This is a special episode of the podcast because while I'm away enjoying a holiday with my family I am sharing my episode as a guest on Nicole Tremaglio’s podcast, Nicstalgia, where I had a blast going deep discussing what I love to talk about pop culture, change, and personal growth. If you're new to the podcast Nicole was a guest on Camera Ready & Abel and discussed the important difference between building a community and building an audience . Nicole Tremaglio is a brand and consultant p...
Aug 23, 2022•51 min•Ep. 74
It’s time to deliver an impactful lesson on branding that will change how you think of the subject forever. Here to deliver the message on Camera Ready & Abel is DP Knudten, Chief Collaborator at his business, Collaborator Creative. DP is the author of the must read, NONFICTION BRAND—Discover, craft and communicate the ‘completely true / completely you’ brand you already are . His fresh take on branding is a call to action with an action plan, so you aren’t left wondering where to get starte...
Aug 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 73
I strive to deliver positive, actionable takeaways at Camera Ready & Abel but this is an especially inspiring episode! It's not easy to stay the course in pursuit of your dreams. There's a constant din of outside noise, opinions, societal pressure and your own gremlins. Katie Linendoll shares generously how learning to keep the blinders on took her from production assistant at ESPN to Emmy Award-winning consumer technology expert and one of the leading women in media technology with televisi...
Aug 09, 2022•33 min•Ep. 72
We can give approval, we can receive approval and very often we put too much time and energy into seeking approval. As a recovering people pleaser, I know this well. My guest for this episode of Camera Ready & Abel, entertainment journalist, producer, and entrepreneur Chris Witherspoon, gets raw and vulnerable sharing how his quest for approval stalled him from getting to his next level of greatness in his career until he focused on what made him truly happy and listened to two very importan...
Aug 02, 2022•38 min•Ep. 71
You don't know how little you know about Intellectual Property (IP) until you interview an attorney specializing in IP on your podcast. I don't think I've ever taken so many notes during a recording of Camera Ready & Abel before. For the uninitiated, Intellectual Property is defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization as: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs and symbols, names and images used in commerce. My guest for this episode, Franc...
Jul 26, 2022•33 min•Ep. 70
Grab your journal. This episode of Camera Ready & Abel is full of nuggets you're going to want to remember. My nourishing conversation with life, business and career coach, Brian Patacca, begins with marketing and ends with dignity and respect. Along the way, Brian reframes the entire concept of marketing around generosity and purpose: Marketing is going public with your gifts and being seen for your gifts. If you build it and you TELL people about it, they will come Be determined each day, ...
Jul 19, 2022•36 min•Ep. 69
One of the best parts of having a podcast is being able to explore interesting ideas with interesting people. It was my pleasure to be a guest on the Nicstalgia podcast with host Nicole Tremaglio and something Nicole mentioned in that conversation about the difference between building community versus building audience sparked me into needing to learn more. Nicole is a branding consultant, pop culture expert writer, and self-described millennial sporty spice and quickly gets to the heart of it i...
Jul 12, 2022•28 min•Ep. 68
Giving and receiving feedback is essential to camera readiness and a hallmark of leadership. But it strikes fear into the hearts of so many of us. I said feedback but you heard criticism, shame, what you did wrong. Here to reclaim FEEDBACK from its negative reputation is returning podcast champion, Alan Ibbotson, who gave us a masterclass on resilience in episode 6 which I highly recommend you (re)listen to. Alan is a leadership and emotional intelligence (EQ) coach, founder of The Trampoline Gr...
Jul 05, 2022•33 min•Ep. 67
I talk about tapping into your superpowers all the time to grow your business and make an impact on the world. Cathy Pedrayes tapped into her innate ability as a well-prepared, analytical thinker to make complicated information around cybersecurity super simple and digestible, combined it with her natural warmth and relatability, posted a video to TikTok about what she carries in her first aid kit which got over 2 million views and "The Mom Friend" was born. Cathy found the intersection of passi...
Jun 28, 2022•35 min•Ep. 66
To build means to make, by putting together parts and materials. It's a powerful, positive, active verb. This episode of Camera Ready & Abel is a master class in How to Build with brand strategist, change agent, marketing maverick and investor, Lauren Maillian. Lauren shared so much valuable information I'm going straight to the Key takeaways: Learn how to thrive in uncertainty Failure is always an option so you ask yourself: is it worth it even if I fail? Optimize your talent Understand bot...
