059 - The Denton Black Film Festival 2024
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Discussing the 2024 Denton Black Film Festival, which is celebrating their 10th anniversary of showcasing black culture! The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a 5-Day event that allows you to immerse yourself in some of the best showcases of black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and so much more. Visit and get your tickets today! Discussing the 10th anniversary of the Denton Black Film Festival in a round table conversation with my guests: Linda Eaddy, Director of Film Programming Harry Eaddy, Festival Director Nic Nichelson, Music Director Rhonda Bellamy Hodge,...
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058 - Bart Weiss and Dallas VideoFest 34
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Bart Weiss, Founder and Artistic Director of Dallas VideoFest, discusses the festival's 34th and final year.
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057 - Comedian Carl LaBove
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This episode is a re-release of episode 19 with guest comedian, actor, and musician Carl LaBove. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. At 19 years old, he discovered stand up comedy with the man who would become his best friend, Sam Kinison. Together and along with Bill Hicks, they were founding members of “The Outlaws of Comedy.”
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056 - Comedian Darryl Littleton
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This episode's guest is comedian Darryl Littleton, who began his comedy career writing sketches for “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” on CBS Radio. Soon afterwards he became a regular at the world famous Comedy Store, adopted the stage name, “D’Militant” and landed a job as D. L. Hughley’s exclusive writer when he hosted BET’s “Comic View”.
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055 - Comedian Tony Casillas
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This episode's guest is comedian Tony Casillas, who started performing stand up comedy in Dallas, Texas, during his senior year in college by going on stage and telling stories about his life, and has had the opportunity to open for comics like Jim Jeffries, Tj Miller, Orny Adams, Theo Von and Bobcat Goldthwait.
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054 - Becca Peixotto, Ph.D.
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Becca Peixotto, Ph.D. is the Curator of the Origins: Fossils From The Cradle of Humankind exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. We discuss what lead her to become an archeologist, the exhibit that is currently on display through March 22, 2020 and so much more on episode 54 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned.
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053 - Danger God
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Discussing the "Danger God" documentary, stunt work through the years, and a real-life run-in with Charles Manson, and more with filmmaker Joe O'Connell and Stuntman Gary Kent, the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood."
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052 - Frame4Frame 2019 Red Carpet
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We speak with filmmakers on the red carpet of the 2019 Frame4Frame Film Festival.
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051 - Frame4Frame Festival 2019
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Ahead of the Frame4Frame festival, we sit in on the media round table with James Hawthorn and Vivian Fullerlove with the festival.
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050 - Selase Botchway
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This episode's guest is actor Selase Botchway. He is a first-generation Ghanaian that grew up in North Texas. He's been in several print campaigns including Lifetime Fitness, Dicks Sporting Goods, Nike Dry Fit, Sony, FedEx, and Lays. He's performed on Queen of the South, Sense Of Urgency, A Man Called John, Hello Henry, TX Zombie War, Zulu 6, and much more. We discuss Africa, acting and so much more.
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This episode's guest Katy Blakey, weekend morning anchor and a reporter during the week at NBC 5 News. Born and raised in McKinney, Katy is a proud graduate of McKinney High School and Southern Methodist University. She graduated president of her class with a BA in journalism and political science. Katy is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, and her work has also been honored with Lone Star Emmy nominations, including Best News Anchor, and was recognized by the Oklahoma Associated Press.
Katy began her career as a reporter and anchor for KTEN-TV in Denison, Texas, where her investigative reports into private jail funding led to resignations and changes in local law enforcement.
Later, Katy co-anchored the weekday morning news and reported for KOCO in Oklahoma City, OK. The first reporter on the scene of a deadly medical helicopter crash, her reporting also included a hostage situation ending with the rescue of a six-year-old girl, devastating wildfires and severe storms. She tracked rare twin tornadoes, covered multiple tornado outbreaks, reported on the wide-scale destruction and heroic rescue operations left by a massive EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma and President Obama's tour of damaged communities.
No stranger to breaking news or severe weather, Katy solo-anchored live coverage of the early morning attack on Dallas Police Headquarters and hours-long stand-off. She covered the national outpouring of support for five DPD officers killed while protecting a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas and traveled to Houston for President George H. W. Bush’s memorial services.
On the coast as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, she provided extensive coverage of rescue and relief operations as the storm caused catastrophic flooding in the Houston area. From endearing "Texas Connects Us" stories to following a young cancer patient bringing smiles, hope and congressional attention to much needed funding for childhood cancer research to reporting from the mass shooting tragedies in Orlando and Las Vegas, Katy understands the privilege of reporting local and national news to her hometown community.
During my conversation with Katy, we discuss what it takes to be a journalist, some of the impactful stories in her career, chasing tornadoes, and so much more on episode number 44, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned...
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