Podcast appearances and mentions of Kimberly Brooks

This demo on how I paint using marble dust mixed into linseed oil instead of using solvents is for my listeners who've asked to see a demonstration after watching my interview with internationally acclaimed artist and author Kimberly Brooks in Passionate Painter Podcast episodes 70 and 71.Kimberly is the author of The New Oil Painting: Your Essential Guide to Materials and Safe Practices. Her book is a how-to on clearing out your studio of dangerous toxins, with tons of useful advice.I've been painting with minimal use of gambol solvent since reading the book, and I'm pleased with the results. The only time I use it these days is if I need to give my brushes a cleaning swoosh before their final wipe when I'm done with my painting session, and I'm phasing out even these brief instances as well.After posting 70 and 71, I was surprised that my interview with Kimberly generated so much controversial buzz. Many questions about whether using marble dust is in fact less safe than using solvent.For myself, I am comfortable using it, and this demo will show you how I use it in what I consider a safe manner. That said, I recommend Kim's book for a thorough explanation of the process. You can also reach out directly to Kim with questions through the contact page of her website at https://www.kimberlybrooks.com/about/contactNow before we get started, disclaimer:I am not an expert on the use of marble dust and linseed oil as a substitute for solvents. I am showing you how I personally use them and the precautions I take because you, my listeners are asking for a demo.I am not a hazardous materials expert and cannot tell you that marble dust is 100% safe. You should be careful not to stir the dust into the air where you may breathe it in, as it is not safe to inhale.This video is purely for informational and entertainment purposes, to provide some recommendations on keeping its use as safe as possible.As we get started please note that I am wearing an N95 face mask, just as a precaution, and you will see I am careful not to stir up the dust or use it in large quantities.I am also wearing gloves, as I always do. This is unrelated to using marble dust, however, it is because I am keeping my hands away from the paint, which is likely to trigger a reaction on my skin due to allergies.In addition to the mask, I do keep an air purifier in my studio to help keep the air as clean and safe as possible. My model is a wind PlasmaWave 5500-2 with HEPA Filter, designed to Reduce VOCs or volatile organic compounds, such as solvents, as well as to catch airborne particles. I got mine at winixamerica.com, which I'll link to in the show notes. This is not an affiliate link — I am simply sharing my satisfaction with this product. You can also purchase them from amazon.com and other online marketplaces.Having this filter doesn't mean I can be careless in stirring up stone dust or leaving solvents uncovered. I am still cautious with both whenever I use them, and I do recommend this type of air purifier when in a studio in which VOCs and/or stone dust or other particles you won't want to breathe are present.Read the complete transcription of this video at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode96Until Next time, Go make something.#passionatepainterpodcast#kimberlybrooks#solventfreeoilpainting

I went live to have a conversation with two premiere entrepreneurs in Kimberly Brooks and Bella Nova. You don't want to miss this. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raymond-ricks-ii/support

I will interview Kimberly Brooks as she talks about her wonderful journey as an entrepreneur and why she loves to inspire people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raymond-ricks-ii/support

With a feeling of jealousy of his newfound outrageous crew member, Dal takes up the offer of a Doctor to enhance some dormant traits. Join us as we discuss it all in our review of Star Trek: Prodigy, Masquerade.

With a living construct aboard the USS Protostar, our crew attempts to find another way to get to Starfleet. But as Vice Admiral Janeway finally tracks them down, rising tensions lead to a suspenseful encounter. We discuss it all in our review of Star Trek: Prodigy, Crossroads.

This is part 2 of my interview with Kimberly Brooks. Don't miss out on another jam-packed episode about just how you really can oil paint without relying on solvents to clean your brushes.Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary American artist known for her portraits and landscapes in series addressing history, memory, and identity. Her work has been showcased in numerous juried exhibitions among museum curators including the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Her recent solo show, “Painting Architecture”, at the Museum of Art and History Lancaster featured large interiors and landscapes collapsing in on one another.Throughout her thirty-year career, Brooks has focused on the medium of oil with occasional integrations of gold and silver leaf.  in 2008, Brooks started to feel increasingly suspicious about the fumes she inhaled as a part of her practice.  Coinciding with modern science and historical manuscripts, Brooks created an ultimate guide for oil painters illuminating why solvents aren't necessary when you oil paint. Learn more about Kimberly and how to contact her in the show notes for this episode at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode71

Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary American artist known for her portraits and landscapes in series addressing history, memory, and identity. Her work has been showcased in numerous juried exhibitions among museum curators including the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Her recent solo show, “Painting Architecture”, at the Museum of Art and History Lancaster featured large interiors and landscapes collapsing in on one another.Throughout her thirty-year career, Brooks has focused on the medium of oil with occasional integrations of gold and silver leaf.  in 2008, Brooks started to feel increasingly suspicious about the fumes she inhaled as a part of her practice.  Coinciding with modern science and historical manuscripts, Brooks created an ultimate guide for oil painters illuminating why solvents aren't necessary when you oil paint. Learn more about Kimberly and how to contact her in the show notes for this episode at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode70

Today we are touching on a topic that is pressing and urgent for many of us - can we paint without using solvents? As you know, solvents are harmful to our health, and eliminating or reducing their usage should be on everyone's agenda. But how can we do it? We will be diving deeply into this question, and providing actionable technical insights you can start using pretty much as soon as you finish this episode. Hope you find this information as valuable as I did!My guest today is Kimberly Brooks. Kimberly is a contemporary American artist and author. Her work has been exhibited and featured internationality. She is the founder and former Arts Editor at the Huffington Post, and today she hosts monthly artist talks at First Person Artist Brooks is the author of the fantastic book titled The New Oil Painting which is at the center of today's conversation. Kimberly's website: https://www.kimberlybrooks.comKimberly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybrooksartistThe New Oil Painting on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/New-Oil-Painting-Essential-Materials/dp/1452184798To support the ART'S COOL podcast please visit: https://www.patreon.com/kengoshenFor more from Ken Goshen please visit: https://www.kengoshen.comMusic by Adaam James

Imagine being in a traditional heterosexual marriage for many years and then discovering that your husband or wife is gay or lesbian. What would you think? How would you react? What would you do? And where would you go to get help and find understanding in dealing with your situation? In the late 1980s, Kimberly Brooks Mazella found herself in this very situation, after being married to her husband Rob for less than three years. Today, she is a McLean, VA-based counselor and therapist who specializes in working with individuals and couples who find themselves in “mixed sexual orientation” marriages. In this fascinating interview with PFLAG Cape Cod's Rick Koonce, Kimberly describes the complicated psychological dynamics at play within mixed sexual orientation marriages. She explains the challenges for both the gay partner and the straight spouse in navigating these situations. And, she talks about why it's so important that the pain and perspectives of both parties in such relationships be respected, acknowledged, and seen as valid in their own respective ways. Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! For more information, visit the PFLAG Cape Cod website: https://www.pflagcapecod.org/podcasts.html © 2022 PFLAG Cape Cod

This week Inside Alicyn's Wonderland, we jump into the wonderful world of voice acting together with Kimberly Brooks! Kimberly is best known for her iconic roles on hit shows and games including DC Superhero Girls, Steven Universe, Voltron, Scooby Doo, and Mass Effects! Join us as we talk about her extensive career as one of the most sought after talents  in the voice-over, film, video games, and theater industry. Join us as we talk about a myriad of things, starting with her many iconic roles. We also touch upon Kimberly's personal history where she recalls her initial exposure to theater and acting through her school's “really good drama program”. Kimberly and I also get into what we love most about being part of conventions and personal appearances. She also shares what it's like to be a student of Mary Kay Bergman!Timestamps:[4:11]It's more heart-wrenching when mom isn't there[6:45]Where Kimberly got her acting exposure[10:29]What Kimberly loves the most about conventions[15:01]Kimberly and The GoGos [21:24]Which character does Kimberly relate to the most[35:38] What a year 2020 has beenFollow along with Alicyn's Wonderland on:Instagram: @AlicynTikTok: @alicynpackardYouTube: Alicyn PackardTwitter: @Alicyn 

On this episode we're talking all about Disney's renewal of its hit Disney Plus series, "Doogie Kamealoha, MD, The CW's greenlighting of the "Supernatural" prequel, "The Winchesters", "Walker" prequel, "Walker: Independence", and the DC series, "Gotham Knights", Taylor Sheridan's continued dominance at Paramount, Jennifer Beals' return to the "Law & Order" franchise, Sony's huge 3rd Quarter profits due to "Spider-Man; No Way Home"'s box office success, Jennifer Garner's casting in Starz's "Party Down" series, Apple's series order for David E. Kelley's "Presumed Innocent", and more!! Our guest this week, is beloved voice actress, Kimberly Brooks!! Plus, our "Top 5 Favorite ___________"!! segment; this week it's Favorite Childhood TV Shows, and of course we have our box office results, and the IMDbPro Starmeter toppers!! Be sure to visit www.CrazyAntMedia.com for the latest crazy ant media gear!! And also, check out our sponsor, Self Pause, by heading on over to www.selfpause.com/podcast!!

