Make Your Sh*t
A Creative Empowerment Podcast
Episodes
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This week, Kyle sits down with Actor and Host, Bianca Lopez. In this Halloween Episode, they chat about the spooky new podcast from @podfrontier's network - Tinseltown Ghost Stories, available now! From growing up in the Los Angeles Theatre world, to working with Director Gerry Marshal on her role in The Princess Diaries (2001), Bianca shares how she navigates work and life.
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This week, Kyle sits down with Music Composer and Vocalist, Stephanie Olmanni. They talk about her process creating music for films and TV, and dive into how she managed to take the leap and make her own music inspired by video games with the Aeryth Project.
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Kyle, one of the Producers of the film, sits down to chat with the Writer/Director, Cameron Beyl and the two lead actors, Rebekah Kennedy and Sean O'Bryan, behind the new, cosmic horror THE VEIL!
Redemption gives way to a reckoning when a reclusive retired priest shelters a young Amish runaway in crisis, only to uncover a mystery that ties her presence to a terrifying encounter from his youth– and the aurora that rages overhead.
...This week Kyle sits down with Kevin Nicklaus, a Producer and a partner with the Los Angeles-based management and production company, Sandstone Artists. They talk about how management can support creative empowerment, pitching and the attention economy, as well as the value of collaboration.
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Theo Brown is an LA-based director with a deep love for intimate character stories within the science fiction genre. His latest feature film, An Electric Sleep is a ten-time Festival award winner, including LA Sci-Fi, Best Feature at the Culver City Film Festival, Best SciFi at the Silicon Valley Film Fest, and Best Soundtrack at LA Sci-Fi Film Fest. He also directed the Smoky Mountain Rescue web series, which won the Silver Telly ...
We're back! Producer Skye Wathen (FALLOUT, WESTWORLD) sits down with Kyle to discuss her road to producing some of the top television shows of the last decade, as well as her experience with indie film. They touch on several aspects, including becoming a production assistant, how one line in a script can cost millions of dollars, and why anger has no place in the process.
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Team work makes the dream work. This is not just a catchy piece of positive thinking, though it certainly is that. As anyone who has worked in a creative field can tell you, it’s not just what you bring to the table that matters, it’s how that fits with the work of those around you. On today’s show, we’ll hear from creatives who have been in the trenches of the process, and how trust in your peers can make the work so much more rew...
Anxiety can be a formidable obstacle in doing the creative work. Whether you suffer from writer's block, imposter syndrome, or any other self-sabotaging habits, each of us may suffer in our own personal way for our art. But, is it possible to turn an obstacle into the path itself? Here are a few words of wisdom about Staying Calm and Carrying On.
Featuring:
Sonja O'Hara, Nathan Hale Williams, JB Tadena, Jennifer Cooney, Desean Terr...
This week Kyle talks with author, producer, and fellow podcaster Jessica Hobbs, whose new book of short stories entitled THE WITCH: AND OTHER TALES OF THE AMERICAN GOTHIC is currently being released as a fully-cast and narrated audio drama. They discuss Jessica’s experience transitioning from filmmaking into book and podcast writing, the secret weapon of podcast production, how creativity works as a response to the world around you...
On this week’s show, Kyle speaks with Michael Musante and Leo Matchett from famed independent production company American Zoetrope about their non-profit organization Decentralized Pictures. They discuss their alternative approach to film financing, what the cinematic landscape looks like outside of the studio system, and how today’s independent scene compares to the risk-taking auteurs of the 70s and 90s.
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On this week’s episode, Kyle talks with Joseph Mwamba, Writers Assistant on The Afterparty, currently streaming on AppleTV+, and the co-chair of the WGA Virtual Mix, a pre-Writer’s Guild-focused social empowerment organization for writers. We discuss a lot of topics of interest to both up-and-coming writers and those spending every day on the picket line, from the ongoing strike and how pre-WGA writers can (and should) get involved...
On this week’s episode, host Kyle F. Andrews talks with writer/director Zack Morrison about his independently produced TV pilot CANUSA STREET – yes, an indie TV pilot. We hit a lot of topics, from the highs and lows of writing comedy, where trust fits into the process, the differences between New York and LA when it comes to making shit, and the best jokes in the pilot happening at...lunch?
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On today’s show I talk with writer/director JC Wilde, formerly known as Jennifer Cooney, whose independently produced film WILD FIRE recently made its world premiere at the Red Dirt film festival, and whose next feature Woman of God is currently in development. We’ll discuss her rather poetic approach to the industry, what working with legendary actor Ed Asner taught her about making your limitations work for you, where community f...
Writer/Director Michael Schwartz talks to Kyle about his many projects, including his award-winning short Snatched starring Tatiana Maslany, now on Hulu. We’ll dive deep into his thoughts on the industry’s attention span, the joys of mentorship, the importance of rest in the creative process, and making your sh*t without waiting for permission – yes, even if that means it’s on a smartphone (looking at you, Film Twitter).
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My guest today is Nathan Hale Williams, director and producer of the Emmy-nominated film ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE and writer/director of the upcoming feature LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY. We discuss his approach to overcoming barriers in the creative or production process, his “no assholes” policy, and how and why you should try to build a positive relationship with the word “no.”
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Welcome to Season 2 of Make Your Sh*t. My guest today is Shana Darabie, writer, director, and producer of the upcoming thriller CANARY TRAP, currently crowdfunding on Seed & Spark.
"Canary delivers packages for secret organization HQ. After accepting her new mission, Canary is connected with a dispatcher who pushes her boundaries. Forced to go against HQ's directives, Canary finds herself questioning everything and everyone around ...
Today’s guest is Gabe Braxton, writer, director, and producer of the upcoming feature film, A GETTYSBURG HAUNTING.
"A medium who guest appears on his friend's failing podcast to help bring it to life, but when he loses his power to talk to the dead, they're forced to confront their horrific history as tensions rise between them."
Seed & Spark Campaign Page: https://seedandspark.com/fund/aghaunting
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Writer/Producer SANDRA LEVITON (Under the Stairs Entertainment, STUDENT BODY) joins Kyle to discuss the highs and lows of independent filmmaking, including what writers should do to make sure they keep their sanity while attempting impossibilities.
Actor JB TADENA (KUNG FU, NCIS) stops by *live in studio* (my house) to discuss his career on-the-rise, building community, an actor's relationship with the script, and the subtle art of not giving a f*ck.
TW: Without referring to specific instances, I spend a few minutes at the top talking about artists working through tragedy.
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