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Adam opens the show with a heartfelt tribute to his beloved dog, Phil, sharing memories and reflecting on the loss. He then reacts to the Actor Awards intro and breaks down why so many people are turned off by pompous Hollywood types.In the news, Adam covers Jim Carrey's rep responding to bizarre “clone” conspiracy theories, President Trump's viral “before and after” footage of San Francisco under Gavin Newsom, and the Supreme Court blocking California's restrictions on schools notifying parents about students' transgender status.Kim Bright calls in! Kim is the founder of Brightcore Nutrition, a wellness company she launched in 1996, specializing in superfood-based supplements for gut health, immunity, and healthy aging. She joins the show to talk about BRIGHTCORE NUTRITION and Kimchi One, a kimchi-based capsule she says is a powerful daily boost for the microbiome—so much so that RFK Jr. is a fan. Learn more at mybrightcore.com.FOR MORE WITH ELISHA KRAUSS: INSTAGRAM: @elishakraussWEBSITE: elishakrauss.com JOURNAL: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/elisha-krauss/FOR MORE WITH KIM BRIGHT:BRIGHTCORE NUTRITION - Founded in 1996KIMCHI ONE - Kimchi Supplement PillsWEBSITE: www.mybrightcore.comLIVE SHOWS: March 22 - Santa Ana, CA (Live Podcast)March 27 - Norfolk, NE (2 shows)March 28 - Norfork, NE (2 shows)Thank you for supporting our sponsors:BetOnlineKimchi One from Brightcore – Health Starts in the Gut - Get 25% Off – Use Code: ADAM at https://www.brightcore.com/adam Or call (888) 418-0915 for up to 50% OFF your order and Free Shipping! Purchase only directly from Brightcore Nutrition to ensure product integrity – We do not authorize resellers.fastgrowingtrees.com/adamlucy.co with code ACSMarathonRewards.comoreillyauto.com/adampluto.tvSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

237: The great and hilarious Kylie Brakeman joins us on Hollywood Blvd for an instant classic of an episode. Guests include a confident woman from Fresno who is eager to cut people out of her life, a young screenwriter who mines his own tragic life for ideas, and a sweet loner accountant who sounds A LOT like Fred Armisen. Filmed on 2/22/26 on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, California.Follow Kylie here!Go to https://Quince.com/podoutside for free shipping and 365-day returns!Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at https://shopify.com/outside !Visit https://Betterhelp.com/outside today to get 10% off your first month!Go to https://hims.com/OUTSIDE for your personalized ED treatment options!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Today, I had the honor of connecting with Ashley Koff. She is a leading voice in personalized nutrition and the founder of the Better Nutrition Program. With over 25 years of experience and the groundbreaking GLP-1 Optimization System to her name, she's helped redefine how we approach sustainable weight health. In our conversation, we dive into how her book reframes the concept of healthy weight. We explore integrative perspectives on digestive health and GLP-1s, why many women blame themselves when they struggle to lose weight, and how Ashley's framework helps them remove that self-blame. We also discuss issues surrounding info-besity and the “less is more” approach, natural ways to support appetite regulation and satiety signaling, key areas of digestive health, and the importance of detoxification. Ashley also shares the red flags she sees in women who are undernourishing themselves or over-fasting, things to consider when you want to stop taking GLP-1s, and her opinions on new drug therapies. Join us for today's thought-provoking and insightful conversation around metabolic health and weight-loss resistance for women in middle age, perimenopause, and menopause. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: The interconnection that exists between digestion, hormones, and metabolic signaling How the hormonal fluctuation that occurs in perimenopause disrupts women's digestion What drives satiety?  How GLP-1 medications simply amplify, extend, or mimic an existing communication loop within the body rather than creating new pathways Why do women blame themselves when they cannot lose weight? How info-besity blocks the body from doing what it is naturally designed to do  Why detoxification is essential for supporting natural digestive and metabolic processes The red flags that indicate undernourishment or over-fasting in women What you need to think about before stopping GLP-1s Bio: Ashley Koff, RD, is the USA Today bestselling author of⁠ Your Best Shot⁠ (HarperOne) and founder of⁠ The Better Nutrition Program⁠ (BNP). An acclaimed weight-health expert and practitioner for more than 25 years, Koff is leading a transformative movement in personalized nutrition, turning “better, not perfect” choices into practical, sustainable strategies that deliver real outcomes. Your Best Shot introduces weight-health hormones (GLP-1, GIP, CCK, PYY) as the regulators of weight health, offering the first-ever assessment of their function and a personalized optimization system—shot or not. A trusted expert featured across major media and a sought-after educator for health professionals, Ashley has been recognized as one of CNN's Top 100 Health Makers and featured in InStyle as “Hollywood's Leading Dietitian.” Connect with Cynthia Thurlow   Follow on ⁠X⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Check out Cynthia's ⁠website⁠ Submit your questions to ⁠support@cynthiathurlow.com⁠ Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community:⁠ The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow⁠  Cynthia's⁠ Menopause Gut Book⁠ is on presale now! Cynthia's⁠ Intermittent Fasting Transformation⁠ Book ⁠The Midlife Pause Supplement Line⁠ Connect with Ashley Koff ⁠The Better Nutrition Program⁠  On ⁠Instagram⁠ and⁠ Substack⁠ On other social media: @Ashley Koff

Eric Roth is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter best known for adapting Forrest Gump, for which he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has received additional Academy Award nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Star Is Born, and Dune: Part One, and is widely regarded as one of Hollywood's most sought-after writers. Roth co-wrote Killers of the Flower Moon with Martin Scorsese and continues to work on major studio projects, including the 2025 film The President's Cake. ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: AG1 https://DrinkAG1.com/tetra ------ Squarespace https://Squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Athletic Nicotine https://www.AthleticNicotine.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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On this episode of Word Balloon, I'm catching up with a creator who's never been afraid to follow his own path. Cartoonist Jim Terry made a huge impact in comics with his powerful graphic memoir Come Home, Indio, a deeply personal story about identity, heritage, and redemption that connected with readers across the industry.But Jim's creative instincts don't stop at the comics page. These days he's turning that DIY spirit toward filmmaking, writing and directing the ultra-independent action feature Shank. A true no-budget production built on pure hustle, creativity, and the same fearless storytelling that defined his comics work. We talk about the leap from comics to film, what it takes to make a movie when you don't have Hollywood money behind you, and how Jim approaches action storytelling whether it's panels on a page or shots on a screen.

Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke — 21 years with the Bureau, former Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — breaks down two of the biggest cases in the country across three distinct segments.The Nancy Guthrie suspect: Dreeke argues the endless criticism of amateur execution misses the point. The cheap backpack, awkward holster, improvised camera cover — that's not unusually sloppy. That's baseline criminal behavior. Hollywood has created unrealistic expectations. The cases that get solved look exactly like this. The messy execution and four-week evasion are both within normal range.The Nancy Guthrie investigation: federal sources accusing Sheriff Nanos of blocking evidence access, DNA routed to Florida instead of Quantico, crime scene released before the FBI secured it, public contradictions about basic facts. Dreeke's assessment: this is what multi-agency investigations actually look like. The friction exists on every major case. It just stays invisible when no one's watching. National scrutiny creates impossible standards.The Kouri Richins trial: five days of testimony have produced competing narratives. The prosecution's star witness Carmen Lauber claims she bought fentanyl for Kouri — but she was using meth, got immunity from three jurisdictions, and her supplier now contradicts her. Kouri has maintained composure through all of it. Dreeke identifies the behavioral indicators that reveal reliability despite credibility problems, reads Crozier's reversal, assesses Kouri's sustained performance, and addresses when behavioral evidence becomes more persuasive than missing physical evidence.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RobinDreeke #NancyGuthrie #KouriRichins #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #SavannahGuthrie #EricRichins #BehavioralAnalysis #DeceptionDetection #HiddenKillers

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Supervising Sound Editor Laia Casanovas flew in from Spain to join Tonebenders in front of a packed theatre in Toronto. Laia shows real enthusiasm while talking about her Oscar nominated sound work on Sirāt. She discusses "worldizing" the music featured in the film to match the homemade sound systems depicted on screen, as well as the role wind sounds plays to ramp up tension and how the vehicle's engines presented unexpected audio problems for Laia and her team to solve. Listeners in LA, don't forget to come out to the 4th Annual Tonebenders' Los Angeles Sound Design Meet-up, Presented by The Motion Picture Sound Editors. This Thursday, March 5th 2026, 7pm. We will be at All Season Brewery (800 S La Brea Ave) in Hollywood. I hope to see you there. ______SPONSORS: Great sound leads to great storytelling. With Sound Ideas Memberships, you get full online access to the largest professional sound library in the world. Choose the tier that fits your needs, including up to unlimited downloads on the royalty-free use of hundreds of thousands of sounds. From cinematic impacts and detailed ambiences to everyday essentials and specialty effects, it's all ready to preview and download on demand. Just head to https://sound-ideas.com/pages/memberships to find the Membership that's right for you. ________ MORPHOSIS is a powerful neural timbre-matching tool designed for audio professionals. It works by applying the tonal qualities of one sound source, onto a second sound in surprisingly effective ways. I think where Tonebenders listeners will be most interested is in what it can do with sound effects and voices. Head to https://www.hal-audio.com/product/morphosis/ now and use the promo code TONEBENDERS25 to get 25 percent off your purchase of Morphosis until March 31st. Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/352-sirat-live/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Mike Colter (Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Evil) joins us for a deeply reflective and grounded conversation about confidence, discipline, and what it really takes to sustain a career in Hollywood without losing yourself. Mike opens up about early support versus later self doubt, nearly being pushed out of grad school, and how proving people wrong became fuel rather than resentment. He talks about why Luke Cage changed his life but never defined him, why he values trust over prestige, and how self worth comes from being comfortable alone. Thank you to our sponsors:

