IT IS HERE. THE LAST EPISODE OF THE YEAR!! Y'all. 2020. We can't thank you enough for sticking with us throughout this entire year. We know you have a lot of podcasts to listen too and we are grateful you keep coming back to our chats. CLOSING 2020 on a HIGH NOTE with the lovely, actress, activist, philanthropist, producer, GABRIELLE RUIZ!! She is known for The CW’s critically acclaimed comedy, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, where she received rave reviews as Valencia Perez. Her most recent project is Wha...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Julia 秀英 Ngeow is a filmmaker on the rise. An award-winning Australian film writer and director based in New York, who has created films across the globe, driven by a passion to uncover truth and cultivate empathy through storytelling. Creating documentaries, narrative films and commercials, she explores psychology, the physics of reality, with a focus on human vulnerability and interconnectedness. Julia has a background in STEM, graduating from a Bachelor of Biophysics (Neuroscience); and previ...
Dec 23, 2020•42 min
Most known as the fiercely feminist fat activist 'Rubi' on AMC's critical darling DIETLAND, Jen is an award-winning actress, TEDx talker, and body liberation activist. With a television resume that includes 30 ROCK, UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, THE BLACKLIST, and BLUE BLOODS, she also launched the storytelling podcast ALL THE FUCKS. It can be found wherever you listen to podcasts, as well as www.allthefuckspodcast.com . Socials: @jenponton (Twitter, IG)...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 4 min
In this episode we sit down with Pink Among Men collaborator, Caitlin Graham to discuss her life, work and recent venture with THE NATURALS which you can view on YouTube, Facebook and IGTV - check it out here. https://www.thenaturals.tv/ CAITLIN GRAHAM has been creating her own work in film and theatre for over a decade, including the award-winning dark comedy web series No Method and her brand new queer crime drama series The Naturals . She also cast and co-wrote the hit web series Queering, wh...
Dec 03, 2020•53 min
Alyce Chan is a stand-up comedian and the creator of BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) comedy. Alyce has also been featured on Filter Free Parents and the Tamron Hall Show. Alyce was also recently selected to be part of the White and Warren's modenr icons. She is the founder of MomComNYC on Instagram and also appears in the Pink Among Men produced quarantine comedy series "I Loathe the Quaran20s" streaming now. We talk about how Alyce discovered her love for being funny at a young age when she memorize...
Nov 19, 2020•46 min
WE ARE BACK. WHAT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE GONE? Greetings from our new studio in LA! That's right. Still NY'ers at heart (its really our home - if you can't tell when Amy's accent slips in) but, this official makes us a bi-coastal team! In this episode, Amy sits down with two extremely talented and hard working individuals, comedian and actor, GIANMARCO SORESI and actress, writer and producer, LINDSAY-ELIZABETH HAND. The two first collaborated a few years ago when they made the viral hit "Voldemo...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 9 min
MARIAMI IS KNOWN FOR HER TIMELESS, NOSTALGIC SOUL SOUND. HER MUSICAL ROOTS IN TRADITIONAL GEORGIAN CHURCH MUSIC LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR HER PROGRESSIVE SONGWRITER TOOL KIT. SHE PAINTS WITH A KALEIDOSCOPIC PALETTE IN THIS WAY, BLENDING INDO-EUROPEAN MELODY + SOUL. FROM THIS SHE HAS BUILT HER INDO-POP SOUND. TAKING HER MUSICAL CAREER FROM HER HOME COUNTRY OF GEORGIA TO NEW YORK, SHE ULTIMATELY LANDED IN LA WHERE SHE IS REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF HER PERSONAL STYLE. In this episode we chat wit...
Sep 30, 2020•46 min
EPISODE 50 COMIN' IN HOT. We sit down with a dude on episode 50! Dennis Cahlo is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, podcaster, and musician from Brooklyn, New York. In the last 5 years he has made 3 self produced short films The Weekend, Death (And Disco Fries), and Lonely Hearts and his first award winning feature documentary In Flowers Through Space in collaboration with E Scott Lindner . Dennis's film's have been credited as being "Very New York" and it's his goal to always make the ci...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 12 min
This week we continue our conversation about the moral dilemma, THE SURROGATE (2020 SXSW Official Selection). J Jessica (Jasmine Batchelor) a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, "Looking") and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, Slave Play). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of ac...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 9 min
In THE SURROGATE (2020 SXSW Official Selection),Jessica (Jasmine Batchelor) a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, "Looking") and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, Slave Play). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of action, the relationship between the three friends is put to the t...
Aug 27, 2020•52 min
DEAR YOUNG ROCKER IS AN AUDIO MEMOIR ABOUT GROWING UP A LONER AND FINDING A HOME IN MUSIC. Created and narrated by Chelsea Ursin, Dear Young Rocker, is a podcast that profiles a young teen seeking relief from the anxiety, body issues, and pent up aggression of adolescence and a way to connect to others through rock music. details the trials of being the only girl rock musician in her conservative hometown and sheds light on the un-talked about issue of aggression in girls and the importance of p...
Aug 12, 2020•49 min
NEW EPISODE COME UP. Get ya tea, pens and thinking caps ready. This is a movement - not a moment. Brittany Gooden, recently featured in a Pink Among Men women crushing it segment, where we promoted her fundraising campaign for STRANGE BIRD, a documentary seeking #JusticeforIzellParrott, is back this week and this time we are talking with her directly! Ernest Media CEO Brittany Gooden is a filmmaker with 8+ years working in TV, media and advertising. For her directorial debut, she is raising a fu...
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 3 min
This week on Pink Among Men we are pivoting our conversation, slightly, and are joined by our wonderful friend and fellow filmmaker, Hans Augustave. Hans recently released a short visual poem titled Before I Knew, which is a visceral poem on a young Black man's journey of developing in a white world. In this episode, Hans chats with us about micro-aggressions, how he left the pre-med world to pursue his art as well as what it means to be sober curious. Hans Augustave is an up and coming filmmake...
Jul 29, 2020•52 min
We are back with another Female Voices Rock In Conversation presentation, this time with none other than Effie T. Brown! Host, Amy DePaola sat down with Effie during the Facebook LIVE! Virtual Filmmaking Summit hosted by Female Voices Rock! Effie T. Brown is an award winning film, television, and digital producer known for her highly acclaimed, multi-platform repertoire as well as championing inclusion and diversity in Hollywood, both behind and in front of the camera. Brown has produced several...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Back from our isolated mini summer vacay and so excited for you to get to know this week's guest! This week we are joined by, RAIN VALDEZ, an actress, an award winning filmmaker and an out and proud transgender woman. Rain is also the founder of ActNOW, the first and only acting class in Los Angeles prioritizing a safe space for LGBTQIA actors and teaches beyond the binary. Rain got her start playing ‘Coco’ in season 2 of TV Land’s Lopez and doubling in Amazon's Transparent as Miss Van Nuys on s...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 5 min
The producers behind the Female Voices Rock Film Festival bring you Female Voices The Virtual Filmmaking Summit and this podcast episode! This episode was a live-stream recording that took place in early May 2020, and is a conversation with Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark moderated by Pink Among Men host, Amy DePaola. Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark , a platform that bridges online and offline experiences to make entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected ...
Jun 24, 2020•57 min
For teenage Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), home is the open road. Her self-reliant father (Steven Ogg) is her anchor in a life of transience. The pair crisscross the United States in a lovingly refurbished RV, relishing their independence and making ends meet by doing odd jobs. A shocking rupture, though, casts Nola out on her own. She makes her way to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in search of a mother she never knew. When her motorhome unexpectedly breaks down, she forges a bond with an auto body shop o...
Jun 17, 2020•56 min
Sista Brunch is a relaxed and fun interview-style podcast where Black women+ (cis-, transgender & non-binary) in the media reveal how they broke into—and now thrive in—one of the world’s toughest industries, with candor and humor. The show is hosted by NAACP Award-winning director Anya Adams ( Blackish , Fresh Off the Boat , G.L.O.W. ) and Fanshen Cox, award-winning playwright, and co-author of the Inclusion Rider, made famous by Frances McDormand in 2018. Our guests are Black women+ working...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Lynn Chen has a 3-decade career with credits in over 50 television shows (SHAMELESS, SILICON VALLEY), films (SAVING FACE, GO BACK TO CHINA) audio books (CRAZY RICH ASIANS) and video games (CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III & IV). Now she adds filmmaker to her resume, with her directorial feature I WILL MAKE YOU MINE (SXSW 2020). In this episode, we chat about the film as an adaptation from its predecessor's, in which she also starred in, how her career as a blogger led her to being a savvy produce...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 39
In a desperate attempt to escape her post-college soul-destroying banking job, Bethany submitted her headshot and acting resume to her local radio station in Minneapolis. Even though she lacked any radio experience whatsoever, Bethany's extensive training in improv helped her land the job and she ended up co-hosting their morning show for four years. Bethany then got the incredible opportunity to co-host the nationally syndicated Elvis Duran & the Morning Show, which she did until February 2...
