CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER & JASON FRIDAY‪.‬ Julie Slater and Jason Friday

Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with Shelly Goldstein - a writer-performer-rock & roll historian-lyricist-comedian-singer who has written for every genre of TV, film and stage in the US and UK. Recent shows she's written include the Emmy winning PBS Musical special, Chicago Voices and Norman Lear's Sentinel Awards. She has written for such artists as Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Stephen Colbert, Sharon Stone, Jay Leno & Yoko Ono and more...


Julie and Shelly know each other from her old radio station 100.3 The Sound in LA - an old classic rock station where Julie and Shelly met through a special group of listeners...Shelly is the winner of the New Yorker caption contest...how she started in musical comedy in Chicago...wrote her first play when she was 7...how all of this was just what she was doing - she never had to think about it...how she almost got a part in the very first touring group of Grease, but she was too young...how people know what they want to do - but sometimes messages from family or society tell you no...how AI is going to replace us all...how Shelly's parents were very supportive of her creative dreams...how her sister is completely different - a math genius/lawyer...how she went to school during a time when art/drama/band practice/choir wasn't taken for granted like it is now...books being removed from libraries...


Shelly tells the story of hanging out at Second City, volunteering at theatres in Chicago...she was around SNL people, John Malcovich, Laurie Metcaff...how she went to Northwestern...her hometown of Evanston, IL...Julie's brother's restaurant there called Oceanique...how screenwriter Garry Marshall took her under his wing...her feminist comedy show called Broadside...which ran for two years...Gary saw it and told her she was ready to move to LA (when she was 20 years old) to start working at Paramount with him...how she lectures at Universities...putting on a show just so the head of a network could see her pilot and how she sold it to him...


We talk about how everyone has a voice - WRITE...how there is one thing Shelly hasn't exactly done - stand up comedy...how she is inching towards that...and might do before the end of the year...the one thing Shelly wants to do in life - is to make you laugh...appreciating Ted Lasso...what she wrote for Sharon Stone...how smart and funny Sharon is...how she works on non televised scripts, including working with Jay Leno...how someone on a late night show was stealing her jokes from Facebook...how she wrote for Stephen Colbert - she said it was as close to heaven as it can be...Shelly only believes in being nice and easy to work with...how it was being a women comedy writer n the 80s and 90s...a documentary called The Girl in the Room - which hasn't been put out - about women writers...befriending another women writer...Beth Armogida...how things are getting better out there for women righters...the input a creator of a series gets in future episodes...the role of a showrunner on a series...how TV is more of a writer's medium than film...the joy of hearing a great actor read something you've written...how she likes collaboration - and how show business shouldn't be a narcissistic thing - even though it often is....and all about the Writer's Strike....


IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...find out one of her at-the-ready bar jokes...the game Marry, F, Kill...Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney...if she could live in the world of one TV show, which would it be...the last two things she bought on Amazon...and what her epitaph will be....


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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday welcome back pod regular guest Jaime Andrews...off the heels of writing/acting in/producing the film Division (streaming for purchase and rental now on Amazon, iTunes, and more)...she just appeared at Ghouls Day Out fest in Los Angeles (she was on the cover of My Chemical Romance's album "Life on the Murder Scene" nearly 20 years ago (album photo here)/this is a fan event for that album)...Jaime also has big news about getting her new memoir published...



Jaime is an actress/writer/producer...besides the film Division, she has put on the stage production about her life called Cookie and the Monster, you've seen her on TV including the shows World’s Dumbest, Good Girls Revolt, recently in an episode of Chicago Fire…and films, too, including: the Sylvester Stallone film Samaritan, Gerard Butler film Greenland…some Baby Genius films…and we love to mention that great Wirlpool commercial…as well as the zero out of five improv group with Julie in NYC called Scrambled Eggs. Find her on instagram @jmendrews and http://www.jaimeandrews.com/.



We chatted about what in the world Ghouls Day Out fest in LA is...how My Chemical Romance fans wanted to pay for her autograph and photos...the Taylor Swift of the Emo world...murder conspiracies around the album...Thousandth Bullet Theory...why other bands album cover people don't do this...how Jaime will probably charge us to stay with us...how her movie Division has been out for three months...how Jaime has been constantly working on other creative things...she talks about her new book about her time growing up - called the Brink...and how it's being published soon...her husband Curt designed Jaime's book cover and the movie poster for Division...book should be out in October...how she is already working on another book...the joys of sleeping and sitting with tea...how Jaime uses ya'll all the time since moving to Atlanta...she's also writing another true crime screenplay...and is God sending lightening bolts for Jaime to see her favorite bands? lol



It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere...find out (1) which thing terrifies Jaime more: cooking/cleaning, not being able to buy second-hand thrift designer clothes, eating/drinking cold things (2) what is one thing during this trip that made her laugh/roll her eyes because it was such an LA thing (3) her fav tragic/gut-wrenching song (4) the one vape flavor she'd stick with for the rest of her life (5) what she hopes her new memoir will do for those who read it (6) BONUS QUESTION: advice for her mama who is getting re-married in June.



(Jaime was on previous Episodes 006, 035, 097, 102.)



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON




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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday just got back from a family reunion/wedding on Julie's side - just outside of Detroit...Jake and Lindsey got married...which leads us to WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU...a whole buncha people tell us....including the bride and groom.



Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON



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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday check in - in between guests...they are pre-vacation - about to head to Detroit (Julie's hometown) for a huge family reunion/wedding (Julie's nephew Jake and his fiance' Lindsey) where Jason is officiating...how weddings cause meltdowns...Jason being a beacon of hope for the bride and groom...Jason's yelp rating with weddings...Jason's amazing producer, JSlater...recent guests MegRob the solo traveler and actress Erika Christensen...delivering happiness...finishing up Season 1 of Will Trent (staring Erika)...it's official - Julie and Jason are playing their first gig in 7 years - a SoCal Sound benefit show at No Vacancy in Hollywood June 12th...tickets at www.thesocalsound.org...they're opening for the artist known as SYML...SIX SONGS AND THE TRUTH SERIES...original songs with one cover...Jason's last gig was just an online live-stream show in 2021...his last in person was 2019...a couple people flying in for the show...they tease a future crime story....J & J went to their first Dodgers game...relearning all the new players...going back to Detroit in the summer for the first time since 2015...




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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with actress Erika Christensen. Jason grew up with Erika..and we all watched her grow up on film and television...from commercials for McDonald's, Volvo, and Payless...to staring in the Oscar-winning film Traffic at age 17...she's also appeared in the films Swimfan, The Banger Sisters, How to Rob a Bank (to name a few)...Erika also played Julia Braverman-Graham on one of Julie's all-time favorite shows Parenthood...you've seen her on Frasier, too (among other shows)...she currently stars in the ABC/Hulu show Will Trent which just got picked up for a second season...Season 1's finale is tonight....





We talk about Jason being the body double for Ryan Gosling when he was young...all the kids who became famous from Mickey Mouse Club...Erika's start in the b'ness doing commercials...how acting is Erika's truest passion - but she did have some competition when she was younger for wanting to pursue dancing and singing...She was 12 when she knew she wanted to act...her first film was Leave it to Beaver - and then her next film was Traffic...going to Oscar and Golden Globe parties...Erika talks about the biggest factor of acting - trusting yourself (even if you have to fake it)...how her parents supported her career...being 17 and getting Traffic (wtf!!)...how that movie made her feel like she was where she was supposed to be in life...whether she wants her two kids to pursue acting...how her five year old has already aged out of Hollywood for a part (lol)...being able to watch her own work - including her new show Will Trent...how she started to shadow the Director on Episode 11 of Will Trent - maybe she'll direct an episode or something else if it feels right...the short film she directed but didn't finish...identifying with things like "being a director," "being a runner," etc...how Erika blames any weird acting she sees herself doing on her character (ha)...learning everything she can about directing to see if it fits...how acting to her is "being a soldier" and a "good cog in the wheel"....Julie suggests Erika is an over-thinker...the safe space of the podcast...





Julie asks Erika about her experience on Julie's favorite show Parenthood...how it kind of worked out how long it was on (6 years) before it was canceled...how Parenthood was such a magical safe space and how cool everyone was on the set...plus, how the show sent her into a new chapter as well...





Erik's "cycling" "sports model" husband Cole Maness...his amazing beard...how they met...and how he thought he was texting his buddy when he was texting her...how she's not really a paddle boarder even though an interview online made it seem like she does it all the time...IDENTITY AGAIN...she doesn't IDENTIFY as a paddle boarder...her favorite scrunchie...how Erika keeps her guns going (her arms)...pull-ups/carrying the kids around/push-ups/rock climbing/bouldering...NOT identifying as a runner, but doing it anyway...using "ya'll" now that she has a home in Atlanta...what it feels like living in Atlanta (btw, she's all in about being FROM LOS ANGELES...although she is originally from Seattle)...does she IDENTIFY with humidity in the South...how people love Florida (gasp!)...





IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out which actor was one of the most interesting/surprising Erika has worked with...any roles she wishes she got...has she ever been in a heated discussion at a PTA meeting...a song she tunes into to feel the feels...and how she hopes to be remembered.






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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with MEGROB, our infamous Solo Traveler. She's been on the podcast twice - Episodes 033 and 080 - and now she's back nearly a year later to tell us how her solo traveling has been going for the past year...while she travels the U.S. she works remotely and holds down a full-time job...In the past year she's been to Michigan, Las Vegas (staying way too long), Coachella in California, Los Angeles, San Diego...Alaska where she broke her ankle (and how this side-lined her traveling)...a Mid-West tour in Nebraska, Minnesota, Chicago...how the injury and a foot surgery forced her to "rest" a bit...using Michigan as her home base...how her job is transitioning from one company to another and how that has added pressure to life...highlights from Coachella and her favorite artists (Blink 182, blackpink, boygenius, Bjork)...





MegRob talks about what's in store for her in 2024 - maybe settling in to one spot - Pacific Northwest keeps calling to her...being able to finally decide on her own what to do - after having been planning her travels around other people's events...





IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out MEGROB's best and least favorite thing about her recent Coachella trip...what she does to give herself a little treat to boost her spirits...what career she isn't pursuing, but sometimes wishes she could...what she would want endless amounts of...and what her final words would be for you.





And the AFTERPOD when Julie and Jason talk about their guest after the guest leaves the room...the dream of working remotely and living wherever you want...the ups and downs of remote work...having boundaries with work...




Follow @cuzihavetopodcast on Instagram for all the latest news.  We'd love to hear from you - email us at cuzihavetopodcast@gmail.com.  Find other episodes or leave us a voice message for the show on the anchor website. Thanks for tuning in! Keep on living those dreams, friends, CUZ YOU HAVE TO!! - jULIE AND jASON


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