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  • Another CurtCo Media Podcast We Think You'll Enjoy: Foods That Matter

    Another CurtCo Media Podcast We Think You'll Enjoy: Foods That Matter
    Jul 31 2024

    Come along for a culinary thrill as Foods That Matter transports the epicures, the foodies, and the gastronauts to different corners of the world through stories of adventure with food archeologist John Robert Sutton, also known as 'The Indiana Jones of Food.'

    John has invited us to continue unlocking the secrets to the globe's most extraordinary cuisines, as he's been doing throughout his travel in over 120 countries. While he pushes on enriching top grocery stores and Michelin-starred chefs with the finest ingredients and powering them with the most unique and sustainable products, John is bringing us along with him to where these rare foods can be found.

    Listen and gain insider knowledge on trending foods, deep insights into food culture, and a comprehensive understanding of what you're eating, including food origins. Plus, learn how to discover these culinary treasures on your own.

    You might enjoy Foods That Matters if you also enjoy one of these other podcasts: The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters, Food with Mark Bittman, Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit, Be My Guest with Ina Garten, and Gastropod.

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    Episode Description

    We are spicing things up with Mark Jacobs, Chairman of Watkins, award-winning extracts, spices & herbs, seasoning blends, grilling rubs & marinades, artificial dye-free baking decorations, and more crafted in the USA since 1868; the company with the first ever documented money-back guarantee (talk about trusting your spices!).

    Mark divulges the delicate (and sometimes dangerous) process of sourcing the finest vanilla beans in Madagascar and explains why vanilla can be so darn expensive, only sometimes. But vanilla's not all they offer! Mark shares surprising health benefits of spices, and spills the tea on how Watkins keeps their huge variety of spices bursting with flavor - including a tip to properly storing your spices at home.

    Speaking of unique offerings, Watkins is now in the Bourbon business, and we learn all about the intricacies of this new exciting vertical for the brand. Mark even reveals the one spice that mysteriously eludes Watkins (and why), and shares exactly what to look for when you're on the hunt for the perfect spices.

    Whether you're a spice connoisseur, a curious cook, or a foodie, this episode is packed with flavor-boosting tips and fascinating facts about food and the brand leading the way for delicious flavors. - Did you know host John was the person who introduced Harissa from Tunisia to the U.S. 15 years ago? Or that Himalayan salt comes from Pakistan? - Tune into the episode for more.

    This season of Foods That Matter is presented by Watkins.

    Executive Producers: AJ Moseley and Stuart Halperin

    Editing: AJ Moseley

    Marketing: Catrin Skaperdas

    Music: Jenny G

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    37 mins
  • 54 - Rodrigo García (Raymond & Ray)

    54 - Rodrigo García (Raymond & Ray)
    Oct 18 2022

    Writer/Director Rodrigo García discusses the ins and outs of his creative process; from being raised in an artistic home, to becoming a cinematographer, and evolving into a writer and director who works with top talent, including on his most recent film, Raymond & Ray.

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    Host & Producer: Jenny Curtis

    Music By: Celleste & Eric Dick

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    44 mins
  • 53 - D'Arcy Carden (Barry)

    53 - D'Arcy Carden (Barry)
    May 24 2022

    D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place, Barry) details her path through a career she loves; going from a starry-eyed theater-loving kid, to a struggling NYC odd-job-juggling improv actor, to landing two of the best shows on television.

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    Host & Producer: Jenny Curtis

    Music By: Celleste & Eric Dick

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 52 - Fran Kranz (Mass)

    52 - Fran Kranz (Mass)
    Nov 9 2021

    Fran Kranz joins host Jenny Curtis in studio to talk about his screenwriting & directing debut, MASS.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 51 - Anna Camp (Here Awhile)

    51 - Anna Camp (Here Awhile)
    Jul 13 2021

    This interview was recorded in March 2021.

    Actress Anna Camp joins Jenny Curtis and special co-host producer-actress Deborah Lee Smith to talk about her career and recent indie film Here Awhile.

    Episode Timestamps:

    6:33 – Anna explains that it’s hard being consistently type cast. With Here Awhile she was able to go outside her comfort zone and play a different type of character.

