The NYWIFT Podcast

New York Women in Film and Television
  • 4.7 (24)
  • TV & Film
  • Updated Monthly

The NYWIFT Podcast (formerly called "Women Crush Wednesdays") is presented by New York Women in Film & Television. We sit down for frank conversations with women working in all areas of the film, TV, and media industry. Plus, we dish on the latest entertainment news, preview upcoming NYWIFT events, highlight our community of members, offer bingewatch recommendations, and report happenings from the red carpet. The NYWIFT podcast is your one-stop shop for all things women in film and TV!

  1. 2d ago

    Filmmaker/Performers Shoshanna Gleich and Alexandra Spieth

    🎃 Fall into The NYWIFT Podcast for interviews with two of our members!  💫 🎶Shoshanna Gleich takes Tammy backstage at her autobiographical one-woman show, God’s Giggle, and her song, The Enlightened Cycle. 😱 Alexandra Spieth reflects on her work in the horror and romantic comedy genres, resources available for upcoming creators, and festival strategy in a conversation with Jess.  💞 And hosts Tammy and Jess invite us to Project UnLonely Films, a film festival that reduces the stigma of loneliness and celebrates the joys of connection.  📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org Links:   Project UnLonely Films: https://filmfreeway.com/unlonely    Shoshanna Gleich: Website: shoshannagleich.com / YouTube: ShoshannaYaWannaProductions / Instagram: @shoshannagleich / Facebook: @shoshannagleich / LinkedIn: shoshanna-gleich-11aa0a17 / IMDb: www.imdb.com/name/nm0322452/  Listen to The Enlightened Cycle: superfirewoman.bandcamp.com/track/the-enlightened-cycle  Alexandra Spieth: Website: alexandraspieth.com / Vimeo: vimeo.com/alexandraspieth / Instagram: @alexandraspiethproductions BRIC: bricartsmedia.org  Tammy: Instagram: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia  Jess: Instagram: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: jessicamoskowitz NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT  🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

    Filmmaker/Performers Shoshanna Gleich and Alexandra Spieth

  2. Oct 2

    Filmmaker Jessica Earnshaw on Baby Doe

    🍂 Happy Fall festival season from The NYWIFT Podcast!  🎥 This week, Jessica Moskowitz interviews award-winning documentary filmmaker and photojournalist Jessica Earnshaw on her latest documentary BABY DOE, which follows Gail Ritchey, a suburban mother and grandmother whose life is upended decades after a tragic event from her past.   🎙️Meet new co-host MéLisa Best and hear recommendations and programming updates from Katie Chambers  📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song News Links  Sept 23, Sept 30, Oct 7: Masterclass: Character Building with Pamela Gray  Oct 11: Hamptons Burnch & Short Film Showcase  Oct 17: NYWIFT @ Woodstock Film Festival - Breaking the Frame - How Far Have Women in Film Really Come? For more upcoming NYWIFT Events, see https://www.nywift.org/events/  Socials  Jessica Earnshaw: www.jessicaearnshaw.com / IG: @jess_earnshaw / LinkedIn: Jessica Earnshaw  Baby Doe Film: www.babydoefilm.com/about / IG: @babydoefilm Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers  MéLisa Best: IG: @melisathebestofficial / IMDB: MéLisa Best  NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    Filmmaker Jessica Earnshaw on Baby Doe

  3. Sep 16

    We're back! + Interview with Kavery Kaul

    🎙️Welcome back to The NYWIFT Podcast! ☀️ Janine interviews Award-Winning Director-Producer Kavery Kaul about her latest documentary The Bengali, and the ensuing #UnderOurSun impact campaign. 📢 Hosts Katie and Janine share good news about production in New York and a preview of NYWIFT happenings to look forward to. Plus, they dish on all things Emmys!  📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org News Links  New York Sees Film and TV Spend Surge, California Halts Exodus For Now Social Media  Kavery Kaul: Website: kaverykaul.com / IG: @riverfilmsunlimited / River Films FB: https://www.facebook.com/riverfilmsunlimited The Bengali Film: Website: https://thebengalifilm.com// Under Our Sun: Website: https://www.underoursun.com/ / IG: @underoursun / FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579441311378 Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

    We're back! + Interview with Kavery Kaul

  4. Jun 23

    Bouchra Filmmakers Orian Barki & Meriem Bennani and Journalist/Filmmaker Christine Stoddard

