A podcast that interviews funny and interesting people to discuss their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the entertainment industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success. Nothing is better than humour to normalise a situation, so having deep and meaningful conversations, interspersed with comedy and laughter, helps us celebrate a ...
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#266: David Rose - Welcoming Failure
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David Rose is stand up comedian, writer, performer, live event producer and radio broadcaster. In just a short few years, David Rose has accumulated an impressive variety of skills. Based in Melbourne, he has toured his work across five countries in English and German and has opened for some of the nation's top headliners, including Dilruk Jayasinh…
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#265: Andrew Hamilton - Letting Go Of Hate
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Andrew Hamilton is a stand up comedian, author and podcast host. In 2021, Andrew spent four months in two of Sydney’s maximum-security prisons for the commercial supply of psychedelic drugs. While incarcerated, Andrew began noticing the transportive power of laughter. After all, if a joke can make you forget you’re in prison, what else can it do? U…
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Paul Roos needs no introduction for the millions of Australians who follow AFL - a legendary career saw Paul achieve success as both a player and coach. He is an ex AFL player, ex AFL premiership winning coach, and captain, 7 x All-Australian, MVP winner and founder & director at Performance by Design as well as an author and media personality. Pau…
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#263: Bryan Callen - The Hero's Journey
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Bryan Callen is an actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. He is most well-known for the beloved-role of “Coach Mellor” on The Goldbergs and ABC’s Schooled. He has appeared on such shows as Oz, NewsRadio, Kingdom, 2 Broke Girls, Sex and the City, MADTv, Frasier, Reba, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Las Vegas, Fat Actress, The King Of Queens, How I Met Yo…
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#262: Michelle Hurd - Run Your Own Race
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Michelle Hurd is an actor who recently starred as ‘Raffi’ opposite Patrick Stewart for three seasons on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard. Receiving universal acclaim from critics and fans alike. On the feature side, Michelle starred alongside Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell in the global smash Anyone But You. On television, Michelle recently…
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Nick Hoff is a nationally touring stand-up comedian as well as an actor and writer who has been on MTV, co-hosts a weekly show on SiriusXM, and was a featured act in Netflix’s Comedy Festival. His debut album “Baby Daddy” hit #1 on the iTunes comedy charts, and his BRAND NEW comedy special “America The Final Season” is now out! (links in episode no…
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#260: Terrence Martin - Creative Control
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Terrence Martin is a writer and independent filmmaker. An acting, writing, and directing collaboration with his wife and Academy Award-nominated screen icon, Ed Harris, his latest, GET AWAY IF YOU CAN, premiered in US theaters and is now available on Amazon & Apple as it rolls out internationally. The film was also honored by ReelTalker, who said i…
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#259: Jordan L. Jones - Start Somewhere
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Jordan L Jones is an actor who stars as ‘Jazz’, aka (DJ Jazzy Jeff), on the drama series “Bel-Air,” currently streaming on Peacock. The series holds the title of highest rating on Peacock and was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Biggest Entertainment film/TV project of 2022. Jordan has had the unique opportunity to portray more than one role bas…
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#258: Joe Mantegna - Everybody has a story
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Joe Mantegna is an award-winning actor as well as writer, producer and director who’s been in the business for 50 + years! He has won a Tony award, been nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards and has over 400 IMDB credits. He is probably best known for his role as Joey Zasa in the Francis Ford Coppola epic The Godfather Part III, in which he stars a…
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#257: Modi Rosenfeld - Moshiach Energy
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Modi Rosenfeld is a stand-up comedian and actor. He was voted one of the top 10 comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter. He is one of the comedy circuit’s most sought after performers. Featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, and E! Entertainment, Modi has received rave reviews in The New York Times, Time Out NY an…
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#256: Caitlin Cook - Do what scares you
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Caitlin Cook wears many hats, she is a comedian, singer-songwriter, artist, writer, director, producer and designer. She began writing songs at age four, she’s not your conventional stand-up, Caitlin combines witty one-liners and scintillating storytelling with hilariously irreverent musical comedy and projected visuals. She has taken the stage all…
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#255: Riki Lindhome - You are not a loser
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Riki Lindhome is an Emmy nominated actress as well as a comedian, musician/ songwriter, writer, producer and director. Her wonderful career includes roles in acclaimed films such as ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Under the Silverlake’ and major hit shows ‘Wednesday’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘Brooklyn 99’, and most recently ‘The Muppets Mayhem’. She is one half o…
