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Recorded at The Octagon, Sheffield during the 2025 convention of Sweet Adelines Region 31. Hear from Silhouette, the region's new Gold Medal Quartet plus Deke Sharon, Nicky Salt, Valerie Taylor, Alyson Cheney and members of medal-winning choruses Viva A Cappella, Lace City Chorus and Singing Unlimited.

Dive into an insightful conversation with Dr. Valerie Taylor, Director of Argonne National Labs' Mathematics and Computer Science Division. Exploring her journey from a tech-infused childhood in Chicago to pioneering roles in academia and founding the organization, CMD-IT. Dr. Taylor shares personal stories about mentorship, navigating academia as a minority, and shaping the future of computing through inclusivity and research. Get a glimpse into significant milestones in industry and academia, accentuated by her leadership in the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference.

Dr. Valerie Taylor from Argonne National Laboratory joins us in this episode to talk about mentoring in academia. Mentoring, at its core, starts with asking questions and seeking advice, as opposed to finding a mentor. In this episode, we discuss the ins and outs of mentoring through Valerie's many amazing stories from her career, from identifying what questions to ask and how to say no. See the transcript on the website (https://csedpodcast.org/blog/s4e9_academic_mentoring/)

Regular readers of The Curb will know that I have a particular soft spot for the work of Sally Aitken. Through her expansive filmography that tells stories that span the globe, from David Stratton, to Valerie Taylor, to The Wiggles, and now to Every Little Thing, a film about Terry, a wildlife carer in California who runs a rehab facility for hummingbirds, Sally has managed to provide a generous, kind, and considerate perspective of the world and how we interact with it.Every Little Thing is a sonic and visual delight of a film that wonders the senses with cinematography that fully immerses us in the world of the hummingbird, all the while presenting the dedication and care that Terry Masear gives to these tiny, fragile creatures who flit about the world, acting as harmonious pollinators who enrich the ever-increasingly human dominated nature that they live within.I've seen plenty of films about animals being cared for, or about the communities that spring up in a fight for animal activism, and yet, I've never really seen a film like Every Little Thing. In the following interview, you'll hear me talk to Sally about why I feel this is a purely unique film, one that manages to present the role of an animal carer in a deeply compassionate and understandable way. I'm in awe of the majesty on display here, and while I've always loved Sally's work, I feel that Every Little Thing is yet another grand step forward in her role as a humanistic filmmaker.Every Little Thing screens at the Adelaide Film Festival on Thursday 24 October, and again on 2 November. Sally will be in attendance on 24 October and will attend a panel on documentary filmmaking on Friday the 25th of October. Visit AdelaideFilmFestival.org for more details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regular readers of The Curb will know that I have a particular soft spot for the work of Sally Aitken. Through her expansive filmography that tells stories that span the globe, from David Stratton, to Valerie Taylor, to The Wiggles, and now to Every Little Thing, a film about Terry, a wildlife carer in California who runs a rehab facility for hummingbirds, Sally has managed to provide a generous, kind, and considerate perspective of the world and how we interact with it.Every Little Thing is a sonic and visual delight of a film that wonders the senses with cinematography that fully immerses us in the world of the hummingbird, all the while presenting the dedication and care that Terry Masear gives to these tiny, fragile creatures who flit about the world, acting as harmonious pollinators who enrich the ever-increasingly human dominated nature that they live within.I've seen plenty of films about animals being cared for, or about the communities that spring up in a fight for animal activism, and yet, I've never really seen a film like Every Little Thing. In the following interview, you'll hear me talk to Sally about why I feel this is a purely unique film, one that manages to present the role of an animal carer in a deeply compassionate and understandable way. I'm in awe of the majesty on display here, and while I've always loved Sally's work, I feel that Every Little Thing is yet another grand step forward in her role as a humanistic filmmaker.Every Little Thing screens at the Adelaide Film Festival on Thursday 24 October, and again on 2 November. Sally will be in attendance on 24 October and will attend a panel on documentary filmmaking on Friday the 25th of October. Visit AdelaideFilmFestival.org for more details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Valerie Taylor is the award-winning author of the romantic comedy trilogy What's Not SAID, What's Not TRUE, and What's Not LOST. Encouraged by her readers, she's now created a new cozy mystery series, spinning one of the secondary characters in What's Not LOST into the role of amateur sleuth in A Whale of a Murder: A Venus Bixby Mystery. When she's not writing or reading, Valerie enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator. She now resides in Shelton, CT, returning there after enjoying some of the best years of her life in Boston and Seattle. Show Notes: 00:00:44 Season 7—Live, Love, Laugh & Play 00:00:59 Theme-Dare to do Great Things 00:01:09 Introducing Valerie 00:03:02 Val's Book Journey 00:04:17 AHA MOMENT 00:04:41 Quote of the Day 00:05:33 Awakening Creativity 00:07:34Failure is not in her vocabulary 00:13:19Val's Inspirational Quotes 00:19:52 Val's Elevator Pitch - a Whale of a Murder 00:21:37 Getting Intentional with The Magical Guide to Bliss 00:26:39 Rejoice in the Joy that Lies Before You 00:28:41Contact Valerie 00:29:47 Valerie's Manifesting Tools 00:34:24 Valerie's Inspiration 00:38:00 The Takeaway Contact Valerie Taylor www.valerietaylorauthor.com IG @valerieetaylor SEASON 7: Live, Laugh, Love & Play Conversations with Extraordinary People is a YouTube video and podcast based on The Magical Guide to Bliss. It guides the listener through the year with empowering conversations. Subscribe to my YouTube channel. Sign up for my newsletter: www.megnocero.com #manifesting #podcast #SEASON7 #podcasts #podcast #season7 #meg #love #valerietaylor #worthiness #author #dreamers #breathe #creativeinterview #motivational #happiness #transformational #magical #happiness #determination #grateful #manifestingwithmeg #themagicalguidetobliss #cozymystery #awhaleofamurder --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meg-nocero/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meg-nocero/support

In this captivating episode of "Diving Deep with Sam Fricker," we delve into the fascinating world of underwater filmmaking and environmental conservation with the legendary Valerie Taylor. Renowned for her groundbreaking work in filming sharks, Valerie shares her riveting experiences, from swimming alongside these majestic creatures to her pioneering contributions to the iconic film "Jaws."As one of the world's foremost authorities on sharks, Valerie Taylor offers unique insights into their behavior and ecology, dispelling common misconceptions and shedding light on their vital role in marine ecosystems. From the adrenaline-pumping moments of encountering sharks up close to the challenges of capturing their elusive beauty on film, Valerie's stories are as exhilarating as they are informative.Listeners are treated to behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the making of "Jaws," where Valerie and her late husband, Ron Taylor, played pivotal roles in bringing the ocean's most feared predator to the silver screen. Their daring underwater footage set the standard for future shark documentaries and inspired generations of filmmakers and conservationists.However, Valerie's contributions extend far beyond the realm of cinema. With a deep-seated passion for marine conservation, she has dedicated her life to advocating for the protection of sharks and their habitats. Through her tireless efforts, Valerie continues to raise awareness about the importance of preserving our oceans and fostering coexistence between humans and sharks.Join Sam Fricker as he dives into a captivating conversation with Valerie Taylor, exploring her extraordinary journey from swimming with sharks to spearheading environmental conservation initiatives. Whether you're a seasoned diver, a film enthusiast, or simply curious about the wonders of the ocean, this episode promises to inspire, educate, and ignite a newfound appreciation for these awe-inspiring creatures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Cellini and Chris Dimino talk everything Atlanta Sports, the National Sports picture and the current (and WAY back when) in pop culture! Get the latest and your fill of Atlanta Braves, Georgia Bulldogs, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks daily from two "Southern" Yankees daily Mon-Fri from 11a-2p! A day to help find a cure during our 23rd Annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Radiothon X Question of the Day on the Harrah's Cherokee X Feed Atlanta is ready for another Super Bowl Daily Headlines Cancer Survivor Valerie Taylor On Campus presented by Subaru of Gwinnett Tiger Woods troubles continues Drive Around the Sports World presented by Marietta Toyota See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick Cellini and Chris Dimino talk everything Atlanta Sports, the National Sports picture and the current (and WAY back when) in pop culture! Get the latest and your fill of Atlanta Braves, Georgia Bulldogs, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks daily from two "Southern" Yankees daily Mon-Fri from 11a-2p! A day to help find a cure during our 23rd Annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Radiothon X Question of the Day on the Harrah's Cherokee X Feed Atlanta is ready for another Super Bowl Daily Headlines Cancer Survivor Valerie Taylor On Campus presented by Subaru of Gwinnett Tiger Woods troubles continues Drive Around the Sports World presented by Marietta Toyota See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Being sad or feeling hopeless is a normal part of human existence appearing and disappearing and reappearing with the ebbs and flows of life. But when symptoms of a depressive episode last for more than two weeks, and begin to get in the way of one's day-to-day life, that's when a person meets the criteria for Major Depressive Disorder, or MDD, which is one type of the DSM-IV's depressive diagnoses and one of many different mood disorders. The prevalence of MDD in Canada is higher than other mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders (discussed in our next episode!) like generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia. Because of its prevalence, many areas of treatment are available to those who are struggling with clinical depression, including talk therapy, changing diet and exercise, medication, and brain stimulation therapies.This episode's guest, Tammy, shares with us that she began experiencing symptoms of MDD when she was in grade school. While depressive disorders tend to begin later in life and global data suggests that the median age for the onset of symptoms is 26 years old, a study from the United States showed that depression can be diagnosed as young as three years of age. Interestingly, a study from Korea showed that the age at which a person experiences their first major depressive episode may be correlated to a variety of different clinical indicators, like the frequency in which MDD episodes recur, that play a key role in one's clinical prognosis of MDD and its outcomes. In this episode, we learn about a few of Tammy's family members, one of whom also struggles with their mental health. Given the hereditary, or genetic, predisposition to mental disorders, it is common for some mental illnesses, like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression, to run in the family. But when discussing the “nature” side of things, we mustn't forget about the “nurture”. We've also seen that the environmental factors like one's family structure, exposure to traumatic events, and much more can increase rates of mental health problems. Fast FactsGlobally, depression is estimated to occur among 1.1% of adolescents aged 10 to14 years, and 2.8% of 15- to 19-year-olds. More than a quarter of a million Canadian youth, representing 6.5% of people between the ages of 15 and 24, experience major depression each year.Depression can go unnoticed in children. Some may not talk about their helpless and hopeless thoughts and may not appear sad. Depression might also cause a child to make trouble or act unmotivated causing others to incorrectly label the child as a troublemaker or lazy.In Canada, once depression is recognized, intervention and treatment can make a difference for 80% of people who are affected, which allows them to get back to their regular activities.Learn More about This Episode's Cool ResearchIn this episode, we spoke to Dr. Valerie Taylor, Head of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary, and the namesake for the Taylor Lab. Their main area of research is how the gut influences brain health, known in the literature as the gut-brain barrier. Scientists have already shown a potential for the influence of gut microbiota in diseases like asthma and type I and type II diabetes, to name a few. When it comes to the bidirectional relationship between the brain, gut and microbiome there is a growing amount of evidence that this is a valuable area of research that may have implications on new therapeutic avenues. For example, studies aiming to elucidate the relationship between depression and the microbiome have shown a link between MDD and an imbalance of the gut microbiota's bacterial composition. Some of these studies even reported seeing modest improvements in depressive symptoms following interventions targeting the gut microbiome. Dr. Taylor and her team are interested in whether or not microbiomes from the gut of healthy people can be used as a treatment for those suffering with ailments, and in their case specifically, people struggling with treatment-resistant MDD. In order to get those healthy microbiomes transferred, the Taylor Lab is experimenting with Fecal Matter Transplant, or FMT for short. For their research, the process involves retrieving fecal samples from healthy screened donors, converting those samples into capsules (also known as “poop pills”),and orally administering the capsules to patients. There is a fair amount of evidence to back up the efficacy of FMT in treating disease, in fact, the practice has been reported in literature dating 2,000 years ago. The efficacy of FMT for patients with treatment-resistant MDD, however, continues to be a question the Taylor Lab is working hard to answer. Through this work, Dr. Taylor remains hopeful. In an interview with Mike Fisher for the University of Calgary, Dr. Taylor discusses her team's research. “...[T]he jury is still out on whether we can actually leverage what seems to be a gut-brain connection into the next generation of therapies. There is reason to be excited and to pursue this work and that's what fuels us — the possibility. [...] There has been research that shows if you take bacteria from depressed mice and put it into non-depressed mice, they become depressed. Microbiota are not benign, and we want to ensure people are aware of that. [...] Patients are desperate for new treatments, sometimes the current treatments don't work for everyone or have side effects that are not tolerable. So, people are looking for anything that will help them.”SupportIf you're struggling with your mental health, you're not alone.If you are in immediate danger of harming yourself or others, call 9-1-1, or head to your nearest emergency room. You can also call or text 9-8-8 to reach the Suicide Crisis Helpline. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Young people can chat anytime with Kids Help Phone by calling 1-800-668-6868. Services are available in English and French.Wellness Together Canada provides one-on-one counselling, self-guided courses and programs, and peer support and coaching. Youth can contact this service by calling 1-888-668-6810 or texting WELLNESS to 686868. Adults can contact this service by calling 1-866-585-0445 or texting WELLNESS to 741741. You can also find credible articles and information on their website. The Canadian Mental Health Association can help you find resources, programs, or support for yourself or others. Find a CMHA branch in your area here. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health provides Mental Health 101 tutorials and online courses on their website. The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatment has a list of resources for those dealing with mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders. Depression Hurts is a website developed by the Mood Disorders Society of Canada that includes a symptom checklist and doctor discussion guide for patients.

