Podcast from America
By Lisa Marks
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Podcast Description
Podcast from America is a lively talk show hosted by Los Angeles-based British writer Lisa Marks. With amazing access to an incredibly talented community, journalist Lisa Marks meets extraordinary actors, writers, musicians, photographers, chefs, business-owners and beyond, to talk in-depth about their life, their work and their passions.
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ExplicitEpisode 10 - Katie Puckrik | Broadcaster, journalist, performer and self-confessed fumie Katie Puckrik, talks to Lisa Marks about her YouTube fragrance channel, Katie Puckrik Smells. Having shot to fame in the Nineties, as co-presenter of the cult TV show, The Word, American-born Katie spent 16 years in the UK before penning her memoir, Shooting From the Lip, and ultimately returning to the States. She now lives in LA and along with her writing, has carved a fragrant niche as the world's foremost internet perfume reviewer. | 8/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 9 - Tamara Douglas-Morris | Lisa Marks has a cup of tea and chat with British composer, Tamara Douglas-Morris, about her amazing career. Tamara talks about how she came to love playing the cello, her years studying at the Guildhall in London, and subsequent move to North Carolina, New York and now LA. She recently composed an original score for BAFTA LA's Inner City Shakespeare project, Romeo and Juliet, and is writing the score for a new documentary about the Ice Capades. She also recently premiered her new ballet, The Caterpillar's Wings, based on a children's book, in New York. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 8 - LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival | Lisa Marks sits down with Jeannie Roshar and Gary Anthony Williams, founders of the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival, to discuss how their three-year-old festival has become the hottest ticket in town. Held during April at the Downtown Independent Theater, this wonderful four-day laugh fest attracts many famous faces including Jane Lynch, Adam Corolla and Bryan Cranston, plus fans of comedy, filmmakers, screenwriters, and large men in tiny shorts. | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 7 - Gurpareet Baines | British chef, Gurpareet Bains, is the author of Indian Superfood - a delightful mixture of popular Indian recipes, superspices and nutritional research. He's been credited with creating the 'world's healthiest meal', and in this tasty podcast, he invites Lisa into his LA kitchen to show her how to cook up his most popular chicken curry, made with goji berries, blueberries and cinnamon. His celebrity fans include Chris Evans, Vivienne Westwood and Sanjeev Baskar, and it's easy to see why, as not only are his recipes delicious, they are simple too. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 6 - Bonnie Langford | Bonnie Langford's incredible career on stage, TV, film and radio spans four decades, starting with her big break on the talent show, Opportunity Knocks, in the early Seventies, when her adorable personality and amazing voice captured the hearts of the great British public. Her Broadway debut in Gypsy, opposite Angela Lansbury, came soon after. Now a New York resident, Bonnie experienced something of a renaissance when she appeared on ITV1's Dancing on Ice, in 2006, and found herself back on Broadway, playing Roxie Hart in Chicago. Here, she talks to Lisa about her lengthy career, and the perils of being a child star. | 12/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 5 - Mark Gantt | Actor Mark Gantt, co-creator, executive producer and star of Sony's The Bannen Way talks to Lisa about his amazing success with this ground-breaking web series, which has scooped Streamy and Webby awards. Co-created with director Jesse Warren, the series has set a new standard for web shows, putting Mark at the forefront of a new breed of artist, who are finding exciting ways to use the internet to showcase their talents. He now also runs web series workshops to help others achieve their artistic goals. | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 4 - Martin Samuel | Bafta-winning hair stylist Martin Samuel talks to Lisa about his incredible movie career, including his recent work on the film Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. Aged just 13-years-old, he began his career sweeping salon floors in North London, before opening his own ground-breaking unisex salon on Baker Street, in the Swinging Sixties. He then went on to work with David Bowie, in The Man Who Fell to Earth, worked closely with Madonna in Evita, and also Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, for which he was twice nominated for an Academy Award. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 3 - Siobhan Fahey | Singer/song-writer Siobhan Fahey of Shakespears Sister, sits down for a cup of tea, a slice of cake and a chat with Lisa, to talk about the early days as one third of the chart-topping pop group Bananarama, her marriage to Dave Stewart and their talented musician sons, plus how the death of her parents changed her life, her relationship with the late Malcolm McLaren, and the genesis of Shakespears Sister's new album, Songs from the Red Room. | 10/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 2 - Craig Young | Nottingham-born actor Craig Young talks to Lisa about his early days in the UK as part of the pop group Deuce, before relocating to Hollywood just over a decade ago to pursue an acting career. Since then he has starred in Charmed, Melrose Place, Fringe, Lost and many other TV shows and movies. He also talks about his other job, as co-founder of the hugely successful social networking group, Brits in LA. | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 1 - Janette Beckman | London-born photographer Janette Beckman talks to Lisa about her days documenting the early punk scene in the UK, and reveals the stories behind her classic shots of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, before moving to New York where her early pictures of hip-hop artists, including Run DMC, Salt N Pepa and Slick Rick are now considered classics. | 9/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