Do you think you're not talented enough to try something creative?-Then tune into this episode, where Nataly talks with the artist and author Kimberly Brooks about the myth of talent and how to find more freedom to express ourselves creatively.-What you'll learn: Why talent is a myth (and what it really means)? The 8 steps of the creative process How to overcome your brain's chatter about not being creative enough?-To learn more about Kimberly Brooks and her work, visit: https://www.kimberlybrooks.com/-For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly's weekly awesome newsletter! If you'd like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary American artist and author. Kimberly integrates landscape, figuration and abstraction to address subjects of history, memory and identity. Her work has been exhibited and featured internationality.Kimberly received her bachelor's degree in literature from U.C. Berkeley, and was Valedictorian. She has taught art as a lecturer and adjunct faculty instructor, and was a featured speaker at TEDx Fullerton.In this episode, I talk with Kimberly about her work as an artist, author, and editor. We talk about how she uses ConvertKit to reach and grow her audience. We talk about what people can learn from fine art, and apply it to their newsletters. We also cover the path to becoming a successful creator, and much more.In this episode, you'll learn: The secret to achieving your breakthrough moment A job most creators should charge for, but rarely do What you should be doing instead of blogging Should you be posting on Instagram? Links & Resources Huffington Post ConvertKit Craft and Commerce Steve Jobs John Baldessari Adobe Photoshop Adobe Leonard Shlain Milton Glaser Macworld Walt Disney's Imagineering Warner Music Group Seth Godin Leonardo da Vinci Arianna Huffington Huffington Post: Fine Art Later Anderson Ranch Arts Center Otis College of Art and Design Kimberly Brooks's Links Find Kimberly on Instagram Kimberly's website Kimberly's Ted Talk Huffington Post article, “The Gap Logo, New Coke and the Legendary Walter Landor” Kimberly's book, The New Oil Painting Episode Transcript[00:00:00] Kimberly:The fundamental way to learn is, you imitate, assimilate, and then you can improvise with anything. You're going to be thwarted in the beginning many times, and you can't give up. You have to say, “Okay, well, I don't care if it sucks. I don't care if I'm going to fail. If I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna fail big. Let's just go on.”[00:00:29] Nathan:In this episode I talk to Kimberly Brooks. She is a fine artist. So, painting, she has all of her art in galleries, that whole world, which is super fascinating to me. She also plays in the creative world. Newsletters, podcasts, and interviews.She built the whole art editorial section of the Huffington Post. She built that to millions of readers. She's done all kinds of things in the design community from the early days. So, we riff on that; Mad Men-style ad agencies in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Some great stuff.Then she brings it all the way through to talking about what she does with ConvertKit. How she sets up her sequences, and everything else, and things that people can learn from fine art, and apply to their email newsletters and sequences.So, it's a fun episode. We have to do a part two, because we filled up all the time we had, and I think I only got through half my questions.So, anyway, I'm going to get out of the way and dive in. So, here we go.Kimberly, welcome to the show.[00:01:37] Kimberly:Thank you for having me, Nathan.[00:01:39] Nathan:There's so many things I to talk about, because you come to the creator world from a different perspective than I do, though we both share a love for Photoshop.[00:01:50] Kimberly:Oh, yeah.[00:01:51] Nathan:We'll start with where we met. It was at Craft and Commerce, some number of years ago.I can't even think. Three years ago? Four?[00:02:01] Kimberly:I think it was three years ago, and it was such a random whim. I don't even know how I ended up finding it. I fell in rabbit hole. And then I came upon ConvertKit.I was actively looking for a better way to send art show announcements. Because I'm a painter, I'm an artist.I just felt after my previous experiences, I knew how important having a subscriber-based service was. I don't want to get too nerdy, but I didn't really like the competitor who shall remain unnamed. But, I found you guys, and I started getting the advertisement for the conference, and it was in Boise, Idaho.And so I thought, I'll just go. It was like a Ted conference for really creative nerdy people like me, but it was exactly what I was wanting. It was about marketing, which is really such a weird word because it's really about sharing, and I loved the title.I loved everything about it. I met some of the people that I'm really, really close with now. Then the next year it was canceled because of the pandemic, but it was amazing, and I met you, actually.[00:03:28] Nathan:And, and we had a really fun conversation. one thing that I want to talk about, for you is the intersection between fine art, right. And painting and that world. And then now you're also in this world of being a writer and a creator in the sense, right. You you've been a writer and creative for a long time, but, but it's, it's like a different world of the selling things to your audience.And. Earning money directly in that way. And so I want, like, I want to hear that as you like weave in and out of these two worlds and then just your experience there.[00:04:02] Kimberly:Yeah, it's interesting. I, when I was in elementary school, we had a really competitive game of tetherball constantly going on on the playground. And it was just sort of that pole with a ball attached to a rope we would, people would line up and we would get it, and it was, see how many times, and it was just sort of like, it was very intense and I always felt like being an artist.Being an art to me was it was the pole, you know? So like my pole is art is making art and everything about what I do. I write about it. I interview people about it. I interview other artists about their work. I make paintings 90% of the time in my studio. Like, it's all about art, you know? So that's like the beginning.So I do see myself sashaying between different worlds. And I think everybody kind of does that. And then as the bicycle of technology was being built to use kind of like a vague reference to like Steve jobs is, you know, what happens if you put a man on a bicycle and you know, like how fast can he, as the bicycle was kind of entering our world, I thought, what if you kind of mixed art with the bicycle?You know, what, what happens if you, you know, Make an artist's website. So I was like one of the first people I knew that made an artist's website. And I remember, it was, I had, was having lunch with my mentor. Who's, the late John Baldessari. He was a great, great, great artist. And, he's famous for, you know, he burned all this stuff and graduate school and then became a conceptual painter, you know, very, you know, Howard work in, you know, conceptual anyway.So I brought my laptop to this Mexican restaurant in Venice, and I said, I wanted to show you something. I made a website and our studios were really near each other. And he said, Oh, I, I don't know if I would do that. If I were you, I was like, why not? He said, because you're, you'll piss off the dealers, the galleries, the galleries, you shouldn't be selling directly.It's going to take away from what their job is. You know, when you hang a show and you have art in the gallery, the gallery is selling the artist and it's their job, you know, and artists are supposed to be kind of this, you know, semi mute, black turtleneck wearing, you know, mysterious, mystical ShawMan goddess.I call it goddess on the hill. Like you're not supposed to really get in the way of what your artists about. And so I thought, oh gosh, you know, this is, and I had put the paintings for a show was about to have. And so I started making, so my postcard for that show had the name of the show and it had the name of the website, cause no galleries had website.Then this is in like the two thousands, you know, this is a long time ago. And I remember meeting people when I handed them a postcard. If like I felt comfortable with them, I would like secretly write a password so that they could see the website,[00:07:20] Nathan:Oh was you were, you had the website, but it was[00:07:24] Kimberly:Yeah. So I password protected it. I password protected it because John Baldessari told me that it's probably not a good idea to have a website.This is again, no artists ad website.[00:07:35] Nathan:How did the galleries and the community[00:07:37] Kimberly:The galleries didn't have websites either. And the galleries, I remember. They started it. Like some of them had websites, but it was super janky. It was like sometimes most of the time they did an, and it was just sort of this mysterious world that 99.9, nine, 9% of the public didn't understand.Doesn't understand it's better now. And you'd have to be walking down the street or you'd have to know somebody who knows somebody, you know, it's, it was just a different world then.[00:08:08] Nathan:But did any of those negative things come about? Like, did anyone look down on you on it for having a website and for[00:08:14] Kimberly:No, no, no. Eventually I just said, screw it. And I took the password off.And, interestingly, I don't want to date myself, but I think I already have, but the at the time flash was very. sexy. And it was like, and so artists would have, if they did have website, firstly, they would be horribly designed and they would have like a flash animation of a curtain opening and a door.And it was very like CD rom mentality. Like, you know, it was pre-internet thinking, you know, anyway, like I said, the big nerd here.[00:08:48] Nathan:Flash was big until 2000, like the iPhone 2007.[00:08:52] Kimberly:Until Steve jobs killed it, just took a knife. He took a sword and he just, during a keynote, just, you know,[00:09:01] Nathan:Yeah. Oh, and the two biggest reasons were, that the bandwidth of the phones couldn't handle it. And then also the battery life on the phones couldn't handle it.[00:09:10] Kimberly:Wasn't there another reason there was another technical reason that had to do with plays well with others. I can't remember exactly what it was,[00:09:20] Nathan:Yeah. I mean, it was a restricted technology. Like it was owned Macromedia. And so probably that apple was trying to do to get to play. And Adobe was playing hardball and apple was probably like, okay,[00:09:31] Kimberly:Yeah,[00:09:32] Nathan:You know, we'll play this[00:09:33] Kimberly:Yeah. It was, was, it was, it was just the evolution of, you know, of Photoshop and Adobe products. And so I grew up with Adobe. I learned I was an early adopter, always, you know, I just sort of like analogy. Yeah.[00:09:49] Nathan:I want to dive into all kinds of things. I want to talk about, more in the financial world and the business of that and everything else. But back and maybe start earlier in your career.[00:10:01] Kimberly:Than elementary school.[00:10:04] Nathan:I guess we didn't go to elementary school a little bit after elementary school. What what did the early days of your career look like[00:10:12] Kimberly:I was a, you know, I'm a first, or I guess I'm a second generation American, so, and I'm Jewish. So of course I was supposed to be a doctor. So my, we used to get, you can be anything you want just as long as you're a surgeon first. So I got the makings of a woman's surgeon and, you know, it was just like, as a book that was a book that I received many times in my middle school years.And then, you know, it was like, that's great, you're so talented. But you know, you really, you know, after you get out of medical school, you can, it was just sort of what you did in my family. And, and my father he was a well-known surgeon and he became an, I don't want to say artist. He became a writer, so he's a well-known writer.And he started writing. So he kind of became an artist before my eyes, you know, so as I was getting out, as I was graduating college, he published his first bestselling. That was just, and I would like sit at the book, you know, when he gave a lecture at an art gallery, because it was called art and physics.His name is Leonard Shlain so I would like sell, watch him, sell the books, you know, like give a lecture and then I would check out and I would get, take people's cash and then give them a book, you know, at the end of the lecture. And he used to tell me, he used to say, honey, you have to be shameless.You have to be willing to just talk in front of four people. It doesn't matter. You just need to do it. If it's just, it was just a big, it did. It made an imprint on me because I was watching him grow out of his own discomfort zone, which I still struggle with of talking to people like instead of through your paintings or, you know, talking to an audience saying being on video, it took me six months to figure out how to be on video, but I'm getting ahead of it.So you asked me like my CR about my career. So I was an English major. I went to an English, major architecture, minor at UC Berkeley. And at the time that I was graduating, painting was considered dead. And I know that that for artists today, they don't quite appreciate that. But after abstract expressionism, there was sort of this mood in the art world that everything had been done and like, forget about figuration was the last thing people wanted to see, you know, and I wanted to paint people.So I just figured, okay, I'm going to just do that on my own, but I'm going to, I love reading. I love writing. So I became an English major and I was valedictorian of, of the UC Berkeley English department. And so my first job, I wanted to combine my love for art and literature. So my first job was.Design. So my, so I, was mentored by a gentleman named Walter Lander, who is the founder of landlord associates. And he was sort of the west coast, Milton Glaser, Milton Glaser from a design point of view, like he was, he just recently passed in the last five or so years, but he like did the, I love New York, you know, like he's this famous, famous graphic designer because the field of graphic design is, is relatively new.It's relatively, it's like a century old, you know, like th the serious field of it. And Walter was a pioneer in it. And he did, you know, my first job was like working cause I, cause I minored in architecture was, helping design the shell oil, gas station, you know,So I was doing like architecture design, and then he asked me to write speeches.And so they had, their company was kind of designed like a brain. So they had like a language division and they had like the design division, like they did the loose soon milk and they were so famous then such leaders. They had 1800 people in offices all over the world and it was like a big deal. And they had an office on a ferry boat.So that was my first job out of college. I was a speech writer for Walter and I was in the, I was in the word department. Like I think I designed, I helped name, a cigarette, you know, like was just a weird, but it was fascinating, you know? And it was meeting fascinating people. The grateful dead would like come over on the boat after it was, it was, it was a wild time at, in San Francisco in the late eighties, early nineties.Totally wild. So, So I was like, so all the designers are starting to learn Photoshop. So there was this thing called Photoshop because they were doing everything by hand, you know? And then I was like, oh, so I got Photoshop 1.0, you know, and then I had th there was no layers. So you had to do everything in alpha channels.And it's interesting just to be a big nerd. Cause you're a designer too, right? I mean that's yeah. Yeah. So if you can try to imagine there was Photoshop without layers, it meant that you had to do everything inside the masking tool that's built in that nobody really uses or knows about now called alpha channels.So I had to create everything using masks, but it was very oddly more similar to what you did with your Exacto knife and ruler, know, I still think one of the biggest, the saddest things about Photoshop. I mean, I think everybody should know it, but it has some feature bloat, but I think it kind of buries the power of alpha channels.And I think that if people knew how to use it, it would like, it's like a little thing to know that would hugely leap them out of the more artificial aspects of doing those filters on things.[00:16:00] Nathan:Right.[00:16:01] Kimberly:Anyway, like I you have to be careful with me because I can go into real. I can crawl real deep into these nerdy things.But anyway,[00:16:08] Nathan:Are there other things from those early days of, of the graphic design art agency, like that kind of world, that you still take with you today[00:16:19] Kimberly:Thousands of Gillian percent. One of them is the four DS that every project is discover, design develop, deploy. And I know I lost that. I also saw that, like, if you could name it, you could charge it.[00:16:32] Nathan:Is there a story behind that? If you could name it, you could charge for it.[00:16:35] Kimberly:You know, you'd see these hundreds of thousands of million dollar contracts going out to these major people. And I used to have to help write the proposals and I would see how they would divide they'd phase out, like a lot of designers. Again, I don't, I hope we're so not too off topic, but a lot of designers will not charge for discovery.You know what I mean? Because they haven't named it. They didn't name it They'd Just be like, oh, let me Research all about your company. And then you're going to pay me to give you some designs, and then I'll give you the designs and then hopefully they're smarter. Anyway, like I said, big, big topic.[00:17:10] Nathan:Yeah. But think there are a lot of people listening who are in the either freelance or agency space and they, provide services to newsletters or creators or they're growing their own on the side. And I think it's a really important point that, if you're if you're structuring your proposals and all your interactions with clients around the deliverable, then you're failing to talk about a substantial portion of the work And probably the part of the work that differentiates you from the other freelancers who are just like, oh, you need a logo. And they dive like right into Photoshop or whatever tool. Whereas if you're good at what you do, you're probably taking a step back and looking at the whole landscape and spending probably more than half of your time in that Research discovery and learning stage rather than the deliverable stage.[00:17:56] Kimberly:It's actually the most important time intensive stage of any project. And so not just design. I mean, I think you saw my Ted talk, the creative process in eight stages. And I think I talked about how as an artist, I don't want to give anybody whiplash, but like you, as an artist, you have, a period of time where it's like a rest in music where you don't, you're not making work.It doesn't look like you're doing anything on the outside, but that's the most important part. And it's when. Gathering, but you're doing it in a subconscious, like in many different ways when I'm, when I'm making a painting, I'm having to listen a lot, you know, you have to listen and look and just inhale before you can exhale.So anyway, that, but I mean, we could, I think, I think we could do a whole hour on Landour. Cause that was just a, such an interesting, you know? And, and I was actually, I was actually there, I dunno. Well, you're, you probably weren't born, but there was a, Coke released a new design and they, they, and Landour was the leader of this new design.And I was like in the boardroom, in my. In pantyhose. Cause that's what we that's what, like you had aware that it was very far, it was like mad men. It was like mad men where like everybody smoked and the women were gorgeous and the men would like have these glass offices on the side of the boat. And they would like go in and light up a cigarette and call London, you know, like they were like, or Japan and, and they had, it was just extreme, chic, crazy environment, very male dominated.And I was like, I'll often the lone woman in a room, you know, but anyway, that's a separate side conversation and they were introducing the new Coke and it was a flop. It was like, it was like, there was a backlash against the new design because it had like big fat. It was like, whereas the old Coke kind of has that Victorian, which they still use now that, that very Sarah fee or Nate almost like your create above your head, but more, you know, whereas.Where the new version they were doing was super kind of chunky. It was like new Coke, you know, anyway. But, it was a wild experience. I wrote an essay about it and I'll, I'll give it to you if you, if[00:20:35] Nathan:Yeah, we'll put it the Shona[00:20:36] Kimberly:Yeah,[00:20:38] Nathan:On time on that.[00:20:39] Kimberly:Yeah, no, the whole, here's the thing. I wanted to be an artist, and a lot of times I believe a lot of, and I believe there's a lot of people who have an artist inside them and a lot of times they will, work in a field that brings them near art decisions to make themselves feel better.That they're not being an actual artist. And I was one of those people.[00:21:08] Nathan:Okay. So how did that play out for you of your you're close to the design and that sort of[00:21:14] Kimberly:I was like, yeah, it was, I couldn't be closer. I was like, I was like in, I was behind the curtain of Oz doing the, with the, with the best people and everything. Again, this is so long ago, but, but I felt like technology at the time, again, Photoshop was just starting. There was no whatever. I was like, you know, I needed, I need a break.I need to like push the table over. So I quit. I moved to Paris to paint for a year. I played piano in bars at night. That was like a whole other wild. We could do a whole show on that, but, you know, then I was like, well, I can't, I'm not going to be able to make a living doing this. Like I was painting, I was sitting at the sore bone and I was like, I had this little gig in this bar, but it was a couple of Franks and I wasn't legal in Paris.And I just had this big because of my literature background I have does such a, you know, I love you. I was so somewhat of afraid.[00:22:11] Nathan:So how old were you when you[00:22:14] Kimberly:I was in my early twenties.[00:22:16] Nathan:Okay. When you, quit and said it's time to do painting.[00:22:20] Kimberly:Yeah. I was like, it wasn't a straight line. And that's another thing. Like most artists don't like some artists grow up and everybody goes, oh, you're so talented.Which by the way, like hate that expression. I must like tell people, like don't ever tell people they're talented. Say you have great raw material, you know, just say, you know, just like great mom material, but like, you have to like do it for eight hours a day in order to like express something. Great. And then, then we'll talk about talent, but in any case, so some people have parents that say, you're honey, you're so talented.I want to send you to art school. I want to spend a couple hundred grand and I'm going to send you to art school. Undergrad, let's say a good, let's say a typical artist, a college education is this amount. And then I want you to get an MFA from Yale or the best school and have that checked off. And then I want you to go get in galleries and be an artist there's 0.01% of artists have that route.They have parents that say, we support this. This is good. This is a good plan. I would say that's like a very rarefied small group. Cause you have to have, well, there's so many things that need to happen in order to have that setup. Most people, most artists, even artists that I know, like one of my good friends Enrique he was a PA getting his PhD in physics read my dad's book, art and physics and decided he wanted to be a painter[00:23:49] Nathan:Okay,[00:23:50] Kimberly:So like, there's a whole bunch of artists that were doctors that were lawyer, you know, that, that, that they, they were catching the train of you know, the I'm a good student, I'm a diligent worker and they, they, you get routed onto a track and then you're on that track. And then suddenly you wake up at at 30 or whatever, and you say, you know, I'm here and I'm super successful, but this isn't necessarily really how I want to be spending my time.You know? I mean, th this is the conversation, right? You know, how do you, how do you decide and what you can want changes in your life? You know, but if you know what you're pull, the tether poll is like, if you know what, your deep inner core desires. are And, you know, and you, you have, you're remotely in touch with that and you, you need to go, you need to go towards that light.You need to go towards that center then everything will radiate out from you afterwards.[00:24:58] Nathan:Was there a catalyst that pushed you, you know, you were thinking about it, you're feeling this, but what was the thing that made you go like, all right, I'm[00:25:06] Kimberly:Well, okay. Like I said, we don't have enough time to get into all of this, but there were, I made three huge dramatic, you know what? I don't know. Maybe it's a Monty Python movie, I don't know. But like when you push the table over and you throw all the plates and you break everything, like you just come, it's not a reboot, it's way more violent than that.Just kind of like you take the tablecloth out and you just say I'm out of here. You know, I think I did that three times before I got closer to. You know what it is. And one of them was moving to LA after moving to Paris, I moved to New York and then, then I moved to LA and I was like, okay, this time is going to be it I'm being artist.Like, and you know, it's a couple of years later, it's after Paris. Like, you know, cause you have to get, you have to, I had to make money. You know, I had to make a, I had to have a job. And so I had to kind of like do, do design work and stuff like that. So when I moved to LA, my first, I went to a Mac conference, like it was like 60 booths.It was so small, like Mac was seen a teeny little thing and, and Microsoft was the big thing windows and,[00:26:18] Nathan:Yeah.[00:26:19] Kimberly:And I made a business cards and I said, it said artist. And then when I, I walked, went to this conference and I was practically like often the only woman, you know, and I would say, yeah, I'm an artist.And I know. And so the first job I got was making the first CD rom for apple computer that they said distributed to every single apple. So they distributed over 2 million copies worldwide, and my name was on it. And that kind of, that was a huge breakthrough because suddenly I was being offered insane jobs.And next thing you know, I was anyway, like, I don't want to dwell on this because we haven't talked about newsletters yet.[00:27:01] Nathan:That is okay. that is okay. So you just made a leap from, I went to this conference to,[00:27:08] Kimberly:Yeah, by the way speaking, we started with going to a conference.Yeah.[00:27:12] Nathan:A big deal. We are we talking about that as well, but this leap from going to the conference to your work, being on the CD,[00:27:19] Kimberly:Well, so they were, it was like, again, I was on the bleeding edge. I could not explain to my father Who would come down and visit me. In the warehouse. I, it was, it was an artist and a coder who, but they had both met in art school and they brought me on to be the creative director.And it was like, it was almost no money at first. And then it became like a bigger thing and apple, the more that apple saw it, the more they were like, wow, this is really good. so then the next conference I went to was in San Francisco was Macworld and my art was everywhere, everywhere, and I got job offers from Imagineering. They wanted me to design why the Disney, they wanted to be the head. Of Warner music was doing a new interactive division and digital don't digital.I can't remember the names, but it was very, it was a very heady time. It was very, it was very fun. I felt like, wow, I found this place that has it's the intersection of art design, narrative and technology. And it was exactly where I want it to be. And that was just, that was sort of, and I set up an easel in my office, I had a lot of people working for me and it was just, it got very, it got very fancy, you know, and I, and I took a lot of, I took a lot of like what I knew at Landour to attach in this before email this before the internet.[00:28:45] Nathan:You're talking early nineties at this point,[00:28:48] Kimberly:Yeah. Like you no, like a mid yeah. Mid nineties, you know, 96, maybe. So, yeah. So I took a lot of my, knowledge that I gleaned from working at land or like the discover design develop, deploy to whip these engineers and designers into shape, you know? And anyway, I was still stalking what I really wanted to do, you know?[00:29:10] Nathan:Okay. So tell me more about the difference between what you wanted to do and what you were doing, because you just described your art being on everything.[00:29:17] Kimberly:No, no, no, actually, honestly, honestly like I would listen to like Liz fairs, exile in Guyville, as I drove downtown by the toy factory in downtown Los Angeles back and forth, like every day, like at these, I was a big album listener.And when I was designing, I would listen to full albums and I was just like, wow, this is it. I am so excited and energized and everything. then I started studying painting again. So I started so like I had taken a hiatus. And then I got into the, Otis, which is the art school here, You know, when you get professional, when you become a professional in anything, even being an artist, there's a, single-minded rigor focus and clarity. one brings their whole self to what they're doing, you know? And if you know that if If you've been successful in anything else or anything like that, you can, if you bring that to your art, there's literally nothing that can stop.You. You become a wire cutter. It's like, you're going to munch through like, I, you know, really understanding, painting in the deepest way possible. Like I was thinking if I can understand alpha channels, I can figure out how to tone a canvas. You know, just like I just, because painting is a technology, honestly.I took everything in my being to it. And that was like a third moment. Like that was like another moment I skipped some moments, but there was like where I was knocking at the door, knocking at the door. And then I knew that in my art would become the, that I had when I started painting in full force.Like not just having it in my office, but saying this is what I'm going to do. And I'm going to do it as so ferociously, like stand back, everybody, nothing is going to get in my way.[00:31:13] Nathan:So you were painting, I mean, you had is this like painting a few hours a week, a few hours a day, and then you dove into doing that, just like.[00:31:22] Kimberly:This is like 40 hours. I mean, I basically gave myself an assignment and my assignment was I was going to paint a hundred new. Because that's the hardest thing to do as a body. Cause you have to deal with the translucency of skin. And I could literally talk about painting all day, but you have to deal with light form and shadow and thinking in three dimensions and it creates it's.I don't want to knock marketing and technology and the stuff that you do, but painting is that most people do, but painting is a true, like you have to really, it's a very intellectual as well as mindful and spiritual, but it's a very, it's a very deep, deep, deep way to approach the world. And when you become a painter or you actually like listen to the little voice inside you that says that they want to learn this.It's a skill, it's a skill. And when you do that, your brain expands and your world expands and you see things differently. So it's a very transformative thing and it takes years. It takes years and years. So my assignment was I'm going to paint a hundred nudes and, and if I have like 10 good ones, I can have a show.[00:32:41] Nathan:So I want to tie that to maybe the experience that other creators listening would have, or anyone who's on the fence about getting started. Right. It might not be painting that they're trying to do, but they've had these fits and starts of like, I'm going to, learn to code, start a podcast, start a newsletter, any of these things, you know, learning to play an instrument, whatever it is.And then like start and it goes, maybe it goes well for a week or a month, or like what, what advice would you[00:33:11] Kimberly:Isn't there, isn't there like a guru isn't there like a guru in the subject that calls it, the. Who's that guy. Do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. Somebody told me that, cause I was saying this to somebody and they were like, oh yeah, that's somebody's Seth, Godin's the dip. But yes. You know, when I was younger and all through all through my, you know, middle school and high school and college, I played piano quite seriously.I was a classical pianist and whenever I would learn a difficult piece, I would play it over and over and over again. And I would have to, like, I would start to suck. I would get better, but then I would start to suck and I'd have to walk away and then come back at it the next day before I would be able to play it perfectly.Like, I mean, you know,[00:34:01] Nathan:Yeah.[00:34:04] Kimberly:Learning an instrument actually teaches you this better than anything, because if you make a painting at first and it sucks, you can be easily thwarted, like a, you know, a drawing or whatever. But, but in order to like worry the bone of like how to get that legato, right. And that Greek piano concerto or something like you got to just sort of do it again and again, and again and again, you know, like it's, the fundamental way to learn is you, you imitate, assimilate, and then you can improvise.So you have to like, you play these pieces. And so with anything, you're going to be thwarted in the beginning many times and you can't give up, you have to say, okay, well, I don't care if it even sucks. I don't care if I'm going to fail. If I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna fail big. Like I'm[00:34:52] Nathan:Right[00:34:52] Kimberly:Go all out.Let's just go on.[00:34:54] Nathan:But that specific assignment that you gave yourself of painting 100 nudes, do you think that an assignment like that is a good way to go as a creator of saying this is the commitment that I'm going to make, I'm going to get to a hundred podcast episodes or I'm going to, I don't know, write a hundred blog posts, and then I can decide if this is something I actually want to pursue.[00:35:13] Kimberly:Absolutely. I think that when you make a commitment like that, to devote your energy into building a body of work of any kind in any media, you, your life will change everything. You are going to gain skills that involve every facet of that media. So like, if you're a podcaster and let's say you record in iMovie you're going to learn iMovie or whatever they, whatever they edit podcasts.In And, and I think if, you know, if Leonardo DaVinci were alive today, trusts me. He would know Photoshop He would know he would be all over this stuff, you know, he would love, he would love it in this nether world space, because there's, I'm, I'm going off topic a little bit because there's a little bit of a prejudice in the art world where people were thinking they were resisting the newer technological versions of artwork.But back to process, what you were saying is that if you do something in a committed way and you basically measure it and say, I'm going to do it until I get to this point, I think a hundred might be excessive, but you're going to get the hang of it.[00:36:28] Nathan:Yeah[00:36:28] Kimberly:I mean, I haven't mixed feelings though, about blogging cause I started a blog again, when I was, really getting into.Consuming. I mean, consuming isn't the right word. When I was throwing my entire body into the art world, one of the things that I did to expand my own knowledge was to write about other artists. And I think that's also something that's super unspoken, especially in the art world, because a lot of artists are just saying Me me me I want attention.I want to get people to focus on my show and my work, and I want a gallery and I want this and that. And I think one of the most important, aspects of breaking through to any next level of anything is generosity. Generosity of your attention to other people who are doing the same thing. And that for me, that general, I mean, I didn't think of this.This is red, this is a in retrospect, but at the time when I look back on it, I was airlifting artists that nobody had heard of and writing about them along with other big art, you know? And so I had a successful weekly column where I was keeping a blog again, this was before social media and that's how, and then the Huffington post came along and then I started publishing it, the, having a post.And that's how I said, I was asked by Arianna Huffington to be the, to found an art section. And so I was like, I was perfectly positioned because I was, I was a big nerd. I had had these other experiences. I was a full-on painter. I was having shows galleries the whole thing. And then she was building this incredible Site to celebrate bloggers. And I was one of the bloggers So I had to build an audience from zero to 10 million people within two years. I didn't have to that's what happened.[00:38:26] Nathan:Right.I have so many things that I want to ask about in this, one thing that I want to highlight that you talked about is as you're doing the painting, there's the side of it, of, Research where you're researching other painters, learning from them and all that. Most people keep that Research to themselves, right?That is not a public thing that happens. And I think a lot of the most successful creators that I see are the ones who do that recent. And, and share their notes and share that and work in public and do the interviews and all of that that you were doing. because it does a couple things. One people follow you, not only for your own work, but then also for your notes on other people.And then too, it's incredible for meeting people. Like when you do a profile, either if they're a, say an upcoming artist or someone who's established either way, they're going to be like, when you, you know, when you send them an email, they'll like respond and be interested and engaged. And, you know, I mean, that's a reason that I do this podcast is so that I can meet and hang out with people that I want to more aboutIt's amazing for network.[00:39:30] Kimberly:Yes. I think you're exactly spot on. This is no different than what I did with artists, this, except for I wasn't involving video, I was writing about it and interviewing them. You're right. You're absolutely right. I also think that you can get too carried away with that though. Like you have to be careful, you have to make sure that you're, you know, I can become easily like Clydesdale the horse.I'm like, well, that's another month and I have to do another,[00:39:57] Nathan:It becomes more important than the art, which was the[00:40:00] Kimberly:Well, yeah,[00:40:01] Nathan:It feels more time than[00:40:02] Kimberly:Yeah, yeah. Like, so eventually I had to leave, because it was just sort of eclipsing. It became so much bigger than everything else I was doing that I had to like go, okay, this isn't, you know, I've got a show coming up. I can't devote all this time and energy. And then of course, social media kind of made it all really different.[00:40:24] Nathan:Like in what way?[00:40:25] Kimberly:Well, because not only we could, you know, writing a really thoughtful piece about an artist and looking at their work and, you know, relating it with art history. And I also found that if I could relate it to like a contemporary event, like there was this one painter who painted battle scenes and we were just going to war with Iraq, I think, anyway, we were going to war somewhere.You know, it was a horrible time, but like, I would talk about going, you know, this contemporary news event. And I would link it with the artist who was painting these battle scenes. And then seeing that it went, go.[00:41:04] Nathan:Right.[00:41:04] Kimberly:Was another, that was another big learning lesson is like, if you put a number in a headline, like 10 things, you, you should tell, you know, 10 rules for your kids and screens, you know, then people would read that more.So I could see the analytics of what people clicked on. You know, that was like a interesting learning experience. But when social media happened, then suddenly you also had to tweet it. You had to post it on Facebook and then you had to tweet about it and then it just got to be social media. here's my take, if I could just say one thing, because I want to get it out there.I think social media is great for first impressions so that when people see you for the first time they're going to go that person's like a real artist or they're a real whatever, and they're legit. And they don't just have like three things that they've said about the subject. They've actually like, I trust that they've done some deep things.Like me painting a hundred nudes, you know, like this person knows how to paint.So I think social media, it's just so easy to get carried away. I hope one day it goes away. Is that terrible to say? I think emails should be everything. It should just go away.[00:42:14] Nathan:I don't think it's terrible to say at all. You have something in your Ted talk. you talked about like the compulsion to paint being taken away by your smartphone and these distractions, And I'd love for you to talk about that because I think there's so many things of like, if I'm on Twitter or checking my email, or even interacting with the ConvertKit team 2,700 times a day, you know, it makes it so much harder as a creator.And so I like, I just want to hear more of your experience there.[00:42:45] Kimberly:Well, I mean, in order to even get into my zone mentally to paint, I have to like have at least 90 minutes where I haven't spoken with anybody. Like I just need to kind of like clear it. Like I need to, I mean, I can be in it and I've got all these, you know, because people everybody's different. Some people like beginnings, some people like middles, other people's like ends.So you have to get in touch with which person you are, you know? So I, I love middles and beginning. I actually like all of them, but like, I'm better at certain things. So whenever I go into the studio, I have to start in paintings that are in the middle, that many going on at once. so you have to get in touch with like what time of day you're best at.And I always begin things at the end of the day when I'm already like nice and a well-oiled machine, well-oiled creating Machine.I never begin things in the morning. I always begin. at the end of the day, I never begin paintings in the morning. I was beginning, you know, I mean, I, I'm not, I know I'm not answering your question.Your question is, compartmentalizing your time to protect it away from social media. I teach a master class and I teach a Masterclass with artists who are building their first body of work, or they, they want to build a body of work in the masterclass.I make them take an oath an Instagram oath Instagram is it's so draining psychologically, emotionally, mentally, and the effort that you put into it that you really have to like commit and, and, and artists feel pressure to post their progress and post once a day and stuff like that.And the truth is, that algorithm, the algorithm is so fraught right now because you really only see the last 20 people that you liked more often than not. And you're not, it it's just, it's not healthy. It's not healthy for a visual artist Because you'll be on it. You check it like a diabetic checking their insulin level.It's just like, oh, did it get enough? Likes all that. It's like, Ugh. So I use, later to post once a week because I don't really want to deal with it. So I'll do like four months at a time. But if like I have a museum show opening up on Saturday, so I have to make a post this week. And so that that's like in my brain, oh God, I got to make a post this week.And when my book was coming out, like that's a whole other topic about promote, you know, how to tell people and that a book is coming out. yeah. So I just kind of look at it like, you know, kind of like a creative sinkhole,[00:45:15] Nathan:Yeah. And so it[00:45:15] Kimberly:So it[00:45:15] Nathan:Makes sense to avoid it. I think we hear that advice from a lot of talented creators and it's easy to be like, yeah. Yeah. But I can, I'm the person who can sit down and write with a moment's notice, you know? And then you you get totally stuck on writer's block or whatever thing, because you're like, you actually didn't create that space.And, like you talked about in the Ted talk of that time to like daydream and to actually be there, present with yourself and your thoughts.[00:45:42] Kimberly:Yeah, it's true. I mean, there's this thing in neuroscience called empathetic mirroring. Do you know about[00:45:48] Nathan:I don't know.[00:45:49] Kimberly:It's this, it's like when you see somebody, for example, write on a chalkboard, the neurons in your brain, I'm not going to say this. Right? So if a neuroscientist says I'm like slightly wrong, but like, it, it, it has this effect where you feel like you're doing it, you know, like, and it's, that's why people love to watch people write things.That's why a chalkboard is an excellent device for, I actually have a chalkboard in my office because I started to. Take videos of me make with my talking points of me writing it on a chalkboard, because even though it's considered like, you know, yesteryear technology, it actually helps people receive the information better to see it written[00:46:34] Nathan:Rather than being next[00:46:36] Kimberly:Rather than just show a PowerPoint slide.Yeah. And so this, the act of seeing it rhythm, but so if, if you think about the power of empathetic mirroring, that's going on in your brain, when you look at something happening, think about how much it can pollute your brain. If you're watching a stream of all these things happening in your Instagram feed or your Facebook feed, it's like dangerous.Like you have to be protective of what is going inside your mind. It's that they say like garbage in, garbage out, you know,[00:47:04] Nathan:I want to hear about you getting into the world of, of like teaching classes and that side of it, and then you have a book as well. There's a lot.[00:47:12] Kimberly:Oh yes. So I have this book,[00:47:15] Nathan:There[00:47:15] Kimberly:So, you know, around a decade into, you know, being a serious painter, I started to feel bad from the fumes because painting isn't really taught the way other things are taught. Painting is sort of like, there's, there's been this somewhat mystical, you know, here's a bunch of art supplies go to the art store and then let's see what you come up with.And then the, the, the classes tend to be more about critiques, about what you've done versus about,[00:47:45] Nathan:How do something.[00:47:46] Kimberly:About the, the true, true granular house, you know, the, how, like the basics, like things that you should know. And, so I started to get sick and I happened to be the arts editor at the time of the Huffington post.And I reached out to, and blogging was a very interesting, it was around 2004 or five, I think. Maybe, maybe it was a little bit later, but it was an interesting time because other people were thinking what I was thinking and I could see it in search for it. Whereas I couldn't, I couldn't have done that a decade earlier.And so I would reach out to leaders in the field, scientists, whatnot, to write about this topic of safety, you know, like that. And, but then when I read and I had, by the way, been consuming, Disneyland books, everything about painting, and I just saw this huge gaping hole of knowledge of how. Communicated. So I started writing this book all about painting and the book that I ended up publishing with Chronicle books is just one small piece of it because it was kind of too big.It was like James Joyce's Ulysses, you know, it was like a tone. It was like a Magnum Opus. and it's one of the key things that people don't realize is that you don't need to use solvent's P many people believe that you need to have like an open can of turpentine or some kind of solvent to dip your brush and defend the oil paint.So it's like super basic and most people when they go to the art store, and this is just my short, my short, skinny on the book. As most people, when they go to the art store, it would be like only buying canned or prepackaged. They don't know what's in it, you know, they don't know like that you don't need all those things.Like, but if you were like learning how to cook, you would know the difference between a garlic and a shallot and when to use canola oil or olive oil extra-virgin, you know, so I wanted to create, to start a book called the Y that was like Strunk and White's elements of style, but for oil paintings. So that's like the famous book that most writers use and just sort of shows you.And it's funny, actually, it's like a great book. So I wrote that book and that's called the new oil painting and it's published by Chronicle and it came out in June and it's like staying at the top, like five books of oil painting, which is great, you know? So I'm very excited about that. But in any way, in that journey of writing the book, the book, the book deal I got was two years ago.It was like a while ago. And so Susan. Did that I thought, you know, I would be a fool to not have a class that went with the book. So to the summer of 2019, I had, I had like four solo exhibitions in a row and I thought, okay, I'm going to devote six months and I'm going to record videos and I'm going to do that.You know? So I created this class that I wish that I had, and it was way bigger than the book. It was like everything I've ever thought about oil painting and that's called oil painting, fluency and flow. And, so yeah, so I launched a class, so the classes are out there[00:50:52] Nathan:Are the classes something that, you know, you're teaching in an online course? Are you there in person or through a partnership with.[00:50:58] Kimberly:So once I, once I learned about. That you can oil paint anywhere like you, Nathan tomorrow could decide, you know what? I w I've got an artist in me. I want to, I want to learn how to paint and you could set it up next year, you know, like in a little side table next to your computer, and there would be no fumes, no nothing.And it's much better for the environment it's not made out of plastic. It's like, you know, you could do it. So I wanted to get the word out. And, so my first class is, and so I was started teaching at major institutions. So the Anderson ranch in Colorado and the Otis where I actually took lessons, I taught there.And then, I just thought to myself, you know, this is highly inefficient because I have to like schlep over there and go there for, you know, hours at a time. And I could reach so many more people if I recorded. Instruction. And so I made these recordings, that's a hybrid of recordings and live sessions and critiques.And I have, you know, I have about 78 students right now. They're from all over the world and it's like the boast enriching wonderful, fabulous thing I've ever done[00:52:08] Nathan:Yeah.[00:52:09] Kimberly:To being an artist, you know,[00:52:11] Nathan:And so how does that interact with the newsletter that you have?[00:52:14] Kimberly:Well, I mean, so all of my experience, just as an artist has taught me that you, your value that you bring to any situation is the people that you can tell about what you do. It's like a tree falls in the forest. Nobody knows you're having a show. You know, you can't just rely on your art dealer.And the The dynamic has changed where. People don't have one, rarely do people have one gallery that represents them. And then they've got a bunch of satellite galleries. So you kind of have to be a little bit more entrepreneurial as an artist. And so you need to gather an email list. And so I stopped blogging and instead I have a newsletter because I want, you know, and I I have a narrative of stories that I tell about creativity about, about like I'll crawl deeply inside the making of a single painting of mine, or maybe another one.And I, and each email I send out, I spend a lot of time on, and it's like a work of art by itself because it's, again, it may be a different thing. a newsletter may be slightly different than a blog, but it's still words and image and it's just how. It's like another work of art, it's another work of art.And I love, using ConvertKit. I mean, I really, really do I tell people about it. I tell people about it all the time, because I think it's, it's the first software I've encountered that, allows you to very easily create a sequence. And, you know, you can I tell people, I say like, if you want to think about it, you could unspool Tolstoy's war and peace.If you wanted, like you could, every week you could give like a little section and you can start at the beginning and it takes the pressure off needing to constantly have every email be a first impression. So you can really get, let people to get, to know you in a much deeper, more personal way, because you create a sequence of letters to them that[00:54:23] Nathan:Right[00:54:24] Kimberly:Over time.[00:54:24] Nathan:Well, I think that's a really important point about starting at the beginning, because when you're sending these one-off emails to your newsletter, you don't know where people are joining. Some people for years and other people that is the very first thing. And so every time I find myself adding these caveats are like, Hey, if you're new here, you know, any of those things and with a, an email sequence, you know, the automated series, it starts at the beginning every time and it works people through it.And so I've had that. I've had so much fun creating those because you can chip away at them. Like I have one that I'm kind of writing now on, I guess it's on personal finance, you know? And it's just things that I wish that I had known as like, Moderately successful creator. Like, Hey, you're now earning a full-time living, what what's next?And so I can just write about that when I feel like it and add to this, that's now like 10 or 12 emails long.[00:55:20] Kimberly:And what's your frequent.[00:55:22] Nathan:That one I said to every week, but if I don't write for it, everyone just kind of pulls up at the end and weights, you know, for the next email. So it's 10 emails And then I add to it. And so like last week I didn't add a new one. And so now there's like a hundred people that are all the way at the end and they didn't get an email last week,[00:55:41] Kimberly:Yeah, no, I have that situation. I have a two year sequence[00:55:45] Nathan:Oh, wow.[00:55:45] Kimberly:I mean, I know like I sound, I probably seem super extroverted and voluble and everything like that, but like, I, I, it's very difficult for me to sell. It's very, it's very not. It's not cool for an artist to be. So like, I mean, it's just hard.It's also just hard for me. It's my personality. Like I even posting on Instagram is like a stressful thing for me. It's like, did I get everything that, you know, like I just, it's just not, I'm not one of those people that just casually throw stuff out there. I just, I'm very thoughtful and I want it, you know, it to be meaningful.And, but anyway, I was having trouble announcing that a workshop was over. Like serious trouble. Like I would put it off and I'd say, I can't do it. I can't press the send button. Like I just, even though you have the schedule feature on the broadcast, I was like, I can't do it. I can't do it. And you know, I, I can't remember the name of the marketing guru who was, have the five day sequence or, you know, basically a launch sequence is a series of emails where you first email is all about it.The second email might address one's reservations about it. The third Emile email might be testimonials. And then the fourth and fifth email are like last chance to get it. Like that to me is like, I would rather have needle eyes surgery than do that, you know, so I built it in, so I basically have the sequence where every quarter there's a launch sequence.Is that crazy[00:57:13] Nathan:No, it's fantastic[00:57:14] Kimberly:Because then, so, so that way, like I can just set it and forget it, like back to the Crock-Pot thinking like, you know, like, you know, just set it and forget it. You're going to sign up. You're going to get an announcement for a walk shop, a workshop a couple months after you've gotten to know me.[00:57:30] Nathan:Do you think that, well actually I guess really quick, the thing that I love about that is you can be completely immersed in your painting, right? And there you are selling a workshop and you're like, you don't, you have to think about it or know about it. Cause you did that work once and now you've finished a whole day of, of painting.Start something new at the end of the day. Cause that's the way that you roll. And then also you can say like finish up and check those sales and check that engagement. See, oh, people.[00:57:58] Kimberly:Yyeah, yeah. I mean, it's, it's just, it's I think people before they're going to buy anything, need to feel. Most people need to feel, you know, a level of comfort about what that person is about. so, you know, I haven't touched you tube. I haven't really, I honestly, I haven't made, I haven't made a huge effort because I've had the book coming out and I F I ha I had a big exhibition in June because, I designed a series of, excuse me.I designed, I painted a series of abstract paintings, for the cover of the book, because I wanted the cover, the book to be stellar and represent like a specified stroke, like hanging in air, like, to just convey the idea of painting and not be like a landscape, because for some crazy reason, if you, if you look up oil, painting, all the books, About oil painting are so poorly designed.It's like, it's strange because you would think people who are artists would care about design, but it's like pink pallet, Tino, bold 14 point font over like a green sunset. it's[00:59:07] Nathan:Yeah, well, design and painting are not necessarily the same thing you happen to come from a world where you have a lot of this. Even those two worlds have intertwined for you a lot over your career. So it makes sense to[00:59:18] Kimberly:Yes, but, but when, when, but if you get, but the painting books, like if you see a PA a painting book that has like a landscape on it, what if you don't like the landscape or they all have a landscape, or it has like the, the, you know, a face that's loosely drawn with, you know, painted with turbine, you know, Alla prima anyway.I've had so many exhibitions and like, I have a, I have a show coming up on Saturday and I've got to tell people about it. So like, I have to be, I'm already out there as an artist. So I have two different sequences and newsletters. I've got like a workshops for people who express interest in a workshop within the main newsletter.Like if, if, like, I'll say like I have this one great newsletter where the subject line is, who is this gorgeous woman? And then I show a picture cause they used to paint these beautiful renditions of the faces of the Egyptian mummies inside the sarcophagus, like beyond gorgeous. Like if you looked it up, you'd say, oh my God, this most beautiful painting I've ever seen.And it looks a lot like Francesco Clemente, which is an artist that like paint uses the same aspect ratio. It's like, you sort of go, oh, that's where that guy got that idea, you know? But. I'll talk about the pigments and that they used to, like, they used to burn mummies and then take the ashes and make a pigment called mummy brown.I know that sounds really kind of gross, but like, but, but they that's what they did. And I I'll say like, if this interests you, you might be interested in like a workshop. then if they say yes, then they'll go into my workshop sequence and they'll get notified when I open them.[01:01:00] Nathan:Are there other things that you do with email and with your newsletter[01:01:04] Kimberly:Yeah. Like I, like, I really want, I really want people to easily update their preferences. So I created a jot form like that simple select, you know, check box check if you're no longer interested in, workshops. No problem. Let me know. And I don't get enough work. Ominous, but hopefully, hopefully you'll put that feature in soon.[01:01:30] Nathan:We're actually working on building that feature now. So,[01:01:33] Kimberly:Are you kidding? When does it come out[01:01:34] Nathan:It's one of those asking where the paintings are done. It'll be done when it's done.[01:01:40] Kimberly:The other thing that I do is I really think gifts are important. And I think the marketer, the marketing community is really cheesy about it. Like they always do like outtakes from friends for reaction shots.And it's just so horrible, but I mean, it's just corny and you know who I'm talking about, but, you know, anyway, a gift is a beautiful thing because it's a movie that plays automatically and it doesn't have sound and. it can be so beautiful and subtle, you know, so every time I make a news that I usually have like an, it's like a work of art to me, you know?And sometimes if I want to emphasize a word, I'll paint a picture of that word and I'll integrate it in it. So like I really spend, I really love making them special. Yeah. I have one about the creative process and about not, not the Ted talk that you saw, but like I have one that's on the lead up to talking about the masterclass.Where it's called the curse of perfection. And I show, I talk about how, when I was a kid, my mother used to always like, she would sometimes wear like super smudge makeup and it was psych, it was called the smoky eye. I mean, they still do it now, but now the beauty people make it super specific, but then it was not that it was a little bit more like, woo.And I found a beautiful GIF of like a smokey eye, like slowly opening and closing. And I then go off on this whole subject about how, you know, it's as a painter, you have to let go of that, of the chains of perfection. You have to let it go in order to.[01:03:22] Nathan:Yeah. Well, I love that you're taking a medium that you know, of email or gifts or any of these things that a lot of people use in one way. And you're bringing those styles in that like class and sophistication and really just the level of effort. I think a lot of people are like hearing. Oh, I'm supposed to have, images or gifts.I'm supposed to be funny. And so they just look for something and slap it in there. And there's a level of effort that's not happening there, but because you're doing these automated sequences and you know that if you put this effort into it, it will last and work for you for years, then it's worth it.You can do a custom painted, you know, word or something like that to illustrate a point.[01:04:04] Kimberly:I mean, I have the luxury of having hundreds of paintings, and pieces of paintings, and video of—there's nothing sexier and more beautiful than watching somebody mix paint. There's literally nothing more gorgeous than that—So, I'm lucky.And I understand that other creators have to find other things, but there's a way to do things that have like a metaphorical—I here's what I would say. I would recommend that people seek to enhance their ability to think in metaphor when they write.So if they're gonna talk about a subject, and they're talking about a roadblock, instead of drawing a boulder on a road, find some other image or GIF. I use a lot of GIFs from ballet. You can find beautiful GIFs just by searching “Swan Lake” GIF, and it implies a physical movement.It goes back into that empathetic mirroring, where you feel that your own body is doing these movements that are surrounding this idea. It's not directly about what you're talking about, but it's like a little bit to the left, or it's just kind of a metaphorical version of it. It creates the space in between what you're literally saying, and what you're actually seeing that ignites the imagination and the view.[01:05:35] Nathan:Yeah. I love that. Just putting that extra bit of effort into defining the thing that's adjacent, rather than blatantly the first thing that came to mind. I think that makes a huge difference.[01:05:46] Kimberly:Yeah,[01:05:46] Nathan:We need to do a part two, because I have like 25 more questions to ask you, and we're out of time.[01:05:52] Kimberly:I'm in. I'm in.[01:05:54] Nathan:This has been amazing. Where should people go to subscribe to the newsletter?[01:05:58] Kimberly:They should go to KimberlyBrooks.com. The newsletter's right there in the footer and on the top. I really love communicating this way, and it's been an honor to be on this podcast, because I really love the product you've created. I really couldn't do it without you—without ConvertKit.So, I just, I'm such a fan, and I'm an evangelist, so kudos to you.[01:06:19] Nathan:Wow, thank you.Well, we're exci