    10:00 — Anna agreed to film Here Awhile almost immediately after reading. Deborah shares that the process was one of the fastest turn arounds to filming that she’s experienced.

    11:44 – While preparing for the role in Here Awhile, Anna watched the documentary How to Die in Oregon.

    15:13 – She speaks about the work of letting go, even with cameras all around you, and connecting to the spiritual side of the arts and acting. She calls acting a very self-aware art and the need to let go of the ego.

    15:49 – 16:22 - AD Break

    18:50 — Deborah shares how Anna takes pieces of her characters with her and what lead to them getting matching tattoos after making the film.

    27:42 – Anna explores her path to becoming a professional actor and knowing she wanted to act since second grade.

    31:02 — Anna explains why even though the play Equus was a pivot turning point in her career, she initially wasn’t eager for the role because of the required nudity.

    34:12 — Anna reveals her top pick for her craziest moment in True Blood.

    36:06 – 36:08 — Ad Break

    37:05 — Anna talks about the evolution of the Pitch Perfect franchise.

    40:47 — Anna speaks to the differences of working on a higher budget project like Pitch Perfect 3 compared to an independent film like Here Awhile. Many times lower budget projects create a more intimate and impactful setting for the crew and actors.

    42:43 — Anna talks about her guest star roles on iconic television series such as the Office, How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men and the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

    49:00 — Anna shares the acting moment that she’s most proud of, a scene from her performance in Here Awhile.

    50:02 — Anna speaks about moving into the role of producer and projects that she’s excited to help get off the ground.

    53:56 — The conversation shifts back to Here Awhile and Deborah shares what attracted her to the script.

    56:01 — Anna expresses what being a storyteller means to her.

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    58 mins
  • 50 - Sarah Jones (For All Mankind)

    50 - Sarah Jones (For All Mankind)
    Jun 8 2021

    Actress Sarah Jones talks with Jenny Curtis about her role in the series ‘For All Mankind’. She talks about the history of her performance career which started in dance before she successfully turned to acting with key roles in ensemble casts like Big Love. Her mission to pursue dynamic female roles prevented her from initially agreeing to play Tracy in ‘For All Mankind.’ This changed however following persuasion from show creator, Ron Moore. From there it was about developing the to maximize its trajectory, just as she had done with other roles she had played in shows like The Path and Damnation. Deeply grateful for a career in storytelling, she aims to draw upon the artistic process to connect with the characters she plays. If audiences can then appreciate her work, she considers this “icing on the cake.”

    Episode Timestamps:

    0:30 Host Jenny Curtis Introduces Sarah Jones

    4:18 Sarah explains some of the origins of For All Mankind, and the exciting journey of starting a series, and developing a character for years.

    7:10 Sarah initially turned Ron Moore down when he offered her this role in For All Mankind because she wanted to play a more interesting character.

    8:40 Sarah speaks about a new character being like a new relationship, where you can’t stop thinking about it.

    12:30 Her frustration with men never being asked 'how they do it all'.

    16:20 How Sarah's role on Big Love led to her the major shift to pursue acting.

    22:12 Sarah’s explains where the series’ Damnation was intended to go.

    23:07 The trajectory her character took in The Path.

    24:02 She talks more about her character's story arch in season 2 of For All Mankind, what it means to her to play a character that shows love to others, but also puts herself first.

    29:33 Sarah shares what it means to have a life in storytelling. She feels privileged to be a part of the work she’s doing and enjoys that might also impact others.

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    Host & Producer: Jenny Curtis

    Executive Producer: Reenita Malhatra Hora

    Music By: Celleste & Eric Dick

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    32 mins
  • 49 - Alfred Molina (The Water Man)

    49 - Alfred Molina (The Water Man)
    May 25 2021

    Prolific actor from stage and screen Tony Award winner Alfred Molina joins host Jenny Curtis to talk about his illustrious career in entertainment, including some favorite moments and memories, what it means to be an actor, and his latest movie, The Water Man.

