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Welcome to the episode 33 of "Women In The Music Industry", a podcast that shines a spotlight on the remarkable women who are breaking barriers and making their mark in an industry that has long been dominated by men. My guest today is none other than singer, songwriter, and one half of the multiple award-winning Vancouver-based alternative rock band “DEAR ROUGE”, Danielle McTaggart! For over 10 years now Dear Rouge, the alternative rock duo of Drew and Danielle McTaggart, have been winning fans over consistently and hitting new career heights. Following their major label debut record, Black To Gold, the couple picked up multiple Top 10 radio hits, a SOCAN Songwriting Prize, and a Juno for Breakthrough Group of the Year. Dear Rouge continued their upward trajectory with their sophomore album PHASES (Deluxe) which included the lead single Boys & Blondes and the #1 Alternative Rock hit, Live Through The Night. Along the way, they opened for artists like Phantogram, Lights, and Our Lady Peace, and wowed crowds on festival stages from coast to coast with their energetic and dynamic live performances. The band continued to solidify their presence in the Canadian music landscape with their third full length record Spirit. The record spawned the #1 hit Fake Fame, and the band picked up an Indie Award for Group of the Year at Canadian Music Week, before a packed summer of touring that included opening for Vance Joy and a tour supporting Canadian legends Metric. All the tracks from Spirit, along with the band's previous singles have seen heavy recurrent radio airplay, leading to Dear Rouge being the most played Canadian band on alternative radio in 2022. The band then returned to the studio with acclaimed producer Gus van Go (The Beaches, The Stills). The duo's new single Goon is out now. If you are enjoying this video series, please rate/review/subscribe/tell everyone about it. Every little bit helps. Instagram: @daniellemctaggart & @dearrouge Web: www.dearrouge.com

Welcome to another compelling episode of Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby, where today we have the honor of hosting Pamela Uzzell, an esteemed documentary producer, director, and editor. Her feature-length documentary, "Unearthing the Dream," not only graced Arkansas Public Television as a highlight of their independent producer series but also clinched Best Documentary at the Arkansas Black Independent Film Festival and garnered an Indie Award of Merit.Pamela's academic journey is as illustrious as her career—she's a proud alumna of Brown University, holding an MFA in Cinema from San Francisco State University. Her incredible depth of experience spans over twenty feature films in post-production, including major blockbusters like "Godfather III," "Terminator 2," and the critically acclaimed "Dead Poets' Society."Beyond her impressive body of work, Uzzell is an active member of both the Bay Area Video Coalition and The San Francisco Film Society, championing the art of filmmaking and its transformative power.In this episode, we delve into Pamela's latest directorial venture that puts the spotlight on the Bay Area housing crisis—a poignant narrative that not only showcases individual resilience but also casts a critical eye on the pressing issue of gentrification.The documentary, "Welcome To The Neighborhood," follows artist Mildred Howard, the daughter of the legendary Berkeley activist Mable Howard, as she faces the loss of her South Berkeley home due to escalating rental prices—a personal tragedy that represents a much larger communal loss of heritage and diversity.We'll explore the journey of the Howard family and how they symbolize both the strength found in adversity and the collective fight against a housing crisis that poses a significant threat to community diversity and inclusivity.Don't miss this episode's visual companion, the trailer for "Welcome To The Neighborhood," available for viewing now. Join us in this intimate conversation with Pamela Uzzell as we uncover the stories behind the statistics and the human impact of urban transformation.Remember to subscribe to Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby to never miss an episode that dives deep into the world of film and those who make it possible.Links:Watch the Trailer: https://www.welcometotheneighborhoodfilm.com/trailerDVD Purchase: https://www.welcometotheneighborhoodfilm.com/packages/dvdLearn More about Pamela Uzzell: https://www.welcometotheneighborhoodfilm.com/teamStay tuned for more insightful discussions on the next Filmmaking Conversations with Damien SwabyAlso, you can check out my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: The People of Brixton Damien Swaby Social Media Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filmmaker_damien_swaby/Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FDamienSwabyWebsite: https://www.swabyfilms.co.ukIf you enjoy listening to Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby, I would love a coffee. Podcasting is thirsty work: Buy me a coffee!

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I'm your host Ray Shasho. Born in Montreal, Andy Kim was inspired by the Beatles, Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Buddy Holly, and Bob Dylan. He found fame in New York City at just 16 years old when he wrote How'd We Ever Get This Way? the first of nine Billboard Top 40 hits, including #1 songs Rock Me Gently and Sugar, Sugar, one of Billboard's “Greatest Songs of All Time.” A true Canadian son, Andy has been awarded the country's top industry honor's three times, the JUNO Award for outstanding achievements in the record industry, as well as the Indie Award for Favorite Solo Artist and a star on Canada's Walk Of Fame. Andy is a member of Songwriters Hall of Fame and was inducted into Billboard's Hit Parade Hall of Fame. Over his epic career, Andy has sold over 30 million records, and The Archies' “Sugar, Sugar” has been streamed over 350 million times on Spotify and YouTube. For nearly 20 years, The Andy Kim Christmas has been gathering friends and fans together to celebrate the spirit and generosity of the musical community with all proceeds going to charity. The concerts have brought people together from coast to coast on television and in concert, bringing its cumulative money raised to over $2.3 million. The one-of-a-kind charity event has previously included performances by some of the country's most sought-after singer-songwriters and performers. Andy Kim will be appointed to the Order of Canada in 2024 PLEASE WELCOME legendary Canadian singer & songwriter best known for the international hit "Baby, I Love You" in 1969 and "Rock Me Gently", in 1974. And "Sugar, Sugar" in 1968 as part of the Archies; ANDY KIM TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS … PURCHASE ANDY KIM'S MOST RECENT RELEASE ITS DECIDED available at amazon.com   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANDY KIM VISIT www.andykimmusic.com Official website www.facebook.com/AndyKimMusic Facebook https://twitter.com/andykimmusic Twitter https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MYBNUKoFf9LAg30ByaBli Spotify   Discography Albums Year     Album   1968 How'd We Ever Get This Way  1969 Rainbow Ride  Baby I Love You        1973 Andy Kim 1974 Andy Kim 1980 Baron Longfellow     1984 Prisoner By Design   2004 I Forgot to Mention          2011 Happen Again  2015 It's Decided        Compilation albums Year Album       1974 Andy Kim's Greatest Hits 1994 Reflections: The Best of Andy Kim   1996 Baby I Love You: Greatest Hits   Singles Year Title 1963 "I Loved You Once" 1964 "Give Me Your Love" 1965 "I Hear You Say (I Love You Baby)" 1968 "That Girl" "How'd We Ever Get This Way?" You Ever Coming Home?" How'd We Ever Get This Way "Shoot 'Em Up Baby" "Ordinary Kind of Girl" "Rainbow Ride" 1969 "I Hear You Say (I Love You Baby)" "Tricia Tell Your Daddy"  "Foundation of My Soul" "Baby, I Love You" “Gee Girl" Baby I Love You "So Good Together" "I Got to Know" 1970 "A Friend in the City"        "You"        "It's Your Life" "To Be Continued"    "Be My Baby"   "Love That Little Woman"         1971 "I Wish I Were"         "Walkin' My La De Da"    "I Been Moved"         "If I Had You Here" 1972 "Love The Poor Boy"                   "A Love Song"  "Who Has The Answers?"          "Shady Hollow Dreamer" "Oh What a Day"      "Sunshine" 1974 "Rock Me Gently"     "Rock Me Gently Part II" "Fire, Baby I'm on Fire"   "Here Comes The Mornin'" 1975 "The Essence of Joan"      "Rock Me Gently Part II" "Mary Ann"       "You Are My Everything" 1976 "Oh, Pretty Woman"                   1991 "Powerdrive"    2004"I Forgot To Mention"      2010 "Happen Again"                  2015 "Longest Time"                Support us on PayPal!

