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Buy Nimrod Vromen's book Prompting Happiness here. He returns for a second episode to talk more about the book he wrote with AI on how to be happy. (Recorded June 21, 2024) An Australian-Israeli thought leader and comedian, and a lawyer by profession, he hosts the podcast Startup Confidential. He was recruited back into the Israeli army following the October 7 attack, and used AI to write a book to lift his spirits with missile...

I learn from Nimrod Vromen about how to use AI to write a book, and how to use a creative activity to help cope with a bad situation like war. (Recorded March 7, 2024)
An Australian-Israeli thought leader and comedian, and a lawyer by profession, he hosts the podcast Startup Confidential. He was recruited back into the Israeli army following the October 7 attack, and managed to use AI to write a book to lift his spirits with mis...

Listen to me interview Israeli comedians Deborah Kaye, Benji Lovitt and Dana Perry Segal, then see them live in Toronto on Sunday, Nov 26, 2023 at their Stand Up For Israel comedy show fundraiser at La Briut.

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I interviewed them on Nov 23, 2023, just before they closed the Jewish Federation of G...

Interview with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival executive director Naomi Johnson at their press launch (Sep 15, 2023) during #TIFF23 • PR by Ally LaMere-Shedden of Route 504 PR

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I interview Toronto Director Saffron Cassaday about her documentary Designer Shit. In the doc, Saffron is at her wit’s end after suffering from ulcerative colitis for nearly a decade. She decides to try a promising new treatment known as a Fecal Microbiata Transplant - the act of taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick patient. (The interview was filmed Sep 14, 2023.)

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I interviewed Italian Director Alain Parroni about his movie An Endless Sunday movie, which premiered at #tiff23. He had an interpreter beside him, out of frame. (Filmed Sep 11, 2023, in the restaurant at InterContinental Hotel in Toronto)

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At Naomi Sniekus's Firecracker Department annual TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) brunch, I met Sarah D. McCarthy and offered to interview her. Afterward, she came to meet me at the Hyatt Regency for a chat. I learned about why she let her hair go gray during the lockdowns and how that's affecting her acting career. (Filmed Sep 9, 2019)

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#tiff23 | Homecoming | Directors: Anssi Kömi, Suvi West | Interview (Sep 9, 2023)

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Over Skype, while I was on a bus and he was walking around Toronto, I interviewed Kasey Lum, director of TIFF Short Cuts film "Bloom". (Filmed Sep 9, 2023)

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At #tiff23 I interviewed the cast and director of the South African thriller Death of a Whistleblower. Top cast: Noxolo Dlamini · Luyanda Masinda ; Irshaad Ally · Albert Loots ; Kathleen Stephens · Astha Patel ; Deon Coetzee · Martin Bezuidenhout ; S'Thandiwe Kgoroge. Directed by Ian Gabriel. (Filmed Sep 8, 2023)

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#tiff23 interview | The UmbrellaMen 2 | Director John Barker (Recorded Sep 7, 2023)

At #tiff22 I interviewed the cast and director of The Umbrella Men in person. This year the cast is staying in South Africa, but I interviewed them over Zoom about the sequel. And then I interviewed the director in person in Toronto.

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#tiff23 interview | The UmbrellaMen 2 | Jaques de Silva, Shamilla Miller, Keenan Arrison, Bronté Snell (Recorded Sep 5, 2023)

At #tiff22 I interviewed the cast of The Umbrella Men in person. This year they're staying in South Africa, but I interviewed them over Zoom about the sequel. And they still want me to do a drawing of them again.

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In Toronto, I interviewed Valentyna Sichko: actress, model, improviser, rapper! (Sep 20, 2022)
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I interviewed Director Vinay Shukla, Cinematographer Amaan Shaikh about their documentary While We Watched on Sep 18, 2022. The New York Times says: "This documentary about the veteran broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar is less an inspiring tale than a wake-up call for India."

I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit l...

I interviewed Director Laura Gonçalves at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 16, 2022.

I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of the longer ones as podcasts, and you can view all the interviews at my YouTube.

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I interviewed Director Robert Connolly, Actress Radha Mitchell, Actress Ilsa Fogg about their Australian film Blueback at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 16, 2022.

I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of th...

I interviewed Actress Jung So-Min, Actor Seo In-Guk, Director Hongsun Kim about their movie Project Wolf Hunting at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 14, 2022.

I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of the longe...

Martika Ramirez Escobar is a director based in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. I interviewed her at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep 13, 2022. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some interviews were longer chats in hotel rooms or restaurants. I'll post some of the longer ones a...