THE SURROGATE, A MORAL DILEMMA PART II: with stars Jasmine Batchelor and Brooke Bloom
Release Date: 09/17/2020
EP. 58: PLATONIC LOVE, PIROUETTES, SO LONG 2020 with actress, Gabrielle Ruiz!
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IT IS HERE. THE LAST EPISODE OF THE YEAR!! Y'all. 2020. We can't thank you enough for sticking with us throughout this entire year. We know you have a lot of podcasts to listen too and we are grateful you keep coming back to our chats. CLOSING 2020 on a HIGH NOTE with the lovely, actress, activist, philanthropist, producer, GABRIELLE RUIZ!! She is known for The CW’s critically acclaimed comedy, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, where she received rave reviews as Valencia Perez. Her most recent project is What Are Friends For podcast, where she produces and co-hosts. You can also catch her on Star Trek:...
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EP. 57: WAYS OF SEEING, DREAMING & CLOSING LOOPS with filmmaker Julia Ngeow!
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Giving All The F*cks with Jen Ponton
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Most known as the fiercely feminist fat activist 'Rubi' on AMC's critical darling DIETLAND, Jen is an award-winning actress, TEDx talker, and body liberation activist. With a television resume that includes 30 ROCK, UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, THE BLACKLIST, and BLUE BLOODS, she also launched the storytelling podcast ALL THE FUCKS. It can be found wherever you listen to podcasts, as well as . Socials: @jenponton (Twitter, IG), Jen and Amy sit down in this interview and find that as two thirty-somethings from Jersey - they find they have a lot...
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EP. 55: QUEERING THE CRIME GENRE with The Naturals creator, Caitlin Graham
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In this episode we sit down with Pink Among Men collaborator, Caitlin Graham to discuss her life, work and recent venture with THE NATURALS which you can view on YouTube, Facebook and IGTV - check it out here. https://www.thenaturals.tv/ CAITLIN GRAHAM has been creating her own work in film and theatre for over a decade, including the award-winning dark comedy web series No Method and her brand new queer crime drama series The Naturals. She also cast and co-wrote the hit web series Queering, which went to SXSW in 2019. Before COVID-19 hit, she was set to launch a...
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DIRTY JOKES & BEING A MOM with comedian Alyce Chan!
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Alyce Chan is a stand-up comedian and the creator of BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) comedy. Alyce has also been featured on Filter Free Parents and the Tamron Hall Show. Alyce was also recently selected to be part of the White and Warren's modenr icons. She is the founder of MomComNYC on Instagram and also appears in the Pink Among Men produced quarantine comedy series "I Loathe the Quaran20s" streaming now. We talk about how Alyce discovered her love for being funny at a young age when she memorized dirty jokes to tell her classmates to re-discovering comedy through stand-up in her thirties and...
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EP. 53: FROM VOLDEMORT TO SHELF LIFE the comedic collaboration of Gianmarco Soresi and Lindsay-Elizabeth Hand
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WE ARE BACK. WHAT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE GONE? Greetings from our new studio in LA! That's right. Still NY'ers at heart (its really our home - if you can't tell when Amy's accent slips in) but, this official makes us a bi-coastal team! In this episode, Amy sits down with two extremely talented and hard working individuals, comedian and actor, GIANMARCO SORESI and actress, writer and producer, LINDSAY-ELIZABETH HAND. The two first collaborated a few years ago when they made the viral hit "Voldemort's First ASMR," and haven't looked back since. Now they have partnered to bring together...
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EP. 51: (DON'T) MISS THE SHOW with musician, Mariami!
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MARIAMI IS KNOWN FOR HER TIMELESS, NOSTALGIC SOUL SOUND. HER MUSICAL ROOTS IN TRADITIONAL GEORGIAN CHURCH MUSIC LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR HER PROGRESSIVE SONGWRITER TOOL KIT. SHE PAINTS WITH A KALEIDOSCOPIC PALETTE IN THIS WAY, BLENDING INDO-EUROPEAN MELODY + SOUL. FROM THIS SHE HAS BUILT HER INDO-POP SOUND. TAKING HER MUSICAL CAREER FROM HER HOME COUNTRY OF GEORGIA TO NEW YORK, SHE ULTIMATELY LANDED IN LA WHERE SHE IS REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF HER PERSONAL STYLE. In this episode we chat with Mariami about turning heartbreak into inspiration and purpose; following your instincts and what...