The Go-to Health Podcast for Christian Women Who Want to Feel, Look and Live Better God's Way! Blubrry Nominated Favorite Woman Podcaster! Ranked in the Best 20 Christian Health Podcasts! My guest on this show totally ROCKED! It was an honor to interview Denise Turney, a masterful African American storyteller. Her passion for books, including thrillers, mystery and inspirational novels, has been at the core of Denise's world since she was a little girl. She is a full-time writer whose works have appeared in popular magazines, diverse newspapers and women's periodicals such as Parade, Madame Noire, USA Today, Obsidian II and Essence. Denise is listed in Who's Who, 100 Most Admired African American Women, and various novelists directories. We discuss faith, passion and her Indie Award Winning Book, The Long Walk Up: A Childhood Journey from Tragedy to Triumph; a gripping tale of a young girl's journey from poverty and despair to her remarkable triumphant destiny as Africa's first woman president. This interview will surely inspire and Rock Your World through Denise's gift of writing! Listen. Apply. Transform. Would you like to be a guest on the show or have a health-related question? Send me a message! Love, Health and Blessings, Rekishia Discover More About Denise Turney! Get your copy of Denise's Award-winning books here: Chistell Visit Denise on Amazon: Amazon Visit Denise on Facebook: Facebook Visit Denise on Twitter: Twitter More Resources to Download: Free Healthy for a Higher Purpose E-Book Sign up for My Medically Endorsed 21-Day Health Coaching Program GetFit21 Watch My Free Course: 7 Ways to Boost Immune Health and Live a Vibrant Life REGISTER NOW for the Space for Her 2023 Total Health Conference! Moving Into New Dimensions My Award-Winning Health Book: Rock Your World Naturally: 7 Divine Keys to Unlock Extraordinary Health Join the Facebook Community: www.rekishiamcmillancommunity.com Join the Rekishia McMillan School of Health: www.rekishiamcmillancommunity.com/schoolofhealth Listen to Related Episodes: 84 | The Spiritual Forecast for 2023 with Pastor Bill Jenkins Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!) License code: PGQUYAXKYNX3DEEL: All Things You Love --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rekishiamcmillan/support

Ontario's Dustin Bird has partnered with award-winning Canadian film The Long Rider for the just released official music video of his single "Cowboy Stay". On working with Dustin on this music video, The Long Rider director Sean Cisterna says: "Dustin Bird's Cowboy Stay is the perfect musical companion to The Long Rider. Not only does his music fit the style and tone of our documentary, but the themes in his song are emotionally resonant to what Filipe experienced on his epic journey across the Americas.” Continuing to push boundaries within the country genre, the video follows Dustin's powerful anthem for equality, “Hating On Love.” The track completes the trilogy story that Dustin has been unveiling with his recent releases. In his 2021 single "Get Go" (2022 Indie Award nominated) where Dustin proclaims his love for a partner he has yet to meet. In "Cowboy Stay" the lovers have united with a bond so strong that even a wild cowboy will hang up his hat and settle down. Finally, in “Hating On Love” that love, no matter who its with, it celebrating in full force. Dustin Bird's latest collection of new music follows his debut album Unscripted, which landed in the iTunes Top 10 upon its 2021 release. With a unique sound that takes the best from the classics and infuses forward-thinking songwriting and production, Dustin Bird brings a fresh face to country music and continues to push boundaries within the genre.. As a performer with a natural love for entertaining an audience, Dustin Bird has played major festivals such as Boots and Hearts, Havelock Jamboree, Kempenfest and more. His tour history also includes opening for major Canadian acts such as Tyler Shaw, Tim Hicks, Jess Moskaluke and The Washboard Union, among others.

Red Dead Redemption Trailer & Details Ataribox Release and Details You Can Win A Real Playstation Platinum Trophy We asked the Game On Australia Community what the best gaming soundtrack is and got flooded with suggestions! Thank you so much for sending them through, we go through them one by one and discuss our own favourites and why! Interview: Michael Chu from Shadowplay Studios in Sydney, has been nominated for the PAX 2017 Indie Award for his game - Projection - he talks exclusively to the Game On Australia Podcast about the game and what it's like to be one of 6 finalists! I've Got You In My Sights: Dan has a message for gamespot.com.au... Old Skool Retro Pick Of The Week: A PS1 console, complete with chords, cards, and controllers is going cheap! Congratulations to the 5 winners of our Sydney Oz Comic Con double passes, enjoy the weekend! Check out all of GOA shows.