Mike is joined by Valerie Taylor AM, the distinguished conservationist, photographer, and filmmaker, to delve into her extraordinary experiences swimming with sharks. This conversation is particularly relevant in the aftermath of a recent incident where a 29-year-old woman was bitten by a bull shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour. Authorities emphasize the presence of this ocean predator in the area, highlighting the potential risks. Lauren O'Neill endured significant injuries and blood loss, necessitating her immediate transfer to St Vincent's Hospital in critical condition. Presently, she is in stable condition and receiving medical care.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ian and Nathan Adler take a look at two very different films with the same premise. What if the Nazis invaded Britain during World War 2?The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Directed by John Sturges. Written by Tom Manciewicz. Starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall and Donald SutherlandWent The Day Well (1942). Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. Written by John Dighton and Diana Morgan. Starring Leslie Banks, CV France and Valerie Taylor.

Conversations with Extraordinary People is a YouTube/podcast based on The Magical Guide to Bliss. It takes the listener through the year with empowering conversations. Season 6 is Empowered Through Purpose with guests Andreea Pap, Cheryl Krauter, Berta Medina, Ketty Urbay, Annie McDonnell, Valerie Taylor, Cardsy B, Rektok Ross, Leslie Rasmussen, Sara Blanchard, Lisa Lopez, Luisa Carter, Dr. Laura Ellick, Tabitha Rose, Suzanne Simonetti, & Mike Spatola. Subscribe to my YouTube channel. Sign up for my newsletter: www.megnocero.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meg-nocero/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meg-nocero/support

