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Welcome to episode 2 of Art21 x The Art Career: Behind the Lens—a series dedicated to the curators and filmmakers who create the magic behind Art21's iconic documentaries and publications. Art21 is the world's leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time.In this episode, host Emily McElwreath sits down with Senior Producer for Art21, Ian Forster.As a producer and director, Ian Forster creates documentary content for Art21's various digital and broadcast programs. Since joining the organization in 2009, he has worked on six seasons of Art in the Twenty-First Century, most recently directing and producing “London” from the tenth season and “Johannesburg” from the ninth season. Additionally, he worked on the Peabody Award-winning film William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible and has overseen the digital series Extended Play since 2012, producing over 100 short artist portraits. Forster created the online video series Artist to Artist in 2013, which featured artists in conversation with their peers at international biennials.His films have screened at festivals internationally, including DC Shorts, DOC NYC, and Artecinema, and have been honored with a Vimeo Staff Pick and as a Webby Award Honoree. He graduated from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University with a B.S. in Television, Radio, and Film.About Behind the LensThis season, we're spotlighting the often-unsung visionaries—curators and filmmakers—who shape the stories behind today's most influential contemporary artists. Behind the Lens offers a rare glimpse into how Art21's groundbreaking films and publications come to life, bridging the gap between artists and audiences.About Art21Art21 is a celebrated nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Through their award-winning documentary series, educational programs, and digital resources, Art21 brings audiences closer to today's leading artists and their processes. Learn more at ⁠art21.org⁠. Free Resource for Artists!Want expert guidance on building your art career? Download Navigating the Art World: A Comprehensive Guide for Artists—a free resource covering essential industry insights, practical tips, and more. Get it here:⁠ Download Now⁠Links: ⁠theartcareer.com⁠Art21 – ⁠Art21⁠Follow Ian: https://www.instagram.com/ianjforster/Follow us: ⁠@theartcareer⁠Host: ⁠@emilymcelwreath_art⁠Production + Creative Direction ⁠@soniaruscoe⁠Editing: ⁠@benjamin.galloway⁠ Join our community for exclusive updates, artist resources, and behind-the-scenes content! Sign up at ⁠theartcareer.com⁠ Never miss an episode! Subscribe & leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ & ⁠Spotify⁠

Are your customers leaving without buying? Learn how to make purchasing easy!In this episode of 7-8 Figure Special Series I interviewed Heather Udo. Heather is the Founder and CEO of Shoppable. (Shoppable is e-commerce infrastructure that helps brands, retailers, creators, and publishers power innovative commerce experiences - anywhere. )While with Shoppable®, she won the 2013 Women in Digital Award from L'Oreal and was named one of the ten “Most Powerful Millennials in Manhattan” by Gotham Magazine, and one of the eleven “Tech Gurus Changing the Luxury Game” by Refinery29. Shoppable® was a 2014 Webby Award Honoree for “Online Shopping,” a 2016 Webby Honoree for “Technical Achievement” and named one of the “100 Brilliant Companies” by Entrepreneur Magazine. She also holds three U.S. Patents for the technology she invented.Prior to founding Shoppable®, Heather was on the founding team at Affinity Labs, where she led their sales efforts from the ground up to profitability. In January 2008, Affinity Labs was acquired by Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW).Learn how to make buying easy. Check this out!Show Links:Heather on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherudo1/Heather on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherudo/Shoppable Website: https://about.shoppable.com/Book a call with Michelle: https://go.appointmentcore.com/book/IcFD4cGJoin our Facebook group for business owners to get help or help other business owners!The Business Ownership Group - Secrets to Scaling: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessownershipsecretstoscalingLooking to scale your business? Get free gifts here to help you on your way: https://www.awarenessstrategies.com/ 

If you've been in leadership development for a long time, you're in for a treat with this episode. Our guest, Howard Leong, is the youngest person to appear on the podcast! Don't let his youth fool you. He is wise beyond his years in his understanding of leadership and personal growth. Howard has been mentored by Asheesh Advani, CEO of Junior Achievement or JA Worldwide, and you'll see that he's absorbed key lessons from this extraordinary leader. Howard is featured in a new book that Asheesh co-authored with Marshall Goldsmith, Modern Achievement: A New Approach to Timeless Lessons for Aspiring Leaders. In this conversation, we explore the experiences and lessons learned that Howard shares in the book. Howard is the Research Strategist at JA Worldwide and is currently building The JA Institute. He's a college senior specializing in Econometrics and Machine Learning with four years of experience in software product management and international economic development.  Howard was awarded the Global Student Prize in 2021 from JA for building an online marketplace, JA Malaysia Mall, for high school entrepreneurs. In just two months, it fulfilled over 1,000 orders. He also built an investment app that received The Webby Award Honoree 2024. Howard has consulted the City of Calgary on economics, AI, and electricity rates. You'll discover: The messages Howard got from his family growing up in Malaysia and changes he felt compelled to make after leaving homeWhat the phrase, Modern Achievement, means to Asheesh and what it means to HowardWays Howard learned to advocate for himself—and the payoffs he got from doing soWhat employers need to know about working with young adultsTips for young employees who want to have a positive impactCheck out all the episodesLeave a review on Apple PodcastsConnect with Meredith on LinkedInFollow Meredith on TwitterDownload the free ebook Listen Like a Pro