Red Dead Redemption Trailer & Details Ataribox Release and Details You Can Win A Real Playstation Platinum Trophy We asked the Game On Australia Community what the best gaming soundtrack is and got flooded with suggestions! Thank you so much for sending them through, we go through them one by one and discuss our own favourites and why! Interview: Michael Chu from Shadowplay Studios in Sydney, has been nominated for the PAX 2017 Indie Award for his game - Projection - he talks exclusively to the Game On Australia Podcast about the game and what it's like to be one of 6 finalists! I've Got You In My Sights: Dan has a message for gamespot.com.au... Old Skool Retro Pick Of The Week: A PS1 console, complete with chords, cards, and controllers is going cheap! Congratulations to the 5 winners of our Sydney Oz Comic Con double passes, enjoy the weekend! Check out all of GOA shows.

We discuss Emmy winning soap operas: Bold, Days, GH, Y&R and the Indie Award winning Forever and A Day (FAAD).

Toni Jordan has worked as a molecular biologist, quality control chemist, TAB operator and door-to-door aluminium siding salesperson, and is the author of five novels. Her debut, the international best-seller Addition was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and won the Indie Award for best first book. Nine Days was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards and was named in Kirkus Review's top 10 Historical Novels of 2013. Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (2016) was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Toni has been published widely in newspapers and magazines. She holds a bachelor of science in physiology and a PhD in creative arts. Her most recent novel is Dinner with the Schnabels (2022). Toni lives in Melbourne.Get Dinner with the Schnabels Here: Amazon AUS Pre-order my new book 'The Path of an Eagle: How To Overcome & Lead After Being Knocked Down'. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thestorybox. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Toni Jordan takes us through the process behind writing her novel Dinner with the Schnabels. We talked about point of view and why she decided to write the book from a male perspective, how she sits down to write a scene, her daily writing practice, how she dealt with setting a novel in pandemic times and the way she balances pathos with humour. Toni also has a fantastic exercise for writers at the end of the chat so listen out for that.You'll find links to buy both paperback and ebook versions of Dinner with the Schnabels here.ABOUT TONIToni Jordan has worked as a molecular biologist, quality control chemist, TAB operator and door-to-door aluminium siding salesperson, and is the author of five novels. Her debut, the international best-seller Addition was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and won the Indie Award for best first book. Nine Days was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards and was named in Kirkus Review's top 10 Historical Novels of 2013. Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (2016) was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Toni has been published widely in newspapers and magazines. She holds a bachelor of science in physiology and a PhD in creative arts. Her most recent novel is Dinner with the Schnabels (2022). Toni lives in Melbourne.Find Toni online at her website or on FacebookThis podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com

On this Interconnections podcast we have Mark Gabriel, president and CEO of Colorado-based United Power to talk about its separation from Tri-State and upcoming renewable energy procurement.Mark Gabriel is a 25-year veteran in the electric utility business. Prior to United Power, he served as Administrator and CEO of the Western Area Power Administration and as Acting President at the Electric Power Research Institute, where he led a nationwide effort known as the Electricity Sector Framework for the Future. He is also the author of the Indie Award-winning book, Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future. Upon joining United Power in March, Gabriel took over energy negotiations with the cooperative's wholesale power provider, Tri-State G&T, and together with staff developed a 10-year plan providing direction for the future of the co-op. New Project Media (NPM) is an actionable data & proprietary intelligence platform dedicated to coverage of the North American renewable energy market. NPM helps leading developers, capital providers, investors, advisors, utilities and corporate subscribers enhance their deal flow, peer tracking, market research, and origination efforts by leveraging its content to inform business decisions.www.newprojectmedia.com

Episode 188 of "Mole N' Zanes' Podcast of Rambling Randomness™" "Indie Award and The X-Men"......or.......A Free Mug? On this episode Mole N' Zane talk about The Random Awards and Mole has a sit down with 2 of his favorite people in the whole wide world Eric and Julia Lewald of X-Men The Animated Series and the book "X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series" again to catch up, hear some more stories, and .......see if they can give us an inside scoop on X-Men 97 from Marvel/Disney+....All that and we have the Returns of Eleanor Wrestling and our Finnish Fact Finder Hanna!!! all music provided by Spotify unless otherwise noted also while you are there be sure to click that store link and buy some sweet sweet merch....modeled by.....our very own Finnish Fact Finder Hanna!! follow her on all her socials Twitter https://twitter.com/Hannan_Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hannanpodcast/ also listen to her podcast (in Finnish) https://open.spotify.com/show/5C50pY9ZD5m1SbfLsfb4Cw?si=TEJETsFETSCxnxU7wGfq0A&dl_branch=1 follow Eleanor Wrestling over on all her socials and on the Tube giving you the updates and reviews of all that is Pro Wrestling Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPcHKW375adu64hRJQg2ftQ Twitter https://twitter.com/themaneleanor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eleanor__wrestling/ And be sure to get Random with us at www.digitalzoneent.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

**This is an edited replay of Christee Palace's appearance on the July 3rd, 2021 show.**Music From Friends can be heard live, every Saturday night, on WNTN 1550 AM, from 6-8pm.Listen online at WNTN1550am.com. Replays of the live show can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Google PodcastsInstagram for the show: @musicfromfriends, get updates and share music suggestions for future shows!!Support the show on patreon.com/musicfromfriends and get access to a video live stream from the WNTN 1550 AM studio.Spotify playlist for the show: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7bxuqAQuDxYiGQSqWK6cl6?si=sAUOC3OxS1Kttr2jVyb3rgFeatured artist's website: https://www.christeepalace.com/ About Christee from my intro to the show: Christee is a well established and award winning pop artist based in Toronto!  The daughter of a very successful singer, songwriter, and producer in Windsor, Canada, music has been apart of her life since at least age 4.  In her professional career, it seems like everything she puts out there has notable success.  “Harden My Heart,” “Love Me In The Dark,” “Wrong To Say Goodbye,” and “What Have You Done To Me,” have appeared on several big Spotify playlists, played on Canadian radio and morning TV shows, have been used as sync for the show “Temptation Island,” and opened the door for lots of big performances.  In 2019, she won the Indie Award at the Jim Beam National Talent Search.  Finally, her newest single, “#1 Girl,” has inspired many of her fans and is already being played on Canadian radio stations.Christee was able to stream into the show from her home town of Windsor.  Lots of great stories about her musical upbringing and some heavy discussions about bad relationships.  The show wraps up talking about why wellness (both mental and physical) are so important in her career.  Lot's of great content on her YouTube channel that you should check out as well.Song featured in this episode:Music From Friends Theme song - Alec Sullivan“#1 Girl” - Christee Palace“What Have You Done To Me” - Christee Palace“Danger” - Christee Palace