In July, I hosted a webinar called "How To Get Past Hollywood Gatekeepers" where I shared my thoughts on creative things you can do now with the strikes happening, as well as what you shouldn't be doing. This episode addresses questions you asked in our Q&A session that we didn't have time to answer. There's lots of great info here, make sure you watch.Show NotesFree Writing Webinar - https://michaeljamin.com/op/webinar-registration/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAutogenerated TranscriptMichael Jamin:You shouldn't. You should not try to work. I mean, you don't go on any guild SAG projects or guild projects, but you could do, if it's a non SAG project, like a student film or something, you can do that. You're not violating anything. You're not getting paid, but you can build your network. Exactly. Or make your own stuff. If you write your own mini scene or movie or whatever and you shoot it on your phone, you're not breaking any strikes. You're not selling it, you're just shooting it. You're listening to screenwriters. Need to hear this with Michael. Hey everybody, welcome back. It's Michael Jamin. I'm here with Phil Hudson and we are going to answer some questions. So as you may or may not know, we host a webinar, a free webinar every three weeks usually, and I try to answer a different topic. And the last topic we did was called How to Get Past Industry Gatekeepers. And we did an exclusive v i P room afterwards where people could ask questions. This is where the questions are coming from, Phil, right?Phil Hudson:No, these are actually the ones from the webinar. We didn'tMichael Jamin:Oh, these are from the webinar. Okay.Phil Hudson:Yeah, because we shifted things up and for people who, dunno, you were spending a lot of time, we were staying on for an hour doing q and a with everybody, and so we just decided to give everyone an opportunity to hop in and get FaceTime with you. It's limited seats of V I P Q and A, and this is for the people who ask questions during the webinar who didn't get their questions answered rightMichael Jamin:Now I'm confused. Okay. Yeah, so to be clear, the webinar is free, but we also did a little bonus thing afterwards that people can buy in so I can answer more questions. So these are questions. I didn't get it. We didn't have time to answer and Phil's going to cue me. What is it? Yeah,Phil Hudson:No, I was going to say we're going to dive in and I think it's just two things. If you want to have a question answered by Michael, there's two ways to get that done and you're very, very open with your time. One is to join the webinar. We typically have one, sometimes two a month depending on the month, and it's a different topic typically every time. But we have a couple that people really like, so we might be focusing on those. But if you can't get your question answered there, the v i P is an opportunity for them to hop in with you and really just spend that time, time you turn your camera on. You ask myMichael Jamin:Question. Well, it's not one-on-one. A small group of people.Phil Hudson:So it's not one-on-one in the sense that you sit there and you get to talk to Michael. You don't have to. It's not, yeah. Thank you for clarifying. Yeah. So yeah, let's dive in. And we've done previous episodes. I've broken these into subjects. So there are a couple key categories. This is heavily weighted towards breaking into Hollywood because that was the topic,Michael Jamin:ButPhil Hudson:I think the craft questions are always good. So starting there, Norville, scs, if a character changes for the better over the course of a story, is there initial likability, something to focus on?Michael Jamin:Well, likability is a complicated thing. Sometimes people, you'll get a note from the studio saying these need to be likable. And that's not the same thing as the audience needs to the characters, which is a different, okay, so Tony Soprano is not a likable person. You don't want to spend 10 minutes with the guy, he might kill you, okay? But the audience likes to watch him because he's interesting. But often you'll get a note from the studio saying, these characters, they're too unlikable. I don't have an answer to that. It depends if you're doing a drama or a comedy, but generally the note you're going to get is these need to be likable characters, especially if you're doing a comedy. We're spending time with them, we're spending a lot of time with them. So even in Cheers, I'm sure one of the notes was Carla's too unlikable, so they probably softened her up so she wasn't, because you're spending time with him, this is your family, I guess. I dunno if that answers the question. It's the best I can do. Well,Phil Hudson:I think the question comes from Save the Cat, which you've admittedly never read and you've never read, but it definitely talks about how your character should do something to make us like them in the first three to five pages because we'll want to root for them and it's a redeeming factor and there's plenty of evidence as to why that's not necessarilyMichael Jamin:Accurate. I don't subscribe to that. I don't subscribe to that. So yeah,Phil Hudson:As good as it gets. You recommended, I read that for a script. I was writing one point. Is that it? Where is that? Not Jack Nicholson.Michael Jamin:Yeah, I mean I love that, but I don't rememberPhil Hudson:Telling you, but he throws the dog down the garbage shoot.Michael Jamin:Oh yeah, it was the first time we seen him. He throws the dog down the garbage shoot.Phil Hudson:It's the opposite of saving the cat.Michael Jamin:And it'sPhil Hudson:A classic, it's incredible film.Michael Jamin:And that's a film, right? So that's not a sitcom. So again, I don't subscribe to this thing. The character has to do something likable. What is that? I mean, I think they have to do something interesting. Engaging and throwing a dog on a shoot is kind of interesting for sure. SoPhil Hudson:Yeah, what kind of person would do that? Use his questions. Jackie Smite. What if you have a script for a very specific franchise? Is it simply foolish if you are an inexperienced or is it a bad idea in general?Michael Jamin:Bad idea in general. And it's foolish. You got 'em both write. You can't write for a franchise. You don't own the ip, it's not yours, let it go. You don't write a Marvel movie, don't write a Disney movie with the princesses. It's not yours, so let it go. Don't write anything with a franchise.Phil Hudson:This is a very common one. I mean, most people have an idea for a story and it's based off of existing ip. I remember talking to a friend in 2008, a couple months after I really started studying screenwriting. She's like, oh, I have this enemy franchise. I want to adapt for tv. And I was like, okay, I don't think you could do that. And yeah,Michael Jamin:Reach out to, if you get the rights from them, then do it, but you don't have the rights, so don't do it.Phil Hudson:And that is a process and we'll probably circle back on that because there's a question about attorneys, which we'll get to in a minute.Michael Jamin:Oh, okay.Phil Hudson:Cliff Johnson ii. I write drama features to half hour comedy and also differing genres. Is it limiting to spread myself thin or should I keep building a diverse portfolio?Michael Jamin:You don't need a diverse portfolio. I'd say specialize in whatever it is you enjoy the most. Focus on that, get really good at it, and then market yourself as the best damn thriller writer there is. Or the best broad comedy writer there is. You don't need a broad portfolio. You need to have a specific portfolio that really showcases your excellence in this one area.Phil Hudson:Yeah. You've given advice as well in the past that let's say you're a sitcom writer, well get really good at writing half hour single camera sitcoms that do multi, then do animated. So you stay in that genre, but you can build a portfolio within that genre to show your base. But it's different than writing violent westerns and Taylor Sheridan style.Michael Jamin:Yes. Right. I'm glad you pointed at that. So if you want to be a comedy writer, you might want a Yes. A broad you should have, should have a grounded single camera comedy, but it's all comedy. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Awesome. Andrew James jokes, do you see everything from a certain comedic viewpoint when thinking of content or writing a script,Michael Jamin:A certain comedic viewpoint? I don't remember. Not sure what that means. There's things that strike me as funny. I'm not sure if I have. I thinkPhil Hudson:For me, I think I understand this question, but I don't want to interrupt you if you have something.Michael Jamin:No, what do you think?Phil Hudson:I think what's being asked is when I was told once that I have a particular view of the world and it often is a comical view of the world. I look at the ridiculousness of bureaucracy or rules and rather than get upset, I just make fun of them or I find ways to poke holes at them. To me it's really that question. Do you have that point of view to say, this is my Mike. Judge has, I would say, has a really clear point of view and the way he does his things. Do you look at things through a certain lens?Michael Jamin:I don't know if I do. I mean, I'm sure I have a voice. I'm always interested, I guess how do I like finding things, thinking of things that are funny, but I'm not sure if I have a specific I tact that I take, sorry, I can't help them more. I got to think about that more. Do I have a point of view? I tend to think silly and stupid, but I think I'm smart. I mean, I went to college and everything, but I don't think I'm dumb, but I think my voice is sometimes of a dumb person.Phil Hudson:When I think of your voice, I think of a lot of the things you share about the way you kid with your daughters,Michael Jamin:The way I kid with my daughters.Phil Hudson:Yeah, just like you've done a couple of social media posts where you're like, it's like dad jokes, but at a different level. It's an elevated dad joke almost.Michael Jamin:Well, I'm their dad.Phil Hudson:I know, but it's like dad jokes very punny. And then yours is one step further and you've done several of these quick bites on social media that are related to your conversations with your daughters. To me, that's Michael Jamin and Comedy.Michael Jamin:Oh yeah. I love having fun with my kids. They're so funny. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Cool. And then Phyllis Hill, Phyllis was pretty active, so we got a bunch of questions from her, but they were very good. I sorted through a bunch of 'em. And this is a little bit tied to something I know we've talked about before and I just thought it was good to put on the podcast. Have streaming platforms changed story structure, the same story structure that might've been used back during the day of network TV shows?Michael Jamin:Great question. Not in a hugely significant way. The biggest thing is probably, well, there's no commercial breaks, but so what? We still break the story still the same. We just don't go to commercial. But when we break it on the whiteboard, same thing. It doesn't matter. The only difference is streamers sometimes want you to have serialized stories. So the end, they want to end on a pregnant moment where, so it's continued. So the next story picks up where the last one ended. That's sometimes what they want so that you binge, but that's kind of easy. Often you can, if you go back and watch Weeds, the show Weeds, they did that really well see, they tell a full story and then at the end the story's over. They just do a weird little thing at the end of that story. And then that story would be the beginning. That beat would be the beginning of the next story. So it's super easy in terms of breaking it. It actually makes it kind of easy. It doesn't make, it's the same kind of storytelling. You're just adding one more beat at the end.Phil Hudson:Yeah, that's awesome. I think that's a very concise answer, Michael.Michael Jamin:I get paid by Word.Phil Hudson:I love that. I was going to say Charles Duma is Alexander Duma. I don't know who Charlie Duma is, but he's probably Alexander Dumas's cousin twice divorced. Some questions about your course which come up because during the webinar you're often, one of the things, people have a chance to win your course, you get lifetime access to the course. One person wins every time, but also you give a discount to the course.Michael Jamin:Yeah, if you're listening to this, come to these free webinars that I div, we give a good discount to anyone who attendsPhil Hudson:And that opens registration for that block of enrollment. Leonard h wanted to know, will the course do anything for someone working on documentaries?Michael Jamin:Yeah, I don't know. I mean personally I think yes, but I'm not a documentary filmmaker, but I have watched documentary films where I thought this would've been better if they went through my course. They would've dove into the emotional moments that I feel. But having never made a documentary, what the hell do I know? But I have watched documentaries where I thought this was good, but it wasn't great. It didn't really move me emotionally or I should. I think that's when documentaries really work is when or anything works when you finish watching it and you're still thinking about it, you're still feeling it the next day. So I don't want to promise, but I would think it would help. ButPhil Hudson:I have taken a documentary film class as part of my film school stuff. It's honestly one of the better classes I took. It was taught by a guy named Hank who was a Sundance fellow in the documentary labs and he done multiple documentaries. That's literally, he teaches and then he and his wife shoot documentaries and manage those tons of stuff in South by Southwest, the film fest, Sundance Film Festival, all that stuff. And absolutely story structure is a very vital part of that. And you get into the cinema verte and how you're doing your documentary and the influence of structure and story, but the story structure had to be there, or no one wants to watch what you're doing,Michael Jamin:Nobody cares. So the hard part is you can't invent that. You have to hopefully capture that and then know, oh, I captured this moment. This would be a good first act break.Phil Hudson:But they're scripted there. They're scripted. You need to understand what things you need to get, what beats you want to get as you tell the story. And then it evolves out of that. You often are surprised by what you get, but then there's the paper edit you do when you go into editing where you have transcripts of all the footage and you're looking for things. And it was a little bit uncomfortable for me then and still is now. He even encouraged that it's your job to tell the best version of that story as you can. And there is no such thing as cinema verite, truth of the camera, right? Truth of the lens. You can't because the moment you're there observing it, it changes. And that's a law of physics. You observe an Adam behaves different. And so he says at the end of the day, let's say that you filmed something out of order and there's a clip that you shot two months from now, but it helps tell the story that you need to tell. He had no problem rearranging things or cutting people out of order to get the story that he needed at the end of it.Michael Jamin:So your point is the story, our course would help. That'sPhil Hudson:Your point. Absolutely. Yeah, I absolutely would help.Michael Jamin:Alright,Phil Hudson:There you go. There you go. A couple of questions from Phyllis. Please compare your class to screenwriting classes like the ones offered on Masterclass.Michael Jamin:Well, again, I haven't gone through all the ones in Masterclass. I've watched a few videos of some of the speakers. I don't know, I mean I didn't watch all of it. I don't know. I really can't say having not watched all of it. I think mine is, I would expect mine is a little more hands-on in the sense that I'm teaching you literally how we break a story in the room. I don't fill you with a lot of terms that we don't use, but Phil, have you gone through Masterclass? Yeah. Maybe you'll know better than I do.Phil Hudson:Active subscriber to Masterclass for a long time and most of them I can't get through on Masterclass including, and look, I think Aaron Sorkin's one of the most prolific author writers of our time and I love everything he puts out. ButMichael Jamin:Yeah, he's Shakespeare. He's the Shakespeare of our time.Phil Hudson:Couldn't get through it, couldn't get through his course,Michael Jamin:Couldn't get throughPhil Hudson:It. No, a lot of, and actually I can tell you this because in my agency we have a client who is getting their own masterclass right now. So I've got a little view through the window of what that platform is. And I'm not saying all platforms are like this and I don't want to be saying anything disparaging against Masterclass. I really enjoy masterclass, but the amount of content they shoot versus what you get, it's like 20% of what that person did and they're not editing it. So Masterclass does this stuff, they're in Sorkin and then what you get on the back end of that or Shonda Rogers or whoever, you get to the end of that and it's like 20% of what they talked about. It's good, but it's not the meat. It's not the meat of what you want.Michael Jamin:I've watched some, not theirs, but I felt, and I love masterclass too, I felt you got a taste of everything. You can really learn a lot about cars and cooking and it's a really great, but I felt like from what I watched, it didn't go deep enough. That's not what it is. It's a sampling. And I thought it was interesting but not helpful for some of the ones I saw. Interesting but not helpful.Phil Hudson:The most practical one was Aaron Franklin's barbecue cooking class. And I put that one to good use with my smoker because it is very much, here's how you do it, here's how you tip things, here's how you wrap meat. It's just actionable. SoMichael Jamin:If I ate meat, I'd come over and make me a nice smoked dinner, but I don't,Phil Hudson:You'd be very happy.Michael Jamin:I'd probably start sweating.Phil Hudson:I'll meat sweats. Yeah, I'll make you some nice broccolini. How about that?Michael Jamin:Yeah, that'd be nice.Phil Hudson:Alright, and then just another question from Phyllis, and I think this is more broad about you and what you're doing for people online in the webinars with the course, everything. What is your motivation to offer this assistance other than money?Michael Jamin:Oh, well, when I broke into the business, this is back in the nineties, this was before the internet and I was living in New York. I knew nothing about the industry. I knew nothing. I knew no one, how would I know anything? So I just got in my car and I drove to LA thinking well get close. But now because the internet, social media, you can talk to people like me and get so much information for free and what a gift. And so I know people say it's impossible to break into Hollywood. Yeah, yes, it's hard, but it's even harder if you don't even know where to begin if you don't have these resources. But now I started building my social media profile back a little over two years ago as a way of building my platform so that I have a book that's coming out so that I could platform my agents has platform drives acquisition. I need a following to sell my book to perform and do all these things that I wanted to do. And so the way to build this platform was by just talking about what I know and giving 90% of it away for free. The other 10% is in this course that we have and that'sPhil Hudson:It. I a call from Michael and I was doing runs for Tacoma FD like season two or something. And you called me and you're like, Hey man, can you come over? I want run some stuff by you. I know many people know this, but some people don't. I know you through working at a digital marketing agency where I assisted your wife's e-commerce website and just worked for her for a couple of years doing whatever I could to take care of her. She'd been ripped off by the sales guy who sold her some stuff that we couldn't do and I had no idea who you were or what you guys did. And then one day you were going to join and it kind of put it together and you guys were just very kind and have always been kind to share your knowledge with me, but well,Michael Jamin:You started it. You started it by being kind first. Let's be clear.Phil Hudson:It was the right thing to do, right? It's a principle thing, which is very important. And at the end of the day, you called me over because I have that experience, that skillset, and we just had a sit down in your garage and you broke your Adirondack chair and then you told me that it wasMichael Jamin:Already broken. Broken, it was already broken,Phil Hudson:Was a big guy. I was sweating that once. I had to buy you a director's chair to replaceMichael Jamin:It.Phil Hudson:But anyway, we talked about this, what do you need to do? And I was like, finally, because I've been begging you for years to do this course and to put your stuff out there just because the private email lessons and the conversations we had were so incredibly valuable to me. And I was in flu school at the time and getting more value out of an email you'd send me over a weekend than I was getting in a week of lectures at that school.This is how you do what you need to do to sell your book and here's how you give. And the mantra of any good digital marketing platform is give, give, give, right, give, give, give. And there's an ask. There's always a right for an ask in there as well, because you are giving, and we talked about the course and you were very clear, I don't want to, you feel sleazy selling things. You don't want to do that you're, you're a writer, you're not a guy who does this. You're not pretending to be the answer to all things. And I said, but people will value what you have and they have to pay for it to value it. So I'm the one who pushed it. I'm the one who pushed the price and you've reduced the price over and over again because you just want to make sure that it's getting as many people as it can.You do, A lot of people don't know this. You offer basically free financing through yourself. People can sign up for the course on a three month plan, a six month plan, or pay in full and you don't bill 'em any interest. And there are plenty of ways for us to get interest off of people or get people to pay interest and that's just from my perspective, it's 100% honestly. How can I serve as many people as possible so that I can get this passion project of my book speaking as you to as many people as I can.Michael Jamin:Yeah, there you go. You answered it. Well, Phil, I think you said it better than I did.Phil Hudson:I'm growing long-winded in my as I wax old.Michael Jamin:Wax old.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Alright, cool. Now to the meat of the episode for the webinar was about breaking in and so there's some really good stuff here and so I know we'll be quick on some of this, but if you want, this full webinar broadcast is available for purchase as well on your website. It's like 29 bucks and it's lifetime access and they can watch the whole episode of this webinar.Michael Jamin:Yeah, go get it.Phil Hudson:Yeah, but Valerie Taylor, so once the script is done, what does it mean to build the mountain? What does the work have to do? And that's reference to a podcast episode we did recently that a lot of people really liked, which is Build Your Mountain.Michael Jamin:There are people doing this. I didn't come up with this idea. There are people on social media, content creators who are just putting their out there and because it's really good they're building a following. I dunno if that was their intention in the beginning, but that's what they've done. One I always mention is Sarah Cooper, I wish she would do my podcast. So have you reachedPhil Hudson:Interesting?Michael Jamin:I tagged her on something, but she's busy. She's busy, but I'm a huge fan of hers. So she's this vicious woman, young actress who as far as I can tell she couldn't get arrested in New York City. She just started during the pandemic posting kind of funny lip syncs of Donald Trump, but she wasn't just lip-syncing, was plusing it. She was adding her own comedy to it and her own reactions and it was really, she was great and she's just doing this and she wants to be an actor and a writer, but she's doing this and she was so great at it. She built a giant following and because this following people discovered her and because of that she gets, I think she got a Netflix special. She got a pilot out of it and where the pilot, she can write her own stuff now. I think some of the projects never went to air, but she sold it. She made a name for herself and she will continue making a name for herself because she built it first. She wasn't begging people for opportunities. It's the other way around. She started doing it and then because she was so good at it, people came after her. People started begging her.And you don't have to, and I think maybe Phil, we might even do a whole, I may save some of this information from our next webinar. I want talk. Yeah, I'm going to save, but I have more thoughts to this I I'll put in our next free webinar. Write. Write. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Can't wait. Oh, by the way, Michael puts a month worth of effort into writing every webinar. I see the revisions and I'm always like, Michael, I need this so I can make the workbook. Michael, I need this. And he's still editing. So Hayden, Sears, earlier you said to bring more to the table of an agency than a script. What else should I bring to the table?Michael Jamin:You could do what I just said with Sarah Cooper. She brought a huge following. She brought, you could bring talent, you could bring a movie that you launched, finance that you did yourself at Sundance that got accolades and now you're this hot new director or writer or whatever. That's bringing more to the table than saying, Hey, pick me. You're doing it already. You are already doing it. You're proving that you know how to do it. And people don't do it because it's work or they think it's too expensive. But I have to say, it's not the money that's holding you back. The money. You can raise $10,000 or $15,000. I know it's not nothing but it. We're not talking about a million dollars, we're talking about 10,000. You can raise it on a Kickstarter, you can raise it on a bake sale and you can shoot the damn thing on your phone and you can edit it on your phone.You just need good sound. That's what I recommend. But you don't need great locations. You can shoot the thing one, I always mention this, Phil is the whale, the movie The Whale, which is based on a play that was shot in an apartment. So don't tell me you need to have great locations to make something amazing. It was shot in a dumpy apartment and one of the most, it was a beautiful story. Beautiful. It was all because the writing, the writing was excellent and because the writing was X, it was able to attract great actors and the acting rose to the writing. If the writing was no good, who cares what the acting is?Phil Hudson:Yep. Cynthia always said that in our classes with Jill, your interacting classes, the writers put it on the page. Everything in actor needs to know is on the page. That's where the performance comes from.Michael Jamin:If it's a good script, yeah.Phil Hudson:Awesome. The cinema magician with the strike going on from both the writers and the actors now it feels like it wouldn't be fair trying to come get work this moment. How can I try to try for work and support the union?Michael Jamin:You shouldn't. You should not try to work. I mean, you don't go on any guild sag projects or guild projects, but you could do, if it's a non sag project, like a student film or something, you can do that. You're not violating anything. You're not getting paid. SoPhil Hudson:Build your network.Michael Jamin:Build your network. Exactly. Or make your own stuff. If you write your own mini scene or movie or whatever and you shoot it on your phone, you're not breaking any strikes. You're not selling it. You're just shooting it.Phil Hudson:Yep. Awesome. Love Leanne. Who is a member of your course, how should we speak to writers and other filmmakers on the picket lines? I've seen others not doing it very well and I'm kind of afraid to speak.Michael Jamin:Oh, well that's hard. I mean, all you got to do is don't act like you want something from them. Just act like you want to learn from them. Hey, tell me about your story. Tell me how did you start? How did you break in? What kind of shows do you like to write? What inspires you? Pretend like they're a guest on your radio show or your podcast. Interview them. We don't want anything from them. You're just curious to get their story. People will talk.Phil Hudson:Yeah, they definitely will. And when I've gone out and done picketing, it's really interesting. I don't talk to people, I'm just, who are you? Tell me about you. What are you doing here? Why are you here? What are you doing out on the picket line? Cool. Are you in industry? Breaking in the industry? Oh great. Oh, cool. You worked on that show. I love that show. Awesome. And then they ask you questions too, because walking in circles for hoursMichael Jamin:And you're a human being and they're going to make conversation. The conversation will eventually turn around to you and then you can talk about yourself.Phil Hudson:Have you noticed the people who put up their YouTube channel and stuff on flyers on the poles and stuff in the corners?Michael Jamin:No. I have not seen that. I have promoting their own channel.Phil Hudson:It feels a little skeezy to me. Personal. I'mMichael Jamin:Not. The problem is no one's looking at him anyway, so Yeah.Phil Hudson:Yeah, you haven't noticed. And when I see 'em, I'm just like, ah, man's. I don't know. That's the way to do that. You're basically saying, look at me. Look at me. Instead of being there, walking on the picket lines, talking to people and putting in effort to fight for the same things they're fightingMichael Jamin:For. Yeah. You don't have to promote yourself.Phil Hudson:Alright, Norville, scss. Does the strike lead to an increasing demand for scripts?Michael Jamin:Well, when the strike is over, there will be, everyone will flood the market with their scripts and that's just the way it is. SoPhil Hudson:Yeah. Demand, but also supply because all of these writers have time to write.Michael Jamin:Yeah, right.Phil Hudson:Antonia, Roman. Hey, Michael, met you yesterday on the picket. I appreciate your insight. How many script feedback reads should someone actually pay for? Sometimes the feedbacks contradict each other.Michael Jamin:Thanks. Oh, Phil, IPhil Hudson:Know.Michael Jamin:Here we go.Phil Hudson:My purpose. Yeah,Michael Jamin:Many. If you're paying in one of these services and maybe it's like 150 bucks for one of these services, you're going to get who you get who's reading the script other than it's someone who works at the service, they don't know more than you do. They just work there and they're making whatever, 20 bucks an hour or maybe less to read script after script. What's their qualifications beats the hell out of me. Other than the fact that they're working there and they're not industry deciders. They're not like they don't have jobs in SC screenwriting. If they did, they would be doing that. So a service, I'd pay nothing, because that's why you're going to get contradictory feedback. What do they know? They don't know more than you. If you can find a writer with experience, and there are writers who will do this as a freelance thing, check out their credits, go on their I M D B, what have they written? Ask to see their work. What have they read their work? Do you like their work? And if you do, then yes, then your feedback could be valuable. But I would never go through a service.Phil Hudson:Yep. We did talk about this where I sent Michael, I paid for feedback from some of these services on your behalf, listener to the podcast. And then I shared the emails back and forth from them, the reviews as well as when I questioned the validity of the feedback I received from them. I sent Michael those. And I think the feedback from the service was way more infuriatingMichael Jamin:Than the Yeah, it just made you mad. It made you feel like you got ripped off. Hey, it's Michael Jamin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creativeTypes. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not going to spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.Phil Hudson:Awesome. Ruth W should emerging rider approach breaking in differently than before, given the strike, are there any new approaches that should be considered? Thanks?Michael Jamin:I don't think, wait for the strike to end before you think about breaking in, but the landscape has changed so much with social media that you don't need anyone's permission. I just talked about this. You don't need anyone's permission to write and build up your brand. I'm not doing it. I'm not waiting for anyone's permission. I don't know why anybody else would. I have a good podcast guest this week? Well, I dunno when you're going to hear this Mike Sacks, go listen to him. See, he's an author and he talks about that himself. He has sold books to publishers and he's also indie published it himself and he makes a really strong case for just doing it yourself. And he's done both. And he's an editor at Vanity Fair. So the guy knows how to write.Phil Hudson:Yeah, yeah. Also, definitely don't try breaking him right now. They're very clear rules that the writer's guilds come out and said, if you even have meetings with producers, that is an act of crossing a picket line.Michael Jamin:No, I'm not talking to my agent, I'm not talking to producers. I'm not doing any of this. YouPhil Hudson:Mean they will literally forbid you from joining the guild. So any short term win now is basically a nail in the coffin of your career later and as it should be, Susan Mark, when you get the low paying non-union screenwriting gigs over and over, how do you move from that into network shows with four question marks?Michael Jamin:The fact that you're getting these jobs to begin with are great, even if they're non-union. So good for you. I mean, this is where if these movies are doing or shows are doing well and if they're well received and if they're written well, and this is what you show to an agent and you say, here's my body of work and here's a movie I did that it cost 10,000 to make, and the return on it was a hundred thousand. That's impressive. So that's how you can parlay that into bigger opportunities. But the problem is, if you're doing this work and the work isn't coming out good, it still has to be good. It has to be good. And people have, it has to have be one or the other critically well-received or makes a lot of money. It has to be a financial success. One or both. One or the other or both.Phil Hudson:Awesome. Roxanna Black Sea. How do you get over feeling guilty asking a friend or a mentor for a referral and how do you know you're ready and not wasting their time? This is a good one. I might as well wrote this, Michael.Michael Jamin:Well, if you have a friend who's in the industry, I dunno if they're in the industry or not, but you only have one chance to impress them. And if you give them something that's not great, it's a big ask. Hey, sit down and read this. It's going to take them an hour and a half or whatever. And if it's not great, they're not going to want to do it again. They'll do a favor once, but they won't do it again. So there's that. The get over the guilt. Well, if you've giving them a giant gift, you shouldn't feel guilty If it's giving 'em a piece of shit, well, you're going to feel guilty, but you just need to know what it is you're giving them.Phil Hudson:That takes a lot of introspection and a lot of self-analysis. I would also say it takes a lot of practice and study of existing high quality works to compare yourself.Michael Jamin:Yeah, high quality. That's the thing, Phil, if you're watching some crappy TV show and you go, well, I can write a crappy TV show that's not the barPhil Hudson:Crap. Plus one that's been around for since the a o l days crap plus one is I can do one better than that. It's not good enough. Yeah,Michael Jamin:Not good enough.Phil Hudson:Alright, Ruth w again, if you know an established riders working on a new project that you have happen to have particular rare knowledge on, is it appropriate to contact that rider even to work for free? And then there's a follow-up to this.Michael Jamin:Well, if they're on a show and you have particular knowledge, they're not going to let you work for free. You can't work for free. But you can share your knowledge and I don't know, it always, you can share your knowledge, but no one's, you're not allowed to work for free. So I don't know what if they're going to offer you a job or not,Phil Hudson:But is it okay to reach out to them?Michael Jamin:Why not? What's the harm? Yeah.Phil Hudson:I think the benefit of that is you are going in to say, Hey, I saw you're doing this. I happen to be a subject matter expert on that. Anything you want to ask me, I'm happy to go over with you and bring out any insights you want. You are now serving that person. You're not coming in and say, give me a job, give me a job. And you might hop on a zoom with them and have an intro. Now you've got a foot in the door to have an extended conversation as someone, and you've provided value to that person.Michael Jamin:Right. Then you're right. You're not asking for anything in return, but people tend to give things back when people give first.Phil Hudson:Yep. And the follow up question, is it okay to contact an agent to get the contact information for that rider that you would like to help for free?Michael Jamin:So you don't know this person. Yeah, you, the agent's not going to do anything with it. I would doubt they're going to do anything with it. You could reach out to them on LinkedIn, maybe you could tweet that.Phil Hudson:This might be a good time to slide into the dms. Right. And because you're not asking, you're providing valueMichael Jamin:AndPhil Hudson:Expect them not to reply.Michael Jamin:Right. Expect 'em not to reply. And it's because you, maybe they get too many solicitations or maybe it's just they find it weird. It's worth a shot.Phil Hudson:It also might just be that they don't have time to look at their social media, which is very real. Don't read into it. Just shoot your shot. Move on.Michael Jamin:Yeah, right. Don't wait. Don't hold your breath. Shoot your shot and keep shooting your shot. Keep working on yourself. Yep.Phil Hudson:Genova, is there anything we need to be wary of when approaching smaller agencies with our scripts so we don't get screwed?Michael Jamin:Well, the agencies, first of all, don't approach any agency that's going to charge you for to represent you. That's no legit agents work on commission. Now the big ones are not going to represent you. You have to reach out to smaller ones who are soliciting clients. I wouldn't expect an agent to, I wouldn't expect them to rip you off. That's not what they do. They're going to represent you and try to sell you. The agents are not producers, they're not screenwriters. So to me it's safe. But again, I don't give legal advice if you have to do what's comfortable for you personally, I don't worry about that. That's not something I worry about.Phil Hudson:And you started at a smaller agency that some could say screwed you, but I don't know that you see it that way, right? Because you got hip pocketed basically as a baby writer.Michael Jamin:They didn't screw me, they just didn't do anything.Phil Hudson:That's saying they didn't screw you. But some people might say they screwed you because they didn't do anything.Michael Jamin:Oh yeah. But they didn't steal anything from me. They just didn't help my career any.Phil Hudson:Yeah, and we talked about that in some of the early podcasts. If you want to go back and listen to those. I think it was the agents and manager episode is like episode five or something.Michael Jamin:SoPhil Hudson:95 something episodes ago. It'sMichael Jamin:Great. Yeah. You remember this stuff.Phil Hudson:Shem L. Do you think New York and LA are still the places to make it?Michael Jamin:No. I think LA is the place to make it. Take New York off the list. Where is Hollywood? This is a trivia question. Find it on the map. Hint, it's in Los Angeles. I understand that some television production or film production is done in New York. Some Where's the writing done? The writing's done in la. Same thing with Georgia or New Mexico. Sometimes they shoot things there for tax breaks, but the writing is almost always done in LA and even if some writing is done in these smaller cities, okay, fine, maybe you'll get incredibly lucky, but you're not going to be able to sustain a career there. The career's here, that's how I feel.Phil Hudson:All right. And Jill Hargrave. I'm a senior writer, 76 years old, transition from decades as a documentary producer to screenwriter. I have an agent and I'm in the news division with the W G A East. Any advice on how to get read by execs?Michael Jamin:I'm looking for, so she's a news writer.Phil Hudson:Sounds like she's a writer in the news division for the W G A East. She has decades of experience being a producer in documentary film. She has an agent advice on how to get executives to read your stuff.Michael Jamin:Sorry. Yeah, so you're in the same boat as everyone else. I don't think you got a leg up. You sound like you're very competent news producer, but you might as well be an orthodontist. It's a different kind of writing, but shePhil Hudson:Has an agent.Michael Jamin:Ask your agent. I suspect your agent's not going to give a crap. Your agent is able to get you news jobs. That's what you are and that's what you bring value to them. But they're not interested in you starting your career over from zero. My friend Rob Cohen talked about this in one of our podcasts. He was a very successful sitcom writer, wrote on a bunch of shows including The Simpsons, including Just Shoot Me where I was on maybe 20 or so years into his career as a TV writer, very successful TV writer. I ran into him and he's like, I want to be a director now. I want to direct TV and film. I thought, well, how are you going to do that? He goes, I don't know, but I'm going to make it happen. I said, well, is your agent helping you at all?No, the agent's not going to help me one bit, even though he's a successful TV writer because it's a different thing. It's directing. They don't want to sell 'em as that. They can sell 'em as a TV writer, but not as a director. So unfortunately, you're going to have to start over. You milk whatever context you have. Maybe your agent can set you up with a referral with another agent at their agency that they should be able to do. But at the end of the day, you unfortunately have to make your career. They're not going to make your career for youPhil Hudson:If they have an agent because they have some screenplay sample that they've submitted. My guess would be that that's when your agent would show those. When we're not on a strike, they'd take your samples and try to sell those things to people that get you staffed and they're going to do that job for you. But it sounds like through the question that you're right, Michael, that's not a writing agent in this space. It's documented or a new set,Michael Jamin:But talk to them, maybe get some tips. I mean, again, I've tried to do the same thing myself. My agents, I have big agents and manager. They don't give a crap unless I can make money for them today in my field. They don't really care.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Awesome. Ruth w this is miscellaneous. I've got three more questions here. Excuse me for, is there any value in getting an entertainment lawyer? Does this confer any legitimacy when trying to get people to read your script? Or is it just a waste of money and Yeah, there's some follow-up to this. We'll get to that.Michael Jamin:So no, an entertainment attorney is the best money I spend. My attorney takes 5% of all the deals that I make and they help negotiate these deals. Money well spent, but it's only when I'm negotiating a deal, that's when they get paid. They get a commission. I would never pay an entertainment attorney upfront. It doesn't help you make a deal. It doesn't help you look more important. You're just going to pay them a lot of money out of pocket for no reason. Attorneys are there to help you negotiate the deal and read the fine print so you don't get screwed. That's what they help you do, but you don't pay one upfront for any. As far as I know, I would never pay one upfront.Phil Hudson:I've had two in my career and the first one didn't do a lot. This one, and we worked with him on some stuff today, actually. You and I were going over some tree mark stuff with him. But anyway, he is great and he comes at it from the perspective of that, which is, my job is to protect you and I can be the bad guy. I can go fight the fight for you to get you what you want. And you can say, Hey man, that's just what my lawyer does. You're going to have to take that up with my attorney. And we talked in the podcast about this recent experience I had where he wrote this contract and the guy signed it and he ended up protecting my butt because he put a clause in that said nothing was executable until it was paid. Money was delivered.And so because this guy never exchanged money, he only talked about exchanging money. I'm not obligated to do anything for this guy. And had I walked into that, I probably would've just signed something and not had the foresight to have that. He also had it paid in steps. So above and beyond the WJ minimums, he structured it. So I'd get paid more money upfront like you want money in your pocket? And he deals with Sony and major country musicians. He's a real proper entertainment attorney. Incredibly valuable. And it looks like he answered honestly the question, what's the difference between an agent who's going to get 10%? What's a lawyer do? What's the difference? And the answer is the agent basically books the deal. The attorney gets you the most money they can out of that deal,Michael Jamin:And the agent's not going to read the contract. They don't read contract. They're not lawyers. They don't deal with that. So you need an attorney.Phil Hudson:Love it. Goddard Fin, any insight on getting a preliminary budget done by someone or a company like Mike Binder's, budget company? I'm assuming is this for an indie project?Michael Jamin:I never heard of that and I wouldn't know.Phil Hudson:Or it's a preliminary budget on a script.Michael Jamin:I thought he was an actor. Michael Binder. I thought he was an actor. I don't even know. I've never even heard of this, so I can't even answer.Phil Hudson:My feeling is, from what I understand from this question is there's zero value added to your script when you go to pitch your story by telling them, this is the budget I got for thisMichael Jamin:For somebody. No, they'll tell you the budget if that's what that is. It's interesting. Yeah. I thought maybe this is for indies. No, when you saw the MoVI, they'll tell you what the budget is. It is their money. You don't tell them what the budget is. They tell you.Phil Hudson:And the answer is in the indie film, if it is, that is you're going to scrounge with every dollar you can get, and then you're going to make what you can with the budget you got. And that's what a line producer does for you. And they basically manage the contracts and make sure your people get paid. And you don't go over budget and you can finish your project and they'll tell you, Hey, you can't do that. You don't have the money to do that.Michael Jamin:Right.Phil Hudson:Cool. Ruth w with another, one of the reasons I am reticent to fill my own stuff is because I don't have any money to pay actors. Is it okay to ask them to work for free?Michael Jamin:You can often, actors will do this just to have tape so that they can submit themselves. But the work has to be good. You're not going to, the better the script is, the easier it is to attract actors and better actors. And if it's a great script, they'll fall over themselves for to do this. So you ask them to do it for free. Definitely. You don't want to abuse them. You want to make sure, buy them pizza, buy them lunch, make sure there's water on set. Take care of them. That's the least you can do.Phil Hudson:Yeah. And people will absolutely do that. There's also, if you're a student, you can also look into sag, SAG after student agreements, which probably you might even still be able to do that during the strike. It's not really a paid project, but they have agreements that you can work with SAG qualified actors and you have to abide by those terms if they are a SAG actor. But you can get them in your projects I did in film school.Michael Jamin:Right. Okay.Phil Hudson:Last question. As a showrunner, do you direct episodes two or just focus on running the showMichael Jamin:As a showrunner? I have, but I'm not in animation. I direct the actors for sure to get the performances out of them. But in live action, I've only directed one. That's not my job. But my job is to be on set and to make sure I'm getting the shots that I want and to get the performances that I want. Ultimately in film, I'm sorry, tv, the director works for the showrunner. So on tv, the showrunner's in charge, in film the other way around, it's the director's in charge. The writer is nothing. So does that answer your question? I think it does. Yeah.Phil Hudson:I think it just for you specifically, what do you do? But I do know showrunners who do direct on Taco fd. Yeah, Kevin. Kevin and Steve. They split 'em up and they direct certain episodes. They also,Michael Jamin:Those guys are tireless.Phil Hudson:Tireless. Yeah. I dunno how they do. I toured with them for a press tour and I was exhausted and they were just still going and happy to go. And I get emails from 'em at two, three in the morning and they're just going, ohMichael Jamin:God.Phil Hudson:Oh God. But that's how they made their career. I mean, this just ties it all together for Michael. Make it happen. Put in the effort. Those guys made their own things happen. They have shows their names and you know 'em because they put in the work. Had they not done that, they wouldn't be anywhere.Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:Cool. Michael, anything else you want to add?Michael Jamin:That's it. We did it, Phil. Yeah, we did it.Phil Hudson:So things people need to know. Michael, you got tons of free stuff. You talked about free samples of work, of writing.Michael Jamin:Yeah, I do free work too. I do free work here. We got a lot of free stuff we give away anyway on my website. If you go to michaeljamin.com, you can get sample scripts that I've written. You can get a free lesson that I've planned about story. You can sign up for my free webinars, which are every three weeks, which Phil helps me out with. You can come see me tour on one of my book drops, a paper orchestra. You can sign up for all of that and much, much more. And also, of course we have a course but that you got to pay for. But you know what it's worth. Every penny.Phil Hudson:Yeah, that's right. And again, get a discount when you come to the webinar.Michael Jamin:Nice. Nice discount. Don't tell anyone.Phil Hudson:And you could win a free access.Michael Jamin:Oh, you can win it. Yeah, you can win it.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Michael, thank you so much. Oh,Michael Jamin:And my newsletter. Phil, you can get on my free newsletter. I got that. Always forgetPhil Hudson:That. We also forget that that list is 30,000 deep or something like that right now. That's a good lists of people. That and industry, double industry open rates. People really like that list, that content.Michael Jamin:Yeah. The people like that. So sign up for my list.Phil Hudson:Be like the masses, be sheep. People join us.Michael Jamin:Okay, everyone, thank you so much. Until next week. Keep writing, right, Phil, fill that up.Phil Hudson:That is Wright, w r i t e. Right.Michael Jamin:Okay. Alright. Thanks guys.Phil Hudson:This has been an episode of Screenwriters Need to Hear this with Michael Jamin and Phil Hudson. If you're interested in learning more about writing, make sure you register for Michael's monthly webinar@michaeljamin.com/webinar. If you found this podcast helpful, consider sharing it with a friend and leaving us a five star review on iTunes. For free screenwriting tips, follow Michael Jamin on social media @Michael Jaminwriter. You can follow Phil Hudson on social media @PhilaHudson. This podcast was produced by Phil Hudson. It was edited by Dallas Crane Music, by Ken Joseph. Until next time, keep writing.