Jun 21, 2022•28 min•Ep. 65
One of the best parts of having a podcast is getting to talk to interesting people about topics I find interesting. According to research, you and I will have up to seven careers in a lifetime with an average of 12 different jobs (I think I'm on career #5) so I was fascinated when I read an excerpt in The Guardian from my guest Nick Duerden’s new book, Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars because career transitions are tricky enough without public scrutiny...so where do you go onc...
Jun 14, 2022•37 min•Ep. 64
Roni Selig and Marcie Mulé are legends in the unscripted television world and you'll understand why after listening to this episode presented by the 3 Rs to Building a Sustainable and Successful Career: Rugged, Resourceful, and Resilient. Creatives that they are, they couldn't stop with the 3 R's and added these words to the conversation: Endurance, stamina, energy, discipline, impact, risk, trust and lucky... ...because Television Production is rugged terrain. Roni describes working 3 days/nigh...
Jun 07, 2022•37 min•Ep. 63
Owning it means taking responsibility for your thoughts and actions, and in the camera ready world owning it is essential to how you show up. I'm thrilled my dear friend, casting director, coach, actor and documentary filmmaker, Sean De Simone, is here to go deep with stories of transformation and practical tips into... Owning your: Talent skillset ambition uniqueness superpowers mistakes ...and owning the room vs taking over the room (and why that matters) Sean is an expert in TV Host and Brand...
May 31, 2022•44 min•Ep. 62
Budget maybe one of the, um, least sexy words in the Camera Ready & Abel lexicon but one of the most essential. A key to success is treating your career like the business that it is and that requires a budget. My guest for this episode, Stacey Linderman, founder and principal consultant at A6 Financial and Business Optimization says,"your budget is a road map to your destination. If you're not typically a "numbers person," you're in luck because Stacey offers straightforward advice to make s...
May 24, 2022•42 min•Ep. 61
Connection is one of the essential C's to being camera ready - connection to the camera, to the content, to the audience and connection to yourself. I first met my guest for this episode, Kamie Crawford, when she was a 19 year-old college student, working model and recent Miss Teen USA with big dreams of being a television host. The minute she walked into my office I knew she was someone special. Spoiler alert: Kamie turned her dreams into goals and is now a hugely successful content creator, mo...
May 17, 2022•37 min•Ep. 60
My guest for this episode, Bill Brand, is a storyteller par excellence. He began his far-ranging career in local news with stops along with way at VH1, Lifetime, HSN and Carnival Cruise Lines before becoming CEO of fashion retailer Rue 21 with 700 stores in 45 states, a robust ecommerce business and millions of social followers. When I asked Bill to be on the podcast, I wanted him to talk about leadership because he's seriously the best boss ever, but he insisted the it's really, simply, all abo...
May 10, 2022•40 min•Ep. 59
Making change means taking creative action to solve a social problem and my guest for this episode of Camera Ready & Abel, Cindy Gallop, Founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, is making change to how we think about sexual values and behaviors in her necessary and trailblazing platform. The tagline reads: Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference and Cindy goes deep pointing out we are raised by our parents to behave well with good manners, a work ethic, sense of responsibility and account...
May 03, 2022•31 min•Ep. 58
From birth it's estimated we hear the word no 400x per day. It's amazing we try anything new because that's a lot of negative and limiting conditioning. In this episode, the dynamic polymath, Angela Marie Hutchinson, explains the life skill I wish I'd learned a lot sooner: How to redirect your no's to Create Your Yes. Angela, who is a showrunner, screenwriter, producer, television host, working mom and former talent agent, created this actionable 12-step strategy for success based on her TEDx ta...
Apr 26, 2022•42 min•Ep. 57
Alex Yaro, mediator, executive coach, conflict resolution expert and my guest for this episode, boldly asks on the home page of his website, ConflictYes.com : How much energy do you waste avoiding conflict? If you've never stopped to think about this - and how it impacts your life - you're not alone. If you're a recovering pleaser, like me, your answer might be a somewhat sheepish a lot… Alex was born in Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union and has lived in Asia, Europe and North America...
Apr 19, 2022•35 min•Ep. 56
Suchi Reddy is a poet of space. Long before I met Suchi, I fell in love with her work when I experienced the Connective Project in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, an installation of 7,000 glorious, yellow, flower-like pinwheels that filled me with happy. Years later when I met Suchi through our mutual friend, Stacy Fass, Suchi dropped the phrase form follows feeling into the conversation and right then and there I asked Suchi to be on the podcast. I needed to explore this idea and share it with you. Fo...
