Fem TV

Isabella Campbell and Jillian Smart, actors and writers on new sketch comedy series The Dessert, join us to discuss their start in the industry, comedic influences, and their experiences working in their first writers room.

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Recorded during the opening night red carpet at the 2023 ATX TV Festival, we chat with Jerrie Johnson about playing Tye on Prime Video series, Harlem.

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For this episode, we welcome René Warnes, Hair Department Head on the Showtime miniseries, George and Tammy. 

We discuss her impressive work on George and Tammy, especially how she recreated iconic hairstyles that spanned several decades, her start in the industry, and being a part of the hair department on hit Marvel TV series like Loki.

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In this minisode, Sadie Laflamme-Snow joins us to talk about playing Alice on Hallmark Original Series, The Way Home.

Sadie is a Toronto-based actor who is at the start of what promises to be an exciting career. In addition to The Way Home, she is part of an upcoming Netflix animated series, and also appears the next instalment of horror anthology series, Slasher.

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In this episode, we're joined by Trish Stratus, professional wrestler, actor, and judge on Canada’s Got Talent.

We discuss the upcoming second season of Canada’s Got Talent, and her approach to judging the people who cross Canada’s biggest stage. She also offers some excellent advice for women in male-dominated fields.

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It’s International Women’s Day and we’re celebrating with a special episode of the podcast featuring producer Wendy Calhoun.

Wendy started out in unscripted television, and later went on to work on hit scripted series like Justified, Nashville, Empire and more recently, The Rookie: Feds.

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In this minisode, Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber join us to talk about their new Canadian crime dramedy series, The Spencer Sisters.

In addition to chatting about their roles as a mother/daughter PI duo, Victoria and Darby Spencer, Lea gave some great insight into how things have changed over the decades since she first started in the industry, and Stacey touched on how comfortable she was in this role.

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Fem TV is back after a bit of a hiatus with this minisode featuring Fantasy Island’s Roselyn Sanchez and Kiara Barnes.

Both Roselyn and Kiara discuss how their characters have changed from the first season, and how love and romance play into their storylines in Season 2.

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The cast and creatives of Vampire Academy stop by to talk about their series, based on the best-selling books by Richelle Mead.

First up is co-creators/executive producers Marguerite McIntyre and Julie Plec. Next is Daniela Nieves (Lissa Dragomir), followed by Sisi Stringer (Rose Hathaway). We end with Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Tatiana), Mia McKenna-Bruce (Mia) and Rhian Blundell (Meredith).

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Director Anna Foerster stops by to discuss the recently released Netflix film, Lou, starring Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett.

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Miranda Kwok returns to Fem TV to chat about Season 2 of The Cleaning Lady.

Recorded during the ATX TV Festival this past June, Miranda shares her excitement for Season 2, how they’re continuing on themes explored in Season 1, and teases a bit about what’s coming up for Thony, Armand and the other main characters.

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Wendey Stanzler joins us to discuss her recent directing work on For All Mankind and Five Days at Memorial. We also touch on Sex in the City, which was a turning point in her career, her path into the industry, and upcoming projects.

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TV critic Ashley Bissette Sumerel of Tell-Tale TV joins us for a conversation about female representation among this year’s Emmy nominees.

We discuss the nominees that the Emmys got right and the biggest snubs in addition to breaking down female representation in key categories like directing and writing.

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Emmy-nominated music supervisor Jen Malone sat down with us at this year's ATX TV Festival to talk about her work on shows like Yellowjackets, Euphoria and Atlanta.

Jen is up for the Outstanding Music Supervision award at the 2022 Emmys for her work on Euphoria, her second nomination for that series.

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Arden Cho joins us for a minisode to discuss her Netflix series, Partner Track.

Arden spoke about why she wanted to play this role, and the importance for young women to see a character like Ingrid on screen.

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In this episode, we're joined by actors Julie Ann Emery and Adepero Oduye to discuss their work on Apple TV+ limited series, Five Days at Memorial.

Based on the 2013 book by Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Sheri Fink, Five Days at Memorial is a dramatization of what happened at a New Orleans hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Julie Ann Emery plays Diane Robichaux, and Adepero Oduye is Karen Wynn.

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Jana Schmieding and Kaniehtiio Horn join us to talk Season 2 of Rutherford Falls. 

We chat about each of their storylines this season, indigenous representation on television, and the importance of having indigenous writers sharing their own stories.

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This episode's guest is Emmy-winning casting director, Theo Park.

Theo won her first Emmy for Season 1 of Ted Lasso, and she's been nominated once again in 2022 for Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series.

We not only discuss casting some of the core characters on Ted Lasso, but we also get into some of the guest roles in the first two seasons.

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Joining us today is actor Melissa Barrera, who stars in the Netflix limited series, Keep Breathing.

All six episodes of Keep Breathing are available to stream now on Netflix.

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Joining us this episode is actor Meaghan Rath, star of one of this year's best new comedies, Children Ruin Everything.

We talk about her early days in the industry, and how Children Ruin Everything balances hilarity with heart.

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Emmy-nominated editor Melissa McCoy joins us to discuss her work on Ted Lasso.

During our conversation, we chat about her work on Seasons 1 and 2, specifically the Season 2 bottle episode, "Beard After Hours," and Season 1’s "Make Rebecca Great Again."

We also touch on her start in the industry and the point that she fell in love with editing.

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In a conversation recorded during this year’s ATX TV Festival, writer and producer Maggie Cohn chats with us about HBO Max limited series, The Staircase. We touch on adapting a true crime story, especially one that has been covered extensively in documentaries and podcasts.

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In this minisode, actor Cynthy Wu joins us to talk about For All Mankind and her character, Kelly Baldwin.

We touch on how Kelly is charting her own path instead of following directly in her father’s footsteps, an epic moment in Season 3, Episode 4, “Happy Valley,” and how the show’s twists and turns continue to surprise her.

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In this minisode recorded during Season 11 of the ATX TV Festival, writer and producer Charmaine DeGraté discusses adapting bestselling novel Daisy Jones and the Six into a limited series for Prime Video.

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In this episode, makeup department head Carleigh Herbert joins us to discuss her work on HBO Max comedy series, Minx, especially bringing those 1970s looks to life. 

Carleigh also shares how she got into the industry, and touches on some of the other shows she's been a part of: Teen Wolf, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and American Horror Story: 1984.

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Costume designer Jacky Levy joins us to talk about the looks in Season 2 of Ted Lasso. We touch on style icons like Keeley and Rebecca, how fashion reflects character evolution, and the fun and colourful ways that she’s been able to style the men on the series.

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Our coverage of the ATX TV Festival continues with this minisode featuring music supervisor Liza Richardson, recorded during the Season 11 opening night red carpet. 

Liza has worked on so many shows over the years, including Watchmen, Barry, Lovecraft Country and The Summer I Turned Pretty. In our chat, we talked briefly about her work on the limited series, Station Eleven.

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Production designer and director Lisa Soper stops by to chat about her work on Peacemaker, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. 

She discusses her start in the industry, collaborating with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and James Gunn, and some of the intricate details that have gone into the projects she's designed.

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Emily Gipson and Caitlin McFarland, co-founders and co-directors of the ATX TV Festival, join us In this minisode recorded during the opening night red carpet.

They shared some of their favourite memories from festivals past, and reflected on how it's grown over the years.

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In this episode, Melanie Scrofano joins us to talk about directing two episodes of The Hardy Boys Season 2.

She breaks down how she and the team brought a few key scenes to life, and what she took away from the experience.

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From the ATX TV Festival opening night red carpet, actor and producer Jessica Matten chats with us about playing Sergeant Bernadette Manuelito on new AMC series, Dark Winds.

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Supernatural teen drama First Kill debuted on Netflix today, and we have a special episode to celebrate its premiere featuring some of the women who brought the series to life. 

First up is creator/writer/executive producer Victoria (V.E.) Schwab and showrunner/writer/executive producer Felicia D. Henderson.

Next is the duo behind First Kill’s star-crossed lovers: Imani Lewis (Calliope) and Sarah Catherine Hook (Juliette).