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Welcome to the Friday show. I don't have a news segment for you because I host a hangout for paid subscribers every Thursday night and we had a banger lastnight! If you want to watch it then become a paid subscriber today! Now on to one of my all time favorite political commentators Sam Seder! Sam Seder is a political talk show host and commentator. He is the host and founder of The Majority Report. A 5x award-winning, daily program that brings you the best progressive news commentary and longform conversations available today. You can find the Majority Report live on our app or YouTube channel and can download it from your favorite podcast platform. Seder was named a 2017 Webby Award Honoree for his work on the daily, political podcast, The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also hosts Ring of Fire Radio heard on weekends in 45 cities across the country. Seder is a MSNBC contributor and his 400k subscriber YouTube Channel is a member of the The Young Turks Network. Seder has appeared on all of the major cable channels and has guest substituted hosted for Keith Olbermann and Chris Hayes. Recently, Mike Cernovich got him fired but it didn't stick, so in the end, everyone had fun. In an earlier life, Seder was an actor, writer and director working with comedians such as Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin and Marc Maron. He has directed Gary Busey, appeared in Sex In The City and currently voices “Hugo the Health Inspector”, a re-occurring voice on Fox's animated hit, Bob's Burgers. Follow Sam on Twitter   The Stand Up Community Chat is always active with other Stand Up Subscribers on the Discord Platform.   Join us Thursday's at 8EST for our Weekly Happy Hour Hangout!  Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete  

Hey! It's the Bowery Boys! Today we welcome a podcasting Hall of Famer, 2024 Webby Award Honoree, a history buff to challenge all history buffs, our esteemed ambassador from New York Greg Young! With his co-host Tom Meyers, his podcast The Bowery Boys is now on their 17th year telling the story of New York from Pre-colonization to modern day. We're lucky enough to have Greg spotlight Mad Men with us and also give us his take on the portrayal of New York City, the city in other media, and how he brought his fascination of the Big Apple to life on his podcast. Tune in for our chat with Greg in the first 39:09. What can we say about Mad Men that you don't already know? The dozens of awards, the 8 years of critical acclaim, it's appointment viewing TV status that reigned almost since episode one. Matthew Weiner took a group of purposely non-famous actors and turned the entire bunch into A-listers. Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Christian Hendricks, Vincent Kartheiser, and Kiernan Shipka to name a few. Join our deep dive on the birth of this show, the emergence of cocktail culture, and so much more. Check and subscribe to the Bowery Boys anywhere you listen to podcast. While you are at it check out some episode picks from Greg himself, their recent Park Avenue show (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2024/04/up-and-down-park-avenue-new-york-city-history-with-a-penthouse-view.html) which goes into a few landmarks that have been in Mad Men, or the Miss Subways show  (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2023/06/the-story-of-miss-subways-queens-of-the-new-york-commute.html) which is about a 1940s ad campaign that could have been dreamed up by Don Draper.  Hosts Greg Young (Co-Pilot) Geoff Kerbis Max Singer Rich Inman --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pilotslicense/support

I have the fabulous Lauren LoGrasso on the show this week! Lauren hosts of the popular podcast Unleash Your Inner Creative and she's produced some of the biggest podcasts in the world including, We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle, Unlocking Us with Brené Brown and Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain. Lauren is a creative powerhouse who sings, acts, and produces, and she's here to help all of us achieve our creative goals.  One of the first steps to unlocking your creativity is to create a “life thesis statement”. My life thesis statement is to help people everywhere Love Who They Are. That is what drives me creatively. Once you figure out what drives you and embrace it, then I know you're going to do incredible things. There is so much inspiration in this episode. You don't want to miss it. Oh, and make sure to stay to the end when we call Lauren's mom, it's so much fun, y'all.    Join the Love Who You Are movement at LWYA.com Listen to Lauren's most recent podcast episode, I was the guest and we had a fantastic conversation. Here's my favorite quote from this episode: “If we can't claim our creativity, we can't really embrace our full selves.”  – Lauren LoGrasso In this episode: How Lauren's self-realization journey has shaped her self-respect and self-love  Why it's important to have a “life thesis statement” Why everyone in inherently creative How to unleash your inner creativity Why authenticity, kindness, and community are the foundations for powerhouse women We call Lauren's mom, who is a fan of Belle by Kim Gravel Our new game! Agree or Disagree Lauren LoGrasso, hailed as one of the unsung heroes of podcasting by Podcast Magazine and listed among the top 10 inspiring women to follow by CEO Weekly, is a prominent figure in media and entertainment. A versatile creative powerhouse, Lauren excels as a podcast host, executive producer, singer/songwriter, SAG-AFTRA actor, and public speaker. Her podcast, "Unleash Your Inner Creative," has garnered widespread acclaim, earning prestigious awards such as the Signal, W3, and Hermes Awards, along with being recognized as a Webby Award Honoree. The show has been featured in renowned publications like People Magazine and Business Insider. Notable guests on the podcast include luminaries such as Guy Raz (NPR), Julia Cameron (author of "The Artist's Way"), Jim Kwik, and many others including me!   Make sure to subscribe! New episodes of The Kim Gravel Show drop every Wednesday at 6pm EST.   Leave me a message on my website: KimGravelShow.com Order my book: Collecting Confidence and start 2024 with confidence! Join the waitlist: Collecting Confidence Course Check out my channel on QVC+ for full video episodes     Connect with Lauren LoGrasso: Facebook Instagram Twitter Unleash Your Inner Creative Podcast Spotify Music Website   Connect with Me: YouTube Facebook Instagram TikTok                                          Website   Support our show by supporting our Sponsors: AG1 Thank you to AG1 for sponsoring the show! Head to https://www.drinkag1.com/kgs to get a free 1 year supply of vitamin D3 + K2 and 5 travel packs with your first order.   One Skin Thank you to One Skin for sponsoring the show! Head to https://oneskin.co and use code “Kim” to get 15% off your first order.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Activist, filmmaker, author, and podcaster behind Gaslit Nation Andrea Chalupa shows us how to muster the courage, tenacity ,and willpower to fight for the willpower we want.About Andrea ChalupaAndrea Chalupa is a journalist, filmmaker, author, and activist. She is the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller Mr. Jones, directed by three-time Academy Award-nominee Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa; The Secret Garden; House of Cards; The Wire) and starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, and Peter Sarsgaard. Her script for Mr. Jones is being adapted into a graphic novel by Lion Forge, the animation studio that produced Matthew Cherry's Academy Award-winning Hair Love. She is the author of Orwell and The Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm, which was taught in several high schools in Canada in a genocide studies program called Orwell Art.Andrea co-hosts the popular civic action podcast Gaslit Nation, a Webby Award Honoree, in the spirit of The Golden Girls sitting around a cheesecake discussing geopolitics. With her Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior, Andrea wrote the bestselling graphic novel Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think!, a wild ride showing the perks and pitfalls of becoming a dictator, and how to overthrow one.Keep up with Andrea ChalupaWebsite | Gaslit Nation | Twitter | LinkedIn