Join us (Valerie & Taylor) as we dive into some of the biggest theories out there regarding Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and some of our predictions for Iron Flame. We also discuss our thoughts on the recent cover release for Iron Flame. This episode is FILLED to the brim with spoilers, so make sure to read Fourth Wing before listening! Follow us everywhere @whimsygossip - we want to hear your thoughts on this series! #whimsywednesdays

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On today's episode of 'Conversations On Dance', we are joined by choreographer, Omar Román De Jesús. Omar takes us through his early training in Puerto Rico, the leap of faith he took in moving to New York City and how his humble early choreographic beginnings have led to a Princess Grace Award and commissions from world renowned companies. Omar's first work for Ballet Hispanico will premiere at New York City Center this summer, with performances running June 1st through the 3rd, on a program featuring additional works by Pedro Ruiz, Michelle Manzanales and William Forsythe. Tickets can be purchased at nycitycenter.org. THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS:Ballet Bird is a streaming site designed by former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Julie Tobiason. Ballet Bird offers ballet classes for anyone at any level of training that you can do from the comfort of your home or studio. Ballet Bird is a great addition to your regular in-studio training too. Take advantage of the ten day free trial and use the discount code COD25 to get 25% off through June 30th 2023 at balletbird.com.Each year, The Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation provides recognition, encouragement, and financial support to two talented young professionals, one in Dance and one in Theatre, thus, honoring the memory of the many years of critical work and the warm personal generosity of Clive Barnes and Valerie Taylor. This year's finalists have been nominated by the Foundation's 11-member Selection Committee comprised of arts journalists and accomplished professionals in each field. Finalists were selected based on live performances given in New York City between January and December of 2022. Winners in each category will be announced on May 22 at the 13th Annual Clive Barnes Awards at Florence Gould Hall in New York City. Guest presenters include Pam Tanowitz and Alex Sharp. For more information or to donate, visit cvbarnesfoundation.org/LINKS:Website: conversationsondancepod.comInstagram: @conversationsondanceMerch: https://bit.ly/cod-merchYouTube: https://bit.ly/youtube-CODJoin our email list: https://bit.ly/mail-COD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are going back into our archives from the first few years of the podcast and re-releasing some of our favorite episodes. Today is our first re-release: our June 2017 interview with Edward Villella, Balanchine dancer and founding Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet. We talk with our former boss about his career, dancing for Balanchine, the specific roles made on him, and much more. Part Two of this re-release will be coming next week. Subscribe to Conversations on Dance wherever you get your podcasts.THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS:Ballet Bird is a streaming site designed by former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Julie Tobiason. Ballet Bird offers ballet classes for anyone at any level of training that you can do from the comfort of your home or studio. Ballet Bird is a great addition to your regular in-studio training too. Take advantage of the ten day free trial and use the discount code COD25 to get 25% off through June 30th 2023 at balletbird.com.Each year, The Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation provides recognition, encouragement, and financial support to two talented young professionals, one in Dance and one in Theatre, thus, honoring the memory of the many years of critical work and the warm personal generosity of Clive Barnes and Valerie Taylor. This year's finalists have been nominated by the Foundation's 11-member Selection Committee comprised of arts journalists and accomplished professionals in each field. Finalists were selected based on live performances given in New York City between January and December of 2022. Winners in each category will be announced on May 22 at the 13th Annual Clive Barnes Awards at Florence Gould Hall in New York City. Guest presenters include Pam Tanowitz and Alex Sharp. For more information or to donate, visit cvbarnesfoundation.org/LINKS:Website: conversationsondancepod.comInstagram: @conversationsondanceMerch: https://bit.ly/cod-merchYouTube: https://bit.ly/youtube-CODJoin our email list: https://bit.ly/mail-COD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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SEASON 6 - EMPOWERED THROUGH PURPOSE Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. After her divorce, she spread her wings and relocated her career, first to Boston and then to Seattle. When she retired, she resettled in Shelton, CT, to be near her two grown children and granddaughter. She's a published book reviewer with BookTrib.com; and a member of the Westport Writers' Workshop, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Women's Fiction Writers Association. She enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator. What's Not Said was her debut novel, followed by the sequel, What's Not True, in 2021. The final book in the trilogy, What's Not Lost, launched on February 7, 2023. Show notes: 00:02:22 Introducing Valerie Taylor 00:06:08 Jean Pierre de Caussade 00:07:54 Val's Theory on Valentine's Day 00:09:22 Revelation 00:14:40 Introducing What's Not Lost 00:21:21 Do the Thing that You Think You Cannot Do 00:24:44 Play the Hand You're Dealt 00:30:55 Think Before You Speak, Read Before You Think 00:43:50 Mindfulness as A Cure For Stress 00:48:12 Take a Giant Leap 00:50:17 It's Topher's Birthday 00:51:55 Valerie's Inspiration Connect with Valerie on IG @lvalerieetaylor and www.valerietaylorauthor.com. Conversations with Extraordinary People is a YouTube/podcast based on The Magical Guide to Bliss. It takes the listener through the year with empowering conversations. Sign up for my newsletter at www.megnocero.com #manifesting #podcast #SEASON6 #podcasts #podcast #season6 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meg-nocero/support