Diane Robin talks the time she got kicked off the Universal lot as a young actor, fighting for the career you want, working with legends, and the time another actor tried to psyche her out! About Diane Robin:Although often cast as a New Yorker, Diane Robin was born in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. Her training began in high school, with a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, and she was the youngest person to have been accepted into the adult program. Diane got a manager who convinced her to sneak on to the Universal lot, and personally hand deliver her picture and resumé to a casting director. She did, but was then thrown off the lot by a security guard. Telling the story of the fiasco to a complete stranger, he replied "I'm an agent and don't have anyone like you." She signed with him the next day, and has gone on to appear in over 120 television and film productions. Diane has worked with Academy Award-winning actors including Holly Hunter, Robin Williams, and Jeff Bridges. Some of the legendary directors with whom she has worked include Terry Gilliam, Peter Hyams, Chris Columbus, and Paul Verhoeven in Robocop, as Chandra in the infamous "bitches Leave " scene. She has guest starred on numerous TV shows including NCIS, Desperate Housewives, and MacGyver. She's also costarred in many Hallmark and Lifetime movies such as McBride, Mystery Woman and Annie's Point. She can be seen in Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco, House of Deadly Secrets with Patty McCormack, and You Can't take My Daughter with Lyndsy Fonseca. One of her favorite roles is in Indie Award-winning comedy Dating Daisy playing the pushy endearing mother Eleanor. She is very excited about her acclaimed comedy web series Strange Therapy, in which she stars , and wrote which is now on Amazon Prime. Diane just completed filming the thriller Deadly Reunion, and will soon begin shooting The Sweepers in which she stars. She enjoys performing both drama and comedy, as reflected in her long list of credits on IMDB. Always happy on a set, Diane got a license plate so there would be no ambiguity about who she is and what she loves to do. It simply reads CAST ME.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianerobin7/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mibelladiClick here for the "Strange Therapy" Trailer!Follow the show on social media!                 Instagram: https://instagram.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/                 Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfci_podcast                  Facebook: http://facebook.com/thanksforcominginpodcast/                    Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas

Castella is a proud native of Long Beach, California.  Castella embodies strength and courage, she goes after what she wants and gets it! Castella was born Cathy Rebecca Crowell, the baby girl of the family. Affectionately named after her grandmothers, Kathleen and Rebecca, she carries the spirit and strength of these two beautiful women with her daily. She is married to Oliver L. Thompson Jr. and they have three beautiful children, Aaron, Tristan & Cailyn. Singing all of her life in church choirs & groups and as a soloist, Castella’s voice is unique, different, strong, powerful, yet soothing. She chose the name Castella to honor her maternal grandmother. She proudly carries the name Castella as a badge of honor, respect and strength. Many of her musical influences growing up were gutsy, powerful singers like Phyllis Hyman, Tramaine Hawkins, Daryl Coley, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Sarah Vaughn, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Mikki Howard, Regina Belle, and many, many more. CASTELLA: SMOOTH JAZZ NETWORK BREAKOUT ARTIST OF 2020 FINALIST! Castella has been nominated for the Indie Soul Awards 2021 in the category of Newcomer of the Year!Support the show (https://www.gofundme.com/lets-jazz-it-up-ladydiva-live-radio&rcid=r01-155237937664-a0ba938ee6e24441&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w)

Castella is a proud native of Long Beach, California. Castella embodies strength and courage, she goes after what she wants and gets it! Castella was born Cathy Rebecca Crowell, the baby girl of the family. Affectionately named after her grandmothers, Kathleen and Rebecca, she carries the spirit and strength of these two beautiful women with her daily. She is married to Oliver L. Thompson Jr. and they have three beautiful children, Aaron, Tristan & Cailyn. Singing all of her life in church choirs & groups and as a soloist, Castella's voice is unique, different, strong, powerful, yet soothing. She chose the name Castella to honor her maternal grandmother. She proudly carries the name Castella as a badge of honor, respect and strength. Many of her musical influences growing up were gutsy, powerful singers like Phyllis Hyman, Tramaine Hawkins, Daryl Coley, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Sarah Vaughn, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Mikki Howard, Regina Belle, and many, many more. CASTELLA: SMOOTH JAZZ NETWORK BREAKOUT ARTIST OF 2020 FINALIST! Castella has been nominated for the Indie Soul Awards 2021 in the category of Newcomer of the Year!

My guest is an award-winning actress and songwriter, Frida Farrell who stars in the true-life drama about sex trafficking called Apartment 407, now playing on Amazon Prime here in the United States and Canada – soon will be coming to her fans in Europe. For Farrell this is her story, she helped write it and even wrote the opening music for the film. The Swedish actress was rewarded for her creative efforts as Apartment 407 won international acclaim with multiple awards from all over Europe and the United States including an “Indie Award for the Best Picture at the prestigious Raindance festival in London. For Farrell, the awards and international acclaim have been appreciated but the real payoff from the film has been a large number of women who have contacted her or organizations to share their personal stories about sex trafficking or other types of abuse. She has been very gratified that her film and her own personal story of sex trafficking have brought the issue of sexual abuse to light for so many women. Farrell like all of us has been in her home in Sweden riding out the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic. But during that time she has been working on several projects including a new album that will be out soon and looking for the next TV or film project to take on. While we wait for the new album catch Farrell along with Nick Mancuso in Contract Killers now on Amazon Prime Video. The film brought her the honor of the “Breakout Female Star” award at the Orlando Film Festival and other competitions worldwide. The film established Ferrell as a true leading lady and a badass action star. Check her out on social media on Instagram @thefridafarrellAlso her website - https://www.fridafarrell.com/ IDMB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1690632/SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WJJKtIFYAeD2TzrErmrSGPromotional consideration for Stream On with Jim Williams comes from Sling TV. They are far and away, the best live streaming service on the planet.Cord cutters and cord nevers want a place to keep up with live TV with sports or news. Well, we have the best possible option at the best cost in the business.Check them out at https://www.sling.com/It doesn’t matter if you like sports, or news, or entertainment they have it all in one place at a price that will have you cutting the cord today! Check out www.slingtv.com for their outstanding live service today and start saving money.Have questions or comments?No problem just ask away on social media Twitter @JWMediaDC Instagram – Jimwilliams200 Email at jimwilliamsmedia@gmail.com

