Avert Your Eyes

  Discussing the 2024 Denton Black Film Festival, which is celebrating their 10th anniversary of showcasing black culture! The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a 5-Day event that allows you to immerse yourself in some of the best showcases of black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and so much more. Visit www.dentonbff.com and get your tickets today!  Discussing the 10th anniversary of the Denton Black Film Festival in a round table conversation with my guests: Linda Eaddy, Director of Film Programming Harry Eaddy, Festival Director Nic Nichelson, Music Director Rhonda Bellamy Hodge, Director of Social Justice Programming Beatrice McBride, Director of Photography If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest Bart Weiss, the Founder and Artistic Director of Dallas VideoFest, which is celebrating it's 34th and final year! DocuFest 34 runs September 29 through October 3, 2021. For more information and for tickets, visit www.videofest.org. We discuss what's new this year and so much more on episode 58 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider Yourself Warned! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback!   This episode is a re-release of episode 19 with guest comedian, actor, and musician Carl LaBove. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. At 19 years old, he discovered stand up comedy with the man who would become his best friend, Sam Kinison. Together and along with Bill Hicks, they were founding members of “The Outlaws of Comedy.” If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is comedian Darryl Littleton. Darryl began his comedy career writing sketches for “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” on CBS Radio. Soon afterwards he became a regular at the world famous Comedy Store, adopted the stage name, “D’Militant” and landed a job as D. L. Hughley’s exclusive writer when he hosted BET’s “Comic View”. Darryl was promoted to writer/producer and also penned material for Cedric the Entertainer, Sommore and Don DC Curry. Darryl’s television credits include Robert Townsend’s WB sitcom, “The Parent Hood”, “Townsend Television” for Fox, HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam”, Comedy Central’s “Make Me Laugh”, Martin Lawrence’s “1st Amendment”, Telemundo’s “Loco Comedy Jam”, Byron Allen’s “Comic’s Unleashed” and ABC’s “America’s Funniest People” where he was the Grand Prize Winner. Darryl toured Europe and Asia as a stand-up comedian entertaining US military troops, released his comedy CD, “Am I Lying?!”, won the prestigious Bay Area Black Comedy Competition on its 20th Anniversary, worked as a commentator for NPR and his first published book, “Black Comedians on Black Comedy”, is taught at USC and was adapted into the Robert Townsend directed documentary, “Why We Laugh” where Darryl served as executive producer. Littleton co-hosted the podcast “Tuezdae’s with D’Militant”, toured as a public speaker, produced “Black & Blue: The Laff Records Collection” and dropped his sophomore album “Too Raw for Mainstream” along with publishing five additional books: “How to Be Funny: The Essential Comedy Handbook”; “Forefathers”, “Pimp Down”; “Comediennes: Laugh Be a Lady” and “Black Revenge.” Darryl Littleton is the Associate Curator of the Comedy Hall of Fame and is an Emmy nominated writer for his work on the documentary, “Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing”. You can check out his new weekly show "D'Militant Got A Show" streaming live Mondays at 2:00 p.m. every Monday PST. We discuss his beginnings in comedy, getting his start in media, being a writer and performer, and so much more on episode 56 of The Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider Yourself Warned. Follow Darryl Littleton on Facebook, Twitter, or check out his website. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is comedian Tony Casillas. Tony started performing stand up comedy in Dallas, Texas, during his senior year in college by going on stage and telling stories about his life. He has been able to evolve those stories into an act that has allowed him the opportunity to open up for comics like Jim Jeffries, Tj Miller, Orny Adams, Theo Von and Bobcat Goldthwait. He is also 1/2 of The Before and After Podcast with comedian Parker Slavens, where they recap funny stories, news headlines, and thoughts they had during the week. You can see Tony this Valentine's Day, as he headlines at The Dallas Comedy House. Tickets and more information about that show are available at www.dallascomedyhouse.com. I recently sat down with Tony and we discuss what drew him into comedy, working with other comedians on the road, hecklers and so much more on episode 55 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned. Follow Tony Casillas on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