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https://youtu.be/uK1i7VyeCDk *Watch the YouTube free feed video version! (*Tier 2 Supporter Feeds will get ad-free, early access and bonus content video version)On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we wrap up our two-part decode of a conspiracy-classic film called Under the Silver Lake! In Part 2 we pick up where we left off in Part 1 with Sam going to the Songwriter's house! We'll discuss Hollywood and the music industry's culture creation, Freemason chess, Griffins as guardians of the Divine, Osiris Resurrection rituals, Gnosticism and the meaning of the ending of the film! In the post-show Conclusion I'm going deep into the meaning of subconscious symbolism, Epstein's dentistry being part of Turning Teeth (as well as a lyric decode to the song including back masking), Sam's Hero's Journey, Egyptian Book of the Dead “Opening of the Mouth” ascension rituals, Sirius the Dog Star, Cyphers and cryptology and even Ashton Kutcher gets some shots fired!Links:Under the Silver Lake Part 1: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/under-the-silver-lake-film-analysis-pt-1-epstein-occult-symbolism-initiation-rituals-more/Q Anon and the Occult Pt 1: America's Secret Destiny Resurrection of Osiris and Symbolism of 17 http://www.illuminatiwatcher.com/q-anon-and-the-occult-pt-1-americas-secret-destiny-resurrection-of-osiris-and-symbolism-of-17Anne Heche Conspiracy Theories: Symbolism Alter Egos Aliens Ellen and Human Trafficking https://www.illuminatiwatcher.com/anne-heche-conspiracy-theories-symbolism-alter-egos-aliens-ellen-and-human-traffickingThat '70s Show Conspiracy Pt 3: Ashton Kutcher & the Illuminati- Thorn, CIA, Epstein, Clinton, A.I. & More! https://illuminatiwatcher.com/that-70s-show-conspiracy-pt-3-ashton-kutcher-the-illuminati-thorn-cia-epstein-clinton-a-i-more/Show sponsors- Get discounts while you support the show and do a little self improvement!*CopyMyCrypto.com/Isaac is where you can copy James McMahon's crypto holdings- listeners get access for just $1 WANT MORE?... Check out my UNCENSORED show with my wife, Breaking Social Norms: https://breakingsocialnorms.com/GRIFTER ALLEY- get bonus content AND go commercial free + other perks:*PATREON.com/IlluminatiWatcher : ad free, HUNDREDS of bonus shows, early access AND TWO OF MY BOOKS! (The Dark Path and Kubrick's Code); you can join the conversations with hundreds of other show supporters here: Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher (*Patreon is also NOW enabled to connect with Spotify! https://rb.gy/hcq13)*VIP SECTION: Due to the threat of censorship, I set up a Patreon-type system through MY OWN website! IIt's even setup the same: FREE ebooks, Kubrick's Code video! Sign up at: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/members-section/*APPLE PREMIUM: If you're on the Apple Podcasts app- just click the Premium button and you're in! NO more ads, Early Access, EVERY BONUS EPISODE More from Isaac- links and special offers:*BREAKING SOCIAL NORMS podcast, Index of EVERY episode (back to 2014), Signed paperbacks, shirts, & other merch, Substack, YouTube links, appearances & more: https://allmylinks.com/isaacw *STATEMENT: This show is full of Isaac's useless opinions and presented for entertainment purposes. Audio clips used in Fair Use and taken from YouTube videos. 

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The panel reacts to Shia LaBeouf's raw interview with Andrew Callaghan, unpacking trauma, fame at a young age, addiction, faith, and personal responsibility. They discuss Hollywood's dark side, mental health struggles, and why growth ultimately comes down to choice.

Michael Cudlitz takes us from his early 90s guest-star days on 21 Jump Street and Step by Step to the intensity of Band of Brothers, Southland, and surviving the apocalypse on The Walking Dead. We talk hustle, Hollywood longevity, and how a 90s working actor became one of TV's most unforgettable tough guys. We would love your feedback... If you enjoyed this episode, tell us why! Leave us a review and make sure you subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. Executive Producers are Riley Peleuses + Ian McNeny for YEA Media Group If you are interested in advertising on this podcast or having Christine and David as guests on your Podcast, Radio Show, or TV Show, reach out to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@yeamediagroup.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Bamgboshe Happy Hour! I'm Peju Bamgboshe Rothlisberger, joined by Naomi Bamgboshe, bringing you all the buzz from the 2026 SAG Actor Awards — sponsored by Recognition Model & Talent. Join us as we recap the night's biggest stars, including Michael B. Jordan, Harrison Ford, Teyana Taylor and Jessie Buckley. From jaw-dropping red carpet looks to hilarious skits and unforgettable speeches, we cover all the surprising and memorable moments that had everyone talking. Tune in for Hollywood insights, fashion highlights, and all the fun behind the awards! #BamgbosheHappyHour #SAGAwards2026 #Zendaya #TomHolland #HollywoodRecap #CelebrityBuzz

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To the public, Atlanta's Gold Club was the ultimate playground for the rich and famous, from NBA All-Stars to Hollywood headliners. But behind the champagne and VIP booths, the feds discovered a racketeering engine fueled by fraud, prostitution, and Gambino crime family ties. Former FBI agent and Marine veteran Mark Sewell joins Chanley Painter to go inside the investigation of the most profitable strip club in America. Follow Chanley on Instagram: @ChanleySha Follow on Chanley X: @ChanleySPainter If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What does it mean to truly understand the complexities of familial relationships while navigating a vibrant career in Hollywood? Join host Buzz Knight on this episode of takin’ a walk as he engages in a heartfelt and thought-provoking conversation with the multi-talented Gina Gershon. Known for her iconic roles in films like "Bound" and "Showgirls," Gershon takes us on a journey through her latest book, "Alpha Pussy" where she reflects on her unique upbringing and the challenges of caring for her mother during her final days. As the discussion unfolds, Gershon draws fascinating parallels between her adolescent experiences and literary classics such as "Lord of the Flies" and "Mean Girls," offering deep insights into the emotional landscapes that shape our identities. Buzz Knight, with his signature style, delves into Gershon’s diverse career, exploring how her roles have evolved in public perception and what it means to be a part of the ever-changing landscape of American music and film. But it’s not just about acting; Gina Gershon shares her passion for music and how it intertwines with her artistry. From performing at the renowned Cafe Carlyle, to her exploration of different music genres, she reveals the profound impact music has had on her life and career. Discover the stories behind her songs and the emotional healing that music can bring, as Buzz Knight guides this inspiring conversation. Throughout this episode of takin’ a walk, Gershon emphasizes the significance of self-awareness and personal growth, offering reflections on creativity and freedom. Her journey is a testament to the resilience found in the arts and the importance of understanding our roots and influences. Whether you’re a fan of classic rock history, indie music journeys, or simply looking for inspiring artist interviews, this episode is packed with insights that resonate deeply. Join us for this engaging episode of takin’ a walk, where Buzz Knight and Gina Gershon explore the intersection of music, family, and personal storytelling. This is not just a conversation; it’s an invitation to reflect on your own creative journey and the stories that shape who you are. Tune in now and be inspired by the powerful narratives that come from the heart of the music industry! #coolest music podcast Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kilby is leaving on another festive road trip but takes the time to give back with a succinct episode of The Life Gorgeous. Kilby absolutely loves the addition of Ayo Dosunmu to the Timberwolves. Ayo could be the missing piece and the Wolves can play with anybody. Also, Rao's Hollywood has closed and Kilby shares his thoughts. Plus, Kilby finally watched a blockbuster movie for the first time...29 years after it came out. Let's go young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The endless analysis of the Nancy Guthrie suspect has focused on his apparent amateurism — the cheap backpack, the bad holster placement, the improvised camera obstruction. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke offers a corrective: this is what most criminals look like. We've just been conditioned by fiction to expect something else.Dreeke spent over two decades with the Bureau, including serving as Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He's seen the full spectrum of criminal operations — from trained intelligence officers to desperate opportunists. And most of what he's seen looks closer to this than to anything Hollywood produces.The expectation gap matters because it affects how everyone — investigators, media, public — interprets evidence. When footage doesn't match the fictional standard, people assume something's unusual. They look for explanations that aren't there. They misread desperation as stupidity or luck as skill.Dreeke addresses the uncomfortable reality that sloppy execution doesn't always mean quick capture. This suspect has evaded identification for four weeks despite massive resources, a $1.3 million reward, and round-the-clock national coverage. That's not necessarily sophistication. It might just be circumstance. But distinguishing between the two requires understanding what baseline criminal behavior actually looks like — and that baseline is far messier than most people realize.From his counterintelligence background, Dreeke explains what a genuinely professional operation would have done differently. The gap between tradecraft and what's on the Guthrie footage is real. But that gap exists in almost every case. This one just has cameras on it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #RobinDreeke #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #BehavioralAnalysis #CriminalBehavior #TucsonArizona #Kidnapping #HiddenKillers

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Tim Conway Jr. Show Hour 3 (3.2) Do you love baked goods like Tim does? Well, this weekend he’s going on the LA Bakery Walk! That’s 13 Westside miles of sweet, sugary, savory delights and an overload of carbs. Hopefully no marathon runners will show up. Customer feedback: They keep asking for it. And no, we will NOT be filling out your stupid survey. The latest on the Hollywood merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. — Mark thinks it’s gonna be a worker bloodbath. Plus, how much do you need to make to make it in California? Have you heard of looksmaxxing? It’s a once-obscure online trend that’s now reached the mainstream and is what all the young men are into these days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Epino shares how a simple YouTube video about Hollywood tropes evolved into the crowdfunded feature film Awesome Asian Bad Guys. After building an audience through the National Film Society, Patrick and his team leveraged their online community to raise over $50,000 on Kickstarter. He explains why crowdfunding requires relentless outreach, consistent content creation, and a pre-existing audience rather than blind optimism.The conversation also explores casting through community relationships, co-directing dynamics, production challenges, and the realities of low-budget filmmaking. Patrick's journey highlights the power of niche storytelling, audience engagement, and refusing to wait for industry gatekeepers. It's an inspiring blueprint for filmmakers looking to turn a small idea into a tangible feature film.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.

Today's guest, Denise Woods, has been the 'voice behind the voice' for Hollywood's most celebrated performers for over twenty years. As a dialect and vocal coach, she has contributed to Oscar- and Tony-winning performances.   Beyond Hollywood, Denise has been the secret weapon for Fortune 500 executives, broadcast journalists, and elite athletes transitioning to broadcasting careers. Her client list reads like a who's who of entertainment—from Jessica Chastain to Queen Latifah, from Anthony Mackie to Maggie Gyllenhaal.   Denise is also committed to giving disenfranchised voices the courage and tools to tell their stories by dismantling fear, shame, and trauma. As a graduate and the first African-American female faculty member of Juilliard's Drama Division, she's breaking barriers while helping others find their power. Her book, The Power of Voice, captures this transformative approach to finding and using your authentic voice.   In this episode, we'll explore: Why embracing your authentic light is essential to mastery The reason true expertise means embracing "I don't know" How non-conformity fuels artistic excellence, and why Denise thrives as a co-creator and collaborator The spiritual and intentional approach to preparation that allows authentic voices to emerge Her current favorites: Book: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Speaker: Michelle Obama, Podcast: Trevor Noah's What Now? More from Denise Woods Website: https://www.speakitclearly.com/  Her book, The Power of Voice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakitclearly  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-woods-b1239518  More from Tricia  Publish your book with The Big Talk Press Join my complimentary monthly workshop  Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  Connect with me on LinkedIn  Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com 

Four weeks of analysis has focused on how sloppy this suspect appears — the cheap Ozark Trail backpack from Walmart, the holster sitting awkwardly over his groin, the improvised camera cover made from weeds pulled out of a potted plant. The assumption is that this operation was unusually amateurish. Former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke says that assumption is wrong. This is what most offenders actually look like. We've just never had a nation watching before.Dreeke spent 21 years with the Bureau, including leading the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He's seen hundreds of criminal operations. The ones that make the news and the ones that don't. The ones that get solved quickly and the ones that drag on. And most of them look exactly like this — improvised, imperfect, messy.The Hollywood version of crime has distorted public expectations. We expect precision. We expect planning. We expect professional-grade execution. Then we see real footage and assume something's off because it doesn't match the fictional standard. Dreeke explains why that expectation gap matters — and how it affects the way investigators, media, and the public interpret what they're seeing.The harder question is what four weeks of evasion actually tells us. Sloppy execution that gets caught in 48 hours means one thing. Sloppy execution that's still working a month later might mean something else. Dreeke breaks down the difference between low capability and high desperation — and what the behavioral throughline across all visible evidence reveals about who this person actually is.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #RobinDreeke #FBI #CriminalBehavior #TucsonArizona #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast #BehavioralAnalysis #Kidnapping

Dr. Emerson Eggerichs is a longtime marriage teacher, speaker, and author, that has helped couples for decades. A former senior pastor at Trinity Church in East Lansing, Michigan, Emerson's work blends pastoral experience, biblical study, and real-world marriage dynamics into practical tools couples can use immediately. In this episode, he joins Brad for his third visit to The Wow Factor this time to talk about his newest book, Light Bulb Moments in Marriage, a collection of insights and stories designed to bring clarity when couples feel stuck, distant, or worn down by years of misunderstanding. Brad and Emerson dig into why many marriages don't need more effort, they need more light. Emerson explains the difference between intent and impact, why couples misread each other's defensive reactions, and how "love" and "respect" show up differently for men and women during conflict. They unpack the "Crazy Cycle" (without love she reacts without respect; without respect he reacts without love), the "pink and blue" perspective gap, and how outside influences (including Hollywood's version of romance) can reinforce the wrong expectations. The conversation is candid, hopeful, and grounded in faith, especially for couples who still believe there's a goldmine inside their marriage, even if it feels buried right now. "Without love, she reacts without respect. Without respect, he reacts without love. And we start spinning, that's the crazy cycle." - Emerson Eggerichs  "We don't need more effort. We just need light." - Emerson Eggerichs  "My defensive reactions are offensive, and I don't realize I'm stepping on her air hose while I'm trying to protect mine." - Emerson Eggerichs  This Week on The Wow Factor: Emerson's backstory: pastoring Trinity Church in East Lansing, studying Scripture deeply, and the moment Ephesians 5:33 clicked in a new way Why "respect" can feel loaded for many women, and how fear of being dismissed often drives conflict reactions The Crazy Cycle explained: how couples unknowingly escalate when they feel unloved or disrespected A key insight from research: why many men withdraw/stonewall during conflict, and how that can be misread as hostility instead of an attempt to de-escalate Why criticism and complaint often come from care, yet can land as contempt in a husband's ears The danger of outside scripts: how Hollywood and social media fuel idealism, comparison, and the belief that "someone else will be easier" The power of a simple repair: how a sincere "I came across unloving" or "I dishonored you" can change the temperature of a marriage fast Dr. Emerson Eggerichs' Wow Moment: Emerson reminds us that most couples aren't miles apart, they're inches apart, but misunderstanding makes the distance feel far greater. When spouses stop assuming the worst and honestly name their part, the marriage becomes workable again. The breakthrough isn't a new spouse or a new life. It's the humility to bring light into the moment and choose repair before resentment takes root. Connect With Dr. Emerson Eggerichs Dr. Emersons Website Buy Lightbulb Moments In Marriage Love and Respect Instagram Love and Respect Facebook Love and Respect X   Connect With Brad Formsma: WOW Factor Website   Brad Formsma on LinkedIn   Brad Formsma on Instagram   Brad Formsma on Facebook   Brad Formsma on X  

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠ The Notorious Mass Effect segment breaks down Alex Warren's explosive new single “Fever Dream”, released February 26, 2026, via Atlantic Records. Hosted by Analytic Dreamz, this analysis covers the 25-year-old artist's evolution from Hype House founder and TikTok creator to major pop force following his 2025 breakout.“Ordinary” dominated with 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, over 2.4 billion global streams, Billboard Top New Artist win, and Best New Artist Grammy nomination—setting a high bar for 2026.“Fever Dream,” produced by Adam Yaron, shifts to upbeat, cinematic pop with glossy synths, driving four-on-the-floor percussion, and romantic euphoria inspired by meeting his wife Kouvr Annon. It marks a strategic pivot to radio-ready hooks from confessional ballads.Early performance (first days as of March 3, 2026): 4.27 million global Spotify debut streams (#12 worldwide, #7 US with 1.33 million US streams), sustained ~2.9M (Feb 28) and ~2.4M (Mar 1) daily. iTunes #1 in US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Ireland, Slovakia; #3 worldwide. Apple Music #19 global, strong Europe entry.The music video, directed by Andrew Theodore Balasia, features surreal Hollywood chaos: Warren as a celebrity-tour bus driver, horror parody with Kouvr, paparazzi frenzy, Paris Hilton cameo, and wake-up twist—perfect for viral clips.Compared to “Ordinary,” “Fever Dream” shows faster digital surge: immediate #1 iTunes in key markets vs. gradual viral climb, highlighting grown fanbase and algorithmic push.Analytic Dreamz explores reception (catchy earworm with vocal charisma, some overplay concerns), autobiographical roots amid past hardships, and the “Finding Family On The Road” / Little Orphan Alex Live arena tour kicking off Europe (April 2026: Düsseldorf PSD Bank Dome, Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Paris Accor Arena, London O2, more) then North America (May–July: Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Toyota Center Houston, Madison Square Garden New York, etc.).This launch signals strong Hot 100 Top 10 potential, arena-headliner status, and seamless shift to glossy romantic pop while retaining emotional depth.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

#946: Join us as we sit down with Josh Duhamel – acclaimed actor, director, & producer. From starring in blockbuster hits like Transformers, Shotgun Wedding, London Calling, & Netflix's Ransom Canyon to championing men's health & wellness off-screen, Josh opens up like never before. In this episode, he gets candid about his early days in Hollywood, navigating fame, evolving beyond iconic roles, & ultimately finding his way back to his roots. He shares the lessons that shaped him, how he prioritizes fitness & longevity, & why he's focused on redefining wellness for men.   To Watch the Show click HERE   For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM   To connect with Josh Duhamel click HERE   To connect with Lauryn Bosstick click HERE   To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE   Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE   Head to our ShopMy page HERE and LTK page HERE to find all of the products mentioned in each episode.   Get your burning questions featured on the show! Leave the Him & Her Show a voicemail at +1 (512) 537-7194.   To learn more about GATLAN visit https://gatlan.com and use code TSC15 for 15% off your first purchase.    This episode is sponsored by The American Beverage Association Visit http://goodtoknowfacts.org for more information.   This episode is sponsored by Mara Labs Visit http://mara-labs.com/SKINNY and use code SKINNY for 25% off.   This episode is sponsored by Kion Visit http://getkion.com/skinny for 20% off.    This episode is sponsored by IQBAR Text SKINNY to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply.   This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley Head to http://paleovalley.com/skinny for 20% off your first purchase   This episode is sponsored by Taylor Farms To learn more visit http://TaylorFarms.com.   This episode is sponsored by Branch Basics If you want to try the Premium Starter Kit, head to http://BranchBasics.com and use code SKINNY15 for 15% off your first order.     Produced by Dear Media

The latest episode of Tin Foil Hat features Joby Weeks, who shares his ongoing "lawfare" battle and what he describes as six years of house arrest without ever being convicted of a crime. He discusses life as a political prisoner while also outlining his mission as a global cryptocurrency and blockchain advocate, working to promote digital currencies as tools for financial freedom—especially in developing nations. Check out the story of Joby Weeks and his fight at the US Government: Free Joby Weeks:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YATaGGO57o8 Please subscribe to the new Tin Foil Hat youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@TinFoilHatYoutube Grab your copy of the 2nd issue of the Chaos Twins now and join the Army Of Chaos: https://bit.ly/415fDfY Check out Sam "DoomScrollin with Sam Tripoli and Midnight Mike" Every Tuesday At 4pm pst on Youtube, X Twitter, Rumble and Rokfin! Join the WolfPack at Wise Wolf Gold and Silver and start hedging your financial position by investing in precious metals now! Go to https://www.samtripoli.gold/ and use the promo code "TinFoil" and we thank Tony for supporting our show. CopyMyCrypto.com: The 'Copy my Crypto' membership site shows you the coins that the youtuber 'James McMahon' personally holds - and allows you to copy him. So if you'd like to join the 1300 members who copy James, then stop what you're doing and head over to: https://copymycrypto.com/tinfoilhat/ You'll not only find proof of everything I've said - but my listeners get full access for just $1 LiveLongerFormula.com: Check out https://www.livelongerformula.com/sam — Christian is a longevity author and functional health expert who helps you fix your gut, detox, boost testosterone, and sleep better so you can thrive, not just survive. Watch his free masterclass on the 7 Deadly Health Fads, and if it clicks, book a free Metabolic Function Assessment to get to the root of your health issues. Grab Tickets To Sam Tripoli's Live Shows At SamTripoli.com: Las Vegas, NV: 2/28 Bakersfield, CA: 3/6 Yuma, AZ: 3/7 Hollywood, CA: 3/10 Batavia, IL: 3/26-3/28 Toronto, CA: 4/17-18 Dallas, TX: 4/24 Fort Worth, TX: 4/25 Albuquerque, NM: 6/12-6/13 Austin, TX: The 100th Episode Of Tin Foil Hat 6/18 Lawerence, KS: 9/17-9/19 Tulsa, OK: 10/9-10/10 Austin, TX: 12/11-12/13   Please check out Sam Tripoli's internet: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/samtripoli Sam Tripoli's Stand Up Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@SamTripoliComedy  Sam Tripoli's Comedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samtripolicomedy/%20P Sam Tripoli's Podcast Clip Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samtripolispodcastclips/   Please support our sponsors: Helix Sleep: Helix is offering 27% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners! Go to Helix Sleep dot com slash Tinfoil. That's helixsleep.com/tinfoil. This is their best offer yet and it won't last long! With Helix, better sleep starts now. int Mobile: This year, skip breaking a sweat AND breaking the bank. Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at MINT MOBILE dot com slash tinfoil. That's MINT MOBILE dot com slash tinfoil.   

This week's book examines the Asian-American experience through the age-old phenomenon of Hollywood typecasting. And there's an intentionally porous line that separates this book's "reality" from the rest of it, which kind-of-sort-of takes place inside of a formulaic police procedural. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squarespace.com/overdue for 10% of your first purchase of a website or domain.Head to MarleySpoon.com/offer/OVERDUE for up to 25 FREE meals!Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.Follow @overduepod on Instagram and BlueskyAdvertise on OverdueSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWOIt began with a young boy and a new home in Connecticut. What should have been a fresh start in the early 1980s quickly spiraled into a terrifying series of alleged possessions, blessings, and exorcisms. When the entity tormenting the child refused to leave, Arne Johnson reportedly challenged it—inviting the spirit into himself.Months later, a brutal killing shocked the state. Johnson's legal team would argue something never before successfully used in American court: demonic possession.Author and paranormal investigator Jeff Belanger breaks down the real case behind what many now know from The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. He explores what truly happened inside that Connecticut home, the role of clergy and investigators, and the darker truths that never fully made it into headlines—or Hollywood.Was it psychological breakdown? Suggestion? Or something far more sinister?#TheGraveTalks #JeffBelanger #DevilMadeMeDoIt #DarkEntity #TheConjuring3 #DemonicPossession #TrueParanormal #HauntedConnecticut #ParanormalHistory #PossessionCase #SpiritualWarfare #TrueCrimeAndParanormal #ExorcismLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

Welcome back to The Kristian Harloff Show – your daily source for breaking movie news, box office analysis, and the biggest stories in Hollywood! On today's episode, we break down the internet frenzy surrounding Jim Carrey and the wild speculation tied to his latest red carpet appearance. Was it really Carrey… or celebrity transformation artist Alexis Stone? We dive into the viral theories, prosthetics debate, and why this moment has social media buzzing. We also cover major awards season wins as Sinners, Pitt, and Studio take home top honors at the Actors Awards — what it means for the Oscars race and the shifting awards landscape. At the box office, Scream 7 slashes its way to a massive $97.2M global debut. Is the franchise stronger than ever? We analyze the numbers, audience reception, and what this means for horror in 2026. Plus, Ryan Gosling opens up about why he's joining the galaxy far, far away in Star Wars. What motivated the move, and how could this reshape the future of Lucasfilm? And finally, Netflix announces plans for more "creative" theatrical runs. Is this the beginning of a major strategy shift between streaming and cinemas? If you love movie news, box office breakdowns, streaming wars analysis, and insider Hollywood discussion — this is the show for you.

It's men behaving VERY badly this week. Just when you thought it couldn't get any cringier...

This week, Jim and Len explore how the most famous movie palace in Hollywood became the centerpiece of Disney's Hollywood Studios… and somehow never its official icon. Along the way, Olaf teaches drawing lessons (to himself), Millennium Falcon gets a name that even Disney couldn't commit to, Butterbeer achieves new levels of sugar density, Disneyland Paris flirts with character hotel makeovers, and Disney Cruise Line tries to figure out exactly how much of a discount it takes to get you off the couch. NEWS • Olaf hosts a new drawing experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios, including a wonderfully meta segment where Olaf learns to draw Olaf. • Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run briefly adds “A New Mission” to its name before Disney quietly rethinks the branding. • Universal's Butterbeer Season returns with waffles, cream puffs, and what your cardiologist calls “concerns.” • Joe Rohde releases “Floating Mountains,” blending travel stories and creative philosophy. • Disneyland Paris surveys suggest Newport Bay Club rooms may soon feature aquatic Disney IP overlays. • A Disney Cruise Line survey reveals how many clicks it takes before 30 percent off starts sounding persuasive. FEATURE The History of The Great Movie Ride – Part 2 • Why the Chinese Theatre replica sits in icon position but never officially became the park's symbol. • How Sid Grauman turned an earthquake, a tent, and a projector into a Hollywood empire. • Walt Disney's long affection for the Chinese Theatre, from Flowers and Trees to the Mary Poppins premiere. • The subtle design tweaks that made Florida's version taller, shinier, and occasionally slippery. • How The Great Movie Ride building carried more history than most guests ever realized. For this episode's full show notes, click here.⁠ HOSTS • Jim Hill - IG: @JimHillMedia | X: @JimHillMedia | Website: JimHillMedia.com • Len Testa - IG: @len.testa | Bluesky: @lentesta.bsky.social | Website: TouringPlans.com FOLLOW • Facebook: JimHillMediaNews • Instagram: JimHillMedia • TikTok: JimHillMedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Unlocked Magic. Save on Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando tickets at prices better than gate rates by visiting UnlockedMagic.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The news to know for Monday, March 2, 2026! We're talking about what some are calling the most consequential action President Trump has ever taken — what we know about American strikes on Iran, and Iran's retaliation all around the Middle East. Also, a new terror investigation in Austin, Texas — and the chance of more potential threats on U.S. soil. Plus, the impact of Mideast violence on oil and gas prices, the Pentagon's new artificial intelligence deal, and Hollywood's last big awards show before the Oscars. Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!    Join us every Mon-Fri for more daily news roundups!  See sources: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes Become an INSIDER to get AD-FREE episodes here: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Get The NewsWorthy MERCH here: https://thenewsworthy.dashery.com/ Sponsors: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code NEWSWORTHY at https://www.oneskin.co/NEWSWORTHY #oneskinpod Go to Quince.com/newsworthy for free shipping and 365-day returns! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ad-sales@libsyn.com    

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This week, Jim and Len explore how the most famous movie palace in Hollywood became the centerpiece of Disney's Hollywood Studios… and somehow never its official icon. Along the way, Olaf teaches drawing lessons (to himself), Millennium Falcon gets a name that even Disney couldn't commit to, Butterbeer achieves new levels of sugar density, Disneyland Paris flirts with character hotel makeovers, and Disney Cruise Line tries to figure out exactly how much of a discount it takes to get you off the couch. NEWS • Olaf hosts a new drawing experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios, including a wonderfully meta segment where Olaf learns to draw Olaf. • Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run briefly adds “A New Mission” to its name before Disney quietly rethinks the branding. • Universal's Butterbeer Season returns with waffles, cream puffs, and what your cardiologist calls “concerns.” • Joe Rohde releases “Floating Mountains,” blending travel stories and creative philosophy. • Disneyland Paris surveys suggest Newport Bay Club rooms may soon feature aquatic Disney IP overlays. • A Disney Cruise Line survey reveals how many clicks it takes before 30 percent off starts sounding persuasive. FEATURE The History of The Great Movie Ride – Part 2 • Why the Chinese Theatre replica sits in icon position but never officially became the park's symbol. • How Sid Grauman turned an earthquake, a tent, and a projector into a Hollywood empire. • Walt Disney's long affection for the Chinese Theatre, from Flowers and Trees to the Mary Poppins premiere. • The subtle design tweaks that made Florida's version taller, shinier, and occasionally slippery. • How The Great Movie Ride building carried more history than most guests ever realized. For this episode's full show notes, click here.⁠ HOSTS • Jim Hill - IG: @JimHillMedia | X: @JimHillMedia | Website: JimHillMedia.com • Len Testa - IG: @len.testa | Bluesky: @lentesta.bsky.social | Website: TouringPlans.com FOLLOW • Facebook: JimHillMediaNews • Instagram: JimHillMedia • TikTok: JimHillMedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Unlocked Magic. Save on Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando tickets at prices better than gate rates by visiting UnlockedMagic.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Maller talks the Dallas Cowboys franchise tagging George Pickens for just over $27M. Ben gives his answer on how Pickens can get out of Dallas and lists all the stpes he has to complete to do so. Ben then discusses the NFL Scouting Combine and why the NFL has gone Hollywood. The NFL Draft is a mystery box, and you don't know what you get when you open it regardless of what happens at the Combine. Ben then discusses how AI has taken over scouting as its being implemented into a lot of draft evaluations + Maller to the Third DegreeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you build a creative life that spans music, writing, film, and spiritual practice? Alicia Jo Rabins talks about weaving multiple creative strands into a sustainable career and why the best advice for any creator might simply be: just make the thing. In the intro, backlist promotion strategy [Written Word Media]; Successful author business [Novel Marketing Podcast]; Alliance of Independent Authors Indie Author Bookstore; Bones of the Deep – J.F. Penn This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Alicia Jo Rabins is an award-winning writer, musician, performer, as well as a Torah teacher and ritualist. She's the creator of Girls In Trouble, a feminist indie-folk song cycle about biblical women, and the award-winning film, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff. Her latest book is a memoir, When We Are Born We Forget Everything. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights, and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Building a sustainable multi-disciplinary creative career through teaching, performance, grants, and donations Trusting instinct in the early generative stages of creativity and separating generation from editing Adapting and reimagining religious and cultural source material through music, writing, and performance The challenges of transitioning from poetry to long-form prose memoir, including choosing a lens for your story Making an independent film on a shoestring budget without waiting for Hollywood's permission Finding your creative voice and building confidence by leaning into vulnerability and returning to the practice of making You can find Alicia at AliciaJo.com. Transcript of the interview with Alicia Jo Rabins Joanna: Alicia Jo Rabins is an award-winning writer, musician, performer, as well as a Torah teacher and ritualist. She's the creator of Girls In Trouble, a feminist indie-folk song cycle about biblical women, and the award-winning film, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff. Her latest book is a memoir, When We Are Born We Forget Everything. So welcome to the show, Alicia. Alicia: Thank you so much. I'm delighted to be here. Joanna: There is so much we could talk about. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you've woven so many strands of creativity into your life and career. Alicia: Yes, well, I am a maximalist. What happened in terms of my early life is that I started writing on my own, just extremely young. I'm one of those people who always loved writing, always processed the world and managed my emotions and came to understand myself through writing. So from a very young age, I felt really committed to writing. Then I had the good fortune that my mother saw a talk show about the Suzuki method of learning violin—when you start really young and learn by ear, which is modelled after language learning. It's so much less intellectual and much more instinctual, learning by copying. She was like, that looks like a cool thing. I was three years old at the time and she found out that there was a little local branch of our music conservatory that had a Suzuki violin programme. So when I was three and a half, getting close to four, she took me down and I started playing an extremely tiny violin. Joanna: Oh, cute! Alicia: Yes, and because it was part of this conservatory that was downtown, and we were just starting at the suburban branch where we lived, there was this path that I was able to follow. As I got more and more interested in violin, I could continue basically up through the conservatory level during high school. So I had a really fantastic music education without any pressure, without any expectations or professional goals. I just kept taking these classes and one thing led to another. I grew up being very immersed in both creative writing and music, and I think just having the gift of those two parts of my brain trained and stimulated and delighted so young really changed my brain in some ways. I'll always see the world through this creative lens, which I think I'm also just set up to do personally. Then the last step of my multi-practice career is that in college I got very interested in Jewish spirituality. I'm Jewish, but I didn't grow up very religious. I didn't grow up in a Jewish community really. So I knew some basics, but not a ton. In college I started to study it and also informally learned from other people I met. I ended up going on a pretty intense spiritual quest, going to Jerusalem and immersing myself after college for two years in traditional Jewish study and practice. So that became the third strand of the braid that had already been started with music and writing. Torah study, spiritual study, and teaching became the third, and they all interweave. The last thing I'll say is that because I work in both words and music, and naturally performance because of music, it began to branch a little bit into plays, theatre, and film, just because that's where the intersection of words, performance, and music is. So that's really what brought me into that, as opposed to any specific desire to work in film. It all happened very organically. Joanna: I love this. This is so cool. We are going to circle back to a lot of this, but I have to ask you— What about work for money at any point? How did this turn into more than just hobbies and lifestyle? Alicia: Yes, absolutely. Well, I'm very fortunate that I did not graduate college with loans because my parents were able to pay for college. That was a big privilege that I just want to name, because in the States that's often not the case. So that allowed me to need to support myself, but not also pay loans, which was a real gift. What happened was I went straight from college to that school in Jerusalem, and there I was on loans and scholarship, so I didn't have to worry yet about supporting myself. Then when I came back to the States, I actually found on Craigslist a job teaching remedial Hebrew. It was essentially teaching kids at a Jewish elementary school who either had learning differences or had just entered the school late and needed to be in a different Hebrew class than the other kids in their grade. That was my first experience of really teaching, and I just absolutely fell in love with it. Although in the end, my passion is much more for teaching the text and rituals and the wrestling with the concepts, as opposed to teaching language. So all these years, while doing performance and writing and all these things, I have been teaching Jewish studies. That has essentially supported me, I would say, between 50 and 70 per cent. Then the rest has been paid gigs as a musician, whether as a front person leading a project or as what we call a sideman, playing in someone else's band. Sometimes doing theatre performances, sometimes teaching workshops. That's how I've cobbled it together. I have not had a full-time job all these years and I have supported myself through both earned income and also grants and donations. I've really tried to cultivate a little bit of a donor base, and I took some workshops early on about how to welcome donations. So I definitely try to always welcome that as well. Joanna: That is so interesting that you took a workshop on how to welcome donations. Way back in, I think 2013, I said on this show, I just don't know if I can accept people giving to support the show. Then someone on the podcast challenged me and said, but people want to support creatives. That's when I started Patreon in 2014. It was when The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer came out and— It was this realisation that people do want to support people. So I love that you said that. Alicia: It's not easy. It's still not easy for me, and I have to grit my teeth every time I even put in my end-of-year newsletter. I just say, just a reminder that part of what makes this possible is your generous donations, and I'm so grateful to you. It's not easy. I think some people enjoy fundraising. I certainly don't instinctively enjoy it, but I have learned to think of it exactly the way that you're saying. I mean, I love donating to support other people's projects. Sometimes it's the highlight of my day. If I'm having a bad day and someone asks for help, either to feed a family or to complete a creative project, I just feel like, okay, at least I can give $36 or $25 and feel like I did something positive in the last hour, even if my project is going terribly and I'm in a fight with my kid or something. So I have to keep in mind that it is actually a privilege to give as well as a privilege to receive. Joanna: Absolutely. So let's get back into your various creative projects. The first thing I wanted to ask you, because you do have so many different formats and forms of your creativity—how do you know when an idea that comes to you should be a song, or something you want to do as a performance, or written, or a film? Tell us a bit about your creative process. Because a lot of your projects are also longer-term. Alicia: Yes. It's funny, I love planning and in some ways I'm an extreme planner. I really drive people in my family bonkers with planning, like family vacations a year in advance. In terms of my creativity, I'm very planful towards goals, but in that early generative state, I am actually pure instinct. I don't think I ever sit down and say, “I have this idea, which genre would it match with?” It's more like I sit on my bed and pick up my guitar, which is where I love to do songwriting, just sitting on my bed cross-legged, and I pick up my guitar and something starts coming out. Then I just work with that kernel. So it's very nebulous at first, very innate, and I just follow that creative spirit. Often I don't even know what a project is, sometimes if it's a larger project, until a year or two in. Once things emerge and take shape, then my planning brain and my strategy brain can jump on it and say, “Okay, we need three more songs to fill out the album, and we need to plan the fundraising and the scheduling.” Then I might take more of an outside-in approach. At the beginning it's just all instinct. Joanna: So if you pick up your guitar, does that mean it always starts in music and then goes into writing? Or is that you only pick up a guitar if it's going to be musical? Alicia: I think I'm responding to what's inside me. It's almost like a need, as opposed to, “I'm going to sit down and work.” I mean, obviously I sit down and work a lot, but I think in that early stage of anything, it's more like my fingers are itching to play something, and so I sit down and pick up my guitar. Sometimes nothing comes out and sometimes the kernel of a song comes out. Or I'm at a café, and I often like to write when I'm feeling a little bit discombobulated, just to go into the complexity of things or use challenging emotions as fuel. I really do use it as a—I don't know if therapeutic is the word, but I think it maybe is. I write often, as I always have, as I said before, to understand what I'm thinking. Like Joan Didion said—to process difficult emotions, to let go of stuck places. So I think I create almost more out of a sense of just what I need in the moment. Sometimes it's just for fun. Sometimes picking up a guitar, I just have a moment so I sit down and mess around. Sometimes it's to help me struggle with something. It doesn't always start in music. That was a random example. I might sit down to write because I have an hour and I think, I haven't written in a while. Or I do have an informal daily writing thing where I'll try to generate one loose draft of something a day, even if it's only ten pages. I mean, sorry, ten words. Joanna: I was going to say! Alicia: No, no. Ten words. I'm sorry. It's often poetry, so it feels like a lot when it's ten words. I'll just sit down with no pressure, no goal, no intention to make anything specific. Just open the floodgates and see what comes out. That's where every single project of mine has started. Joanna: Yes, I do love that. Obviously, I'm a discovery writer and intuitive, same as you. I think very much this idea of, especially when you said you feel discombobulated, that's when you write. I almost feel like I need that. I'm not someone who writes every day. I don't do ten lines or whatever. It's that I'll feel that sense of pressure building up into “this is going to be something.” I will really only write or journal when that spills over into— “I now need to write and figure out what this is.” Alicia: Yes. It's almost a form of hunger. It feels to me similar to when you eat a great meal and then you're good for a while. You're not really thinking of it, and then it builds up, like you said, and then there's a need—at least the first half of creativity. I really separate my generation and my editing. So my generative practice is all openness, no critique, just this maybe therapeutic, maybe curious, wandering and seeing what happens. Then once I have a draft, my incisive editing mind is welcome back in, which has been shut out from that early process. So that's a really different experience. Those early stages of creativity are almost out of need more than obligation. Joanna: Well, just staying with that generative practice. Obviously you've mentioned your study of and practice of Jewish tradition and Jewish spirituality. Steven Pressfield in his books has talked about his prayer to the muse, and I've got on my wall here—I don't talk about this very often, actually — I have a muse picture, a painting of what I think of as a muse spirit in some form. So do you have any spiritual practices around your generative practice and that phase of coming up with ideas? Alicia: I love that question, and I wish I had a beautiful, intentional answer. My answer is no. I think I experience creativity as its own spiritual practice itself. I do love individual prayer and meditation and things like that, but for me those are more to address my specifically spiritual health and happiness and connectedness. I'm just a dive-in kind of person. As a musician, I have friends who have elaborate backstage rituals. I have to do certain things to take care of my voice, but even that, it's mostly vocal rest as opposed to actively doing things. There's a bit of an on/off switch for me. Joanna: That's interesting. Well, I do want to ask you about one of your projects, this collaboration with a high school on a musical performance, I Was a Desert: Songs of the Matriarchs, and also your Girls in Trouble songs about women in the Torah. On your website, I had a look at the school, the high school, and the musical performance. It was extraordinary. I was watching you in the school there and it's just such extraordinary work. It very much inspired me—not to do it myself, but it was just so wonderful. I do urge people to go to your website and just watch a few minutes of it. I'm inspired by elements of religion, Christian and Jewish, but I wondered if you've come up against any issues with adaptation—respecting your heritage but also reinventing it. How has this gone for you. Any advice for people who want to incorporate aspects of religion they love but are worried about responses? Alicia: Well, I have to say, coming from the Jewish tradition, that is a core practice of Judaism—reinterpreting our texts and traditions, wrestling with them, arguing with them, reimagining them. I don't know if you're familiar with Midrash, but just in case some of your listeners aren't sure I'll explain it. There's essentially an ancient form of fanfic called Midrash, which was the ancient rabbis, and we still do it today, taking a biblical story that seems to have some kind of gap or inconsistency or question in it and writing a story to fill that gap or recast the story in an interestingly different light. So we have this whole body of literature over thousands of years that are these alternate or added-on adventures, side quests of the biblical characters. What I'm doing from a Jewish perspective is very much in line with a traditional way of interacting with text. I've certainly never gotten any pushback, especially as I work in progressive Jewish communities. I think if I were in an extremely fundamentalist community, there would be a lot of different issues around gender and things like that. The interpretive process, even in those communities, is part of how we show respect for the text. When I was working with the high school—and I just want to call out the choir director, Ethan Chen, who has an incredible project where he brings in a different artist every two years to work with the choir, and they tend to have a different cultural focus each time. He invited me specifically to integrate my songwriting about biblical women with his amazing high school choir. I was really worried at first because most of them are not Jewish—very few of them, if any. I wanted to respect their spiritual paths and their religious heritages and not impose mine on them. So I spent a lot of time at the beginning saying, this project has religious source material, but essentially it is a creative reinterpretive project. I am not coming to you to bring the religious material to you. I'm coming to take the shared Hebrew Bible myths and then reinterpret those myths through a lens of how they might reflect our own personal struggles, because that's always my approach to these ancient stories. I wanted to really make that clear to the students. It was such a joy to work with them. Joanna: It's such an interesting project. Also, I find with musicians in general this idea of performance. You've written this thing—or this thing specifically with the school—and it doesn't exist again, right? You're not selling CDs of that, I presume. Whereas compared to a book, when we write a book, we can sell it forever. It doesn't exist as a performance generally for an author of a memoir or a novel. It carries on existing. So how does that feel, the performance idea versus the longer-lasting thing? I mean, I guess the video's there, but the performance itself happened. Alicia: I do know what you mean. Absolutely. We did, for that reason, record it professionally. We had the sound person record it and mix it, so it is available to stream. I'm not selling CDs, but it's out there on all the streaming services, if people want to listen. I do also have the scores, so if a choir wanted to sing it. The main point that you're making is so true. I think there's actually something very sacred about live performance—that we're all in the moment together and then the moment is over. I love the artefacts of the writing life. I love writing books. I love buying and reading books and having them around, and there's piles of them everywhere in this room I'm standing in. I feel like being on stage, or even teaching, is a very spiritual practice for me, because it's in some ways the most in-the-moment I ever am. The only thing that matters is what's happening right then in that room. It's fleeting as it goes. I'm working with the energy in the room while we're there. It's different every time because I'm different, the atmosphere is different, the people are different. There's no way to plan it. The kind of micro precision that we all try to bring to our editing—you can't do that. You can practice all you want and you should, but in the moment, who knows? A string breaks or there's loud sound coming from the other room. It is just one of those things. I love being reminded over and over again of the truth that we really don't control what happens. The best that we can do is ride it, surf it, be in it, appreciate it, and then let it go. Joanna: I think maybe I get a glimpse of that when I speak professionally, but I'm far more in control in that situation than I guess you were with—I don't know how many—was it a hundred kids in that choir? It looked pretty big. Alicia: It was amazing. It was 130 kids. Yes. Joanna: 130 kids! I mean, it was magic listening to it. And yes, of course, showing my age there with buying a CD, aren't I? Alicia: Well, I do still sell some CDs of Girls in Trouble on tour, because I have a bunch of them and people still buy them. I'm always so grateful because it was an easier life for touring musicians when we could just bring CDs. Now we have to be very creative about our merch. Joanna: Yes, that's a good point because people are like, “Oh yes, I'll scan your QR code and stream it,” but you might not get the money for that for ages, and it might just be five cents or whatever. Alicia: Streaming is terrible for live musicians. I mean, I don't know if you know the site Bandcamp, but it's essentially self-publishing for musicians. Bandcamp is a great way around that, and a lot of independent musicians use it because that's a place you can upload your music and people can pay $8 for an album. They can stream it on there if they want, or they can download it and have it. But, yes, it's hard out there for touring musicians. Joanna: Yes, for sure. Well, let's come to the book then. Your memoir, When We Are Born We Forget Everything. Tell us about some of the challenges of a book as opposed to these other types of performances. Alicia: Well, I come out of poetry, so that was my first love. That's what I majored in in college. That's what my MFA is in. Poetry is famously short, and I'm not one of those long-form poets. I have been trained for many years to think in terms of a one-page arc, if at all. Arc isn't even really a word that we use in poetry. So to write a full-length prose book was really an incredible education. Writing it basically took ten years from writing to publication, so probably seven years of writing and editing. I felt like there was an MFA-equivalent process in the number of classes I took, books I read, and work that went into it. So that was one of my main joys and challenges, really learning on the job to write long-form prose coming out of poetry. How to keep the engine going, how to think about ending one chapter in a way that leaves you with some torque or momentum so that you want to go into the next chapter. How many characters is too many? Who gets names and who doesn't? Some of these things that are probably pretty basic for fiction writers were all very new to me. That was a big part of my process. Then, of course, poets don't usually have agents. So once it was done, I began to query agents. It was the normal sort of 39 rejections and then one agent who really understood what I was trying to do. She's incredible, and she was able to sell the book. The longevity of just working on something for that long—I have a lot of joy in that longevity—but it does sometimes feel like, is this ever going to happen, or am I on a fool's errand? Joanna: I guess, again, the difference with performance is you have a date for the performance and it's done then. I suppose once you get a contract, then for sure it has to be done. But memoir in particular, you do have to set boundaries, because of course your life continues, doesn't it? So what were the challenges in curating what went into the book? Because many people listening know memoir is very challenging in terms of how personal it can be. Alicia: Yes, and one thing I think is so fascinating about memoir is choosing which lens to put on your story, on your own story. I heard early on that the difference between autobiography and memoir is that autobiography tries to give a really comprehensive view of a life, and memoir is choosing one lens and telling the story of a life through that lens, which is such a beautiful creative concept. I knew early on that I wanted this to be primarily a spiritual memoir, and also somewhat of an artistic memoir, because my creativity and my spirituality are so intertwined. It started off being spiritual, and also about my musical life, and also about my writing life. In the end, I edited out the part about my writing life, because writing about writing was just too navel-gazing. So there's nothing in there about me coming of age as a writer, which used to be in there, but that whole thing got taken out. Now it's spiritual and musical. For me, it really helped to start with those focuses, because I knew there may be things that were hugely important in my life, absolutely foundational, that were not really going to be either mentioned or gone deeply into in the book. For example, my husband teases me a lot about how few pages and words he gets. He's very important in my life, but I actually met him when I was 29, and this book really mainly takes place in the years leading up to that. There's a little bit of winding down in the first few years of my thirties, but this is not a book about my life with him. He is mentioned in it. That story is in there. Having those kinds of limitations around the canvas—there's a quote, I forget if it was Miranda July, but somebody said something like, basically when you put a limitation on your project, that's when it starts to be a work of art. Whatever it is, if you say, “I'm taking this canvas and I'm using these colours,” that's when it really begins, that initial limitation. That was very helpful. Joanna: It's also the beauty of memoir, because of course you can write different memoirs at different times. You can write something about your writing life. You can write something else about your marriage and your family later on. That doesn't all have to be in one book. I think that's actually something I found interesting. And I would also say in my memoir, Pilgrimage, my husband is barely mentioned either. Alicia: Does he tease you too? Joanna: No, I think he's grateful. He is grateful for the privacy. Alicia: That's why I keep saying, you should be grateful! Joanna: Yes. You really should. Like, maybe stop talking now. Alicia: Yes, exactly. I know. Marriage, memoir—those words should strike fear into his heart. Joanna: They definitely should. But let's just come back. When I look at your career— You just seem such an independent creative, and so I wondered why you decided to work with a traditional publisher instead of being an independent. How are you finding it as someone who's not in charge of everything? Alicia: It's a great question. The origin story for this memoir is that I was actually reading poetry at a writing conference called Bread Loaf in the States. This was 16 years ago or something. I was giving a poetry reading and afterwards an agent, not my agent, came up to me and said, you know, you have a voice. You should try writing nonfiction because you could probably sell it. Back to your question about how I support myself, I am always really hustling to make a living. It's not like I have some separate well-paying job and the writing has no pressure on it. So my ears kind of perked up. I thought, wait, getting paid for writing? Because poetry is literally not in the world. It's just not a concept for poets. That's not why we write and it's not a possibility. So a little light turned on in my brain. I thought, wow, that could be a really interesting element to add to my income stream, and it would be flexible and it would be meaningful. For a few years I thought, what nonfiction could I write? And I came up with the idea of writing a book about biblical women from a more scholarly perspective, because I teach that material and I've studied it. I went to speak to another agent and she said, well, you could do that, but if you actually want to sell a book, it's going to have to be more of a trade book. So if you don't want an academic press, which wouldn't pay very much, you would have to have some kind of memoir-like stories in there to just sweeten it so it doesn't feel academic. So then I began writing a little bit of spiritual memoir. I thought, okay, well, I'll write about a few moments. Then once I started writing, I couldn't stop. The floodgates really opened. That's how it ended up being a spiritual memoir with interwoven stories of biblical women. It became a hybrid in that sense. I knew from the beginning that this project—for all my saying earlier that I never plan anything and only work on instinct, I was thinking as I said that, that cannot be true. This time, I actually thought, what if, instead of coming from this pure, heart-focused place of poetry, I began writing with the intention of potentially selling a book? The way my fiction writer friends talked about selling their books. So that was always in my mind. I knew I would continue writing poetry, continue publishing with small presses, continue putting my own music out there independently, but this was a bit of an experiment. What if I try to interface with the publishing world, in part for financial sustainability? And because I had a full draft before I queried, I never felt like anyone was telling me what to write. I can't imagine personally selling a book on proposal, because I do need that full capacity to just swerve, change directions, be responsive to what the project is teaching me. I can't imagine promising that I'll write something, because I never know what I'll write. But writing at least a very solid draft first, I'm always delighted to get notes and make polish and rewrite and make things better. I took care of that freedom in the first seven years of writing and then I interfaced with the agent and publisher. Joanna: I was going to say, given that it's taken you seven to ten years to do this and I can't imagine that you're suddenly a multimillionaire from this book. It probably hasn't fulfilled the hourly rate that perhaps you were thinking of in terms of being paid for your work. I think some people think that everyone's going to end up with the massive book deal that pays for the rest of their life. I guess this book does just fit into the rest of your portfolio career. Alicia: Yes. One of the benefits of these long arcs that I like to work on is, one of them—and probably the primary one—is that the project gets to unfold on its own time. I don't think I could have rushed it if I wanted. The other is that it never really stopped me from doing any of my other work. Joanna: Mm-hmm. Alicia: So it's not like, oh, I gave up months of my life and all I got was this advance or something. It's like, I was living my life and then when I had a little bit of writing time—and I will say, it impacted my poetry. I haven't written as much poetry because I was working on this. So it wasn't like I just added it on top of everything I was already doing, but it was a pleasure to just switch to prose for a while. It was just woven into my life. I appreciated having this side project where no one was waiting for it. There were no deadlines, there was no stress around it, because I always have performances to promote and due dates for all kinds of work. It was just this really lovely arena of slow growth and play. When I wanted a reader, I could do a swap with a writer friend, but no one was ever waiting for it on deadline. So there's actually a lot of pleasure in that. Then I will say, I think I've made more from selling this than my poetry. Probably close to ten times more than I've ever made from any of my poetry. So on a poetry scale, it's certainly not going to pay for my life, but it actually does make a true financial difference in a way that much of my other work is a little more bit by bit by bit. It's actually a different scale. Joanna: Well, that's really good. I'm glad to hear that. I also want to ask you, because you've done so many things, and— I'm fascinated by your independent film, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff. I have only watched the trailer. You are in it, you wrote it, directed it, and it's also obviously got other people in, and it's fascinating. It's about this particular point in history. I've written quite a lot of screenplay adaptations of my novels, and I've had some various amounts of interest, but the whole film industry to me is just a complete nightmare, far bigger nightmare than the book industry. So I wonder if you could maybe talk about this, because it just seems like you made a film, which is so cool. Alicia: Oh yes, thank you. Joanna: And it won awards, yes, we should say. Alicia: Did we win awards? Yes. It really, for an extremely low-budget indie film, went far further than my team and I could ever have imagined. I will say I never intended to make a film. Like most of the best things in my life, it really happened by accident. When I was living in New York— I lived there for many years—the 2008 financial collapse happened and I happened to have an arts grant that gave a bunch of artists workspace, studio space, in essentially an abandoned building in the financial district. It was an empty floor of a building. The floor had been left by the previous tenant, and there's a nonprofit that takes unused real estate in the financial district and lets artists work in it for a while. So I was on Wall Street, which was very rare for me, but for this year I was working on Wall Street. Even though I was working on poems, the financial collapse happened around me, and I did get inspired by that to create a one-woman show, which was more of a theatre show. That was already a huge leap for me because I had no real theatre experience, but it was experimental and growing out of my poetry practice and my music. It was a musical one-woman show about the financial collapse from a spiritual perspective, apparently. So I performed that. I documented it, and then a friend who lives in Portland, Oregon, where I now live, said, “I'm a theatre producer, I'd like to produce it here.” So then I rewrote it and did a run here in Portland of that show. Essentially, I started to tour it a little bit, but I got tired of it. It was too much work and it never really paid very much, and I thought, this is impacting my life negatively. I just want to do a really good documentation of the show. So I wanted to hire a theatre documentarian to just document the show so that it didn't disappear, like you were saying before about live performance. But one of the people I talked to actually ended up being an artistic filmmaker, as opposed to a documentarian. She watched the archival footage, just a single camera of the show, and said, “I don't think you should do this again and film it with three cameras. I think you should make it into a feature film. And in fact, I think maybe I should direct it, because there's all this music in it and I also direct music videos.” We had this kind of mind meld. Joanna: Mm. Alicia: I never intended to make a film, but she is a visionary director and I had this piece of IP essentially, and all the music and the writing. We adapted it together. We did it here in Portland. We did all the fundraising ourselves. We did not interface with Hollywood really. I think that would be, I just can't imagine. I love Hollywood, but I'm not really connected, and I can't imagine waiting for someone to give us permission or a green light to make this. It was experimental and indie, so we just really did it on the cheap. We had an amazing producer who helped us figure out how to do it with the budget that we had. We worked really hard fundraising, crowdfunding, asking for donations, having parties to raise money, and then we just did it and put it out there. I think my main advice—and I hear this a lot on screenwriting podcasts—is just make the thing. Make something, as opposed to trying to get permission to make something. Because unless you're already in that system, it's going to be really hard to get permission to make it. Once you make something, that leads to something else, which leads to something else. So even if it's a very short thing, or even if it's filmed on your phone, just actually make the thing. That turned out to be the right thing for us. Joanna: Yes, I mean, I feel like that is what underpins us as independent creatives in general. As an independent author, I feel the same way. I'm never asking permission to put a book in the world. No, thank you. Alicia: Exactly. We have a vision and we do it. It's harder in some ways, but that liberation of being able to really fully create our vision without having to compromise it or wait for permission, I think it's such a beautiful thing. Joanna: Well, we're almost out of time, but I do want to ask you about creative confidence. Alicia: Hmm. Joanna: I feel I'm getting a lot of sense about this at the moment, with all the AI stuff that's happening. When you've been creating a long time, like you and I have, we know our voice and we can lean into our voice. We are creatively confident. We'll fail a lot, but we'll just push on and try things and see what happens. Newer creators are struggling with this kind of confidence. How do I know what is my voice? How do I know what I like? How do I lean into this? So give us some thoughts about how to find your voice and how to find that creative confidence if you don't feel you have it. Alicia: I love that. One thing I will say is that I always think whatever is arising is powerful material to create from. So if a lack of confidence is arising, that's a really powerful feeling to directly explore and not just try to ignore. Although sometimes one has to just ignore those feelings. But to actually explore that feeling, because AI can't have that, right? AI can't really feel a crisis of confidence, and humans can. So that's a gift that we have, those kinds of sensitivities. I think to go really deep into whatever is arising, including the sense that we don't have the right to be creating, or we're not good enough, or whatever it is. Then I always do come back to a quote. I think it might have been John Berryman, but I'm forgetting which poet said it. A younger poet said, “How will I ever know if I'm any good?” And this famous poet said something like—I'm paraphrasing—”You'll never know if you're any good. If you have to know, don't write.” That has been really liberating to me, actually. It sounds a little harsh, but it's been really liberating to just let go of a sense of “good enough.” There is no good enough. The great writers never know if they're good enough. Coming back to this idea of just making without permission—the practice of doing the thing is being a writer. Caring and trying to improve our craft, that's the best that we can have. There's never going to be a moment where we're like, yes, I've nailed this. I am truly a hundred per cent a writer and I have found my voice. Everything's always changing anyway. I would say, either go into those feelings or let those feelings be there. Give them a little tea. Tell them, okay, you're welcome to be here, but you don't get to drive the boat. And then return to the practice of making. Joanna: Absolutely. Great. So where can people find you and your books and everything you do online? Alicia: Everything is on my website, which is AliciaJo.com, and also on Instagram at @ohaliciajo. I'd love to say hello to anyone who's interested in similar topics. Joanna: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Alicia. That was great. Alicia: Thank you. I love your podcast. I'm so grateful for all that you've given the writing world, Jo.The post Creative Confidence, Portfolio Careers, And Making Without Permission with Alicia Jo Rabins first appeared on The Creative Penn.

