Public Apology to Chuck Klosterman from Deedre Daniel

Deedre's formal apology to the author, Chuck Klosterman - even though he never asked for one. Plus:

🥫The Unsolved Case of the Surprise Condiment.

🎥 How to diffuse an argument with screenplay inspiration.

🎬 🛏 Her first experience in a California king-sized bed and how it led to the end of her acting career.

🌕 Fighting someone on the moon.

🚀 ☂ Controlling the weather – globally.

🎭 How to feel after the death of a loved one … whom you don’t remember.

📕 A book and film recommendation.

🍿 🔮 A summary of past episodes and a sneak peek into the future.

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Originally recorded on August 18, 2022

Past Guests’ Info: Shawn Durham: Shawn Durham is an actor, pitchman, improv artist, entrepreneur and humorist. Shawn recently appeared on OWN'S "Ready To Love" DC series and has a speaking role on the second episode of the HBO miniseries, "We Own The City." Some highlights of Shawn’s career include playing the lead in the PBS historical drama "The King of Crimes" as Pres Thomas Jefferson. Shawn is also the star of the Amazon Prime horror “The House Invictus” and the indie comedy “Sylvia.” Shawn has also done extensive TV commercial work, including FH FURR eight-spot campaign, CareFirst Vaccines, Boy Scouts, HCA, Febreeze, Papa Johns, NFL and more. Also, Shawn was a "ringer" cast member on the hit reality dating show, "Ready To Love" on OWN. As a writer, Shawn is a 2017 Arena Stage Playwrighting Fellow and penned the successful comedy novel The Broke Brothers’ Revolution, and recently wrote and directed the three-part satirical podcast miniseries The Great Recession (or “How Democracy Broke Its @$$ Through A Comedy of Errors”), available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular mediums. [email protected]

McManus Woodend: In front of the camera, McManus Woodend played the role of The GEICO Caveman for a decade, appearing in well over 25 national commercials as the iconic character. Additional roles include the Netflix films The Kindergarten Teacher, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), and The Incredible Jessica James. Behind the camera, McManus co-created the feature-length motion picture Rocksteppy, which had its World Premiere at the Sound Unseen Film +Music Festival and New York and Los Angeles theatrical premieres in late 2017. The treatment for his follow-up feature film King Dom was selected and presented at the IFP Film Conference. He recently directed the short film Paper with his wife, playwright Kelli Lynn Woodend. Mr. Woodend is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at The European Graduate School. He is a Filmmaking graduate of the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts and holds undergraduate degrees from the Film Production and Entertainment Business programs at Full Sail University.

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