Dr. Becca Peixotto is the Curator of the Origins: Fossils From The Cradle of Humankind exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Located in the heart of Dallas, TX, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science delivers exciting, engaging and innovative visitor and outreach experiences through its education, exhibition, and research and collections programming for children, students, teachers, families and life-long learners. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, in partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) and the National Geographic Society, proudly announces that fossils of not one but two recently discovered ancient human relatives (Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi) are currently on display in the U.S. from South Africa for the first, and likely only, time to be featured in the limited-run exhibition – Origins: Fossils From The Cradle of Humankind. The exhibit brings to life years of scientific research tied to the Perot Museum’s recently launched Center for the Exploration of the Human Journey, a global hub for education, communication and research in the study of human origins. With Dr. Peixotto, we discuss what lead her to become an archeologist, the exhibit that is currently on display through March 22, 2020 and so much more on episode 54 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned. About the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The top cultural attraction in Dallas/Fort Worth and a Michelin Green Guide three-star destination, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a nonprofit educational organization located in the heart of Dallas, Texas. With a mission to inspire minds through nature and science, the Perot Museum delivers exciting, engaging and innovative visitor and outreach experiences through its education, exhibition, and research and collections programming for children, students, teachers, families and life-long learners. The 180,000-square-foot facility in Victory Park opened in December 2012 and is now recognized as the symbolic gateway to the Dallas Arts District. Future scientists, mathematicians and engineers will find inspiration and enlightenment through 11 permanent exhibit halls on five floors of public space; a children’s museum; a state-of-the art traveling exhibition hall; and The Hoglund Foundation Theater. Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, the Victory Park museum has been lauded for its artistry and sustainability. To learn more, please visit perotmuseum.org. About the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society is a global nonprofit organization that uses the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate the wonder of the world, define critical challenges and catalyze action to protect our planet. Since 1888, National Geographic has pushed the boundaries of exploration, investing in bold people and transformative ideas, providing more than 14,000 grants for work across all seven continents, reaching 3 million students each year through education offerings, and engaging audiences around the globe through signature convenings and content. To learn more, visit nationalgeographic.org. About the University of the Witwatersrand. Wits University is a research-intensive University, one of the leading institutions on the African continent that produces world-class research that is locally relevant and globally competitive. Wits is a global leader in the paleosciences, one of its key research areas. Wits’ research output has increased by over 45% in the last four years with more than 85% of its research published in international journals. Wits offers a free space for the exchange of ideas and a vibrant intellectual community that fosters debate and knowledge transfer both within and beyond our lecture halls. Wits’ latest research available at wits.ac.za/research.

This is a very special edition of the podcast! I attended a round table conversation featuring documentary filmmaker, Joe O'Connell, and the subject of his film "Danger God," Gary Kent, who was the inspiration for Brat Pitt's character in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood." They discuss the documentary, stunt work through the years, Gary's real-life run-in with Charles Manson, and so much more on episode 53 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode of the podcast, we are on the red carpet of the 2019 Frame4Frame Film Festival in Arlington, TX. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

The Frame4Frame Festival 2019 is September 19 - 22 in Arlington, Texas and features art, music, films, and fun. Ahead of the festival, we sit in on the media round table with James Hawthorn and Vivian Fullerlove with the festival. Then, we talk with filmmakers Nicholas Muthersbaugh of "Alora," Sheran Keyton of "Purgatory," and George Wada of "Once Upon A Time." Next, we speak with director Daniel Montoya and Ethan, the subject the documentary "Him." Finally, we talk with filmmaker Ya'Ke Smith whose films "Wolf" and "Heavenly" both screen during the festival. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is actor Selase Botchway. He is a first-generation Ghanaian. Growing up in the Arlington area, as a young boy in an African enriched family, Selase became heavily influenced in the Arts, Music, Sports. He performed in several plays, sang in the choir, and participated in the championship comedy team in high school. After going to college in Iowa, he returned to North Texas fulfilling his dreams as an actor and signed with Linda McAlister Talent and Gill talent in Chicago. Selase has been in several print campaigns including Lifetime Fitness, Dicks Sporting Goods, Nike Dry Fit, Bose Speakers, Sony, FedEx, and Lays. He's also been a spokesman for Payless Power, Sudden Link Cable, Lennox Air, The Salvation Army, the Texas Lottery. He's performed on shows including Queen of the South and in movies such as Sense Of Urgency (on Amazon Prime Video), A Man Called John, Hello Henry, TX Zombie War, Zulu 6, and much more. Selase recently won Best Actor at Rack Focus Final Round 7 in 2018, with his performance in short Film Patient Zero which was directed and written by Issa Currie. Together, their most recent collaboration is a new short called Silent Partner where Selase gets to play a detective named Joel. The film premieres during Rack Focus 9. During our conversation we discuss his recent trip back home to Ghana, acting, upcoming projects and so much more on episode number 50 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Maria Tuadi. She is an Indonesian-American musician and filmmaker raised in SoCal that I met while attending the 2019 Asian Film Festival of Dallas. Her film Always screened during the Women's Block. Her "Love, Sweat and Fears" EP that she wrote, performed, and produced, is an exploration of contemporary RnB and Soul singing. The EP features the single, "Still", a Session I 2016 Grand Prize Winner and Lennon Award Winner in the R&B Category of The John Lennon Songwriting Contest! Tuadi’s latest single, “Always” is the title track of her Asian on Film Festival Best Original Score Award-winning short film of the same name. During our conversation we discuss her film, music and more on episode number 49, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... Visit Maria's website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, and Soundcloud. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Richie Lunsford. Richie lives in Fort Worth and is a main stage cast member of Four Day Weekend, the longest running show in the southwest. He is also a Writer, Director and Performer in the YouTube Web Series called For King and Country. Currently, Richie sits on the board of directors for the Fort Worth, non-profit called Girls Rock Fort Worth, which is a program that helps empower girls through music education and performance. During our conversation we discuss comedy, redemption and so much more on episode number 48, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

  This episode's guest is Fort Worth rapper, The.Naaman. He is currently nominated for a 2019 Fort Worth Weekly Music Award in the R&B/Hip Hop Category. Check out his current single here. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Kate Morgan. She is a critic, writer, and poet currently residing in Dallas, Texas. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Dave Lieber who is “The Watchdog” columnist at The Dallas Morning News. He is also on a mission to bring back to life a forgotten historical figure of North Texas – Amon G. Carter – who owned the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, WBAP-AM and what’s now NBC 5. Carter is credited with bringing a trillion dollars worth of businesses to North Texas. Dave’s eighth book is called "AMON! The Ultimate Texan." He’s also written a play of the same name that was performed before more than a dozen sellout audiences at Artisan Center Theater in Hurst in May 2019. I got the chance to see the play following our sit down interview and this trip through history was amazing! Seeing actor Kelvin Dilks portray such a larger than life person in the flesh was a roller coaster of highs filled with big bravado and laughs and the touching, sad lows that made you feel his personal tragedies. If you have lived, worked, dreamed, or played in Fort Worth, I highly recommend you see the play! Catch it if you can at the Artisan Center Theater! For tickets, visit www.artisanct.com. During our conversation, I got to sit behind the desk on the set as in between performances as we discuss his new play, the death of journalism, and so much more on episode number 45, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest Katy Blakey, weekend morning anchor and a reporter during the week at NBC 5 News. Born and raised in McKinney, Katy is a proud graduate of McKinney High School and Southern Methodist University. She graduated president of her class with a BA in journalism and political science. Katy is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, and her work has also been honored with Lone Star Emmy nominations, including Best News Anchor, and was recognized by the Oklahoma Associated Press. Katy began her career as a reporter and anchor for KTEN-TV in Denison, Texas, where her investigative reports into private jail funding led to resignations and changes in local law enforcement. Later, Katy co-anchored the weekday morning news and reported for KOCO in Oklahoma City, OK. The first reporter on the scene of a deadly medical helicopter crash, her reporting also included a hostage situation ending with the rescue of a six-year-old girl, devastating wildfires and severe storms. She tracked rare twin tornadoes, covered multiple tornado outbreaks, reported on the wide-scale destruction and heroic rescue operations left by a massive EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma and President Obama's tour of damaged communities. No stranger to breaking news or severe weather, Katy solo-anchored live coverage of the early morning attack on Dallas Police Headquarters and hours-long stand-off. She covered the national outpouring of support for five DPD officers killed while protecting a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas and traveled to Houston for President George H. W. Bush’s memorial services. On the coast as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, she provided extensive coverage of rescue and relief operations as the storm caused catastrophic flooding in the Houston area. From endearing "Texas Connects Us" stories to following a young cancer patient bringing smiles, hope and congressional attention to much needed funding for childhood cancer research to reporting from the mass shooting tragedies in Orlando and Las Vegas, Katy understands the privilege of reporting local and national news to her hometown community. During my conversation with Katy, we discuss what it takes to be a journalist, some of the impactful stories in her career, chasing tornadoes, and so much more on episode number 44, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Deborah Jung, the Founder and Executive Director of Kids Who Care. Deborah is a 2007 Great Women of Texas honoree, 2008 Legacy of Women Award recipient for the Arts, and most recently the Heart of Gold award recipient from the Fort Worth Arts Council. Deborah Jung has produced and directed tours of original musicals since 1990 with Kids Who Care, previewing Off Broadway at the Lamb's Theatre, and appearing at the Kennedy Center, Bass Hall, and Disneyland. Additional tours include venues in New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Italy, Albania, Germany, Washington D.C., Orlando, Nashville, across Texas and at 30,000 feet in the air on the American Airlines Wish Flight. Deborah has produced and directed family musicals for Kids Who Care including West Side Story, Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Godspell, Narnia, Wizard of Oz, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, A Christmas Carol and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Under Deborah’s direction, Kids Who Care has produced Family Concerts with Peter Yarrow, Trout Fishing in America, Sara Hickman, Inca Son, Eddie Coker, Danny Wright, and Joseph Vincelli. Prior to founding Kids Who Care, Deborah Jung was a member of Actor’s Equity and a member of the Resident Company at Casa Mañana (1975-1989). While at Casa, she directed and/or appeared in over 75 productions and is the original founder of Casa Kids. Celebrating thirty years this year, Kids Who Care is still following the original vision and desire of Founder and Executive Director Deborah Jung….. which is “To Create a place where the Child is Cherished. To Write and Produce Original Works designed to Change the World. To Find Stellar Arts and Business Professionals, who adore Kids, and work with them. To Gather the Brightest Business and Community leaders, who love Kids, and ask them to volunteer alongside us. So that, When the Lights Go Up … We Find Delight!” Kids are transformed when their confidences are built, and when the combination of artistic development is infused with entrepreneurial leadership, Kids are more than ready for the bright futures that await them! At Kids Who Care, they do this by leading with an entrepreneurial mindset, valuing the artistic integrity of kids, promoting excellence in artistic development, seeking financial and cultural diversity, teaching ensemble driven mindset, mutually respecting all ages, and producing original works that are designed to change the world! By offering a year round artistic education to kids of all ages and backgrounds, children have opportunities to be part of summer musical and leadership camps, weekly classes, or even the opportunity to tour an original work which is designed to change the world. During my conversation with Deborah Jung, we discuss how she accidentally got into theater, her time at CASA Mañana, the creation of Kids Who Care, and so much more on episode number 43, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Amanda Sweet. She is a Culture Creator - connecting with people through multimedia experiences. She focuses her energy on photography, curating and hosting events, and producing. Her true specialty is pinpointing people’s talents and making opportunities to set their talents free. We discuss and being from Detroit, the art scene, fear of success, and so much more on the answer to everything, episode number 42, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

Episode 41 is a very special edition of the podcast! I recently attended the 2019 Best of Fests Film Festival a few weeks ago. 22 different film festivals came together to present films that either were popular with their audiences or represented their programming esthetic. I attended the red carpet and spoke with several filmmakers and festival representatives including: Harry and Linda Eaddy with the Denton Black Film Festival. www.dentonbff.com Rob Smat, Director of "The Last Whistle." www.lastwhistlemovie.com Aaron N. Martin, Becky Nitschke, Celena Rae, and Ray Hosack from the film "The Last Whistle." www.lastwhistlemovie.com Mark Birnbaum, The Director of the documentary "The Big Buy,” and Bart Weiss of Dallas VideoFest. www.videofest.org Lizette Barrera, Director of the film "Mosca." www.videofest.org David Blue Garcia, Director of "Tejano." www.tejanomovie.com His film represented the Dallas International Film Festival. www.dallasfilm.org. Thomas Shubert and David Gibson of The Asian Film Festival of Dallas. www.asianfilmdallas.com Liz Cardenas, Director of the film "Imago." The film represented the Dallas International Film Festival. www.dallasfilm.org.   Susan Carol Davis and with The Thin Line Film Festival. www.thinline.us. Alexa May, Director of "Phonies" with the Pegasus Film Festival. Alex Garcia Topete with Festival de Cine Latino Americano. www.fdcla.org.   Rachelle Weiss Crane with the Dallas Jewish Film Festival.   Jeffrey Brown with Czech That Film. www.czechthatfilm.org   Curtis Smith, President of the Board of Directors of Q Cinema. www.qcinema.org.   Jitin Hingorani, Executive Director of the DFW South Asian Film Festival. www.dfwsaff.com.   Samuel Thomas, one of the Festival Directors of the Deep in the Heart Film Festival. www.deepintheheartff.com   To learn more about Best of Fests, visit www.bestoffests.org. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Nicholas Muthersbaugh. Together we made a short film called Alora where Nick served as the co-writer, co-producer, and the director. Nick, in two years, he’s garnered over 10 top awards, including being a 3x Emmy winner for his work in local media. “Alora” is his second short film, the first of which is Look Feel Touch Adore, a thriller that can be found on IndieFlix.com, and Vimeo. Alora has been selected into the 2019 Denton Black Film Festival and is currently up for 2 awards: Best Short and Best Texas Short. The story is about a single mother who is training as a NASA astronaut to potentially go and visit a new planet that has been discovered that is within the Goldilocks Zone of a star. The conflict arises in that she has to make a choice to going on the mission of a lifetime versus the love of her daughter that she would have to leave behind. The film stars 3 incredible women we were blessed to work with: Maddy Lea, Lauren Brizendine, and Nicole Fancher! It's an amazing story about love, choices, female empowerment... I could go on and on. I hope you can come check it out. The world premiere is on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. at the Campus Theater in Denton, Texas. We'll have a link at www.avertyoureyespod.com so you can see the trailer we released as well as get tickets to the screening. During this episode, Nick and I discuss the Alora, filmmaking, working in television, and so much more on episode 40 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... Click here for links to the trailer and tickets. Follow Alora on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Maddy Lea. She is a 9 year old up and coming actress from Fort Worth, Texas and has been in various performing arts since the age of 5. Maddy Lea has been featured in several SAG eligible projects including one of the current nationwide Great Wolf Lodge commercials. She has also acted in community theatre as well as numerous independent films within the last few years. When Maddy Lea is not performing in film and television projects, she is also making a name for herself as a professional cosplayer within the DFW area. She was a featured guest at the annual FanExpo in Dallas, TX. Maddy Lea is also an accomplished dancer and model in both print and runway. Maddy Lea’s aspirations continue to grow every day and she one day dreams of starring in a full feature horror film. Maddy plays the titular character of a film called Alora that Michael Gibson Jr co-wrote along with Nicholas Muthersbaugh. The story is about a single mother who is training as a NASA astronaut to potentially go and visit a new planet labeled that has been discovered that is within the Goldilocks Zone of a star. The conflict arises in that she has to make a choice to going on the mission of a lifetime versus the love of her daughter that she would have to leave behind. It's an amazing story and I hope you can check it out. The film has been selected into the 2019 Denton Black Film Festival. The world premiere is on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. at the Campus Theater in Denton, Texas. We'll have a link at www.avertyoureyespod.com so you can see the trailer we released as well as get tickets to the screening. During our conversation we talk with Maddy Lea and her parents about Maddy's acting, cosplay, dancing, and so much more on episode 39 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned. Follow Maddy on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter. Click here for links to the trailer and tickets. Follow Alora on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

Lauren Brizendine is back! She stars in a film written by Michael Gibson Jr. and Nicholas Muthersbagh called "Alora" where she plays the mother, Sarah."Alora" has been selected into the 2019 Denton Black Film Festival and is currently up for two awards: Best Short and Best Texas Short. The story is about a single mother who is training as a NASA astronaut to potentially go and visit a new planet labeled that has been discovered that is within the Goldilocks Zone of a star. The conflict arises in that she has to make a choice to going on the mission of a lifetime versus the love of her daughter that she would have to leave behind. The world premiere is on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. at the Campus Theater in Denton, Texas. Click here for links to the trailer and tickets. Lauren Brizendine hails from the bayous of Louisiana and has a passion for all things creative. After graduating with a degree in fashion design and working in the business for a decade, Lauren found comedy and acting as an outlet for dealing with the stresses of a demanding industry. In 2009 she began studying at the Dallas Comedy House in Dallas, Texas and became the first woman graduate of the program. She is also a graduate of Four Day Weekend in Fort Worth, Texas and has been a part of a variety of improv, sketch, and writing teams. In addition to her comedy credits, Lauren has been featured as a screen actor for NBC, TCU, and other independent projects. During our conversation we discuss acting in Alora, working with the cast and crew, doing standup comedy for the first time, and so much more on episode 38 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned. Click here for links to the trailer and tickets. Follow Alora on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

As you may know, aside from working on my day job and podcasting, I have also been working on a film. It's called "Alora" and it has been selected into the 2019 Denton Black Film Festival. It was written by myself and my friend, the very talented Nicholas Muthersbaugh, who also directed it. The story is about a single mother who is training as a NASA astronaut to potentially go and visit a new planet labeled that has been discovered that is within the Goldilocks Zone of a star, A-107A. The conflict arises in that she has to make a choice to going on the mission of a lifetime versus the love of her daughter that she would have to leave behind. It's an amazing story and I hope you can check it out. The world premiere is Saturday, January 26, of this year, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. at the Campus Theater in Denton, Texas. Click here for links to the trailer and tickets. Follow Alora on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The film stars 3 amazing actresses that we had the opportunity to work with: Lauren Brizendine, who plays the mom, Maddy Lea Hendrix who plays the daughter and did such an fantastic job, and our next guest on the podcast, Nicole Fancher. Nicole Fancher was born in LA, but mostly grew up in Oklahoma. She has a Bachelors degree in vocal performance and English Composition, but she got the film bug while taking a class on film at Oklahoma City University and has been acting in indie films and commercials ever since. Look our for her first starring role in a feature called Shifter, which will be filming in February. During our conversation we discuss acting, her upcoming film Shifter, shark movies, and so much more on episode 37 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned. Follow Nicole on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode is at the 2018 Lone Star Film Festival in Sundance Square! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is actor Stephen Brodie. He was born and raised in Dallas, TX and has appeared in numerous films and television shows and has been fortunate enough to work with many talented people. He can be seen in Disney's THE LONE RANGER, acting alongside Johnny Depp and William Fichtner, in the recent reboot of the PUPPET MASTER franchise, PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH, as well as the horror-thriller THE RAKE and the upcoming horror-drama THE LAST POSSESSION. He was also once beaten up by Gary Coleman. I also had the honor of working with him in a film called RITCHIE'S CREW. We discuss his roles within those aforementioned films, some of his fears, the horror genre, working with Johnny Depp, and so much more on Episode 35 of the Avert Your Eyes podcast! Consider yourself warned! Halloween is right around the corner, so I thought I would present a very special Halloween episode of the podcast. In the spirit of the season, we are giving away a copy of the latest film in the Puppet Master Series entitled Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich that has been autographed by actor Stephen Brodie. To enter you must both like this post and the Avert Your Eyes Podcast Facebook page before midnight on October 31, 2018. You can follow Stephen Brodie on Facebook and Twitter. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest Morgana Wilborn! She is a Dallas native. By day she is the Director of Education at Dallas Theater Center and Professor of Theater and Humanities at Eastfield and El Centro College. She is a proud graduate of the University of North Texas (go Eagles) and The University of Houston. Morgana is excited to come back to the stage after many years of being predominately an educator, creative and admin in the arts. She has recently performed for such companies as in Soul Rep Theatre, Cara Mia, WaterTower Theater, and House Party Theatre. She is currently onstage performing as Zoe, the title character in Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ play, called 'An Octoroon,' which you can catch through the end of September 2018 at Stage West Theater in Ft. Worth. In my conversation with Morgana, we discuss, her role as Zoe in An Octoroon, being enough, and so much more on Episode 34 of the Avert Your Eyes podcast! Consider yourself warned!  If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Billy Hensley. He is a musician based out of Denton, Texas. You may have read about him in the Dallas Observer article about his 52 songs in 52 weeks challenge that he took part in. We discuss several things including being a fan of music, what lead him to begin playing, the formation of his band The Wirerims, gaming, and so much more on Episode 33 of the Avert Your Eyes podcast! Consider yourself warned! Here are your 4 ways to win a copy of the CD "Self-Construction" by The Wirerims: Subscribe and leave a review of The Avert Your Eyes Podcast on Apple Podcasts here. Like The Avert Your Eyes Podcast Facebook page and the post for episode 33 here. If you comment or share the post, receive an extra entry in the Facebook drawing. Follow The Avert Your Eyes Podcast Twitter page ad like the post for episode 33 here. If you comment or share the post, receive an extra entry in the Twitter drawing. Like The Avert Your Eyes Podcast on Instagram and like the post for episode 33 here. If you comment or share the post, receive an extra entry in the Instagram drawing. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!    

