ACTOR | MUSICIAN - This week our guest is ROBERT STEFFEN. Nominated for Best Male Vocalist in the 2008 Orange County Music Awards, Robert Steffen's music is intimate, poly-rhythmic and melodically dynamic. A native of Orange, CA. For the past ten years he was part of several award-winning avante garde music and theatre productions in New York. His acting credits include: The Public Theatres' Othello with Liev Schreiber and Keith David, Jim Henson's Obie award winning production of the Kabuki spo...
Sep 06, 2010•55 min
REIKI MASTER | TEACHER | COUNSELOR - This week our guest is CANDY HOUGH. Known for her extraordinary ability to channel messages from the angelic realm, this straight-shooting and grounded healing practitioner is loved and admired by her international clientele for the trans-formative effect that she has on their lives. Through her healing practice Angel Healing House, Candy is a published author, of the inspirational book, "Angels of Faith" and has recorded a beautiful, guided, angel meditation...
Aug 23, 2010•55 min
FILM/TV PRODUCTION COORDINATOR - This week our guest is ASHLEY HALL. Ashley is a production coordinator, currently working in Los Angeles, California. She is originally from Richmond, Virginia, and has both domestic and international film credits. Her previous projects include: "Sympathetic Details" directed by Benjamin Busch and starring cast members of HBO's "The Wire" with Ryan Sands, Clarke Peters, John Doman, and Domenick Lomardozzi, and "Kerosene Cowboys" directed by Mario Van Peebles and ...
Aug 16, 2010•55 min
GRAMMY WINNER | SINGER | SONGWRITER - Our guest this week is MATT ALBER. Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, Matt Alber, grew up singing in choirs. Matt learned how to make something beautiful with his friends on stages around the world. Like an athlete, he watched himself get better at something his body and mind were making together and eventually got his degree in music. He moved to California to join the classical men's ensemble "Chanticleer" with whom he recorded two Grammy® Award-winning...
Aug 09, 2010•55 min
STAGE | FILM | CABARET PERFORMER | Our guest this week is ALEXANDRA BILLINGS. She has won multiple awards for her work such as: "After Dark Award for Best Actress in a Comedy," in Charles Busch’s "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom." "After Dark Award for Best Actress" playing Margot Channing in "Applause" for Healthworks Theatre at The Apollo, "New York MAC Hanson Award, for New Cabaret Artist," "After Dark Award for Outstanding Cabaret Artist of the Year," Her character "Shante" at the Baton Show Loung...
Aug 02, 2010•55 min
FILM PRODUCTION MANAGER - Our guest this week is DAVID JAPKA. David has been delivering outstanding production management services for 20 years. From legal and marketing insight, to scheduling and production execution, David has continuously worked to provide excellence for established and emerging filmmakers. Well versed in all elements of film production, David provides script breakdowns and budgeting for business plans and then follows through in building integrated and motivated production t...
Jul 26, 2010•55 min
HIP HOP ARTIST | RAPPER - This week our guest is KELDAMUZIK aka Diva. She is a hip hop artist, rapper from the Bay Area. She has just returned from her latest tour on the Barbados Islands to promote her new album entitled "Diva TV Album" which was met with great praise, critical acclaim and enthusiasm. Keldamuzik is a sassy, classy, edgy, spitzress, prima donna, and rap goddess of "Hip Hop" music. She possesses a vibrant, regal energy. Her vocals and performance will compel you onto the dance fl...
Jul 12, 2010•55 min
DIRECTOR | WRITER | EDITOR - This week our guest is BRAD MAYS. He is an award-winning veteran of dozens of stage, television and independent film productions spanning some thirty years. Brad Mays is now, with the completion & release of "The Watermelon" and "Singularity," as well as the production of his new web series "Featherweight," finally coming into his own as a filmmaker. His films include: the award-winning "A Way Back In," "The Bacchae," and "Stage Fright." Notable stage productions...
Jun 28, 2010•55 min
ENTREPRENEUR - This week our guest is EYAL FELDMAN. In 2002, Eyal Feldman took his $5,000 investment and set out to create a great personal lubricant. He found his answer in a product he termed "Boy Butter." It became an instant nationwide hit and has steadily gained mainstream appeal, earning the brand coverage in places such as: "Saturday Night Live," "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, "MadTV," Comedy Central's "Daily Show" and "Talk Soup" on E! Eyal Feldman is not just the creator. He is also the ...
Jun 14, 2010•55 min
DIRECTOR | WRITER | ACTOR - This week our guest is JOSHUA WEIGEL. Joshua moved to Los Angeles in 1998 with the goal of creating films that would have a positive impact on the world. He worked as an assistant at the WBTV network, which led to an Art Director position on US network promos and national commercials, including several Super Bowl spots. In 2007, Josh began making shorts and co-wrote and directed four award winning films such as "The Butterfly Circus" that went on to win much critical ...
