Sittin' With The Sosk

Reed Arnold is an Oklahoma writer-actor-director in the middle of a successful festival run with his new film, “Do Us Part,” a wedding comedy. Like Reed himself, the film made an unlikely progression from LA to NYC and from stage to screen. “Do us Part,” was written in LA as a play, put through the wringer in NYC’s Naked Angels live reads, then reworked into a screenplay to become a film short and...

You can’t see them, but, there are often many hats resting on Devin Montgomery’s head. Devin’s an actor first- as evidenced by his credit list- but he’s also a writer, producer, director and editor. Devin is known for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Luke Wolf in the 2025 feature film ‘Monsters Within,’ which he also wrote and directed. He also managed to land a distribution deal with Buffalo...

Charles Elmore began his career young, working on television production for mega churches. That was just the beginning. Using a combo attack (what was that sequence again? Up, Down…?), of dues paying, being at the right place at the right time, and trusting a nucleus of local collaborators discovered along the way, he made a path for himself. The convo takes some fun detours along the way to cover...

We invited some of Oklahoma’s top indie film makers in attendance at the Red Brick Road Film Festival into the RV for candid conversations. Held in southern Oklahoma in Paul’s Valley, Red Brick Road Film Festival provides a small-town, relaxed vibe and an excellent screening experience in the Royal Theater. Film Submissions are currently being accepted for RBRFF 2026 SUBMIT YOUR FILM HERE The mult...

What’s it like producing the first season of a podcast? We reflect on the wild ride we’ve been on bringing this Oklahoma film and television podcast to listeners across the globe. We share our successes and even some mishaps we’ve had along the way. With special appearances from Dana Tiger & Loren Walters from the Oscar-qualifying doc ‘Tiger,’ actor Wil Wilson , the Evel Midget and t he “Lost Ladi...

PJ and the boys go to summer camp in this episode of SWTS. We explore the benefits and fun of summer film camps through interviews and interactions at the Circle Cinema Film Fest. Join us on this unique episode with guests like Tamecca Rogers, Chuck Price, Yelena Krivosheyeva and more as we learn what drove them to mentor the youth of Oklahoma in film making. This is a public episode. If you would...

We had the vintage Streamliner RV, our mobile studio, parked outside the 2025 Circle Cinema Film Festival (CCFF) and PJ invited Oklahoma film makers, writers and community leaders in for conversations. No table, all Sosk… and a whole lot of guests. PJ got a few moments to talk to festival director Kerry Wiens about the festival, film selections and the historic cinema located in Tulsa’s Kendall-Wh...

Actor Lew Temple stopped by the Streamliner podcast studio for our latest episode. He’s a seasoned actor, well-known for playing Ned Oldham in the action movie ‘Unstoppable,’ as well as his eight-episode run as Axel in season 3 of the ‘The Walking Dead.’ PJ and Lew also worked together on several projects, including Netflix’s ‘Mo’, and they get into a few stories and tales of the take. Join us on...

We invited a bunch of previous podcast guests along with some new faces for some improvised fun in front of a live studio audience. PLUS a special interview with Kyle Kauwika Harris AND a brand new segment Questions w/ Quinn in this special episode. Sittin’ With the Sosk wants to extend a big “thank you” to Kerry Wiens, Greg Younger, Bailey Hawkins, Clark Wiens and the rest of the wonderful staff...

Cassidy Lunnen is a filmmaker who has worked in a variety of roles in the film and television industry. After getting her start as APOC on film incentive productions in Utah, she quickly went on to line producing by the age of 21. Cassidy made her mark on a variety of productions, advancing quickly, and later made her way to Oklahoma where she helped start the OKMPA- the Oklahoma Motion Picture Al...

This week we are joined by a dynamic duo of creatives that have been a team since their moms were packing their lunches: Adam Hampton and Jason Alexander. The two Oklahomans, along with Kenny Pitts, Chad “Beard” Matthews and Jason Garner, produce independent films under the name Outsiders Productions. They grew up in rural Dale, OK, where most futures were pegged on wheat prices rather than film m...

Obsessed with movies at an early age, Mads felt compelled to make a mark on film making through sound. Mads made a path from an early dream of being a music supervisor to working on location sound on Reservation Dogs with the Emmy-nominated Royce Sharp. In this episode of Sittin’ with the Sosk, PJ and Mads candidly talk mentorship, managing a career path and more. They also discuss working togethe...

Robert Peters, an Oklahoma film and television actor known for speaking roles in ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ ‘In the Line of Fire’ with John Malkovich, and ‘Neo Ned’ with Jeremy Renner, stops by the Streamliner podcast studio to talk with PJ Sosko. Robert Peters, an Oklahoma film and television actor known for speaking roles in ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ ‘In the Line of Fire’ with John Malkovich, and ‘Neo Ned’ with...

