Spark The Genius

Recorded Aug 29, 2024. Spark The Genius interviews Director Jon Nix about his documentary Don't Fall In Love With Yourself about Justin Pearson and the San Diego Punk Scene. Please support my show by clicking Follow at https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius You can follow all my social media at the links at https://linktree.com/sparkthegenius The show notes below are made with the AI at Rivers...

Buy Nimrod Vromen's book Prompting Happiness here . He returns for a second episode to talk more about the book he wrote with AI on how to be happy. (Recorded June 21, 2024) An Australian-Israeli thought leader and comedian, and a lawyer by profession, he hosts the podcast Startup Confidential. He was recruited back into the Israeli army following the October 7 attack, and used AI to write a b...

I learn from  Nimrod Vromen  about how to use AI to write a book, and how to use a creative activity to help cope with a bad situation like war. (Recorded March 7, 2024) An Australian-Israeli thought leader and comedian, and a lawyer by profession, he hosts the podcast Startup Confidential. He was recruited back into the Israeli army following the October 7 attack, and managed to use AI to write a...

Listen to me interview Israeli comedians Deborah Kaye , Benji Lovitt and Dana Perry Segal , then see them live in Toronto on Sunday, Nov 26, 2023 at their Stand Up For Israel comedy show fundraiser at La Briut . Buy tickets: ⁠https://www.tickettailor.com/events/benjilovitt/1062383⁠ Click Going: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/events/1322001802014745 I interviewed them on Nov 23, 2023, just before they c...

Interview with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival executive director Naomi Johnson at their press launch (Sep 15, 2023) during #TIFF23 • PR by Ally LaMere-Shedden of Route 504 PR Brought to you by: https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free! https://neo.cc/refer/G4K6B5Z9 Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free...

Interview with DIWAL'OWEEN filmmaker Shilpa Mankikar at Toronto International Film Festival (Sep 11, 2023) • Follow my  Instagram . For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Subscribe to my  YouTube . Click follow at my  Amazon page . SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my  Amazon Merch . DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Free trial  of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating

I interview Toronto Director Saffron Cassaday about her documentary Designer Shit. In the doc, Saffron is at her wit’s end after suffering from ulcerative colitis for nearly a decade. She decides to try a promising new treatment known as a Fecal Microbiata Transplant - the act of taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick patient. (The interview was filmed Sep 14, 2...

I interviewed Italian Director Alain Parroni about his movie An Endless Sunday movie, which premiered at #tiff23. He had an interpreter beside him, out of frame. (Filmed Sep 11, 2023, in the restaurant at InterContinental Hotel in Toronto) • Follow my  Instagram . For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Subscribe to my  YouTube . Click follow at my  Amazon page . S...

At Naomi Sniekus's Firecracker Department annual TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) brunch, I met Sarah D. McCarthy and offered to interview her. Afterward, she came to meet me at the Hyatt Regency for a chat. I learned about why she let her hair go gray during the lockdowns and how that's affecting her acting career. (Filmed Sep 9, 2019) • Follow my  Instagram . For a free gift ca...

#tiff23 | Homecoming | Directors: Anssi Kömi, Suvi West | Interview (Sep 9, 2023) FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my  Patreon . Subscribe to my  Substack newsletter . Follow me on  Instagram . For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Subscribe to my  YouTube . Click follow at my  Amazon page . SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my  Amazon Merch . DEALS F...

Over Skype, while I was on a bus and he was walking around Toronto, I interviewed Kasey Lum, director of TIFF Short Cuts film "Bloom". (Filmed Sep 9, 2023) FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my  Patreon . Subscribe to my  Substack newsletter . Follow me on  Instagram . For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Subscribe to my  YouTube . Click fo...

At #tiff23 I interviewed the cast and director of the South African thriller Death of a Whistleblower. Top cast: Noxolo Dlamini · Luyanda Masinda ; Irshaad Ally · Albert Loots ; Kathleen Stephens · Astha Patel ; Deon Coetzee · Martin Bezuidenhout ; S'Thandiwe Kgoroge. Directed by Ian Gabriel. (Filmed Sep 8, 2023) • FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my  Patreon . Subscribe to my  S...

#tiff23 interview | The UmbrellaMen 2 | Director John Barker (Recorded Sep 7, 2023) At #tiff22 I interviewed the cast and director of The Umbrella Men in person. This year the cast is staying in South Africa, but I interviewed them over Zoom about the sequel. And then I interviewed the director in person in Toronto. • FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my  Patreon . Subscribe to my  Su...

#tiff23 interview | The UmbrellaMen 2 | Jaques de Silva, Shamilla Miller, Keenan Arrison, Bronté Snell (Recorded Sep 5, 2023) At #tiff22 I interviewed the cast of The Umbrella Men in person. This year they're staying in South Africa, but I interviewed them over Zoom about the sequel. And they still want me to do a drawing of them again. • FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my  Patr...

In Toronto, I interviewed Valentyna Sichko: actress, model, improviser, rapper! (Sep 20, 2022) FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my  Patreon . Subscribe to my  Substack newsletter . Follow me on  Instagram . For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Subscribe to my  YouTube . Click follow at my  Amazon page . SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my  Amazon Me...

I interviewed Director Vinay Shukla, Cinematographer Amaan Shaikh about their documentary While We Watched on Sep 18, 2022. The New York Times says: "This documentary about the veteran broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar is less an inspiring tale than a wake-up call for India." I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But...

I interviewed Director Laura Gonçalves at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 16, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of the longer ones as podcasts, and you can view al...

I interviewed Director Robert Connolly, Actress Radha Mitchell, Actress Ilsa Fogg about their Australian film Blueback at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 16, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or res...

I interviewed Actress Jung So-Min, Actor Seo In-Guk, Director Hongsun Kim about their movie Project Wolf Hunting at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 14, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restauran...

Martika Ramirez Escobar is a director based in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. I interviewed her at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 13, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I&#3...

The cast of the South African film The Umbrella Men at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 12, 2022. Shamilla Miller Keena Arrison Jaques De Silva Bronté Snell John Barker I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or...

Keegan-Michael Key on the red carpet for Wendell & Wild at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 11, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of the longer ones as podcasts...

Actress Lily James on the red carpet for What's Love Got To Do With It? at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 11, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post a few of the short...

Actor Jack Doolan on the red carpet for Sisu at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 9, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of the longer ones as podcasts, and you can vi...

Dr. Kien Vuu is one of the most sought-after anti-aging/human optimization physicians in the U.S. We talked at Podfest in Orlando on May 29, 2022. I told him about my stomach pains, which I thought were stress. But later that night, I called an ambulance and went to the hospital and they told me I had a kidney stone. Listen to his Thrive State Podcast and buy his book Thrive State: Your Blueprint...