Finally, we have Elizabeth Mitchell, who plays Margo, the matriarch of the Fairmont family.

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Outlander executive producer Maril Davis joins us to discuss Season 6, particularly the finale. 

*Spoiler alert if you haven't seen the Outlander Season 6 finale!

The conversation touches on the showdown at the Fraser home, answering a question that’s been looming large for a few seasons, and a certain relationship that’s had everyone buzzing. Plus, Maril gives us a tease for Season 7, which is currently in production.

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Production designer Maggie Ruder joins us to chat about her work on the final season of Search Party, and on Season 3 of High School Musical: The Musical - The Series.

In addition to discussing Maggie’s start in the industry, we went in depth on some elements of Search Party’s fifth season, especially Lyte HQ, a candy-coated world that’s hiding something much darker underneath.

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A Million Little Things star Allison Miller (Maggie Bloom) joins us to mark her TV directing debut in Episode 417, "60 Seconds."

We discuss her process of preparing for the episode, keeping track of multiple storylines, and how she handled both directing and acting.

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This episode features the creators, producers and stars of Three Busy Debras: Mitra Jouhari, Alyssa Stonoha and Sandy Honig.

In our conversation, we touch on their start in comedy, taking the Debras from stage to screen, filming the series in Seattle, and what’s in store for Season 2.

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Actor Jessica Reynolds join us to discuss playing Malva Christie in Season 6 of Outlander.

She shares a bit about preparing for the role, her character’s journey throughout the season, and the biggest takeaways she has have from working on the hit series.

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Costume designer Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh talks about her work on Prime Video’s Upload, including Nora’s gorgeous collection of coats, Ingrid’s impeccable style, and achieving Mildred’s black and white wardrobe.

She also touches on her time working on The 100, and teases her current project, Avatar: The Last Airbender, the live action series from Netflix.

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In this minisode, Rachel Tenner stops by to talk about casting Apple TV+ series, Severance.

She shares a bit about the casting process in general, the rush of discovering new talent, and working with Ben Stiller to assemble this brilliant cast on Severance.

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In this episode, production designer Toni Barton joins me to talk about her work on Archive 81.

We touch on some of the gorgeous details that went into the creating the look for the series, including The Visser, the apartment building at the center of Archive 81's mystery. Toni also discusses the mentorship program that she is a part of, Equity Through Design.

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Writer and producer Miranda Kwok stops by to discuss her work as creator and executive producer on The Cleaning Lady.

Miranda shares the story of her start in the industry including her Slamdance-winning screenplay, Song of Silence, writing on Spartacus: Blood and Sand and The 100, and developing The Cleaning Lady for American TV from the original Argentine format.

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Cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné joins us to chat about her work on Severance, the mind-bending Apple TV+ series.

We discuss the unique look of this series, collaborating with producer/director Ben Stiller, and some of the challenges that came with shooting this first season.

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Makeup artist Etzel Ecleston joins us to talk about her recent work on Netflix's Archive 81 and HBO's The Gilded Age, as well as previous projects like Gotham, Luke Cage and Pose.

Etzel shared some fantastic behind-the-scenes details for Archive 81, especially having the opportunity to create looks for two different time periods: 1994 and 1924. She also teased one of her upcoming projects, the Hulu film Not Okay.

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Pachinko executive producer Theresa Kang-Lowe joins me for this minisode to discuss her role in bringing the series to life, the universality of this story, and our shared hope that it opens up conversations about our families’ histories.

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In this episode, actor Samantha Aucoin stops by to discuss her role on Astrid and Lilly Save the World.

Samantha plays Lilly in this series about a pair of outcast BFFs who accidentally open a portal to a monster dimension, and it’s up to them to save the world from these supernatural threats.

She was so excited to chat about her work on the series, especially since this is her very first TV role. In our conversation, we touch on what brought her to acting, some of the most surprising things she discovered while on set, and bonding with her co-star, Jana Morrison.

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In the first Fem TV minisode of Season 5, we have Outlander star Sophie Skelton.

Sophie shares some observations on her character, Brianna, especially how she navigates the fish out of water aspect of her storyline.