When it's time to make a change in your creative career, how do you figure out what you want to do next? Can you start your own business? What are your deal breakers and dealmakers? Use the principles of design to create a career you love. Teresa Au speaks to Puno, a web designer, content creator, and the founder of online education platform ilovecreatives, for guidance. Puno shares her journey from working on the Call of Duty video game, to taking a “gap year” to explore her creative muse, to building both a design studio and a trade school for digital design. Puno's practical advice for taking a thoughtful, iterative approach to career building can help you take your next step.What you'll hear on this episode:Why Teresa loves Puno's Webby Award Honoree reel “Compressed PDF - Even Cat Can Do It"Puno's marketing degree leads to her first, failed business attempt–which then leads to her first jobA peek at Puno's work at Activision on Call of DutyWhat burnout looks likeThe financial aspect of quitting your job before you find a new oneWhy it's OK not to know what you want to do, and not have a planAnalysis paralysis–why thinking is no substitute for doingWhat Puno did on her creative “gap year”The importance of skill-buildingTurning your most personal and creative projects into incomeWhat is a slashie? And how was Benjamin Franklin the first slashie?The power of iterative thinkingThree questions to ask yourself each dayPuno describes what inspired her to start ilovecreatives, an educational and community platform for digital creativesThe mistakes people make when quitting a jobDesigning a new career with intentionHow Puno defines success nowPuno's one word for 2023Puno (@punodostres) is the Founder of ilovecreatives (@ilovecreatives), an online trade school where designers, illustrators, and animators can build their skills and find community. She is also Executive Creative Director of ilovecreatives.studio, a boutique design agency. She loves writing and directing funny videos and doing photoshoots with her Persian cat, the Instagram starlet Muad'Dib (Muad'Dib).Teresa Au (@tautastic) is an executive for community engagement at Adobe. Her career spans diverse creative fields, primarily in New York's fashion industry, as well as architecture firms, and now Silicon Valley tech companies. She has always prized working with distinctive design and the interesting people behind it–from designer Elie Tahari to start-up CEOs. Learn more about this podcast, and find transcripts and links, at adobe.ly/inthemaking. In the Making is brought you by Adobe Express and Adobe Creative Cloud. Past episodes of Wireframe can still be found in the show archive within this feed, or online on Behance. Design flyers, TikToks, resumes, and Reels with the new, all-in-one Adobe Express. Create video, marketing, and social content. Edit photos and PDFs. Make it all in one app, including generative AI tools from Adobe Firefly and easy, one-click tasks like removing backgrounds.Adobe Creative Cloud provides apps, web services, and resources for all your creative projects — photography, graphic design, video editing, UX design, drawing and painting, social media, and more. Learn more about the apps in Creative Cloud

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. Sam Seder is a political talk show host and commentator. He is the host and founder of The Majority Report. A 5x award-winning, daily program that brings you the best progressive news commentary and longform conversations available today. You can find the Majority Report live on our app or YouTube channel and can download it from your favorite podcast platform. Seder was named a 2017 Webby Award Honoree for his work on the daily, political podcast, The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also hosts Ring of Fire Radio heard on weekends in 45 cities across the country. Seder is a MSNBC contributor and his 400k subscriber YouTube Channel is a member of the The Young Turks Network. Seder has appeared on all of the major cable channels and has guest substituted hosted for Keith Olbermann and Chris Hayes. Recently, Mike Cernovich got him fired but it didn't stick, so in the end, everyone had fun. In an earlier life, Seder was an actor, writer and director working with comedians such as Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin and Marc Maron. He has directed Gary Busey, appeared in Sex In The City and currently voices “Hugo the Health Inspector”, a re-occurring voice on Fox's animated hit, Bob's Burgers. Follow Sam on Twitter  Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

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Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. Sam Seder is a political talk show host and commentator. He is the host and founder of The Majority Report. A 5x award-winning, daily program that brings you the best progressive news commentary and longform conversations available today. You can find the Majority Report live on our app or YouTube channel and can download it from your favorite podcast platform. Seder was named a 2017 Webby Award Honoree for his work on the daily, political podcast, The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also hosts Ring of Fire Radio heard on weekends in 45 cities across the country. Seder is a MSNBC contributor and his 400k subscriber YouTube Channel is a member of the The Young Turks Network. Seder has appeared on all of the major cable channels and has guest substituted hosted for Keith Olbermann and Chris Hayes. Recently, Mike Cernovich got him fired but it didn't stick, so in the end, everyone had fun. In an earlier life, Seder was an actor, writer and director working with comedians such as Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin and Marc Maron. He has directed Gary Busey, appeared in Sex In The City and currently voices “Hugo the Health Inspector”, a re-occurring voice on Fox's animated hit, Bob's Burgers. Follow Sam on Twitter  Christian Finnegan  is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. BUY HIS NEW ALBUM--- "Show Your Work: Live at QED" Check out Christian's new Substack Newsletter! What is New Music for Olds? This newsletter has a very simple premise: You don't have time to discover new music. I do. Here's what I've discovered. Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever and as Chad, the only white roommate in the “Mad Real World” sketch on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. Additional television appearances as himself or performing stand up have included “Conan”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, "Would You Rather...with Graham Norton", “Good Afternoon America” and multiple times on The Today Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and on History's I Love the 1880s. He hosted TV Land's game show "Game Time". As an actor, Finnegan portrayed the supporting role of "Carl" in the film Eden Court, a ticket agent in "Knight and Day" and several guest roles including a talk show host on "The Good Wife". In October 2006, Finnegan's debut stand up comedy CD titled Two For Flinching was released by Comedy Central Records, with a follow-up national tour of college campuses from January to April 2007. “Au Contraire!” was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2009. His third special "The Fun Part" was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 4, 2013 and debuted on Netflix on April 15, 2014. Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

