Something Something Podcast - A Creative Podcast

Bio: 

Jared Cohn is a film/TV director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA.  

He has directed over 50 films that have been produced and distributed by major studios and production companies such as Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, Syfy, Lifetime, and many more.  

His works have been released theatrically and he has won numerous awards and has been featured in GQ, New York Times, LA times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and many other major press outlets.  

Born and raised in New York City, Jared received a B.F. A. in Communication Arts from New York Institute of Technology.

His new book, 50 Movies Made: Lessons Learned on a Filmmaker’s Journey, chronicles his life through the Hollywood trenches and how he achieved his lifelong dream on the other side. In the book, he discusses all areas of the moviemaking process, from screenwriting and preproduction to production, post-production and distribution

Francis T. Perry Williams

Francis T. Perry Williams graduated with a degree in drama and a minor in art and music from San Diego State University, where he wrote, directed, and acted. He’s appeared in sitcoms such as Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Bosom Buddies as well as in the feature, Pennies from Heaven.  He also wrote an episode for Laverne and Shirley.  His first book, Pollen and the Ring of Harmony is about living in harmony with nature. His next book, Saving Christ:  Starway Seven is about understanding the true love of Jesus.  He now lives in Hayden, Idaho surrounded by nature and wild animals which he protects.

Cammie Wolf Rice is a mother, an advocate, an author and an agent for change. She has personal experience dealing with the dangers of opioid misuse through her own son’s battle from childhood through his passing at the age of 32. Cammie has transferred her pain into purpose. She has made it her mission to raise awareness about the opioid epidemic and alternative pain management strategies. Among her accomplishments is creating a new position in hospitals, Care Coach, to provide families in need struggling with these issues.

Her book, The Flight, chronicles her journey and will out in October 2022

In this powerful work, author Cammie Wolf Rice shares the story of losing her beloved son, Christopher Brett Wolf, to the opioid epidemic. Christopher lost his battle with substance misuse and dependence after 14 years. Like so many others, his battle with opioid dependence began with a single prescription. Christopher was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in middle school, which led to countless surgeries and 1000’s of prescription opioids. His mother, with him along every step of this fight, witnessed first hand how devastating this affliction can be. When she lost her son, she vowed to do everything in her power to ensure no other parent would suffer the same devastating loss.. 

Brandon has over 25 years of experience in the world of Latino film and in the Hispanic

communities of Los Angeles, New York City, and San Antonio TX.

As a son to Edward James Olmos, Brandon began as an intern with Olmos Productions in

1991. Beginning with the production of American Me (1992) and it’s making of documentary

Lives in Hazard (1993), along with It Ain’t Love (1996) a documentary about domestic

violence.

Brandon was able to shadow Mr. Olmos and his team of producers learning about Latino film;

but more importantly following Mr. Olmos as an activist after the LA riots of 1993.

After receiving a music performance degree from Hunter College he co-produced with Olmos

Productions and The Smithsonian Institute the 1999 The Kennedy Center Presents: The

Americanos Concert. This PBS broadcast won a IMAGEN Latin Image award in 2000.

Brandon further learned the world of Latino film by assisting Marlene Dermer in her dual role as

Co-Founder of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and co-founder of Latino

Public Broadcasting.

Brandon has been a member if the MOTION PICTURE EDITORS GUILD since 2004. As a post

audio supervisor, sound engineer and mixer Brandon has over 40 film and TV credits,

composed music for over 15 films, over 100 songs, and they all sound awesome!

In 2008 Brandon produced an album with Latin Grammy nominees AMOR Y PASION in San

Antonio TX. There he met film producer Aaron Lee Lopez. From 2010-2018 Brandon Co-

Produced 10 feature films with Aaron and Mutt Productions. He also directed social and

cultural documentaries Una Noche De La Gloria 2010, Dia Del Rio/Day of the River 2012,

and This is MyCountry 2013.

