Deep Work Out Loud (Official Trailer)
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Welcome to Deep Work: Out Loud, The thinking that fuels our life, our work, and our leadership. I’m Julie Harris Oliver. This is the podcast where I sit with another professional coach and we do some work around a single concept, piece of inspiration, a topic we’ve seen come up in coaching. If we’re very lucky, while talking about it, we might demonstrate what coaching might look and feel like. But we’ll see how this goes. It’s all an experiment. With any luck, you will leave with something you can apply and use in your work or your life or both.
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EP 236: Sasheen Artis
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Today I got to speak with two-time Emmy winning producer Sasheen Artis, who is the Founder/CEO of , a talent incubator and production accelerator offering leadership development, practical producers skills training, and mentorship to emerging and mid-career creatives of color. Sasheen has worked with such newsmakers as President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and director Jonathan Demme. Sasheen’s latest film, Birthing Justice,addressing Black maternal health outcomes, screened for 200 countries at the United Nations and is part of a continuing education course for the American Medical...
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EP 235: GenXX Initiative with Maria Burton, Monique Sorgen, Nandi Bowe and Susan Dynner
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Today I got to speak with the group of accomplished female directors behind the initiative called GenXX: Maria Burton, Susan Dynner, Monique Sorgen, Nandi Bowe. Maria and Monique have been on this podcast before, episodes 14 and 131, respectively, which you can still find on the website, here: and here: . All of these women have banded together to create GenXX, an initiative to raise awareness and create directing opportunities for the generation of experienced, talented and vetted women who were overlooked - lost between sexism and ageism. 0:00:09 Introduction to...
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EP 234: Emily Best
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
I caught up with Emily Best, the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark and also Film Forward, which is an experiential learning platform designed to activate the full potential of today's dynamic and diverse workforce by replacing boring corporate training videos with a cinematic learning experience built around award-winning short films from around the world. I've seen this program, it is so cool, and she's going to tell us about it. One of the things I love about this business, and I guess about life, is getting to see how people's careers develop and how they grow and evolve. I interviewed...
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Catch a Break podcast EP 401 - Project Greenlight edition
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Introducing Catch a Break podcast - Project Greenlight edition. Subscribe here: or here:
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Introducing Catch a Break - Project Greenlight season 4
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
The new season of Catch a Break - Project Greenlight version drops July 13th! Go subscribe to Catch a Break to not miss an episode.
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EP 233: Blake Mitchell
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Today on this podcast we have the good fortune to speak with Blake Mitchell. Blake Mitchell (they/them) began their career in film production in Los Angeles, working for the VP of Production at Participant Media. After leaving LA, they worked at Google over 8 years where they managed teams in diversity & inclusion, learning & development and recruiting. A Georgia native, Blake moved back to the South in fall 2022 to work as an Operations Manager on Stacey Abrams' campaign for Governor. They recently launched their own consulting business focused on workplace diversity & inclusion and...
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EP 232: Kiah Amara
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Today on this podcast we are diving into disability and accessibility and how to invite and manage people and their needs on set. This feels like one of the less often discussed pillars in the work of diversity , equity, inclusion and accessibility, and I’m really happy we have Kiah Amara on the show today to help us start thinking about it and planning for it. Kiah is a Disabled, Queer, and nonbinary producer, activist, and production accessibility coordinator. Originally from the rural Midwest, they now work globally expanding ideas of Accessibility, Disability, and all things deviant from...
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EP 231: Dr. Apollo Emeka
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
You can find me and my consulting work at and you can find the podcast website at . OR, you can find links to everything I’m doing at . The newest thing I have for you is that I’ve added a link for the books that people keep bringing up on the show. That way, you don’t have to remember as you’re listening and your purchase can help support the show, and we’re supporting independent bookstores. It’s a win win win. Ok, now one more thing before we meet today’s guest. I met the smartest and funniest co-host of my new favorite podcast this week and I want to tell you all about...
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EP 230: Becky Morrison
The Other 50% - a herstory of hollywood
Today on the podcast I sat with Becky Morrison. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because she was originally on episode 187 of this show. So, go back to that episode to revisit her origin story, because today we’re going to jump right in to the meat of the work. Becky Morrison is an award-winning film and TV producer and an advocate for production innovation. She kicked-off her career on the Hollywood blockbuster I AM LEGEND, dabbled in the world of animation on Disney’s THE WILD, then entered the world of rock n’ roll producing the visual content for U2’s world tour. In 2015, Becky...
info_outlineToday we are doing a deep dive into studio pipeline programs with Karen Horne.
Karen Horne is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience within the entertainment industry. She has been recognized as a Diversity and Inclusion pioneer and pipeline builder. Karen is Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, North America at Warner Bros. Discovery. In this role she oversees the DEI efforts for creative talent development pipeline programs, workforce, content and production while working closely with the Global Chief Diversity Equity & Inclusion Officer to create a global strategy for the company.
Prior to joining WarnerMedia, Karen spent over a decade at NBCUniversal, where she was Senior Vice President, Programming Talent Development and Inclusion. In this role, Karen was responsible for overseeing in-front-of and behind-the-camera primetime diversity efforts. The programs and initiatives she created and/or developed became the industry’s gold standard and a blueprint for many other companies
Horne designed, implemented and oversaw Nickelodeon’s Writer Fellowship Program. She was the Director of Writer Development & Special Projects for Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Network Television. Previously, she served as Director, West Coast, for the Black Filmmaker Foundation.
Horne was also a Co-producer for the HBO Emmy Award-winning animated series “Spawn.”
Her early career includes stints at ABC as the Executive Assistant to the President, ABC Entertainment, as well as positions at ABC Television Network Group and ABC Sports.
Ms. Horne has spoken both nationally and internationally on diversity and inclusion best practices and has been honored with several awards and recognitions for her diversity and inclusion work and her service to underrepresented communities. She serves on the boards of RespectAbility; Montclair State University’s School of Communication and Media; USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, The Alliance of Women Directors, the Bay Area’s Urban League and is a member of several entertainment industry organizations.
We talked about the different kinds of pipeline programs, how they work, and why we still need them.