There It Is Podcast Jason Farr

We talk to our old friend (actor, comedian, and host), Shama Mrema! Jason and Shama met in South Carolina where they both did comedy at the Alchemy Comedy Theater and No Expectations Comedy. Shama has come a long way since there and he talks to Jason about it all. He chat about co-creating Deuteronomemes, how he figured out how to make comedy about Christian culture, how he started making his videos that have blown up online, the Writer's Strike, the ethical issue of using of A.I. and more!
Listen on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, and SoundCloud!

https://www.shamamrema.com

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Our bud Hannah Rae Aslesen returned to the podcast for a super fun chat! A ton has happened for Hannah since she was last on the podcast! She was on Loki, she's part of this hilarious golf-centric sketches for St. Andre Golf, and she's taking her one-woman show, "Cross My Heart" to the Hollywood Fringe Festival next week! We talk about all of that and creating comedy, corny online comments, what she does to stay creative, and more! We even fit in some talk about the NBA! It was wonderful having her back on!

Get tickets to her L.A. performances: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/9586?tab=tickets

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We had the pleasure of talking to actor, comedian, and writer, Chelsea London Lloyd! Aside from having a very fun name, Chelsea also has a helluva lot of talent! She’s been performing since a very young age and started doing comedy shows early in the LA area. She cut her teeth at the major comedy schools and theaters and it shows. She does great character work which you can see all over the internet! She talks with Jason about her journey in entertainment, how she develops characters, working on TV shows like Barry, her comedy podcast, Dying of Laughter, about dealing with grief, and much more!

See her work on her website: https://www.chelswhoelse.com

Twitter: @ChelsWhoElse, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes
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PR expert, Molly McPherson, joined us for a fascinating chat about managing your image. Molly is a nationally recognized expert in crisis public relations and pop culture. She hosts the podcast "Indestructible PR," and wrote the book "Indestructible: Reclaim Control and Respond with Confidence in a Media Crisis." She has worked with FEMA and was the Director of Communications for the Cruise Line International Association. She blew up on social media talking about public fallout in pop culture. After coming to grips with having a parasocial relationship with Molly, Jason talks with her about how comedians from Kevin Hart to Louis CK managed their media crises and much more!

Molly's Website: https://mollymcpherson.com

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YouTube channel: @MollyMcPherson, @ThereItis
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The WGA is on strike. Jason talks about why this strike is happening, the problems that writers are trying to address, why it's important, and ways you can help them. It's a very important topic and getting informed is a big step into creating a better situation for those of us in the entertainment industry.

Ways to help:
Donate - https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-work
Join them on the picket line - https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/picket-schedules-and-locations

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Source: https://www.wgacontract2023.org/uploadedfiles/members/member_info/contract-2023/wga_proposals.pdf

In this episode we talk to actor, comedian extraordinaire, Lauren LoGiudice!

Lauren and Jason met through performing on "Hi, Nice People!" The very show we talked about in a recent episode. Lauren is an actor, author, and comedian who has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, McSweeney’s, and more. She's great at character work and that is a big part of this discussion. She talks about how she develops them, where inspiration for characters come from, how she stays in character, how teaching taught her how to perform, and more!

https://www.laurenlogiudice.com

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