F This Weekly (www.fthisweekly.com) is a swaggy arts and entertainment podcast + more for and about women and anyone who gives an F. Brought to you by Paola Mardo. The show is on hiatus but you can listen to the first season here, on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
The season finale of F This Weekly podcast. This isn't goodbye, this is TTYL (talk to you later). Stay in touch for updates on upcoming FTW projects by signing up for the F This Weekly Newsletter at fthisweekly.com/getfedup. Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Podington Bear - Delta Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap
A recap of F This Weekly’s first LIVE event - Women for the Win, a conversation with Effie Brown (HBO's PROJECT GREENLIGHT, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE), Janet Yang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, SHANGHAI CALLING), Pamela Tom (TYRUS), and Lena Khan (THE TIGER HUNTER).
A conversation with producers Effie Brown and Janet Yang and directors Lena Khan and Pamela Tom for F This Weekly's first LIVE event: Women for the Win, a panel discussion held at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival’s Conference for Creative Content on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Special Thanks: David Magdael Abraham Ferrer Francis Cullado Milton Liu Patrick Epino Katrina Alarkon Sthanlee Mirador Steven Lam Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Podington Bear - All Hot Lights
What if catcalls were cheeseburgers? Actor/Writer/Producer Tess Paras dishes on her popular YouTube video. This episode also contains a very special announcement about F This Weekly's first LIVE event: Women for the Win, a panel featuring kick ass women filmmakers at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival's Conference for Creative Content this Saturday, April 23rd at 2PM at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles.
An interview with Tess Paras, an actor, writer, and producer whose recent credits include MAKE YOUR FACE GREAT AGAIN, a "Trumping" makeup tutorial YouTube video and the TV series CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND.
Director/Producer/Actor/Comedian/YouTuber Anna Akana discusses internet etiquette including how to deal with cyber trolls and meeting fans (and heroes) IRL.
An interview with Anna Akana, a director, producer, actor, and comedian known for her YouTube channel which currently has over 1.4 million subscribers and over 146 million views.
Conversations with writers at BinderCon, a writing conference that is part of Out of the Binders, a non-profit devoted to advancing the careers of women and gender non-conforming writers by connecting them with the skills, knowledge, and networking opportunities they need to get ahead as authors, journalists, screenwriters, TV writers, playwrights, poets, and more. Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Podington Bear - All Hot Lights Podington Bear - Anthem Summer
Writer-director Minhal Baig talks about how she got her start in Hollywood (sort of). Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Podington Bear - Dog And Pony Show Podington Bear - Bumble Podington Bear - No Talking on the Dancefloor
An interview with Minhal Baig, a fan-fic-and-film-twitter-pro and writer-director whose recent work includes ONE NIGHT, a drama that follows two couples as they reconnect over the course of one night at a hotel, and HALA, a short film about a young Muslim American teenager’s sexual coming-of-age.
Thoughts on the "D*" word after Oscar season, #OscarsSoWhite, and those dreadful racist Asian jokes. Featuring Ava Duvernay's inspiring keynote address at Film Independent Forum 2013. Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick John Legend and Common - Glory *Diversity, duh.
Director/Producer/Actor Patrick Epino has always had a distinct set of locks. He tells a very hairy story that may be the reason why. Featured Music: Uffle - Hot Chick Avitek - Native Project Avitek - Victim Avitek - Red Chairs
An interview with FTW's first dude guest (!!) Patrick Epino, a director, producer, and actor, whose recent credits include AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS, MR. SADMAN, and brainy, offbeat, and ridiculously good-looking content on National Film Society, a YouTube channel and digital movie studio. Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Goh Nakamura - Mr. Sadman
An interview with Christine Chen, a producer, manager, and writer most known as the producer for Wong Fu Productions, a new media production company with over 2.5M subscribers on YouTube.
