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A daily podcast where Ryan Simmons (UCB Theatre, SB Nation) watches exactly one minute of the 3-and-a-half hour 2019 movie The Irishman and then talks about it for a few minutes, and I honestly could not tell you why. New episodes Monday-Friday. Theme song: The Irish Washerwoman by Ron McKinnon (via Creative Commons: https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/irish-washerwoman)
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Culturally Jewish

The CJN Podcast Network

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Join actors David Sklar and Ilana Zackon as they schmooze with creative Jews of all disciplines, taking you behind the scenes of what matters most to Canada's Jewish arts community—and why our cultural representation matters.
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The actor’s journey is one of occasional highs and frequent lows. It is a path riddled with self-doubt and frustration as we question our career choices, wondering if we’ll ever really ”make it.” But it is those few moments of glory on stage or screen that can sustain us through all the setbacks and challenges. On this award-winning podcast, New York actor Patrick Oliver Jones invites fellow creatives to share stories of failure and persistence in their lives and careers. It’s a behind-the-s ...
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Hi, I’m Caitlin! 👋🏻 I’m obsessed with musical theatre and red wine🍷, so I thought, why not combine them into a game? So this podcast is about me playing a drinking game while I enjoy a musical. You can follow along in your personal recordings of the show because unfortunately, I am unable to upload the songs into my podcast. 😢
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In ThisGen Podcast, Toronto-based theatre director and playwright Rimah Jabr interviews Fellows and Mentors from Why Not Theatre’s inaugural ThisGen Fellowship, inviting audiences for a chance to listen to the journeys of the incredible artists who participated in the 2020 Fellowship. ThisGen Fellowship is an accelerator to support BIPOC women and non-binary artists get to the next level in their careers through mentorship, networking and training opportunities. Listen in as they engage in c ...
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STAGES is the podcast that accesses a variety of people whose professional life is about connecting with an audience. A host of creative artists and practitioners reflect on their career, their process and what matters – to them. Some have made the arts a lifetime pursuit, some explain how their career became a happy accident … but all describe the challenges and demands – and ultimately celebrate why there’s no business like show business! STAGES talks to talent from front of house and back ...
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Hop on the wild ride with The Long Road Podcast! Join Steve Bonham, Kev Moore, and Chris 'the Bishop' Lydon from the Renegade Americana band 'The Long Road' as they shake off the stereotypes of sex, drugs and suffering! Instead, they're here to bring you a riotous blend of humor, rebellion, and all things quirky. Get ready for a rollercoaster of ridiculous tales, offbeat musings, and downright daft moments that will leave you in stitches. With their signature irreverence and charm, these vag ...
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Not Another Theatre Podcast

Daniella Harrison & Joseph Winer

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Welcome to Not Another Theatre Podcast, where we'll be chatting to early career theatre creatives about what they do, why they do it, and how they got to where they are today. We'll be talking to writers, actors and directors as well as creatives whose jobs we feel don't get as much exposure, such as dramaturgs, stage managers, producers, marketeers and designers. We'll be finding out about career pathways, training opportunities and just having a good old-fashioned chit chat week on week. J ...
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"It is the honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind." William Wordsworth The Troubadour Podcast invites you into a world where art is conversation and conversation is art. The conversations on this show will be with some living people and some dead writers of our past. I aim to make both equally entertaining and educational.In 1798 William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge published Lyrical Ballads, which Wordswor ...
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Hello and Welcome to Castival. This is a brand new podcast where we get amazing guests to come and pitch their dream music festival. I’m Matt Hoss and I’m the host. I will be there to interview, to analyse and get to the depths of why they think that their festival is the best. We will be talking about music, camping and why we love the music that we do. It’s not just a music appreciation podcast, it’s a podcast looking at the things we’re passionate about.
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Why We Theater

Broadway Podcast Network

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Social justice meets theatre in this podcast from Playbill’s former Executive Editor Ruthie Fierberg. Artists and experts unite for curated panels, using plays and musicals (Broadway, Off-Broadway, and works in development) as a jumping-off point to confront societal issues such as racism, colorism, voting rights, fake news, digital technology addiction, the school-to-prison pipeline, anti-Semitism, raising LGBTQIA+ kids, and more. We help listeners grapple with hard questions inside a play ...
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A Generational Thing

Natalia Latham and Angela J Latham

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A Zoomer and a Boomer walk into a bar. Z says to B, “Girrrl, let’s start a podcast.” B rolls her eyes and says to Z, “Sure why not? The world is short on podcasts.” God hollers from the men’s room: “Brainy, artsy, angsty repartee between strong women of two vastly different generations will save humanity!! … Probably!” Bartender slides down a hot mic. Hosts Natalia Latham and Angela Latham take on the hard stuff, since that’s mostly all there is these days. Religion, culture, waves of femini ...
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“Dizney Coast to Coast” features honest, passionate, and clear-eyed Disney discussions that both celebrate and question one of the largest and most beloved entertainment companies in the world. Entertainment-obsessed host Jeff DePaoli is an avid Disney fan who has studied and experienced Disney content his entire life. Listen as Jeff spreads his Disney knowledge, and come along for the ride hearing passionate conversations celebrating (and sometimes questioning) Disney theme parks, movies, t ...
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Jesus + Juliet

Lara Doll Kennedy

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Welcome to Jesus + Juliet with your host, Lara Doll Kennedy. What started out as a podcast about Christian theatre has evolved into a show with honest conversations regarding personal development, relationships, and conscious living. If you love it, leave a review and don’t forget to follow me on IG @laradollkennedy
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I'm your fairy godmother of what to do and where to eat in Atlanta and beyond! We'll talk about food, drink events, musical events, theatre and more! Why me? I've authored several guide books to Atlanta, written for many publications on travel & food and am a certified World Food Championships judge. Follow me and you won't be bored or hungry. For BTS + more follow me @Roamilicious on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Get my free Atlanta Guide here when you sign up for my newsletter: bit.ly/2 ...
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Jiggle It A Little It'll Open

Aaron Kahn and Ira S. Murfin

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Listen as two old friends and collaborators gradually fashion a podcast from nothing but their shared history by gently agitating whatever enters their field of perception, watching for some meaning or significance to eventually come tumbling out. Avenues of inquiry include, but are not limited to, their mutual hometown of Chicago, experimental theatre, the current cultural and political climate in the U.S. and Europe, and just what this podcast is all about, anyway. Occasionally some humor ...
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Get Onto My Cloud has Tim at his chatty witty best, where he talks about his career in theatre and music, his colleagues and friends (plus the odd foe) and sometimes roams off stage to discuss other important matters in his life such as cricket, astronomy, Sunderland FC and boxer dogs. You can also expect to listen to recordings of some of his favourite lyrics (not always the obvious ones) and he reveals how and why some shows worked brilliantly and some didn’t. Described as “Relaxed, casual ...
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When life hands you a moment that slaps you right in the face, all you can say is HOLY F*CK. It’s painful, blinding, yet liberating AF. The most f*cked up moments in your life can change everything…for the better…if you let them. I’ll show you how on this show. Dive deep with me, Christine Banno, into raw, real, unfiltered stories where chaos meets clarity and mess turns into magic. Through guest stories and my intimate “mini riffs,” expect spicy confessions, shocking revelations, and mind b ...
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Welcome to 'Fun Facts with Chase,' your weekly rendezvous with the fascinating, the obscure, and the downright mind-boggling! Join host Chase Fiore as he navigates through the intriguing tapestry of our world. From the mesmerizing mazes of history and the hidden treasures of science, to the tantalizing tales of cultures and spellbinding secrets of nature - we cover it all. Tune in each week for a journey filled with learning, laughter, and surprises. 'Fun Facts with Chase' is not just a podc ...
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The Leadership Lyceum: A CEO’s Virtual Mentor podcast series provides situational advice to a wide audience of leaders and boards of directors through conversations with those that have been there. The podcast brings unprecedented, one-on-one access to top, current and retired, CEOs and Directors of Boards and provides beneficial information and valuable insight on situational and topical issues that confront CEOs and Boards from those that have faced them before - often in dramatic circumst ...
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1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left (Akashic Books, 2024) explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive-compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of thirteen--just as Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited starts to bite, and the Beatles's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club…
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From the inception of cinema to today’s franchise era, remaking has always been a motor of ongoing film production. Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture (U California Press, 2024) challenges the categorical dismissal in film criticism of remakes, sequels, and franchises by probing what these forma…
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F*ck The Army! How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War (NYU Press, 2024) offers a comprehensive history of the FTA, an antiwar variety show featuring Jane Fonda that played to tens of thousands of active-duty troops over nine months in 1971. From its conception, the civilian-led show was directed towards making visi…
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Jewish stars have longed faced pressure to downplay Jewish identity for fear of alienating wider audiences. But unexpectedly, since the 2000s, many millennial Jewish stars have won stellar success while spotlighting (rather than muting) Jewish identity. In Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy (NY…
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James Elazzi is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays have been nominated in the NSW Premier's Literary Award three years consecutively, shortlisted twice in the Rodney Seaborn Award, four time award winner in the Sydney Theatre Awards and is a three time Silver Gull Playwriting Award Nominee. James' sold out theatre sta…
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In Theater As Data: Computational Journeys Into Theater Research (U Michigan Press, 2021), Miguel Escobar Varela explores the use of computational methods and digital data in theater research. He considers the implications of these new approaches, and explains the roles that statistics and visualizations play. Reflecting on recent debates in the hu…
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Disney fans rejoice! The Country Bears will be making a new impression at Disneyland with a barbecue eatery. Plus, Disneyland Cast Members have authorized the potential for a strike, Disney Legend Bob Gurr is being turned into a Funko Pop figure, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and data from Dis…
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Born in 1936, acclaimed Architect Vivian Fraser passed away in 2021. His name may not be immediately recognisable, but this Master Architect left a legacy that continues to reward the Arts community and their audiences. On his tombstone he jested that he would like the epitaph to read, “ … he provided simple answers to difficult problems.” It would…
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Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial–often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction…
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In 1967, the US government funded the National Theatre of the Deaf, a groundbreaking rehabilitation initiative employing deaf actors. This project aligned with the postwar belief that transforming bodies, minds, aesthetics, and institutions could liberate disabled Americans from economic reliance on the state, and demonstrated the growing belief th…
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Fabian Aloise’s choreography has been critically acclaimed and has garnered multiple nominations including two Olivier Award Nominations for Best Theatre Choreographer, WhatsOnStage Award for Best Choreography, Stage Debut Award for Best Creative West End Debut and the Off West End Award “OFFIE” (winner). Recently he was also listed as one of The S…
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In his new book, We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America (Oxford UP, 2020), Kevin Mattson documents punk rock in the early 1980s through a comprehensive look into the music, zines, films, bands, and punk Do-It-Yourself (DIY) tactics. He shows how widespread the punk movement was in creating a…
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In the previous episode you heard from theater writer and director Rob Melrose, who is the artistic director of Alley Theatre in Houston. He shared what it means to create and produce his own works and others. Well, now Rob is back to talk about lessons he’s learned behind the table as well as from a heart attack he suffered two years ago by answer…
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Melanie is a writer for stage and screen with a proven track record in Australia and the UK. Her first play The Vegemite Tales won critical and popular acclaim, playing eight years in London, including two years on the West End. Melanie then trained as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, where she worked for twelve years acro…
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Shane Jacobson is one of Australia’s most loved, award-winning actors, presenters and entertainers. His incredible and varied career spans over 40 years both here at home and internationally. The successful film Kenny brought Shane world-wide recognition in 2006 as well as an AFI Award for best lead actor. Shane’s subsequent credits include Cactus,…
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To celebrate the 500 milestone we give you a highlights package - just a few of the stand-out moments from 7 years of the STAGES podcast. It is by no means ALL of the wonderful moments, but just a few that stand out for me - joyous moments along the way. The podcast has featured on-stage and off-stage roles from a variety of genres - Musical theatr…
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To celebrate reaching this milestone of 500 … the podcast will be dropping an episode a day for the next week. It’s a stellar line up and I cannot wait to share each episode with you. Episode 502 is a highlights package featuring some of my favourite moments from the seven seasons of the show. Episode 503 features funny man and all round nice guy S…
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After many requests and prompts, I’ve given in. The A-listers were not available for this milestone episode of the STAGES podcast, so you get me in the chair. But who to fire the questions and prod the guest? There was only one person in my mind; longtime listener and champion of all things theatre, Mark Humphries. The talented Mr Humphries is urba…
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Disney fans rejoice. On this episode, I’m chatting with Ed Comber from Next Stage Preservation. At Next Stage Preservation, they’re working to bring Marceline, Missouri’s Uptown Theatre back to life. Marceline, Missouri is the boyhood hometown of Walt Disney, and the Uptown Theatre is a cinema on Marceline’s Main Street where Walt and Roy premiered…
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The 'baby boom' generation, born between the 1940s and the 1960s, is often credited with pioneering new and creative ways of relating, doing intimacy and making families. With this cohort now entering mid and later life in Britain, they are also said to be revolutionising the experience of ageing. Are the romantic practices of this 'revolutionary c…
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Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Emily Wilbourne argues for the relevance of such individuals to the history of Western music and for the importance of sou…
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The interview featured an in-depth dialogue about The Theatre of Twenty-First Century Spain (Vernon Press, 2022), a bilingual collection that examines contemporary Spanish theater and its exploration of identity, anxieties and social urgencies. The editors, Helen Freear-Papio and Candyce Crew Leonard, shared their backgrounds, interests in Spanish …
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"A woman in trouble" In her monograph Inland Empire (Fireflies Press, 2021), film critic Melissa Anderson explores meaning (or the impossibility thereof) in the David Lynch film of the same title. We talk everything from Laura Dern (a LOT of Laura Dern), to the Hollywood nightmare of trying to "make it in the movies," to the contradictions of film …
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Soul is one of those concepts that is often evoked, but rarely satisfactorily defined. In The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s (Duke University Press 2020), Emily J. Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black cultur…
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In a recent opinion piece for The Daily Iowan, a vital point was made about the importance of regional theater. It said “not every production is ultra famous, boasting popular actors in leading rules. But every production is important.” (I even posted about it on WINMI’s instagram feed, which you can follow: @winmipodcast.) The point being made was…
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Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to leave them with troubling questions. Representing the climax of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's celebrated run of six exceptional feature films, t…
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It’s the UConn Popcast, and recently UConn’s Center for the Study of Popular Music hosted a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Music. The panel featured Dr. Mitchell Green, Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut; Dustin Ballard, a musician and creator of the social media channel “There I Ruined It”; and Dr. Aa…
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Send us a Text Message. Is Catholicism more similar to a cult than you might think? In this episode, we embark on a thrilling exploration of religious movements, beginning with a deep dive into the controversial distinctions between cults and established religions. We critically examine characteristics like deference to authoritarian leaders and co…
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In Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism (Lexington Books, 2022), Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo examines the production of physical and digital spaces in dance music, and how the players—clubs, clubbers, and DJs—use authenticity, branding, and commercialism to navigate them. An in-depth stud…
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I Spit On Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies (Headpress, 2024) by Heidi Honeycutt is the first book-length history of female horror directors from the late 1800s to present day. Having conducted hundreds of interviews and watched thousands of horror films, Honeycutt defines the political and cultural forces that shape the …
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The emergence of the popular music industry in the early twentieth century not only drove a wedge between music production and consumption, it also underscored a wider separation of labor from leisure and of the workplace from the domestic sphere. These were changes characteristic of an industrial society where pleasure was to be sought outside of …
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Disney fans rejoice! Disney Cruise Line has made a bunch of announcements regarding three of their ships. Plus, Genie+ is going away for a "new" pay-to-play system, Tokyo plans a farewell celebration for Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, a Disney drone show is going on tour, "Inside Out 2" continues to dominate, and "Hercules The Musical" is headed …
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At the onset of the Holocaust, after Maxwell Smart's family began being targeted and killed in Nazi-occupied Europe, he became separated from his mother, who made one final request of her young son: "Please run away." He did as he was told. He ended up spending one and a half years living in the cold, desolate woods of Eastern Europe, meeting and m…
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From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain—the exchange of one’s soul in return for untold riches and power—has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations. In Devil's Contract: A History of the Faustian Bargain (Melville House, 2024), Dr. Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian bargain, fro…
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Working across and among languages, media, and art forms, Caroline Bergvall’s writing takes form as published poetic works and performance, frequently of sound-driven projects. Her interests include multilingual poetics, queer feminist politics and issues of cultural belonging, commissioned and shown by such institutions as MoMA, the Tate Modern, a…
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