What It's Like To...

What it's like to Be in Entertainment (Best Of)

April 27, 2022 Elizabeth Pearson Garr Season 2 Episode 25
What It's Like To...
What it's like to Be in Entertainment (Best Of)
Show Notes

We've had so many entertaining guests on The Experience Podcast throughout our first two seasons... we decided to compile some of them into this episode! Hear snippets of interviews from people who are involved in the entertainment industry in one way or another: a Broadway lyricist, a television director, an actor/stand-up comedian, a voice-over actor, a TikTok star, and an Academy Awards insider.

You can listen to the full episode of each by going to theexperiencepodcast.net!

Here is the complete lineup:

Amanda Docter: What it's like to attend the Academy Awards 

  • She's been eight times with her husband, 3-time Oscar winner Pete Docter ("Up," "Inside Out," "Soul")

Ethan Herschenfeld: What it's like to be a stand-up comedian & What it's like to be an actor and opera singer

  • comedy album, "Thug Thug Jew," was #1 on Amazon Music
  • currently appearing in "Red Notice" on Netflix

John Malone: What it's like to be a voice actor

  • voices national commercials, videogames, audio books, animated works, and more
  • won a Voice Arts Award

Glenn Slater: What it's like to write lyrics for musicals

  • has written the lyrics to the songs in some of the most popular Broadway musicals, animated movies and television shows of all time--including Disney’s Tangled; The Little Mermaid; Sister Act; School of Rock; and many others
  • won a Grammy, an Emmy, and been nominated for three Tony awards
  • often collaborates with heavyweight composers like Alan Mencken and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ken Fuchs: What it's like to direct hit television shows

  • directs long-running franchises including The Bachelor/ette, Family Feud, and Shark Tank
  • Emmy Award winner

Linda Fruits: What it's like to be a social media star

  • has more than 300,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram 
  • posts about bittersweet, honest, humorous moments of motherhood

Dan Sturman: What it's like to make documentary films

  • won Oscar,  Emmy, and Peabody Awards
  • films have been shown at the world’s most prestigious festivals, from Cannes to Sundance
  • films include “Nanking,” “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” “The Hollywood Complex,” and “Twin Towers"


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