Podcasts about puppetry arts

This week the Political Breakfast team was pleased to record the podcast in front of a live studio audience, alongside legends from Sesame Street and the Muppet Show at Atlanta's own Center for Puppetry Arts! It's home to more than 5 thousand puppets and artifacts. Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson and Republican strategist Brian Robinson joined host Lisa Rayam to answer questions from some of our loyal listeners. We discuss the most pertinent news from Washington that impacts our Georgia audience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rogue Fun's first full day was a Star Wars collector's dream. Together, 200 fans and collectors traveled to Kennesaw, Georgia in May of 2024 to attend a once-in-a-lifetime weekend centering around Star Wars and its amazing community. Join host David Quinn for an in-depth look at day two of the ROGUE FUN weekend. Follow your fellow Star Wars fans as they hike the Kennesaw Mountain, check out the original Muppets at Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts museum, visit the Georgia Aquarium, and stop at local toy and comic shops along the way. Later that evening, head to a special mixer at Georgia collector Narayan Naik's home, to tour one of the best and most extensive Star Wars collections in the world. And in addition to focusing on Boba Fett, Luke Jedi and Yoda, the collection showcases the greatest Kenner and Hasbro toys, prototypes and production items, carded and loose figure variants, and hundreds of customs and swag pieces. And return to the host hotel for a late-night impromptu Star Wars prototypes sale in the lobby, offering some truly rare and desirable pre-production items that you won't find anywhere else! Featuring live moments and stories from Hannah Bennett, Sam Bennett, Dave Brott, Josie Eclipse, Chris Georgoulias, Stu Kesilman, Doug Meyer, Vincent Michael, Narayan S. Naik, Ki-Adi Randy, Mattias Rendahl, Joel Slater, Jason Smith, Tim Theall, Jason Wasulko, Shannon Wasulko, Glen Williams and more! This is why you need to attend the 2026 ROGUE FUN event. And this is Star Wars: Prototypes and Production! (LINKS TO THE PODCAST EPISODE ON VARIOUS PLATFORMS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW) To Listen to the Episode on the Prototype Archives Site: https://www.prototypearchives.com/podcast Links to the Episode on Various Podcast Platforms: APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/star-wars-prototypes-and-production/id1448205460 YOUTUBE MUSIC/PODCASTS: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7UruGWpd8qKrObL8-DSLekomB8GuB1VT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/744L0XQhmpXn2AZeaxUhOZ CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/channel/Star-Wars%3A-Prototypes-and-Production-id1904296?utm_source=website&utm_medium=dlink&utm_campaign=web_share&utm_content=Star%20Wars%3A%20Prototypes%20and%20Production-CastBox_FM STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1054209 PANDORA: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/star-wars-prototypes-and-production/PC:1001054209 PODBEAN: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/u4ywr-80960/ AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c98fb265-c233-43d9-ae3b-1102bfb03e45/star-wars-prototypes-and-production PLAYERFM: https://player.fm/series/2473540 SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/david-quinn-908355451/tracks PODVINE: https://podvine.com/podcast/star-wars-prototypes-and-production iHEART: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-star-wars-prototypes-and-p-31050806/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/star-wars-prototypes-and-production/id1448205460

Legendary puppet designer Bonnie Erickson, creator of Miss Piggy, and Jill Nash Malool, museum director at the Center for Puppetry Arts, detail the panel discussion, “Affectionate Anarchy: Muppet Prank Culture,” which takes place on April 1st, followed by its accompanying exhibition, April 2nd through October 26th. Plus, H Johnson talks about Sonny Rollins, the Aint Sisters take the spotlight for “Speaking of Music,” and Cate and Aleesa de Castro discuss the Backlight Student Film Festival at the University of Georgia. The festival takes place March 29th and 30th at UGA’s Tate Theatre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Trilith Institute Talks!     In this episode of Trilith Institute Talks, host Hunter Barcroft is joined by renowned puppeteer Raymond Carr, film student Sophie, and aspiring TV writer, Andy. They delve into the resurgence of puppetry through social media, Raymond's illustrious career, and his work with the Jim Henson Company on projects like LazyTown and Crank Yankers. The conversation covers the technical and artistic aspects of puppet production, tips for aspiring puppeteers, and the importance of finding a supportive creative community. Additionally, Raymond shares insights into creating powerful characters through puppetry, citing examples from his own experiences on shows like Netflix's 'Eric,' Smiling Friends, and the PBS Kids' show 'Splashin Bubbles.'       Episode Timestamps     00:00 Introduction to Puppetry Boom 00:45 Meet the Guests: Raymond, Sophie, and Andy 01:42 Raymond's Journey: From Clowning to Puppetry 05:22 Finding Your Creative Tribe 13:55 The Jim Henson Workshop Experience 16:55 Getting Started in Puppetry Today 26:27 Greek Gods in a Diner: A Unique Comedy Script 27:18 Wardrobe, Set Design, and VFX Challenges 27:37 Puppetry in Film: From Mannequins to Eric 28:39 The Art of Puppetry: Techniques and Challenges 30:13 Jim Henson's Legacy and Puppetry's Versatility 32:29 The Technicalities of Puppetry in Different Shows 36:12 Directing and Collaborating in Puppetry Projects 44:17 Upcoming Projects and Exhibits 47:47 Final Thoughts and Farewell     About Trilith Institute Support The Next Generation of Storytellers Take A Professional Education Course Get Involved With Trilith Institute Contact Us Follow Us On Social Media! Trilith Institute Talks Instagram Trilith Institute Instagram Trilith Institute Facebook Trilith Institute LinkedIn

Raymond Carr, puppeteer and founder of Ninja Puppets, and Jason Hines, artistic director of the Center for Puppetry Arts join Lois for a conversation about “The Muppet Movie,” recorded live at the Plaza Theater for “City Lights Cinema.” Plus, Author Zaria Ware discusses her book, “"BLK Art: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director Matt Torney and actor Andrew Benator discuss the Atlanta premiere production of “The Lehman Trilogy,” presented by Theatrical Outfit and the Bremen. The show opens today at the Balzer Theatre at Herren’s and runs through March 2. Jon Ludwig, former artistic director of the Center for Puppetry Arts, talks about the new Disney plus documentary “Jim Henson: Idea Man,” and Kosmo Vinyl stops by. Later, pianist and Ensemble Vim co-founder Choo Choo Hu and MOCA GA archivist and Director of Collections and Exhibitions Stacey Savatsky, detail the second annual “Spark” showcase at MOCA GA on February 10.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For 2024's holiday podcast, Gabriela visits with the merry makers behind 'Rudolph' at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, and Rob chats with critic Bill Hirschman about the state of South Florida theatre.