    🏳️‍🌈 🎵🌞 Happy Summer, Happy Pride Month, and African American Music Appreciation Month from The NYWIFT Podcast! 🎬 Hosts Tammy and Katie recap the Tribeca Festival and share their latest binge-watch recommendations. 🎞️ Katie interviews filmmakers Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani about Bouchra, an animated film following a 35-year-old queer artist navigating life between New York City and her family in Morocco. 🏆 Christine Stoddard joins Jess to share wisdom from her prolific career spanning journalism, podcasts, comedies, features, shorts, and experimental film, including 5 Reasons I Didn't Marry You, which took home an editing award from the NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival presented by iWomanTV. 📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org Links:  Orian Barki’s Website: https://orianbarki.com/  Christine Stoddard’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@stoddardtv  Christine Stoddard’s Website: christinestoddard.com  Socials:  Orian Bakri: IG: @changeme2012  Meriem Bennani: IG: @meriembennani Bouchra film: @filmmovement (Distributor)  @2lizardsproduction (Production company) Christine Stoddard: IG: @stoddardtv  Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz  Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

    Bouchra Filmmakers Orian Barki & Meriem Bennani and Journalist/Filmmaker Christine Stoddard

  5. Jun 18

    Filmmakers Dara Frazier and Karen Goeller

    🤖 Hosts Katie and Jess discuss Dreams of Violets, the first fully AI-generated film accepted to a major festival. 🏆 NAACP Image Award-nominee Dara Frazier shares insights with Tammy on leading the creative team behind her latest film, Not Every Woman. 📖 Penni speaks to author, screenwriter, and producer Karen Goeller, who tells a powerful story about bullying through her book and film, Missy's Voice. 🔮 Katie gives a sneak peek at what's next for NYWIFT Programming — including masterclasses, salons, and celebrations! 📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org Links  Dara Frazier’s Website: DaraWrites.com  Dara Drazier’s Production Company, 1642 Studios: 1642Studios.com First Trailer for Fully AI-Generated Movie 'Dreams of Violets,' Premiering at Tribeca  'Dreams of Violets' Review: An AI-Generated Movie Is Worrisome for All the Right Reasons  NYWIFT Salon Conversation: An Evening with Women Authors - New York Women in Film & TelevisionNew York Women in Film & Television | June 23 at Stuart Cinema  Socials  Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers Dara Frazier: IG: @1642studioproduction Karen Goeller: IG: @missysvoice / IG: @karengoeller / X: @karengoeller / Facebook: Swing Set Fitness Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz  Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

    Filmmakers Dara Frazier and Karen Goeller

  6. Jun 9

    Tribeca Special: Dori Berinstein and Eliza Licht, plus Financial Consultant Wendy Rubin

    🎞️ This week on The NYWIFT Podcast:  🍿Penni interviews two filmmakers with projects at this year’s Tribeca Festival:  👢 Dori Berinstein is a six-time, Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Olivier winner and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film & television. She is the Director and Producer of Couture to the Max, which follows a 9 year old fashion prodigy fusing boundless imagination with an unwavering commitment to sustainability.  🗣️ Eliza Licht has been working in the social-issue documentary field for 20 years as an engagement strategist, impact producer, and television executive. She is the Producer of Hollywood Does Abortion, to reveal how the power of Hollywood narratives shape today’s harsh realities. 💵 Tammy talks about leadership in media companies, major industry shifts, and personal financial strategies (plus 4 must-ask questions for your accountant) with Wendy Rubin, an executive, media veteran, and creator of Fintimacy: A Women's Guide to Financial Freedom.  🎥 Hosts Tammy and Katie look forward to all things Tribeca, and the NYWIFT members with films and podcasts at the festival.  📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org Links: NYWIFT Celebrates 25 Years of Women Filmmakers: Panel at the Tribeca Storytelling Summit | Saturday, June 6 at 12:00 PM  Couture to the Max | Saturday, June 13 at 8:30 PM | Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 PM Hollywood Does Abortion | Sunday, June 07 at 5:30 PM | Monday, June 08 at 5:45 PM | Wednesday, June 10 at 8:45 PM Tribeca Festival | June 3-14  Dori Berinstein’s Website Hollywood Does Abortion Website  Socials: Dori Berinstein: IG: @dori.berinstein Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers Eliza Licht: IG: @hollywooddoesabortion / IG: @teamredowl / IG: @elizalicht / Facebook: Eliza.Licht Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia Wendy Rubin:  IG: @wendyrubin70 / Facebook: Wendy Reitman Rubin / LinkedIn: Wendy Rubin NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

