Iris shoots the festive breeze with Gianmarco Soresi about life, love and intimacy coordinators.

COMEDIAN, AUTHOR & ACTIVIST JUDY GOLD by The X-Rae Podcast with Iris Bahr & Rae Lynn

Iris chats with best-selling author KURT ANDERSEN about his creative process, the latest Oscar nominated films, leaving the comfort of Brooklyn for the edgy Upper East Side, and more!

What an honor to have such a fascinating and remarkable guest on this week! Nissim Black is an African American rapper from Seattle who converted to Orthodox Judaism, moved to Jerusalem, took a deep dive into the Torah and Jewish life (which includes having a gaggle of delightful offspring) and is still making music! We talk about everything. Literally. What an inspiring and interesting individual, don't miss this ep!!

I decided to let Rae Lynn take a break and interview old friend and brilliant playwright Dan O'Brien as myself. An esteemed playwright and poet, Dan's recent work includes "Our Cancers" which revolves around the fact that Dan got diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer RIGHT after his wife got over Breast Cancer. Dan and I talk about art and trauma, toxic positivity, magical thinking, support systems, faking power point and how I used to print out every email I got and file it when I was a young clueless temp. The conversation has been edited. Share and subscribe.

I just got back from Paris people. Good stuff.

What an honor to interview JOEY SORGE who is starring on Broadway in MJ the musical! We dive into his illustrious career (7 Broadway musicals!!) juggling parenthood and theatre schedules, drama on set, meeting a buttload of celebrities and much more!!

What a festive chat with brilliant and charming comic Rachel Feinstein. I learn what its like to be married to a fireman, wearing heels on stage, the monkey dance, going on the road with Jessica Kirson, Broadchurch and more!

I talk to my hero and star of Orange is The New Black, actor extraordinaire, Taylor Schilling. Our festive convo runs the gamut from acting school dramaaaaa to sexuality to Pamela and Tommy Lee, and much more!

Shooting the shite with Hebrew Hammer director Jonathan Kesselman, who relocated to Ireland a few years ago. Our chat runs the gamut, from his experience with Benzos, the seeming lack of "alcoholism" in Ireland (yeah, right...) and more! Super fun convo. www.xraepod.com

This week I take an inside look at the world of international TV imports and remakes with producer Alon Aranya, who has brought a buttload of international formats to the US from Israel, Holland and the rest of the globe.We talk about the broadcast versus Netflix subscription model, what makes a great show, why Israel churns out so much successful content, the future of porn and so much more!