May 20, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 38
We are talking about the elephant in the room! Coronavirus! Specifically the affect that quarantine has had on creative communities and who is shifting gears and creating from a social distance. This week we are joined by Eden Martinez, a Queer Puerto Rican-American filmmaker and creator who’s imaginative films use magical realism, metaphor and satire to explore social norms. Her films have screened and garnered awards at festivals around the country and she has over seven years' experience as a...
May 13, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Get to know Hollye, Janie, Jilly and Hannah BKA the women behind RAZOR BRAIDS, the all femme, melodic punk band who reminds you of the 60s', the 90s' and all the good times you had dreamin' about life from your bedroom and beyond. Their latest single NASHVILLE just released and we are previewing it in this episode for you! Hear about how they are handling quarantine, why they love music and what's in store for the future. Also, we are WCW on Isabella Olaguera, founder of Feed the Freelancers, an...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Eliza Hittman is an award-winning filmmaker whose feature films, It Felt Like Love, Beach Rats , have debuted to critical acclaim and her latest is no different, Never Rarely Sometimes Always , a story about a pair of teenage girls from rural PA who travel to NYC to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy, won a Special Jury Award for Neo-Realism at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize from the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. Spoilers ahead! In this episode...
Apr 29, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 35
HAPPY EARTH DAY TODAY & ALWAYS! Meet the women celebrating our earth every day: Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, Alysia Reiner and Claudine DeSola. Separately these women are wave and changemakers in their own right; respectively a fashion designer/activist; actress/producer/activist; and stylist/publicist/marketer/activist; but together, they are using the art of fashion as a medium of activism and hope through their zero waste womenswear label made ethically in New York, LIVARI. Follow these wo...
Apr 22, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Jenn Halweil is the definition of a modern day renaissance woman. Her work is the collision of science, technology and the arts, and she's closing the gap between all of them to enact radical change and growth in society. Jenn wears many hats and wears them well. She is the founder of #GoBeyondLabs; she's an actress; a filmmaker; an engineer and a pursuer of information. Jenn's latest doc-series FINANCIALLY NAKED has garnered over 1/2 a million views on Facebook and pulls apart the many socio-ec...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Brea Grant is an actor, writer and director. She also podcasts and writes comic books - yea, she's our new model of how to be awesome . You've seen her on shows such as Dexter, Heroes, Friday Night Lights and Eastsiders - which she is now also credited as writer and director on - and currently runs on Netflix. In 2019, Brea filmed back to back (with a 3 week break in between) features that she wrote; she also starred in one, LUCKY, a SXSW Official Selection, and directed the other, 12 HOUR SHIFT...
Apr 08, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Orange is The New Black star, SELENIS LEYVA is adding Author to her growing roster of titles. The actress, along with her model, chef and activist, sister, MARIZOL LEYVA, recently released their new book MY SISTER, a personal, family story about Marizol's transition. In this episode, co-Hosted by Women March's Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, we chat about intersectional feminism, putting yourself in other's shoes and how checking your privilege can enrich your lives. Co-Presented by Caravan Studio. ...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 31
SPLIT, an indie series that newly debuted on Amazon Prime explores an age old question about choices and decision one makes in their lives through two could-be world's of Samantha/Sam. This series, created by Yael Shavitt and directed by Molly McGaughey, is a binge-able watch and in this episode we talk about development, collaboration and ask ourselves what choices did we make that made our lives what they are. To watch SPLIT click here. Rate and review Pink Among Men wherever you get your podc...
Mar 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Chanel Ali, comedian, writer and actress is living in a culture of yes and you should join her. Chanel, a Philly native, NYC dwellin' burst of good vibes, chats with us about what qualities she noticed she had that gave her the confidence to pursue comedy full time, as well as how to deal with internet trolls and, even better, her advice for staying the course, even though society may not have wanted you to. NOTICE: This episode was recorded before the pandemic was declared; before many cases we...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 29
OUR FIRST EVER LIVE! EPISODE! We are thrilled to present our first ever LIVE! Recording: EPISODE 28: THE WRONG KIND OF WOMEN with multi-multi-hyphenate, filmmaker, actress, activist and, now, author, Naomi McDougall Jones! Off the heels of her TEDTalk, "What Its Like to Be a Woman in Hollywood," McDougall Jones pens the book: THE WRONG KIND OF WOMEN: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood; a somewhat memoir, and a somewhat guide to how we achieve equality. Recorded LIVE at Goth...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 28