Maxine Beneba Clarke explores her gorgeous picture book, When We Say Black Lives Matter, in this 2020 interview. Maxine is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Maxine's short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have been published in numerous publications including Overland, The Age, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper and The Big Issue. Her critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil won the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015 and the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writing at the 2015 ABIAs and the 2015 Stella Prize. She was also named as one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Novelists for 2015. Maxine has published three poetry collections including Carrying the World, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry 2017 and was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award. The Hate Race, a memoir about growing up black in Australia won the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and Stella Prize. In 2019 Maxine co-edited the anthology Growing Up African in Australia. The Patchwork Bike, Maxine's first picture book with Van T. Rudd was a CBCA Honour Book for 2017. She has since written three more picture books - Wide Big World (2018), Fashionista (2019) and When We Say Black Lives Matter (2020). Maxine has appeared on The Garret twice before - the first interview was a live event about Growing Up African in Australia, and the second was a close reading of her memoir The Hate Race. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maxine Beneba Clarke joins Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards to consider creativity and determination. Maxine is a phenomenally talented Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Her works include her memoir The Hate Race (which received the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and Stella Prize) and the short fiction collection Foreign Soil (which received the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writing and the Stella Prize). Join us on Monday for an episode on momentum. CHAT WITH US Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod and don't forget to follow Jamila (on Instagram and Twitter) and Astrid (also on Instagram and Twitter) to continue the conversation. This podcast is brought to you by Future Women. The podcast is produced by Bad Producer Productions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maia Toll is the author of The Illustrated Herbiary which won an Indie Award, a Nautilus Award, and has been on the Pacific Northwest bestseller list. While published in 2018, the seeds for The Illustrated Herbiary and the other books in The Wild Wisdom Collection (The Illustrated Bestiary, October 2019 and The Illustrated Crystallary, Sept. 2020) were planted years earlier when Maia apprenticed with a traditional healer in Ireland where she spent extensive time studying the growing cycles of plants, the alchemy of medicine making, and the psychology of working with humans and illness.

Joining me for this episode's online chat is one of my favourite Australian authors, Toni Jordan. Toni has worked as a molecular biologist, quality control chemist, TAB operator and door-to-door aluminium siding salesperson. She holds a bachelor of science in physiology and a PhD in creative arts and is the author of five novels. Her debut, the international best-seller Addition, and the first of hers I read, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and won the Indie Award for best first book. This was followed by Fall Girl, Nine Days, Our Tiny, Useless Hearts and most recently The Fragments. I asked Toni numerous questions about The Fragments, a sumptuous literary mystery (which I wanted so badly to be non fiction) and we discussed her cocktail game, which is strong my friends, very strong! The pairings: Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany In the late 1970s, in the forgotten outer suburbs, a girl has her hands in the engine of a Holden. A sinister new man has joined the family. He works as a mechanic and operates an unlicensed repair shop at the back of their block. The family is under threat. The girl reads the Holden workshop manual for guidance. She resists the man with silence, then with sabotage. She fights him at the place where she believes his heart lives – in the engine of the car. Toni paired a favourite classic cocktail, the Negroni, which she makes in batches and uses the good vermouth but the less good gin (!) with this sparse, bitter and intense story. The Dictionary Of Lost Words by Pip Williams Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the ‘Scriptorium', a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word ‘bondmaid' flutters to the floor. Esme rescues the slip and stashes it in an old wooden case that belongs to her friend, Lizzie, a young servant in the big house. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. They help her make sense of the world. Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. While she dedicates her life to the Oxford English Dictionary, secretly, she begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words. Toni chose to pair this beautiful, feminist re-telling of history with another classic cocktail, an Old Fashioned. Although she loves good whiskey she doesn't use the good whiskey here, any old whiskey will do!

Suzanne Daniel won the Indie Award for a Debut Novel with her humorous and caring story of a young girl being brought up by two very different grandmothers in 'Allegra in Three Parts'.

In this special episode, it's a break from format in response to unfolding developments in the COVID-19 outbreak. As a veteran crisis manager, Tim recently wrote a blog post on how to reduce panic and fear in the wake of recent events. The post has been broadly picked up and shared in the public relations and communications industries. In this episode, Tim shares that content with you in the hopes it can help you become a calming force for those around you. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Reduce_Fear_and_Panic_auphonic.mp3 Link to Tim's Full Blog Post CDC Web Site World Health Organization About Tim O'Brien Tim O'Brien is an accredited communications strategist and consultant, advising clients from Fortune 100 companies to associations, start-ups and nonprofits. He has provided service to clients across every major sector and has seen programs from conceptualization through planning. He has worked extensively in crisis communications, issues management, professional services marketing, writing and content development, marketing, media relations, message development, and workplace communications. He formed O'Brien Communications in 2001, a Pittsburgh PR firm, after serving as Communications Director and the Chief Investor Relations Officer at Tollgrade Communications, a telecom firm that played a significant role in the rollout of broadband technology. At Tollgrade, he was a member of the company's Executive Committee, responsible for all internal and external communications, serving as primary spokesperson. Before Tollgrade, Tim spent ten years at Ketchum, where he was a Vice President, a member of the Pittsburgh office's Management Committee, and a leader in Ketchum's Crisis Communications and Issues Management practice areas. At Ketchum, he managed corporate, employee and media relations, in addition to crisis communications programs, community relations and marketing communications initiatives. He started his career as a Producer/News Writer at KDKA TV & Radio. Tim earned his bachelor's degree with majors in Journalism and Speech Communications at Duquesne University. He was accredited (APR) by Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 1990, and he is on PRSA's Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). He has served on the PRSA/Pittsburgh Board of Directors. An experienced PR pro, he has presented at professional and trade functions, including the American Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education programs. Tim has also lectured at graduate and undergraduate programs at institutions including: Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University, Chatham University and at other colleges and universities. He contributed to the PR News Crisis Management Guidebook, the PR News Employee Communications Guidebook, and he was featured in Harvard Business School Press's The Essentials of Corporate Communications and Public Relations. In 2017, he was honored with the inaugural “Indie Award” from the Public Relations Society of America for his contributions to the national independent PR consultant community. His work has been recognized in several competitions, including receipt of the Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation from PRSA for the Shaping Opinion podcast, PRSA Renaissance Awards, the Association of Business Communicators and the Dalton Pen Communications Award Program for Excellence in Annual Reports, the NFPW Communications Awards, the International Academy of the Visual Arts' Communicator Awards, and the Pennsylvania Press Club.

