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Hollywood and Washington have long been strange bedfellows. Hosts Jonathan Del Arco (Picard, Star Trek: TNG,) and Tara Karsian (American Horror Story, Review) drill down on the intersection between the two through interviews with industry and political insiders. Join the Hollywood Caucus by subscribing today!

Starburns Audio LLC, Tara Karisan, Jonathan Del Arco, Kyle Fritz

  • Sep 22, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 51m AVG DURATION
  • 22 EPISODES


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Introducing 'All My Movies with Dan Murrell.'

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 0:57


A new weekly podcast about movies from the four-time 'Movie Trivia Schmoedown' champion. The first title up is a big one: Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight.' Follow 'All My Movies with Dan Murrell' on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I’m Gonna Do You Baby”

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 60:20


Series summer finale: Tara and Jonathan interview each other and producer Kyle Fritz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melinda McGraw and Steve Pierson - "Action is the Best Antidote to Anxiety"

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 49:21


Hollywood power couple Melinda McGraw and Steve Pierson talk about their careers, marriage and how they became political activists and helped to swing the Election in 2016 and their plans to the same in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Hemingway - "You're Not My Type"

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 46:19


Emmy award winning Director/Producer Anthony Hemingway (Red Tails, The People V O.J. Simpson, Treme, The Wire) joins us today to talk about the current state of our country, his career and coming out to his mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Giuntoli - All Men Are Whores

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 45:27


David Giuntoli, star of “Grimm” and “A Million Little Things” opens up about his meteoritic rise in Hollywood, falling in love and how being a new dad has made him look at gun violence in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Ann Walter - "Hard and High"

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 49:22


Today we chat with the fabulous Lisa Ann Walter about her journey from female blue stand-up to starring in family friendly Disney movies like "The Parent Trap" and "Shall We Dance" and a deep dive into feminism, millennials, politics and her new project “Bitter”… but is she? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marina Sirtis - "Now Look What I Did!"

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 62:00


A no holds barred conversation with actress Marina Sirtis the iconic star of Star Trek: The Next Generation and returning legacy character on Star Trek: Picard, and we drill down on the current state of the world, being a Greek woman and her West End debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrie Preston - "Mad Max in the City"

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 57:14


EMMY Award Winning actress (The Good Wife), Carrie Preston discusses acting and directing on her current show (Claws) and how she became an LGBTQ ally and her six degrees of separation from a couple of our previous guests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alec Mapa - "Compare and Despair Mode"

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 54:10


Alec Mapa, America’s Gaysian Sweetheart, joins us for a funny and enlightening conversation on adoption, parenting and tequila. comfortcases.com  raiseachild.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camryn Manheim - "The Game Master"

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 59:49


Camryn Manheim, Emmy winning actor from “The Practice” and currently “Stumptown” joins us today to talk about her early career, her love of games and becoming a union leader for working class actors. Also, a powerful interview with Amnesty International’s Denise Bell. https://actorsfund.org https://www.amnestyusa.org https://katieporter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alphonso David - "Something Miraculous Happened"

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 52:47


Human Rights Campaign President, Alphonso David shares the very personal and inspiring story that paved the way to him leading the world’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. PODCAST = http://hrc.li/2 DONATE = http://hrc.li/3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Duff - "The War at Home"

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 54:48


James Duff, creator and executive Producer of “The Closer” and “Major Crimes” joins us to talk about how he became a writer and show runner as well as surviving the AIDS epidemic and how the Federal Government’s failures in the ’80’s mirror the current administration’s botched response to Covid-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary McDonnell - "Dust in Her Face"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 57:06


This week we are joined by Oscar nominated actress Mary McDonnell, that’s President Roslin and Captain Raydor to TV fans for a discussion about our times and the blossoming of feminine power.   http://sgufoundation.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Stewart - "Magic of the Language"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 56:24


Pit Bulls, self isolation and Shakespeare- Sir Patrick Stewart joins us for a candid and uplifting interview. https://www.wagsandwalks.org/adoption-center https://wwgivingtuesday2019.funraise.org ttps://www.sunnyozell.com/music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lara Bergthold - "We Are Climbing a Mountain"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 57:12


Today we talk to Lara Bergthold, Los Angeles based campaign and communications strategist about the causes she champions from gun control to the homeless crisis in America, and what it’s like to be "a single parent by choice". You can find the organizations Lara supports: To end homelessness in Los Angeles: Everyone In and to end homelessness in Seattle: We Are In Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Cherry - "I Knew What Horse I was betting On"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 49:58


Marc Cherry, the man who created Why Women Kill, Desperate Housewives and Devious Maids discusses being a writer on Golden Girls and how once known as a "somewhat conservative, gay Republican" why he no longer identifies as such...Republican that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Skolnik - "A Very Hard Needle to Thread"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 50:30


Activist, entrepreneur and storyteller Michael Skolnik lays a path forward for Democrats and explains why we ended up with Trump in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle Hurd - "Black Angels"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 57:24


Star Trek: Picard Star Michelle Hurd opens up about joining the Trek family and playing someone with an addiction, the #timesup movement and not being a victim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Paige - "Walking Back Our Rights."

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 44:28


Writer/Director/Actor Peter Paige talks about his new movie, why he loves Elizabeth Warren and how we have been played by the GOP Watch the premiere of The Thing About Harry on Saturday, February 15 at 8p/7c on Freeform:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPj3KLcFhE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyra Sedgwick - "Skin in the Game"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 45:08


Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick sits down with us to discuss, the planet, plastic, the #TIMESUP movement and how she discovered a love for directing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zuri Adele - “No More Back Up Plans”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 44:10


Zuri Adele break out star of Freeform’s “Good Trouble” opens up about her role, her activism and identifying as Bi-Plus. For More information about Zuri’s Scholarship Go To: http://www.zuriadele.com/philanthropy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeri Ryan - “No one should keep their mouth shut...”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 70:48


Jeri Ryan joins the Caucus, to talk growing up, Miss America, the changing landscape for women in Hollywood, and how she rediscovered the voice of Seven of Nine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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