This week we are talking about Subnautica: Below Zero, which is the 2021 follow-up game to Subnautica, also from developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Similar to the prior title, this is a first-person survival game, primarily underwater, where you are exploring, building, and crafting. You play as Robin Ayou, who crash lands on an alien planet in an effort to find out more about what happened to her sister. We chat about zen gaming, map frustrations, survival bunkers, alien voices in your head, fancy fruit salad, and being trapped on 4546B forever. Time Stamps:00:14 Introductions00:55 Main Topic – Subnautica: Below Zero34:20 Subnautica: Below Zero – contains spoilers!44:57 Subnautica: Below Zero final thoughts49:50 What we're playing next (Dragon Age: Inquisition)51:05 Ending Spiel (What we're loving this week)From the show:Games featured in our Ending Spiel: Dragon Age: Inquisition (what we're playing next). Our next minisode contains a bunch of other games we played this summer, coming soon. In addition to the game modes mentioned (normal survival, creative mode, etc), there is also a hardcore mode that is like survival mode but the player is unable to respawn if they die.Penglings are the baby birds we mentioned, the adult form is called a Pengwing. The fancy fruit salad was called “Spicy Fruit Salad” and it provides +100 heat, +85 food, and +30 water.There is no map, from what I can find, but it looks like you might be able to implement cheats that give you coordinates. With the coordinates and the help of internet, you can probably find almost anything, but it's also sort of a hassle. The voice actor who plays Robin Ayou is Kimberly Brooks, who did indeed play Ashley in Mass Effect. After some poking around on the internet, it looks like the questline about Robin's sister Sam is possible to miss without completing the game.Lastly, Subnautica does has an accessibility mode that highlights things that you can interact with in the environment. I imagine turning this on would make it much harder to miss items that can be scaned, etc.  It looks like Doki Doki is 14.99 USD in the Microsoft store, and contains some DLC items also.The book Emma mentioned is called Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. Find us:Website: https://utterlyunqualifiedgaming.com/Email: utterlyunqualified@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/utterlyunqualifiedgaming/Twitter: https://twitter.com/uugamingpodcastFacebook: http://facebook.com/utterlyunqualifiedMusical credit: "Into the Game" by SilentCrafter/ "Pixel Pig" by Di Young 