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EP. 50: LONELY HEARTS CALL with filmmaker Dennis Cahlo
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EPISODE 50 COMIN' IN HOT. We sit down with a dude on episode 50! Dennis Cahlo is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, podcaster, and musician from Brooklyn, New York. In the last 5 years he has made 3 self produced short films The Weekend, Death (And Disco Fries), and Lonely Hearts and his first award winning feature documentary In Flowers Through Space in collaboration with E Scott Lindner. Dennis's film's have been credited as being "Very New York" and it's his goal to always make the city he lives in a part of his films. His lifelong dream is to own a greyhound named Chicken and a...
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THE SURROGATE, A MORAL DILEMMA PART II: with stars Jasmine Batchelor and Brooke Bloom
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This week we continue our conversation about the moral dilemma, THE SURROGATE (2020 SXSW Official Selection). J Jessica (Jasmine Batchelor) a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, "Looking") and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, Slave Play). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of action, the relationship between the three friends is put to the test. We are joined this week for...
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THE SURROGATE: A Moral Dilemma Part I: with cinematographer Mia Cioffi Henry, introduction with Jeremy Hersh
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In THE SURROGATE (2020 SXSW Official Selection),Jessica (Jasmine Batchelor) a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, "Looking") and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, Slave Play). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of action, the relationship between the three friends is put to the test. We are joined this week for the start of a two part discussion with the cast and crew behind...
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Jessica (Jasmine Batchelor) a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, "Looking") and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, Slave Play). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of action, the relationship between the three friends is put to the test.
We are joined this week for PART II with the cast behind this moral drama that brings up conversations surrounding race, sexuality, class and activism while taking a glimpse into the down syndrome community.
In this first part, writer/director, Jeremey Hersh, introduces us to Brooke Bloom:
Theatre credits: Cloud Nine at Atlantic Theatre Company (2016 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play), You Got Older with Page 73 (Obie Award Winner & 2015 Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress in a Play)...I’m Looking For Helen Twelvetrees at the Abron Arts Center, Somewhere Fun at Vineyard Theatre, Lungs at the Studio Theatre in D.C. and Barrington Stage, Becky Shaw at the Wilma, The Grown-Up at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Marie Antoinette at ART, as well as A Feminine Ending, Completeness and Hamlet all at South Coast Rep.
Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Ceremony, He’s Just Not That Into You, Gabbi on the Roof in July, Swim Little Fish Swim (SXSW 2013) and She's Lost Control (Berlinale 2014). Television: Series Regular roles on Netflix's "Gypsy" and "Amazon's Alpha House," guest appearances on the USA series "Falling Water," "Louie," "The New Normal," "Person of Interest," "Law & Order: SVU," "The Good Wife," a recurring role on "CSI: Miami" and various pilots for NBC. The recipient of the 2012 Barrymore and 2013 IRNE awards for Best Actress, Brooke also received a 2013 Elliot Norton nomination.
And, finally, the star of THE SURROGATE Jasmine Batchelor sits with us to discuss filling the shoes of Jessica and what life has been like for her after her first big film role:
Jasmine Batchelor currently stars as Jess in THE SURROGATE, a feature film written and directed by Jeremy Hersh. She is an actor, writer, producer, and teaching artist residing in New York City, and an alumnus of The Juilliard School. She has been seen on stage at The Public Theater, Playwrights Realm, Manhattan Theatre Club, Two River Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage, among others. She is a major Lorraine Hansberry fan.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Jeremy Hersh is a New York-based filmmaker whose first feature, The Surrogate, was an Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. His 2015 short, Actresses, screened at Sundance, SXSW, BAMCinemafest and the New Orleans Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best narrative short. Jeremy’s undergraduate thesis short, Natives, premiered at SXSW in 2013.
THE SURROGATE is available on VOD.
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