In this special episode, it’s a break from format in response to unfolding developments in the COVID-19 outbreak. As a veteran crisis manager, Tim recently wrote a blog post on how to reduce panic and fear in the wake of recent events. The post has been broadly picked up and shared in the public relations and communications industries. In this episode, Tim shares that content with you in the hopes it can help you become a calming force for those around you. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Reduce_Fear_and_Panic_auphonic.mp3 Link to Tim's Full Blog Post CDC Web Site World Health Organization About Tim O’Brien Tim O’Brien is an accredited communications strategist and consultant, advising clients from Fortune 100 companies to associations, start-ups and nonprofits. He has provided service to clients across every major sector and has seen programs from conceptualization through planning. He has worked extensively in crisis communications, issues management, professional services marketing, writing and content development, marketing, media relations, message development, and workplace communications. He formed O’Brien Communications in 2001, a Pittsburgh PR firm, after serving as Communications Director and the Chief Investor Relations Officer at Tollgrade Communications, a telecom firm that played a significant role in the rollout of broadband technology. At Tollgrade, he was a member of the company’s Executive Committee, responsible for all internal and external communications, serving as primary spokesperson. Before Tollgrade, Tim spent ten years at Ketchum, where he was a Vice President, a member of the Pittsburgh office’s Management Committee, and a leader in Ketchum’s Crisis Communications and Issues Management practice areas. At Ketchum, he managed corporate, employee and media relations, in addition to crisis communications programs, community relations and marketing communications initiatives. He started his career as a Producer/News Writer at KDKA TV & Radio. Tim earned his bachelor’s degree with majors in Journalism and Speech Communications at Duquesne University. He was accredited (APR) by Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 1990, and he is on PRSA’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). He has served on the PRSA/Pittsburgh Board of Directors. An experienced PR pro, he has presented at professional and trade functions, including the American Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education programs. Tim has also lectured at graduate and undergraduate programs at institutions including: Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University, Chatham University and at other colleges and universities. He contributed to the PR News Crisis Management Guidebook, the PR News Employee Communications Guidebook, and he was featured in Harvard Business School Press’s The Essentials of Corporate Communications and Public Relations. In 2017, he was honored with the inaugural “Indie Award” from the Public Relations Society of America for his contributions to the national independent PR consultant community. His work has been recognized in several competitions, including receipt of the Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation from PRSA for the Shaping Opinion podcast, PRSA Renaissance Awards, the Association of Business Communicators and the Dalton Pen Communications Award Program for Excellence in Annual Reports, the NFPW Communications Awards, the International Academy of the Visual Arts’ Communicator Awards, and the Pennsylvania Press Club.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is a highly awarded Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. The Hate Race (2015), her memoir of growing up in Sydney in the 1980s and 1990s, immediately entered the canon of contemporary Australian literature. The Hate Race received the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and The Stella Prize. This interview is a close study of Maxine's memoir. Maxine is prolific. Her other works include The Saturday Paper Portraits (2019) and the critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil (2015), as well as three picture books - Fashionista (2019), Wide Big World (with Isobel Knowles in 2018) and The Patchwork Bike (with Van T. Rudd in 2016). Her poetry can be found in The Saturday Paper most weeks, and she has published three poetry collections Carrying the World, Gil Scott Heron Is on Parole and Nothing Here Needs Fixing. Maxine's short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have also been published in numerous publications including Overland, The Age, Meanjin and The Big Issue. About The Garret The transcript of this interview will be published soon at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author, editor and publisher, Hilary McPhee, joins Mel Cranenburgh to discuss her new memoir Other People’s Houses. Fleeing the aftermath of a failed marriage, Hilary began the project in the Middle East where she had travelled to write about a member of the Hashemite royal family. The book that emerged from this was not the book she had anticipated but instead became a welcome exploration of the changes that she underwent at this time in her life. The result is, as one reviewer notes, ‘inspiring’.Mel is then joined by Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek (2015), winner of the Indie Award for Best Debut, the ABIA Matt Richell Award and the Dobbie Award, and shortlisted for prizes including the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK's Walter Scott Prize. Her latest book, Wolfe Island, has been met with similar acclaim with The Age describing it as ‘deeply moving’. Set on a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, the main protagonist, Kitty Hawke, confronts a fraught world - one that threatens all of us - with flight, exile and bewilderment.

Deze week praat ik met Ilse Ooms over haar prachtige boek ‘Bikkeltje’ dat gaat over Merle, haar sterke dochter die met een zware handicap werd geboren. Tijdens het lezen sloot ik Merle in mijn hart en ik was niet de enige: daarna won het boek de Indie Award voor meest leerzame boek (non fictie). Ilse (1980) kreeg samen met haar man Patrick vier dochters, waaronder de ernstig beperkte Merle. Zij werkt als docent voor de opleiding Communicatie van de Hogeschool Rotterdam. Met ‘Bikkeltje’ wil zij mensen laten zien wat het is om een (ernstig) beperkt kind te hebben en hoopt zij de vaak complexe en intensieve zorg voor deze kinderen te kunnen veranderen.   Belangrijke links: Het boek Bikkeltje Facebook pagina van Bikkeltje Illustratie boekomslag het Gehandicapte Kind   Wil je meer van mij weten? Kijk dan op www.maschasiekkotter.com of volg mij op Instagram via @maschasiekkotter Met dank aan lillyandthecity & thepodcastgirl

This week, Dr. Summer Watson talks with Anne Marie Cummings, who is Emmy nominated in acting, writing, and directing, an Indie Series award winning director, a Telly award bronze winner for Best Scripted Series and an Indie Series nominated actress, writer, and producer. Anne Marie began acting at a very early age, honed her skills at Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, and at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. She has also created, written, and directed the Amazon Prime Series “Conversations in L.A,” which is described as “a single-shot mid-life love story.” Take a moment to tune-in to this episode, where Anne Marie speaks about her passion for acting, producing, and directing, and how she has creatively curated her unique journey to live her dreams! Listen today! Follow Anne Marie at: annemariecummings.com, IMDB, on Instagram @annemariecummingsartist and @conversationsinla, and on Twitter @converseinla Thank you for taking the time to listen to the KORE Women podcast and being a part of the KORE Women experience. You can listen to The KORE Women podcast on your favorite podcast directory - Pandora, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, and at: www.KOREWomen.com/podcast. Please leave your comments and reviews about the podcast and check out KORE Women on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You can also learn more about Dr. Summer Watson and KORE Women at: www.korewomen.com.