Brandon consulted with the City of SA Film Commission and was a board member for the

LULAC council for the Arts. Brandon was also an advisory board member for the Cesar E

Chavez Educational Foundation. As Director of production at Phase 5 a community news

website Brandon developed the AMERICAN VOZ EDUCATIONAL PROJECT a documentary

and classroom materials about San Antonios legacy of Latino politics in America.

In 2016 Brandon partnered with Leonard Rodruigez who spent 8 years in The WHITE HOUSE

Office of Latino Initiatives. They created The San Antonio Motion Picture Academy Summer

Bootcamp - a film industry workforce development program. In 2020 they launched CINEMA

FINANCE GROUP as a film financing resource for independent and diverse cinema.

Now in 2021 Brandon is producing a remake of the 1982 TV drama 300 Miles for Stephanie a

biopic about a hispanic police officer who vows to run 300 miles in search of a miracle to save

his daughters life.

David W. Smith MD, ACP, BS (Chemistry), Board Certified (Internal Medicine Specialist), recognized as a visiting scientist for both The Human Performance Laboratory for the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the North Shore Division of Neurosurgery and North Shore Neurological Institute, Chicago Illinois. Over his 30-year medical career, he served as Chief of Medicine at Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services. In addition, he founded commercial companies for developing his innovative product concepts XennovateMedical LLC, TBI Innovations LLC, and Delta Chase LLC.

As Chief Science Officer, he has served as lead design and medical education consultant to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a $90B+ Pharmaceutical and Healthcare company, GENTEX Corp, the largest manufacturer of USAF helmets, and Materials Modification Inc., nano–materials and coating pioneer to the military complex.

Jass Aujla is a Canadian South Asian author of suspense-thriller fiction. When she isn’t working on one of her twisty novels, she can be found writing poetry & prose on social media.  Her micro-fiction and poetry have appeared in several anthology publications worldwide.

  Janice Kovach is the Mayor Clinton NJ and is part of the New Jersey Film Commission

Janice stuff

Brian Morra has spent his career in intelligence and national security beginning with his time as a decorated Air Force Intelligence officer and through his many years as a senior executive in the aerospace and defense industry. Brian was encouraged to write the story of The Able Archers by many friends who convinced him that his unique, personal insight could bring the story to life of how humanity narrowly avoided extinction in the fall of 1983. His writing is based on first-hand experience and the stories of the many intriguing people he’s encountered over the years

Brian grew up in Virginia and is married to Tracy, who is an outstanding story editor. They split their time between homes in Virginia and Florida. When Brian isn’t writing, he is a corporate board member, enjoys cycling, playing guitar and piano, and visiting with his two grandchildren.

 Rose Bonner is back to tell us more about, Unlock the Secrets for Relaxers, Perms, and Colors

This week musician Tommy Townsend comes by to talk about music and moonshine  

JD Slajchert is an American novelist, public speaker, philanthropist and screenwriter. Three months after graduating from college, his debut novel MoonFlower was published in 2018. Following the rapid success of his first book, JD embarked on a year-long speaking tour where he talked directly about his career as a college athlete, his journey into becoming an author and his incredible bond with his best friend, Luc Bodden. In the twelve-months following the release of his book, JD reached over 100,000 people with his message, culminating with him delivering the UC Santa Barbara ICA Commencement address to the Class of 2019. JD Slajchert is the Director of Relationship Development for The LucStrong Foundation and a National Ambassador for The American Red Cross. JD Slajchert also co-wrote the original screenplay inspired by his real-life relationship with Luc Bodden, “Happy at You.”