This episode delves into the 2024 documentary Shari and Lamb Chop, which explores the legacy of Shari Lewis through interviews with family, colleagues, and fans. Cynthia Bemis Abrams, along with guests Mallory Lewis and Lisa D'Apolito, examine Shari's ability to adapt and succeed in different roles throughout her career. From her work in children's television with iconic characters like Lamb Chop, to her contributions to the broader entertainment industry, Shari's talent for reinvention made her a trailblazer. This episode also touches on Shari's philosophical and feminist views, offering listeners insight into the woman behind the puppet. Mallory Lewis continues Shari's work, taking Lamb Chop on the road to entertain audiences across the country. Lisa D'Apolito, the documentary's director was also a force behind the acclaimed Love, Gilda, about the life of comedian Gilda Radner.  RELEVANT EPISODES Kids' TV Pioneers Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop featuring Mallory Lewis https://advancedtvherstory.libsyn.com/kids-tv-pioneers-shari-lewis-and-lambchop-featuring-mallory-lewis Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop's Impact on Kids TV https://advancedtvherstory.libsyn.com/shari-lewis-lamb-chops-impact-on-kids-tv THE DOCUMENTARY Website - https://www.shariandlambchopdoc.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/shariandlambchopfilm/ MALLORY, LAMB CHOP & LISA Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop - https://mallorylewisandlambchop.com/ Lamb Chop on TikTok - @yourfavlambchop Lisa D'Apolito IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200854/ Lisa's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-d-apolito-2a161920/ MENTIONS David Copperfield - https://www.davidcopperfield.com/html/ Megan Piphus Peace - https://www.meganpiphus.com/ Darci Lynne Farmer - https://www.darcilynne.com/ Center for Puppetry Arts - https://puppet.org/ CYNTHIA BEMIS ABRAMS AND ATVH ATVH Newsletter – tvherstory.com Website - https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/  Podcast Archive - tvherstory.com Email - advancedtvherstory@gmail.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/advancedtvherstory/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@advancedtvherstory X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/tvherstory Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Media.Cynthia Bluesky Social - https://bsky.app/profile/cynthiabemisabrams.bsky.social PRODUCTION Video - Nivia Lopez - https://nivialopez.com/ Audio - Marilou Marosz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariloumarosz/ Music - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/  

Children's book author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh, alongside playwright and lyricist Jessica Rosa Espinoza, discuss their live puppetry adaptation of “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant Story.” The production is on stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts through October 20. Plus, we'll kick off the Halloween season with Chantelle Rytter, the creative behind the “Where the Weird Things Are” upside-down parade, coming to the Old Forth Ward this Saturday.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Luman Coad is a puppeteer who spent several years as the director of The Storybook Theater at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, California.  He used the skills learned there to found his own puppet company Coad Canada Puppets, that produced over 30 different puppet shows and traveled around the world performing them.  He's worked in TV and Film and is the founder of Charlemagne Press, a publisher that specializes in books about puppetry.  I talk to Luman Coad about all this and more on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Luman Coad exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev Connect with : Books - https://www.amazon.com/Books-Luman-Coad/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ALuman+Coad IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167540/ World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts - https://wepa.unima.org/en/coad-canada-puppets/ Discussed on the show: Happy Hollow Park - https://happyhollow.org The Storybook Theater at Children's Fairyland - https://fairyland.org/events-and-performances/puppet-shows/ Charlemagee Press - https://www.charlemagnepress.com Connect with the Show: http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet Connect with Grant: http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://www.twitter.com/toasterboy https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/ Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver Help us make more shows like this one.  Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards!  Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info! ©2024 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com  

In this episode of the Why Distance Learning? podcast, our hosts interview Sara Burmenko from the Center for Puppetry Arts, delving into the unique world of puppetry as an educational tool. Sara shares her journey from an education major to becoming the director of the digital learning department at the Center for Puppetry Arts, emphasizing how puppetry bridges cultural and educational gaps globally. Her insight into the evolution of puppetry underscores its universal appeal and educational potency, particularly its ability to make learning accessible and engaging across various cultures and languages.The discussion also explores the technical and expressive aspects of puppetry, with a spotlight on different puppetry styles like Bunraku and shadow puppets. Sara's passion for puppetry shines as she describes its educational applications, from teaching history through masks to exploring ecological themes with butterfly puppets.This episode not only highlights the adaptability of puppetry in education but also resonates with the podcast's theme of making educational experiences accessible through innovative distance learning methods. The conversation concludes with a reflection on the transformative potential of distance learning, akin to historical advances in public access to knowledge.For more insightful episodes, follow the podcast, share with friends, and explore the detailed show notes linked below.Guest Links:1. Center for Puppetry ArtsHost Links:1. Browse amazing virtual learning opportunities at Tami Moehring and Allyson Mitchell's CILC.org2. Seth Fleischauer's  Banyan Global Learning helps schools leverage technology for teacher and student wellness including AI literacy PD for teachers and, for students, live virtual learning experiences in Character Education: banyangloballearning.com

Who are some of the most treasured and nostalgic characters from your childhood? If you answered anyone from Jim Henson, Sesame Street, or The Muppets, you're in for a fantastic trip down memory lane today! In this episode of the podcast, I share insights from my visit to the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, and help you decide if this unique destination should be on your travel list. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL LEARN: What the Center for Puppetry Arts is and its role in entertainment and education My experience seeing all of the nostalgic characters in the Jim Henson exhibit Details about how the museum works and my tips for making the most of your time there Connect with me on social: Facebook or Instagram. Like this episode? Share it in your stories and tag me @the_roaming_yeti Love the show? Leave a 5-star review, and let me know where you'd like us to roam next. Ready for more from The Roaming Yeti now? Visit our website.

