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Welcome to the "Conversations with Alya Lei" podcast; where actor, improviser and audiobook narrator, Alya Lei brings you weekly episodes filled with inspiration and insight. Each episode features captivating guest interviews, valuable resources, and/or uplifting content. Join us as we explore the journeys, challenges, and successes of creatives and entrepreneurs, offering wisdom and motivation to fuel your own path.
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Kurt Caceres brings on celebrity Actors, Directors, Athletes, Casting Directors, Writers, Surgeons, Psychologists, Musicians and more............. to take us down a raw and truthful journey into the dark hallways of the Hollywood machine. As an actor, Kurt worked many years to get to the top of the game, leading major network television shows and finding great success. Then because of inexperience and the power of ego, he lost it all and hit rock bottom. Now after a decade of fighting to mak ...
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Morgan Deer, now based in Los Angeles, shares a unique and inspiring perspective on her acting journey, rooted in her transition from a career as a news anchor in Humboldt County. Her dedication to the craft is palpable, as she immersed herself in various acting workshops, studios, and improvisation classes, all while living with epilepsy—a conditi…
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Vanessa Haney (pen name: Van Haney) grew up in the new age circus known as the entertainment industry. Van was first published in an anthology of poems in 1997. In the early 2000's she was showcased in young filmmaker competitions for her screenplays, and in 2018 while getting her Master's in Education, while also working as VP of Communications at…
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STEPHANIE BELL, PGA A member of the Producers Guild of America, Stephanie is an Emmy nominated & multi-award-winning producer and line producer with over 25 years experience in film, TV & digital content. Her films (both features and shorts) have screened in over 75 film festivals around the world, garnering more than 50 awards, including 14 for “B…
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Achieve acting success anywhere with a strategy from award-winning actor Chrissy Hogue Bartels
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Achieve acting success anywhere with a strategy from award-winning actress Chrissy Hogue Bartels! Chrissy Hogue Bartels shares her journey as an actor, challenges of being "derailed" from acting and her strategy to be successful as an actor no matter where you live! Chrissy is a multi-award winning actor with a recent Best Supporting Actress Award …
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Arron Lloyd: Actor & Elite Neuroencoding Specialist! How Arron went from growing up in the inner city to being in a commercial for the NFL and an elite neuroencoding specialist sharing stages with Les Brown and Joseph McClendon III!! Arron Lloyd was born in the inner city in a single mother household, Arron has an appreciation for what it takes to …
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The Actor's Resource podcast is changing!! We are transitioning to this podcast: CONVERSATIONS with Alya Lei. The purpose of the podcast will remain the same: Inspire, Inform, and/or Uplift with guest interviews - the new difference is we are including guests from outside of the entertainment industry, also! Please join me over there! Thank you for…
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Max Muscato is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and philanthropist. As a rock artist he brings electrifying performances to every show. Over the last several years Max has gained an extensive following and has toured and opened for: Our Lady Peace, Citizen Cope, Theory of a Deadman, Aaron Carter, Finger Eleven, Ripe, The Allman Be…
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Catherine Campion is a lifer in the entertainment industry. She has been working as an actress non-stop since she was 16 - first in theater, then commercials, followed by TV & features. Some favorite roles have been a foul-mouthed cancer patient on Weeds; a MN Iron Range mom standing up to Charlize Theron in North Country; and a nerdy gamer in Silv…
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Michael Vincent Berry is a Texas-born Actor most known for his roles in American Tragedies: WACO The Trials, Law and Order SVU, Better Call Saul and THEM. Other notable projects include the multi-award winning Crude Massacre, Last of the Grads and the LGBT dystopian film; Innocent Boy. Michael is a veteran stage actor and former Chair of Theatre an…
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Success Interview with award-winning actor, Josh Murray - General Hospital, Christmas at the Greenbrier, Gym Rat. Josh Murray debuted nationally in TV movie "Killing Lincoln" (as assassin Lewis Powell) – Executive Produced by Ridley Scott and narrated by Tom Hanks – it set a record in viewership on the National Geographic Channel. Since then he has…
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Success Interview with Elaine Rivkin, SAG-AFTRA, AEA actor Elaine Rivkin is a recent transplant to Los Angeles from Chicago, where she spent decades acting, teaching, producing, and freelancing in casting. Her stage credits include Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens, Writers, Northlight, Milwaukee Rep, Geva, and many others. Since moving to LA, s…
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Jake Diamond is an award-winning editor with over 20 years of experience in Film and Television. From feature films and documentaries, to TV shows such as 90 Day Fiancé and the The Colbert Report, his projects have run the full gamut. He is also starting a new career as a filmmaker. He had made a few short films, and recently created the "Doin' Gre…
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The Actor's Resource Podcast interviews Roxanna Lewis - an award-winning filmmaker to hear Roxanna share her success story, including her near death experience which helped Roxanna define her creative choices. Roxanna's creative approach to film making originates from her deep roots as a theatrical director and choreographer. Her work has been pres…
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Success Story: Ruth Haney, Hollywood Studio Union Makeup Artist for over 25 years. Ruth moved from Albany, New York to Los Angeles around 1980. She had a chance meeting while waitressing that changed her life and opened the doors to the world of studio makeup. Ruth is a fine artist, so makeup was an easy transition, using color and brushes, on peop…
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Marti Mongiello - genius, veteran, director, producer, author, CEO, White House chef and the list goes on and on... Marti's current television series, Inside the President's Cabinet, launched in 2019 and is renewed for two additional seasons into 2022.
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There comes a time in one’s life when we all realize the importance of “saving the bees”. We see the true importance of life and leave behind the unnecessary attachments and unrealistic milestones. Alimi Ballard once again joins America’s Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, to talk about how the world teaches us to feel that we are always missing out on somet…
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Chalis Romero grew up in the Salt Lake City Valley, Utah. She graduated from Cal State University, Fullerton with a degree in Radio, TV & Film. First job in "the industry" was in reality TV. After a couple of years she got a job in scripted TV as an office PA and then as a producer's assistant. She was accepted into the DGA Training program in 2013…
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Alimi Ballard is Marcel Dumas on the hit show, Queen of the South, and currently can be seen on the new Peacock series, One of Us is Lying. He sits with America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, to help us understand the importance of "listening". Often times you'll hear couples in arguments and one always complains that their partner "never listens". Wel…
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Lauren Buglioli - currently a series regular on Netflix's "Florida Man" (currently in production) was born in Los Angeles where she worked as an actress before moving to London, England for middle and high school, where she continued to work in film, television and theatre. She’s a graduate of the American School in London… so don’t be disappointed…
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While he was at the top of his craft as an actor in Hollywood, he came up with an idea for a video game live streaming concept. He was shot down all over town and told "no one will ever watch people play video games". Well a few years later, the biggest live streaming conglomerate on the planet, Twitch, was launched to change the world forever. Bre…
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Most actors deep down hope they can play roles that have an impact on society, move people with emotion, and in the rare case, become part of something much bigger than all of us. Brett Claywell sits with America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, to share his experience as a heterosexual young man from the south, playing one of the first gay characters on…
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An accomplished producer and showrunner with an extensive background in science fiction television, Montreal-born Joseph Mallozzi began his career in the entertainment industry as an animator and later as a writer. He worked developing more than 100 hours of television programming for various children’s series, including Animal Crackers, The Little…
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Shawn Maus is sincere, frank, curious, ambitious and humorous – or so he’s been told. Writer, mentor, screenwriter, playwright and life adventurer. Shawn is the creator and host of the podcast “Art in Your Heart.” His TV pilot “Soulcatch” was a quarterfinalist in the Chicago Screenplay Awards and his feature script “Boxes” has received numerous rec…
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Our guest is Karina Ruth Walters, who is a proud member of the Casting Society of America (CSA) and has 15 years of casting experience (including S.W.A.T., UnREAL, Burn Notice, The Shield, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows, The Watch). She has worked as a full Casting Director since 2012 and prior to that, she was a Casting Associa…
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Writers not only take us away from our reality and into imagination, but they educate, commentate and often prophesize the future. Directors like Steven Spielberg have been doing it in Hollywood for decades, forecasting a possible future world not to far off, that we all believe is inevitable. Rob Adetuyi is no different, sitting with America's Pod…
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Rob Adetuyi grew up in a small mining town in Canada. His view of the country was much different than the rest of the world envisions, but that is what has made him a successful writer, director and storyteller in Hollywood. He sits with America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, to share his incredible journey from a small town blue collar labor union upb…
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Maya Stojan once was a member of the Swiss National Golf team before playing for her college in the United States. Her transition from athlete to actor is a recipe to learn from. She sits to share with America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, what she feels are the three things that are necessary to make it in Hollywood. She talks about the resurgence of…
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It usually takes an actor 4 to 5 years to scratch the surface and make a mark in Hollywood. Maya Stojan was told she had literally one year to make it as an actor, or get deported. As an immigrant without the proper credentials, she tells America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, how she kept losing jobs she was chosen for, because she didn't yet have the…
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This man has cut the biggest budget film trailers for many of our favorite movies. Names such as 300. Watchmen. Man of Steel. Justice League. Birds of Prey. Wonder Woman. A Star is Born. Joker. Sweeney Todd. X Men. The Great Gatsby. Aquaman. Harry Potter. His name is Chris St. Pierre, and he sits with America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, to teach us …
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Byron Lane was Carrie Fisher's personal assistant for many years. He got closer to her and experienced her intimate day to day life, like no other. He sits with America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, to share his journey, that of which is all detailed in his newly released book, A Star is Bored. His first encounter with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, he …
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