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We’re kicking off Season 5 of Fem TV with Halle Stanford, President of Television for the Jim Henson Company. She is also executive producer on shows like The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Harriet the Spy, Sid the Science Kid, and most recently, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.

Halle discusses her start in TV, how she became a part of the Henson Company, and her mission to create only the absolute best when it comes to children’s programming.

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It's the Season 4 finale of Fem TV, and actor Constance Marie joins us to discuss the Prime Video holiday romcom series, With Love.

In addition to talking about her character, Beatriz Diaz, and her storyline that captivated me throughout all five episodes of With Love, Constance tells us a bit about the changes she’s seen in the industry throughout the course of her career.

Thank you to all for listening to Season 4 of Fem TV! We'll be back in 2022 for Season 5.

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In our final minisode of Season 4, TV industry powerhouse Gloria Calderón Kellett joins me to talk about Prime Video's With Love.

Gloria is the creator and executive producer of the five-part holiday series that has redefined the rom-com. She also plays Gladys in the series, a single 40-something woman who is living her life large and unapologetically.

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Costume designer Agata Maszkiewicz joins us to discuss her career, especially her work on Lucifer and CSI: Vegas.

We revisit some of the most memorable looks on Lucifer, including Maze's envy-inducing wardrobe, Eve and Maze's wedding dresses, and the suits and tuxes worn by the devil himself.

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Piper Perabo chats with us about joining the cast of Yellowstone in Season 4 as Summer Higgins, an activist whose world collides with the Dutton family in a rather surprising way. 

We discuss how her character finds common ground with patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner), what happened when Summer met Beth (Kelly Reilly), and if Summer should be afraid of the Duttons.

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Many of you may know Jessica Morris as Jennifer Rappaport on One Life To Live, or from Lifetime films like Danger in the Spotlight and A Mother’s Terror. 

Jessica has also branched out into screenwriting. Her feature debut, Twisted Little Lies, which she also stars in, premieres December 17th on Lifetime. 

In this episode, we chat about Jessica's start in the industry, some of her recent movie roles, and, of course, writing.

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In this minisode, we’re going back to Bayside High with Saved by the Bell star Haskiri Velazquez.

She tells us a bit about what’s in store for her character, Daisy, in the show’s sophomore season, including all the feelings about returning to school post-pandemic, and a budding romance with a new face at Bayside.

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Joining us for this minisode is Jennifer Tilly, currently appearing on Chucky, the TV series that expands the world of the beloved horror franchise.

Besides chatting about Chucky and its campy fun, Jennifer also touches on why she wanted to revisit her character, Tiffany, and how roles like this rarely come along for women over 50.

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In our conclusion to the Queen Sugar Directors’ Series, our guest is Shaz Bennett. She not only directed the final two episodes of Queen Sugar this year, but she was also a writer and co-executive producer for Season 6.

Shaz and I discuss Episode 609 “Tossing in the Meadows” and Episode 610 “And You Would Be One of Them,” including the celebration for Darla and Ralph Angel, the battle between the Landrys and the Bordelons, and new beginnings.

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Lisa France returns to Fem TV -- this time as part of the Queen Sugar Directors' Series -- to discuss her work on Season 6, Episode 8, “All Those Brothers and Sisters.”

As producing director, Lisa gives us an overview of bringing Season 6 to life in addition to discussing Episode 608.

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In this edition of the Queen Sugar Directors' Series, Keisha Rae Witherspoon takes us behind the scenes of Season 6, Episode 7, titled “They Would Bloom and Welcome You.”

We take a deep dive into each pivotal moment from the episode, plus Keisha shares how she became a part of the Queen Sugar family.

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In our final special Halloween episode of the season, Katie Ballard joins us to discuss her work as hair department head on Creepshow.

Katie gives us an in-depth look at how some of the unforgettable hairstyles were created for the horror anthology series, and the ways that the quick turnaround times on Creephsow have allowed her to really hone her craft.

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In Fem TV's second Halloween Week episode, editor Alexandra Amick stops by to discuss her work on Muppets Haunted Mansion.

In addition to sharing some of the behind-the-scenes magic in bringing this Halloween crossover to life, she touches on what made her uniquely qualified to take on this project, and how she unknowingly ended up working with someone who created one of her favourite Muppet moments.

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Fem TV celebrates Halloween Week with three special, spooky-themed episodes. First up is Leslie Sebert, makeup department head on the Netflix movie Nightbooks, starring Krysten Ritter.

Leslie talks about creating Ritter’s witchy glam look for her character, Natacha, and provides us with tips if we want to try recreating the look, too!

She also discusses her experience on one of my favourite shows of all time, Being Erica, and shares stories from working on Good Will Hunting.

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In this edition of Fem TV Presents: The Queen Sugar Directors’ Series, Bertha Bay-Sa Pan takes us on a deep dive of Season 6, Episode 6, "Or Maybe Just Stay There."

In addition to giving us a look behind the scenes (spoiler alert for Season 6, Episode 6), Bertha shared the story of she joined the Queen Sugar family.

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This week on Fem TV Presents: The Queen Sugar Directors’ Series, Shari L. Carpenter takes us behind the scenes of Season 6, Episode 5, "Moving So Easily Through that Common Depth."

In addition to looking at some of the episode's standout scenes (spoiler alert for Season 6, Episode 5), Shari tells us about how she became a part of the Queen Sugar family.

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In this edition of Fem TV Presents: The Queen Sugar Directors’ Series, Stephanie Turner joins us to discuss Season 6, Episode 4, "To A Different Day."

Stephanie gives us a behind the scenes look at her episode (spoiler alert for Season 6, Episode 4), and shares the story of how she joined the Array family with her film, Justine, leading to her first episodic TV directing gig on Queen Sugar.

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Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, the songwriting team behind Central Park, stop by to discuss their careers, the differences between writing for the stage versus serialized TV, and more.

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Fem TV Presents: The Queen Sugar Directors’ Series continues with Marie Jamora, director of Season 6, Episode 3, "You Would Come Back Different."

Marie takes us behind the scenes of her episode, so please note that there will be spoilers discussed from Season 6, Episode 3 during this conversation. She also tells us about how she became a part of the Queen Sugar family.

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Fem TV Presents: The Queen Sugar Directors’ Series continues with Cierra Glaudé, director of Season 6, Episode 2, “And Dream with Them Deeply.”

Cierra shares the remarkable story of how she became a part of the Queen Sugar family, first as a production assistant and now as a director. Cierra also takes us behind the scenes of Season 6, Episode 2, so please note that there will be spoilers discussed in this episode.

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Jewel Staite stops by to chat about playing Abby Bianchi on her new series, Family Law.

In our conversation, we discuss why she wanted this role, the humour she’s injected into her performance, and how Vancouver gets to be itself on screen for a change. We also take a little trip back in time to her start in the industry when she was 5.

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Lauren Ash makes her Fem TV return to chat about her new Netflix animated series, Chicago Party Aunt.

We discuss her role on the show, her love for Chicago, and how animated series make the impossible possible.

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In the conclusion to Fem TV's first annual Emmys Week, hair department head Jerilynn Stephens joins us to discuss her work on The Voice and Legendary.

She has also been using her platform to raise awareness for ovarian cancer as someone who was diagnosed with it earlier this year.

Jerilynn is a double nominee in the "Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program" category for both Legendary and The Voice at this weekend's Creative Arts Emmys.

(Please note that there are somewhat graphic descriptions of medical issues in this conversation.)

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Our first annual Emmys Week continues with costume designer Jeriana San Juan, nominated for the Halston episode, “Versailles”

In addition to designing all of the show-stopping looks, she also consulted on the series to give the fashion design elements a more authentic look and feel. In our conversation, she talks about working with Ewan McGregor and other cast members to bring this story to life, the timelessness of Elsa Peretti, how a photo inspired Halston’s style in the series, and recreating Liza Minelli’s wedding ensemble.

Jeriana is nominated in the “Outstanding Period Costumes” category at this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.

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This is the inaugural Fem TV Presents: The Queen Sugar Directors’ Series with Season 6, Episode 1 director, Carmen Marrón.

Beginning today, and every Wednesday following each new episode of Queen Sugar’s sixth season, we’ll be releasing a conversation with the director of that week’s episode.

Carmen shares the story of how she became a part of the Queen Sugar family and takes us behind the scenes of the Season 6 premiere, "If You Could Enter Their Dreaming."

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Our first annual Emmys Week continues with editor Jessica Brunetto, nominated for the pilot of Hacks, “There Is No Line.”

We chat about her start in the industry, her work on female-led shows like Another Period and Broad City, and when she realized that they’d captured lightning in a bottle with Hacks. We also talk about her short film, Sisters, which she produced and directed.

Jessica is up for the “Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series” award at this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.

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Fem TV's first annual Emmys Week kicks off with hair department head, Liliana Maggio. Liliana and her team were nominated for "Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling" for Season 2, Episode 6 of The Politician, "What's in the Box?"

In addition to chatting about her work on The Politician, we touch on how she made the jump from a career in advertising to becoming a hair stylist, her first full-time hair department job on Smash, and briefly lending her talents to one of my all time fave series, Pose.

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Actor Sydney Mikayla, a Daytime Emmy nominee for her role as Trina Robinson on General Hospital, joins us to discuss being a part of a soap opera legacy, voice acting and more.

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Editor JoAnne Yarrow joins us to chat about her start in the industry, her first job in TV working on American Crime, and working on the crime caper comedy, Only Murders in the Building.

We also touch on her previous projects, Vida and Queen Sugar, especially the indie film sensibility embraced by those series.

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Music supervisor Jennifer Smith stops by to discuss her start in the industry, her career so far, and working on Season 2 of Why Women Kill.

Jennifer was also very candid about the challenges that music supervisors face with pay inequality.

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In this minisode, Motel Makeover's April Brown and Sarah Sklash discuss their Netflix docuseries about transforming a rundown motel in Sauble Beach, Ontario into The June Motel.

April and Sarah share how they landed on Sauble Beach for their second motel, completing a huge undertaking like this during a global pandemic, and how they’re excited for the rest of the world to discover The June.

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Nicole Winters, Lucia Entertainment Co-founder and Head of Development and Partnerships, joins us for this SeriesFest conversation to discuss her docuseries pilot, Go Green, that screened at this year's festival.

We discuss Nicole's start in TV ad sales, creating the hit digital series, Drinking with the Stars, the potential she sees for Go Green, and how she partnered with Mark Ruffalo's non-profit, The Solutions Project, to bring the pilot to life.

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From Season 7 of SeriesFest, writer/producer/director Michele Palermo joins us to discuss her dramedy pilot, Middle of Nowhere.

In addition to discussing the Middle of Nowhere pilot (which won the Audience Award for Best Independent Pilot at SeriesFest), our conversation covers her prolific career in TV, including her first TV writing job on Boy Meets World, working in development, and guiding a new generation of screenwriters as a professor at Columbia.

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Actor Jaylen Barron joins us to talk about playing Trish on Blindspotting, why it’s important to see characters like this on TV, and acting alongside scene partners like Jasmine Cephas Jones and Helen Hunt.

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In our final episode from the 2021 ATX Television Festival, director and producer Kat Candler stops by to chat about her work on CW series, The Republic of Sarah.

We also discuss Queen Sugar, and how it has become such a valuable place for female indie directors to get that elusive first TV directing gig.

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We return to our coverage of the 2021 ATX Television Festival with this episode featuring actor Kayla Cromer.

Kayla is best known as Matilda on Freeform’s Everything’s Gonna Be OK, and was part of The Messy Middle panel about representation of disabilities on TV. 

In the episode, we discuss Matilda’s story arc in Season 2, Kayla's love of the true crime and superhero genres, and so much more.

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Our 2021 ATX Television Festival coverage continues with this conversation featuring director, producer, writer, speaker and TV host, Fiona Dawson. Fiona took part in this year’s festival with a proof of concept for her docuseries, Now with Fiona.

An Emmy nominee and award-winning director, Fiona reflects on her career so far, the panel and screening of Now with Fiona during Season 10 of the ATX Festival, and why it’s important to share hopeful stories about the LGBTQ community.

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Joining us for this episode is Macey Chipping, the star of teen drama series, Mystic. 

We talk about her start as an actor, the casting process for Mystic, filming in New Zealand, and forming a bond with her equine co-stars.

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Mandi Line, costume designer on Season 5 of The Bold Type, joins us to chat about her work on the final season of the Freeform series.

In our conversation, we chat about her start as a stylist for rock bands, the clever ways she had to source pieces while filming in Montreal during the pandemic, the Black Designer Database that she looked to for Kat’s wardrobe, and so much more!

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Fem TV is celebrating 100 episodes with Mythic Quest's Jessie Ennis!

In our conversation, we discuss Jessie's career, playing Jo on Mythic Quest, and how the collaborative nature behind the scenes has offered her so many opportunities to learn and grow.

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In a special Emmy For Your Consideration conversation, Lovecraft Country production designer, Kalina Ivanov, and costume designer, Dayna Pink, discuss their work on the acclaimed series.

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Sex/Life showrunner Stacy Rukeyser and star Margaret Odette join us to talk about the Netflix original series.

In it, we touch the ways female sexuality and sexual agency are portrayed on Sex/Life, thoughts on “free the nipple,” and how intimacy coordinators on set have changed things for the better.

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In a special minisode from the 2021 ATX Television Festival, The Bold Type showrunner Wendy Straker Hauser stops by to chat about the final season of the Freeform series.

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In this episode, we're joined by producer, writer and director Anja Marquardt. Best known for her critically acclaimed, award-winning indie film She’s Lost Control, Anja has recently ventured into episodic TV for the first time with Season 3 of The Girlfriend Experience.

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In our first episode from the 2021 ATX Television Festival, Queen Sugar producing director Lisa France joins us to discuss her work on Seasons 5 and 6 of the groundbreaking OWN series.

Lisa shares what it was like to film in real time during the Covid pandemic, how the storylines were reflecting what was happening in real life, and how they adapted to new protocols by creating filming pods.

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Home Before Dark creator and executive producer Dana Fox and star Brooklynn Prince tease Season 2 of the series and some of the new challenges Hilde faces as she takes on a new mystery. 

Home Before Dark Season 1 is available now on Apple TV Plus, and Season 2 premieres June 11.

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For All Mankind costume designer Jill Ohanneson discusses the 80s fashion in Season 2, the state of the art spacesuits that are used for filming, and that duct tape moment that had everyone talking in the season finale.

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Joining us this episode are Dickinson Season 2 costume designer Jennifer Moeller, hair department head Suzy Mazzarese-Allison, and makeup department head Ande Yung.

In it, we discuss bringing showrunner Alena Smith’s vision to life, and the ways the team was able to show character growth through costumes, hair and makeup — especially with Anna Baryshnikov's Lavinia, Ella Hunt's Sue, and Hailee Steinfeld's Emily.

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Kether Donohue chats about playing Gillian on Adult Swim's animated series, Birdgirl, and how her improv skills helped her land the role. We also touch on portrayals of mental health on both Birdgirl and her previous series, You’re the Worst.

(DISCLAIMER … we had some technical issues with the connection while recording so you may hear inconsistencies in the audio quality, but the conversation itself was too good not to share!)

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Catherine Winder is the CEO and Executive Producer at Wind Sun Sky Entertainment. She stops by the podcast to discuss her work on animated series like Invincible and The Clone Wars, collaborating with Robert Kirkman and George Lucas, and the job at Disney that launched her career in the industry.

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New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong joins us to discuss her latest book, When Women Invented Television, which shares the stories of four trailblazers in the TV biz.

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Cinematographer Carissa Dorson stops by to discuss her work on Sketchy Times with Lilly Singh, a sketch comedy special that was released on Peacock last year.

We also talked about her film school experience, working with College Humor at the start of her career, and her horror feature project, Darkness in Tenement 45.

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Producer and director Celia Jaspers joins us to chat about her work on House Hunters International and her recent short film projects, Homeschool and Milk.

We also discuss Celia’s start in the industry while still in high school, and the film and TV industry in New Zealand where she is based.

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