Jon Ludwig, Artistic Director for the Center for Puppetry Arts, and author Calvin Alexander Ramsey discuss the Center's “Ruth and the Green Book” production on stage through February 25. Plus, Hero the Band takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Music,” and we hear about the upcoming Soul Symphony Concert.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brooklyn-based artist Nehprii Amenii discusses her original puppetry experience, “Human,” a deep-sea story told from the perspective of a young seahorse. The show is on stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts through January 28th, and puppets by Amenii are on display in the Special Exhibition Gallery through April 28th. Plus, Mike Jordan and Sammie Purcell stop by for the latest edition of “How Do You Atlanta,” and renowned sculptor Martin Dawe shares his inspiration and process. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Team Plume is reanimating, dusting off the last year, and sharing our first podcast in a while. In today's episode, we bring you a ghosty story circle with writing that taps into the otherworldly… just in time for Halloween and the Samhain season!Featuring writing from (in order of appearance): Danielle Hanson – “Ghosts and Mirrors,” poetry Melanie Unruh – “Altar Me,” poetryDawn Sperber – “Ghost Sisters,” story, with music by HediaSarah Mina Osman – “The Djinn,” story excerpt, originally published in Lunaris, issue 17, 2023Elsa Valmidiano – “Marmarna,” story, originally published in Mythos, Issue #7: Something Spooky, 2022Lisa Chavéz – “The Customary Kiss,” storyAuthor Bios (in order of appearance):Danielle Hanson strives to create and facilitate wonder. She is the author of Fraying Edge of Sky and Ambushing Water. Her poetry was the basis for a puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts. She is Marketing Director for Sundress Publications, and serves on their Editorial Board & as Managing Editor for their imprint Doubleback Books. Previously, she has been Artist-in-Residence at Arts Beacon, Writer-in-Residence for Georgia Writers, and Poetry Editor for Doubleback Books. She teaches poetry at UC Irvine. You can read more about her at daniellejhanson.com.Melanie Unruh has an MFA in fiction from UNM. Her writing has appeared in The Meadow, The Boiler, New Ohio Review, Post Road, Philadelphia Stories, Cutthroat, and elsewhere. She's working on a YA novel, a short story collection, and more weird poems about bones. https://melanieunruhwriter.wordpress.com/Dawn Sperber is the author of two new books: a poetry collection, My Bones Are Love Gifts (Shanti Arts, 2022), and a flash fiction chapbook, Now, That's a Trick (Finishing Line Press, 2022). Her work has appeared in PANK, Daily Science Fiction, Bourbon Penn, Hunger Mountain, and elsewhere. You can follow her at dawnsperber.com.Music included in “Ghost Sisters” is by Hedia (Bryce Hample). https://hedia.bandcamp.com/Sarah Mina Osman's work has appeared in the Lunaris Review, Punt Volat, The Huffington Post, and SheKnows among several other publications. She likes sloths and tacos. sarahminaosmanwrites.wordpress.comElsa Valmidiano, an Ilocana-American essayist and poet, is the author of We Are No Longer Babaylan, her award-winning debut essay collection from New Rivers Press, which was an Editors' Choice selection from their Many Voices Project competition in Prose. Her second essay collection, The Beginning of Leaving, is from Querencia Press. Through the examination of folklore and ritual, she blends memoir and myth, & dreams and reality, where folkloric beings reflect our defiant ancestors and ourselves. For more information, please visit her website slicingtomatoes.com.Lisa D. Chavéz has published two books of poetry, Destruction Bay and In An Angry Season, and her poems have also appeared in Camino del Sol:  Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing and other anthologies. Her essays have appeared in Arts and Letters, The Fourth Genre & other magazines, and she has had essays included in several anthologies, including The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity and An Angle of Vision: Women Writers on their Poor and Working Class Roots.

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers Erik and Brian Torbeck discuss their original family show, “The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow,” on stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts through October 27.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As famed Iron Chef Alton Brown once said: “Everything in food is science”. In this week's episode, both of our storytellers discover something about themselves through the science of food. Part 1: Corn researcher Katie Murphy is scared becoming a TikToker will ruin her credibility as a serious scientist. Part 2: As a kid, Scottie Rowell gets an unpleasant surprise when they don't wait to eat their grandmother's pickles. Katie Murphy is a plant biologist who loves studying the inner workings of corn. She is the Director of Phenotyping and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a non-profit research institute in St. Louis, Missouri. Her research group studies phenotyping, which means measuring the physical traits of plants. She holds a PhD in Plant Biology from UC Davis, and a Bachelor's in Chemistry from Stanford University. Katie's goal is to make a secure, sustainable food supply that can withstand future climates. She shares her research on TikTok @Real_Time_Science. Scottie Rowell is a Queer, Agender, Autistic artist based in Atlanta, GA. As a storyteller and puppeteer, Scottie's career is focused on performances and experiments in play in non-traditional theater spaces. As owner of Teller Productions, Scottie creates tactile, immersive experiences for families using sustainable materials (all repurposed, discarded, or easily recycled). Scottie's show Super Cello! premiered with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in April 2022. Other clients include the Georgia Aquarium, the Alliance Theater, the Center for Puppetry Arts, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Visuals and fun at ScottieRowell.com and TellerProductions.com. (Yes, Scottie made that pickle shirt for the story.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kelsey Fritz, museum director for the Center for Puppetry Arts, shares the story behind the Center's connection to Jim Henson. Plus, we celebrate 41-year-old Trackside Tavern in our “Cheers” series, and fine art photographer Mallory Brooks takes the spotlight in “Speaking of Art.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brooke and Katie reunite after a two week hiatus to rapid fire discuss many of the things we haven't gotten to cover during our time off. We talk about our weekend trip to Atlanta for the Twice concert and Brooke's birthday, including visiting the Center for Puppetry Arts, running into Momo and Nayeon at the Georgia Aquarium, and watching graphic sex scenes between Che and Miranda in And Just Like That. We also discuss Seven by Jungkook being raunchier than we ever could've imagined, Ariana Grande's alleged divorce, Gigi Hadid smuggling weed, her ex Zayn on Call Her Daddy, Timothee Chalamet as Willy Wonka, Tokyo Toni's latest antics, and almost meeting Mr. Morrow. For our NTBABBs we talk about people who stop in the middle of the road when they don't know where they're going and people who don't allow themselves to have fun on the Fourth of July.

Writer, director and composer Rob Shaw-Smith discusses “The Legend of Finn McCool” on stage June 16-25 at Academy Theatre in Hapeville. Plus, our series “Speaking of Music” shines a light on Dashill Smith, and we hear about “Avanti Da Vinci” on stage now at the Center for Puppetry Arts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join us as we wander around Atlanta Comic Convention (in February 2023) and discover all this small but mighty con has to offer! Featuring interviews with: Center for Puppetry Arts, author JR Froemling, balloon artist JJ Szabo of Balloons R Cool, Jayce the Bee creator Calvin Reynolds and the Georgia Reptile Society! Find all of our episodes on nerdofparadise.net. Follow us on Social - Twitter @NofPPod IG - nerd_of_paradise. Send us an email at hello@nerdofparadise.net.

In this episode, I speak with Shawn Tylka about Atlanta to get an insider view of the city. Shawn has lived in Atlanta since 1994 making her practically a native by Atlanta standards. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her rescued Alaskan Malamutes, Hercules and Beethoven, and is the proud mother of a grown daughter, Mackenzie. Shawn Tylka serves on the Americas Field Marketing Team for Ciena focusing on the MSO Practice and the Lumen team. With more than 25 years in telecommunications, she has been honored as a Cable Pioneer by The Cable Center for her 20+ years of work with the cable industry. An avid volunteer, Shawn is the logistics leader for Women Orthopaedist Global Organization, WOGO, an Operation Walk team which serves under-served communities around the world. WOGO undertakes yearly trips to developing countries where orthopedic reconstructive procedures are not readily available. Shawn manages all of the non-medical logistics for the team, moving 65 people around different developing nations. She also spends time volunteering for Atlanta-based charities. Shawn has a Bachelor of Science from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her rescued Alaskan Malamutes, Hercules and Beethoven and is the proud mother of a grown daughter, Mackenzie. Links for Experiences: Atlanta City Pass - https://www.citypass.com/atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts - https://puppet.org College Football Hall of Fame - https://www.cfbhall.com World of Coca-Cola - https://www.worldofcoca-cola.com Georgia Aquarium – www.georgiaaquarium.org Atlanta Botanical Gardens - https://atlantabg.org Atlanta History Center - https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com The Margaret Mitchell House - http://museu.ms/museum/details/501/margaret-mitchell-house Fernbank Museum - https://www.fernbankmuseum.org Martin Luther King Historical Site - https://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm The Fabulous Fox Theater - https://www.foxtheatre.org Zoo Atlanta – www.zooatlanta.org High Museum of Art – www.high.org Various Movie Tours (MCU, Walking Dead, Stranger Things and more) https://www.viator.com/Atlanta-tourism/d784-r26993027291-s384239531 Links for Dining: Le Bilbouqet Buckhead - https://www.lebilboquetatlanta.com/ Atlas - https://atlasrestaurant.com Gunshow - https://gunshowatl.com Lazy Betty -