When you are in LA long enough, you get to see your friends do some pretty cool things. Leah McKendrick is one of those people for me.  I started choreographing for her in 2009 for a live show and then went on to collaborate on multiple projects after that.  I've watched her morph into an incredible producer, screenwriter and just an overall badass boss babe! I'm happy to get a perspective from a different side of our biz and she throws out SO many gems of advice. MNTR MGMTWebsite@mntr.mgmt@justinementerLeah McKendrickWebsite@leahmckendrick last feature film, M.F.A : Streaming free on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/M-F-Francesca-Eastwood/dp/B0754N4HHGMy newest short, Pamela & Ivy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpYkQGJNNl8Leah McKendrick is a Nicaraguan/Scottish/Irish multi-hyphenate from San Francisco. She created and starred in the critically acclaimed musical series, DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS which made her a Webby Award Honoree and a Streamy Award Nominee. M.F.A., the vigilante thriller which she wrote/produced and starred in alongside Francesca Eastwood was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at SXSW. M.F.A. was dubbed "the first horror movie to speak to the #MeToo era" by The New York Times and was released theatrically by Dark Sky Films in 2017. She has been featured on the Black List, the Hit List and on Tracking Board's Young and Hungry list of Hollywood's Top New Writers. In 2019 she boarded the highly-anticipated GREASE prequel SUMMER LOVIN' for Paramount Pictures. In 2020 PAMELA & IVY was released, the Poison Ivy origin story fan film which she wrote/directed and again starred in, made her a Webby Award Honoree for the 2nd time. Up next: Tristar's reboot of 80s cult classic, TROOP BEVERLY HILLS.Acting credits include a recurring role on Hulu's SHUT EYE, BAD MOMS and MISCONDUCT starring Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins.

Dr. Ashley McMullen is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a primary care internist based at the San Francisco VA Hospital. She is a Houston, TX native and lifelong book nerd, who grew up nurtured by her mother, a pediatric nurse, and grandmother, an ordained minister. Dr. McMullen's work focuses on the role of narrative and storytelling in medical education as a mechanism for healing, advocacy, and improving care across differences. She served as the host and producer of The Nocturnists: Black Voices in Healthcare Series, a 2021 Webby Award Honoree, and recently launched a new story-telling podcast with Dr. Kimberly Manning called, The Human Doctor. 

In this “Best Of True Crime Reporter®”, we take you back to the first episode in our series about serial killer Kenneth Allen McDuff. It was a Webby Award Honoree for Best True Crime Podcast in 2021. McDuff is the only criminal in Texas history to have received three death sentences. Serial Killer Kenneth Allen McDuff is being escorted to a holding cell in the Texas Death Chamber. McDuff was believed to be the only condemned inmate in the nation ever paroled and then returned to death row for two more murders. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair in 1966 for killing Robert Brand, one of three teenagers he was charged with randomly killing. But McDuff was later paroled after the death penalty was overturned. He was sentenced in two different cases to die by lethal injection for the murders of Melissa Northrup and Colleen Reed. McDuff was executed shortly after this photograph was taken on November 17, 1998. Yet he got out of prison under a cloud of corruption after murdering three teenagers. An FBI profiler, the late Roy Hazelwood, described McDuff to me as the Great White Shark of serial killers. Yet most people have never heard of McDuff. FOLLOW the True Crime Reporter® Podcast  SIGN UP FOR my True Crime Newsletter THANK YOU FOR THE FIVE-STAR REVIEWS ON APPLE Please leave one – it really helps. TELL ME about a STORY OR SUBJECT  that you want to hear more about