For another installment of our Showcase Short review series, Ben is joined once again by Above and Batman Beyond co-host, Eli Benson, reviewing the 2020 DC Showcase Short Adam Strange. Adam Strange was included with the release of 2020's DC animated movie, Justice League Dark Apokolips War. The short is directed by Batman Beyond's Butch Lukic, written by the great JM DeMatteis, starring Charlie Weber as our titular Adam Strange, and Alanna is Kimberly Brooks, formerly Cheetah in 2019's Wonder Woman Bloodlines. -Check out our last review of 2020's Phantom Stranger, as part of our Showcase Short review series! You can find clips from today's episode in upcoming video form on the DC Animated Movie Show audio/video series on our YouTube channel “Above and Batman Beyond” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw10iUAICFQ&list=PLx98WhpFg6nyYHzgGwLpb0pxGNtR-T_M Don't forget about Ben's recent review of the newest DC Showcase short Kamandi The Last Boy on Earth. Kamandi is included with the new DC Animated feature, Justice Society World War 2. Kamandi/JSWW2 dropped 4/27 on digital from WB Animation and are now available Blu-Ray/4K. Follow Eli on his very powerful Instagram @batman_beyond_fanpage https://www.instagram.com/batman_beyond_fanpage/ New episodes of the DC Animated Movie Show drop every Wednesday. -Subscribe to the DCAMS pod on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-animated-movie-show/id1555217784 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1yQ2bb4BiLIvX4t8hTKuei?si=W5obd5VaSbyqd3Fm1UOUiA Follow us on Instagram @dcanimatedmovieshow to engage on an upcoming episode Q&A! https://instagram.com/dcanimatedmovieshow?igshid=rsnnyibqq5i2 Recently was our vid for Batman: The Long Halloween, called “The Godfather of Long Halloween” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw10iUAICFQ&list=PLx98WhpFg6nyYHzgGwLpb0pxGNtR-T_MG Subscribe to our other podcast here on the channel: “Above and Batman Beyond” -New episodes of Above and Batman Beyond drop every Monday. -Subscribe to the ABB pod on Apple, Spotify, and Soundcloud. -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/above-and-batman-beyond/id1252498086 -https://open.spotify.com/show/1yQ2bb4BiLIvX4t8hTKuei?si=Zpsf6lQKSDeZBUmkHhqAKw -DCAMS and ABB are part of the Comic Book Intl Network: @comicbookintl on all social media -DC Animated Movie Show and Above and Batman Beyond are productions of Benjamin David Studios. -Follow us: @dcanimatedmovieshow on Instagram and @BatmanBeyondMedia on Instagram and Facebook; @BatmanBeyondPod on Twitter -DCAMS Host/Network Manager: Benjamin David, @benjaminofdavid on Instagram and Facebook, Email: Ben@BenjaminDavidWriting.com -DC Animated Movie Show and Above and Batman Beyond are not official productions of Warner Bros. or DC Entertainment.

It’s a mini DC Super Hero Girls reunion (pun intended) as Kimberly Brooks, aka Bumblebee, joins Tara, aka Batgirl and Harley Quinn, voice director Gene Vassilaros, and, of course Greg “Beast Boy” Cipes. This one is big on origin stories — tackling how grade school teachers, commercials, and live action film can lead to careers in animation. Get ready for inspiration and advice on how to take what you want from the universe! Follow Kimberly Brooks https://twitter.com/kimberlydbrooks https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybrooks11/ Follow Gene Vassilaros Nowhere! He doesn’t use social media. Share The Ship-it Show with a friend! https://www.theshipitshow.com http://youtube.com/c/theshipitshow/ #DCSHG #Bumblebee #DCSuperHeroGirls

Photo by Audrey King Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary American artist and author of The New Oil Painting with Chronicle Books.  She is known for her portraits and landscapes in series addressing identity and memory (“Mom's Friends”, “The Stylist Project”, “I Notice People Disappear”.)  Her paintings have been exhibited and featured internationally. Her latest exhibition “New Abstractions” in Los Angeles at Zevitas Marcus, is a result of a year long investigation of capturing the essence of painting for the cover of her book. Brooks speaks about her work, and the science of creativity to museums, Tedx, and Podcasts including the National Endowment for the Arts.  Brooks conducts workshops at institutions online via her acclaimed artist program. For information on exhibitions and more:  Storm 20 x 16 in. Oil on Linen Red Wave 20 x 16 oil on Linen

Mike talks about some colored pencil pieces and future plans. Artist and author Kimberly Brooks joins the podcast to talk about her journey and her new book, “The New Oil Painting”. They talk about her beginnings and how she took control of her own journey. She talks about color versus line for all artists and...

Noah was a guest on Kimbery Brooks' Fireside Chat broadcast from Los Angeles. Other surprise guests join and discuss Noah's paintings. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noah-becker4/support

Noah talks to California based painter Kimberly Brooks about the relationship between her painting style and art history. We also discuss her new book soon to be published on painting technique. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noah-becker4/support

The Power & Grace Leaders Show Airs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 6 pm EST Host is Chavon Anette She interviews Incredible Women who are doing incredible things in their spheres of influence. Hear the stories of other women and be empowered to walk in the purpose that God has given you. www.chavonanette.com                                                                              Share, Share, Share

The Cast of Mass Effect reunites to save the galaxy! Join Jennifer Hale (Shep), Mark Meer (Shep), Ali Hillis (Liara), Raphael Sbarge (Kaidan), Courtenay Taylor (Jack), Alix Wilton Regan (Traynor), and Kimberly Brooks (Ashley) for a very special episode brought to you by Nerds Vote.Nerds Vote is a non-partisan organization dedicated to getting ALL PEOPLE involved in democracy! Please click here to learn how you can help change the world - NerdsVote.comYou can donate and help out Nerds Vote -Head to paypal.me/nerdsvote - Donations go towards their non-partisan voter registration and education efforts! Program:IntrosCatch UpQuestionsLive Table ReadOutros

How fine artist Kimberly Brooks continues to embrace the digital age by seeing technological shifts as an opportunity to communicate the things that never change. Visit https://convertkit.com/kimberly-brooks for show notes and more information.

Marc and Greg are proud to present our 200th podcast! This podcast has two main parts. In the first half, we have an interview with the Voltron AU Band, Lotor and the Generals. In the second half, our guests are 6 amazing cast members from Voltron Legendary Defender, including AJ LoCascio, Josh Keaton, Kimberly Brooks, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Tyler Labine and Jeremy Shada. Also, for the 1st time, we have a video version of this same podcast on our YouTube channel. You can see the podcast here:First off, HUGE Thank you to Voltron Fans who have listened and participated in the podcast for these last 6.5 years!! It's all of you that make it possible for us to put together all of the wonderful interviews, guests, reviews, news, and coverage of everything VOLTRON! We have met thousands of you over the years and we consider all of you part of the Let's Voltron Family!Lotor and the GeneralsLotor and the Generals are on our podcast for the first time and we are happy to share their amazing music with the Voltron fandom! We talk about their collaboration with the real Lotor himself, AJ LoCascio, on the song, "The Rift." We also share some stories and music, including parts of "Vrepit Nah!", "Witch and Dad", and "Return of Voltron - Rise and Atone."The music video for Return of Voltron - Rise and Atone was created by Crystal Rebellion from #TeamPurpleLion (https://twitter.com/CrystalRebelion).To learn more about Lotor and the Generals, please follow them on social media on Instagram and Twitter, and listen to their music on Spotify and YouTube. You can also visit their website at:https://lotorandthegenarals.comVoltron Legendary Defender CastWe are so proud to have, all at the same time, the amazing cast of Voltron Legendary Defender, including Kimberly Brooks, AJ LoCascio, Josh Keaton, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Tyler Labine and Jeremy Shada.This mini-reunion was so special for all of the voice actors, and you'll love all their stories about things that happened during recording sessions, their contributions to Voltron folklore (Brown lion), their hopes for coming back as a Voltron cast once more, what minor characters they may have played on the show, and what they have been doing lately, both professionally and personally.  What a fantastic group of people!Don't forget, VoltCon 2020 is still ON for October 24-25, 2020, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Marc and Greg are back again as guests, and you can be sure we'll be safe and social distancing, while getting together with Voltron fans. You can get your tickets at https://voltcon.org/To be sure you are meeting the CDC guidelines, there are two places you can pick up Voltron masks:The Voltron Storehttps://store.voltron.com/products/voltron-face-mask-brand-newLet's Voltron Store (any design can be a mask)https://www.teepublic.com/stores/let-s-voltron-podcast?ref_id=5313Here are the 200th Podcast Fan Designs:Thank you, Susan C:Thank you, Mel:Thanks also to Marc's son, Lucas:As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

The 2019 Dragon Con Pre-Game Show hosted by Wes Carroll features interviews with Dan Carroll, Zachary Levi, Cooper Andrews, Kimberly Brooks and Bill Corbett

Hey gang!In this episode of Black N Animated. Way and Bre discuss Iconic Black Voice Actors. We name as many as we can think of along with well known works of theirs. (No shade to people we didn't get to mention.)   Who are your favorite black voice actors?  Tell us  on Instagram and Twitter @blacknanimated and check out the Black N Animated Facebook Group to interact with listeners of the podcast! You can also email us using blacknanimated@gmaill.com Here is a list of the vocal talent mentioned in this episode! :Phil Lamar (https://imdb.to/2DOSDWM ), Cree Summer (https://imdb.to/2GXxY3R), Regina King (https://imdb.to/2Y6OxBd), John Witherspoon (https://imdb.to/2JiYg36), James Earl Jones (https://imdb.to/2WywHXe), LeVar Burton (https://imdb.to/2Yf2ptp), James Avery (https://imdb.to/2Y1U1Nw), Kevin Michael Richardson (https://imdb.to/2WpmP2j), Gary Anthony Williams (https://imdb.to/2JeWyjc), Keith David (https://imdb.to/2H3VKfN), Isaac Hayes (https://imdb.to/2Vf3jcg), Zeno Robinson (https://imdb.to/2H2UARs), Shameik Moore (https://imdb.to/2vFEcA2 ), Kimberly Brooks (https://imdb.to/2WkI3y9), Estelle (https://imdb.to/2DRAO9L) KEEP COOL, Y'ALL!!