Blues rock guitar legend Joe Bonamassa stops by ahead of his upcoming performance at the Fox Theater. Plus, Jon Ludwig and S. Renee Clark share details on “Duke Ellington's Cat,” the new children's production on stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts. And music contributor Von Phoenix gives his music recommendations in this month's edition of Punk Black to Go.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Mike Horner is the Director of Puppetry Arts at What If Puppets, a puppet company that creates innovate storytelling that captures children's imaginations and inspires communities.  I talk to Mike about his puppetry career, how  e got started at What If Puppets, originally the Mesner Puppet Theater, and the show How To Snag A Sea Monster that he'll be performing at the National Puppetry Festival in July of 2023 on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Mike Horner exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev Also, this month you can win a Inner Monster Kit by Jamie Shannon!  Listen to find out how to enter. Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons! Connect with Mike Horner: Website - https://www.whatifpuppets.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mesnerpuppets/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/Paulmesnerpuppets/videos Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whatifpuppets/ Discussed on the show: How To Snag A Sea Monster - https://youtu.be/cbHAjqOga5U Timey Wimey Puppet Show - https://www.youtube.com/@TimeyWimeyPuppetShow Connect with the Show: http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet Connect with Grant: http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://www.twitter.com/toasterboy https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/ Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver Help us make more shows like this one.  Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards!  Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info! ©2023 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com

Kelsey Fritz from the Center for Puppetry Arts details the museum's “Festive Features” exhibition on view through January 8, Plus, Cuckoo clock artist Jodie Davis and our series, “Speaking of Art.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Music historian and former host of NPR's Rock & Roll America, Richard Aquilanew book, ROCK & ROLL IN KENNEDY'S AMERICA: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE EARLY 1960s (November 2022; Johns Hopkins University Press)https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Roll-Kennedys-America-Cultural/dp/1421444984Edwin Waldhttps://waldaudio.com/newest audiobook, "After Woodstock," also by Elliot TiberNational Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts, coauthor of MAPPING AMERICA: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings that Created the United States. His books have sold over 2 million copies. For more information, visit: www.jpisbouts.org.Richard Aquila is a professor emeritus of history and American Studies at Penn State University and the former host of NPR's Rock & Roll America. He is the author of The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth Century America and Let's Rock!: How 1950's America Created Elvis and the Rock & Roll Craze. In his new book Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America: A Cultural History of the Early 1960s,, Richard offers a fresh look at the early 1960s through the prism of rock & roll and revisits all the memorable hits and misses heard on American Bandstand and Top 40 radio stations across the country. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12480/rock-roll-kennedys-americaEdwin Wald is a veteran actor, director, designer, composer, voice and dialect coach who has performed in more than one hundred theatrical productions. As a voice actor, he has also brought to life many characters for the renowned Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, and Dallas Puppet Theatre. Edwin became the voice of Elliot Tiber for the new audio book of Elliot's final memoir, After Woodstock. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association. https://waldaudio.com/Prof. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a best-selling National Geographic historian whose books have sold over 2 million copies, including The Biblical World, In the Footsteps of Jesus, and The Ultimate Visual History of the World. His lectures are featured on Wondrium and The Great Courses. He is co-author of Mapping Amercia: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings that Created the United States. https://www.jpisbouts.org/--------------------------Frankie Boyer is an award winning talk show host that empowers listeners to live healthy vibrant lives http://www.frankieboyer.com

We throw the word "aesthetic" around a lot on this podcast -- but we've never really slowed down to talk about what it means. How do we define the aesthetic of a work? Is that different from the aesthetic of a world? How do subgenres and plot structures intertwine with those ideas? Guest Mary Robinette Kowal joins us to explore the crafting of aesthetics in worldbuilding and storymaking! We discuss pacing, word choice, set dressing, the theatre of the mind, the "breath" of the written word, and so much more. We also examine how aesthetic can be a shorthand to help your reader with an on-ramp into your story -- but how you may also need to teach your reader where your particular world deviates from what aesthetic may lead them to assume. Transcript for Episode 88 (in-progress -- email us if you're interested in joining the scribal team!) Our Guest: Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal is a novelist and professional puppeteer. In 2008 she won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010) was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel. In 2019, the first book in the Lady Astronaut series The Calculating Stars (Tor 2018), won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards, becoming one of only eighteen novels to do so. Her stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov's, and several Year's Best anthologies, as well as in her collection Scenting the Dark and Other Stories from Subterranean Press. Her short story collection Word Puppets was published in 2015, and includes both of her Hugo Award-winning stories in addition to fifteen others, running the full range of speculative fiction. In 2016, her World War I fantasy novel Ghost Talkers was published by Tor books, followed in 2018 by her alternate history Lady Astronaut series. From 2019-2021, Kowal was the President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In 2011, after several appearances as a guest star on the podcast Writing Excuses, Kowal became a permanent member of the cast. In 2013, the seventh season of the podcast won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. Her involvement in the podcast also contributed to the creation of the Shadows Beneath anthology, in which Kowal and her three co-hosts contributed short stories alongside materials charting the unique creative process of each author. Kowal is also an award-winning puppeteer. In high school, she took up puppetry as a hobby, but as Kowal says, she “never thought of it as something you could get paid for.” Instead, she went to East Carolina University to pursue an art degree, minoring in theater and speech. While performing as Audrey II in a performance of Little Shop of Horrors, she learned that a professional puppeteer had come to the show. It was a turning point. Kowal went on to intern at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA. With over twenty years of experience, she has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, Sesame Street, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. Her career in puppetry consumed much of Kowal's creative energy for over ten years. Although she wrote in high school and college, it wasn't until her brother moved his family to China that she began writing again. Like Lewis Carroll and J.M. Barrie, she started creating children's fantasy as a way to stay connected to her young niece and nephew. Reminded of how much she enjoyed writing, she began submitting short stories and made her first sale in 2005, and her first professional sale to Strange Horizons in 2006. When she isn't writing or puppeteering, Kowal brings her speech and theater background to her work as a voice actor. She is a member of SAG/AFTRA. She has recorded audio books and short stories for authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi. She likes to describe voice acting as “puppetry, without the pain.” Mary Robinette lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Sometimes she even writes on them.