May 31, 2010•55 min
AUTHOR | KEYNOTE SPEAKER - This week our guest is JIM DREAVER. Jim teaches a path to psychological and physical freedom through learning to be authentically present. He states that "As we become more free, everything in our lives: health, creativity, relationships, finances, begin to work much more harmoniously." His other books: "End Your Story. Begin Your Life." Mastering the Practice of Freedom," offers a simple practice for coming back to presence whenever you are experiencing conflict, upse...
May 24, 2010•55 min
PLAYWRIGHT | FICTION WRITER -James Magruder is a playwright, translator, and fiction writer. His stories have appeared or will appear in The Gettysburg Review, The Harrington Quarterly, Bloom, Subtropics, The Normal School, Mary, and the anthologies Boy Crazy and New Stories from the Midwest. He teaches translation and adaptation at the Yale School of Drama, where he received his doctorate. His produced translations and adaptations of works by Marivaux, Moliere, Lesage, Labiche, Gozzi, and Dicke...
May 10, 2010•55 min
PR CONSULTANT | AUTHOR | FOUNDER - This week our guest is SYLVIA ALLEN. In 2003, Sylvia Allen founded Sylvia's Children. This is a non-profit organization with the mission of feeding, clothing, educating and providing shelter for children in a small village in the African country of Uganda. These children were left orphaned due to losing one or both parents in the AIDS pandemic. Sylvia has constructed a fresh well, dedicated a library stocked with books, built four classroom blocks and a dormito...
Apr 26, 2010•55 min
FILM DIRECTOR | WRITER - This week our guest is DAMION DIETZ. Damion is an award-winning writer and film director, and a graduate of the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Dietz's most recent film, "Going Maverick! The Sarah Palin Movie," is a satirical, feature-length film starring an array of puppets impersonating such notables as: President Obama, Senator John McCain, and of course Palin, voiced by American comedian, writer and radio talk show host Sara Benincasa, whose Sarah Palin "vlogs" beca...
Apr 19, 2010•55 min
RADIO & TV HOST | WRITER - This week our guest is MOTHER LOVE. You may remember her from the extremely popular daytime show called, "Forgive or Forget." She is a published author, veteran of television sitcoms, radio talk and music shows, film actress, advice columnist, motivational speaker and humorist. These days, the multi-talented and “even more fabulous” "Mother Love" is on a mission to inform, educate and enlighten people everywhere on the importance of better managed diabetes. An acco...
Apr 12, 2010•55 min
MODEL | WRITER | ACTIVIST - This week our guest is WILL LOSCHIAVO (AKA Will Love). Will is a model, activist, and writer for one of the largest LGBT publications in country, all at the ripe age of twenty-one. Will is a former victim of physical, verbal, and mental abuse from students and teachers alike. However, he has become a living testament that with enough drive, dedication, and determination, anything is possible in overcoming obstacles and carving out a great life for yourself. Will Love ...
Apr 05, 2010•55 min
CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER - This week our guest is JUSTIN MONROE. Justin works in LA and NY with a group of known stylists and art directors, and is also known in the international fashion industry. His vision is what captivated noted celebrity clients such as: Janice Dickinson, Perez Hilton, Amanda Lepore, as well as a diverse array of editorial clients like: "Flaunt Magazine," "Zink Magazine," "Cru Magazine," "Dayzed and Confused Magazine," "London Gay Times," "DNA" and many more. Justin has shot...
Mar 29, 2010•55 min
BUSINESS MARKETING EXPERT - This week our guest is MATTHEW SKALLERUD. Matthew is President of Pink Banana Media. This company helps businesses reach gays & lesbians on the Internet, using traditional means such as: banner ads, e-mail, blogs, YouTube, Facebook and more. Matthew began his career in the GLBT marketplace in the mid-90s when there weren't too many companies that catered to the GLBT community. Matthew has become a trailblazer and a true trend-setter in this field. He has been feat...
Mar 22, 2010•55 min
SINGER | SONGWRITER - This week our guest is ARI GOLD. Award-Winning Independent Recording Artist Ari Gold has been seen and heard on: VH-1, MTV Europe, Radio 1, IFC, HBO Zone, Here! TV, BBC, FOX News, WOR, Sirius, XM, NPR and was the first independent artist to debut at #1 on MTV Network's LOGO. He has received critical acclaim from "People" magazine, "Billboard" and "HITS" as well as appeared as a style icon in "VIBE," "W" and "V." Ari has performed with Cyndi Lauper, RuPaul, Martha Wash and C...
Mar 15, 2010•55 min
COMEDIENNE | VOICE-OVER ARTIST | PROFESSIONAL FIGURE SKATER - This week our guest is DEVEN GREEN. Deven is the creator/voice of the "Welcome To My..Comedy Parodies" series and is "America's Best Christian" as character "Betty Bowers." Deven started out as a professional figure skater whose triple-gold medal status is memorialized in her hometown located in the remote, isolated, boreal tundra of Northern Canada. She was called in by Disney to recreate the figure skating portions in the feature fi...