I am excited to share this episode with you because it is packed with such great content! Kimberly Brooks is a Renaissance Women who is a painter, researcher, writer, teacher, and all around wonderful mind.   In this episode, we talk about David Hockney and his use of technology, the history of technology in painting, the book her father wrote "Art & Physics" and how she edited it during her teenage years. We also discuss her studio practice, work, color and how she became the founding editor of the Huffington Post Arts section.    Kimberly Brooks integrates figuration and abstraction to explore a variety of subjects dealing with history, memory, and identity.  Exhibitions include Mom’s Friends, Technicolor Summer, The Stylist Project, I Notice People Disappear, Brazen and most recently Fever Dreams, at Zevitas Marcus, a mid-career survey, at Mt San Antonio College (2018). 2019 exhibitions include Paintings from the Interior at UC Riverside Museum and Disclosure at Durden and Ray and the Untitled Art Fair in San Francisco.   Brooks paintings have been showcased in numerous juried exhibitions with curators from the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work has received international press and she was recently a featured artist for the National Endowment for the Arts.   Also an award-winning educator, Brooks teaches workshops around the country including at Otis School of Art and Design in Los Angeles and The Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado.  Brooks received her B.A. at UC Berkeley (Literature) and studied painting at Otis and UCLA. Brooks lives in Los Angeles and works out of her studio in Venice. Her upcoming book, Oil Painting: Safe Practices, Materials and Supplies, published by Griffith Moon, will be available this spring.      This summer Brooks will be curating a show at  Zevitas Marcus and you can preorder her book, Oil Painting Safe Practices, Materials & Supplies: The Essential Guide at kimberlybrooks.com/books   You can also take workshops with Kimberly this summer based on the book. She is accepting applications now: kimberlybrooks.com/workshops   LINKS: www.kimberlybrooks.com. http://artandphysics.com/ https://www.zevitasmarcus.com/

Our Voltron friends, Dana, Rye and Todd join Marc and Greg to review the first episode of Season 8 of Voltron Legendary Defender, Launch Date. Dana, who lives in Tennessee, recently had lost all of her possessions in a fire at her family's home. This was a devastating loss for Dana. Here are some pictures of the house after the fire and the area that used to be Dana's bedroom: There is a GoFundMe page setup to help support Dana's family and their efforts to recover from this tragedy with their most immediate needs. They have not reached the GoFundMe goal yet, so please provide help if you can to a very special Voltron fan and her family at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/support-lewis-and-missy-hall Dana's best friend, Rye, who lives in South Carolina, knew that Dana had lost a lot of personal items with sentimental value, including a lot of art, signed posters and other special items she had bought at various conventions that Rye and Dana attended together over the years. One item, in particular, was a Voltron poster that Dana had signed by many of the voice actors and crew from Voltron Legendary Defender that she had collected at several conventions. Rye, without Dana knowing, had reached out to us on Twitter DM and asked if there was any way to connect with DreamWorks Animation to see if there was a way to get something signed and sent to Dana. We contacted Seth Fowler at DreamWorks PR, letting him know about the fire that destroyed Dana's signed poster, and asked if they could help Rye get something signed for her friend, Dana. It just so happened that THAT very night, the DreamWorks Animation group had planned a cast and crew party to celebrate the final season of Voltron Legendary Defender. Within a week, a signed poster of the combined lithographs of all the Voltron Legendary Defender characters, which was signed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, Josh Keaton, Kimberly Brooks, Neil Kaplan, AJ LoCascio, and more of the cast and crew that were at the party that night, was on its way to Dana's boyfriend's house, where Dana was staying. Rye had given the address to Seth so it would be a surprise to Dana. Here are the pictures Dana shared on Twitter when she received that package: A huge THANK YOU to DreamWorks, the cast and crew of Voltron Legendary Defender, and everyone involved in getting this signed poster to Dana. And of course, this would have never been possible without Rye, who not only initiated the communication to get her best friend something that meant a lot to her, but introduced Dana to Voltron Legendary Defender in the first place. You'll hear all of these stories and more, as Dana and Rye joined us to help review Launch Date, the first episode of Season 8 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. Dana is on Twitter: @danahall26 Rye is on Twitter: @yauilla Todd Matthy also joined us for this episode review podcast. Todd has been on the podcast previously, as well. Todd had been involved in the MediaBlasters DVD set for Voltron: Defender of the Universe, back in 2006. Todd is on Twitter: @ToddCMatthy Todd is also the creator of Robots vs. Princesses, a full-color comic book series. "Princess Zara wants to find a baby dragon. Instead she finds a giant robot. Together, they must stop a robot army." https://robotsvsprincesses.com/ THE LAST BATTLE IS COMING. Robots vs. Princesses #4 is on sale January 30th from @dynamitecomics so there’s still time to get pre-orders in (and re-orders) in. Please do so, it’ll help increase the visibility of the book. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa2agZg8RDfuKGSy_P5pVwwza6UfO2VJXHuHs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ujjbw1bxdomb Here are some of our favorite screenshots from Launch Date, the 1st episode from Season 8 of Voltron Legendary Defender: And here is the Proof from Beast King GoLion that Pidge is descended from Ninjas: As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

Our 2018 Year-In-Review Show! We play games with Jeremy Shada & Kimberly Brooks and then share excerpts from interviews with writer J.M. DeMatteis and writer/director Dean Devlin. We then welcome our newest sponsor - Justin's Comics talking Captain Marvel #1 and then we wrap things up with Casey from Geeks World Wide!! Support the show by clicking through to Amazon via our affiliate link and then shop like you normally would bit.ly/geektome

Part 2 of our two-part Voltron Extravaganza where we speak with voice actors Jeremy Shada (Lance) and Kimberly Brooks (Allura) about their time on this incredible series as it all comes to an end!! Support the show by clicking through to Amazon via our affiliate link and then shop like you normally would bit.ly/geektome

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Let's Voltron Podcast was all over New York Comic Con, covering the Voltron Panel Pre-Show, the DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender Panel at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the Fandom Feud that pitted Voltron cast and crew against the fans in Voltron trivia, the Mitch Iverson signing, and good times with Voltron friends and fellow fans! We welcome Dani and Tara to talk to us about their thoughts of everything Voltron at NYCC 2018! We are so happy to have good friends Tara and Dani joining us to recap everything that happened at New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2018! It was a BLAST! We are so happy to have shared the final con panel for Voltron Legendary Defender with everybody in New York! We want to thank Mark Daniel, the Pre-Show Host for the Hammerstein Ballroom panel for Voltron, for asking Marc up on stage to help play a game with 3 special fans who were brought up on stage as well. We also want to thank Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, Josh Hamilton, Jeremy Shada, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Kimberly Brooks and Josh Keaton for an incredible panel and Fandom Feud session on the show floor in the Javits Center! We were not able to make it to the SyFyWire LIVE STAGE to see the interview with the cast and crew of Voltron Legendary Defender, but you can go to this link and start watching at the 2:01:03 point, if you missed it like we did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3EqDcm9D8 We want to share some photos with everyone for the great times we had at NYCC with tons of Voltron fans! Reminder: Marc and Greg will be visiting RetroCon at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA this weekend, Oct 13 & 14, to see fellow Voltron fans and to interview BJ Ward (Allura/Haggar - Voltron:DOTU and Third Dimension) and Garry Chalk (Sky Marshall Wade - Voltron Force). As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

Neil Kaplan (Emperor Zarkon, It's Earth Shopkeeper) joins Marc and Greg for a review of The Feud, the 4th episode from Season 7 of Voltron Legendary Defender. Neil Kaplan has been on the podcast several times, so this time he surprises Marc and Greg with some questions of his own from Voltron fans on social media. In our Retro Voltron segment, we have a special announcement that fans of the original Voltron will love! Neil Kaplan has appeared at many conventions, most recently at Power Morphicon, and this weekend, he will be at Pocatello, ID for: Title: Snake River Fandom Con When: 9/28/2018 - 9/30/2018 3:00 pm-9:00 pm Location: Mountain View Events Center, 1567 Way to Grace, Pocatello, Idaho 83201 Follow Neil on Twitter (@NeKap) at: https://twitter.com/NeKap?lang=en For this podcast, Neil Kaplan helps us review The Feud, which is the 4th episode of Season 7 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. Of course, we all have our favorite moments from this episode, and we share our screenshots here: As we announced on our social media accounts, and on this podcast, BJ Ward (the voice of Allura and Haggar from Voltron: Defender of the Universe and Voltron: The Third Dimension) will be appearing at RetroCon at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA on October 13th and 14th. Tickets can be purchased online at RetroCons.com to save $10 on a weekend pass ($25). Otherwise, you can still purchase tickets at the door for each day. Saturday passes are $20 and Sunday passes are $15. If you are in the Greater Philadelphia are on the weekend of October 13th, don't miss this rare chance to meet BJ Ward. We will be having an interview with BJ Ward that will be broadcast on a future podcast. Thank you for joining us for this special episode review podcast with Neil Kaplan! Next week, we'll be at New York Comic Con! Here are the details of the Voltron events happening at NYCC: Friday, October 5 DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender, a Netflix Original Series Panel: 10:30-11:30 AM Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center Join executive producers Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery, story editor Josh Hamilton and voice actors Bex Taylor-Klaus, Josh Keaton, Jeremy Shada, Kimberly Brooks and more as they look back on seven seasons of DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender and offer a sneak peek at the final chapter arriving on Netflix later this year. NYCC SYFYWire Live Stage Voltron Cast Interview Producers Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery, and story editor Josh Hamilton are joined by cast members: Josh Keaton (Shiro), Jeremy Shada (Lance), Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge), and Kimberly Brooks (Allura) for a tease of the eighth and final season on Netfix. Lion Forge Booth #1934 Mitch Iverson Signings Friday, Oct 5 - 1 PM - 2 PM ET Saturday, Oct 6 - 1 PM - 2PM ET Get the exclusive NYCC Voltron Vol. 3 No. 1 variant cover! Han Cholo Booth #241 Limited Edition Voltron Legendary Defender Full-Body Enamel Pin - $15 Until Monday, Oct 1st, you can go on HanCholo.com to try to Pre-Order this Limited Edition Enamel Pin. https://www.hancholo.com/ Even though we'll be at NYCC next week, we are still releasing our special interview with the 2 of the Sound Designers from Voltron Legendary Defender, Rob McIntyre (Lead Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor) and Marc Schmidt (Sound Designer). You don't want to miss this special look into how the sound of Voltron Legendary Defender came together. As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

It’s the penultimate battle on this week’s Voltron episodes! Hosts Katie Cullen and Megan Salinas are joined by Jake Eberle (voice of Sendak) and Kimberly Brooks (voice of Allura) to discuss season 7 episodes 11 and 12. The Paladins have been captured - can they escape Sendak’s ship? Can Voltron and the Garrison prevent Sendak’s Zaiforge Cannons from converging to destroy the Earth? And how can we finally get the Atlas up and running? All this and more on this week’s Voltron after show!  The Voltron After Show: Join the robotic lions in this intergalactic war against the Galra Empire by listening to the various recaps, reviews and in-depth analysis and discussion on each episode of the series. Not only will we break down the episodes though, we’ll also deliver all the latest news surrounding the show and have cast and crew join us. It’s the VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER AFTER SHOW! Show Summary: Voltron: Legendary Defender is an animated

In this podcast, we are proud to welcome the voice of Coran in Voltron Legendary Defender, Rhys Darby! Rhys is a man of many talents, and we talk about some of the things he is doing, other than playing Coran on Voltron Legendary Defender, and of course, we have lots of questions sent to us from Voltron fans around the world, that Rhys answers for you! Rhys Darby rhys-ently announced that he has published a new children's book, in which he "did the words and the pictures," and it's published by Scholastic New Zealand. The book title is The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty and it is being released on October 1st. You can go to Rhys Darby's website to see where you can purchase the book at: https://www.rhysdarby.com/news/top-secret-undercover-notes-buttons-mcginty/ You can also see Rhys as Steve on Wrecked, Tuesday Nights at 10 PM ET on TBS: https://www.tbs.com/shows/wrecked And Rhys is one of the hosts of The Cryptid Factor, a podcast about Crytozoology that is highly entertaining, and you can check that out here: https://soundcloud.com/the-cryptid-factor Of course, we love Rhys as Coran on Voltron Legendary Defender, so here are a few screenshots of some of Coran's best moments from the show: On this podcast, we also share the announcement of the New York Comic Con (NYCC) panel for DreamWorks' Voltron Legendary Defender. Here are the details: Friday, October 5 DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender, a Netflix Original Series Panel 10:30-11:30 AM Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center Join executive producers Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery, story editor Josh Hamilton and voice actors Bex Taylor-Klaus, Josh Keaton, Jeremy Shada, Kimberly Brooks and more as they look back on seven seasons of DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender and offer a sneak peek at the final chapter arriving on Netflix later this year. As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

We are delighted to share this exclusive sitdown with world famous voice actor Kimberly Brooks. We go into depth with how voiceover work came about, challenges in the industry and where you can catch her next! Follow: @KimberlyDbrooks About: Kimberly Brooks is an American actress who works in the voice-over, film, video games, and theatre industry. She has voiced in video games since the mid '90s. Kimberly has played Ashley Williams in the Mass Effect series,Jasper from Steven Universe, Buena Girl from ¡Mucha Lucha!, Shinobu Jacobs in No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Princess Allura from Voltron: Legendary Defender, Mee Mee in Dexter's Laboratory, and Luna in the Scooby-Doo franchise as part of the Hex Girls. About the show: ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►For $5 in ride credit, download the Lyft app using my referral link: https://www.lyft.com/ici/ASH584216 ► Visit http://www.pinnertest.com and use Promo Code: ashsaidit ►Become A Podcast Legend: http://ashsaidit.podcastersmastery.zaxaa.com/s/6543767021305 ►Review Us: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472 ►Casper Commercial Music Courtesy of http://www.BenSound.com #atlanta #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit® Ash Brown is a gifted American producer, blogger, speaker, media personality and event emcee. The blog on AshSaidit.com showcases exclusive event invites, product reviews and so much more. Her motivational podcast "Ash Said It Daily" is available on major media platforms such as iTunes, iHeart Radio & Google Play. This program has over half a million streams worldwide. She uses these mediums to motivate & encourage her audience in the most powerful way. She keeps it real!

We are delighted to share this exclusive sitdown with world famous voice actor Kimberly Brooks. We go into depth with how voiceover work came about, challenges in the industry and where you can catch her next! Follow: @KimberlyDbrooks About: Kimberly Brooks is an American actress who works in the voice-over, film, video games, and theatre industry. She has voiced in video games since the mid '90s. Kimberly has played Ashley Williams in the Mass Effect series,Jasper from Steven Universe, Buena Girl from ¡Mucha Lucha!, Shinobu Jacobs in No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Princess Allura from Voltron: Legendary Defender, Mee Mee in Dexter's Laboratory, and Luna in the Scooby-Doo franchise as part of the Hex Girls. About the show: ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►For $5 in ride credit, download the Lyft app using my referral link: https://www.lyft.com/ici/ASH584216 ► Visit http://www.pinnertest.com and use Promo Code: ashsaidit ►Become A Podcast Legend: http://ashsaidit.podcastersmastery.zaxaa.com/s/6543767021305 ►Review Us: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472 ►Casper Commercial Music Courtesy of http://www.BenSound.com #atlanta #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit® Ash Brown is a gifted American producer, blogger, speaker, media personality and event emcee. The blog on AshSaidit.com showcases exclusive event invites, product reviews and so much more. Her motivational podcast "Ash Said It Daily" is available on major media platforms such as iTunes, iHeart Radio & Google Play. This program has over half a million streams worldwide. She uses these mediums to motivate & encourage her audience in the most powerful way. She keeps it real!

Josh Keaton, who plays Shiro on Voltron Legendary Defender, and is an amazing actor, returns to the podcast for a unique one-on-one interview. Find out where Josh will be making his next Con appearance, what he thinks about Shiro's development through the end of Season 7, and whether there will be a sequel to his hit YouTube Music Video, "You're Welcome". Also, our RetroVoltron segment is all about Commander Hawkins, the OG equivalent of Captain Shiro. Josh Keaton is Shiro's #1 Fan. If you dare, you can challenge this statement, but since Josh had at least a 1-year jump on anyone else for getting to know this character intimately, and even brought this character to life, with the help of a great animation team, and continues to be Shiro's greatest Champion, you should be happy with sharing #2 with multitudes of other Voltron fans. We are so happy to present this unique one-on-one interview with Josh Keaton. You may notice at one point, about 3.5 doboshes in, that Josh's audio sounds different for the rest of the interview. Josh switched to a different iPad on Skype that was newer so the connection would remain consistent. We hope you understand. Thanks! For our RetroVoltron segment, Greg reviews what we believe is the OG equivalent of Captain Shiro, and that would be the Captain of the Explorer from the Vehicle Team episodes of Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Commander Hawkins. Greg not only gives you the Voltron side of Hawkins, but also the Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (original Japanese show) version, and how it compared to Voltron. Here are some screenshots of Commander Hawkins: As we mentioned in the podcast, Hot Topic is now offering Voltron Legendary Defender Ceramic Reveal Mugs! To many people, it will look like any mug with just the picture of the Lions from Voltron Legendary Defender, but once you pour steaming hot coffee, tea or hot cocoa inside it, it will reveal the pilots too! These are 20 oz Ceramic Mugs. Do not microwave and do not put in the dishwasher! On Sale Now at Hot Topic for $11.92!! Get your mug here: https://www.hottopic.com/product/voltron-legendary-defender-heat-reveal-mug/11270504.html Another release coming up on August 28th is the 3 Ready-to-Read titles from Simon Spotlight: Lance's Story Keith's Story The Voltron Coalition Handbook The Voltron Store has a Special Back to School Sale going on up to the last minute on Sunday, August 26th! Get 15% OFF by using the code SCHOOL at checkout! NEXT PODCAST!!! On our next podcast, coming next Friday, we'll be announcing the winner of our SDCC Voltron Prize Pack, so make sure you listen to find out if you won! Thousands of people entered, but there can be only one winner! As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

Kimberly Brooks, who voices Jasper, joins Michaela Dietz, the voice of Amethyst, and Storyboard Artist and Character Designer, Amber Cragg to discuss Jasper! They breakdown Jasper as a character, her relationship with both Amethyst and Lapis, why she's so relatable to fans, and what they hope to see in Jasper's future (can you say "redemption arc" or maybe "yoga instructor"?). Plus, Kimberly shares the story of her audition, and what inspired Jasper's amazing voice.

Kimberly Brooks (Voltron: Legendary Defender, Stephen Universe, Mass Effect) joins host Rob Paulsen to talk all things Voltron, Princess Allura, and how the series has changed over the years. Plus, did you ever think Pinky and Princess Allura would be in Top Gun? Get access to the video portion TWO WEEKS before the podcast by joining team Alpha!  

In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Kimberly Brooks Mazella, a straight spouse whose career as a psychotherapist has lead to the founding of her non-profit, the Straight Forward Project. Kim discusses the results of her survey research on Straight Spouses, and how her data, which sheds light onto the straight spouse experience, could eventually be used to help straight spouse heal.  In Kim’s own words: “A person has to be able to hold two competing truths at the same time: on the one hand it is wonderful that our spouses have come out, and if they’re living authentic lives and they’re happy and they’re in relationships - we want that for everybody; we all deserve to live authentic lives. Andthe deceit and the damage that is done to unsuspecting spouses who are married to closeted LGBT folks is real, and it is valid, and it is true. And both of those things co-exist.”