This week we’ll take a listen to Chapter One of my WHA'D'YA WANNA DO? Album.  It won the INDIE AWARD for Album of the Year in the children's category from NAIRD, the National Association of Independent Record Distributors

Summary, Episode 4: In this episdode you will hear a personal interview with guitarist and composer Al Petteway. Show Notes: FGH-0004: Interview With Al Petteway – Grammy & Indie Award Winning Fingerstyle Guitarist and Composer In this episode of the Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout Podcast, Al Petteway gives his thoughts and insights on: His wide array […] The post FGH-0004: Interview With Al Petteway – Grammy & Indie Award Winning Fingerstyle Guitarist and Composer appeared first on Adam Rafferty.

Summary, Episode 4: In this episdode you will hear a personal interview with guitarist and composer Al Petteway. Show Notes: FGH-0004: Interview With Al Petteway – Grammy & Indie Award Winning Fingerstyle Guitarist and Composer In this episode of the Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout Podcast, Al Petteway gives his thoughts and insights on: His wide array […] The post FGH-0004: Interview With Al Petteway – Grammy & Indie Award Winning Fingerstyle Guitarist and Composer appeared first on Adam Rafferty.

Red Dead Redemption Trailer & Details Ataribox Release and Details You Can Win A Real Playstation Platinum Trophy We asked the Game On Australia Community what the best gaming soundtrack is and got flooded with suggestions! Thank you so much for sending them through, we go through them one by one and discuss our own favourites and why! Interview: Michael Chu from Shadowplay Studios in Sydney, has been nominated for the PAX 2017 Indie Award for his game - Projection - he talks exclusively to the Game On Australia Podcast about the game and what it's like to be one of 6 finalists! I've Got You In My Sights: Dan has a message for gamespot.com.au... Old Skool Retro Pick Of The Week: A PS1 console, complete with chords, cards, and controllers is going cheap! --------------------- Congratulations to the 5 winners of our Sydney Oz Comic Con double passes, enjoy the weekend! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Krystian Leonard returns to Dreamers Podcast for the first time since becoming Miss West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Queen! Krystian Leonard is an 19 year old WVU College student and award-winning author and advocate with an adventurous spirit. She dedicates countless hours volunteering and supporting various charities annually. Since her journey into self-acceptance began, Krystian wrote her first children's book at age 15, titled Shining Scars, a Mom's Choice Award recipient, which was published by Headline Books, as a way to meet the need of children just like herself, who are healing and living with visible scars. Krystian founded and now serves as the President of her non-profit organization Shining S.C.A.R.S. as an outreach to help others. With the help of local sponsors and fundraising events, Krystian has been able to travel spreading her message of self-acceptance both near and far. She donates copies of her children's book and regularly speaks at area schools and clubs. She has appeared in the Indie Award winning book Who I Am: American Scar Stories, by Jenny Cutler Lopez. And is a co-author for the Best Selller for Contagious Optimism book 2 - 10 Habits of Truly Optimistic People by David Mezzapple. Krystian was a keynote speaker at the Contagious Optimism Live event in Jupiter Florida, as well as TEDx Boca Raton New Beginnings, and Next Gen Summit. Krystian received the innagural Next Gen Summit Humanitarian 2015 Award, in Austin Texas. She was recently recognized as one of 99 Most Inspirational Women for 2016, and will appear in the book99 Most Inspirational Women book 2, by Bri Seeley due out this year.  Check out Krystian Leonard's nonprofit organization Shiningscars.com! You can also check out Krystian's first interview on Dreamers Podcast here back on episode 143. Shoot me your questions to Joe@SuperJoePardo.com Watch the Dreamers Podcast Pre-Show, this week with Matt! https://youtu.be/lL6mfiqEzp0 Episode 243

Krystian Leonard returns to Dreamers Podcast for the first time since becoming Miss West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Queen! Krystian Leonard is an 19 year old WVU College student and award-winning author and advocate with an adventurous spirit. She dedicates countless hours volunteering and supporting various charities annually. Since her journey into self-acceptance began, Krystian wrote her first children's book at age 15, titled Shining Scars, a Mom's Choice Award recipient, which was published by Headline Books, as a way to meet the need of children just like herself, who are healing and living with visible scars. Krystian founded and now serves as the President of her non-profit organization Shining S.C.A.R.S. as an outreach to help others. With the help of local sponsors and fundraising events, Krystian has been able to travel spreading her message of self-acceptance both near and far. She donates copies of her children's book and regularly speaks at area schools and clubs. She has appeared in the Indie Award winning book Who I Am: American Scar Stories, by Jenny Cutler Lopez. And is a co-author for the Best Selller for Contagious Optimism book 2 - 10 Habits of Truly Optimistic People by David Mezzapple. Krystian was a keynote speaker at the Contagious Optimism Live event in Jupiter Florida, as well as TEDx Boca Raton New Beginnings, and Next Gen Summit. Krystian received the innagural Next Gen Summit Humanitarian 2015 Award, in Austin Texas. She was recently recognized as one of 99 Most Inspirational Women for 2016, and will appear in the book99 Most Inspirational Women book 2, by Bri Seeley due out this year.  Check out Krystian Leonard's nonprofit organization Shiningscars.com! You can also check out Krystian's first interview on Dreamers Podcast here back on episode 143. Shoot me your questions to Joe@SuperJoePardo.com Watch the Dreamers Podcast Pre-Show, this week with Matt! https://youtu.be/lL6mfiqEzp0 Episode 243

