Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Executive Producer: Bill Fritz
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Bill Fritz is an Executive Producer on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Bravo. He oversees the post department which includes the Editors and Story Producers. Bill and his team take the hundreds of hours of raw footage and craft it into the compelling stories you see on television. Bill shares his story about starting in radio, writing feature films, and ultimately landing in reality TV where he has thrived for many many years.
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Reality TV Development Executive: Karrie Wolfe
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Karrie Wolfe is the Executive Vice President and Head of Development at Kinetic Content, a television production company specializing in reality TV. Kinetic produces Married at First Sight and Little Women on Lifetime, Spy Games on Bravo, Man vs Bear on Discovery, the new show Love is Blind on Netflix and many more. Karrie's job is to create or find new ideas for shows and then sell them to networks.
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My Wife: Carrie Smith...Follow Up Interview
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When Carrie was on the podcast last year she had just put notice in at a job that was making her miserable and had NO idea what she was going to do or where she was going to end up. In this follow up interview Carrie shares what she's been through since she left the corporate world and where she is now. Spoiler alert, she's MUCH happier.
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E! News Reporter: Tierney Bricker
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Tierney Bricker is a Features Editor at E! News Online for their television department. She writes articles about TV for a living which sounds like a pretty cool job! Tierney shares her story of how she went from being a ballsy, entitled intern to a successful reporter for one of the original entertainment reporting institutions. We also talk Vanderpump Rules as she is a superfan and had some burning questions.
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Production Company Founder: Doug Ross
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Doug Ross is the Founder and President of Evolution Media, one of the most prolific production companies in television. Doug and his team at Evolution produce Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, Botched, Botched by Nature, Bug Juice and many more reality and non-fiction television series. Doug and I talk about the incredible journey he took from writing cue cards and shopping for groceries to leading a highly successful production company.
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Captain Marvel Co-Producer & Marvel Studios Vice President of Production: David Grant (SEASON 1 FINALE)
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David Grant is the Vice President of Physical Production at Marvel Studios as well as a Co-Producer on all their films. He's worked on pretty much every Marvel movie that has come out including Iron Man, Spider Man, Black Panther, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers. David is on the team that oversees the budgeting of the films, the hiring of the department heads and crew that make the movies, and makes decision about where and how the films will be shot.
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SPECIAL GUEST My Wife: Carrie Smith
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Are you working in a job that you hate, but you feel trapped because you need the money or benefits you earn? My wife Carrie Smith was in that exact position and she decided to do something about it. Today's episode is a little different because Carrie doesn't work in the entertainment industry, but I think people that have ever worked in a job they don't love will relate to her story. Hear Carrie's inspiring story about how she chose to prioritize her joy and quality of life over a paycheck.
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The Flash & DC's Legends of Tomorrow Director: Viet Nguyen
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Viet Nguyen is a television editor and director. Viet edited on shows like Party Down and iZombie before making the transition to director on shows like The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Lucifer. Viet shares the story of how he went from a nerdy, video camera obsessed teenager, to a post PA on Veronica Mars, to a working film maker in Hollywood.
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Vanderpump Rules Director of Photography: Jason Eksuzian & Actress/Writer: Kincaid Walker
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Jason Eksuzian is a Director of Photographer and Camera Operator. He's worked on reality shows like Little People Big World, Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules and The Hills: New Beginnings. He also has written and directed several of his own projects. Kincaid Walker is an actress who has a recurring role on Speechless on ABC starring Minnie Driver. Kincaid also created, wrote and starred in the award winning digital series Hug It Out.
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Sound Editor, Designer & Mixer: Ric Schnupp
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Ric Schnupp is a supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer at Soundtrack New York. Ric does audio engineering, recording, and mixing for film and television. He has worked on a boat load of movies but one of his bigger, more recent credits was the Academy Award winning documentary feature Free Solo. Ric talks about mixing Free Solo alongside audio guru Tom Fleischman, and every job he's had in sound from intern, ADR, Foley, editing, mixing, to supervisor and what comes along with each position.
info_outlineAndrew Wantuck is the Supervising Producer on The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central. Andrew shares his story of getting his first job in LA by knocking on the door of a comedy club, to becoming a producer on Tosh.0 also on Comedy Central, to overseeing the field production team for Jim Jefferies. Andrew turns the tables and asks Jeremiah about producing reality TV and we do a deep behind the scenes dive into how the episodes of Vanderpump Rules are put together in post and what it's like working with that cast 7 years in.
Jeremiah tells the story of how Jim Jefferies was at a comedy club when Vanderpump Rules was filming. Jim mooned the Vanderpump cast and cameras while they were rolling and then almost got into a fight with Jax Taylor.
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The Super Bowl Commercial for Doritos Andrew produced that won the $1 Million Dollar Grand Prize
Andrew's first job was at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach