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Payman Benz is a comedy director who has directed episodes of Black Monday, Brooklyn 99, and Last Man on Earth, plus sketches for shows like Who is America, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Key and Peele.  He talks with Heath about his quarantine project Rascal Activism, the role of a director on a comedy set, working with Sacha Baron Cohen, and directing the new Comedy Central show Robbie which stars Rory...

Erin and Ben Napier are the stars of HGTV's hit renovation show Home Town.  They join Heath to discuss how Coronavirus will impact production on Season 5, why they love old houses, the satisfaction of hand crafting, the resourcefulness of Southerners, and the role of faith in their lives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

Roy Wood Jr. is a standup comedian, actor, and since 2015, a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.  Roy talks to Heath about the challenges of finding comedy with the pace of news right now, the role of the police in his comedy, how his role at The Daily Show has had to evolve because of the pandemic, and the future of standup comedy in the time of COVID. This is a public episode. If y...

Jordan Carlos has a unique point of view on the television business, having worked as an ad writer, standup comedian, actor, and comedy writer for shows on BET, MTV, VH1, HBO, Netflix, and Comedy Central.  He is perhaps best known as a writer and contributor to The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.  Jordan and Heath discuss how The Nightly Show would cover 2020, the perils of being a black writer b...

Nick Offerman is truly a jack of all trades: actor, comedian, author, musician, podcaster, and woodworker, just to name a few.  He chats with Heath about the current state of the country, the Parks and Recreation Special episode, playing Ron Swanson, staying busy during the pandemic, and how the Coronavirus crisis may lead to a healthier relationship with everything from commercialism to agricultu...

Tom Ashbrook was the host of NPR's On Point for 16 years and is the co-host of the new podcast Swing State.  He joins Heath to discuss the news of the last few months including the protests over the killing of George Floyd, the pandemic response, and the situation in Hong Kong.  He also opens up about the loss of his wife to cancer and his public firing from WBUR. This is a public episode. If you...

Vashi Nedomansky, ACE, is a Los Angeles based editor who has edited 11 feature films plus more than 50 national commercials.  Vashi and Heath share memories of creating and editing home videos as kids and the thrill of having your first work screened.  Vashi also relates filmmaking to hockey, which he played professionally for 10 years.  And he discusses how post production workflows have had to a...

As Executive Editorial Director and co-host of America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country, Julia Collin Davison is usually very comfortable cooking in front of a camera.  During this quarantine, she is creating instructional how to cooking videos for social media, and has learned that it can be a very different process.  She also discusses the food trends that she's seen during the pandemic and whi...

Eddie Sotto has had a long career designing public entertainment spaces like high-end car dealerships, destination retail stores, and theme parks, having served as Senior Vice President of Concept Design at Walt Disney Imagineering.  Eddie and Heath discuss the parallels between filmmaking and theme park design, the challenges to public venues in light of Coronavirus, and using creative thinking t...

Chris Agos is an actor, voice over artist, and the author of "Acting in Chicago" and "Voice Over Start Up Guide."  He shares stories with Heath about good and bad networking, how actors can stay busy and hone their craft during this pandemic, and ways that he thinks technology may impact production and acting after COVID-19.  He also discusses his role in "For All Mankind," which is streaming now...

Dion Lim is a news anchor and reporter at ABC7 News KGO in San Francisco.  Dion discusses the challenges of working out of a home studio, reporting stories in the time of social distancing, racism and violence targeted at the Asian-American community, and her own struggles with body image as a woman working in the news business.  Dion is the author of "Make Your Moment: The Savvy Woman's Communica...

In the first episode of Quarantine Creatives, Heath talks to actor and director Scott Foley ( Felicity, Scandal, Whiskey Cavalier ) about being at home with three kids, woodworking and other home projects, his postponed shows for Fox and HBOMax, and when he thinks scripted dramas can get back to work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...