickles, how to balance an artsy fartsy career with everyday life, playing Gaelic soccer in Ireland, and designing our...

Harper Dhadde is a pop singer, actress, and fellow goofy improv human. We thought we met by coincidence around six months ago at Groundlings…but we figured out we may have secretly met way before that!! Listen in to find out when! In this episode, we talk about the insane world of Monster High , play a quote game called “Hannah Montana or Some Dude Climbing Mount Everest,” talk through developing...

Claire Dewar is an actress, dancer, and future lead of the sensational hit show, Bethany Brisbane . We met around five years ago while at acting school, where she bodied me in a stunt training class. I still have memory loss from the…the…what was I saying? In this episode, we talk about horrific candle smells, getting typecast as teenage freaks, the differences in American vs. Australian lingo, an...

Matthew Perez is a writer, sound production mixer, and the newest member of the Met by Coincidence team as a producer! We met around two years ago on the Morpheus film set, and since then, we’ve started working with one another professionally. In this episode, we talk about the untold struggles that come with being “the sound guy,” the networking debacle of Los Angeles, a tough day on set working...

Kale Shepherd is an actor of many skillzz and talentzz who drove two freakin’ hours to do this interview! How awesome is that?! We met by coincidence about five-ish years ago in college, and have since made lots of fun dumb goofy sketches together. In this episode, we play the quote game, “Batman or Shakespeare,” we do impressions of possums eating bananas, discuss the differences between acting f...

Kevin Corral is an actor, filmmaker, and spida-maaannn expert who’s killin’ it with some awesome Marvel fan films on YouTube. We met by coincidence about ten minutes before the interview started! But once we started talkin’ comics, it was smooth sailing. In this episode, we give our opinions over the Last of Us games, we go behind the scenes on the creation of his Spectacular Spider-Man fan series...

Claire Wunschel is an actress and director who’s been an artist since the age of three! We met by coincidence around three years ago on the set of the short film,“Things to do Before You Turn 18,” a heist comedy film that ended with the two of us eating dog food. Yuck! (I think it was actually chocolate cake. So it was pretty awesome.) In this episode, we talk about Claire taking acting classes wi...

Teig Sadhana is an Australian-English actor based out of New York City whose career has taken him across the globe. We met by coincidence two years ago on a vertical set, and as soon as we started talking about Spider-Man, we easily got to gabbin’ and goofin’ while working together. In this episode, we talk about how much it would suck to be a weatherperson, what it’s like living all around the gl...

Benjamin Steinberg is a filmmaker, actor, and leader of the “Save Your Cinema” Campaign, a movement dedicated to preserving independent cinemas and theatrical exhibition, including Hollywood’s iconic ArcLight Cinerama Dome. We met by coincidence around three years ago, and recently got the chance to reconnect and talk about all the hard work he’s done to bring hope back to some of Hollywood’s most...

Sam Bevill is a director, actor, and goofy improv guy who I met by coincidence while taking the basic improv class at Groundlings six months ago! Our first scene together involved Spider-Man going on Broadway, turning into an even worse version of the already made Spider-Man Broadway show. I’d describe what happened in the improv scene, but as Sam and I discuss, it’s like “explaining my dream last...

Oliver Chase Walters is an artist, writer, and actor from Los Angeles who just recently made the move to the big apple, aka, New York Cittaaaayyyy, babbaaayy! We met by coincidence in 2025 on the set of the hilarious short film, “The Hearse,” which is currently in its festival run! In this episode, we talk about what time period we would send preservative-infested food to, weird ways to die, how t...

Jordan Wommack is a comedian, actor, and the expert on spotting when a guy is clearly in a monkey suit in the hit Tubi box-office-blast of a movie, “Primate.” We met by coincidence last year at a party hosted by our mutual buddy bro Ben Taylor. We reconnected at Easter celebrating eggs and decided it was go-time to do a pod. In this episode, we talk about evil babies with knives, white girls named...

Sam Wiens is a director and writer that I met by coincidence last year on the set of “Need No Man.” While filming, we performed some goofy impressions and discussed deep Marvel + Star Wars lore. I knew I needed to have him on the pod because…goofy impressions and nerd talk? That’s essentially all we do on Met by Coincidence. In this episode, we talk about the importance of small film budgets, we g...

Daria Good is an actress, producer, and future Oscar winning star of a cool detective noir film. We met by coincidence in college at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts over four years ago. When I first met her, I knew right away she would lead our class – and I know one day she will probably lead the world. Which will be awesome. In this episode, we discuss crazy roommate stories, what events c...

Hannah Bialous is an actress, producer, and owner of the bestest dawg to ever dawg, Winnie. We met by coincidence in college at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts over four years ago. She has been venturing the world but finally has returned to Los Angeles, allowing us to reconnect and goof around. In this episode, we discuss super duper secret In-&-Out orders, why time makes no sense, not...

Jingbei Bai is a filmmaker, actor, and passionate crusader for societal change. We met by coincidence on the set of Things To Do Before You Turn 18 around three years ago and became fast friends after filming at least two scenes involving a dumpster full of bicycles, a sandwich, and fake money. In this episode, we discuss the Obsession movie art director controversy, finding our "why" as artists,...

Zach Allsbrook is a drag artist, creature actor, and the CEO of Halloween who I met while attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts about 7ish years ago. In this episode, we dive into what weapons need to become more mainstream in media, finding community in a crazy town, the behind-the-scenes of becoming a drag artist, and the bat-credit-card. It was awesome getting to sit down with a talen...

Charlie is my childhood cat who I met by coincidence around ten years ago. While usually very talkative in his native cat language, "meowenise," he stays pretty quiet in this mini-episode. So I do most of the talking. In this mini-episode, I talk about what makes Charlie "Charlie," spending time in Iowa, and reflecting over an embarrassing high school story that still makes me cringe to this day....

José Valle Jr. is a director and all-around filmmaker who I met by coincidence on a film set about a year ago. Between takes, José and I bonded over our shared time in Iowa (and the mutual understanding that nothing beats Casey’s pizza.) In this episode, we dive into spooky ghost-vampire stories, the difference between “my film” and “our film,” the lessons film school can’t teach you, and why repr...

Elena Nicholson is an actress, producer, and dance choreographer who I met by coincidence while at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts about four-ish years ago. Elena lights up every single room she steps foot in – so I was beyond excited to get to have this convo with her in my first ever very special two camera set up!! Wooo!!! In this episode, we talk Veggietales, surviving explosions at burg...

Alexia Molinari-Giorgi is a makeup artist in the entertainment industry who I met by coincidence on a film set about a year and a half ago. She ended up being one of the biggest inspirations behind starting this podcast — not just because she’s an incredibly talented artist, but because she’s genuinely one of the coolest people to talk to. Meeting people like Alexia made me want to reconnect with...