  Valerie Taylor is retired from a forty year career in marketing and is living the author life in Shelton, CT. Financial services marketer, copywriter, editor, novelist, author are all words to describe Valerie. But being called Mimi by her granddaughter is what brings her the most joy these days. Born and raised in Stamford,...

Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Dr. Valerie Taylor, Association of Chairs of Psychiatry in Canada; Heather Wright, CTV News; Mary Ng, International Trade Minister; Chief Allan Adam, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief; Stephanie Levitz, Toronto Star; Ian Bailey, The Globe and Mail; Tom Mulcair, CTV News Political Analyst; and Nik Nanos, Nanos Research.

Calgary Chamber of Commerce President Deborah Yedlin talks about the concerns her members have with the Alberta Sovereignty Act, and the Power Panel weighs in. Plus, Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton talks about his government's policies on unions and workers. Then Dr. Valerie Taylor, Psychiatric chair at the University of Calgary who heads the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry in Canada on upcoming changes to MAID.

Libby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto, Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village and Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak, for Ward 6 York Centre. In the news: Ontario's municipal and housing affairs minister Steve Clark is denying claims that he tipped off developers ahead of making changes to the government's Greenbelt plans. Meanwhile, Mayor John Tory says that the Ford government will provide the City of Toronto a third of the $703 M operating budget shortfall that was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. And, we follow up on the Ontario Auditor General's report that indicates that almost half of the wetlands in the province were evaluated for their importance which could potentially mean that they could be under threat by development. Our panel weighs in on the latest. ---- AUDITOR GENERAL ON HER REPORT Libby Znaimer is joined by Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk. Yesterday: the AG released her report and the details were damning especially on the healthcare front. For example, it was found that as many as 3.4 million vaccine doses (or nine percent roughly) of COVID-19 vaccine doses were wasted in the province's rollout program. Doctors were also getting as much as $170 to $220 per  hour when administering vaccines at a vaccination site compared to the low amount of $32 to $49 per hour that nurses were getting paid to do the same job. Furthermore, as much as $66 M of PPE expired, was damaged or got lost. The AG joins to weigh in on the report in full. ----- PSYCHIATRISTS CALL ON OTTAWA TO DELAY ITS MAID PROGRAM EXPANSION Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Valerie Taylor, the psychiatric chair at the University of Calgary and president of the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry in Canada. Canadian psychiatrists are calling on Ottawa to delay expanding its MAID program to patients with mental illnesses, insisting that proper safeguards in the program are not yet in place. Valerie explains. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

Valerie Taylor doesn't shy away from challenging problems with multiple layers. At Argonne National Laboratory, she manages teams that develop algorithms, data management strategies, software and hardware to support scientific simulations, including those on the Department of Energy's leadership-class supercomputers. Her research focuses on performance analysis—the factors involved in making computations efficient. On top of that, she maintains a parallel line of work supporting computer scientists from historically marginalized communities toward building a more diverse computing workforce. You'll hear Valerie talk about her career path, what excites her about computing, and the sustained commitment needed to boost diversity, equity and inclusion in this field. You'll meet: Valerie Taylor is the director of the mathematics and computer science division at Argonne National Laboratory. She moved to Argonne in 2017 after more than 25 years in academia at both Northwestern University and at Texas A&M University. She also is the president and chief executive officer of the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT), a non-profit dedicated to supporting historically marginalized communities in computing. She has been recognized with numerous awards, both for her research and her work to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in computing.

In honor of Shark Week with National Women Divers Day/Month, the boys begin a multi part series on sharks and the women who love them! Today we start with the world famous and much acclaimed, Valerie Taylor! Have a listen!

This week Sarah and MJ head back up to the Orca to talk about Brody and Quint attempting to bring the shark cage out of the water. They also discuss the tail end of the real shark footage as well as the documentary Playing With Sharks about the career of Valerie Taylor. Discussions about Quint's demeanor, Brody's journey, and the excellent visual storytelling about the fate of the Orca abound.

In this very normal episode of the show, Sarah and MJ talk about the scene in which Hooper is lowered into the water and we see the shark in all its glory for the very first time. They discuss how terrifying it is to finall be in the shark's "house," notes of other films that can be found in the scene, how to respectfully tackle heavy subjects without being exploitative or saccharine, and the absolute gumption of Ron and Valerie Taylor. And that's all there is to this very normal episode.

Would you willingly put your arm in a shark's mouth? Valerie Taylor did. She was a pioneering shark conservationist who believed sharks are friends, not foes. Valerie thrived in a male dominated world, and even had a brush with Hollywood when she worked on the film Jaws. This fearless, fierce adventurer of the sea had a mission; to change people's attitudes towards sharks. She travelled the world, diving and swimming with sharks and campaigning to protect them. Narrated by Australian champion freediver Amber Bourke.

Would you willingly put your arm in a shark's mouth? Valerie Taylor did. She was a pioneering shark conservationist who believed sharks are friends, not foes. Valerie thrived in a male dominated world, and even had a brush with Hollywood when she worked on the film Jaws. This fearless, fierce adventurer of the sea had a mission; to change people's attitudes towards sharks. She travelled the world, diving and swimming with sharks and campaigning to protect them. Narrated by Australian champion freediver Amber Bourke.

We almost recorded this episode outside! Jill shares her film festival experience with "Playing With Sharks" about shark lady Valerie Taylor and "The Rescue" documentary with Richard "Harry" Harris. And, although well-earned, sometimes receiving awards can be kind of tricky. Episode 46.

Valerie's story is one of survival. Her extraordinary and well-developed survival instinct helped her navigate a life filled with turmoil, such as parents divorcing before she was a year old, being abandoned by her mother to the neighbors who became her foster parents and having an abusive, alcoholic step father. Valerie does not consider herself a victim nor in denial. Her ability to compartmentalize her life helped her to stay afloat and be a survivor. Valerie shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - you can get through it and get to the other side - accept what you can and cannot control - accept responsibility for things that are in our control - go forward with your life - there's nothing stronger than a broken woman, who has rebuilt herself - seek therapy - it's good to talk with someone who's unbiased https://valerietaylorauthor.com  valmtaylor@gmail.com  tags: Valerie, Taylor, writer, author, What's, Not, Said, What's, Not, True, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com  

For the final episode in the current season of Rule Benders, Alexis meets someone who might not immediately strike you as someone who goes against the grain. Society doesn't often view seniors as mavericks or rebels, but at 86 years of age, national treasure Valerie Taylor continues to live life by her own rules. She's been protecting the oceans since she was in her 20s and shows no signs of slowing down. She chats with Alexis about her childhood, her journey as a conservationist, and what the future holds.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Samsung Galaxy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today a little departure from the usual look at film productions and practitioners and a look at technology that is being used to create the moving image. I recieved a release about a Melbourne-based film technology company Blackmagic Design who announced that the award winning documentary Playing With Sharks, which looks at the life of Valerie Taylor, used it's Cintel Scanner C-Drive HDR to digitise hundreds of hours of underwater archival footage, much of it shot by the Aussie shark researcher and photographer decades ago. This set a train of thought about all the different types of formats that the material must have been shot on and the hours of material to be processed and the technology behind making such a project manageable physically and financially seemed just short of miraclous. At least worth finding out about.

In 2019 I had the pleasure of travelling to Australia to do two Everest presentations for the Australia New Zealand chapter of The Explorers Club…one in Melbourne, the other in Sydney. During my presentation in Sydney I noticed a lovely woman seated near the front.  Afterwords a friend whispered in my ear “do you know who that woman is?' I obviously didn't.  He said “that's Valerie Taylor, she and her late husband Ron worked with Steven Spielberg in the filming of Jaws….world renowned for their underwater photography of sharks”  I was beyond intrigued, then someone introduced themself to me…  When I picked my head up to find Valerie Taylor, she'd already departed. Very recently I became aware that Valerie Taylor is the subject of a film called PLAYING WITH SHARKS, The Valerie Taylor Story, -  a National geographic documentary that you can find on Disney+. I actually got Disney+ just so I could see the film.  It's amazing, tells the story of her life and her late husband Ron's as pioneers of underwater photography and filmmaking and their conservation efforts to protect sharks and marine areas…. They were the first ever to film a great white shark underwater...out of a cage, no less. Valerie was the first to ever hand feed a shark….seriously. The 1971 film BLUE WATER WHITE DEATH, features the Taylors and two other divers entering the water with hundreds of white tip sharks, known as the most deadly shark...the sharks were feeding on a dead whale, and the underwater crew entered the water unsure if they'd survive the encounter.  That footage is a magnificent scene in the new film about Valerie….A couple of years later they were hired by Steven Spielberg to film underwater footage for Jaws, which would go on to become the biggest selling film of all time. One day during filming almost turned  tragic when a great white shark became entangled in the wires of an underwater cage...the diver escaped just before the cage was ripped from the boat….All the while Ron filmed this underwater, and Valerie from the boat….the footage was so dramatic and terrifying, that Spielberg literally re-wrote a scene in the movie to incorporate the footage, and instead of the character Hooper dying, like he did in the book, Hooper played by Richard Driefus survives..all because of the work of the Taylors. The Taylors were beyond dismayed at the fear of sharks that grew from the movie, as sharks were hunted and killed by millions, misunderstood and maligned. Valerie and Ron filmed for dozens of documentaries and films, and Valerie wrote her memoir, called Valerie Taylor: An Adventurous Life: The remarkable story of the trailblazing ocean conservationist, photographer and shark expert I interviewed the one and only Valerie Taylor from her home in Sydney Australia last week, and wanted to hear some of her remarkable stories and her cautionary tale about the state of our oceans today…..let me just add this caveat, the beginning of her interview is not an easy listen for conservation and environment minded individuals….90% of the world's sharks are believed to have been killed, hundereds of millions killed for shark fin soup, still a desirable dish in China…..the ocean certainly is not what it was when Valerie and Ron Taylor, once world champion spear fishing hunters, first dived in the water back in the 1950's. Ron passed in 2012….Valerie never stopped campaigning to save the sharks…..

For many of us, sharks tend to be a source of fear. But for Valerie Taylor, they've been a wonderful part of her life, with personalities as varied as puppies. Valerie has swum with sharks all over the world, captured remarkable footage, and led conservation efforts to get us to rethink our relationship with these animals. A new film, Valerie Taylor: Playing With Sharks, tells the story of Valerie's work and adventures.

For many of us, sharks tend to be a source of fear. But for Valerie Taylor, they've been a wonderful part of her life, with personalities as varied as puppies. Valerie has swum with sharks all over the world, captured remarkable footage, and led conservation efforts to get us to rethink our relationship with these animals. A new film, Valerie Taylor: Playing With Sharks, tells the story of Valerie's work and adventures.

Hello, Flipping Dreamers!  In this episode I introduce you to Valerie Taylor, one of the founders of Open Air RV Resort in Spicewood, TX.   She shares the story of how she and her husband got into the world of campground building and what they love about this unique property.  Open Air is located in the Hill Country just outside of Austin, and on the Texas Wine Trail.It's the location in my new novel, Cactus Christmas, where Kate rents a vintage Airstream to write her third book.  It's also the place where I lived in my travel trailer during the pandemic to write my novel at the end of 2020!We talk about RV life, and also about hot air balloons!  It's a fun conversation you don't want to miss!You can watch this episode on our YouTube Channel or through our website: https://heatherreneemay.com/flipping-dreams-podcastYou can also sign up to be notified of exciting events and giveaways leading up to the release of my novel: Cactus Christmas, a Texas Wine Trail Series!https://heatherreneemay.com/bookThank you for watching and please subscribe and share with others!  We are passionate about you living your dream life.  It's never too late to transform your past and empower your future!Music by Heather Ré, "Run Again"https://heatherre.com/

This week we dive into Valerie Taylor. Known for her work on Jaws, spear fishing and marine protection.

This week we dive into Valerie Taylor. Known for her work on Jaws, spear fishing and marine protection.

Do you have a memory about the movie JAWS? Australian icon Valerie Taylor was commissioned by Steven Spielberg, along with her partner Ron Taylor, to shoot the live action scenes for his unforgettable classic -- a film that ultimately drummed up irrational fears about sharks. Valerie spent much of the rest of her career trying to dispel those myths. Valerie's life's work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today. She is best known for featuring on the cover of National Geographic Magazine being bitten by a blue shark, and for her work in establishing marine protected areas. Her  life is chronicled in the new documentary "Playing with Sharks," which traces Valerie's career trajectory from champion spearfisher to passionate shark protector. Here, she talks us through a few of the many adventures in her long and very adventurous watery life, and what it has meant to document the Anthropocene. .....Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave RastovichSound Engineer & Music By: Shannon Sol Carroll Additional music: ‘Evergreen' by Band of Frequencies:  Men of Wood & Foam album  www.bandoffreqs.bandcamp.comJoin the conversation: @Waterpeoplepodcast Waterpeoplepodcast.com

Legendary Australian diver Valerie Taylor knows so many people are afraid of sharks because of her work. Her story is told in Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story.

Conservationist, photographer and filmmaker Valerie Taylor joined Jonesy & Amanda to chat about her experience working alongside Steven Spielberg on Jaws, Chris Hemsworth, and her brand new documentary 'Playing With Sharks'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conservationist, photographer and filmmaker Valerie Taylor joined Jonesy & Amanda to chat about her experience working alongside Steven Spielberg on Jaws, Chris Hemsworth, and her brand new documentary 'Playing With Sharks'.

Guernsey is an independent island jurisdiction located between the United Kingdom and France. In this podcast, Emma Martins, Guernsey's Data Protection Commissioner, speaks to  Valerie Taylor and Stewart Dresner about this Channel Island's adequacy declaration from the EU, and its importance for its digital economy of retaining free and safe data transfers between Guernsey, the UK and the EU. The Commissioner does not see privacy and innovation as a zero sum game and is confident that it is possible to incorporate both values into products and services. She deploys fines and other enforcement tools when necessary but has recently launched Project Bijou, a human-centred method for incorporating privacy values into both everyday personal life and work. Find out how Guernsey balances the gravitational pull between the UK and the EU.

What do you need to know about this week's podcast. Well, it includes reviews of movies with fast cars, documentaries with sharks, TV shows about sleeping with movie stars, and Rose Byrne getting Physical. Tell me you don't want to press play on that! I double dare you. Reviews (01:41) F9 (In cinemas now) Physical (Apple TV+) Starstruck (ABC iView / BBC3 / HBO Max) From The Vine (In cinemas now) Blindspotting (Starz / Stan) Valerie Taylor: Playing With Sharks (In cinemas now) Interview: Physical showrunner Annie Weisman (26:02) The middle segment: It's 2021 - should you watch the Lethal Weapon movies? (36:42) What's on this week - streaming and at the cinema (46:39)

For many of us, sharks tend to be a source of fear. But for Valerie Taylor, they've been a wonderful part of her life, with personalities as varied as puppies. Valerie has swum with sharks all over the world, captured remarkable footage, and led conservation efforts to get us to rethink our relationship with these animals. A new film, Valerie Taylor: Playing With Sharks, tells the story of Valerie's work and adventures.

For many of us, sharks tend to be a source of fear. But for Valerie Taylor, they've been a wonderful part of her life, with personalities as varied as puppies. Valerie has swum with sharks all over the world, captured remarkable footage, and led conservation efforts to get us to rethink our relationship with these animals. A new film, Valerie Taylor: Playing With Sharks, tells the story of Valerie's work and adventures.

Valerie Taylor filmed the terrifying underwater scenes in Jaws — and has since spent years trying to educate the public about sharks and protect the creatures. The conservationist joins us to discuss her extraordinary life under the water, which is the subject of a new documentary, Playing With Sharks.

We discuss Valerie's transition from a corporate writer to writing fiction after her retirement. She’s a fan of  book clubs and built her author platform partly through becoming a regular book reviewer for the national marketing firm Book Trib. In addition to her fans in the US, she’s made recent inroads into the library market in such far-off places as Singapore and Australia. Valerie grew up in CT, graduating with two degrees from Sacred Heart University. After her divorce, she spread her wings and relocated to Boston where she earned a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College). Her thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer also took her to Seattle where she lived for a decade. After she retired, Valerie returned to her home state where she became a continuing contributor and book reviewer for BookTrib.com. She’s a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator. What’s Not True, the sequel to her debut, will be published in August 2021. To learn more about Valerie, click here.  

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne welcomes Valerie Taylor back to the podcast. This time, they discuss how to handle pushback when you start to add more EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) efforts to your courses. Opt-in at bit.ly/psychsessions-email to receive email updates about upcoming PsychSessions episodes and more!

We're here at Sundance 2021 (virtually) joined by our honorary Bitch and Sundance Partner-In-Crime John Wildman of FilmsGoneWild.com. In this Episode, we are with the crew from My Name is Pauli Murray and Playing with Sharks, two documentaries that cover powerhouse women!  In Betsy West and Julie Cohen's documentary, Pauli Murray gets her long overdue moment to shine. As a non-binary black activist, lawyer, and poet born in 1910, her life helped pave the way for the likes of Rosa Parks and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Playing with Sharks, director Sally Aitken and producer Bettina Dalton introduce us to Valerie Taylor- marine conservationist, underwater photographer, filmmaker, and Australian icon who was among the first woman deep sea divers, and (along with her husband Ron) was the first to film the great white shark without the protection of a cage. We're talking about badass women on the screen, with badass women who were behind the camera. Enjoy!Follow Films Gone Wild on their website & FacebookYou can follow director Sally Aitken on InstagramYou can follow producer Bettina Dalton on Instagram You can follow director Julie Cohen on TwitterYou can follow director Betsy West on Instagram and Twitter --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, and thank you for wearing a mask. --Buy us a cup of coffee!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions  

Valerie Taylor is a global marine pioneer, conservationist, award-winning photographer, and filmmaker. With her husband Ron Taylor, she caught the first footage of great white sharks without the protection of a cage and shot the underwater sequences for Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" (1975).Taylor is the subject of the Sundance 2021 documentary selection "Playing With Sharks".Please support more conversations like this by hitting the subscribe button, checking out our sponsors, and leaving a quick review on Apple Podcasts.[Our usual home Smile To Go has been forced to shut doors during this current pandemic, support their staff during this difficult time by visiting here][Great Adventures is proudly fueled by WhistlePig Whiskey and HANAH.]Let me know who you want to hear from next. Look out for upcoming episodes with deep-sea diver Andy Casagrande, survivalist Mykel Hawke, Navy SEAL Jocko Willink, CEO of Conservation International Dr. M Sanjayan…CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Charles’ Instagram | Charles’ TwitterGreat Adventures Instagram | Great Adventures TwitterRELEVANT LINKS:Biography On Valerie and her husband Ron.Valerie and Ron Taylor's Australian Museum Page.Closing song: "Look Alive" by Guster.*Our world is going through an unprecedented event with the Coronavirus, but we at "Great Adventures" and our sponsors believe that it is not a time to go quietly into the night, we must continue to dream and explore while staying safe, social distancing and isolating when necessary. There are still adventures to be had, and for some, getting outdoors is the best thing for our mental and physical health right now. The episodes will continue to drop, please send us any feedback, and anyone that you would like to hear from.*

This episode is part of the Movie Marathoners Sundance 5K Series, a series of short episodes spotlighting films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. In this episode, Rosa Parra (from Latinx Lens) joins to review the Australian documentary, "Playing with Sharks." Tune in to hear our thoughts on the story of Valerie Taylor, the woman who captured the real sharks in Jaws and pet a Great White! A true badass. If you would like to leave a comment or a suggestion on how to improve the podcast, email us at moviemarathonerspod@gmail.com. Check us out at https://evergreenpodcasts.com/movie-marathoners, a proud member of the Evergreen Podcast Network. We are also on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, Overcast, Himalaya, and Castbox. Follow us on Twitter @moviemarapod. Follow Rosa on Twitter @rosasreviews. Like us on Facebook to stay updated on when we release new episodes.  Opening music, "Werq" created by Kevin McLeod. Find more of his work at incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valerie Taylor was not only the first woman, but the first person to study shark behavior.  Film producer, Bettina Dalton, brings her story to the Sundance Film Festival in "Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story."  Tayor and her husband were also advisors on the film "Jaws."  Find out why she says that was the worst decision of her life. And Dalton explains why hunting sharks to near extinction is damaging to the rest of the fishing industry. You can follow this show on Instagram and on Facebook. And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal Twitter page. Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’ve seen the 1975 blockbuster Jaws , you’ll likely remember the scene when a great white shark attacks the cage holding Richard Dreyfuss’ character – a real-life moment captured not by Steven Spielberg, but marine filmmaker Valerie Taylor.

A half-century ago, Studs Terkel interviewed three members of the homophile group Mattachine Midwest: the organization's president, a student activist, and lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor. Join them for a wide-ranging and laugh-filled conversation about gay liberation both personal and political. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A half-century ago, Studs Terkel interviewed three members of the homophile group Mattachine Midwest: the organization’s president, a student activist, and lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor. Join them for a wide-ranging and laugh-filled conversation about gay liberation both personal and political. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The end of 2020 and the EU-UK transition period is fast approaching. Valerie Taylor and  Helena Wootton discuss what will happen to international transfers of personal data from the EU to the UK and how should organisations prepare.A fuller analysis is available in the July 2020 edition of Privacy Laws & Business UK Report.

Valerie Taylor is the Grand Madame of Australian nature filming and to this day a passionate diver and wildlife advocate. Together with her husband Ron Taylor she produced some of the most iconic nature films about sharks and other marine wildlife. From their days as professional spearfishing champions the couple became wanted experts in their field of filming and swimming with sharks. This led to Hollywood knocking on their door in the mid 70s and asking for their help in making Steven Spielberg´s breakthrough film “JAWS” - one of the most iconic, successful and genre-breaking films of all time. On this episode Valerie shares some stories of her unique life, from her childhood in New Zealand during the war to her present passionate engagement for the environment. Make sure to check out Valerie´s latest children's book “Melody the Mermaid”. This episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Chrissie Goldrick (Editor-in-chief at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com). You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Valerie Taylor is the Grand Madame of Australian nature filming and to this day a passionate diver and wildlife advocate. Together with her husband Ron Taylor she produced some of the most iconic nature films about sharks and other marine wildlife. From their days as professional spearfishing champions the couple became wanted experts in their field of filming and swimming with sharks. This led to Hollywood knocking on their door in the mid 70s and asking for their help in making Steven Spielberg´s breakthrough film “JAWS” - one of the most iconic, successful and genre-breaking films of all time. On this episode Valerie shares some stories of her unique life, from her childhood in New Zealand during the war to her present passionate engagement for the environment. Make sure to check out Valerie´s latest children’s book “Melody the Mermaid”. This episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Chrissie Goldrick (Editor-in-chief at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com). You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic

To celebrate International Women's Day, Morgan Pumpa made a return to the show after three years away.  She and Heather celebrated women in the marine conservation field who are achieving incredible things, from Valerie Taylor and Sylvia Earle, through to Molly Steer, Madison Stewart and Danielle Ryan.  They also looked back at women in their lives who inspired them to get involved in the ocean and develop a life long love of the sea.

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In this episode, Kathy and Valerie discuss: The many species of animals cared for by accredited sanctuaries around the country GFAS’ role as the sanctuary movement’s “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” The process used by GFAS to give “two thumbs up” to the country’s best sanctuaries Signs that indicate a sanctuary might be in trouble GFAS plans to foster collaboration between sanctuaries Key Takeaways: Scores of wonderful sanctuaries are dotted around the country, but even the best need support It’s far too easy to become a sanctuary; 50% of sanctuaries fail in the first 3 years   There are important distinctions between “true” sanctuaries and others that Valerie labels “illegitimate”   This show is brought to you by Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Valerie Taylor is the Grand Madame of Australian nature filming and to this day a passionate diver and wildlife advocate. Together with her husband Ron Taylor she produced some of the most iconic nature films about sharks and other marine wildlife. From their days as professional spearfishing champions the couple became wanted experts in their field of filming and swimming with sharks. This led to Hollywood knocking on their door in the mid 70s and asking for their help in making Steven Spielberg´s breakthrough film “JAWS” - one of the most iconic, successful and genre-breaking films of all time. On this episode Valerie shares some stories of her unique life, from her childhood in New Zealand during the war to her present passionate engagement for the environment. Make sure to check out Valerie´s latest children’s book “Melody the Mermaid”. This episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Chrissie Goldrick (Editor-in-chief at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com). You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic.

Valerie Taylor and Sarah Bursle: “When opportunity knocks, I grab it with both hands and go for it.”These are the words of Valerie Taylor, wife and business partner of Ron Taylor (dec.). Valerie joined me along with her good friend, Sarah Bursle to give insight into her life. A fascinating interview. I loved every minute learning about the watery world she and Ron explored for decades now and Octogenarian. Karen Sander: Radio Host, Author, and Speaker is on a mission to encourage the over 50’s to be active and involved in the world around them, improving their longevity and quality of life. www.ageingfearlessly.com https://www.facebook.com/ageingfearlesslyaustralia/

Ever wondered what it’d be like to leave your diving cage and swim among hundreds of sharks in a feeding frenzy? Or wondered how you’d survive if your dive boat left you behind, with nothing but some hair ribbons and your smarts to keep you alive? In this episode of Wild Lives by Faunographic, Valerie Taylor’s real-life adventure tales will blow your mind.  Still diving at 83, Valerie has spent a lifetime in the ocean. Her decades-spanning career as a film-maker and photographer alongside her partner Ron kicked off in the 1960s and, with her fearlessness around sharks and an incomparable understanding of their behaviour, Val quickly became known as the world’s most glamorous shark expert. As the years passed, the pioneering couple continued to up the ante and soon enough Steven Spielberg asked them to film the real-life shark footage for Jaws. In the following decades, the Taylors produced countless documentaries and filmed ocean sequences for a stack of Hollywood blockbusters, while also shooting photos for the likes of National Geographic and Time Life. Few people in the world have had the opportunity to see the world like Valerie. After all, she’s spent more than 60 years in the ocean with its incredible wildlife – and she’s got the amazing stories to prove it. In this episode of Wild Lives by Faunographic, she shares a few of her favourites.

This hour Florida fishermen have their sites on the Goliath Grouper. Plus diving legend Valerie Taylor and Melody of the Mermaid! Looking for HOUR1?

Trump has announced that he hates sharks and thinks they should die.  The response by everyday people has been incredible.  Could this be the best thing for shark conservation since Ron and Valerie Taylor?  Listen in as we chat to Jason Caruso about his incredible career with sharks, from hand feeding Grey Nurses through to studying hybrid tropical species.

With her husband Ron, she went from being a spearfishing champion to one of the worlds biggest champions for ocean conservation.At eighty-one Valerie has had a remarkable life so far. In this episode of MHP she talks about some of her incredible experiences, like being knighted by the Dutch Royal family, her wonderful career as an underwater photographer, the backlash the film Jaws had on sharks, how eels make great friends and why tiger sharks are pussycats. She shares her admiration for fellow ocean advocate Sylvia Earle, and some of her fights for conservation-why one person sitting on the steps of parliament is all it takes sometimes to see the right thing done and why most environmental groups are going about it all wrong.Valerie Taylor along with her late husband Ron pioneered underwater photography and are considered Australia’s first marine conservationists.Their numerous conservation efforts to protect marine areas and marine animals fill volumes, and Valerie's work on behalf of sharks is unmatched.  Valerie’s incredible career has garnered numerous awards, including a knighthood by the Dutch royal family and the order of Australia. She is an American Woman Divers Hall of Fame Honoree and both she and Ron were inducted into the Australian Cinematographers Society Hall of Fame in 2011. At eighty-one years old, Valerie continues dive and to work tirelessly today for the protection of our oceans.

  Pulp Fiction arrived on the scene after World War 2.  With rising literacy rates, the publishing industry seized the opportunity to create books that had a high quality book cover and low quality paper for the story.  Thus came the term pulp fiction.  Lesbian pulp fiction sold to the general population of both men and women. It also provided a connection for lesbians unable to live openly albeit askew from reality. In this interview, Robin discusses the history of Lesbian Pulp Fiction.  With the stigma against lesbians during this era, Robin's curiosity unravels a secret world of authors and their stories. The following list of books in the interview and are a good introduction to the genre. Robin's favorites: Lesbian Pulp Fiction by Katherine V. Forrest The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith  This book will be released as a movie under the title "Carol". Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule We too are Drifting by Gayle Wilhelm Books by Valerie Taylor and Paula Christian Other Titles and Authors Mentioned in the Interview: The Ann Bannon Series- Available in book , digital download and audio at AnnBannon.com Spring Fire by Vin Packer Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown