The NYWIFT Podcast

New York Women in Film and Television

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. Filmmakers Dara Frazier and Karen Goeller

    2d ago

    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

    33 min
  2. Tribeca Special: Dori Berinstein and Eliza Licht, plus Financial Consultant Wendy Rubin

    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

    38 min
  3. Executive Producer and Actor Trish Appello and Peabody and Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker Rita Coburn

    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

    31 min
  4. Director Shareen Anderson & Producer Dominique Debroux

    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.

    31 min
  5. Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry

    Apr 16

    Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry

    🙌 Penni brings us two interviews with women bringing bold stories to audiences  📺 Black Public Media’s Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz takes center stage hosting CUNY TV’s Frame By Frame Series and this year’s PitchBLACK Awards Ceremony, which awards $150k to visionary media markers  🎭 Actress, Writer, and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry brings us front-row to her one-woman show, I’m Still Not That Girl, bringing complex characters and emotions to the stage  🌸 Hosts Katie and Catherine share binge watch recommendations  📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org.  🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org NEWS LINKS  Jessica Lia Berry’s website  Black Public Media Buy tickets to PitchBLACK on April 30  CUNY TV Watch Frame by Frame: NYC Filmmakers in Focus             SOCIALS   Leslie Fields-Cruz: LinkedIn: LeslieFields-Cruz Black Public Media: IG: @BlackPublicMedia / X: @blkpublicmedia / Facebook: BlackPublicMedia / YouTube: Black Public Media  Jessica Lia Berry: IG: @jessica_lia / Facebook: JessicaLiaBerry / TikTok: @jessicaliaberry Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers  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.

    28 min
  6. Bonus: Easterseals Disability Film Challenge with filmmaker Anna Pakman

    Apr 7

    Bonus: Easterseals Disability Film Challenge with filmmaker Anna Pakman

    Making a five minute film in 5 days…no problem! In this special bonus episode, host Janine McGoldrick talks with filmmaker Anna Pakman about her short film - Back to the Dark Ages - a sharp, imaginative dramedy that uses humor and surrealism to explore chronic illness, isolation, and the long-term impact of Long COVID. Back to the Dark Ages is Anna’s entry for this year’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge and she talks about the importance of inclusive filmmaking both in front of and behind the camera, and how initiatives like this are opening doors for disabled creators and their stories. Watch Back the Dark Ages on Easterseals YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_Lc0rRD7M  To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Social Media: Anna Pakman: IG: @annatated @darkagesfilm  / X: @annatated / Linkedin NYWIFT: IG:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    17 min
  7. Interviews from the Muse Awards Red Carpet

    Apr 5

    Interviews from the Muse Awards Red Carpet

    🎤 Tammy and LaKisa bring you interviews from Muse Awards Red Carpet!  🥂 Host and Muse Producer Katie Chambers recaps the Muse Award’s celebratory and uplifting spirit and insights on our theme of Reinvention  🏆 Hear advice, stories, and musings from Honorees Audra McDonald, Joy Reid, Jane Raab, Izzy Harrison, Rebecca Damon, and Jamie Brewer  🦋 Meet NYWIFT Board Members Okema T. Moore and Sibyl Santiago ⭐ Our Muse Audience shares the excitement in the room, including Executive Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Linda Powell, Maria Soccor, Iliana Guibert, Lauren Concar Sheehy, and DJ LUV  📧 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. News Links: Associated Press: Interviews with Gwyneth Paltrow, Audra McDonald, Izzy Harrison, and Joy Reid  The Knockturnal: NYWIFT Muse Awards Serves Up Inspiration at Annual Luncheon People Magazine: Audra McDonald Shares a Sweet Story About How Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Helped Finish Her Speech People Magazine: Gwyneth Paltrow Jokes She’s ‘One of the Original Nepo Babies’ NYWIFT’s Creative Workforce Summit Publication: Creative Sustainability in the Age of AI  Audra McDonald: IG: @AudraMcDonald / Facebook: Audra McDonald Joy Reid: IG: @JoyAnnReid / Facebook: Joy Reid Official / YouTube: The Joy Reid Show Jane Raab: IG: @JaneRaab Izzy Harrison: IG: @omg_itsizzyb / X: @OMG_itsizzyb Rebecca Damon: IG: @RebeccaDamon / X: @RebeccaDamonNYC / LinkedIn: Rebecca Damon Jamie Brewer: IG: @itsmemsjamiebrewer / X: @msjamiebrewer / Facebook: MsJamieBrewer Okema T. Moore: IG: @OkemaTMoore / X: @OkemaTMoore / Linkedin: Okema Moore Sibyl Santiago: IG: @SibylSantiago / Linkedin: Sibyl Santiago / Facebook: Sibyl Santiago  Linda Powell: IG: @lindapnyc Maria Soccor: IG: @iammariasoccor / Facebook: Maria Soccor / LinkedIn: Maria Soccor Iliana Guibert: IG: @Iliana.Guibert / Facebook: Iliana Guibert.Actress / LinkedIn: Iliana Guibert  Lauren Concar Sheehy: IG: @lauren_concar_sheehy / Linkedin: Lauren Concar  DJ LUV: IG: @luvl1sa  Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers LaKisa Renee: IG: @LaKisaRenee Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 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.

    34 min
  8. Muse Honorees Jamie Brewer & Patricia Cardoso

    Mar 18

    Muse Honorees Jamie Brewer & Patricia Cardoso

    💫 We’re shining a light on stories of Reinvention, capturing the theme of NYWIFT’s 46th Annual Muse Awards  🎤 Janine interviews Actress, Advocate and Model Jamie Brewer on her fan-favorite roles across several seasons of American Horror Story, and leading positive change across film, television, theater, and fashion  🎬 Tammy interviews Filmmaker Patricia Cardoso, on her career spanning the cultural touchstone Real Women Have Curves, and how her background as an anthropologist informs the stories she brings to life on screen  🎥 Hosts Katie and Janine continue to celebrate Women’s History Month and Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Cassandra Kulukundis’ historic wins at the Academy Awards  🌺 This Friday, we’re honoring Actor, Founder, CEO, and Investor Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress and Singer Audra McDonald, Sex and the City Producer Jane Raab, Journalist Joy Reid, Real Women Have Curves Director Patricia Cardoso, WNBA Athlete and Lupus Advocate Izzy Harrison, and Actress and Down Syndrome Advocate Jamie Brewer 🎟️ We can’t wait to see you there!  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. Socials & Links: Jamie Brewer: IG: @itsmemsjamiebrewer / X: @msjamiebrewer / Facebook: MsJamieBrewer Patricia Cardoso: IG: @patriciacardosofilm Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    37 min
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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!

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  • Creator
    New York Women in Film and Television
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    137
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © New York Women in Film and Television
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