10:04:56 – Frank and his wife Denice in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Landed in Atlanta, Die Hard (1988), car rental issues, Center for Puppetry Arts, vegan restaurant, Buc-ee’s, arrived in Chattanooga, cool hotel, music in the park, confusing mall, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, walk to a bar, meaningless dumplings, walk back to the […]

10:04:56 – Frank and his wife Denice in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Landed in Atlanta, Die Hard (1988), car rental issues, Center for Puppetry Arts, vegan restaurant, Buc-ee’s, arrived in Chattanooga, cool hotel, music in the park, confusing mall, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, walk to a bar, meaningless dumplings, walk back to the […]

Master puppeteer Jeghetto tells us about “Spinokio,” his Hip-Hopera performance and museum exhibition, coming to The Center for Puppetry Arts. Plus, artist Jeremy Bolen examines our collective human patterns and their effects on our planet's habitability. And our series “Speaking of Music” features Bill Taft of the band W8ing4UFOs.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Creative Conversations with Generation Jones, we talk to That Puppet Guy, Lee Bryan. He'll show us how to make James Bond's favorite martini: The Vesper.  Shaken, not stirred.  We'll hear about his move from performing at Six Flags theme park to The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, and why he's a puppeteer with control issues. He'll explain how growing older has allowed him to use a black magic marker to cross off the list of things he doesn't want to do professionally any more, and how he continues to make a living as a puppeteer.Check out Lee Bryan and his many puppets at: https://puppetguy.comFollow Lee Bryan on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/thatpuppetguyThanks for joining us for this episode of Creative Conversations with Generation Jones. Hope you enjoy our podcast. Find us on our social media:Follow us on InstagramFollow us on FacebookTikTok

On this episode of Our American Stories, our regular contributor, Paul Kotz, helped a frustrated student look past their circumstances and get to why what they were doing matters. Mackenzie Vath shares how the gift she gave to her dad Tim Busch ended up blessing both of their lives. The founder of the Center for Puppetry Arts,Vincent Anthony, shares his story of how he made a career out of puppeteering.  Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate) Time Codes: 00:00 - The “Why” Behind What We Do Matters 10:00 - I Wrote a Book About My Dad... and It Brought Us Closer Together 35:00 - Puppets Are For Everyone Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joyce Gioia CMC®, CSP, FIMC and CEO of The Herman Group of Companies and author of the forthcoming book: Experience Rules: How Positive Experiences Will Drive Profit into the Future. A World-Class Speaker and Futurist, her weekly Herman Trend Alert is read by almost 30,000 people in 91 countries. Joyce writes regularly about the workplace and what companies and workers must do to be successful in our turbulent times. Email: joyce@hermangroup.comAnthony Pomes has worked steadily as a freelance writer/editor and frequent ghost writer for more than two decades. He is presently the vice president of marketing/sales/PR for Square One Publishers, and has worked as research editor on a number of books including a series of trivia titles with showbiz legends Fred Willard, Dick Van Patten, and Joe Franklin together with former Monkees singer/actor Micky Dolenz. He has had the honor of naming a book Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte - a book that then became an acclaimed 2009 feature film from two-time Oscar winning director Ang Lee. https://www.squareonepublishers.com/Edwin Wald is a veteran actor, director, designer, composer, voice and dialect coach has performed in more than one hundred theatrical productions. As a voice actor, he has also brought to life many characters for the renowned Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, and Dallas Puppet Theatre. Edwin voices Marshal Shiloh Brown, and others, in the hilarious, “old-time-radio-style-musical-western” podcast, Hoofbeats in my Heart. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association. https://waldaudio.com/

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Drew Allison is the creator and owner of Grey Seal Puppets, a puppet company that specializes in live puppet shows (many of which have received UNIMA Citations), on camera puppetry and custom character creation. He is the co-author of the very influential puppet building book The Foam Book and he puppeteered on the feature film Elmo in Grouchland.  Drew Allison is my guest on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Drew Allison exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev Also, this month you can win a copy of Marionettes: How to Make and Work Them by Helen Fling!  Listen to find out how to enter. Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons! CONNECT WITH DREW ALLISON : Website - https://www.greysealpuppets.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/greysealpuppets YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvxu9TAoVPG0hkBrmqTk-w/videos Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/greysealpuppets/ IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021434/ DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Captain Kangaroo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Kangaroo Marriotnets: How To Make And Work Them by Helen Fling - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486229092 Grey Seal Puppets - https://www.greysealpuppets.com Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Yellow_Brick_Road UNC Wilmington - https://uncw.edu Doug Swink (Obituary) - https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2006/01/08/dramatic-goodbye/30253440007/ National Puppetry Festival - https://www.puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org UNIMA USA - https://www.unima-usa.org Puppet Rampage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvpeOszd3Yo The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Elmo_in_Grouchland Bob Lynch - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528242/ Lisa Sturz - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836456/ Jerry Nelson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Nelson Carrol Spinney - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroll_Spinney Marty Robinson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_P._Robinson Vania Reckard - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13229534  Dave McDonald - https://www.davemcdonald.com Center for Puppetry Arts - https://puppet.org Children's Theater of Charlotte - https://ctcharlotte.org The Foam Book - https://www.amazon.com/Foam-Book-Building-Polyfoam-Puppets-ebook/dp/B00H4J4QCS Donald Devit - https://www.youtube.com/c/DonaldDevet/featured Seemore Goodstuff - https://youtu.be/ywKsYNNnuT0 Art Grueneberger - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/03/utp-26/ Jim Henson Foundation Grant - https://www.hensonfoundation.org/grants/artist-grants/ Swazzle - https://www.swazzle.com UNIMA Citation of Excellence - https://www.unima-usa.org/winners Puppeteers of America President's Award - https://www.puppeteers.org/awards CLIPS HEARD ON THIS EPISODE: Bojangles - https://youtu.be/rVBD6YNySl8 Seemore Goodstuff - https://youtu.be/ywKsYNNnuT0 Donegal Insurance - https://www.facebook.com/greysealpuppets/videos/grey-seal-puppets-on-camera/10152338737314779 CONNECT WITH THE SHOW http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://www.twitter.com/toasterboy https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/ Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver Help us make more shows like this one.  Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards!  Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info! ©2022 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com