This week, Lea Rachel  comes by to talk about her book, Seeking Forgiveness: A Semi-Autobiographical Narrative Memoir on Interracial Adoption

Filmmaker Joshua Dudley stops by this week to talk about his upcoming fan film Stab 3: Holiday Horror

This week Samuel Zimmerman. stops by to talk with his job at shudder

This time Bob Cheek  stops by

Bob Cheek was broke and running a loss-making business. His heady days of political power were over and his dreams of landing a lifetime of superannuation were dead. But after a comedy of mishaps, mayhem, and failure, Bob never gave up and eventually launched a chain of 24-hour gyms; eight years later he sold out for more than $50 million

Rose Bonner stops by to talk about her new book Unlock the Secrets for Relaxers, Perms, and Colors

This week Charleston paranormal stops by to talk about 

Kaylee Lauren  is an up and coming pop star, that we know you will want to know more about 

The Real King Of Miami, Author Tells True Life Counterpart To Films & Shows such as Savages, Scarface, and Snowfall.

Eric befriended Ray during his life imprisonment, and before his death, Ray became a father figure to him. Eric recorded the many colorful, harrowing, glamorous, and bone-chilling stories Ray told him about his life in crime. Eric’s upcoming book recalling his time with Ray, King of Miami, is a factual tale of how gangsters really lived and the fallout from the drug wars, a true real-life counterpart to films and shows such as Blow, Goodfellas, Savages, Scarface, Ozark, Narcos and Snowfall.  Eric is currently available for interviews.Like Ray Liotta’s character in Goodfellas, Eric Curtis Sande grew up idolizing the gangsters and drug dealers who ran his suburban neighborhood outside of Miami.  In the glamorous 1980s in South Florida, cocaine and other drugs were everywhere.  These dealers seemed to have all the yachts, the luxury cars, and the gorgeous women they could want.  Even Eric’s father, who hated drugs so much he told him he would kill him if he ever used, became a drug dealer — that’s how the good money was.  Eric spent much of his childhood with his father incarcerated for dealing. Eric’s biggest neighborhood hero, a local legend, was Ray “Little Ray’ Thompson, a real-life Scarface and drug kingpin, whose luxury yachts, often piloted by decoy seniors, brought in an estimated over 2 million pounds of marijuana into Ft. Lauderdale, one of the largest marijuana smuggling operations ever known to the feds.  Ray was captured by the FBI and imprisoned for life for multiple murders and assassinations.

This week Karin Nahmani stops by to tell us about her book S#it isn't a dirty word and her podcast with the same name 

This week Jason Boyce stops by to tell us all about his new book FIGHT BACK Against Chronic Fatigue & Long-COVID

Jason Boyce

Jason is local to San Diego, California, and would love to share his tips on how to FIGHT back against chronic fatigue.

Jason Boyce's Advice on How To F.I.G.H.T Chronic Fatigue & Covid.

F Fuel your body with electrolytes.

I Increase energy with electromagnetic waves with a PEMF mat.

G Glutathione is known as the ‘master antioxidant’ and helps natural killer cell

functions to reduce the effects of harmful toxins. Use a nebulizer to inhale glutathione to help with energy.

H Hydrogen Peroxide. Buy 3% food-grade hydrogen peroxide, put 2-3ml in

the nebulizer, and inhale. Use 2 to 3 times per week.

T Take a high dose of vitamin D (20,000 IU per day) for good health. When vitamin D levels are low, immune systems are weakened, sleep is poor, and digestion is sluggish. Vitamin D deficiency was associated with a 3.7-fold increase in the risk of death from COVID 19 according to a recent study.

This week Shanon Lyn Harwood comes by to tell us all about her new book Currency

Shanon stuff

This time Craven teen horror stops by to talk about his YouTube, and lots of other cool stuff  

Craven  stuff 

This week Justin DiPego stops by to talk about his career in film and his new book  Wrong Side of a Workingman

All of Justin stuff 

This week  Steve Litvak stops by to talk about the owner of SM Homeopathic

Steve links

Welcome to the first meeting of the Saturday Afternoon Society

This week Kevin Flores and Aaron Mostow stop by to talk about tire new book Love Hertz

-Official website

This week the team behind the anthology film Vortex

This week Dr. David Prologo stops by to talk about his new book The Catching Point Transformation: A Twelve-Week Weight Loss Strategy Based in Reality

Samuel Nkwume is an accomplished thriller film producer. A native of Nigeria, Nkwume began his career as an auditor before pursuing his creative interests and studying film. At present, he is seeking a wider audience for his thriller, Game Of Fear. If you're a fan of titles like Run with Sarah Paulson or Disturbia with Viola Davis, you'll definitely want to keep an eye on Game Of Fear.

Currently residing in Los Angeles, he has produced several award-winning shorts that have gained attention on the festival circuit. He has recently branched out to become a writer and director and is currently working on his first feature film.

Dr. Shelley McIntosh is the co-founder of Child Focused Consulting Company. Dr. Maria Bhattacharjee deemed her, committed, dedicated, and disciplined. Dr. Marion Godine said she has a combination of intelligence, commitment, integrity and high expectations for the community of educators. She is the author of Mtoto House: Vision to Victory which chronicles the history of an African American Children’s Institution and Genesis II: The Re-Creation of Black People. She has written and co-written several educational articles and book chapters. She has served in the field of education as a teacher, National Youth Coordinator, University Supervisor of Student Teachers, Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Director of Field Experiences, Elementary School Principal, English Language Arts Instructional Coach, and Certified Direct Instruction Trainer.

B.K. Greenwood lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and wolfpack of 4 rescue dogs. He loves to travel and has incorporated his experiences into his writing. B.K. enjoys works of fiction and nonfiction, with a heavy emphasis on history, adventure, and classics. His passion for history is on display in his debut novel, The Last Roman: Exile.

Check out B.K. Greenwood books

This week,  country singer Hannah Swann stops by 

This week the guys talk with composer Paul Myles Zambrano

This week, David Towner 

Originally from Alaska (Chugiak-Eagle River), David Towner is an American Entrepreneur, Comedian, Writer and Filmmaker. Prior to pursuing his business and entertainment ventures, he served as a US Army Paratrooper with missions in Somalia, Haiti and Cuba. Towner is most known for his quirky feature film, Our Scripted Life, which was released in 2020 and was downloaded half a million times in the first three months after being released. The film was the public introduction to Towner's character Roscoe Turner, a hillbilly from Kentucky who offers his own brand of unsolicited wisdom. Towner is also the Creator and Head Writer for the graphic novel series, Aztec Warrior God, which has gained millions of fans around the world. He is married to model Brandi Mendoza. The couple has triplet girls, born in 2017, and reside primarily in Palm Beach County, Florida.

This week Elisha Shapiro comes buy to talk about his new book LA Freak

This week the guys talk with Don Davis

Local author Davis Macdonald could be the most prolific mystery novelist you’ve never heard of. But that’s all changing. In the vein of Michael Joseph Connelly, Macdonald writes a novel a year, a mystery and suspense story wrapped around a significant social issue of 21st Century America. His novel “The Lake,” was published four months before the pandemic, and was eerily prophetic. And his most recent book called "The Cruise" addresses The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and how it jeopardizes our lives on this planet. Not many know that we all could have about a milligram of plastic in our lungs and intestines right now!

This week the guys talk with James Irving, about his books, life as a lawyer. AND his life as a private eye

buy his book here

This week the guys talk with Dawnmarie Neet, about her upcoming book Monalisa Goes to France 

all her info is here

This week the guys talk with Stephen Nalley

As Founder, President & CEO of Black Briar Advisors, Stephen is an American Business Magnate, Entrepreneur, Veteran, Author, Mentor, Motivational Speaker with a 25-year documented track record of success.  Black Briar is an elite full-service asset management and hotel consulting firm that distinguishes itself by representing hotel owners/investors interest exclusively.  The hospitality industry is a relationship industry that is often compromised by political alignments that benefit the franchises, unions and property management companies to the detriment of the owners and investors profits.  Black Briar focuses solely on the owner/investors interest above all else.   Black Briar and its principals have asset managed over 200 hotel & resort assets that range from independent to luxury brands such as Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Radisson & Red Lion.

buy the book here

This week the guys talk with Vito Altavilla, about his book It Began in Brooklyn

Before “American Graffiti,” or The Fonze, there was Vito Altavilla, a street-wise kid growing up in 1940s Brooklyn.  10-year-old Vito wanted a slingshot, so he did what any savvy Brooklyn boy would do – he stole Sr. Josephine’s bra off the nun’s clothesline and made it into a first-class weapon. And that was just for starters

buy the book here

http://itbeganinbrooklyn.com/index.html

Our Stuff

This time Shane Flemens comes by to tell us about his new book

This week Robin Hesselgesser, comes by to talk about her new book

This week Martha Hunt Handler about her new book Winter of the Wolf

This week Thomas Fargnoli  stops by to talk about his new book, THE DEACON – AN UNEXPECTED LIFE. Just you know in this episode we talk about suicide. If you need help call the  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255

https://thomasfargnoli.com/about-the-book

Our Stuff

Will Elliott Mason comes back on the show to tell us about his new book 

for more info check out this website

https://www.elliotmasonbooks.com/

Our Stuff

This week Dalandra Young stop by to talk about her new kids book Noonimals : Believe

You can check out here stuff right here

https://www.noonimals.com/

Our stuff

Our Stuff

This week Just Lst comes by to talk about his new book "Un-Corrected - A Good Man's Struggle Against Political Correctness Run Amuck".

Justin stuff

This time Kyle Rappaport shows up to talk about movies and YouTube

This time John Tanner comes buy to talk about his new book Bombshell in the Barrio

Buy his book here

This time the guys talk with country music recording artist Jessie Leigh and Jim Pray

Jessie stuff 

This week we talk with author Emma Palova

Help us make Horror fun again

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hillsborough-road-the-movie/x/24897615#/

Emma website

https://emmapalova.com/

This week we talk with Amy Herrig After overcoming a heroin addiction in her teenage years and striving to move forward, Amy Herrig faced an entirely different addiction twenty years later: money. She and her father, Jerry Shults, were thriving as the owners of the Gas Pipe stores in Dallas, Texas, as well as other successful businesses, when a government lawsuit threatened to take everything—their businesses, their money, and their freedom. Accused of crimes she hadn’t committed, Amy spent the next four years fighting to stay out of prison, but that wasn’t all she had to fight along the way. When one life-altering change after another shook up Amy’s world, she gained a new perspective on herself and on what matters most in life. From an exhausting and demoralizing situation came a new outlook of gratitude, but also remorse and humility. Although Amy’s actions in the past had not all been illegal, she had let the allure of money guide her decisions rather than using her moral compass; the shocking turn of events that resulted from those decisions led to profound changes and made a lasting impact on Amy’s life.

This week the guys talk with Micah Dank about his new book Beneath the Veil (Into the Rabbit Hole)

This time the guest our Karen and Jolene from the  Festival of the Unexplained which is taking place on October 24th to 25th  check the facebook for more info

Festival of the Unexplained

This time the guys talk with more cast members of Hillsborough Road, Lexi Luna & J. Michael McCartney  

This week the guys talk with Scott Marshutza about his new documentary "Let them play"

This time we talk with more cast members of Hillsborough Road

This time we talk with more of the cast of Hillsborough Road

So this week the guys talk with the youngest members of the  cast

Our Stuff

This week we talk with some of the cast of Hillsborough Road, Erik Dietrich,   Andrew Sanders, and Allen Boatner

This week Erick and Larry talk about their upcoming slasher movie Hillsborough Road

Hillsborough Road stuff

This week we talk with the cast of the film Cargo

You can watch the movie here for free

https://tubitv.com/movies/485846/cargo

Our stuff

This week the guys talk with Filmmaker  Daniel Benedict upcoming 80s style horror movie  The Bloody Man

The Bloody Man - Official Trailer