Barbara is an Ivy-League educated clown whose work transcends performance art. She's also an ordained minister who performs many kinds of weddings. We talk about serving audiences and recognizing who they are. You can learn more about her at www.jesterofthepeace.com.
Read MoreElia is an award-winning writer of erotic romance. She also reviews sex toys. We discuss these topics as well as log cabins and more! You can find her at www.eliawinters.com.
Read MoreI’ve left this episode to keep Shannon’s memory alive. Shannon had been a writer and studied literature and criminal justice. A chance meeting lead to her becoming Eric's literary intern. Her performance in that role lead to her becoming his junior agent. When he had to fold his agency for personal reasons, Shannon started her own agency and many of Eric's clients followed her. She built on that and lead www.VictressLiterary.com.
Read MoreDee started her journey in Texas as an athlete. As you'll hear, she became an actress, moved to Los Angeles, became "the Tide Lady" and ended up working for and with Roseanne Barr. If that's not enough of a ride, she became a Romance writer and has numerous books available. For more info on that, go to www.deejadams.com.
Read MorePhyllis started life in New Jersey and along the way to Maine she has written, performed and recorded great music. She's become a therapist who has created mental health resources that are actually fun! You can find them at www.possibilityprintables.com. We talk about it all including the adventures of addiction, recovery, and discovering sexual identity!
Read MoreA New Yorker who's a veteran of numerous productions all over the world, Mara is equally comfortable with computers as she was a "genius" with Apple. When not performing or teaching theater, she helps people become more comfortable with their technology. You can learn more about her at www.marajillherman.com and www.technotherapynyc.com.
Read MoreTerry Kitchen's latest album, Lost Songs, has hit #13 on the national Folk-DJ airplay chart. The Boston Globe has called Terry "one of New England's best songwriters." In 2020 his CD "Next Time We Meet" hit #5 on the national Folk-DJ chart and his single "Party on the Roof" hit #4 on the song chart. A native of Ohio who went to college in Los Angeles and chased him music dreams to Boston, Terry has been a friend of mine for 40 years. Few people know more about the history and creation of pop music. His music is available www.terrykitchen.com.
Read MoreBorn in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, and Denver, Debra Lynn Shelton is a young adult, women’s fiction, and mystery writer, and former rock princess. You can listen to her music at https://www.reverbnation.com/debralynnlazar.
Read MoreNicco comes from a Show Business family and was on his way to a movie-related career when working with the famous film director, Roger Corman. But his path took a sharp turn and led him to become an award nominated novelist. He also bakes, makes furniture, and is married to the brilliant and talented author, Zoe Archer.
Read MoreCindy McKeown graduated Cornell and seemed headed for law school, thanks to a scholarship at a top school, but she took a significant turn and became a political activist and, ultimately, a filmmaker. Her latest film, Unacceptable Risk, tells the story of a prominent cancer researcher who began rethinking her assumptions about the causes of cancer and the true burden of environmentally induced cancers.
Her latest 16-minute documentary can be viewed any time at https://www.cancerfreeeconomy.org/UnacceptableRisk/.
Read MoreCarly is a Canadian who has an actual Masters Degree in Publishing Studies. She represents a wide variety of authors and is a Senior VP of the P.S. Literary Agency
Read MoreSince studying vocal performance at NYU and Mannes College of Music, Greg has toured in several productions with Philip Glass, and performed in pieces created by avant-garde luminaries Meredith Monk and Anthony Braxton.
His show, "BABALU-CY! The Art of Desi Arnaz" debuted at Metropolitan Room in 2007, won a Backstage Bistro Award in 2008 and went on to an Off-Broadway run at the Actor’s Temple in New York’s Theater District. A presentation of the show at Hofstra University’s Monroe Center Theater in 2010 brought him to the attention of the team that took over the Xavier Cugat Orchestra after Cugat retired. One thing led to another and Greg went from portraying the great Cuban American bandleader to becoming an actual bandleader himself, adopting his birth father’s family name in the process. And he grew up blocks from Eric Ruben!
Read MoreZoë earned her MFA in Fiction from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, but she’s lived almost her entire life in California. She's married to fellow romance author Nico Rosso.
Read MoreKim Masters covered the legal profession and politics before becoming an expert on the entertainment industry. She is an editor at large with the Hollywood Reporter and hosts a show on public radio's KCRW called The Business. She was instrumental in covering Harvey Weinstein and the #metoo movement. Ms. Masters has served as a correspondent for NPR, contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and has written for Time, Esquire, and The Washington Post.
Read MoreJ.D. Kelly and I grew up a few blocks from each other. We were both loved, and were in, musical theatre. J.D. talks about being in "hair bands", living happily, being the lead singer for Eaglemania (the world's premier Eagles tribute band) and so much more.
Read MoreGem Blackthorn is a Tampa-based writer, editor, podcast co-host, and Tarot reader.
Read MoreZoe is a New York City native, attending the Fame School (Laguardia High) and Hunter College. She works as both an artist AND a school teacher.
Read MoreAndrea lives and works in Switzerland but records and performs internationally. Her inspiration comes from sources as interesting and diverse as folk music of Switzerland and Ireland to Mozart to English pop music.
Read MoreAfter studying acting in Minnesota, and starring in a production of Romeo & Juliet where the star-crossed couple lives happily ever after, Leah came to the Big Apple and has been on Broadway, TV and more.
Read MoreAndy came to New York City soon after September 11. Since then he's been in movies like Bridge of Spies and TV shows like Orange is the New Black. He also teaches in some of the most prestigious schools. He does all of it with joy and generosity.
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