Abby and Hopper are thrilled to share with you all their LIVE EVENT with Center for Puppetry Arts, which took place on May 1st, 2021! Join Abby and Hopper as they catch-up with some friends from Season One. Not only that, but they've also got a brand new mystery animal who needs YOUR help! Will you help Abby and Hopper uncover the mystery identity and ailments of this new animal? Thanks again for listening, and as always, if you've got a problem just stop on by, and we'll say "Hi" at Ask Deer Abby! Cast and crew: Cast (in order of appearance): Hopper - Trevor Goble Abby - Allison Pratt Eugene W. Eagle - Ian Geary Silvia Snail - Maggie Pearl Dillon Beauregard Bull - John Aguilar Narrator - Trevor Goble Zeus Lionel the 3rd - Ian Geary Elizabeth - Allison Pratt Tiffany Toco Toucan - Jimmica Collins Crew: Produced by: Trevor Goble, Allison Pratt, and Center for Puppetry Arts Written by: Trevor Goble, Allison Pratt, Ian Geary, and Bria Washington Sound Editing Engineer: Trevor Goble Sound Mixing and Mastering Engineer: Marcus Grimaldi at Next Level Recording --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you a fan of Sesame Street? I had the opportunity to ask Chris Thomas Hayes, a puppeteer and actor, about what it takes to capture our imagination, along with the imagination of our kids. This episode reveals a lot about what happens behind the scenes of Sesame Street.  Chris walks us through how he gets into character in the field of puppetry and how he approached playing a legacy character that may have even existed when he was a child and watched the show on TV. Listening to Chris, I'm just in awe of the technical sophistication behind what it takes to play our favorite Sesame Street characters including Big Bird, Hoots the Owl, or Ernie. Chris also talks about the way he conveys emotions through a puppet that is made of felt and stitching. In Chris' words, the characters on Sesame Street were not built out of anger, but they came from love. They were built with the spirit of a child in mind that the more we watch them, the more we forget these are not real entities. So how then is he able to convey anger out of his puppets?  Now, if you are a kid at heart and you want to be sure you're living your best year in 2022, I want to invite you to a free one-hour masterclass. It's available for one week only where I cover the five key limitations that can get in your way. There's a way for you to reconnect with your inner child so you can be a double-powered human being, someone who is confident, boundless with energy, optimistic, capable, resourced, and intelligent.  Imagine having both worlds – the kid in you who's imaginative and curious paired with the adult in you who is capable, resourced, and intellectual. You can absolutely reconnect with that child inside of you. And as a grown-up with capabilities and resources and intellect, there's just not a more powerful combination than this.  So be sure to sign up today for my first free masterclass of the year focused on uncovering the 5 BIG limitations we believe as adults that do hold us back, be sure to hop on and RSVP by visiting: www.melissallarena.com/limits I'd love to help you in this exclusive and free one-hour session that takes place on January 4th at 8 pm EST but will also be recorded. Definitely, sign-up for access to the recording if you can't make it LIVE as it'll be available for one week upon completion for those who sign-up. You deserve to know why growing up may not be all that it's cracked up to be and how we can approach 2022 with a greater sense of self-awareness. So be sure to sign up today by visiting www.melissallarena.com/limits.  If you know a parent who's always wanted to know what goes on, on Sesame Street, then share this episode with him or her. They're going to love hearing all of this behind-the-scenes, never heard before information about our beloved Sesame Street.  Chris Thomas Hayes' Biography Chris Thomas Hayes is an actor, writer, director, and puppeteer, originally from Hartford, Connecticut. On stage, Chris has had the pleasure to tour and perform with The Madcap Puppets, Dark Side of The Room, Dad's Garage, Whole World Theater, The Center for Puppetry Arts, and Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.​  Some of Chris' film and television credits include Teen Wolf, Doom Patrol, Woke, Vampire Diaries, and Sesame Street, where Chris serves as Muppet Performer for Hoots the Owl and Elijah. Highlights Creativity:  This art form helps maintain imagination. Everything we learn in school – improvisation, puppetry, acting, and all those things – means learning how to play again. We have that innately in us when we're young. Then slowly, it's dragged out of us and we just become who we are.  Curiosity: Follow what makes you or your child curious and be part of the fostering of their imagination Courage: Chris Thomas' mentor taught him that while you want to preserve a legacy character, you should not be afraid to break the glass and bring something new. In what areas of your life should you be “breaking the glass”? What limiting beliefs do you need to let go of? Bravery: Children are brave enough to ask questions and as adults, we lose a bit of that bravery.  Surreal: There's nothing like puppets. There's really good CGI. But there's something about being able to see those creatures and those creations up close where it feels surreal.  Improv: There's so much improvisation that goes with Sesame Street. There are a lot of moments when puppeteers can take lines, jump in, and pitch jokes, and those are the funniest moments.  Awareness: There is no hole inside Big Bird so he has to look down at his chest when he's walking forward. He's doing it blindfolded so there has to be a lot of spatial awareness. Age: The age that you do your character says a lot about what you have to say and how what you say should be received, at least from the acting standpoint with puppets. Many puppeteers write themselves a character biography so they have something to grab on to and guide them. It helps them figure out tactics or objectives in a scene. Diverse: No one thinks about puppetry. But there are a lot of options to be a working actor. We get wrapped up in what we see in Hollywood, but there are tons of different positions for actors. Play pretend: Being able to play pretend for a living and get into these worlds and characters is the best feeling. Magic: Puppetry is taking that inanimate object and bringing it to life so that you would think that it's moving by itself and has a life of its own. Education: Sesame Street has an outreach branch that produces content related to racial literacy. They talk about race, ethnicity, and how our differences make us stronger. The curriculum is big on knowing how to teach it and what areas to focus on.  Relevance: The episodes have now changed a bit that “parental helicoptering” is no longer necessary. They talk about homelessness, PTSD, etc, which are all tame and watchable.  Emotions: In conveying emotions and voicing emotion, you have to think about what your body does, what you sound like, what you look like when you're confident or angry. Anger is difficult to convey because the puppets are not really built out of anger.  Links to continue to learn from: Website: www.christhomashayes.com  Instagram: @chrisvscap Facebook: @chrisvscap Street Gang the HBO documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQEFS6aKXCU  FREE DOWNLOAD Want to grab your free copy of the Courage Makerspace (™) Playbook? Download the Courage Makerspace(™) here www.melissallarena.com/courage   Boost your courage in 7-days using the exact courage design tools that have worked for both me and my clients. Grab your free playbook instantly so that you can discover how to:   Figure out what makes you tick Be more accountable and not procrastinate Overcome imposter syndrome Stop caring about what others think Progress despite self-doubt Manage anxiety Ask for help You will have a step-by-step playbook to help you finally fulfill your life purpose! Do not miss out on this free opportunity as it will not be available for long. Love An Interview With Melissa Llarena podcast?  You can now support my time in producing the show with Patreon. If you find that the podcast inspires you and you'd like to help support this labor of love, please consider supporting me on Patreon for a couple of dollars per month. You'll get early access to my video-recorded episodes featuring unreleased guest insights; your name and/or business will be mentioned during an episode. You'll also see how I have connected with powerful world leaders so that you can network more effectively in any field or help you pitch hard-to-reach guests on your own platform. Then if you are feeling extra generous for only $10/a month, you'll get everything previously mentioned plus be invited to my monthly LIVE 30-Minute “Ball Juggling” Group Calls where I'll field your business or work-life questions, podcast/guest questions, and share with you courage hacks and imaginative tips so you can feel sane, level-headed, and stay on track pertaining to your upcoming goals. Want to continue the conversation? Find me on Instagram! You can read my daily mini-blogs centered on the same three topics that my podcast features: creativity, courage, and curiosity. I believe that without all three it would be impossible to solve the challenges we were each uniquely made to solve. Wouldn't you agree? I'm easy to find on Instagram @melissallarena Rather keep it professional? Let's connect on LinkedIn. I encourage every single podcast listener to connect with me.