Mar 08, 2010•55 min
R&B SINGER | SONGWRITER - This week our guest is UNE. Une is a self-taught Singer/Songwriter from Detroit. He began his career writing and singing in local clubs and churches. His latest book entitled, "I Won't Complain" book tells the tale of his trials and tribulations growing up in the ghetto, keeping focus and having faith in his talent enough to be able to rise above it all. Une’s musical style is reminiscent of Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross with a hint of a neo-soul vibe such as John...
Mar 02, 2010•55 min
VINTAGE VOCALIST | UKULELE MUSICIAN - This week our guest is JANET KLEIN. Bearing an ever-expanding repertoire of obscure, lovely and naughty songs from the 1910's, 20's and 30's," Janet Klein is a musical archeologist hiding in the body of an F. Scott Fitzgerald heroine. With her sleek bob haircut, vintage fashion sense, strikingly beautiful looks and artfully customized ukulele, Janet Klein might seem at first to be a simple novelty act. Possibly a 21st-century hipster "ironically" recreating ...
Feb 22, 2010•55 min
FILM CRITIC | EDITOR | WRITER - This week our guest is BETTY JO TUCKER. Betty Jo currently serves as editor/lead critic for ReelTalk Movie Reviews and writes film commentary for the Colorado Senior Beacon, News First Online, Real Movie News, The Romance Club and the Omaha Family newspapers. During her career as an entertainment journalist, Betty Jo has interviewed such movie/television stars and filmmakers as: Susan Sarandon, Ian McKellen, Angelina Jolie, Aidan Quinn, Barry Bostwick, Tony Shalho...
Feb 08, 2010•55 min
BROADWAY PERFORMER | RECORDING ARTIST - This week our guest is CORTES ALEXANDER. Cortes recently came off a sold-out, Tony Award-winning Broadway run with Liza Minnelli, starring as one of her four intricate harmonists (The Williams Brothers) during her second act of "Liza's at the Palace." He has known Liza for 17 years, and has performed with her on two tours for seven years. Cortes was also a part of "The Tonics" and his own "Cortes Alexander Trio." He just released his debut album "Swell" wh...
Feb 02, 2010•55 min
CELEBRITY ESTHETICIAN - This week our guest is ENRIQUE RAMIREZ. Enrique Ramirez is the founder and owner of New York's very trendy day spa, "Face to Face NYC." This is one of only a handful of spas in the world that specializes in men's skin. The spa has had many celebrity clients, including actor and comedian Neil Patrick Harris and news and weather anchor Sam Champion. Enrique has been featured on the NBC "Today" Show, "Howard Stern" Show and is a recurring skincare expert on "SiriusXM Radio."...
Jan 25, 2010•55 min
STUNT WOMAN | ACTRESS | PRODUCER | WRITER - This week our guest's are APRIL WADE and AMERICA YOUNG. April Wade and America Young both star on the hit Internet sensation, "Damsels and Dragons." This is a fun look at LARPing which means "Live Action Role Play." Check out April Wades's movie, "Junction" which is now available on DVD at Amazon and Netflix and on the TVN website. Early in 2010, April will be shooting an untitled heist dramedy pilot from creator Chris Osbrink. In March 2010, she will ...
Jan 18, 2010•55 min
PRODUCTION MANAGER | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | - This week our guest is DAVID JAPKA. David has been delivering outstanding production management services for 20 years. From legal and marketing insight, to scheduling and production execution, David has continuously worked to provide back-office excellence for established and emerging filmmakers. Well versed in all elements of film production, David provides script breakdowns and budgeting for business plans and then follows through in building integra...
Jan 11, 2010•55 min
PRODUCER | COMPOSER | PERFORMER - This week our guest is CHARLIE DEMOS. Charlie is a sizzling-hot, Brooklyn-based indie pop artist. He is a vocalist, lyricist, pianist, composer, producer and live performer. With a purely astounding vocal range, the ambitious and prolific musician is able to fuse his natural affinity for soul music with punchy electro-pop, creating a musical style that is clearly his own. Charlie's debut album in 2006 had three chart-topping radio hits. "Don't Ever Stop," the al...
Dec 21, 2009•55 min
SINGER | SONGWRITER - This week our guest is DANIEL GRAY. Daniel is a singer/songwriter. As a former New Orleans resident, Daniel had to relocate during the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. He watched as everything was destroyed. But not even the harsh winds or pouring rain could take away his love and talent for music. Daniel used this event in his life as a source of inspiration to begin working on his first album titled "Invictus," which in Latin means "Unconquerable." His new album is categ...
Dec 14, 2009•55 min
PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY | CO-OWNER'S - This week our guest's are Steven Levine and Stephen Lucin of "Grapevine Public Relations" one of the first boutique PR agencies dedicated to the $759 billion dollar per year LGBT market. Their specific focus is representing popular entertainment artists, thriving new businesses and non-profit organizations. Following its launch in 2007, the Los Angeles based agency instantly generated incredible enthusiasm and has come to develop a remarkable roster of very...
Dec 07, 2009•55 min
