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An entertainment and comedy podcast hosted by writer Tim Drake. Tim talks with comedians, actors, and musicians and their careers and lives. The podcast also features LIVE shows and coverage from Comic-Con's around the country, as well as red carpet interviews, Oscars Coverage, and other Hollywood events.
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Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
Today's episode is Part 3 of our Oscar Week coverage!
Today's films come to us from the Live Action and Documentary Short categories. I talked with 3 of the Oscar nominated filmmakers, starting with Guy Nattiv from "Skin", Jeremy Comte from "Fauve", and Marshall Curry from "A Night at the Garden".
Today's collection of films are all incredibly intense films with powerful themes and messages. I talked with each of the filmmakers about how their films stories came about, how Marshall learned about the Night at the Garden, the acting choices made in the films, the messages they hope are taken away from their films and so much more! Marshall Curry recently made the news with "A Night at the Garden" when Fox News refused to play his 30 second trailer.
The Oscar Shorts are still playing in theaters around the country, as well as on the Oscar Shorts TV. All 15 films nomianted in the short film categories are absolutely incredible and I've had a wonderful time talking to all of these great filmmakers. This is the final part of our 3 part Oscar Shorts coverage and we can't begin to thank all of these Oscar Nominated Directors enough for their time.
A special thanks to Guy Nattiv, Jeremy Comte, and Marshall Curry for taking the time out of their incredibly busy schedule. Don't miss their films as part of the Oscar Shorts Program.
Best of luck to all of our guests at the Oscars this Sunday!
Enjoy the episode!
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Today's episode is Part 2 of our Oscar week coverage!
Today's films focus soley on the Animated Short film category as I talk with 4 of the Oscar Nominated filmmakers, starting with Louise Bagnall from "Late Afternoon", David Fine and Alison Snowden from "Animal Behaviour", and Trevor Jimenez from "Weekends".
The animated categories are always some of my favorite because animation offers a lot of freedom to story telling that you can't do with live action, and really lets the filmmakers imagination and creativity shine. I talked with each of them about their story development, the artistic approach and unique styles, inspiration behind their films, and so much more.
The Oscar Shorts are still playing in theaters around the country, as well on the Oscar Shorts TV. All 15 films nominated in the short film categories are absolutely incredible and I'm having a wonderful time talking to all of these great filmmakers. Stay tuned for the 3 part of our Oscar week coverage tommorw as I talk to 3 more of the Oscar nominated Directors.
A special thanks to Louise Bagnall, David Fine, Alison Snowden, and Trevor Jimenez for taking the time out of their incredibly busy week to talk with me. Don't miss their films as part of the Oscar Shorts Program.
Best of luck to all of our guests at the Oscars this Sunday
Enjoy the episode.
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Today's episode is Part 1 of our Oscar week coverage!
All this week I am interviewing the Directors behind the Oscar Nominated short films. Today's episode features 3 filmmakers, Skye Fitzgerald from the Documentary Short "Lifeboat", Ed Perkins from the Documentary Short "Black Sheep", and Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas from the Animated Short "One Small Step"
I talked with all of these filmmakers about finding out their films were nominated for an Oscar, as well as all of the individual aspects of each of their films, how they developed their story, what inspired them in the filmmaking process, troubles they encountered, and so much more.
The Oscar Shorts are still playing in theaters around the country, as well on the Oscar Shorts TV. All 15 films nominated in the short film categories are absoultely incredible and are having a wonderful time talking to all of these filmmakers. Stay tuned for another episode tomorrow with 3 more Oscar nominated Directors.
A special thanks to Skye Fitzgerald, Ed Perkins, Andrew Chesworth, and Bobby Pontillas for taking the time out of this incredibly busy week to talk with me. Don't miss their films as part of the Oscar Shorts Program.
Best of luck to all of our guests at the Oscars this Sunday.
Enjoy the episode.
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Episode 153 - Aaron Bleyaert
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
On today's episode, I have two-time Emmy winner, head of Conan Digital, and creator of "Clueless Gamer", Aaron Bleyaert!
I first met Aaron at one of the final Meltdown shows and have always been a fan of his work on Conan. It was great to finally make this episode work with Aaron's incredibly busy schedule.
On the episode I talked with Aaron about his recent visit to the Sundance Film Festival, finding your own voice in entertainment, discovering his love for TV at Michigan State, videos that inspire him (see the website), creating "Clueless Gamer", his career at Conan, Dinner and a Video Game, and so much more.
A huge Thanks to Aaron Bleyaert for taking the time to sit down with me for this episode. Make sure to follow him on all of the social media links and his show links below. Also follow the Team Coco links we put below where you can see even more of Aaron's work, especially as he leave for Australia this week to film Conan Australia.
Thanks, Aaron!
Enjoy the episode!
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Episode 151 - 2018: The Year We Learned Things
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Happy New Years, Everybody! Today is our annual New Years Eve episode of the podcast!
Austin and I sat down and reflected on the whirlwind of a year that 2018 has been. With our first full year living in Los Angeles under our belts, we have a lot to look forward to in 2019.
So often we see the circular post of "this past year was horrible, here's to next year" only to be repeated time and time again on New Years Eve. We've instead decided to look at how things may have beaten us up this year, and what we've learned and taken away from those experiences to make 2019 even better.
We reflected on the some of the great times we've had, the awesome events we got to attend, and some of the new changes in our lives. We don't know what 2019 has instore for us, but we're ready for it.
Thank you to everybody who has continued to support us this year! We hope everybody has a safe and Happy New Year. We look forward to sharing 2019 with you.
Happy New Year!
Enjoy the episode.
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Episode 149 - James Simenc
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
On today's episode I have actor and podcaster, James Simenc!
James is another member of the Nerdist Showroom family that I had the pleasure of working with and this was great time catching up with James and finding out about all of the incredible projects James has been working on. James is a regular sketch actor on CONAN which we loved talking about.
James and I talked about working on CONAN sketches, working at The Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown running into each other at San Diego Comic-Con, getting his degrees in Math & Science, the California Wildfires affecting his friends and family, his Math based podcast, "DIGITS", plumbing 101, and so much more!
A huge Thanks to James for taking the time to join me on the podcast just a few days before he heads back home for Christmas. It was so great to catch up with James and learn more about his career. Make sure to follow James on all of the social media links below and check out some of his CONAN sketches as well.
Thanks, James!
Enjoy the episode.
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Episode 148 - Max Kerwien
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
On today's episode I have comedian and writer, Max Kerwien!
Max and I first became friends while doing stand up and working at the Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown together. We always had such a great time at Meltdown and this was the first time we've had a chance to catch up since it closed back in March. Max just released a new comedic book of poetry called "Poems to Ruin Dinner With" that is now available on Amazon.
I talked with Max about stand up and some of our favorite Meltdown stories, battling Crohn's disease, taking a serious topic and making it funny, growing up in Seattle and moving to LA, getting into comedy, writing "Poems to Ruin Dinner With", and so much more!
A huge Thank You to Max for taking the time to join me on the podcast. It was so great to catch up with him and learn more about life and comedy background. Make sure to pick up "Poems to Ruin Dinner With" on Amazon. It will be the best $6 you'll spend this year!
Thanks, Max!
Enjoy the episode!
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Episode 147 - Caitlin Kunkel
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
On today's episode I have comedy writer, Caitlin Kunkel!
I first got to know Caitlin as one of my teachers at The Second City and have continued to follow her career as she as her comedy writing partners launched The Belladonna Comedy in New York. Caitlin and her Belladonna Comedy team recently released the hilarious new satire book, "New Erotica for Feminism".
I talked with Caitlin about how she got her start in comedy writing, teaching at The Second City, what inspires her to write, creating a network, the new book, and so much more!
Caitlin is also giving you the chance to win a copy of New Erotica for Feminists. The first 3 people to comment on Facebook or Twitter and tell me where Caitlin went to grad school will win a copy of the book. Make sure to listen to the episode for the answer!
A huge Thank You to Caitlin Kunkel for taking the time to join me on the podcast. This was a long time coming and I'm so glad we finally made it happen. Make sure to follow her and Belladonna Comedy on all of the links below, and most importantly, go buy the books!
Thanks, Caitlin!
Enjoy the episode!
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
Episode 146 - Schuyler Fisk
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
On today's episode I have actor and musician, Schuyler Fisk!
I have been a fan of Schuyler's for year since I first saw her in "Orange County" and knew I had to have her on the podcast. She was already out of town for Thanksgiving, but still took the time to call into the podcast to promote her new film "Every Other Holiday" that premiers tomorrow night (Nov. 23rd) at 10PM on Lifetime.
I also talked with Schuyler about getting her start in acting, support of her family, making her own career and not being in her famous parents shadow, her music career, "Orange County" and working with Harold Ramis, "Every Other Holiday", and so much more!
A huge thanks to Schuyler Fisk for taking the time on her Thanksgiving vacation to still join me on this podcast. Don't miss "Every Other Holiday" tomorrow on Lifetime at 10PM. You can also pick up Schuyler's album on iTunes on the links below, including her holiday album, "Sounds of the Holiday".
Thanks, Schuyler!
Enjoy the episode and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Episode 145 - 31 Days of Horror and LA Comic Con
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
On today's episode, Austin and I go through the last month and talk about all of our experiences filming our "31 Days of Horror".
We've had such a great time filming at all of these haunted locations and telling their history and their stories. We of course are skeptical on these kind of stories, but we love telling them. While filming, we definitely had some weird experiences that we talked about on the episode.
We also talked about my weekend at LA Comic Con and Austin's weekend back in Salt Lake for some Halloween Festivities. Austin also talks about taking a bit of a hiatus from the podcast while he takes care of his art and acting.
Thank you for your continual support and commenting and telling us your stories throughout the "31 Days of Horror". If you've missed any of them, they're available on the Instagram @onthemicpodcast.
Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!
Enjoy the episode!