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#254: Josh Glanc - Thriving Environments
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Josh Glanc is an award-winning comedian and actor. He’s had sold out runs at the Soho Theatre, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. He’s performed comedy at Glastonbury, the O2 Arena, Just For Laughs, and was nominated for 3 Green Room Awards for his show Vrooom Vrooom which is now released on 800lb Gorilla (links b…
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#253: Scott Edgar - Raising Your Hand
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Scott Edgar can do it all! He is a comedian, musician, composer, illustrator, writer and is perhaps best known as one-third of beloved iconic Australian comedy band Tripod, with whom he’s won an ARIA and lost a GRAMMY. He’s also a veteran writer, composer and illustrator for video games, animation and kids’ publishing, working for clients such as U…
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#252: Nichole Sakura - Sense of Freedom
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Nichole Sakura is an actor & writer. She was just announced as the voice in the role of ‘Suzume’ in Makoto Shinkai’s Sony animated feature of the same name. She also recently was given a leading role in the Universal Feature, PLEASE DON'T DESTROY. She can currently be seen as one of the leads in the Hulu series, MAGGIE with Rebecca Rittenhouse from…
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Daniel Muggleton is an Australian comedian, writer, comedy producer and podcaster in a tracksuit. He’s won awards, received 5 star reviews and sold-out shows around the world, including at The Sydney Opera House. His live shows have resulted in three acclaimed stand-up specials, his debut ‘Let’s Never Hang Out’ aired on ABC Australia in 2019, ‘Unpr…
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Episode 250! AJ Cook is an actor and director who is best known for her role as “Special Agent Jennifer ‘JJ’ Jareau” in the CBS long running series CRIMINAL MINDS. She can currently be seen reprising her role on CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION for Paramount+, which will be going into a second season soon. AJ has also directed an episode of CRIMINAL MINDS…
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#249: Taylor Gray - Asking Hard Questions
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Taylor Gray is an actor & writer. You might recognize him as Jedi Ezra Bridger from the incredibly popular Disney animated series STAR WARS: REBELS. He is starring in Sony Pictures’ film SNL 1975, playing the role of Al Franken alongside Willem Dafoe, Dylan O'Brien and J.K. Simmons. The film is being directed by Jason Reitman and is based on real-l…
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#248: Brent Forrester - Badge of Honour
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Brent Forrester is an award-winning writer, producer and director, who has written for 6 Emmy Award-winning television comedies. He’s written on some of the biggest sitcoms ever such as the Office, The Simpsons, The Ben Stiller Show, Space Force, King of the Hill, Love, and Super Fun Night. Brent won his first Comedy Writing Emmy at age 25 for his …
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#247: Monty Franklin - You are a Runner
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Monty Franklin is an Australian born stand-up comedian, actor, writer & director now based in LA. He tours all over the world headlining some of the biggest comedy clubs and also opens for Rob Schneider, Joe Rogan and Jim Breuer. In the acting space, Monty has appeared on 'Real Rob' on NETFLIX, season 1&2, had roles on 'New Girl', 'Becoming Bond' a…
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#246: Phil LaMarr - Courage to Walk Your Path
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Phil LaMarr is an actor, improviser and writer and is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of MAD TV, the voice of SAMURAI JACK, “Hermes” on FUTURAMA, “Static” on STATIC SHOCK, “Green Lantern” on JUSTICE LEAGUE and as "Marvin" in PULP FICTION. For over 30 years, Phil has thrilled audiences with his work on camera and behind the mi…
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#245: Martin Urbano - Ups and Downs
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Martin Urbano is comedian, actor, writer and quiz master. As a standup, he has been seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Comedy Central's Featured, the CW's Howie Mandel Gala, and Chris Gethard Presents and Late Night With Seth Meyers. He has also performed at Just For Laughs (New Faces), the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (where he was nominated for Best Newcome…
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#244: Ivan Decker - This Is When You Quit
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Ivan Decker is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer known for his sharp, polished, and multi-layered observational comedy. He is originally from Vancouver but is now based in Los Angeles. His first comedy special, “Underwater Scissors,” is a part of the “Comedians of the World” collection on Netflix. Ivan has had numerous television perfor…
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Ernie Hudson is an actor, author, speaker and executive producer. He is perhaps one of this generation’s most well-versed actors. He is currently back as Winston in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, one of the original OG’s from the classic films. He currently stars opposite Raymond Lee and Caitlin Bassett in the reboot of “Quantum Leap” on NBC and str…
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#242: Francois Chau - Raise Your Hand
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Francois Chau is an actor with an extensive resume spanning over 4 decades in television, film and theatre. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Dr. Pierre Chang in Lost, Quick Kick on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Dr. Chang in the film 21 & Over, Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Jules-Pierre Mao in The Ex…
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