    Tribeca Special: Dori Berinstein and Eliza Licht, plus Financial Consultant Wendy Rubin

  7. May 22

    Executive Producer and Actor Trish Appello and Peabody and Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker Rita Coburn

    🎙️ This week on The NYWIFT Podcast, we’ll hear from visionaries in comedy and documentary  🔥 Executive Producer and Actor Trish Appello shatters Invisible Woman Syndrome with The EffYou 50s series, a comedy that  embraces midlife as the boldest era yet  🏛️ Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Director, Writer, and Producer Rita Coburn’s documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause explores the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer   🏆 Hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Catherine Woo spotlight the upcoming Tribeca Festival, New York African Film Festival, Met Gala, and the Academy Awards’ new AI-related rules 📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org 🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org NEWS  The 25th Tribeca Film Festival  The Met Gala  The 33rd New York African Film Festival The Devil Wears Prada 2  Tony Nominations  The Oscars and AI  GUESTS  Trish Appello: The EffYou 50s  Rita Coburn  Rita Cobrun: W.E.B. DuBois: Rebel With A Cause  NYWIFT  NYWIFT Masterclass: Navigating Reinvention with Carolyn Michelle | May 12, 19, and 26 | Virtual  Mergers, Defunding, and Public Media! Oh, My! - Examining the Future of the U.S. Media Landscape | May 21 | Los Depressos Studio  NYWIFT Partners for Film Fatales Artist Connection NYC Spring Social | May 29 at Museum of the Moving Image  The New Works Lab Annual Reading | May 20 | Pen & Brush  Socials  Trish Appello: IG: @TheEffYou50s / Facebook: The EffYou 50s  Rita Coburn: IG: @IAmRitaCoburn / LinkedIn: Rita Coburn  Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  Catherine Woo: IG: @kate.anne.woo / LinkedIn: CatherineAWoo NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

    Executive Producer and Actor Trish Appello and Peabody and Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker Rita Coburn

  8. Apr 29

    Director Shareen Anderson & Producer Dominique Debroux

    🎧 This week on The NYWIFT Podcast, hear from two trailblazing documentary filmmakers. 🌍 LaKisa and Tammy sit down with Veteran Corporate Executive Dominique Debroux, channeling her expertise in fundraising, branding, and women’s empowerment in her new documentary, Wise Women - Humanity’s Untold Origins, which reframes aging, power and the female body. 📢 Tammy speaks with Shareen Anderson, who has developed and produced documentary films and series for networks including A&E, PBS, Netflix, CNN, and Discovery. Now, she takes us to the front lines of the fight against exploitation in her eye-opening film, The Right Track, screening at Hunter College on May 13th!  🎒 Hosts Penni and Janine celebrate the 8th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival  🤝 Senior Director Katie Chambers highlights NYWIFT’s upcoming masterclasses on Film & Television Writing and Navigating Reinvention, and an Artist Connection Mixer with Film Fatales  📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org.  🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org NEWS LINKS  The 8th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival  The Right Track Website  Fort Greene Filmworks - Shareen Anderson’s Production Company  Wise Women Website  NYWIFT Masterclass: Writing for Film and Television: Craft Workshop & Refresh with Amy Fox  NYWIFT Masterclass: Navigating Reinvention with Carolyn Smith Artist Connection NYC Mixer with Film Fatales on May 29  SOCIALS  Dominique Debroux: IG: @debrouxdominique Shareen Anderson, The Right Track: IG: @righttrackfilm  Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers LaKisa Renee: IG: @LaKisaRenee Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.

    Director Shareen Anderson & Producer Dominique Debroux
See All (141)

Ratings & Reviews

4.7
out of 5
24 Ratings

About

The NYWIFT Podcast (formerly called "Women Crush Wednesdays") is presented by New York Women in Film & Television. We sit down for frank conversations with women working in all areas of the film, TV, and media industry. Plus, we dish on the latest entertainment news, preview upcoming NYWIFT events, highlight our community of members, offer bingewatch recommendations, and report happenings from the red carpet. The NYWIFT podcast is your one-stop shop for all things women in film and TV!

Information

  • Creator
    New York Women in Film and Television
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    141
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © New York Women in Film and Television
  • Show Website
    The NYWIFT Podcast

You Might Also Like