In this “Best Of True Crime Reporter™”, we take you back to the first episode in our series about serial killer Kenneth Allen McDuff. It was a Webby Award Honoree for Best True Crime Podcast in 2021. McDuff is the only criminal in Texas history to have received three death sentences. Yet he got out of prison under a cloud of corruption after murdering three teenagers. An FBI profiler, the late Roy Hazelwood, described McDuff to me as the Great White Shark of serial killers. Yet most people have never heard of McDuff. But an audience around the globe is about to learn the grizzly details of a sexual sadistic serial killer. We are producing a five-part documentary series called “Freed To Kill” about McDuff with Big Media TV for a major streaming channel.  I rounded up homicide investigators, victims' family members, and other reporters that you don't hear from in this podcast. It's a deep look inside the mind of a serial killer and the dedication of law officers that were determined to put McDuff back behind bars. With that said, here's a reminder that this is not for the faint of heart. We want to be your favorite true crime podcast. Please recommend us to your friends and leave a review wherever you listen. Join our True Crime Community to receive updates and bonus episodes. Click Here To Sign Up. Follow True Crime Reporter™ on social media: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube True Crime Reporter™ is a copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter, LLC, in Dallas, Texas.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this “Best Of True Crime Reporter™”, we take you back to the first episode in our series about serial killer Kenneth Allen McDuff. It was a Webby Award Honoree for Best True Crime Podcast in 2021. McDuff is the only criminal in Texas history to have received three death sentences. Serial Killer Kenneth Allen McDuff being escorted to a holding cell in the Texas Death Chamber. McDuff, was believed to be the only condemned inmate in the nation ever paroled and then returned to death row for two more murders. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair in 1966 for killing Robert Brand, one of three teenagers he was charged with randomly killing. But McDuff was later paroled after the death penalty was overturned. He was sentenced in two different cases to die by lethal injection for the murders of Melissa Northrup and Colleen Reed. McDuff was executed shortly after this photograph was taking on November 17, 1998. Yet he got out of prison under a cloud of corruption after murdering three teenagers. An FBI profiler, the late Roy Hazelwood, described McDuff to me as the Great White Shark of serial killers. Yet most people have never heard of McDuff. But an audience around the globe is about to learn the grizzly details of a sexual sadistic serial killer. We are producing a five-part documentary series called “Freed To Kill” about McDuff with Big Media TV for a major streaming channel.  I rounded up homicide investigators, victims' family members, and other reporters that you don't hear from in this podcast. It's a deep look inside the mind of a serial killer and the dedication of law officers that were determined to put McDuff back behind bars. With that said, here's a reminder that this is not for the faint of heart.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more 36:00 Sam Seder is a political talk show host and commentator. He is the host and founder of The Majority Report. A 5x award-winning, daily program that brings you the best progressive news commentary and longform conversations available today. You can find the Majority Report live on our app or YouTube channel and can download it from your favorite podcast platform. Seder was named a 2017 Webby Award Honoree for his work on the daily, political podcast, The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also hosts Ring of Fire Radio heard on weekends in 45 cities across the country. Seder is a MSNBC contributor and his 400k subscriber YouTube Channel is a member of the The Young Turks Network. Seder has appeared on all of the major cable channels and has guest substituted hosted for Keith Olbermann and Chris Hayes. Recently, Mike Cernovich got him fired but it didn't stick, so in the end, everyone had fun. In an earlier life, Seder was an actor, writer and director working with comedians such as Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin and Marc Maron. He has directed Gary Busey, appeared in Sex In The City and currently voices “Hugo the Health Inspector”, a re-occurring voice on Fox's animated hit, Bob's Burgers. Follow Sam on Twitter  -------------------------------------- 1:21 Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian and writer. She hosted NPR's nationally syndicated comedy trivia show Ask Me Another (airing on 400+ stations) where she interviewed, joked, and played silly games with some of the biggest and funniest folks in the world.  Lauded as “hilarious, high risk, and an inspiration,” Ophira filmed her comedy special Inside Joke, when she was 8½ months pregnant. The show's material revolves around how she told everyone that she was never going to have kids, and then unexpectedly found herself expecting at “an advanced maternal age.” Inside Joke can be found on Amazon and iTunes, along with her two other comedy albums, Bangs!and As Is. She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine's “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today. Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth's best-selling books, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller Occasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible. Ophira's first book, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamyis a comedic memoir about her experiments in the field as a single woman, traveling from futon to futon and flask-to-flask, gathering data, hoping to put it all together and build her own perfect mate. She is also sought after as a brilliant interviewer and moderator, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities, writers, and actors. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ophira graduated with a Cultural Anthropology and Theater degree from McGill University. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City's comedy clubs Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

Have you ever dared to leap into the complete unknown to chase a dream? This was the path of Jenna Ciralli, from the quiet prairies of Montana to NYC and back again. Lesley sat down with Jenna to discuss her life as an actress, writer. nominee for an Irene Ryan Award for her performance as Liz Morden in Timberlake Wertenberger's "Our Country's Good,” and founder of two NYC theater companies. Jenna credits this time with building her spine, teaching her how to produce her own work and build an artistic community. In 2017 Jenna was a Webby Award Honoree for her YouTube film, "Casting Call | The Project" - a call to action for female-created content, which gained 2.4M views in its first 7 days. Jenna courageously intertwines her personal and acting lives to explore the power within the tension of our intrinsic opposites. This both fuels and informs her passion for giving women space and voice through film. She shares her inspiring journey of learning to unapologetically balance the risks of jumping when both directions carry risk and each will have a cost. Something she met face-to-face when leaping from Montana to NYC. Again, years later when she returned to Montana, and its blossoming film industry, fascinated with the great west. Jenna is a two-time Big Sky Grant recipient for two short films. "Willow Creek Road,” for which she was creator/lead actress and toured the film festival circuit. And the upcoming, “Homestead," which revisits the Western landscape through an interior feminine gaze.      Breaking traditions throughout her career Jenna and her writing partner are currently developing a TV Series entitled "Searchers," centered in speaking truth to women, about women. www.jennaciralli.com Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/vt59ihgs-lk   Casting Call | The Project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQNLs94_grk   And the reaction to it: http://castingcalltheproject.com/   Willow Creek Road's online premiere: http://omeleto.com/249462/  

In this episode you will meet the amazing and very well known Tinkerbelle The Dog. She is a model, actor, travel blogger, fashion icon, and social media influencer. As a 5-pound papitese, Tinkerbelle has an international impact much bigger than her petite size. She melts the hearts of more then half a million followers on Instagram and brings a lot of joy and smiles.Her debut began with appearances in Ralph Lauren fashion advertisements, walking runway for Rookie! Kids Rock and Vivienne Hu; as well as sitting front row at some of New York's hottest fashion events, like NYFW's Betsey Johnson, Sherri Hill, Malan Breton, and more. Over the past 8 years, Tinkerbelle has solidified her spot as New York's fashion pet guru.But, it wasn't always glamorous for Tinkerbelle. Discovered in a shelter by Sam Carrell, Tinkerbelle was shy and timid. Now, Tinkerbelle is the embodiment of the American dream, boasting over 700,000 followers on instagram, facebook, twitter, and tik tok combined and counting. A true millennial Cinderella story!Today, Tinkerbelle does more than just sit pretty. She is an award-winning trained model and actor, partnering with brands like  Pixar, Disney, Amazon, Swiffer, Purina, Sprint, Netflix, Universal Pictures, Petsmart, Igloo, and more, to share her unmistakable pint-sized cuteness, fashion prowess, and charm. As a trained and insured actor and model, Tinkerbelle has lent her talents to professional theatre, film and television (garnering a 2019 Emmy Nomination), fashion runways, and movie sets.Adorably extroverted, Tinkerbelle has been kissed by Taylor Swift,  Ariana Grande and Lizzo. She has posed for pictures with Camila Cabello, Little Big Town, Halsey, Monsta X, Rachael Ray, Whoopi Goldberg, Elvis Duran, Charlie Puth, Lewis Capaldi, The Fab 5, and other high profile celebs in the game today.  In 2018 she was welcomed by NASDAQ on the official NASDAQ Tower in Time Square, New York, and awarded the Silver W3 award. In 2019, she was deemed an official Webby Award Honoree as well was recipient of the Shorty Awards Audience Honor. In 2020, Tinkerbelle received a Webby Award Honoree.On November 30, 2020, Tinkerbelle was honored by The State of New York with a Proclamation for all of her outstanding achievements  and accomplishments.Tinkerbelle is the official 2021 Empire State Building Pup and creator.Saddled with wanderlust, Tinkerbelle comes with an impressive passport, hosting her own international travel blog, #TravelingTink, which has been recognized as The Webby Awards 2016 Official Honoree. #TravelingTink jet sets all around the world seeking out the best and most luxurious pet-friendly hotels, resorts and destinations!Tinkerbelle's true loves include fashion, modeling, pop culture, latest travels, cuddling with celebrities, and rocking the runway like a pro. Having graced the Today Show, Good Morning America, WPIX 11, Good Day DC, and other outlets, Tinkerbelle is most passionate about her trend-setting outfits, smiling for her close-up, and cuddling with owner Carrell when the cameras aren't rolling. Connect to tinkerbellethe dog:Insta:  tinkerbellethedogFacebook: Tinkerbelle The DogTiktok: tinkerbelleadogWebsite: www.tinkerbellethedog.com NEW Episode every Tuesday & Thursday⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Don't forget sharing is caring. Show me some love. Please Subscribe and give a 5 star rating and leave a review. Thank you soooo much in helping support Pet Pix Academy, this will help improve the shows ratings and make it easier for others to find it... And for access to all my FREE PET PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE. Please subscribe to get notified for the next episode. We have fantastic guest speakers coming up.⭐️visit www.petpixacademy.com

