Chef Katy Turner says people see her life and sometimes believe she has taken some "wrong paths," but she doesn't see it that way. From serving in the military, battling with an eating disorder, overcoming alcohol addiction, becoming a chef, and everything in between, Katy's choices have been intentional. As she says, "I am a person of principle."
The song = Porcelain by Moby
Krista Gano has over 25 years in the entertainment industry. She started her career producing and acting in the feature Chicks, Man. She then immersed herself in the business aspect of Hollywood by spending the next five years as an assistant to Dustin Hoffman. Krista eventually moved back to theater, working with Tony Award-winning producers Steven Eich and Randall Arney at the Geffen Playhouse. In 2002, Krista took on the role of Executive Director for the World Famous Groundlings Theatre where she worked with actors, such as Kristen Wiig, Annie Mummolo, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Michaela Watkins, Will Forte, Edi Patterson, Mikey Day and more. In 2014, she founded The Working Artist Group, offering Business, Coaching and Management Services to the working artist. She directed and produced the award-winning Dime Short, The Family Hood & Losing Antonia. Krista recently started Firefly Rev Studios and co-wrote features Invisible (Stage 32 Comedy Screenplay Semifinalist and 6% Overall Script on Coverfly - Will Forte, Jim Rash & Tony Cavalero attached) and The Crusader (currently packaging). Krista is a long-time partner with SeriesFest’s Pitch-A-Thon where she mentors artists as they take their projects out for the all-important pitch. She's slated to co-direct her first feature, Comfort Food, this year.
Song = Let's Go Crazy by Prince
It was suggested that I answer a few of my own questions, plus a couple from past guests, so here you go!
Questions by John W. Gibbons and Kathy Nagler.
Song = All-American Bitch by Olivia Rodrigo
Known for his Sandwich Story Times, Gay Math series, and constantly calling his husband his “Current Husband,” Uly from @ulyandernesto brings on the laughs! Whether it’s football commentary or rating baby’s outfits, no one’s safe from Uly’s clueless, chaotic commentary. Not even Jennifer Hudson, who recently had him on her show as a football and dating expert. Also, when he’s not running his mouth online, Uly can be seen as Jeremy in ABC’s Not Dead Yet. He has also appeared on shows This is Us, 9-1-1, and Hacks.
Song = Break My Soul by Beyoncé
Chad Fifer is a podcaster, musician, writer, and actor. He is the co-host of the fiction podcast Strange Studies of Strange Stories alongside Chris Lackey, with whom he wrote the film The Chosen One as well as the graphic novel Deadbeats. Fifer co-wrote the 2021 science fiction film The Time Capsule and records music with his reunited high school goth band, Pitch Black Manor. Born in Illinois, Fifer lived in Los Angeles for 25 years until recently relocating to Madison, WI, where he continues to podcast and is designing a roleplaying game.
Song = Into the Gears by Pitch Black Manor
Jeff Johnson is the co-creator, producer, and Co-Host of the A Film By... podcast. Additionally, he leads the lively conversations on the limited series "1986," "1976," and the spoiler-free reviews of "Back to the Box Office." Jeff is a worthy opponent at 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon, citing his days working for Suncoast Motion Picture Co. as "higher learning." His favorite films of all time include "Casablanca," "Rocky," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark." His favorite director is Steven Spielberg.
The song = Wishlist by Pearl Jam
I have known Dr. Naomi since we were 8! We also had an amazing Hall and Oates podcast, and she loves cocktails and dancing to Prince.
AND she's a fancy medical grown-up person...
Medical anthropologist and public health nurse practitioner in San Francisco. Her areas of expertise include medical anthropology, STS, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, postsocialism, social medicine, and critical public health. She has conducted ethnographic research examining (post)socialist technoscientific formations through Cuban cancer vaccines. Additionally, her research examined a novel program providing thousands of rooms in tourist hotels to persons experiencing homelessness during the COVID19 pandemic.
Song = Baby I'm a Star by Prince
Anna Przy, the viral role model of boundary-setting and self-acceptance, shares relatable realness for anybody who feels burnt out from a lifetime of hustle culture. Often concluding with her iconic "Keep it up, cutie. I'm so frickin' proud of you," these videos have exploded on TikTok and Instagram, garnering more “likes” than there are cups of coffee at a tech startup (More than 24 million . . .but who’s counting).
Whether you're in desperate need of a pick-me-up on those rough days, a break during the never-ending ones, or a pep talk that can lift your spirits, Anna Przy is your girl.
Song = Run the World (Girls) by Beyoncé
Jessica Mickey is a lover of life, a fun seeker, and has the BEST best friend in the whole world. Her passion is helping people which she does by supporting 7000+ team members in her role as Employee Engagement Specialist in New Mexico’s only Level 1 Trauma Hospital. Her other passion is being a mom to two amazing grown kids. She also enjoys dancing, hot yoga, and spending time with family and friends. Jess is a native New Mexican and still lives in Albuquerque, NM with her daughter and senior pup, Maddie.
Shannon Noel is a comedian-singer-songwriter and a Certified Life Coach helping Moms and Young women take their creative ideas from incomplete to COMPLETE!
Combining her Master Life Coach training, credentials in Positive Psychology, and love for all things creative, she takes her clients through a deep dive creative process that they say is, “transformative,” “fun,” and “like having your own private cheerleader who also kicks your ass a little.”
She is a proud, long-time member of the Screen Actors Guild and has been in commercials for IHOP, Eggos, American Greetings, Hewitt Packard, and more. She played an animal rescuer on the kid’s TV show Critter Gitters and was once on the Love Connection.
She is one half of the musical comedy duo @mommytonk and has performed stand-up and musical comedy on stages across the country including Second City, LA, Improv Olympic, Zanies Nashville, The Throckmorton Theatre, House of Blues, Flapper’s Burbank, Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, Three Clubs Hollywood, The Comedy Store, Mohawk Austin, The Laughing Derby Louisville, and the Wow Summit.
She grew up in Kentucky skinny dipping in quarries and smoking cigarettes in her tree house like she assumes all proper southern girls did.
She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband of 16 years, two incredible teenage sons, and two super sweet doggies!
She is a lover of life and people, is unapologetically positive, and unapologetically loves to go way deep down into the nitty-gritty of all the many emotions that come with being a woman, a mom, and an artist in today’s world.
You can find her on Instagram at @shannonnoelcoaching
Song = Dropping Bodies by Moose Beats
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