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  • Brian Geraghty

    Brian Geraghty
    2026/07/09
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with actor Brian Geraghty, known for 1923, The Hurt Locker, Flight, and Jarhead, to discuss his journey from growing up in New Jersey to studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and building a career in Hollywood. The conversation explores his early years in New York, the perseverance it took to establish himself as a working actor, collaborating with acclaimed filmmakers including Kathryn Bigelow and Robert Zemeckis, his experiences on The Hurt Locker, Jarhead, Flight, and 1923, and what he's learned about longevity, resilience, and navigating an ever-changing entertainment industry.

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    2 時間 23 分
  • Macon Blair

    Macon Blair
    2026/07/01
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with actor, writer, and director Macon Blair, known for Oppenheimer, Blue Ruin, and Green Room, to discuss his journey from growing up in Alexandria, Virginia to building a career as one of independent cinema's most respected storytellers. The conversation explores his lifelong creative partnership with Jeremy Saulnier, making homemade films together as kids, working as a production assistant in New York, writing spec scripts, and the years of persistence that led to the breakthrough success of Blue Ruin at the Cannes Film Festival. Macon also reflects on the making of Green Room, his work on Oppenheimer, the realities of independent filmmaking, and what it takes to build a lasting career both in front of and behind the camera.

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    1 時間 49 分
  • David Denman

    David Denman
    2026/06/20
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with actor David Denman, known for The Office and 13 Hours, to discuss his journey from growing up in Orange County and attending eight different schools before discovering theater in high school, to earning a spot at Juilliard alongside actors like Alan Tudyk. The conversation explores his challenging experience at Juilliard, booking his first professional roles, auditioning opposite Keanu Reeves for The Replacements, moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting, and the lessons learned building a lasting career in Hollywood.

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    2 時間 13 分
  • Kevin Kane

    Kevin Kane
    2026/06/05
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with actor Kevin Kane, known for Life & Beth and Law & Order: SVU, to discuss his journey from growing up in Philadelphia and Myrtle Beach to building an acting career in New York City. The conversation explores his early years pursuing the craft, his friendship and creative collaboration with Amy Schumer, his work on Life & Beth and Law & Order: SVU, and the lessons he's learned navigating a career in television, film, and comedy.

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    1 時間 39 分
  • Matt Jones

    Matt Jones
    2026/05/29

    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with actor Matt Jones, known for Breaking Bad, Mom, Bob Hearts Abishola, and Gilmore Girls, to discuss his journey from growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles to building a career in television and film. The conversation explores his early love of movies, his transition from sports to theater, performing with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, breaking into commercials before landing his first television role, and the audition for Breaking Bad that changed everything. Matt also reflects on the realities of life after a career-defining role, navigating typecasting, the challenges facing working actors in today's industry, and how streaming-era budget cuts have reshaped opportunities for actors and crews alike.


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    1 時間 52 分
  • Brittany Allen

    Brittany Allen
    2026/05/26
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with actor and composer Brittany Allen, known for Dexter: Original Sin, The Boys, All My Children, and The Pitt, to discuss her journey from child actor in Toronto to building a career across Canadian and American film and television. The conversation explores her breakthrough on All My Children, navigating the realities of the entertainment industry, balancing acting with motherhood, transitioning into composing music for films, and her recent work on The Pitt. Brittany also reflects on the challenges of agents, the impact of the pandemic on working actors, and how becoming a mother transformed her relationship to work, creativity, and ambition.

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    1 時間 31 分
  • Daniel Bessner Part 2

    Daniel Bessner Part 2
    2026/05/13
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with Daniel Bessner, college professor and host of American Prestige, to discuss the history of Hollywood’s financialization and the decline of the middle class in the entertainment industry. The conversation explores how Hollywood evolved from the studio system of the 1920s-1950s into a gig-based economy following the labor strikes of the 1960s, and eventually into a financialized system dominated by conglomerates, private equity firms, and streaming platforms. Daniel breaks down how deregulation, asset management companies, and the collapse of mass culture transformed the industry, creating growing instability for working artists and reshaping what it means to sustain a career in entertainment today.

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    1 時間 20 分
  • Neil Forsyth

    Neil Forsyth
    2026/05/11
    Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he sits down with Neil Forsyth, creator of Guilt and the new Legends on Netflix, to discuss his journey from growing up in Dundee, Scotland and writing football fanzines to becoming a successful television writer. The conversation explores the making of Legends, his breakthrough into television with Bob Servant, the development of Guilt, his writing process and approach to structure and research, adapting true stories for television, and the challenges facing writers in today’s industry. Neil also reflects on the decline of development funding, the importance of the BBC supporting unique voices, his resistance to AI in the creative process, and what it really takes to build a lasting career in storytelling!

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    1 時間 36 分