Being a changemaker is not easy.  It involves rejecting the status quo and opening the eyes of the world to something new, something different and, ideally, something better. Today’s guest, Stephen Gates, is no stranger to bringing about positive change. With over 20 years of  working in the design world, Stephen has an impressive resume of founding, building and leading world-class design teams. He has partnered with and designed for some of the world’s most innovative companies including Amazon, Google, Apple, Nike and Starwood Hotels to name just a few. And Stephen currently serves as the SVP of Omni-channel product design for Weight Watchers. Stephen is a self-proclaimed Crazy One, and this is a title we will definitely be discussing as it happens to be the name of his award winning podcast on which he shares actionable insights on topics like creativity, leadership, building your career and, of course, innovation. I’m not going to waste anymore time talking about him, let’s talk with him, here it is, my interview with Stephen Gates.    About Stephen Gates Global design leader building world-class organizations that integrate human-centered methods to drive a long term vision and near term business impact. Stephen is the son of a Creative Director with 20+ years experience creating work grounded in research and data and executed with human-centered methodologies to create the strategies, concepts, and executions of award-winning integrated global advertising campaigns, multiple global Fortune 100 brands, and innovative digital experiences.   Stephen currently works as the SVP of Omni-channel product design for WW and has built deep and broad experience by working with, teaching, coaching and learning from executives, design, product and engineering teams at Amazon, Google, Verizon, Apple, Nike, Bank of America, Rolls Royce, The Home Depot, IDEO, HSBC, EY Partners, Frog Design, NASA, and many more. He has also worked at McCann Erickson, Citi, and Starwood Hotels with clients like American Airlines, W Hotels, Disney, ExxonMobil, Acura, Citi, Nationwide Insurance, Verizon, Subaru and more. Stephen hosts The Crazy One podcast and gives keynotes at events worldwide to share honest and actionable insights on topics like creativity, leadership, building your career, and more. The 100+ episodes of the podcast have won multiple awards, including a 2020 Webby Award Honoree for Best Technology Podcast and a 5 stars average review in every global iTunes Store.    Resources Mentioned  This Might Get Me Fired https://www.amazon.com/This-Might-Get-Fired-Entrepreneurial-ebook/dp/B07C9S9DBJ   I Dare You to Care https://www.amazon.com/Dare-You-Care-Intelligence-Remarkable/dp/1643072587   The amazing design people List  https://www.adplist.org Connect with Stephen  Website http://stephengates.com Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/stepdgat/ Instagram http://stephengates.com

*Webby Award Honoree* In another special LIVE episode, Rich sits down with an international group of creatives from the halls of MTV, VH1, CMT, and Logo. It's a heartfelt event in front of a captive audience. Hear stories about coming to America, the trials of seeking a green card, and how we can overcome great tragedy and find optimism under the harshest of circumstances. You do not want to miss this one. Panelists include: Misha Brea, Antonia Baker, Tanya O'Neill, Ruslan Ivanov, and Florencia Massu Check out FirstGenBurden.com for all the episodes. Follow us @firstgenburden and Rich Tu / @rich_tu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/firstgenburden/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firstgenburden/support

If you've been thinking about working with a coach around your desire, relationship, body, or shame, I am now accepting new clients and my rates are increasing January 2019. Learn more at dawnserra.com/work-with-me. This episode is sponsored by Simple Health, a new online service for birth control. You can have an online consult with a physician, get a prescription for birth control (even if you've never had one), and get your contraception mailed to you at no additional cost exactly when you need it. Listeners, you can get the $20 prescription fee waived by heading to simplehealth.com/sgr or by using promo code SGR at checkout. Talk to kids about gender, sexuality, and social justice with Lindsay Amer You've probably seen the viral videos of Lindsay Amer's Queer Kid Stuff show because I've been seeing them EVERYWHERE. Of course, I had to reach out to Lindsay to talk about what they're creating because it's so adorable and important. We chat about Lindsay's coming out process, first as gay and more recently as non-binary, and why it's so important to Lindsay to make content for kids around gender, sexuality, bullying, and social justice. We dive into the feedback they've gotten, plus what it was like to be on Dylan Marron's show talking with someone who left a hateful comment. We wonder what it might be like to live in a world where our identity and gender are encouraged to be fluid and explored from the youngest of ages, and what it means to choose authentic community and relationships that honor the complexity of who you are. Plus, Patreon supporters, if you support the show at $3/month and above, you score weekly bonus content that you can't find anywhere else. This week, Lindsay and I talk all about Steven Universe, which is one of Lindsay's favorite shows. Hear it all, plus some extra little tidbits from me this week, at patreon.com/sgrpodcast Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Lindsay Amer: Lindsay Amer is a queer activist, artist, and storyteller. They create and host Queer Kid Stuff, an LGBTQ+ educational web series for all ages. They obtained their BS from Northwestern University in theater and gender studies and their MA from Queen Mary University of London for theatre and performance studies. They were named a Rising Star by GLAAD, are a Webby Award Honoree, and have been recognized by HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, and Kidscreen for their work. They also serve as co-founder and artistic associate of Bluelaces Theater Company, making multi-sensory theatrical experiences for people with autism and other developmental differences in New York. When they’re not taking down the patriarchy, they’re probably roaming around Brooklyn with their uke, their incredible partner, and their new puppy!   Follow Queer Kid Stuff here: Youtube, Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Patreon   And follow Lindsay here: Twitter, Instagram Pronouns: they/them Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