Attending the red carpet world Premiere of Amanda Kramer's 'Paris Window' at the opening night of the Women Texas Film Festival on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

This episode's guest is Justina Walford, the Founder and Artistic Director of the Women Texas Film Festival taking place at the Studio Movie Grill's Spring Valley location in Dallas August 15 - 19. Passes are currently on sale. You can get yours by visiting www.WomenTxFF.org. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

Speaking with David Gibson, Program Director and Operations Manager at the 2018 Asian Film Festival of Dallas. The film festival happening now - July 26th at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here! ............... Follow the latest of the short film entitled "Alora" by following on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team is in need of donations. To learn more about them, click here.

This episode's guest is Ale Bonilla, The Hair Ninja. He is the Founder and Master Stylist at Esoterica Studios. We discuss growing up in Fort Worth, his start from doing hair in garages to opening his first salon, and so much more on episode number 29 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here! ............... Be sure to check out the 2018 Asian Film Festival of Dallas July 19th - 26th at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas. Follow the latest of the short film entitled "Alora" by following on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team is in need of donations. To learn more about them, click here.

This episode's guest is Peter Hull. He is a visual artist based in Dallas with disciplines that include photography, storytelling, motion graphics, and video production. Peter has worked in television production and broadcast journalism for 15 years spending much of that time nurturing a fascination with composition, light, motion, sound and video editing. Peter Hull has been honored with over 40 broadcast industry awards, including 21 Emmy Awards and a National News & Documentary Emmy. We discuss his time growing up an army brat, his path to becoming a photojournalist, what story has touched him them most, and so much more on episode number 28 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Follow Peter on Instagram and Twitter! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here! This episode's guest is Richard Hennessy, a Fort Worth musician from New Jersey. Richard is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and 1/3rd of the band Henry The Archer, along with drummer Kevin Geist and bassist Charles Marchbanks. Henry The Archer won Song of the Year at the 2017 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards for their track "Wifi-Pets." Henry The Archer is set to perform during day 2 of Fortress Festival which takes place in Fort Worth's Cultural District April 28th and 29th. You can find out more info on Fortress Fest by visiting www.fortressfestival.com. I recently sat down with Richard Hennessy and discussed his musical journey, the formation of Henry The Archer, the inspiration behind the band's name, playing Fortress Festival and so much more on episode number 27 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey!  

We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here! This episode's guest is fashion blogger turned designer, Vanessa Posner. Her company, Vendals, is reflection of her backround, with her roots coming from Venezuela and the setting down new roots deep in the heart of Texas. Her brand features clothing that are designed and manufactured right here in Dallas. Check them out via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We discuss the creation of her company, Vendals, the power of knowledge, the importance of giving back, and so much more on episode number 26 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey!

