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Consume: Magnus Archives podcast
Create: Pick a job. Write a 200-400 word monologue for someone in that job, directed to their customers or constituency. Use your writing to set the tone for that relationship. Give it a beginning, middle and end, and make sure ... Show More
Jul 16
Mixing Madison Square Garden for Vulfpeck’s Biggest Show
When Vulfpeck played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, the performance looked effortless. But behind the scenes, their Front of House Engineer and Tour Manager Jake Hartsfield was juggling missing tickets, technical curveballs, and mixing seventeen dynamic musicians throu ... Show More
38m 52s
Mar 2025
Companion: Crafting a smart genre blend with Writer-Director Drew Hancock & Editors Brett W. Bachman & Josh Ethier
Today, we welcome the brilliant creative team behind the highly entertaining and thought-provoking feature film Companion (2025): writer-director Drew Hancock and editors Brett W. Bachman & Josh Ethier. They sat down with our hosts, Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir, for a fantastic co ... Show More
1h 38m
Sep 2024
Making indie feature 'Sing Sing' with non actors - Director Greg Kwedar, Producer Monique Walton and Writer Clint Bentley
This week we are joined by the team behind the superb prison drama Sing Sing! Dom Lenoir sits and chats with Producer Monique Walton and Writer Clint Bentley and also Director Greg Kwedar about how they made their movie starring Coleman Domingo, the difficulties of making an indi ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2024
Reheat: What Rock Star Sammy Hagar And Chef Jacques Pepin Have In Common
Dan eats fresh mozzarella with the former Van Halen frontman and drinks beer out of paper cups with the legendary French chef. It turns out neither of these guys is who you think they are. This episode originally aired on November 22, 2015, and was produced by Dan Pashman, Anne S ... Show More
26m 8s
Aug 2021
How to Make Academy Award-winning Indie Films with Shadow Magic and Confetti writer & director Ann Hu.
On this week’s podcast, Giles Alderson welcomes writer & director Ann Hu to the show. She is the Chinese Academy Award-winning director of the feature film Shadow Magic (2000), starring Jared Harris. Now Ann is back with her delightful second feature film, Confetti, which is out ... Show More
52m 2s
Nov 2024
loml
One of Taylor's most heartbreaking, devastating, and beautifully written tracks on "THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT", "loml" explores the feelings of love, loss, anger, and everything in between... all while the piano in the background stays at the same tempo. Does this song includ ... Show More
1h 7m