Tonight we talk with Jamie Bernadette & Leah McKendrick about their new movie 4/20 Massacre available NOW on VOD & DVD! Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com/Make a date with death this April.Suspense, smoke and spine-tingling chills are on the menu when horror icon Jamie Bernadette and Justine Wachsberger, star of the Divergent series, face a 4/20 Massacre.Premiering on VOD and DVD 4/3 from Film Chest, the first-ever “stoner slasher” movie pits today’s hottest young stars against cinema’s next iconic movie monster in a frightening and funny comedy-thriller released just in time for the “The Official Holiday” for weed enthusiasts.From writer/director Dylan Reynolds comes the story of five women who go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend’s birthday over the 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana growing operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare.Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu, Killing Joan), Vanessa Rose Parker (Samurai Cop 2), Justine Wachsberger (Divergent), Stacey Danger (‘’Jean-Claude Van Johnson’’), Marissa Pistone (Raze), Jim Storm (Dark Shadows), Mark Schroeder (‘’Pretty Little Liars’’) Jim Round, Drew Talbert and James Gregory star in a Dylan Reynolds film.Inhale. Exhale. Scream. 4/20 Massacre premieres this April.M.F.A. An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free.Leah McKendrick is an actress/singer/filmmaker that got her start in musical theatre in San Francisco. She was raised by a Nicaraguan mother and Irish/Scottish father. She began writing and producing in her teen years and performed live throughout the Bay Area before moving south to study Theatre at Chapman University. She was signed to the pop record label, Monarch, in 2010. She went on to create and star in the critically acclaimed musical series, Destroy the Alpha Gammas, which made her a Webby Award Honoree and a Streamy Award Nominee. In 2014 she formed Villainess Productions, aimed at creating content featuring women in diverse and compelling roles. Her films have screened throughout the world at festivals such as SXSW, Sitges, Busan International and Fantasia.Find out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.coSend us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/46d849c8-acc2-4eff-b11f-db5ff00a040c

Heather Marie. She’s the founder and CEO of Shoppable, a technology company that helps media companies, brands and retailers bring the checkout experience to anywhere a consumer discovers or engages with their products. While with Shoppable, she won the 2013 Women in Digital Award from L’Oreal, was named 1 of the 10 Most Powerful Millennials in Manhattan by Gotham Magazine, and 1 of the 11 Tech Gurus Changing the Luxury Game by Refinery29. The company was a 2014 Webby Award Honoree for Online Shopping, a 2016 Webby Honoree for Technical Achievement and named one of the 100 Brilliant Companies by Entrepreneur Magazine. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Never Eat Alone What CEO do you follow? – Jennifer Hyman Favorite online tool? — Boomerang for Gmail How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Just how long everything takes”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:07 – Nathan introduces Heather to the show 02:07 – Shoppable creates a technology that helps people buy what they see online 02:37 – People see products in every place 02:50 – Shoppable created a patent pending technology that provides different locations to shop that is outside the traditional retail shop 03:20 – Heather started the company in 2011 03:36 – Heather pitched Shoppable to a number of different retailers 03:49 – Shoppable launched a technology with The Wall Street Journal 04:00 – The Wall Street Journal branding was able to bring in a bunch of retailers and advertisers 04:40 – Shoppable has grown to under 30M products across the whole platform 05:28 – Shoppable brings the technology to where the consumers already are 05:40 – com uses Shoppable on their website and customers can buy directly from the website 07:24 – Shoppable brings the technology to different types of companies 07:40 – Shoppable is also integrated with publications such as WSJ, Condé Nast and others 07:58 – Shoppable is a SaaS company and charges annually for licenses 08:20 – Average customer pay is 5 figures 09:11 – Prior to Shoppable, Heather was at post acquisition of com 09:26 – Heather was a founding member of Affinity Labs 10:21 – Heather got into Affinity right after college 10:39 – The exit with Monster was all cash with an additional incentive 10:49 – Heather made it for 2 years after the acquisition, doing research on Shoppable 11:45 – Heather had to make Shoppable work 12:01 – Heather knew that she would start her own company 12:21 – Heather had debt that she was able to pay off after the acquisition 12:55 – Heather kept a part of the money for Shoppable 13:40 – Heather also had to downsize her condo to keep her expenses low 15:13 – There are ways you can increase your buffer 15:33 – Heather had to change her habits 16:22 – Shoppable has raised $5M 16:33 – The last round was a year ago 16:43 – Heather isn’t selling to Shopify 16:55 – Shoppable is above breaking even 17:24 – Team size is 20 and they are all based in New York 17:53 – Heather went on a business trip to NY and on her second day, she thought that Shoppable was made for NY 18:31 – Shoppable has around 438 merchants and 2000 brands 18:38 – One merchant could have hundreds of brands 19:15 – Average ARR 21:13 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: As an entrepreneur, you need to know how to manage money well. Building a company requires research and an action plan—especially if that company is your first and last shot at building one. Be aware that things in business and in life may take longer that what you’re expecting.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

On the occasion of the episode becoming a Webby Award honoree, Talkhouse podcast producer Elia Einhorn and Talkhouse Film's Editor-in-Chief Nick Dawson revisit the very special conversation from 2016 between hip-hop star, actor and longtime Pee-wee Herman fan Kid Cudi and Pee-wee himself, Paul Reubens. In addition to the full original talk between the two — which touches on how they first met, Reubens' journey to bring Pee-wee Herman back to the big screen, Cudi's strong dislike of skunks (and recent encounter with a mountain lion), and a discussion by both of future creative projects — you get to listen to the full backstory of how this unlikely episode came together. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at talkhouse.com/film.