Today Catherine and Steve talk with Jason Hines, a puppet designer and engineer from Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts, a 40+ year-old institution showcasing puppet productions for children and adults, education programs and an extensive museum.  Jason has worked on many productions, several of which have been Halloween, spooky-themed puppet productions like the Ghastly Dreadfuls, as well as other projects that have appeared in TV and movies. We are thoroughly surprised and impressed by so much of what we learned about huge puppets, tiny, thumb-sized puppets, hybrid puppets and puppets married with computer graphic imagery (CGI).  One will be hard pressed to not gain an appreciation for and learn something new about puppets in this episode. Jason admits to having been a crafty, creative person forever, but be wasn't bit by puppets  until he was in college, where he discovered how fun the artform is.  He learned that he was a shy extrovert; meaning he was somebody that wanted to be at the center of attention while remaining under table and out of site.  He has his masters in puppetry arts and has worked in his field consistency for the last 25 years.  We learn from Jason about how he and the Center for Puppetry Arts collaborates with other organizations, including the film industry and opera companies and how he flies his own creative puppetry kite, in-part, through something that we think we all have to experience; puppet slams.  The Center for Puppetry Arts - https://puppet.org/The Moon and Me - BBC two seasons: https://g.co/kgs/SVq3SnYoutube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/CtrPuppetryArtsFaceBook:  https://www.facebook.com/CenterforPuppetryArts?ref=tsTwitter: @CtrPuppetryArtsInstagram:  @ctr_puppetry_artsKites and Strings Website: https://www.kitesandstrings.com/​​Facebook: @kitesandstringspodcastTwitter:   @KitesandstringsInstagram:  @Kites_and_stringsemail: Kitesandstringspodcast@gmail.com

Hello, everybody!!! Turn this up in your headphones! We are discussing Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance with none other than Charles from Friends Talking Fantasy podcast! We were thrilled to get his expert take on the series and to hear about his recent visit to the Dark Crystal exhibit at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.Disclaimer: Laura's internet was on the fritz, so she cuts out occasionally and is delayed at times throughout the episode. Apologies in advance!Media Mentions:The Dark Crystal:  Age of Resistance---NetflixThe Crystal Calls-Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance---NetflixFriends Talking Fantasy PodcastThe First Law series by Joe AbercrombieBorn a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor NoahThe Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. WangAvatar: The Last Airbender---NetflixThe Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Paper Menagerie by Ken LiuStar Wars: Visions---Disney+Roger Roger: A Star Wars PodcastThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings movie trilogy---HBO MaxThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienSex Education---NetflixThe Wheel of Time series by Robert JordanNever Have I Ever---NetflixThe Muppets Christmas Carol---Disney+The Dark Crystal (1982)---HuluLabyrinth (1986)--- Disney+CoComelon---NetflixA Christmas Prince---NetflixOuter Banks---NetflixShaun of the Dead---AppleTVJulie and The Phantoms---NetflixThe Witcher---NetflixZoey's Extraordinary Playlist---PeacockThe Muppets---Disney+Sesame Street---HuluThe Thoroughbred series by Joanna CampbellFiction Fans Podcast

In this episode of Muppet Fans Talking, Maria meets Muppet People, and Sprout steals rain. Our art banner by: @fireferret93 on Twitter Intro and Outro voice acting by: @turning2stoneTransition noise from Zapsplat on Twitter Find us: @Muppets_talking Mary: @MuppetMulaney Maria: @NerdyMariaMania Sprout: @paopusprout

We're all flawed, all complicated, and all hunger to be accepted to be just who we are in the world. But, we also desire to feel safe. The bigger question is, "How do you feel safe when everyone sees you as flawed or complicated?" You don't let them IMPACT your life. You live you, and share your flawed and complicated life, even if that means you admit you've been abused - physically and emotionally...because someone else needs to hear your story. Benji Carr, author, journalist, and performer, takes us on his journey to come out of his closet - gay and otherwise - to embrace his flaw with making it complicated journey. https://www.amazon.com/Impacted-Novel-Benji-Carr-ebook/dp/B08QDYMWLJ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=impacted&qid=1622836034&sr=8-1 ()About BenjiAs a child growing up in the South with cerebral palsy, Benji Carr developed an eye for the bizarre and quirky, which provided all of the stories he told his friends and family with a bit of flavor. Working as a journalist, storyteller and playwright, his work – whether the stories be personal tales of struggle and survival or fiction about cannibal lunch ladies, puppet romances, drag queen funerals, and perverted killer circus clowns – has been featured in The Guardian, ArtsATL and Pembroke Magazine. Onstage, his pieces have been presented at the Center for Puppetry Arts, Alliance Theatre, and as part of the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival in Manhattan. He lives in Atlanta and helps run the online literary magazine, Gutwrench Journal. IMPACTED is his first novel. Connect Withhttp://benjicarr.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/benjicarrauthor (Facebook) https://twitter.com/benji_carr (Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/benji_carr/ (Instagram) You can also listen to the podcast on…https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()  https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()  http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()  https://bit.ly/2FVH55j () 

On this episode, The Barretta Brothers welcome Actress, Muppet performer, voice actress, Julianne Buescher AND puppeteer Alice Dinnean.   ABOUT OUR GUESTS: Julianne Buescher Julianne Buescher is a whimsically versatile, classically trained actor, voice-over artist and Muppet Performer…whose new Muppet character Beverly Plume can be seen in “Muppets Now!” on Disney+! Follow Julianne on IG at @juliannebuescher and see all her credits at IMDb.me/juliannebuescher   Alice Dinnean Alice Dinnean interned at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA. Alice has performed in several Muppet/Henson productions, such as Sesame Street, Muppets Tonight, Muppets Take the Bowl, and non-Muppet projects like Men in Black II, Crank Yankers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Professionally puppettered for Disney, Nickelodeon, Reay Kaplan is  now a Resident Puppeteer at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA. We are talking puppets and how she put the baby in the orchestra pit while learning a new show... ALL THIS WEEK ON THE SHOW!Follow ReayCenter for Puppetry Arts IG: @ctr_puppetry_artsCenter for Puppetry Arts Web: www.puppet.orgMicheLee Puppets IG: @micheleepuppetsMicheLee Puppets Web: www.micheleepuppets.org/live-puppet-chatsCredits:Host: Jency Allison WeeksProduced, Edited, Mixed by: Jency Allison WeeksTheme Song help by Jacey WeeksOther music and sound fx provided by Sound Effects Public Domain.