Krystian Leonard returns to Dreamers Podcast for the first time since becoming Miss West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Queen! Krystian Leonard is an 19 year old WVU College student and award-winning author and advocate with an adventurous spirit. She dedicates countless hours volunteering and supporting various charities annually. Since her journey into self-acceptance began, Krystian wrote her first children's book at age 15, titled Shining Scars, a Mom's Choice Award recipient, which was published by Headline Books, as a way to meet the need of children just like herself, who are healing and living with visible scars. Krystian founded and now serves as the President of her non-profit organization Shining S.C.A.R.S. as an outreach to help others. With the help of local sponsors and fundraising events, Krystian has been able to travel spreading her message of self-acceptance both near and far. She donates copies of her children's book and regularly speaks at area schools and clubs. She has appeared in the Indie Award winning book Who I Am: American Scar Stories, by Jenny Cutler Lopez. And is a co-author for the Best Selller for Contagious Optimism book 2 - 10 Habits of Truly Optimistic People by David Mezzapple. Krystian was a keynote speaker at the Contagious Optimism Live event in Jupiter Florida, as well as TEDx Boca Raton New Beginnings, and Next Gen Summit. Krystian received the innagural Next Gen Summit Humanitarian 2015 Award, in Austin Texas. She was recently recognized as one of 99 Most Inspirational Women for 2016, and will appear in the book99 Most Inspirational Women book 2, by Bri Seeley due out this year.  Check out Krystian Leonard's nonprofit organization Shiningscars.com! You can also check out Krystian's first interview on Dreamers Podcast here back on episode 143. Shoot me your questions to Joe@SuperJoePardo.com Watch the Dreamers Podcast Pre-Show, this week with Matt! https://youtu.be/lL6mfiqEzp0 Episode 243

Krystian Leonard returns to Dreamers Podcast for the first time since becoming Miss West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Queen! Krystian Leonard is an 19 year old WVU College student and award-winning author and advocate with an adventurous spirit. She dedicates countless hours volunteering and supporting various charities annually. Since her journey into self-acceptance began, Krystian wrote her first children's book at age 15, titled Shining Scars, a Mom's Choice Award recipient, which was published by Headline Books, as a way to meet the need of children just like herself, who are healing and living with visible scars. Krystian founded and now serves as the President of her non-profit organization Shining S.C.A.R.S. as an outreach to help others. With the help of local sponsors and fundraising events, Krystian has been able to travel spreading her message of self-acceptance both near and far. She donates copies of her children's book and regularly speaks at area schools and clubs. She has appeared in the Indie Award winning book Who I Am: American Scar Stories, by Jenny Cutler Lopez. And is a co-author for the Best Selller for Contagious Optimism book 2 - 10 Habits of Truly Optimistic People by David Mezzapple. Krystian was a keynote speaker at the Contagious Optimism Live event in Jupiter Florida, as well as TEDx Boca Raton New Beginnings, and Next Gen Summit. Krystian received the innagural Next Gen Summit Humanitarian 2015 Award, in Austin Texas. She was recently recognized as one of 99 Most Inspirational Women for 2016, and will appear in the book99 Most Inspirational Women book 2, by Bri Seeley due out this year.  Check out Krystian Leonard's nonprofit organization Shiningscars.com! You can also check out Krystian's first interview on Dreamers Podcast here back on episode 143. Shoot me your questions to Joe@SuperJoePardo.com Watch the Dreamers Podcast Pre-Show, this week with Matt! https://youtu.be/lL6mfiqEzp0 Episode 243

Judith Rossell wins an Indie Award! Book 2 of the Mapmaker Chronicles is released, how punctuation marks got their names, 10 tools to keep you writing, first novel published at 95 years old, Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words, Writer in Residence Alice Campion, the one-minute writer, how often you should pitch and more! Got a question for Val and Al? Ask at podcast@writerscentre.com.au. Read the show notes.  WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com 

Suzanne Ciani Piano Concert Hear the inauguration of our newly gifted grand piano with a concert by Bolinas composer-pianist Suzanne Ciani. Suzanne performed original compositions for piano solo, followed by a conversation with TNS Host Michael Lerner. Ciani’s many recognitions include five Grammy nominations for Best New Age Album, the Indie Award for Best New Age Album and Keyboard Magazine’s “New Age Keyboardist of the Year.” Suzanne Ciani In the early nineties, Suzanne relocated to Bolinas from New York City to concentrate on her artistic career after 20 years as a leader in the field of sound design for film and television, creating award-winning music for a host of high profile Fortune 500 clients. Additionally, she has the recognition of being the first woman hired to score a major Hollywood feature, scoring the Lily Tomlin feature The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Suzanne also brought her special talents to games, scoring original musical FX for Bally’s Xenon Pinball and becoming the first female voice in a game; the story of her creative work became the subject of a television segment of Omni Magazine, hosted by Peter Ustinov. In 1995, she established her own record label, Seventh Wave, after many years as an artist on major labels (Atlantic, Private Music/Windham Hill/BMG/Sony). In addition to her fifteen albums, she has published four books of original piano music through the Hal Leonard Corporation. Her signature composition, “The Velocity of Love,” appears in numerous anthologies of romantic music. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.

TODAY'S GUEST THE TALENTED AUTHORS OF BSAT "THE ONE TEST YOU WON'T FAIL... TO LAUGH AT" JOHN FORSTER award-winning songwriter, humorist and record producer His musicals includes the regional theater favorite Eleanor-An American Love Story (www.eleanorthemusical.com) as well as Into The Light on Broadway and the Off Broadway revues Pretzels and A Good Swift Kick. His latest is Mariel, an Afro-Cuban immigration story commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse in 2007. His scores for young audiences include l How To Eat Like A Child, one of the most widely produced children's shows.(licensed amuel French, Inc.), as well as book and lyrics for Freaky Friday with composer Mary Rodgers.. John's 1994 debut album Entering Marion won an Indie Award for Best Comedy Album.His songs are featured on NPR's “Morning Edition.” John's song “Sing Me The Story Of Your Day” sung by Faith Hill on the 2006 Grammy-winning Thanks & Giving. MARC SEGAN inventor/creator of hundreds of toys and commercial products from Hallmark's first-ever musical greeting card to Fisher Price's Triple Arcade game table. Mr. Segan's products have been featured in all major retailers from Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart to QVC. He holds more than 40 patents, most recently including a new method of deploying animated characters on the internet. Mr. Segan invented and patented the first computer-controlled animated art sericel and founded The Animated Animations Company, exclusive publisher of Walt Disney Animation Art. Other key license relationships have included Warner Bros., Star Wars, Fox and Nickelodeon. Mr. Segan is a co-founder of Quadlogic Controls Corporation, designer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital electricity metering systems. Mr. Segan is President of the Board of New York Stage & Film Company, producers of the annual Powerhouse theater festival at Vassar College WWW.BSATWORLD.COM