Why do Indigenous people kill themselves in such numbers? What do we know about suicide that can help us understand this? Can we overcome the tragedy of young people dying in a suicide epidemic? Jesse Bering is an award-winning science writer. His "Bering in Mind" column at Scientific American was a 2010 Webby Award Honoree. Bering's first book, The Belief Instinct (2011), was included on the American Library Association's Top 25 Books of the Year. This was followed by a collection of essays--the critically acclaimed Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? (2012), and Perv (2013), a New York Times Editor's Choice. All three books have been translated into many different languages. An expert in psychology and religion, he began his career at the University of Arkansas, as an Assistant Professor of Psychology from 2002-2006. He then served as the Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he was a Reader in the School of History and Anthropology until 2011. Presently, he is Associate Professor of Science Communication at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His next book, on the science of suicidology, will be released in 2017. Vanessa Lee, from the Wik and Meriam Nations, resides on the land of the Gadigal people. She is a social epidemiologist, educator, writer and public health/ health sciences researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. Her area of expertise is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service delivery. Vanessa was the first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Vice President of the Public Health Association of Australia for a period of four years where she contributed to significant changes in policies for Indigenous people. She is a director on the board for Suicide Prevention Australia.  Dr Lee chairs the Public Health Indigenous Leaders in Education Network and is on the executive board of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance. She holds expert advisory positions with Close the Gap Steering Committee, the International Group of Indigenous Health Measurement and the Sydney Centre of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics. All of the research, engagement and curriculum development that Vanessa is involved in are directed towards the overarching goal of improving the determinants of health, efficacy and linkages of services for better health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Sheila Watt-Cloutier currently resides in Iqaluit, Nunavut. She was born in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik (northern Quebec), and was raised traditionally in her early years before attending school in southern Canada and in Manitoba. Ms. Watt-Cloutier was an elected political spokesperson for Inuit for over a decade. She is the past Chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), the organization that represents internationally the 155,000 Inuit of Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and Chukotka in the Far East of the Federation of Russia and was previously the President of ICC Canada. During the past several years, Ms. Watt-Cloutier has worked through the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to defend Inuit human rights against the impacts of climate change. She has received many awards in recognition of her work. In November, 2015 she was one of 4 Laureates to receive “The Right Livelihood Award” considered the Nobel Alternative, awarded in the Parliament of Sweden. Her recently published book The Right To Be Cold has been shortlisted for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing and the Cobo emerging writer prize.

Suddenly it’s not queer to hear people talking about 'gender fluidity’, ‘gender transition’ or a spectrum of gender identity – did the world conversation decide gender no longer matters? And if the biological constraints of gender have been loosened, how do we deal with enduring gender-based social inequality and injustice? Jesse Bering is an award-winning science writer. His "Bering in Mind" column at Scientific American was a 2010 Webby Award Honoree. Bering's first book, The Belief Instinct (2011), was included on the American Library Association's Top 25 Books of the Year. This was followed by a collection of essays - the critically acclaimed Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? (2012), and Perv (2013), a New York Times Editor's Choice. All three books have been translated into many different languages. An expert in psychology and religion, he began his career at the University of Arkansas, as an Assistant Professor of Psychology from 2002-2006. He then served as the Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he was a Reader in the School of History and Anthropology until 2011. Presently, he is Associate Professor of Science Communication at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His next book, on the science of suicidology, will be released in 2017. Raewyn Connell is one of Australia's leading social scientists. She is best known internationally as a sociologist of gender and a pioneer of research on masculinities and best known in Australia for work on class inequality and social justice in education. She’s author or co-author of 23 books including Gender In World Perspective,Southern Theory, Masculinities, Schools & Social Justice, Gender & Power, Making the Difference, and Ruling Class Ruling Culture. Her work has been translated into 18 languages. She is a long-term participant in the labour movement and peace movement, and is now Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney, and a Life Member of the NTEU. Cordelia Fine is an Associate Professor at Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne. Her second popular science book, Delusions of Gender: The Real Science of Sex Differences was described as “a welcome corrective” (Nature), ”carefully researched and reasoned" (Science) and “required reading for every neurobiology student, if not every human being.” (PLoS Biology). It was short-listed for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, the Best Book of Ideas Prize (UK), the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for Literature (UK) and the international cross-genre Warwick Prize (2013), and the New York Times advised readers to "read this book". Cordelia also writes regularly for the popular press, including pieces in The Monthly, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian and Financial Times, and her latest book, Testosterone Rex, will be published in early 2017. Elizabeth Anne Riley, PhD is a Sydney-based counsellor, academic & clinical supervisor specialising in gender diversity. Elizabeth has extensive experience working with gender diverse clients and has a PhD titled ‘The needs of gender variant children and their parents’ Elizabeth also has a Masters in Counselling and provides gender specific support and counselling for children, youth & their families. Elizabeth delivers professional development in gender diversity for schools, clinicians and other service providers and has 10 publications in the area of gender identity. As an advocate for the trans community Elizabeth appears for Mardis Gras interviewing transgender trailblazers, including  Chaz Bono and Catherine MacGregor. Elizabeth’s media presence includes Insight, 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, The Project, ABC’s 7.30, Radio National & JJJ.