- 42 minutes 56 seconds135. "Neglected" Lead Actress, Elena Sanchez Joins us for a Chat!
This week we are joined with the director of the film "The Reunion", John W Kim! We were able to chat to John straight off of his premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
In this episode we have the wonderful actress and stunt woman, Elena Sanchez join us. We start out discussing her journey through being an extra in NYC, moving to NOLA and then eventually going to LA and working her way to #2 on the call sheet.
She gives wonderful insights into how to keep the grind going and to always keep the acting muscles strong as well as a peek into the stunt acting world as well!
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28 May 2026, 11:49 am - 50 minutes 27 seconds134. "The Reunion" Director, John W Kim, joins us straight from the festival circuit!
This week we are joined with the director of the film "The Reunion", John W Kim! We were able to chat to John straight off of his premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
In this episode John gives us his perspective on the indie making process, how things are constantly evolving and how he keeps the casting process alive.
He also dives into how he was able to shoot this film while the fires where happening in LA in 2025. He almost shut down but the cast and crew rallied around the project and kept things going!
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20 May 2026, 1:03 pm - 42 minutes 51 seconds133. Emmy Award Winning Reality Casting Director, Jazzy Collins!
Join us this week as we welcome to the podcast Emmy Award Winning Reality Casting Director, Jazzy Collins! Most recently named in Vultures Reality Masterminds list for 2026, she is dominating the reality casting game. Known for casting some of your favorites like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, The Circle, Traitors and Love Island, she is definitely at the top of her game and only rising.
We chat about the casting process and how casting directors are the architects of these shows. She divulges what stands out to her in interviews and how the industry has shifted through out the years.
We loved having the opportunity to dive deeper into the reality space and know you'll get a ton of fun tidbits out of this episode.
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13 May 2026, 5:12 pm - 1 hour 48 seconds132. You Asked and We Answered! Q&A + Industry News!
Welcome to May! As we get ready to usher in what is going to be an amazing month we answer all your listener submitted questions for the month. We cover packaging, casting questions, recent blowback and even go over some interesting industry updates.
As a reminder if you have a question you'd like us to answer, make sure to submit via Instagram the last week of the month as we will always answer all your questions the first Wednesday of each month!
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6 May 2026, 12:13 pm - 58 minutes 42 seconds131. Legendary Producer, Tommy Harper, Joins Us!
Join us this week as we welcome to the podcast the legendary Producer, Tommy Harper. You know his films and TV shows from Star Trek to Mission Impossible to Top Gun: Maverick. You have seen his work on your screen for many years.
He chats to us about coming up in the industry from being a PA to an Assistant Director to Producing some of the largest box office hits we have seen. He recently launched his vertical platform, VU and we dive into the vertical space and he is elevating it as we speak.
This was an incredible and thoughtful chat and we hope you take as much from it as we did!
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29 April 2026, 3:28 pm - 55 minutes 47 seconds130. Jury Duty: Company Retreat Star, Emily Pendergast Joins Us!
Join us this week as we have the insanely talented actor, Emily Pendergast on! She pulls back the curtain on her new show Jury Duty: Company Retreat. We dive into the casting process, how the show actually gets made and how it really stretches you as an actor to always be on and making a family in this crazy environment.
She shares fun anecdotes from the the making of the show and really gives us a behind the scenes look at how such an undertaking is to get accomplished!
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23 April 2026, 11:28 am - 54 minutes 13 seconds129. A Tipsy Casting / An Actor Despairs Crossover with Ryan Perez!
This week we have a fun crossover episode with the fabulous podcast, An Actor Despairs with Ryan Perez! We were lucky enough to be on his podcast a couple weeks ago so join us has we dive into his world!
We start out with his journey from NYU drama school and how that set him back without reps and in massive debt. Ryan gives an unfiltered look into how to start your career from scratch and how the hustle never ends. He gives us a look into his podcast and how that has shaped an influenced his career as well has how it's shifted his perspective. He give his take on his favorite and least favorite guests.
He also gives his best advice to his younger self as he takes a look back over the last 8 years. This is an episode you don't want to miss!
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15 April 2026, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 1 minute128. The Doctor’s In with David Gridley
Jess and Jenn sit down with Scrubs star David Gridley for a conversation that feels both personal and full circle. They get into the origins of Jess and David’s friendship, how his journey in the industry first began, and the steady, credit-by-credit climb that led him to his first network series regular role.
Along the way, David opens up about growth, persistence, and what matters most to him in this chapter of his career. It’s a candid conversation about building a career with intention, staying grounded through the ups and downs, and recognizing the value of the road it took to get here.
- How Jess and David first became friends
- David’s steady climb in the industry, one credit at a time
- Building meaningful relationships and having the right support system
- Staying present and finding gratitude in every step forward
- Looking back on the film Jess cast David in, and their shared experience making it
- How the ABC Showcase helped open new doors
- David’s first encounter with Zach Braff
- What it means to be part of a show like Scrubs
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9 April 2026, 5:50 am - 44 minutes 27 seconds127. No Fools Here! April Q&A and a Cautionary tale from Actor, Lindsay Elston!
Happy April Fools! No tricks in this episode as we answer all your listener submitted questions for the month. We cover self tapes, social media, our thoughts on the current state of the industry and our favorite thing about our jobs in casting.
We also welcome Lindsay Elston to the podcast! She is an actress who has a cautionary tale for all actors regarding commercials and AI and how SAG is protecting or not protecting the actors against AI using your image for non-SAG productions.
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1 April 2026, 2:34 pm - 50 minutes 44 seconds126. Listen in as we recap the Oscars, discuss Film Marketing and new AI developments!
Join us this week as we discuss the Oscars and the inaugural Casting award. We also talk about how marketing is playing into films succeeding or failing and our thoughts on that. Lastly we dive into AI, the SAG negotiations and the first AI film being made and our hot take on it all!
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25 March 2026, 2:36 pm - 52 minutes 20 seconds125. Pulling Back the Curtain on the world of Verticals with Paige Compton!
In the growing world of verticals we are so excited to welcome the extremely talented director, Paige Compton to the podcast. She has been in verticals since the beginning and in this episode she proved invaluable insight into what that world looks like and how to break in.
We discuss the basics of how a vertical gets made, from budgets to casting to schedules. She talks about the ever evolving side of the industry and how she stays on top of it and her perspective of breaking in as an actor.
She gives great insights into how she thinks the future is going to look for verticals and what is up next for her!
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