Best De Cording Podcasts (2024)

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Her Family's Fight through Cerebral Palsy & Mental Illness with Amira MacCue 32:14

2h ago32:14

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Amira's life has been defined by early adversity, including the loss of young family members to illness, accidents, and mental health issues. These experiences instilled in her a deep empathy and a drive to alleviate suffering. Becoming a mother to a child with cerebral palsy at 20 further shaped her journey, fostering resilience and determination …

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Revisiting Clint Howard 44:11

5m ago44:11

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If you only think of Clint Howard as Ron Howard’s kid brother, it’s time to reassess. He and his older sibling recently wrote a joint autobiography called The Boys which explains their loving relationship and points to their actor-parents as lifelong role models. Early on, Clint embraced his destiny as a young-ish character actor. There’s almost no…

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Generational Addiction Conquered through Self-discovery with Shannan Mondor 1:13:44

2d ago1:13:44

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Shannan came from a dysfunctional, abusive family with intergenerational addiction issues. She shares her story of overcoming her past and using her experiences to empower herself to change. She has worked very hard to overcome her addiction and realised, "If you want to make a difference in your life, you will invest in yourself because that is th…

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Controlling Addiction and Sharing Stories of Hope with Kerrie Atherton 46:02

9d ago46:02

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Kerrie grew up with alcoholic parents and began her own intense but successful struggle with alcoholism and mental health when she became an instant alcoholic after her first drink at fifteen. At eighteen, she joined Alcoholics Anonymous and has remained clean and sober since that day forty years ago. For thirty years, Kerrie has worked and volunte…

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Frank Marshall 59:13

14d ago59:13

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Frank Marshall’s chance meeting with Peter Bogdanovich launched a career that led to him producing Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Jurassic Park movies, among many others, often in partnership with his wife Kathleen Kennedy. Now he’s released a record album that returns him to the world his father Jack Marshall inhabited: a long-forgotten session feat…

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Beating Fibromyalgia and Healing Yourself before Moving Forward with Fran Garton 58:05

16d ago58:05

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Fran Garton’s story is about how she overcame severe fibromyalgia which was undiagnosed for many years. She describes the long pain-filled path through the medical system while she tried to maintain her work and family life until she finally found someone who knew what was wrong. She was told ‘You are a plant with no soil. You're literally just pou…

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Jacqueline West 1:01:48

21d ago1:01:48

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Our guest is a five-time Oscar nominee for Best Costumes—most recently for Killers of the Flower Moon, although she is equally lauded for her work on Dune, parts 1 and 2. Her background in the fashion world, and as an art history major, gives her unique credentials for someone who provides costumes for movies. She also has world-class stories to sh…

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From Brain Surgery at 13 to Health, Fitness & Success with Bishoy Tadros 42:25

23d ago42:25

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Bishoy Tadros was born in Egypt. At the age of three the family immigrated to the US when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He grew up in Long Island, NY where he received treatment for ten years. On his thirteenth birthday, Bishoy underwent brain surgery and remains cancer-free. Bishoy shares his passion for health and fitness. …

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Isabella Rossellini 32:11

27d ago32:11

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Internationally renowned actress, model, and individualist Isabella Rossellini is charm personified. She has a supporting role in Alice Rohrwacher’s new import La Chimera,which opens in theaters March 29, and recently completed two seasons of Julia, playing Julia Child’s longtime friend and cooking colleague. She also carries with her the torch lit…

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The pain of losing a child and the slow climb back with Barb Higgins 57:55

1M ago57:55

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Barb spent her childhood in New Hampshire then went to Boston University on a full athletic scholarship majoring in Elementary, Special, and Physical Education. She married in 2001 and had two children. After the terrible pain of losing her daughter Molly in 2016, her husband was ill, and Barb was suffering from brain tumours, she fell into a deep,…

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Frank Oz at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas 1:01:16

1M ago1:01:16

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His alter egos are world-renowned, but Leonard and Jessie didn’t focus on Miss Piggy or Yoda in this conversation, recorded in front of a live audience at Esther’s Follies in Austin. The main topic was directing movies, which Oz has done so well for so many years: The Muppets Take Manhattan, Little Shop of Horrors, In & Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels…

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From Fear of Rejection to Changing Value & Vision with Adam Walsh 46:32

1M ago46:32

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Adam begins his story in the Solomon Islands where he grew up. At seven, he was traumatised by psychological abuse from a teacher which instilled a very deep fear of rejection. This resulted in not being able to display any abilities or skills and becoming introverted and an unhappy underachiever at work. Eventually he had a breakdown at a conferen…

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Revisiting Keith Carradine 59:55

1M ago59:55

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In honor of the Academy Awards, we’re revisiting our 2017 interview with Keith Carradine, who won his Oscar for writing and performing the song “I’m Easy” in Robert Altman’s masterpiece Nashville (1975). Since we spoke, the actor has remained a familiar face on television as he and his siblings carry on the acting tradition that began with his prol…

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Finding Strength & Vulnerability through Cancer with Susan Bloom 41:09

2M ago41:09

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Susan’s story is a harrowing and detailed account of an intense period in her life involving the U.S. medical system. Susan grew up as the daughter of the only doctor in a rural western Kansas town. After being a caregiver for her husband and a breast cancer survivor she has seen health care from three different angles. This has led to a passion to…

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Facing death in Indonesia but learning to live for now with Francois de Neuville 28:00

2M ago28:00

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The first part of Francois’ story is a gripping account of his life changing experience in the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. Losing friends there and elsewhere caused him to take the decision to accept his own mortality, live every day to the fullest, to inspire others to do the same and live their best life. He advises seeking professional help when …

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Revisiting James L. Brooks 57:58

2M ago57:58

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Originally published Jun 10, 2021 From The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi to such movies as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, writer-director-producer James L. Brooks has created quality entertainment for decades and has no intention of slowing down. He has served as mentor to the likes of Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson an…

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Resilience and changing your life after a spinal cord injury with Dinesh Palipana 28:00

2M ago28:00

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Dinesh Palipana is an extraordinary human being. He was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland and is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, and researcher. Halfway through medical school, he was involved in a motor vehicle accident that caused a cervical spinal cord injury. Biography Dinesh has completed an Advanced Clerkship in Radio…

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REPLAY: How business & personal trauma informs our values and purpose with Joanne Brooks 48:18

2M ago48:18

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Joanne talks about her inspiring journey into becoming a true entrepreneur beginning with a conventional bank job after school as decided by her father, then an early marriage as was expected of her. She moved up through promotions in the banking and finance world that made her a role model for women, breaking the glass ceiling of that time as she …

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Cord Jefferson 49:24

2M ago49:24

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Cord Jefferson is riding high as the Oscar-nominated writer and director of American Fiction, which has widely and properly been acclaimed as one of the best films of the past year. Even more exciting is the fact that Jefferson has never made a movie before. Leonard and Jessie enjoyed exploring the building blocks of his career that led to this ach…

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REPLAY: Persisting through a fearful childhood with determination with Ian Forest-Jones 51:30

3M ago51:30

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Ian was born in Hamilton, Canada, a poor working-class steel town. His childhood was extremely challenging as his mother’s partner was president of an outlaw motorcycle gang. He tells his story of the violence and criminality which traumatised him in his early years. He describes how he survived and later thrived because of his placement with excep…

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Nick de Semlyen 59:40

2M ago59:40

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As editor of Empire, Nick de Semlyen presides over the best film and television magazine in the English language: Empire. Every issue is jam-packed with deep-dive articles, interviews, set visits, and fun facts for both the fan and the aficionado. Nick has also written two excellent books examining American films of the 1980s: Wild and Crazy Guys a…

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REPLAY: Unmasking trauma, ADHD and addiction for a better life with Melissa Chureau 53:10

3M ago53:10

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Melissa’s story is very inspiring. She shares with us how she grew up in a dysfunctional family in California and suffered childhood trauma, undiagnosed ADHD and alcoholism as a teenager. Despite this adversity, her courage and determination led her to meet amazing support groups, healers and mentors and eventually become sober and live an authenti…

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Justin Chang 54:02

3M ago54:02

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The senior film critic for the Los Angeles Times, Justin Chang is also a graduate of USC and took Leonard’s class—three times. Leonard takes no credit for Justin’s brilliance as an essayist or as a world-class punster. Jessie has known him her whole life and is also an unabashed fan. Just back from the Sundance Film Festival, Justin made time for u…

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REPLAY: Listening & being present for your peers & community with Alan Stevens 51:13

3M ago51:13

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Alan’s remarkable story describes overcoming the challenges that go with building relationships. He raised three young boys after his first marriage broke up. This was followed by business failure, then another failed marriage. His life began to change when he discovered his healing gift. Then he met a group of Aboriginal Elders for a year around a…

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REPLAY: Overcoming illness & fighting depression while competing as an elite athlete with Don Mathewson 49:38

3M ago49:38

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Don Mathewson is a true champion who shares his extraordinary story of courage, determination, a passion for athletics, and overcoming major physical challenges alongside a life of service to others. He is a Masters track athlete who has been World Champion on three occasions across different age groups and received fifteen other medals. During his…

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Danielle Brooks 44:28

3M ago44:28

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Our guest this week is now appearing on movie theater screens in The Color Purple, recreating the role of Sofia that she originated in the Broadway revival. But as you’ll hear, that is just her latest achievement in an ever-growing body of work on stage, screen and television. Fans of Orange is the New Black knew her as Taystee, and followers of th…

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REPLAY: Healing from a toxic home through functional medicine with Dr. Traci Potterf 53:07

4M ago53:07

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Today Traci shares her very personal journey helping save her mom’s life… and colon… from Crohn’s disease, which doctors said was impossible, as well as her own experience with a terrifying combination of lead paint poisoning and toxic mould sickness that challenged her will to live. These struggles put everything she thought she knew to the test a…

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Sam Wasson 1:03:54

3M ago1:03:54

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Sam Wasson has become one of the finest Hollywood historians of our time, and also one of the most productive. His newest book, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story is not a conventional biography but an insightful analysis of the formidable filmmaker. It joins Sam’s earlier books on Blake Edwards, Paul Mazursky, and the making of Bre…

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REPLAY: From orphaned, addicted & alone to success in academia with Gregory Smith 51:41

4M ago51:41

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Gregory’s story begins in a violent and destructive home environment fuelled by anger and alcohol. He describes in graphic detail a life of neglect and trauma through his years as uncontrollable child in an orphanage. When he left at nineteen, he had no life skills and eventually ended up living as a recluse living alone in a rainforest in Northern…

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REPLAY: One person can change the direction of your life with Lena Papadopoulos 39:51

4M ago39:51

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Lena describes her dysfunctional family and a long struggle with depression, including suicidal ideation. The loss of a close friend to suicide without her being aware of his pain provided the basis of her passion for creating safe places for other people to find acceptance and support when they need help. Lena faced her own fears to create a pathw…

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REPLAY: Surviving crippling loss and changing your life with John Milham 57:32

4M ago57:32

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In this first guest podcast, the Kintsugi Hero is John Milham. He describes his journey from the crippling grief of losing his childhood sweetheart and beloved wife to how he survived and later thrived. At the same time, he completely changed his life's direction and identity while raising his three young children. He tells his harrowing story with…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: We're releasing our new and improved first episodes! 2:22

4M ago2:22

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If you've been with us from the beginning, you'll know we've had an incredible year of episodes for the podcast, hearing inspiring stories of our guests rising above their addiction, trauma, mental illnesses and more. The Kintsugi Heroes Team has also grown and, as I'm sure you can understand, 50 episodes of a podcast is a lot! With this in mind, w…

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Patricia Clarkson 1:07:13

4M ago1:07:13

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Any film that includes Patricia Clarkson in its cast has the cinematic equivalent of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. She is that good, that committed, that versatile. Her credits run the gamut from well-loved indies like Lars and the Real Girl, The Station Agent and Dogville to mainstream hits like The Untouchables and TV series, including …

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Finding resilience and surviving the Three Ds with Natalie Stockdale 45:28

4M ago45:28

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Natalie shares her story about the experiences she had that enabled her to create her resilience tools and shares several of them with us. As a young woman she experienced the heartbreak of drought in the outback when suffering stock were lost or had to be destroyed. Drought was the first of the three D’s that led to working in animal welfare. Her …

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Geena Davis 56:39

4M ago56:39

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Oscar-winning actress, mother, championship archer, film festival director, memoirist, founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media…Geena Davis has many hats but wears them lightly. The star of such enduring films as Beetlejuice, A League of their Own, and Thelma & Louise is a cut-up at heart, as Leonard and Jessie quickly learned. It’s …

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Addressing PTSD as a veteran and finding your gratitude with Terry James 42:28

5M ago42:28

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Terry is an early baby boomer. His life plan to become an archaeologist changed when he was conscripted into the Australian Army in 1966. He shares some of his traumatic experiences as an elite soldier. After two years he left the army and became an accountant and put the military out of his mind. Over time, the memories flooded back, and he had to…

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David Keith 52:02

5M ago52:02

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David Keith has been out of the spotlight in recent years but when he hit it big in An Officer and a Gentleman he became a hot property. Many movies followed, including The Lords of Discipline, Firestarter, Heartbreak Hotel (in which he played Elvis Presley), and The Indian in the Cupboard, to name just a few. He’s kept busy doing episodic televisi…

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Rising above a traumatic childhood and changing lives with Danny Lloyd 1:04:05

5M ago1:04:05

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Danny grew up in Guernsey Channel Island, bullied for being grossly overweight. He had a good home with a hardworking single mum but didn’t fit in. He was surrounded by wealth and privilege and felt trapped and became involved with drinking, drugs and violence. After many other experiences and now living in Australia, Danny had a moment in time whe…

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Paul Raci 42:44

5M ago42:44

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A lifetime of acting, mostly on stage, finally paid off for Paul Raci when he earned an Oscar nomination for a part he was born to play in Sound of Metal. It has changed the trajectory of his career, and he is happy to talk about working with Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Lopez, and Colman Domingo on recent projects. But what Leonard and Jessie took away …

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A life of love and business after a traumatic childhood with Judy Van Nierkerk 49:27

5M ago49:27

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Judy’s truly remarkable story begins at the age of fifteen after a childhood of unimaginable fear and torment as a victim of sexual enslavement by her father. She had the first of several extraordinary 'transcendent' experiences that gave her insight into the extraordinariness of who we are. She learned that we could access the universal intelligen…

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Melvin Gregg 37:22

5M ago37:22

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If you weren’t among the seven million people watching Melvin Gregg’s 7-second Vine videos online you may know him from such films and TV shows as Nine Perfect Strangers and the brand-new feature Share alongside Bradley Whitford and Alice Braga, now available on VOD. His acting ambitions brought him to Hollywood but unlike other young, struggling t…

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The truth about Child Slavery & being part of the solution with Paul Mergard 56:04

5M ago56:04

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Paul’s story is very moving, confronting but overall filled with hope. Over the past two decades, Paul has spent multiple nights in some of the darkest places on the face of the planet, rescuing children who have been sold into the global sex trade. He has felt a drive to do what he can to mobilise a movement of people to help bring an end to the a…

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Tony Anselmo 1:01:47

5M ago1:01:47

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Tony Anselmo’s face may not be familiar, but the whole world knows his voice—that is, when he speaks as his alter ego, Donald Duck! Tony inherited this unique job from its creator, Clarence Nash, and he feels very protective of the famously furious mallard. He is also a graduate of Cal Arts and has been an animator at the Walt Disney studio since 1…

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Burnout recovery, mental health and supporting yourself with Derek Rogers 40:45

6M ago40:45

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Derek has always been active and healthy, playing sports, in clubs and involved with communities. He was in scouting for eighteen years and is a Queen Scout. He has researched and studied food, human behaviour, and longevity for the last twenty years. As a single parent, he suffered from burnout and depression, and this is where he begins his story…

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Elizabeth Daley 57:43

6M ago57:43

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Elizabeth Daley has served as the Dean of the USC School for Cinematic Arts for 30 years, which means she’s been Leonard’s boss for 25 of those years. Leonard and Jessie realized that they’d never sat and just talked to her for an hour—until now. Elizabeth studied theater and migrated to television early in her career, then answered the call from a…

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Planting acorns to manifest your future with Monica Henderson 45:15

6M ago45:15

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Monica is a wife, mother, mogul, jet setter, and socialite who shares her own personal struggles with social anxiety, failure, and fear to illustrate how to stop being pushed by pain and start being pulled by your own vision. Her story is a compelling account of how she transitioned from poverty and homelessness to a fulfilling and abundant life us…

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Overcoming gambling addiction, finding hope and giving back with Ross Durkin 51:55

6M ago51:55

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Ross tells his harrowing story of his lived experience of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and addiction. He shares his recovery story with us in the hope that it assists in alleviating the stigma of mental health and suicide. He has been sober and gamble-free for nearly 20 years. Biography Ross has worked in the mental health fi…

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John Landis 1:03:39

6M ago1:03:39

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Just in time for Halloween, we reconnected with director and film aficionado John Landis for a wide-ranging, clearly spontaneous conversation about horror films past and present. John’s Halloween bona fides: he directed An American Werewolf in London, the underappreciated Innocent Blood, and Michael Jackson’s Thriller, about which Jessie was partic…

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Resolve and ethos borne of jailtime with Sophina Placencia 52:18

6M ago52:18

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Sophina grew up working for her mother in a not-for-profit business and was drawn back in when her grandmother asked her to help with her mother’s foundation. Determined to learn everything she could she left the business for others to run while she travelled. But while she was away funds were misappropriated and Sophina ended up in jail for a year…

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Revisiting Bruce Campbell 50:33

6M ago50:33

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The actor you know and love from the Evil Dead movies was an animated guest when Leonard and Jessie spoke to him in front of a lively audience at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas back in 2016.

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