Grinning Idiot The Podcast

Rena Strober and Will Collyer get NAKED in FORGIVING THE FRANKLINS, a new musical.

Cornelius Jones gets us OFFA THE CROSS in this transformative number from FORGIVING THE FRANKLINS, a new musical.

Rena Strober and Will Collier are LOOKING FOR LOVELY inside a marriage that's gone stale.

David Kirk Grant sings BORN DIRTY from FORGIVING THE FRANKLINS, a shameless new musical.

Maddie Charlotte Levy sings GOING PLACES from FORGIVING THE FRANKLINS, a new musical.

Julie Cardia sings VERY ORIGINAL SIN from FORGIVING THE FRANKLINS, a new musical.

In this episode Le Grand Idiot talks with the formidable Brooke Purdy, writer / director / actress / mom / business owner (and a million other things). We talk about filmmaking, Hollywood and whether or not gender bias at the Oscars is a real thing. Here's a link to her first feature film, directed with her husband, Doug Purdy. https://www.amazon.com/Quality-Problems-Chris-Mulkey/dp/B07BZCT2FJ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=quality+problems&qid=1579324801&sr=8-1

Everything you want to know about gay men, sex, meth addiction and recovery but are too boring to ask. Three friends talk about their journeys through meth addiction and back into a life where intimacy sometimes remains elusive.

Ellen Hartwell knows a lot about how cults work and how to talk to people who've been indoctrinated. Let's listen and learn some helpful tips to help us navigate the current political situation in the US.

Marie Cantin has produced several of your favorite films such as A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY, COLLATERAL, THE WATERDANCE and DANTE'S PEAK. Let's hear how a life in show business is anything but predictable.

A life in Hollywood is not for the faint of heart. In this episode we meet Michael Miner, one of the pair of screenwriters behind the beloved film ROBOCOP.

Let's meet Susan Nezami who teaches us that actual revolutions are not subtle - and that their cost is sometimes more personal than one might imagine.

Let's talk to Drew Linsalata about the support group he created after healing from anxiety disorder and agoraphobia. Great things often come in horrifying packages. Just in time for the Holidays!

Intro to the new podcast GRINNING IDIOT. Conversations about politics, the arts, culture, mental health, recovery and life in a fractured world.