The Oscars hold a special place in popular culture, but the first Academy Awards ceremony, held in 1929, bore little resemblance to the spectacle most of us know today. In this episode, media expert Monica Sandler takes us from that first award ceremony – when both Los Angeles and the films made there struggled for respectability – to the modern extravaganza that draws tens of millions of viewers worldwide. Monica also breaks down the way voting has changed over time, the evolution of categories, and what she thinks was the greatest snub of all time. Dr. Monica Sandler is a film and media historian at Ball State University, specializing in the history of entertainment prizes and their influence on Hollywood. You can find out more about her at her website: MonicaSandlerPhD.com. Come find Ben & Bob on the road this summer! -Bob will be speaking about his new book, America's Founding Son (out March 10) at bookstores across the country. Click here for dates & locations! -Ben will be joining his friend Greg Jackson of History That Doesn't Suck for a history cruise on the Caribbean from May 18-22, featuring a live recording of The Road to Now! Click here to find out more about a History Cruise That Doesn't Suck and use promo code RTN for $100 off a cabin!   This episode was edited by Ben Sawyer.

We are kicking off Women's History Month with the one and only, Joan Didion. Before she became one of the most iconic writers of the 20th century, Joan Didion was just a quiet, observant girl from Sacramento who would go on to capture the myth and emotional reality of American life. From her early days at Vogue to her life in Hollywood and her marriage to fellow writer John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion wasn't just participating in the culture. She was observing and documenting it. In this episode, we explore how Joan Didion became a literary icon, how she cultivated the persona of the ultimate cool girl, and why her writing captured the emotional reality behind America's myths. Welcome to Women's History Month! Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo Follow us on social media, buy merch, and more HERE! Join our premium channel for 3 bonus eps a month ⁠here⁠ and save 15% when you buy annually! SOURCES: Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, The Guardian , Vanity Fair, What She Means, Vogue, Wikipedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carey James is the founder of Brand Alchemy and a leading positioning expert for founders and executives thriving in today's AI-driven attention economy. A former PhD candidate in neuroscience, Carey has helped clients generate over $30 million in sales by translating complex expertise into credibility, visibility, and inbound demand. Drawing from neuroscience, storytelling, and sales psychology, he empowers high performers to step into their “niche of one” and transform authority into opportunity. On this episode we talk about: How Carey went from Hollywood to neuroscience to brand strategy Why even brilliant experts often stay invisible online The difference between branding and marketing—and why it matters How to discover your unique brand “DNA” and build trust online Why consistency and authenticity always outperform perfect strategy Top 3 Takeaways If people can't find you online, they can't hire you—visibility is no longer optional; it's essential. Authentic personal branding means doubling down on what makes you different, not what makes you the same. Consistency builds subconscious trust—show up the same way everywhere, online and off. Notable Quotes “If you're not putting yourself out there, you're getting overshadowed at a compounding rate.” – Carey James “If you don't define your label, the market will define it for you.” – Carey James “Best known beats best every single time.” – Travis Chappell Connect with Carey James: Website: brandalchemy.io Instagram: @careyjamesofficial LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/careyjamesofficial Travis Makes Money is made possible by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency.Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform.Get an extended free trial at gohighlevel.com/travis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the boys of HMP start a brand new month with The March of Dimes. That's right- 5 weeks of the hottest looking people Hollywood has offered us over the years and we start out with a particularly interesting choice from Sweet Seanzie with Linda Cardellini in SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED. Executive Producers:  Tim (Applescruff), Derrick Copling (Sir Slick Derrick The Knight Bard), Matthew Schnapp, Noah Overton (Noah of The Dark Woods), Peter "Not SoBad Lookin'" Pernice Listen to the HMP Live Stream, Sunday Nights and Live Streams with Adam throughout the week.  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HMPOD Merchandising, Merchandising, Merchandising: https://www.teepublic.com/user/halfassmoviepod HMP Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/halfassmoviepodcast Adam- Letterbox- https://boxd.it/3aAF TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@adam.portraist=ZT-8xcqAzUtusx&r=1 Sean Scoots! https://www.youtube.com/@setdecsean Bruce YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@Animedad Email- HalfAssMoviePod@gmail.com

Send a textFive crowd-powered picks. One gloriously weird bracket. We asked our patrons to nominate America's best roadside attractions and then argued our way to a final five, weighing what truly makes a highway stop irresistible: surprise, visibility, story, and a dash of “did I really just see that?”We start by sharpening the definition of a roadside attraction—quirky, often free, and ideally something you can spot or stumble on while cruising—then put it to the test across a spectrum of submissions. Hell, Michigan brings playful immersion with singed postcards, a mini-golf gag reel, and the chance to be mayor for a day. Dignity of Earth and Sky elevates the genre with stainless steel and glass honoring Indigenous heritage, looming beautifully over the Missouri. Solomon's Castle in Florida delivers pure maker magic, a tin-clad dream built by a single artist that turns oddity into awe.Along the way, we explore the charm of Hattiesburg's Pocket Museum Alley, packed with tiny installations, perspective murals, and geocaches—proof that small spaces can deliver big delight. We unpack the Thomas Dambo “Big Rusty” troll and how recycled art can spark a national scavenger hunt. And yes, we wade into Florida weird with Gatorland, tip our caps to the country's smallest post office, and debate whether the Hollywood sign and dinosaur parks count as true roadside stops or full-on destinations. For dessert: a lonely Big Boy marooned in a Wyoming field, a world's largest bobblehead, and the Peachoid—an unforgettable peach-shaped water tower with pop-culture cred.By the end, we tally scores and call in our AI tiebreaker to lock the bracket. If you love geocaching, road trips, and the thrill of pulling over for something delightfully odd, you'll leave with a punch list of must-see stops and a clear sense of what makes roadside culture so addictive. Join our Patreon to nominate future picks, vote in the bracket, and help steer the show. If this made you smile, follow, share with a road-trip friend, and drop a review—what's your favorite roadside attraction we should feature next?Support the showFacebookInstagramYoutube

This is preview (full ep released to subscribers 02/15/2026) — to access all our content & to join the NM Discord, subscribe: https://patreon.com/newmodels & https://newmodels.substack.com -- Back in Berlin to show their new film work “The End of Theater” at Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, artists Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff drop by New Models to chat about that film's primary set: New Theater Hollywood, the DIY theater they opened on Santa Monica Boulevard after decamping to LA in 2023. We discuss their layered process — creating a space that generates a scene, which produces its own art and dedicated star-system while also serving as source material, location, and cast for all that Max and Calla make in parallel — as a distinctly contemporary protocol for artmaking today. We also talk about the return of theater itself at a time when every physical place now feels like a potential set, whether for a vlog or an ICE raid, and performance online is constant? Does theater hit different in our neo-oral era? Does LA? For more: www.newtheaterhollywood.com & @newtheaterhollywood See also: 
 Mike Davis, "City of Quartz" (Verso, 1990) Thom Anderson, "LA Plays Itself" (2003) NM Podcast | Mise-en-TV w/ Calla Henkel (2022) NM 77 | Calla Henkel on Art, Industry, and “Scrap” (2024)

Hollywood's Headlines covers the biggest off-field and pop culture sports stories from the weekend. WWE's Elimination Chamber delivered a shocker as Randy Orton pulled off a major upset, while UConn Huskies women's basketball finished their regular season undefeated. Over in racing, Michael Jordan's NASCAR team claimed another victory, and Villanova coach Kevin Willard opened up about working with Rick Pitino, offering some blunt reflections. Hockey highlights include Jack Hughes's golden goal puck and the game-winning puck from the Women's Team being enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Canada.