Podcast Episodes

Emma Jo Boyden: Find the reps who see the whole you

I sat down with my friend Emma Jo Boyden, a Chicago actor, stunt performer, and Call of Duty motion capture performer. We start with me staging a ful…

23 hours ago

Wendy Medina Herrera: How to find your creative community in LA

I sat down with Wendy Medina Herrera, a writer, director, and the president of Paella Club, the monthly hang for Latino creatives in LA. She’s quiet,…

1 week ago

Michele Stine: What the Edinburgh Fringe really costs

Catch Michele’s show: Always, Sometimes, Maybe has two final performances at Red Twist Theater in Edgewater, Chicago: Wednesday, October 28 and Wedne…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Jake Myers: How my short film became a feature

Oh, what an incredible time with Jake Myers! He’s doing the thing that all of us Chicago folks in the film industry want to do: he created a proof of…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Barbara Howlin: Can you Reiki a ghost?

Barbara Howlin is on the pod, and I completely lost track of time. We cover everything from The NeverEnding Story (which I had somehow never seen) to…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Sean Slimak: Don't get trigger happy with festival submissions

Sean's one-take horror short Intruder premieres on The Longest Take YouTube channel this Halloween!

Filmmaker and fellow podcast host Sean Slimak join…

1 month ago

Tommy Martin: He's harmless, we talk to him all the time

Tommy Martin is a Chicago based actor, filmmaker, and musician who has basically worked every job on a set at some point, and honestly it kind of exh…

1 month, 1 week ago

John David Wolfe: The Hansel and Gretel origin of Candy House

This week, Ilse sits down with John David Wolfe, a DGA member and Chicago based producer whose two decade career as a location scout and manager put …

2 months ago

Connar Brown Sprenger: I called them chicken nuggets

Connar Brown Sprenger is an actor, puppeteer, voice actor, and award winning filmmaker who somehow makes all four look easy. She joins Ilse to talk g…

2 months, 1 week ago

Veronica Miles: New Orleans has an internal council

Veronica Miles has spent over 25 years inside the business of film exhibition, running festivals, theaters, and now the American launch of a ticketin…

2 months, 2 weeks ago