Hosts Katie Cullen, Megan Salinas, Emma Fyffe, and Alexis Torres are joined by Bex Taylor-Klaus, Kimberly Brooks, and AJ LoCascio to discuss the Voltron Season 6 finale! Conversation topics include the ultimate giant robot fight between Voltron and Lotron, why genocide is bad and a sad backstory isn’t an excuse, leaving Shiro on the ground while you strike an epic pose for the last shot of the season, and oh by the way Shiro isn’t dead, guys! Hosts also announced a giveaway to be resolved on next week’s season recap: use #ABTVVoltronGiveaway and tell us your favorite moment of the after show for a chance to win! The Voltron After Show: Join the robotic lions in this intergalactic war against the Galra Empire by listening to the various recaps, reviews and in-depth analysis and discussion on each episode of the series. Not only will we break down the episodes though, we’ll also deliver all the latest news surrounding the show and have cast and crew join us.

Together! At the same time, for the first time! We talk to Kimberly Brooks (Allura), AJ LoCascio (Lotor) and Josh Keaton (Shiro) about Season 6 and everything else. And if that isn't enough, we share some emails from listeners and preview 2 SDCC exclusives for Voltron fans. Kimberly Brooks (Allura) has played too many roles to mention here, but is best known for Ashley Williams in the Mass Effect series, Jasper from Steven Universe, Buena Girl from ¡Mucha Lucha!, Shinobu Jacobs in No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Mee Mee in Dexter's Laboratory, Luna in the Scooby-Doo franchise as part of the Hex Girls, and her amazing Princess Allura from Voltron Legendary Defender. Kimberly will be at AnimeExpo this weekend. She will be signing for three hours in the Premium Autographs Area at AnimeExpo starting at 11 AM on Saturday, July 7th. Hear her talk about the other conventions she'll be attending from our interview on this podcast! You can follow Kimberly on Twitter @kimberlydbrooks AJ LoCascio (Lotor) was best known for his voice acting role in Back to the Future: The Game as Marty McFly, but has since eclipsed ALL other roles with his incredible performance as Lotor from Voltron Legendary Defender. AJ does not have any planned convention visits, but if Kimberly and Josh can convince him, he'll be out there mingling with the fans someday. You can follow AJ on Twitter @AJLoCascio Josh Keaton (Shiro) began his career as a child actor. He is best known for his roles as Takashi (Shiro) Shirogane in Voltron Legendary Defender, Peter Parker / Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Norman Osborn in Marvel's Spider-Man, Jack Darby in Transformers: Prime and Hercules as an adolescent in Hercules. Josh will also be at AnimeExpo this weekend. He will be signing for three hours in the AX2018 Premium Autograph Area at 10 AM on Saturday, July 7th! Listen to this podcast for other conventions he'll be appearing at soon. You can follow Josh on Twitter @JoshKeaton Also, we are giving away a Voltron Prize Pack, courtesy of our friends at The Voltron Store! Visit The Voltron Store at http://store.voltron.com to see the latest Voltron items, like clothing, comics, DVDs, toys, jewelry and more! If you send us an email at letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com, with your thoughts on Season 6, you can be entered to win this prize pack. 1 lucky winner will win! As we mentioned in this podcast, there are 2 special SDCC exclusives that will be in San Diego for Voltron fans! First, at the Entertainment Earth Booth #2343, you can get one of 3000 Limited Edition Hyperphase Voltron 5-piece Gift Set from Playmates Toys for $129.99. If there are any left after SDCC, in August, they will ship from Entertainment Earth. Pre-Order Now! • Available from the following Comic Con vendors: o ThinkGeek/Gamestop – Booth 3349 o Toynk Toys – Booth 815/4437 o Entertainment Earth – Booth 2343 o Trendsetters/Sure Thing Toys – Booth 4730 Second, at the Blue Fin Booth #401 at SDCC, you can see the Exclusive BANDAI SHOKUGAN SUPER MINIPLA VOLTRON (SDCC VER.) It’s time to form Blazing Sword! This special SDCC 2018 exclusive version of Bandai Shokugan Super Minipla Voltron includes an additional effect part to recreate the “Form Blazing Sword” sequence not found in the regular release version and exclusive box-art! A hybrid plastic model kit and toy, the Super Minipla Voltron comes in pre-colored plastic with painted-in details and assembles with no glue! Completed product can be separated into 5 individual posable Lions and combine into Voltron. Includes Blazing Sword, Spinning Laser Blade, and an original weapon, the Mega Blaster made from the individual Lion weapons. Assembled, Voltron stands at approx. 7.1″ tall.” At the convention, this item will be $70.00. As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

K-Lionheart returns to help Marc and Greg review Postmortem, the 3rd episode of Season 5 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. Also, Stormy joins us to review her experience with Josh Keaton, Jeremy Shada and Kimberly Brooks at Fan Expo Dallas. For our Retro Voltron segment, Greg introduces us to Space Mice Mechs in Voltron. Stormy had driven 5 hours to get to Fan Expo Dallas, just to see Josh Keaton, Kimberly Brooks, and Jeremy Shada, so it was so great for her to make it into a packed panel for "Meet the Cast of Voltron Legendary Defender", with all 3 voice actors present. Also, Jeremy had his own panel for Adventure Time, Kimberly had another panel for the "Women of Voice Acting" and Josh had his own spotlight panel, and Stormy was able to make it to all of those as well. Thank you, Stormy, for sharing your Fan Expo Dallas experience with us on the podcast! You can see more from Stormy on her Twitter account at @StormyStrife In our Retro Voltron segment, Greg talks about the Space Mice Mechs. Here are some pics for the X-47, the Space Mice Plane from Voltron: Defender of the Universe. Han Cholo has brand new Voltron Legendary Defender designs available in their precious metals collection. The Blue Lion ring will be available in Size 6, 7, 8 and 9 and the price will be $275. The Paladin Symbol pendant will be available on an 18 inch cable chain (for women) Price $180 and a 24” cable chain (for men) Price $200 and lastly the Princess Allura Ring will be available in a one size fits all adjustable ring, price $150. Go to the Voltron collection on Han Cholo here: https://www.hancholo.com/collections/limited-edition-voltron May 1st brought the arrival of Simon Spotlight Story Books for Pidge's Story and Shiro's Story, both of which have collectible posters, that when connected together with all 6 book posters, will make a large image with all 6 paladins of Voltron. Here are the posters for Shiro and Pidge, connected together: And a sneak peek of those posters that will be part of all 6 books: And here are the covers that we've learned will be available for the first issue of Lion Forge Comics Voltron Legendary Defender, Vol 3, Issue 1, due out sometime in July: In this podcast, we review Postmortem, which is the 3rd episode from Season 5 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix. Here are some screenshots from that podcast. Thank you, K-Lionheart, for helping us review Postmortem! K-Lionheart is on Twitter: @KLionheart_Art, @KittyLionheart Let's Voltron Podcast is proud of Dungeons & Voltron, an original Voltron design by K-Lionheart: To get this design as a t-shirt, pillow, phone case, notebook, poster, print, stickers, hoodie, and more, all on sale for 3 days, go to this link: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2620659-dungeons-and-voltron-by-k-lionheart?ref_id=5313 As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!

AFTERBUZZ TV — Voltron Legendary Defender edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Netflix's Voltron Legendary Defender. In this episode hosts Katie Cullen, Megan Salinas, Alexis Torres, and Emma Fyffe discuss episodes 5 & 6 with Josh Keaton and Kimberly Brooks. Show Summary: Voltron: Legendary Defender is an animated web television series produced by American companies DreamWorks Animation and World Events Productions and animated by South Korean Studio Mir. It is a reboot of both the Beast King GoLion anime series and the Voltron franchise, and its animation is a mix of anime-influenced traditional animation for characters and background and CGI for Voltron action sequences. Voltron: Legendary Defender is set in a science fiction universe where planetary energy called "quintessence" can be used to power vehicles and magic. The series follows the adventures of the Paladins of Voltron who must learn to work together to form the giant robot Voltron and use it

Steve Ahn joins us for an interview for the 13+ episodes across 5 seasons he directed for Voltron Legendary Defender. Also, we are joined by Blacky Shepherd, who will have a booth at Artist Alley for ECCC, and Marc and Greg review Begin the Blitz, the 5th episode of Season 4 for Voltron Legendary Defender. Steve Ahn directed the following episodes for Voltron Legendary Defender: The Rise of Voltron, Fall of the Castle of Lions, Return to the Balmera, Collection & Extraction, Across the Universe, Eye of the Storm, The Blade of Marmora, Stayin' Alive, Changing of the Guard, The Journey, Reunion, Black Site, and A New Defender. And, Steve guarantees us he directed at least 1 episode from Season 5 as well. We love everything you've done for Voltron, Steve, and we wish you all the luck in the world in your future. If you wish to follow Steve Ahn, he is on Twitter @steveahn82 and on Instagram @artofsteveahn - go check out his latest work! Blacky Shepherd has been on the podcast with us several times and he will be available at Emerald City Comic Con in Artist Alley at Booth II14, where you can pick up the debut Pumpkinhead Comic from Dynamite Comics, or maybe one of his Voltron or Vampirella prints! You can follow Blacky on Twitter @cqshep Blacky's Let's Voltron design is also featured on the Let's Voltron TeePublic store, and ON SALE right now for up to 30% OFF. You can get it here: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/1699040-lets-voltron-by-blacky-shepherd?store_id=136615 Special Announcement!! You can WIN $100 worth of Let's Voltron TeePublic Store Voltron SWAG, during our BIG GIVEAWAY!! Make sure you submit your entries before March 5th, coinciding with the end of ECCC. You can enter here: Let's Voltron $100 Gift Card GIveaway https://gleam.io/Neb3e/lets-voltron-100-gift-card-giveaway Also, you can still get 20% OFF at HanCholo.com using the exclusive podcast listener code: LETSVOLTRON (all caps) until March 5th when ECCC ends! And our own Let's Voltron Store on TeePublic is having a SALE until Sunday. Everything in our store is On Sale for up to 30% OFF. Check out all our artist designers and the many products you can get, like Tees, Mugs, Pillows, Prints, Phone Cases, Notebooks, Stickers and more! Go here to get all of our products on sale: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/let-s-voltron-podcast?ref_id=5313&ref_type=aff Marc and Greg review Begin the Blitz, and we'll share some of those screenshots below, but first, let's share when Marc mentions Josh Keaton's Moana/Voltron mashup music video "You're Welcome!" on Josh's YouTube channel, which also features Bex Taylor Klaus, Kimberly Brooks, AJ LoCascio, and Neil Kaplan, who make a great split-screen crew for this awesome parody song. Here is the link to it on Josh's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoeGe82AFm0 Greg also mentions that we posted a new music video of our own on the Let's Voltron YouTube channel. Lucas Morrell, the son of Let's Voltron Podcast Host, Marc Morrell, was caught on video practicing his piano version of the Voltron Legendary Defender theme by Alex Geringas. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIxfJ1YX54k And you can also hear this song at the end of the podcast! Here are the screenshots from Begin the Blitz: As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

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With so many fan spotlights on Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast, it was only a matter of time before you see us put the spotlight on Voltron Cosplayers. We welcome Levi, Jules and Lucy as they share their designs, thoughts, secrets, challenges, and how much they appreciate other cosplayers. It takes a lot of effort to be a cosplayer and these people share their stories, advice and warnings with all Voltron fans. You'll see lots of pictures and links that are being shared on this podcast page for Voltron Cosplay, so please feel free to reach out to our guests at their Twitter accounts listed if you have additional questions or comments. Our first Voltron Fan Cosplay Artist is Levi. Levi has cosplayed as Prince Lotor from Voltron Legendary Defender, among many other characters from other shows that you'll hear about on this podcast. Levi was the first Cosplayer of Lotor that AJ LoCascio had met at New York Comic Con this past October. Levi is also featured on this page from pictures taken at Anime NYC. Many thanks go to @unlimitedcrossroads on Instagram for this amazing photography shoot with the LEDs. For more info: http://unlimitedcrossroads.com You can find Levi on Twitter: @tenhinas Levi is also on Instagram: @levi_ebooks Jules has cosplayed as Race Car Driver Allura, and as Indian Allura, which are both very unique. Here are some pics from those: The Allura zine, Years & Years, is a 100-page zine featuring 52 artists and writers in the fandom containing all things Allura, created by Jules, and her friend, Cat. Orders run from now until December 31st, if anyone is interested to purchase. Link to the store: https://allurazineyears.tictail.com/ Link to the blog: https://allurazine.tumblr.com/ There is a poster that comes with it featuring 18 artists, including Jules, that they gave to Kimberly Brooks at NYCC: Jules is on Twitter: @Jules_Basak tumblr: Jules also has a Tumblr art page: http://merbae-art.tumblr.com/ Lucy has cosplayed as Paladin Allura, Lance, Keith and Shiro. Here are some of her cosplay photos: Allura photographer: Sumiko.foto Photography on Facebook Keith photographer: @_doctorphotography on Instagram Lance photographer: @sweet.shika on Instagram Lucy is on Twitter: @AllamalyCosplay Lucy is also on Instagram: @allamaly Greg's post about Voltron Ships titled "Ship Shapes: Romantic Relationships in Voltron Fan Art and Fan Fiction", mentioned in this podcast, is available at: https://lionsandpilotsandbots.com/2017/12/03/ship-shapes-romantic-relationships-in-voltron-fan-art-and-fan-fiction/ Marc was featured on a Podcast with Engel Jones, called 12 Minute Convos, which was also mentioned in this podcast. You can listen to this very inspirational podcast with Marc as the guest at: https://twelveminuteconvos.com/marc-morrell/ Next week's podcast is our 4th Anniversary Podcast! We are excited to share everything the fans have sent us about the podcast, Voltron Legendary Defender, and what people would like us to cover on the podcast! It's time to celebrate Voltron! As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

By the power of the fans, Let's Voltron Podcast combines with the AfterBuzzTV Voltron AfterShow to talk about everything Voltron, Season 4 & (5?) and everyone shares their Voltron Christmas Gift Wish List. AFTERBUZZ TV is an online broadcast network, founded by E! host Maria Menounos and producer Keven Undergaro, designated to TV discussion and after-show content in webcast and podcast form. When fans finish watching their favorite shows, they can go online to watch or listen to an aftershow that features hosts breaking down everything they viewed, taking calls from fans and interviewing guests. The Voltron Legendary Defender AfterBuzz TV AfterShow recaps, reviews and discusses episodes of Netflix’s Voltron Legendary Defender, and is hosted by Katie Cullen (Black Lion), Megan Salinas (Green Lion), Alexis Torres (Blue Lion), Emma Fyffe (Red Lion), and Mark B Donica (Yellow Lion). Their reviews of Voltron Legendary Defender occur live, soon after each Season drops on Netflix, with 1 or 2 episodes from the season reviewed and typically with special guests that include cast and crew from the show. Past guests included AJ Locascio, Neil Kaplan, Josh Keaton, Kimberly Brooks, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, Jeremy Shada, Mitch Iverson and more. Here's where you can catch all of the AfterBuzzTV Voltron AfterShow action: Website: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/afterbuzz-tv-all-shows/voltron-legendary-defender-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oeL2aOvUkQ&list=PL6THzna6gLcf07sfZpvl_Gxy9V8FNDjjf iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voltron-legendary-defender/id1139104453?mt=2 To follow your AfterBuzzTV Voltron Legendary Defender AfterShow hosts on Twitter: Katie Cullen: @Kiaxet Megan Salinas: @themenguin Alexis Torres: @atorres890 Emma Fyffe: @EmmaFyffe Mark B Donica: @MarkBDonica We had a BLAST with this AWESOME Voltron Crew from AfterBuzzTV and we look forward to their AfterShows for Season 5 of Voltron Legendary Defender! As always, Thanks for listening! Let's Voltron!!

AFTERBUZZ TV — Voltron Legendary Defender edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Netflix's Voltron Legendary Defender. In this episode hosts Katie Cullen, Mark Donica, Megan Salinas, Alexis Torres, and Emma Fyffe discuss episodes 5 and 6 with Kimberly Brooks and Josh Keaton. ABOUT VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER: Voltron: Legendary Defender is an American animated web television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and World Events Productions and animated by Studio Mir. It is a reboot of the 1984 Voltron series, and its animation is a mix of anime influence for characters and background and CGI for Voltron action sequences. The first season premiered on Netflix on June 10, 2016 and consisted of 11 episodes. It was released globally in the United States, Canada, Latin America, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Nordics, Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A second season will premiere on Netflix in late 2016.