Eric Nelsen stopped by the studio for a special daytime podcast session, before heading to the next city on his regional premiere tour for ‘Trail of Vengeance.’ Eric is known most recently for his work in Westerns, in particular for playing Ennis on the Paramount+ ‘Yellowstone’ prequel ‘1883.’ He has also played opposite Liam Neeson as Howie in ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ as well as won Daytime...

PJ Sosko chats with Kip Konweiser, producer of the film ‘The Last Rodeo,’ in an exclusive sit-down interview. We attended the Tulsa premiere of the film, which opens Memorial Day weekend and was shot entirely in Oklahoma. It features P.J. as a tough-love rodeo doc who gives Neal McDonough’s rough-and-tumble character the business. Oklahoma is a character in the film, Konweiser tells us, as he disc...

This week PJ Sosko has a chat with Abbie De Vera, host of ‘The Coca Cola Porch’ on KOTV. The local TV segment keeps a finger on the pulse of the Oklahoma creative community, interviewing and featuring key players in the arts. Coming from an acting background, Abbie has reinvented herself and found a niche as an advocate for the arts in Oklahoma through her role as talent booker and host of ‘The Po...

You’ve seen his work as a DP showing in film festivals across Oklahoma in the last couple years: ‘Stuck in Muskogee’ and ‘Chasing Shadows.’ His work has been garnering festival laurels, too. After making a name for himself on the West coast as well as overseas for commercial and TV camera work, he has been working in Oklahoma on a variety of narrative films. On this episode of SWTS, we dive into B...

This episode is dedicated to the memory of PJ’s mother, June Sosko, who passed away in 2025. In this episode, PJ is joined at the table by Barbie Bailey and Thesa Loving, two talented Oklahoma-based actresses, for what we like to call “The Ladies Who Lunch Episode.” These two took two very different paths to end up sharing scenes and moments with each other. One is classically trained in theater (...

Sterling Gates is an accomplished television writer known for adapting comic books to the small screen and most recently as the director of the award-winning Just the Janitor , an Oklahoma film with our very own PJ Sosko in the titular role. Much like the radioactive spider bit Spiderman, Sterling was bitten by the comics bug early, and later emerged from his parents’ comic book store in Tulsa, OK...

Join us for a convo with Jacob Leighton Burns, the Oklahoma cinematographer known for his recent work on Oklahoma films such as ‘Just the Janitor’ (Director Sterling Gates) and ‘Flint’ (Director Chris Oz McIntosh), both of which feature our very own PJ Sosko. https://jacobleightonburns.com/ Have a seat and fasten your ear belts! It’s another episode of Sittin’ with the Sosk. This is a public episo...

Stuntman Jon Bielich began his career in the 1980’s doing stair falls in amusement parks like Frontier City (OKC) and Six Flags Over Texas before becoming a consultant for Universal Studios theme park. His screen credits include stunt performer/double in Twisters (2024), Tulsa King (2022), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and stunt coordinator in Reagan (2024) as well as Just the Janitor (2024),...

We give new meaning to the phrase “soup to nuts” on this episode of Sittin’ With the Sosk. We cover everything from the couple’s rom-com style origin story in LA-LA, to lessons learned from mentors along the way, to what it was like to suddenly have their kid land a role in a blockbuster movie. We also get into our shared experiences working on ‘The One’ and ‘The Last Rodeo’ and take a lil’ deeper...

Inspired by his dad’s self-produced, 8mm superhero film, ‘Putnam City Man,’ Chris ”Oz” McIntosh, began making home movies at a very young age. We get into his work at The Actor Factory, a training ground for the next generation of Oklahoma actors. Plus, we discuss our how we met while making the award-winning short film ‘Flint.’ We’re off to see the wizard, y’all. He’s at the table waiting for ya....

Oklahoman Brad Heath has made a name for himself in the world of film and television production by knowing where to go. Brad is the location manager known for sourcing the brick wall location that became iconic in publicity photos for Reservation Dogs, the FX television show co-created by Oklahoman Sterlin Harjo with Taika Waititi. Rez Dogs fans: check out our episode with Lil Mike & Funny Bone. L...

We get chatty with the 2 co-founders of this delightful film festival helping turn Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma into a travel destination for film fans. Dathan fills us in on the five-and-a-half year process to bring his L.I.F.E. anthology series to, well… life, and tells us how fulfilling the Dallas screenings of the anthology’s latest chapters were to see realized. Uraina’s “mom-a-ger” origins helped...