The first of many F Yeah! episodes in which we talk about notable bad bitches working it hard and killin’ the game in their own super cool careers. Featured Music: Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend Tokimonsta - Steal My Attention Tokimonsta - Realla Uffie - Hot Chick
An interview with Corinna Loo, a designer, barre instructor, Traditional Chinese Medicine student, and cancer warrior (every damn day). Correction: Sign up for the newsletter at fthisweekly.com/getfedup, not tinyletter.com/getfedup as mentioned on the pod. I'm still getting used to the new address, thanks for your understanding! Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Balun - El Medio Contenido
A look at the wonderful world of YouTube and VidCon, aka the Comic Con of the online video world. Featuring Mia Resella (SHADOW, THE RED SHIRT DIARIES, 2 BROKE GEEKS) and a bunch of YouTubers. Featured Music: Hot Chick - Uffie No Te Sientas Mal - Hypnomango Back in the 90s (BoJack's Theme) - Grouplove
An interview with Mia Resella, a writer and artist who has written for web series including SOCIAL MEDIUM, THE RED SHIRT DIARIES and the upcoming FUTURE GIRL. She is part of the YouTube web duo 2 BROKE GEEKS and is the creator of the short animated film SHADOW.
Part 2 of F This Weekly's 2-part holiday special featuring host Paola Mardo's family members recounting holiday memories including believing in Santa Claus, New Year's Eve before Y2K and dealing with death during the holidays. Featured Music: While Sleeping - Balún Christmas is All Around (Love Actually) - Billy Mack Distante - Balún I Shouldn't Do This - Balún Rose Ironweed Lichen - Cloud Shepherd
Part 1 of F This Weekly's 2-part holiday special featuring host Paola Mardo's family members recounting holiday memories ranging from Christmas in Manila and holiday recipes to Santa Claus and reindeer poop. Featured Music: Star Wars Main Theme (Star Wars) - John Williams The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme / Star Wars) - John Williams Please Come Home for Christmas (Home Alone) - Southside Johnny Lyon Mom Returns And Finale (Home Alone) - John Williams You've Got a Friend in Me (Cover) - Disa Tannos Silent Night - Nullsleep / The 8bitpeoples
A peek into Bollywood through a behind-the-scenes look at THE FOB & I’s Bollywood musical episode with writer/director/creator Meena Ramamurthy. THE FOB & I web series is now playing on YouTube, Vimeo and thefobandi.com. Featured Music: Baharon Phool Barsao - Mohammed Rafi (singer), Hasrat Jaipuri (lyrics) Chaar Botal Vodka - Yo Yo Honey Singh Chalte Chalte - Lata Mangeshkar (singer) Kaifi Azmi (lyrics), Ghulam Muhammad (composer) The Fob & I - Shefali Deshay, Meenakshi Ramamurthy, Sonia Rao, Noopur Sinha, Natalie Stone (lyrics), Ramesh Kumar Kannan (music and song) Jai Ho - A. R. Rahman
An interview with Meena Ramamurthy, a comedy writer/director and the creator of THE FOB & I web series now playing on YouTube, Vimeo and thefobandi.com.
An interview with Amy Chen, writer and creator of the food blog The Edible Diary.
A special holiday mini episode with Amy Chen, writer and creator of the food blog The Edible Diary, as she talks about cooking for loved ones and makes a chicken pot pie for Friendsgiving.
An interview with actor-writer Joy Regullano, whose TV credits include SUPERNATURAL, RAISING HOPE, 90210 and CASTLE. She is also the creator of the web series WHITE FETISH which garnered over 1M views on YouTube. Her latest project is a Kickstarter for I WON'T MISS YOU, a dark comedy about a teen whose dead best friend keeps visiting her at night.
An interview with writer-director Tulica "Tuli" Singh on directing, mainsplaining, valley girls, depression and pastries. Her web series CROISSANT MAN is now available on Amazon Prime, Vimeo, YouTube and soon Hulu.