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Sunday, October 23, 2022 Tell The Damn Story, 236 : How Can An Auditioning Actor Wind Up An Award Winning Producer? Part Two

PART TWO of the Interview Are you in it for instant success, or the long run?" That's one of the hard questions creatives should be asking themselves...

Sunday, October 23, 2022 Tell The Damn Story, 236 : How Can An Auditioning Actor Wind Up An Award Winning Producer? Part One

"Are you in it for instant success, or the long run?" That's one of the hard questions creatives should be asking themselves regularly. Because the a...

Sunday, October 2, 2022 Tell The Damn Story #235: Where To Get On The Road To Filmmaking

Part 2 of our, "How to Get Into The Movies!" episode. Today, Alex and Chris explore ways people can educate themselves right into the film industry. T...

Sunday, September 11, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 234: The Price Of A Ticket, Or How to Get Into The Movies!

No. We're not talking about buying butter popcorn. What does it cost creatives we realize making movies is where we wanna' be? This week, Alex and Ch...

Sunday, August 14, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 233: From Childhood To The Grave, The Mindscape of Horror Writer

*"Enter freely and of your own will!” Alex and Chris hang out with punk horror author Carol Gyzander, and catch up with her many exciting projects. Fr...

Monday, August 1, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 232: Did You Know We're All Dr. Who Now

This week Alex and Chris discuss how streaming services have obliterated time in space for us all. How with our powerful remotes we can go anywhere ...

Sunday, July 17, 2022 Tell The Damn Story, #231: Is Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 Serving The Damn Stories?

The HEROES just keep on coming. This week Chris and Alex do a time honored summer activities; talking about the movies they've seen this summer. And ...

Sunday, June 19, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 230: How One Man Left His Mark As A Writer, And A Whole Lot More

Greetings Listeners: In this episode Alex, Chris, and special guest Elizabeth Sheehan take you on a more personal creative journey. Sometimes we lear...

Sunday, June 5, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 229: How To Go From Comics to TV ... The Writer's Trail of Beau Smith.

While Chris Ryan was on the road at a major writer’s conference, cohost Alex Simmons interviewed writer/creator Beau Smith. Beau has written for DC Co...

Sunday, May 22, 2022 TELL THE DAMN STORY 228: How A European Playwright Covers Controversial Racial Killing in, "A Kid Like Rishi"

This week Alex and Chris talk to promoter/activist, Beck Lee who is helping the Origin Theatre Company to bring the play "A Kid Like Rishi" to New Yor...

Sunday, May 15, 2022 Tell The Damn Story, #227: How Breck C. Faced Screenplays, Six Guns & the Covid Clan

Or How a Young Filmmaker Produced A Western During A Pandemic. Alex and Chris speak with one of Alex's former screenwriting students, Breck Cuddy. To...

Sunday, May 1, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 226: Remembering Comic Industry Artist/Activist/Mentor Neal Adams

Alex and Chris remember a powerhouse artist and activist for the arts after the sad passing of Neal Adams. "Neal was an American comic book artist. H...

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on 11/4/2019

This is a podcast that will inspire your creativity. Five stars all the way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

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on 7/7/2019

Excellent conversation with Jerry Craft. Thank you!

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on 12/25/2018

I throughly enjoy the teasing yet respectable repartee between these two writers. They both “tell stories” to get their points across (of course) which made their discussions so engaging. I have lots ...

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on 7/2/2018

Awesome stuff and very informative!!! 👌👌

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