Apr 12, 2022•27 min•Ep. 55
Evan Shapiro is the Unofficial Official Cartographer of the Media Universe and I am a happy subscriber to his must read newsletter Media War & Peace so I immediately stopped what I was doing when an edition landed in my inbox with the subtitle: Future-proof your career. I want to future-proof my career, don't you?? Evan completely delivered on his promise, as he always does, and I used the Camera Ready & Abel podcast as the perfect excuse to reach out and ask, can we talk about this? Key...
Apr 05, 2022•42 min•Ep. 54
Audrey Hepburn reminded us to look at impossible in a new way: Im Possible. Dan Austin, founder of the 88bikes Foundation asks every day: could it be possible? Spoiler alert: The answer is an enthusiastic YES! as Dan joins me on this optimistic episode of Camera Ready & Abel to discuss how a simple idea blooms into impactful execution and joy-based philanthropy. The 88bikes Foundation was born in 2007, when Dan was on a cycling holiday in Cambodia with his brother, and they looked to donate ...
Mar 29, 2022•28 min•Ep. 53
If you are a regular listener of Camera Ready & Abel - and I hope you are! - you know that getting unstuck and stepping out of the messy middle are recurring themes. This often requires audacity, the willingness to take bold risks. My guest for this episode, Zahra Rasool, is a two-time Emmy nominated director, writer, producer and media entrepreneur working at the intersection of storytelling and innovation. Zahra bravely and boldly move from Mumbai to the United States at the age of 19 - wh...
Mar 22, 2022•29 min•Ep. 52
On this episode of Camera Ready & Abel, my dear friend, producer, content strategist and co-founder of Cogorno Golf, Mary Lengle poses a question that has been a game changer for me in how I approach my business and life: IS IT NICE or IS IT NECESSARY? Marinate on this for a moment. At any stage of your business, and certainly in the beginning, it is easy to get distracted and stuck in the Shoulds spending a lot of resources on things that are nice but really not necessary. This is a simple ...
Mar 15, 2022•42 min•Ep. 51
Fact: Everyone can be creative. And yet...somewhere along the line many of us buy into the idea that we are not creative. This episode of Camera Ready & Abel is dedicated to debunking that myth and our guide to reclaiming our creativity is Maria Brito, an award-winning New York City-based contemporary art advisor, author, host, creator, recovering corporate attorney and force of nature. Maria's latest book, “How Creativity Rules The World: The art and business of turning your ideas into gold...
Mar 08, 2022•41 min•Ep. 49
One of the best parts of having my podcast is reconnecting with people I haven't spoken to in too long and on this episode of Camera Ready & Abel I enjoy a long overdue chat about directing talent, building trust, leadership, communication, imposter syndrome and the unique thrill of directing live television with one of my favorite former colleagues from my VH1 days, Michael A. Simon. Throughout his 25-year career, Michael has directed some of the most iconic moments in television. His shows...
Mar 01, 2022•40 min•Ep. 50
The ability to persevere has come up in most of the conversations I’ve had on Camera Ready & Abel. Things take time and few things go as planned. Life takes GRIT and my good friend Babette Perry joins me to dig deeper into the world of resilience and long term goals. In this episode we look at faith’s relationship to grit, believing in success when others don’t see it, and the importance of down right hard work. Babette Perry is a partner at Innovative Artists Talent & Literary Agency wh...
Feb 22, 2022•34 min•Ep. 48
I used to think anxiety was people hyperventilating into paper bags in the movies. Now I realize healthy anxiety keeps me from getting hit by cars when I cross the street and unhealthy anxiety keeps me from trying things that help me grow as a person and develop in my career. My guest on this episode of Camera Ready & Abel is Heather Hans who has taught me so much about managing anxiety in contemporary life and she gives several, actionable tips for how you can too. One of the biggest things...
Feb 15, 2022•36 min•Ep. 47
Looking and feeling your best are core principles of being camera-ready and on this episode, I get schooled in the psychology of getting dressed, enclosed cognition and how it can make or break your audition, job interview or first date with mother-daughter duo Alison Bruhn and Delia Folk, co-founders of The Style That Binds Us. Delia and Alison have built a global lifestyle brand and community for women who want to live a stylish and fearless life. Delia Folk is a former Barneys New York buyer ...
Feb 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 46
Beauty is an inside job, not something you put on. Sir John shares so many stop-what-you're-doing-and-listen insights in this episode including: Love your body from the inside out. Look at aging as Glowing Up Beauty is an action Beauty is finding and sharing your voice Beauty is being an accomplice, not only an ally Sir John is a dynamic force in the beauty and fashion industry, creating iconic looks with his signature use of color, luminance, and inclusive style. His magnetic presence and uniqu...
Feb 01, 2022•41 min•Ep. 44