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Marc and Kim Morrell covered all the Voltron events at New York Comic Con 2017 (NYCC), including the Voltron Legendary Defender Pre-Panel with Mark Daniel, the Panel, interviews with the cast and producers, Voltron on the LIVE stage, and the signings and Voltron fan meetup. There were also exhibit hall booths we visited, like Han Cholo, Lion Forge, and Simon & Schuster, as well as artists on the show floor and artist alley. In this podcast, we share it all with Greg, who wasn't able to go, and all the Voltron fans around the world that couldn't make it to NYCC. There is a lot to cover at New York Comic Con, especially when it comes to Voltron Legendary Defender, the greatest show on Netflix, and any device anywhere! And it all started with the Voltron Legendary Defender Cast and Crew Autograph Signings at Table 21 of the Autograph Hall on Friday, Oct 6, 2017. This wonderful lithograph designed by Lauren Montgomery was signed for every Voltron Fan in line. Here's what we had signed, and some of those pictures: On Saturday, Voltron Fans lined up to get into the panel early, and we saw some great cosplay in line. Here are some of those pics: Then, people were allowed to enter the Main Stage at NYCC, and take their seats for the 11 AM Voltron Legendary Defender Season 4 Panel. Mark Daniel was the Master of Ceremonies for the Pre-Panel Show and he was absolutely great with all the Voltron fans. He brought all the people up to the front who had cosplayed as Voltron characters, and they proceeded to do the first ever LIONWALK at NYCC. Then, he asked Let's Voltron Podcast Host Marc Morrell to come up on stage and they talked all about Season 4, Voltron Merch at NYCC and elsewhere, and they plugged the podcast. Both of them were wearing their Let's Voltron Podcast Five to Thrive Shirts, designed by Zilla (@beanyzilla). Big Thanks to Mark Daniel for all the Let's Voltron LOVE! Here are some pics from that Pre-Panel Show: We made a video of the Pre-Panel Show for people who weren't able to see that from the LIVE Collider YouTube stream from the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjGEB5IcOio Now, the panel did not disappoint Voltron fans, who were looking for glimpses into Season 4, as there were several clips from Season 4 played for the audience during the panel. Here are some of the pics from the panel: After the panel, we had interviews with the cast and producers of Voltron Legendary Defender. Those interviews are available on our YouTube Channel at: Cast (AJ LoCascio, Josh Keaton and Kimberly Brooks) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6YALGzYu4A Producers (Joaquim Dos Santos & Lauren Montgomery) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABlLw2w_lEk Here are some great pics from all around the exhibit hall floor, artist alley and more: We also had a chance to greet other great Voltron fans at the Voltron fan meetup at 4 PM on Saturday, which was a blast, and included a LOT of group cosplay photos, including these: We want to thank ALL of the Voltron fans that we met at NYCC. Your passion for this awesome franchise is OFF THE CHARTS! We also want to thank DreamWorks, Netflix, Universal, Mark Daniel, Han Cholo, Lion Forge, Simon & Schuster, Sideshow Collectibles, Alex Milne, Terry Huddleston, Naomi Romero, Elentori, Donya Abramo, Cheetoy, Mark Oliver, Seth Green, Clare Grant, Brandon Schoolhouse, Gian Norte, Josh Keaton, Kimberly Brooks, AJ LoCascio, Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, Seth Fowler, Ryan Bradley, Emily Leibert, ReedPop Staff, BER, Warner Bros, Gary Miereanu, DC, Alan Tudyk, and many more people we can't remember at this moment. NYCC was awesome! We can't wait until next year, and the next time we get to gather with Voltron Fans! It's always a great time! We also talked about our TeePublic Store, where you can find a ton more Voltron designs, and TeePublic recently added pillows, totes and tapestries to their already long list of products that you can get Let's Voltron or Voltron designs on. Here is a link to that store: https://www.teepublic.com/user/letsvoltron?ref_id=5313&ref_type=aff Our next podcast will have special guests AJ LoCascio (Lotor) and Neil Kaplan (Zarkon) in a Father and Son Podcast for the AGES! Lotor vs Zarkon! Let's see if these two can get along and answer all the fan questions we asked you to send into us. There will be a random winner picked from all the entries, and that winner will receive the 2 signed lithographs we mentioned above. Good luck! As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

Welcome to Allurapalooza! This podcast is completely dedicated to anything and everything Allura, both Princess and Paladin. Our first half is a wonderful interview with the voice of Allura on Voltron Legendary Defender, Kimberly Brooks, where Kimberly also answers fan questions and announces the winner of the Allurapalooza Prize Pack! The second half is a deep-dive character study of Allura with Hypable writer and podcaster Donya Abramo. So much Allura, so little time! Allurapalooza! Kimberly Brooks plays Allura with amazing grace and balance on Voltron Legendary Defender, and she approaches all of the fan questions in this podcast with the same great care. We are excited to announce that Kimberly Brooks will be attending New York Comic Con on October 6th and 7th. It was originally announced that Josh Keaton, AJ LoCascio, Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery would be the panelists for the Voltron Legendary Defender Season 4 Panel at NYCC, but we learned that Kimberly has been added as a panelist. In fact, Kimberly is participating in 3 conventions, back-to-back-to-back, making her own little Allurapalooza Tour, starting with GeekGirlCon in Seattle, Washington, Sept 30th and October 1st. Then, she heads to New York for NYCC on October 6th and 7th, and finally, she concludes the tour at Beach Cities Con in Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 13th-16th. Here is a link to the GeekGirlCon website: https://geekgirlcon.com/featured-contributors/ Here is Kimberly's schedule at GeekGirlCon: Saturday (September 30) Kimberly Brooks Signings, 9:45am-11:15am, Level 3 Signing Area* Voice of a Hero, 11:30am, Tahoma Room 3/4 – Garnet Kimberly Brooks Photo Ops, 12:45pm-1:30pm, Level 3 Photo Studio* Kimberly Brooks Photo Ops, 3:45pm-4:30pm, Level 3 Photo Studio* Sunday (October 1) Kimberly Brooks Signings, 9:45am-11:15am, Level 3 Signing Area* Kimberly Brooks Q&A, 11:30am, Tahoma Room 3/4 – Garnet Kimberly Brooks Photo Ops, 12:45pm-1:30pm, Level 3 Photo Studio* Kimberly Brooks Photo Ops, 2:45pm-3:30pm, Level 3 Photo Studio* If you're in the area for any of those cons, and you can get tickets, we recommend you go and meet Kimberly Brooks in person! She's absolutely fabulous! Donya Abramo has been on the podcast on previous episodes and we are delighted to have her back to deep-dive into this character study on Allura for Allurapalooza! See if our thoughts on Allura match any of your feelings about her. Donya will also be at NYCC, covering everything Voltron, so look for her stories on Hypable! Here are some of our favorite images of Allura from Voltron Legendary Defender: For our next podcast, if you had emailed us with your answer to which Voltron character you'd like to see on Han Cholo jewelry, we will be announcing the winner of the Limited Edition NYCC Voltron Enamel Pin Set. As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

In this podcast, Marc and Greg review Episodes 3 and 4 from Season 3 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix: The Hunted and Hole in the Sky. We also bring Zilla back to announce the winner of the Voltron Positivity Bundle. At the end, we talk about a number of new Voltron products available right now, or coming your way soon. Listen to the podcast to see if you were the winner of the Voltron Positivity Bundle, which includes cool art items from Zilla's own secret stash. Because this was a "pay it forward" style contest, you may be surprised to find out you won. As we review both of these episodes, it might be cool to listen to the podcast and watch the episodes and follow along on Netflix, as we cover them line-by-line. You can then pause Netflix when we get into extra detail in our review, and continue on when we do. If you do this, please write us at letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com and tell us what it was like. We'd love to hear your feedback. Here are some screenshots from those episodes: At the end of the podcast we announce that Han Cholo will have a Booth at New York Comic Con - Booth #139. And, we announce there will be a Limited Edition Voltron Enamel Pin Set available for Pre-Sale before NYCC, AND there will be Limited Edition Pin Sets available for con attendees at their booth at NYCC. Special Announcement!! You have an opportunity to WIN this Limited Edition Voltron Enamel Pin Set!! Here's what you have to do to have a chance to win: Send us an email to letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com and answer this question: "What Voltron Legendary Defender character would you like to see made into jewelry at Han Cholo next?" Only one person can win, and that winner will be named on our next podcast, Allurapalooza, featuring an interview with Kimberly Brooks, the voice actor for Princess Allura on Voltron Legendary Defender. Here is a link to the online Pre-Sale: https://www.hancholo.com/collections/limited-edition-voltron/products/big-rose-shadow-series Here's a look at that Limited Edition Voltron Enamel Pin Set: Also, we talk about 2 new products available RIGHT NOW for Voltron Legendary Defender Fans. The first item is a Voltron Bedding Set available at Target.com, which includes sheets & pillowcase, comforter, bed blanket and throw blanket, all sold separately, and only available in Twin Sizes. Here is the link to see the whole collect on Target.com: https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=voltron+universal+bedding#sneakTo=52707598 The other new Voltron items are 2 styles of Voltron Costumes for Halloween. The first style is Classic Voltron Child Costume. This is available everywhere, so shop around for the best prices in your area, but here is a link to the costume on WalMart.com: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Voltron-Classic-Boy-s-Child-Halloween-Costume/56038333 The other style is the Deluxe Voltron Child Costume, which has more accentuated Lions for the arms and Legs of Voltron. Here is a link for the Deluxe Costume on WalMart.com: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Voltron-Deluxe-Child-Costume/100866588 Both costumes are only available in children's sizes. No adult sizes. The last item we mention is DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles, which comes out on September 26th, and you can see our full story on that in our previous podcast: http://www.letsvoltron.com/3cb2b796 Also, many of you asked what countries/regions have Playmates Toys Voltron Legendary Defender Toys available. WE HAVE THE STORY HERE! Playmates Toys are currently shipping to Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Italy and the Netherlands. These markets have launched the toys. Playmates Toys will be shipping to the UK by the end of December, to be on shelves by February of 2018. Meanwhile, other territories are in discussion – These other territories will be determined based on Netflix and other TV show distribution. If your area does not have Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix or TV of any kind, it is unlikely you will get the toys. Don't forget, our next podcast is Allurapalooza with the amazing voice of Allura, Kimberly Brooks, who will announce the winner of the Allurapalooza Voltron Prize Pack from all the people that sent in their questions, and Marc and Greg will announce the winner of the Limited Edition Voltron Enamel Pin Set from Han Cholo. As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

Marc and Greg talk to the newest cast member of Voltron Legendary Defender, AJ LoCascio, who plays Prince Lotor, son of Emperor Zarkon. AJ answers fan questions sent in from all over the world. We also complete our coverage of SDCC with the help of Shannon Muir, which includes a Fanfest Voltron panel, a Neil Kaplan panel, and Random Gibberish playing "Hear Me Roar", LIVE at Comic-Concert! AJ LoCascio burst into Season 3 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix this past Friday, August 4th, and he's not looking back, because his character, Prince Lotor, has shaken the Voltron Fandom. AJ has played other characters like Marty McFly, LEGO Movie's Emmet, and Thunk in DreamWorks' Dawn of the Croods, but Prince Lotor is his most iconic character yet! You'll really enjoy this exclusive interview with AJ LoCascio! If you'd like to follow AJ on Twitter, he's @AJLoCascio or aj_locascio on Instagram For the second half of our coverage of SDCC, we called on Shannon Muir to join us, who, with her husband Keven, joined Marc and his wife KIm at Whiskey Girl in San Diego for the Comic-Concert, featuring Random Gibberish and their new hit song, "Hear Me Roar", being played LIVE for the first time ever. You'll get to hear that performance in this podcast! Also at SDCC, we have audio from the Fanfest panel for Voltron Legendary Defender, where you get to hear more Voltron fun from Tyler Labine, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos. You also get to hear Neil Kaplan's contributions to a panel at SDCC called "Cartoon Voices II", where Neil was a panelist along with other Voice Actors. In this podcast, you also get to hear Marc and Greg's initial reactions to Season 3 of Voltron Legendary Defender on Netflix, as well as Greg's nephews, Cory and Cody, and Marc's son, Lucas. And last but not certainly least, we have a surprise guest at the end of the podcast that you certainly don't want to miss! As Always, Thanks for listening! Let's Voltron!!

In this podcast, Marc & Greg, Shambavi, Shamus, and Dani review interviews with Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Tyler Labine, who all participated in a panel where the audience was pleased to see Episode 1 of Season 3 of Voltron Legendary Defender at San Diego Comic-Con 2017! 2 Lucky Winners of Voltron SDCC Prize Packs are announced as well! We couldn't wait to talk about everything Voltron that happened at San Diego Comic-Con, and since Greg was not able to attend, he is experiencing the whole story, interviews, panel and all, just like the listeners of this podcast. But while Marc (and his wife Kim), Shambhavi, Shamus, and Dani were all in San Diego, Greg was creating his own magic, putting together a great video review of the Voltron Legendary Defender Metal Defender Series Diecast Lions Set. You can watch Greg's very thorough review on our YouTube Channel! Here are some pics from our trip to San Diego Comic-Con: We also announced the 2 winners of a Voltron SDCC Prize Pack. Each prize pack has 8 prizes, including the previously mentioned Voltron Legendary Defender Metal Defender Series Diecast Lions Set, 2 Voltron Legendary Defender Chapter Books from Simon & Schuster, a signed lithograph of Season 2 characters, signed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Tyler Labine, 2 Let's Voltron stickers signed by 1 of the 4 cast and crew just mentioned, a large Voltron poster from Lion Forge Comics, a Voltron hand-held mask, and a Voltron poster from Toys-R-Us. You won't see the winners' names here - you'll have to listen to the podcast to see if you were announced as a winner. On July 28th, to celebrate Lance's birthday, Jeremy Shada was interviewed on Facebook LIVE for a Q&A, where he answered fan questions, had some donut cake, saw some fan art that fans had made for Lance, and received a set of the Voltron Legendary Defender Metal Defender Series Lions from Playmates Toys. Here's a few pictures from that event: On our next podcast, we are happy to announce we will be interviewing the newest cast member of Voltron Legendary Defender, the voice of Prince Lotor, AJ LoCascio. Don't forget to watch ALL NEW Voltron Legendary Defender Season 3 Episodes starting this Friday, August 4th on Netflix!! In the wake of Zarkon’s defeat and Shiro’s disappearance, the paladins struggle to move forward with no one able to pilot the black lion or the ability to form Voltron. The team must quickly devise a plan as the ascension of Prince Lotor and his generals pulls the team into a perilous game of cat-and-mouse that tests their unity and abilities more than ever before. Here's a brand new trailer to get you excited for FRIDAY on Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy6BXq0Pg6A&feature=youtu.be Finally, we want to honor a very special person who just announced she's retiring: Voltron Legendary Defender Voice Director Andrea Romano. Her retirement was announced in a story that was released by IGN. Marc and Greg had the amazing fortune to watch Andrea Romano working her magic at a recording session last April, just before WonderCon 2017. To see the legendary Andrea Romano directing world class voice actors like Jeremy Shada and Kimberly Brooks at a sound studio in Burbank, CA was a dream come true, and has now become a major highlight in our lives. Marc has also had the pleasure of interviewing Andrea Romano several times at red carpet events and conventions over the last 7 years.

In Greg's absence, Shambhavi Kadam, Shamus Kelley and Blacky Shepherd help Marc review Episode 6 from Season 2 of Voltron Legendary Defender: The Ark of Taujeer. Blacky designs a Let's Voltron Podcast T-Shirt that will launch the TeePublic.com site for podcast merchandise. Shambhavi Kadam is a huge Voltron fan we met at WonderCon, who also worked with a team at Boeing to put Wifi on the International Space Station (ISS). She's a geek at heart and a really good artist, as seen by these portraits of Steven Yeun as Keith and Kimberly Brooks as Allura, below. The Allura portrait was inspired by our interview with Kimberly Brooks, the voice of Allura, from a podcast last year. You can catch Shambhavi on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat where she is known as @kadamster. Shamus Kelley is a writer for Den of Geek, which is a news and reviews website for TV, Movies, Games and Comics. Shamus has had the pleasure of writing and interviewing about Voltron Legendary Defender and has been out of the closet for years with his love for Vehicle Voltron. He currently hosts a Robotech Podcast (RoboSkull Podcast: A Robotech Podcast) and has been heavily involved with Power Rangers podcasts as well. If you want to see more from Shamus Kelley, follow him on Twitter (@RiderJetfire), and check out his Den of Geek author page: http://www.denofgeek.com/us/authors/shamus-kelley Blacky Shepherd, an artist for Dynamite Comics Vampirella and Voltron: From the Ashes comic series, a pin-up artist, and all-around awesome dude, who has now been made more famous for designing the 1st Official Let's Voltron Podcast T-Shirt for our newly-launched podcast merchandise site at TeePublic.com. Blacky can be followed on Twitter (@CQShep), Facebook, and he has his own TeePublic site! Here is the design Blacky made for our TeePublic launch: NOW on SALE at 30% OFF for the 1st 72 hours! You can get this design on T-Shirts, Tank tops, Long-sleeve shirts, sweatshirts, coffee cups, stickers, notebooks, cell phone cases and MORE! ALL sizes for Men, Women and Kids, and even onesies for babies! Ships anywhere in the world! Here is the link for our TeePublic store: http://tee.pub/lic/sZ1dxZGRKf4 GO NOW to get your Let's Voltron Podcast merchandise at 30% OFF for the 1st 72 hours from the time this podcast was released. After the 72 hours is up, it goes back to regular prices, which is still a great deal for listeners of the podcast. We are excited to bring you this great design by Blacky Shepherd and we hope to launch more designs in the next several months on this new TeePublic site, so stay tuned to the podcast for details. Here are some screenshots from our review of The Ark of Taujeer: We also are proud to announce that Han Cholo will be at San Diego Comic-Con this July at Booth #2616 and they have a special exclusive Voltron Legendary Defender Lions Enamel Pin set available for sale at their booth. This SDCC 2017 exclusive is limited to 50 sets, and it's the only way you can get the Voltron head pin. The Lion pins will be sold individually at the booth, but the Voltron pin is only available in the 50 exclusive sets. Once they're gone, they're gone, so if you are going to SDCC, make sure you visit the Han Cholo Booth early! Here's some images from those Voltron Legendary Defender Enamel Pins: And finally, we talked about Voltron Legendary Defender Chapter Books being made available for Pre-Order on the Voltron Store. Here are the images - just click on the image to go to website to Pre-Order: As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

As Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast celebrates its 100th Podcast, we have over 20 people on with your hosts, Marc Morrell and Greg Tyler, including people from your favorite show, DreamWorks' Voltron Legendary Defender, people from World Events Productions, and lots of Voltron Fans, revealing exclusive news, special announcements, and Voltron Swag giveaways galore. We won't give away the surprise of who the special guests are on this podcast, or the special announcements that occur in the podcast, because we want you to enjoy every special treat you'll hear on this 100th podcast celebration. What we can share with you on this podcast page is all the great prizes that we are giving away to Voltron fans around the world who responded to our request for them to send in their voice files. So, here is the great prizes that were donated to us by World Events Productions, DreamWorks Animation, and the hosts of the podcast as well: Based on what many of the listeners of Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast have said, it looks like Marc and Greg can plan out the 200th podcast celebration, because we're going to keep releasing more podcasts and you can keep sharing your feedback with us on social media and through email. Follow us on Twitter @LetsVoltron, on Facebook, on Pinterest, on YouTube, and Instagram. Also, feel free to write us anytime by email at: letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com As always, Thanks for listening! Let's Voltron!!