GUEST:Lisa Aimee Sturz, Artistic Director/ Owner Red Herring Puppets 4500 North Oracle Road, Suite 421Tucson, AZ  85705828-273-1488 lisa@redherringpuppets.comwww.redherringpuppets.com SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook |Lisa Sturz has 40 years' experience working in film, television, theatre, and educational settings. She has worked with Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, Jim Henson Productions, NBC, PBS, the Ice Capades, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Silver Dollar City, Asheville Symphony, and many more.    She is the Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, a national touring company specializing in curriculum-based performances.  She has an MFA in Puppetry from UCLA and has taught at CalPoly, Grinnell, & Warren Wilson colleges and led hundreds of in-school residencies.  Red Herring Puppets have been featured at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, the Puppet Showplace in Brookline, Ma., and the 1st International Puppet Fringe Festival in NYC. They have earned a California Emmy and a UNIMA citation, the highest honor in American puppetry.   Their adult production of “My Grandfather's Prayers” has been tapped to air internationally on JLTV. Other films and TV credits include Murphy Brown, Puzzle Place, Elmo in Grouchland, Muppets from Space, Howard the Duck, the Flintstones, Ninja Turtles III, Roger Rabbit, Gremlins II, RoboCop 2 and Batman Returns. 

Australian Children's television has a lot to answer for. Maddie tracks the history of some of the most iconic, innovative (and sometimes terrifying) puppets that have graced our screens over the last 40+ years.Follow us on INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @australianaramaSOURCES: Screen Australia, The World Encyclopaedia of Puppetry Arts, Larrikin Puppets, ABC and Pedestrian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan put on their codpieces and fret over the innocence of teenage girls around David Bowie. Don't get us wrong, we love this movie, but why does this charming children's tale have a character named after the part of the anatomy responsible for transporting sperm? And why do so many sequences resemble sperm? And if all of these things are symbols for sperm, what does the Bog of Eternal Stench represent? We shudder to think… Labyrinth (1986) d. Jim Henson w. Terry Jones Starring David Bowie Jennifer Connelly Brian Henson Shari Weiser Brian Froud hundreds of puppeteers Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to recover her baby brother from a goblin king in this '80s coming-of-age fairy tale. Things discussed in the show: The Little Mermaid (Disney, Ursula, Ron Clements, John Musker, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois) Babylon Berlin - Season 3 (Art deco, morphine abuse, noir, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch) Dark (Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese, Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari) Mrs. Doubtfire (Chris Columbus, Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan) Zoomer attention spans The Devil all the Time (Antonio Campos, Donald Ray Pollock, Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland) Saw (James Wan, Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover) Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel) Children of the Corn Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Jordan Belfort, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie) The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, Steven Zaillian, Charles Brandt, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin) Tenet (Christopher Nolan, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki) Midsommar (Ari Aster, Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper) Covid 19 talk The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker) Saved By the Bell (Sam Bobrick, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, Dennis Haskins, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley) The Social Dilemma (Jeff Orlowski, Davis Coombe, Vickie Curtis, Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson) Rabbit Hole podcast (Kevin Roose) The Matrix (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano) The Terminator & Skynet (James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton) Reply All QAnon episode #166 "Country of Liars" PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman) Fraggle Rock and the social contract between Fraggle and Dozer (Jim Henson, Karen Prell, Gerard Parkes, Kathryn Mullen) Flash Gordon (Mike Hodges, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Michael Allin, Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Queen) Flesh Gordon (Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm, Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, Joseph Hudgins) Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheetleaders (Howard Ziehm, Vince Murdocco, Robyn Kelly, Tony Travis) The Muppet Show (Jim Henson, Jack Burns, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz) Mia Sara Return to Oz was directed by Walter Murch (Gill Dennis, Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Brian Henson) The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri) Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak) The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum) The Phantom of the Opera Evita (Tim Rice, Alan Parker, Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas) H.P. Lovecraft / The King in Yellow by Robert William Chambers & Carcosa True Detective season one (Nic Pizzolatto, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts, Tory Kittles) Teenage girls protecting their virginity at all costs Matthew 18:3 - “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." The Bog of Eternal Stench The maiden, the mother & the crone Michael Jackson was up for the role of the Goblin King Phil Collins Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Raphael, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger) The helping hands Surrealist film Beauty and the Beast (1946) (Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély) Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta Stevie Nicks' fashion The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars Iggy Pop and The Stooges / Steve's theory that Bowie ruined Iggy Pop Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, James Lyons, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale) Pinocchio Grimms' Fairy Tales The Hero's Journey (Joseph Campbell) Dungeon's and Dragons Xenomorph M.C. Escher Crossroads demons and Robert Johnson The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, David Odell, Kathryn Mullen) Next Week: Leprechaun

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On the August 30, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to answer a couple letters in the Mail Bag and talk about the latest film and tv news, including the most anticipated movies of Fall 2018, Roma early buzz, Netflix going theatrical, Mindhunter season 2 casting and Sinemia.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).     In The Mail Bag: Sam L from Atlanta writes in “This is a fan.  After hearing your comment about visiting the Henson Exhibit, I wanted to let you know that there is a Henson Museum.  It is located in Atlanta at the Center for Puppetry Arts.  (http://www.puppet.org/) The Center has 2 museums, one focusing on the Hensons and one focusing on Puppets around the World. (They include some figures from Laika stop-motion films. )   The Henson Museum has muppets from Sesame Street, from the Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock and many of their movies. It is not really large but it is a great collection. The Henson Foundation gave much of their collection to the Center so the rotate out different characters and displays. Thanks for the great show and please thank Chris, Jacob, Hoai-Tran, Ben and Brad. Michelly writes in to say “Hi Peter.  I just wanted to say that for me you can keep talking about the Magic Castle. I will never get enough of your tales hehe. It's not easy to get in and you did it! Listeners should chill and just appreciate it. I bet you're a great magician  and that your magic will evolve a lot. Keep going! Also, I feel that the water cooler is in its best format ever. So glad that besides what you guys have been doing, we get to listen what you have been reading, watching, playing and so on. Finally, a shoutout to HT, my favorite person hihi, for reading and recommending Sharp Objects.   Best wishes from Brazil!” Kolin from San Jose, CA writes in with a question: “With “Venom” and The Joker movie coming out soon, what other villains do you think deserve their own movie?”   In The News: Brad: Fandango Users' Most Anticipated Fall Movies Somehow Don't Include ‘Creed II' HT (og Ben): ‘Roma' Early Buzz: Alfonso Cuaron Has Delivered Another Masterpiece Brad: Netflix May Give Alfonso Cuaron's ‘Roma' and Other Prestige Movies a Theatrical Release / Netflix to Give Awards Season Theatrical Runs to 'Roma,' 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,' and '22 July' HT (og Chris): ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Charles Manson Actor is Also Playing Manson in ‘Mindhunter' Season 2 Brad: Sinemia Trying to Lure MoviePass Customers Away With New $9.99 Subscription Plan Other articles mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Author and professional puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal describes her love of puppetry as an interest in the boundless nature of the medium. She can play any type of character, there are countless ways to present the puppets themselves, and combinations of puppet actors and "fleshies" are ripe for new experiences and metaphors for audiences. She even tells a great story about the unfortunate(?) place her hand ended up while on set for Sesame Street. Garner a new appreciation for how the craft of writing overlaps with the entry point for puppeteering and how many puppeteers are making the puppets they perform with while you count how many times MBS says "cool!" or "that's amazing!" Notes Center for Puppetry Arts on Czeck Black Puppeteers of America UNIMA-USA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) 2 Eps of Jim Hensen Presents The World of Puppetry