Hello, Hello!    In this episode, we have a conversation with Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker and Best-Selling Author Tiffany Shlain (@tiffanyshlain on Instagram). We talk about:    The invention of the “Failures Bio” Using constraints as a lever for creating your best work  How to thrive creatively in a recession   AI fears

Hello, Hello!  In this episode, we have a conversation with Producer, Director, and Writer Christin Baker. We talk about her new streaming service DIVABoxOffice.TV, her new film 'Merry & Gay,' her secrets to longevity in filmmaking, what qualifies as a Lesbian film, using screenwriting contests as a development force-m

Hello, Hello!    In this episode, we have a conversation with Actress and Singer Shavvon Lin. We talk about how she sold her Chinese parents on being an artist, approaching auditions like a job, surviving the trauma of living through “one-child” laws in China, how she protects herself from the character’s trauma, why g

Hello, Hello!    In this edition of Indie Talk, Chris and Nick are in the holiday spirit! They talk about their favorite holiday cocktails, their favorite holiday movies, which holiday films will become classics for future generations, the growing issue of "forced" representation in TV and Film, and Netflix’s bold move

Hello, Hello!    In this episode, we have a conversation with writer and comedian Charla Lauriston. We talk about working on the NBC series Grand Crew, writing her web series 'Clinch & Release,' her excellent new course for writers, The Werking Writer School, comedy as a defense mechanism, the importance of being seen,

Hello, Hello!   In this special Mental Health Awareness Month release, we have a conversation with Former UCLA Professor of Psychiatry, Author, Documentarian, Podcaster, and Suicide Prevention Expert, Dr. Mark Goulston. We talk about how he treated his undiagnosed depression, "Surgical Empathy," the "Four Prompts for S