Irene Fernández joins Marc and Greg to review Voltron Legendary Defender Season 2, Episode 5: Eye of the Storm. And Marc and Greg find out that Irene has a lot of real-life experiences that match with what the characters are going through in this episode. After the episode review, Marc and Greg preview episode 100 of the podcast, and let fans know how they can be on it, and win Voltron Swag! People who have listened to the podcast will remember we interviewed Irene at the Voltron Collective Party at NYCC back in October of 2016. This time, you get to hear Irene clearly, without all the background music playing, and you'll learn she's just full of interesting tidbits that really help in the review of "Eye of the Storm", especially that she's actually lived through hurricanes in her native Puerto Rico. We had a lot of fun going through Coran having the 'slipperies', Pidge learning Altean, Keith and Lance's visit to the pool, and Hunk making Scaultrite cookies. Here are some screenshots from "Eye of the Storm": Our next podcast episode will be our 100th podcast for Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast!! We started this podcast back in December of 2013, and after 3.5 years, we've finally reached the 100th episode. So, we want to celebrate with all the listeners by giving you a chance to be on the podcast with us, and to win some cool Voltron merchandise! For all the details on how to be on our 100th podcast, and to have a chance to win Voltron Swag, listen to this podcast or go to this link: http://mailchi.mp/695337abdea6/be-on-our-100th-episode Follow the instructions for submitting your audio file to letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com, and HURRY! These all have to be submitted by Monday, June 12th at Midnight EDT. We can't wait to celebrate our 100th episode with you! As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

WonderCon attendee Nicole(Das_Hazel on Twitter) joins Marc and Greg to cover the Voltron Legendary Defender panel that occurred on Sat., April 1, 2017. You'll hear the complete audio from the panel, captured by our friend, Dani DeWald. There will be lots of commentary around everything that happened during the panel, and we'll conclude with a few things that happened at WonderCon, other than the panel, and give you info on how to enter to win a signed lithograph from all 8 participants of the panel. During the Voltron Legendary Defender panel, each of the voice actors, Tyler Labine (Hunk), Bex Taylor-Klaus (Pidge), Josh Keaton (Shiro), Kimberly Brooks (Allura), and Jeremy Shada (Lance), talked about their character's story arc and how it may have changed from Season 1 to Season 2, and all the panelists show clips from their favorite moments from Season 2. Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery (Executive Producers) announced that Season 3 is coming, but no specific date is set yet. There are two clips about Prince Lotor. The first is an April Fools joke played on the audience. The second is a clip that shows images of Galra forces, with an audio overlay of Prince Lotor talking. So, the audience was able to hear Lotor's voice, but we haven't seen the character, nor do we know who the voice actor is that plays him. The moderator announced several things that were coming up for Voltron Legendary Defender, including a mash-up collaboaration with online game, Puzzle and Dragons (available now), a Kids Meal Promotion with special Voltron Legendary Defender toys at Burger King (available now), Pidge's Birthday on April 3rd with a special Facebook LIVE Q&A with Bex Taylor-Klaus, the Voltron84 release of 12 hand-picked episodes of Voltron: Defender of the Universe on Netflix (available now), Sticker Packs for IOS (iPhone/iPad iMessage app), where you can send stickers to your friends through text messages, and a new mini-series of Voltron Legendary Defender Comics is coming from Lion Forge Comics on Wednesday, April 26th. There rest of the panel was a Q&A session for fans to ask questions, and for each person that asked a question, Head Writer Tim Hedrick gave out signed story cards used to develop the actual episodes from the show. Marc and Greg also talked about their Griffith Observatory visit, where Emily Eiden (voice of Shay) works, the Hollywood sign, and a dinner with podcast guest Shannon Muir, her husband Kevin, Dani DeWald and Shambhavi Kadam, Marc's wife Kim, and Greg and Marc. If you listen to the end of the podcast, you'll hear how you can enter into a raffle to win a signed lithograph of Blade of Marmora Keith, designed by Joaquim Dos Santos and signed by all 8 people who were on the panel. As Always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

Marc and Greg talk about their trip to WonderCon 2017, including a visit to a recording studio to see Andrea Romano directing a Voltron Legendary Defender recording session with Jeremy Shada and Kimberly Brooks. Cast and crew were signing autographs and we had interviews with all of them. Also, there was plenty of cosplay, Voltron art, and much, much more! We have lots of stories to tell and pictures to show from our trip to WonderCon 2017, and you'll get to hear most of it in THIS podcast! However, you won't hear the panel that took place on Saturday, April 1st, until our NEXT podcast, coming next week. For this podcast, you'll hear about our visit at the recording studio with Andrea Romano (Voice Director), Joaquim Dos Santos (Exec. Producer), Lauren Montgomery (Co-Exec Producer), Jeremy Shada (Lance), and Kimberly Brooks (Allura). That was a special treat! We'd like to thank Seth, Lexi, and Mac for helping to facilitate that visit for us! Here are some pictures from that visit: We met lots of Voltron fans at WonderCon - some you have already seen on our Twitter account @LetsVoltron - and we mention some of those people in this podcast. Here are those pictures that we talked about on the podcast: Voltron Legendary Defender Cosplay had the biggest showing ever at WonderCon, as there was a huge gathering of people, cosplaying as your favorite characters from the show. Here are some of those pictures: There was an autograph session at WonderCon with all 8 people that were on the Voltron Legendary Defender panel, including Bex Taylor-Klaus, Josh Keaton, Jeremy Shada, Tyler Labine, Kimberly Brooks, Lauren Montgomery, Tim Hedrick, and Joaquim Dos Santos. Fans had waited in line all morning to get a chance to attend this autograph session, and the cast and crew were thankful to see all the fans at this session and at the panel. Here are some pictures from that autograph session: Marc and Greg also give you full access to our interviews that we had with the cast and crew prior to the panel on Saturday, April 1st. Here is a cast photo from that interview session: Join us next week, when we'll conclude our WonderCon coverage with the complete panel audio, and we may even have a WonderCon attendee to help us. We'll also cover the Q&A session for Pidge's Birthday with Bex Taylor-Klaus, and lots more. As always, Thanks for Listening! Let's Voltron!!

AFTERBUZZ TV -- O Girls edition, is a special "after show" for fans of O Girls . In this show, hosts Chelsea Galicia, Shaka Smith, Tsahai Wilson, and Franceli Chapman discuss the O Girls Special. ABOUT O GIRLS: In January 2007, Oprah Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) just south of Johannesburg, South Africa, to give academically talented girls an education they simply weren’t likely to receive. A decade later, Fusion is premiering a documentary special on five of the girls from the Academy’s first class, following them as they mark new milestones and featuring an interview with Winfrey. “O Girls,” hosted by Fusion correspondent and former Harpo staffer Kimberly Brooks, premieres Jan. 15 on Fusion. Each of the stories showcased in “O Girls” aims to show how education can empower young women and girls all over the world to do incredible things. But though attending the Academy opened doors they may not otherwise hav --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Voltron Legendary Defender Prop and Background Design Supervisor Christine Bian joins Marc and Greg to talk about designing props and backgrounds, including Voltron and each of the 5 Lions. Marc and Greg also review Playmates Toys Voltron Legendary Defender toy line, which we now have in hand. And we conclude with a very special message from the Voltron Legendary Defender Voice Cast. Christine Bian had previously worked on The Legend of Korra with this same crew that now works on Voltron Legendary Defender. She tells us the story about reuniting with the Korra team to come together to design our favorite giant robot. Christine appeared on Super Fan Builds, which we talked about on our 68th episode. Custom Built Voltron Lion Bikes were built for a Voltron Super Fan and his son. You can catch our coverage of that HERE. Marc and Greg review several Voltron toys from the Playmates Toys Voltron Legendary Defender toy line which will appear on store shelves on January 1, 2017. Marc and Greg will be recording video reviews on our YouTube Channel. Here are some of those toys, which we talked about in our podcast with Jeff Trojan, VP of Marketing at Playmates Toys: We want to thank Doran for being our Voltron Fan Spotlight in this episode. Doran is on Twitter @striderincident Thanks, Doran, and good luck in your Bio-Tech Studies! Finally, this episode has a special "Thank you" to all the Voltron fans from the voice actors that play your favorite characters from Voltron Legendary Defender. Here is a photo of most of the voice actors that were at WonderCon this year, where everyone first fell in love with this great cast. Our newsletter is another way we communicate with you! If you want to join our mailing list to get our newsletter, which features exclusive content, contests, and more, send us an email at letsvoltronpodcast@gmail.com Happy New Year, Voltron Fans! We'll see you all in 2017! Thanks for listening! Let's Voltron! Tweet #LetsVoltron

Host Darren a.k.a.: Analysis489 discusses pop culture, including TV, Movies, Film, Art, Video Games, Comics, Tech, and Music. This week, along with returning friend & co-host of the show, Randy - a.k.a. "HedShot", he watches and reviews "Voltron: Legendary Defender", starring the voice talents of Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine, Jeremy Shada, Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus... yes, THAT Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus of "The Walking Dead" fame! This episode covers Season 1, Episode 5 of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" - a new original, animated series on Netflix by DreamWorks - entitled "Tears of the Balmera". Join them as they watch and review each and every episode! Plus, they talk tech and it gets deep! Press PLAY to stream, then "Like" our fan page on Facebook to download for FREE! Enjoy and share. "Like" us on Facebook!

Host Darren a.k.a.: Analysis489 discusses pop culture, including TV, Movies, Film, Art, Video Games, Comics, Tech, and Music. This week, along with returning friend & co-host of the show, Randy - a.k.a. "HedShot", he watches and reviews "Voltron: Legendary Defender", starring the voice talents of Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine, Jeremy Shada, Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus... yes, THAT Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus of "The Walking Dead" fame! This episode covers Season 1, Episode 4 of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" - a new original, animated series on Netflix by DreamWorks - entitled "Fall of the Castle of Lions". Join them as they watch and review each and every episode! Plus, they talk Suicide Squad and other DC Comics! Press PLAY to stream, then "Like" our fan page on Facebook to download for FREE! Enjoy and share. "Like" us on Facebook!

Host Darren a.k.a.: Analysis489 discusses pop culture, including TV, Movies, Film, Art, Video Games, Comics, Tech, and Music. This week, along with returning friend & co-host of the show, Randy - a.k.a. "HedShot", he watches and reviews "Voltron: Legendary Defender", starring the voice talents of Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine, Jeremy Shada, Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus... yes, THAT Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus of "The Walking Dead" fame! This episode covers Season 1, Episode 3 of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" - a new original, animated series on Netflix by DreamWorks - entitled "Return of the Gladiator". Join them as they watch and review each and every episode! Press PLAY to stream, then "Like" our fan page on Facebook to download for FREE! Enjoy and share. "Like" us on Facebook!

Host Darren a.k.a.: Analysis489 discusses pop culture, including TV, Movies, Film, Art, Video Games, Comics, Tech, and Music. This week, along with returning friend & co-host of the show, Randy - a.k.a. "HedShot", he watches and reviews "Voltron: Legendary Defender", starring the voice talents of Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine, Jeremy Shada, Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus... yes, THAT Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus of "The Walking Dead" fame! This episode covers Season 1, Episode 2 of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" - a new original, animated series on Netflix by DreamWorks - entitled "Some Assembly Required". Join them as they watch and review each and every episode! Press PLAY to stream, then "Like" our fan page on Facebook to download for FREE! Enjoy and share. "Like" us on Facebook!

Kimberly Brooks, who plays Princess Allura in Voltron Legendary Defender, joins Marc and Greg for a fantastic conversation about her roles in animation, everything you wanted to know about Princess Allura, what the Voltron fandom means to her, and she gets to answer questions submitted by the Voltron fans. Also in this podcast, Marc mentions the panels at San Diego Comic-Con, including DreamWorks' Voltron Legendary Defender: Form Voltron! Executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos, co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery, and head writer Tim Hedrick dive deep into the epic first season of the critically acclaimed Netflix original series Voltron: Legendary Defender. They'll come ready to answer all your burning questions with an extended fan Q&A and even offer a sneak peek of what's next for the Paladins of Voltron. All panel attendees will receive an exclusive limited-edition Voltron lithograph. Thursday July 21, 2016 3:00pm - 4:00pm Room 7AB Greg gives details on 2 new LEGO Ideas projects from Lendy Tayag for Voltron Legendary Defender: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/147172 https://ideas.lego.com/projects/142935 Sign Up for our Newsletter! Use this link to give us your email address so you can get exclusive information from Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast: Join Us! Note: Link will not work on mobile devices Thanks for listening! Let's Voltron!

Great advice for everyone wanting to pursue a career in voiceover. Kimberly Brooks, voice of Ashley Williams in Mass Effect, promo voice for Soap Net, talks about her character Mom in Doc McStuffins on Disney Jr. and other projects like voicing commercials for Coffee Mate and Tylenol. Chuck, Stacey and Kimberly banter about celebrities in voiceover and Kimberly offers some advice to people wanting to pursue a career in voiceover. She shares some advice she got early in her life that still helps her today. Kimberly gives kudos to some amazing teachers that instilled great things in her and answers the IF question about being a teenager and raising kids. Watch in the session, more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com

The doors to success will open up when you overcome the challenges and break down barriers. Chuck and Stacey J. welcome Kimberly Brooks, voice of Ashley Williams in Mass Effect, promo voice for Soap Net, Mom on Doc McStuffins on Disney Jr. and more. She talks about her singing and acting experiences since childhood that lead to her break in voiceover on Rugrats. She shares what she believes are her strengths as a voice actor as well as how she overcomes challenges and breaks down barriers. She explains her audition process and talks about some of her most beloved characters in video games and animation. Kimberly expresses her feeling about getting to meet fans at conventions and how she takes care of her voice to keep it healthy. Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com

Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos, the Executive Producers of Voltron Legendary Defender, join us for an exclusive interview following the launch of the first 11 episodes on Netflix. Marc and Greg also review Episode 3, Return of the Gladiator. Lauren and Joaquim are so relieved to be able to talk about anything from Season 1, and Marc and Greg have plenty of highlights to cover. We are also looking forward to seeing both of them and Tim Hedrick at San Diego Comic-Con International. Also in this podcast, Marc and Greg review Episode 3, Return of the Gladiator. This is the episode where we see Voltron's first robeast battle, and at the end, a surprise reveal of a secret one of the Paladins has been keeping from everyone else. Are you looking forward to our next podcast? You will enjoy hearing our interview with the voice of Princess Allura in Voltron Legendary Defender, Kimberly Brooks. Sign Up for our Newsletter! Use this link to give us your email address so you can get exclusive information from Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast: Join Us! Note: Link will not work on mobile devices Thanks for listening! Let's Voltron!

Host Darren a.k.a.: Analysis489 discusses pop culture, including TV, Movies, Film, Art, Video Games, Comics, Tech, and Music. This week, along with returning friend & co-host of the show, Randy - a.k.a. "Nick 2", he watches and reviews "Voltron: Legendary Defender", starring the voice talents of Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine, Jeremy Shada, Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus... yes, THAT Steven Yeun & Norman Reedus of "The Walking Dead" fame! This episode covers Season 1, Episode 1 of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" - a new original, animated series on Netflix by DreamWorks - entitled "The Rise of Voltron". Join them as they watch and review each and every episode! Press PLAY to stream, then "Like" our fan page on Facebook to download for FREE! Enjoy and share. "Like" us on Facebook!

Marc takes Let's Voltron "on the road" to the worldwide debut of the Voltron: Legendary Defender cast and crew at WonderCon, with exclusive interviews. You get to listen to Greg's reactions to hearing these interviews for the very first time. Let's Voltron Host, Marc Morrell, took a trip to Los Angeles, California with his wife, Kim (official photographer/videographer), to capture the DreamWorks Animation panel and interviews for Voltron: Legendary Defender. In Part 1 of 2, you will hear Marc recall the experience of WonderCon, and the exuberance of Voltron fans that attended the panel that introduced the world to the cast and crew of Voltron: Legendary Defender, due to come out with an initial block of 13 episodes on June 10th on Netflix. For co-host, Greg Tyler, who is hearing all these interviews for the first time, this podcast gives his genuine reactions to what the cast and crew had to say at WonderCon, after the panel that just exploded like Voltron slicing through robeasts with Blazing Sword. While Marc was at WonderCon, he got to meet face-to-face for the first time with previous podcast guests, Blacky Shepherd and Steven E. Gordon. These Voltron meetups are one of the favorite things for Marc to do as a host of the podcast. You can privately contact either of these great artists through Facebook or Twitter to commision them for a personal Voltron artwork of your choosing. Marc also visited the Sideshow Collectibles booth, where a finished Prototype of the Voltron Maquette was on display, in all of it's colorful glory. The price and date of sale are all "To Be Decided" (TBD), but here are the pictures we promised in close up detail. In the podcast, Greg mentions the Mighty Fine T-shirts that Marc picked up for him at the We Love Fine booth. These were WonderCon exclusives for the new Voltron show, and you can now get them yourself (for $25 each) at these links: http://www.welovefine.com/voltron-space-attack-11257.html http://www.welovefine.com/colored-chestplate-11258.html The Voltron cast was announced at WonderCon, and we talk to all of them, except Neil Kaplan, Steven Yeun, and Cree Summer, during this podcast: Josh Keaton (Hal Jordan in "Green Lantern: The Animated Series") as Shiro Jeremy Shada (Finn the Human in "Adventure Time") as Lance Tyler Labine ("Tucker and Dale vs. Evil") as Hunk Bex Taylor-Klaus ("The Last Witch Hunter") as Pidge Steven Yeun (Glenn in "The Walking Dead") as Keith Kimberly Brooks (Ashley Williams in "Mass Effect") as Princess Allura Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") as Coran Neil Kaplan ("Transformers: Robots in Disguise") as Zarkon Cree Summer ("A Different World") as Haggar Joaqim Dos Santos ("The Legend of Korra") - Executive Producer Lauren Montgomery ("The Legend of Korra") - Co-Executive Producer Tim Hedrick ("The Legend of Korra") - Story Editor In Part 2 of the podcast, coming next week, Marc and Greg bring 2 other guests who attended the panel at WonderCon onto the podcast to review everything that happened at the panel. Your guests will be Shannon Muir and Dani DeWald. Both are mentioned in Part 1 as well. Marc announced in this podcast that we will be revealing the winner of a Voltron: Legendary Defender lithograph, signed by the whole cast and crew of the Netflix series that were at the panel at WonderCon. From all of people who submitted questions to our email that were asked to the talent and showrunners of Voltron: Legendary Defender, we will pick one winner at random. That winner will be announced in our Parts 2 podcast next week. Here is a picture of that lithograph: Sorry that this podcast was so long, but we have a wonderful panel to talk about and guests to review it with us, coming next week on Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast. Thanks for listening! Sign Up for our Newsletter! Use this link to give us your email address so you can get exclusive information from Let's Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast: Join Us! Note: Link will not work on mobile devices

Episode 155 finds artist, writer and educator Kimberly Brooks popping over to share her boundless insights in an exploration of too many things to list… but here are a few anyway: Art! Feminism! Physics! Fearlessness! Eggs Florentine!