Click here to take our listener survey! This episode's guest is Rachel Parrott. She is a 2nd grade elementary school teacher. We discuss the changes she's seen as a teacher through the years, balancing home life and work life, arts, crafting, and so much more on episode 25 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! If you would like to reach out to Rachel regarding a crochet or knit item, contact her via email at yellowrose0814@hotmail.com. This episode of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast is sponsored by Bayou A Box—At Bayou A Box, they make entertaining easy by delivering authentic Cajun themed parties filled with food, decor and more right to your door. You can shop for your party in a box by visiting www.bayouabox.com. And right now, Bayou A Box is giving away a free party box just for the Avert Your Eyes Podcast listeners. From now until February 17, 2018, click here to like the Avert Your Eyes Facebook Page and the post pinned about the giveaway at the top of the page and that's it! You're in the drawing! So, Bayou A Box and laissez les bon temps rouler! Let the good times roll! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Click here to take our listener survey! This episode's guest are Linda & Harry Eaddy with The Denton Black Film Festival, which will bring a world of culture and color to the Denton arts scene January 25 - 28, 2018! You can get your tickets, passes, and find out more information by visiting www.dentonbff.com. In addition to films, there will be art, music, comedy, free panels & workshops, and so much more! We discuss the creation of the film festival, its numerous offerings, and so much more on episode number 24 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Click here to take our listener survey! This episode's guest is Michelle LaMont. She is the President and creative founder of Lamont PR, which is a relationship driven agency that is dedicated to delivering the results that matter. They strive to provide the best public relations and creative marketing strategies tailored to their client’s needs by executing innovative ideas. Michelle continuously aligns media placement for her clients who are regularly featured in local, regional, and national media. Michelle has served on the Taste of NFL host committee, which was responsible for the 2012 Dallas Cowboys Ultimate Tailgate Party benefiting the North Texas Food Bank. Also, she was media Chair for Silver Dollar at the Ranch from 2010-2014, which raised over $1 million to battle childhood cancers. We discuss her journey to public relations, being your true self, and so much more on episode 23 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! If you enjoyed the episode, head over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Where we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. I'm your host, Michael Gibson Jr. Some big news, the podcast is now a year old! I have learned so much in my time doing this and I wish I had started sooner! I have met so many interesting, creative people through this endeavor, but that you so much for listening! On another note, I have been very busy juggling many different things lately, some very personal, some creative, and I wanted to give you a brief update onto the short film that I've been working on. The title right now is called Alora, and has been written by myself and a friend Nick Muthersbaugh, who is also the director. we shot back in June, I'm so excited to get into a project like this and can't wait to tell you more about it in the coming months. we are currently in post production, working on special effects, but you can see some stills by searching "Alora Film" on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. This episode's guest is the very talented comedian and improvisor Molly Jakk Em Setti Molly Jakkamsetti! She is one half of the improv troop Get Jakked with her husband Vee Jay, as well as a member of the troops Kill Me Please, CLR, and Learning Curve that perform at the Dallas Comedy House. She is a dear friend of mine and we performed together under the student house troops Mr. Honey Bunny and Adrian's Revenge at the Four Day Weekend Training Center. We discuss how she got started in comedy, being curious about the world, how she met her husband, and so much more on episode 22 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider Yourself Warned. Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. This is part 2 of my sit-down with Russ Sharek, a professional clown and Creative Director of The Circus Freaks. We discuss their performace of This Show taking place July 7th-9th at the Margo Jones Theatre in Fair Park, performing, anxiety, and how The Circus Freaks were formed on episode 21 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. This episode's guest is Russ Sharek, professional clown and Creative Director of The Circus Freaks. We discuss their upcoming This Show taking place July 7th-9th at the Margo Jones Theatre in Fair Park, his recent experiences in London and Paris, being in the right place at the right time, and much more on episode 20 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback!   This episode's guest is comedian, actor, and musician Carl LaBove. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas and will be performing at the Hyenas Comedy Night Club in Fort Worth June 8-9, 2017 and at Hyenas Comedy Night Club in Dallas on Saturday, June 10, 2017. We discuss his love of music, having to fight for your experiences, his journey into comedy, how failure can be the best thing for you, and much more on episode 19 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned!   Follow Carl LaBove on Twitter and Facebook!   Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback!   This episode's guest is ballerina Marie Lawrence. She started dancing at the age of 3, ending up at the Tuzer Ballet School where she still goes back to perform as a guest artist in their performance of the Nutcracker every year. She is attending SMU in Dallas, Texas where she is working on her dance major. If you are listening to this on or before Memorial Day, Marie will be performing with musician Jon Bap during New Math Fest at Club Dada in Dallas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017. We discuss her upcoming performance, a little into some of her past performances, giving it your all, and much more on episode 18 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Learn more about Tested + sketch show! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback! This episode's guest is Daniel Sunshine, who has been a leader in coaching and consulting for nearly a decade, helping companies and individuals achieve their greatest potential.  He has supported, mentored and trained organizations including National Geographic, AARP, PBS, and NPR, and has also coached social ventures, executives, and individuals. In 2015, he opened his private practice and founded the coaching method called “LILOHA.”  Which stands for LIfe, LOve, and HAppiness. LILOHA Coaching integrates a unique blend of eastern and western modalities to bring deep healing and transformation to individuals, couples and groups so they can live a happy and fulfilling life in alignment with their heart. Currently, Daniel oversees the Dallas Yoga Center's mindfulness initiative and is the Director of Membership and Development at the Center where he's been instrumental in expanding mindfulness in the community and expanding Dallas Yoga Center's efforts. We discuss several topics including his time at National Geographic, midfulness, how Dallas Yoga Center is working with students within Dallas ISD, doing what makes your heart sing, and so much more on episode 17 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Check out photos from the Truth in Comedy show here! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

  Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback! This episode's guest is Shaun McAlister. After graduating from the Art Institute of Dallas in 2004 and spending nearly 10 years in the world of entertainment and agency marketing, Shaun struck out on his own to live his personal dream of being successfully self-employed. These days, instead of toiling away in a cubicle working 40-60 hours per week, he puts his passion to work by working directly with the businesses, organizations and artists seeking his professional creative services. He specializes in web design, graphic design, video production, motion graphics and photography, with clients ranging from international corporations to nonprofits and family-owned businesses. We discuss the benefits of working from home, some of the changes in technology through the years, leaving your mark, and so much more on episode 16 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Visit Shaun's website here! Check out the Afroman music video he worked on and much more here! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.    

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback! This episode's guest is Leoncarlo Canlas. He is a renowned violinist located in Denton, Texas. Leoncarlo has collaborated with a number of Texas bands including Seryn and Botany. D Magazine labeled him a "One-Man Orchestra" and his debut solo album, Still Forms, is out now. He is set to perform at SXSW 2017. We discuss how he creates his big symphonic sound, his musical inspirations, devotion and so much more on episode 15 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Leoncarlo's album, Still Forms, is out now. You can check it out and more at his website or follow him on twitter. Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback! If you are a pet parent, listen up! This episode's guest is Jenny Clifton. I met her several years ago while we were studying and performing improv in Fort worth. She has recently created an app called the Pet Health Diary which allows pet owners to effectively partner with their vet to provide the best care for their pet. You can create a detailed, customized health records for your pets, track symptoms and medication dosage, and easily share details with your vet or pet sitter. We discuss her new app, her love of Oak Cliff, reminiscing about some of the  technologies we grew up with, the importance of trying new things, her travels in Germany, capturing the moment, changes in social media/marketing, and much more on episode #14 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! You  can follow Jenny Clifton via twitter @estrojen1193. Don't forget to download her free Pet Health Diary app, and if you are going to the Dallas Pet Expo which is May 20th and 21st, 2017 at Dallas Market Hall, be sure to stop by her booth and say hello! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter.  

This episode's guest is Danny Gallagher, a freelance comedy writer, blogger and reporter. His comedy and feature writing work has appeared in the Dallas Observer, CNET.com, Cracked, The Onion AV Club, Mental_Floss, Manslife.com, Aol, Maxim and Dollar Shave Club amoung many other print and online publications. In addition, he has written for Jackbox Games on several of their titles including Quiplash, Fibbage 2 and Trivia Murder Party. Danny performs improv comedy for ComedySportz Dallas and the Alternative Comedy Theater as well as performing and writing for several live comedy game and panel shows. Most recently, he wrote jokes and sketches for the Birthday Roast of Stan Lee at the Marvelous Nerd Year's Eve including a sketch starring voice actors Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen who you might recognize as Pinky and the Brain. We discuss his start as a crime and entertainment reporter in East Texas, becoming a freelance writer in the DFW metroplex, and his experiences writing for video games and for the Roast of Stan Lee. Visit his website www.dannygallagher.net. Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter.  

This episode's guest is Teresa Nguyen. She is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and owner of the RED iD Agency, a branding agency she started in 2008 that has worked on PR, marketing or advertising aspects for a very diverse list of clients, including an airline, authors, fashion designers, restaurants, film festivals Japanese pop-stars, and casinos. We discuss creating a business, letting your passion drive you, and much more on episode 12 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter.  

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, where we talk with some of the most creative people in and around North Texas and beyond. This episode's guest is Dana Schultes. She is Executive Producer at the Stage West Theater in Fort Worth, an actress and anime fans may know her work with Funimation where she played Mrs. Bradley in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. We discuss, her journey into acting, the history and entrepreneurial spirit that Stage West was created in, and much more on the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter.  

This episode's guest is photographer Lisa Campbell. We discuss living in the moment, style versus technique, how technology affected the art of photography, and much more on the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter.

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! This episode's guest is filmmaker Monika Watkins of Bird Set Free Films. We discuss her upcoming documentary film 'From Selma To New York' about the Tuskegee Airman Dabney Montgomery, some of the challenges of film making, growing up in Atlanta and much more on the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned! Click here to take our listener survey! Subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter.