Hello! Welcome to 'This is Happening!', a podcast extravaganza hosted by Eric Morris and Doug Budin coming at you direct from Hollywood! Every week we interview a new and exciting person about what makes them tick, the exciting projects they are working on, and whatever else comes up! Enjoy!
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Episode 100: 100th Episode Celebration and Reunion!
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This Is Happening! is back with our 100th episode! All of our co-hosts reunite to celebrate our podcast's milestone and catch up with everyone's lives amidst the pandemic. Please join Eric, Nathan, Doug, and Georgie for a look back at 100 episodes of This Is Happening!By with Nathan Streifel and Eric Morris
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Episode 99: Bon Voyage Ryan Leslie Fisher
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We're back with a new episode! Join Eric and Doug and superstar guest co-hosts Georgie Leahy and Brandon Rogers for a sendoff to our ace producer Ryan Leslie Fisher. Ryan is leaving us for an indefinite period for career opportunities in Vancouver, Canada. Yes, friends, it's come to that. Ryan has been an invaluable, often behind-the-scenes compone…
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We're back with a brand new episode. Join Eric and Doug as we sit down with innovative filmmaker Guy Shalem. Guy tells us about moving from his native Israel for a career in Hollywood. Guy is an accomplished writer, director, and producer. We discuss making improv comedy show LOVESPRING INTERNATIONAL for Lifetime with producer Eric McCormack and fe…
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We're back with a brand new episode. Join Eric and Doug as we chat with veteran reality television producer Billy Burgess! Billy gives us the inside scoop, behind the scenes of making reality television shows. Billy has worked on Little Women: LA, Chrisley Knows Best, The Bachelor, Island Hunters, Cupcake Wars, and many more. He also worked at MTV …
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Episode 96: The Quarantine Episode!
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We're back! Like so much that we had grown accustomed to, recordings of This Is Happening! have been disrupted by Covid-19. But we're still here and look forward to resuming regularly recording and releasing episodes asap. In the meantime, catch up with Eric, Doug, Ryan and fave guest co-host Georgie as we convene on Skype from our respective bunke…
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Episode 95: Kristin Nobles and Christine Torres on Breast Implant Illness
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Episode 93: MM Productions- Todd Martens and Lee Marshall
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Episode 90: Demonhuntr - Tim O'Leary and Robert Rice
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This week, Eric, Ryan and fab guest co-host Georgie Leahy sit down with sensational burlesque and circus-cabaret legend Trixie Little! An innovative and sensational performer, Trixie combines acrobatics, striptease and humor in her outrageous, boundary-pushing shows around the world. She was crowned the Reigning Queen of Burlesque by the Burlesque …
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This Is Happening! is back with a brand new episode! This week, Eric and Doug chat with charming and talented shoe designer Jerome C. Rousseau! Jerome established his eponymous brand over 10 years ago and has been making his mark in fashion with a fun and beautifully made collection influenced by Jerome's distinctive passions for art, music, and po…
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Eric and Doug are excited to launch "This Is Happening!"'s first ever spin-off podcast series "Georgie and Friends" hosted by the buxom, bawdy phenom Georgie Leahy (@georieleahy). The boys and Georgie delve into the creation of her podcast and celebrate the release on UK podcast network Podnose. Joined by Georgie & Friends producer Ryan Leslie Fish…
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Episode 85- This is Happening: Michael Reisz
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On this brand new episode, Eric and Doug catch up with their good friend Michael Reisz, a prolific writer and producer of such television shows as the reboot of CHARMED, SHADOWHUNTERS, IN PLAIN SIGHT, PRIVILEGED, BOSTON LEGAL, and Universal's recent hit film TRUTH OR DARE. Michael left a promising career as a lawyer to pursue acting and ultimately …
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Episode 84: Nick Drobac - Green EnviroTech
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This week on This Is Happening!, we're changing it up and looking at innovative ways to address an environmental crisis - the massive accumulation of plastic products in our oceans. Eric Morris and special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down with Nick Drobac, Vice President of Business Development for Green EnviroTech, a company dedicated to addres…
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This week on This Is Happening!, Eric Morris and perennial special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down with super sexy and talented actor/writer/director/producer Gerald McCullouch in New York City! Gerald spent 10 years recurring on CSI and has appeared in numerous other tv shows and films including the LAW & ORDER: SVU, CHICAGO MED, HOUSE, and th…
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week, Eric Morris, Doug Budin, and special guest co-host Georgie Leahy sit down with Mick Richards to discuss his new documentary CREATING WOODSTOCK. Full disclosure: Eric produced this film with Mick. Mick Richards attended Woodstock as a teenager in 1969 and didn't think much more about it …
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Check out an brand new episode of This Is Happening! An another visit to New York City, Eric Morris and special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down with the charming and super talented David Drumgold. David has found success as a model, singer, actor, writer, producer, nightlife promoter, event producer and more. Join us as David tells us about his…
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week Eric and special guest co-host Georgie Leahy are on the road in New York and have the pleasure of sitting down with mega-talented multi-hyphenate Julian Fleisher. Julian is a prodigiously talented singer-songwriter-bandleader-actor-writer who lives and creates in New York. Julian leads a…
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Episode 79: The Perry Twins and Quinn Coleman
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After a short break, This Is Happening! is back with all new episodes! This week, Eric and Doug sit down with the Perry Twins and Quinn Coleman! The Perry Twins are Los Angeles-based DJ duo - identical twins Derek and Doug Perry. In addition to DJ'ing around the world, The Perry Twins write, produce, and remix songs that have topped Billboard's Dan…
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Check out this EXTRA special episode of This Is Happening! Co-hosts Eric Morris, Doug Budin, and Georgie Leahy interview John Morris about his incredible career producing rock concerts beginning with the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, opening the Fillmore East with Bill Graham, heading up production at Woodstock, opening the Rainbow Theater …
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! At the Nantucket Film Festival with special guest cohosts Georgie Leahy and Roberta Marie Munroe, we sat down with writer/producer Christine M. Torres whose short film CLARK played in the festival's Laugh Out Loud shorts program. Directed by her brother Nelson Torres and produced by Christine, CLA…
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Episode 76: Kit Williamson and John Halbach
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! Eric Morris and special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down in NYC with the charming and talented Kit Williamson and John Halbach of the popular and provocative web series EASTSIDERS which is about to launch its 4th season. Created by Williamson, who wrote and directed the first 3 seasons, and pro…
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To celebrate America's independence and the freedoms we enjoy and many that we still have to fight for, This Is Happening! brings you an extra special episode. During a recent whirlwind road trip, Eric and special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sat down with legendary singer-songwriter and performance artist Justin Vivian Bond. A trans-genre artist, Mx…
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Episode 74- Haley Finnegan at the Nantucket Film Festival
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This Is Happening! takes it on the road to the Nantucket Film Festival with fab recurring co-host budding superstar Georgie Leahy and special guest co-host writer/director/producer Roberta Marie Munroe. This week, Eric, Georgie, and Roberta welcome impossibly charming and talented actress/writer/director Haley Finnegan whose short film Westfalia pl…
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week, Eric and Doug chat with the prodigiously talented writer, director, and producer Tim Kirkman. Tim hails from North Carolina and made his first film, DEAR JESSE, about the parallels and dIvergent paths between his lIfe and that of Senator Jesse Helm. Next TIm captured DavId Drake‘s bold …
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Episode 72: Virginia Buckworth Founder of Gayle
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This week on This Is Happening!, Eric and Doug sit down with Virginia Buckworth, founder of Australia's first and only gay beer and cider company. Fresh off sponsoring LA Pride, Virginia recounts the genesis of her company which launched during Australia's successful marriage equality campaign in 2017. Gayle is now expanding into the United States …
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week Eric and Doug welcome our lovely friend Jess Gorell! Jess is a photographer, writer, director, and animator. Jess began to pursue photography when she lived on the island of Nantucket and her work has been shown and sold in galleries around the country. Jess is also a playwright and dire…
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Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week Eric and Doug welcome award-winning casting director Rick Millikan! Rick cast THE X FILES, the original SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, BONES, CSI: MIAMI, and MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, and many other television shows. Rick tells us about growing up in Southern California and breaking into show b…
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This week Eric and Doug are thrilled to welcome good friend Anne Moore! Anne is an accomplished actress, writer, producer, and director and she teaches acting at New York Film Academy in Los Angeles! Anne has appeared on stages around the country, on television series including Grey's Anatomy and Vegas, films including Driver X and Czech Days, the …
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Episode 68 - Welcome Doug Budin and Georgie Leahy!
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Join us, won't you, as Eric welcomes new co-host Doug Budin and previews a new podcast called Georgie & Friends featuring the gorgeous and talented Georgie Leahy! Doug is an actor, writer, marketing exec, and in-demand radio cohost (featured regularly on JEFF LEWIS LIVE on Radio Andy on SiriusXM). Georgie is a multimedia phenom who has appeared on …
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This week we spotlight our co-host and co-creator of This Is Happening! - the multitalented and impossibly charming Nathan Streifel! Nathan is stepping away from the podcast as a regular co-host, so new co-host Doug Budin and Eric chat with Nathan about his creative journey and how he became so amazing! Listeners of the podcast will have picked up …
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We have our first ever repeat guest! None other than Silverlake Icon Tony Soto! Join us as we chat it up and spill more tea with one of our faves!!By with Nathan Streifel and Eric Morris
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The one, the only, FRECKLE!!!By with Nathan Streifel and Eric Morris
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This week, Eric and Nathan welcome the amazingly talented and charming actress, writer, and producer Elisa Donovan! Elisa made an early and indelible splash as Amber in Clueless, which she reprised for 3 seasons in the tv series. She also co-starred for 3 seasons in the original Sabrina the Teenage Witch tv series and has appeared in scores of othe…
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This Is Happening! wraps up a magical trip to Santa Fe with a visit to the studio of prodigiously talented painter Darren Vigil Gray. Darren takes Nathan, Eric and special guest co-host Georgie Leahy I’m a tour of his workspace as he discusses his evolution as an artist. Darren grew up on the Jicarilla Apache ReservatIon in northern New Mexico, stu…
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Episode 62: Monique de Nys and Kellogg Johnson
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This Is Happening! continues our road trip to the Land of Enchantment. This week, again joined by special guest co-host, fab Brit phenom Georgie Leahy, Nathan and Eric get artistic by visiting the home studios of accomplished Santa Fe-based artists Monique de Nys and Kellogg Johnson!Born in Holland, Monique made her way to Santa Fe where she forges…
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This week Nathan, Eric, and Georgie are on the road in Santa Fe interviewing the lovely and talented stage and screen actor Paul Geoffrey! Paul has appeared in Excalibur, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Withering Heights among many other credits. We chat with Paul about coming to the U.S., his daughter's birth, and he even speaks Hungarian for us! Enj…
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This week Nathan and Eric welcome the innovative choreographer and director, Kitty McNamee. Kitty was the Artistic Director of the groundbreaking experimental LA based Hysterica Dance Co. She choreographs with the LA Philharmonic, The LA Opera, and the Pasadena Playhouse among others. Her film "The Yellow Room" has been screened at festivals around…
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This week @nathanstreifel and @itsericmorris sit down with the amazingly talented (and gorgeous) actor Amin El Gamal! @feistypharaoh has appeared on @prisonbreak , @transparentamazon , @shameless , HBO’s The Newsroom and many more. Amin tells us about coming out and how that has impacted him as an actor and a Muslim. Amin is smart, funny, and encha…
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This week Nathan and Eric sit down with the gorgeous and talented drag queen Indica Sativa!! Indica performs every Sunday in 'Green Eggs and Glam' at the Lyric Hyperion, Home Girls monthly on Thursday's at Saint Felix, and Bacon and Eggs the 3rd Sunday of every month also at Saint Felix.We chat with Indica about her drag, creating her own shows and…
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This week, Nathan and Eric welcome veteran television executive, journalist, reality television producer, and marketing executive Christopher Lisotta. Chris has led a fascinating and multi-dimensional life. He tells us about how television shows are developed, bought, and sold; takes us behind the scenes of the production of hit reality tv shows (1…
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Hello! This week Nathan and Eric sit down with children's book author, vlogger, and musician J.D. Oldenburg! J.D. recently released his first children's book 'Horatio in the Wind' available at www.horatiointhewind.com - It is his first book in a series called 'The Time Travel Tales'. We chat with J.D. about his inspiration for the book, his process…
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This Is Happening! celebrates Valentines Day by sharing our inspiring and fun interview with trailblazing talent Peter Paige. Peter discusses his journey from struggling actor to playing as Emmett for 5 seasons on the hit Showtime series QUEER AS FOLK to writing and directing the feature film SAY UNCLE. Most recently, Peter co-created THE FOSTERs, …
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Hello Listeners! This week Nathan and Eric sit down with the talented and super sexy burlesque performer, host/personality, personal trainer, and unicorn correspondent for Cosmopolitan Magazine: Jake DuPree! Jake has made a name for himself as a premier burlesque performers in LA. He has worked with Dita Von Teese, performing her famous martini gla…
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Episode 53: Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss
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Check out an especially lyrical episode of This Is Happening! This week, Nathan and Eric warmly welcome Armenian-English author, actress, and filmmaker Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss to talk about her first book, The Seamstress of Ourfa, an epic and sweeping tale of a family forced into exile by genocide. Inspired by her own family history, Victoria…
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This week, Nathan and Eric are thrilled to welcome actor, singer, and voice actor Paul Nakauchi. Paul has had a long career onstage, performing on Broadway, London’s West End, and extensively in regional and international theaters. Paul launched his career in Yul Brenner’s final revival of 'The King and I' and has appeared in numerous subsequent pr…
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This week Nathan and Eric are joined by the gorgeous, talented, darkly hilarious drag queen FENA BARBITALL! Fena is an LA based drag-queen who made a name for herself in the Boston drag scene before heading out west. She performs monthly at 'You've Got Male' at Precinct Bar in Downtown Los Angeles. We chat with Fena about getting her start, the Bos…
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