    Episode Timestamps:

    1:13 - Jenny introduces Alfred and asks whether Alfred prefers going by ‘Alfred’ or ‘Fred’

    1:33 - How does Fred define himself as an artist?

    2:25 - How working with young actors inspires Fred

    3:37 - A young journalist reminds Fred of a Q & A she attended, in which he gave her great advice

    3:58- What’s the one piece of advice Fred would give to someone starting show business?

    4:23 - Fred shares why he’s never content with his performances

    5:32 - The Water Man & what drew Fred to the film

    9:06 - Staying friends and working with David Oyelowo

    12:10 - Actors (Fred) actually like line readings?!

    12:52 - Working on the short film, Sam Did It

    15:19 - The experience of creating physical comedy on The Imposters

    17:21 - Being part of the ‘tribe’ of actors

    18:10 - What does it mean to be an ‘actor’ or ‘actress’ and how has it evolved today?

    20:25 - “Show Business Practitioners” & “Entertainment Specialists”

    20:40 - Fred shares how his mother made him business cards when he graduated from acting school and why he couldn’t use them

    22:08 - Listener questions: “What is a role that has impacted the person/actor you are today?”

    23:34 - Listener question #2: “What is a role you still hope to play some day?”

    25:12 - Does Fred still get nervous when he starts a job?

    26:22 - Fred receives second hand advice on a new director

    27:27 - Meeting Robert DeNiro

    28:00 - What does it mean to Fred to have a life in storytelling?

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    30 mins
  • 48 - Lee Daniels (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)

    48 - Lee Daniels (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
    Mar 5 2021
    Director, Writer, Producer Lee Daniels joins host Jenny Curtis and Special Guest Co-Host Dana Gourrier to talk about his life long drive towards entertainment and his latest movie, the United States Vs. Billie Holiday. 00:56 – Taking a moment to get to know this episode’s co-host, Dana Gourrier, a little better. 2:37 — Dana boils herself down in a nutshell as strong artist and shares the magical moment when you feel connected to the material you’re acting. 3:37 — One of Dana’s favorite things about acting is to one day be able to take everything she’s learned and transition into directing. This leads into the discussion Jenny and Dana are about to have with Lee Daniels, who directed Dana in the United States Vs. Billie Holiday. 4:09 — Jenny Curtis introduces Lee Daniels and welcomes him to the show. 4:34 — Lee Daniels discusses where he found his creative spark. For him, it began with when he watched Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at six years old. He describes the feeling of almost leaving his body as he imagined himself as Cinderella, and began directing his cousins and siblings. 6:06 — Lee describes discovering the theater section of his library at eight years old. He pulled out “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?” took it home and began directing his family in the parts. 7:29 — Dana asks if Lee felt a connection to his fellow high schoolers in theater. Like Dana, Lee felt some of that connection in high school, but he discovered a deeper comradery in the first few years of college theatre. 9:30 — Lee talks about always having been in entertainment and knowing from a young age that’s what he wanted to do. 9:58 — Lee had no money, lied to his mom about still being in college, and hopped on a bus to Los Angeles. He was homeless, living in the back of a church, and began directing small theatre projects. Some people get afraid of being a nomad, he wasn’t. 12:30 — Lee speaks about how he fell into owning his own at home nursing care agency. 13:56 — Lee shares how getting very rich young lead him down a path of using drugs. He went through a period of watching and holding many friends as they died and he attributes those experiences to where the depth of his creative work comes from. 16:06 — Lee talks about his abrupt transition of selling his nursing agency to become a production assistant for one of his nursing client’s son. 17:50 — Lee says that his work has been driven by honesty. He believes that his honest an true connection with the crew and actors shows in the work he creates. 18:08 — Dana and Lee talk about her role in the United States Vs. Billie Holiday and what it’s like being on one of Lee Daniel’s sets. Dana calls Lee an actor’s director. 22:00 — Lee addresses situations on set that now in hindsight he understands were feelings of prejudice against him and racism. At the time he wanted to believe the best of everyone, but recent events made him see those actions against him differently. He feels he had a lot of blinders on with people being prejudice against him for his race, because he was so focused on the discrimination and abuse he’d endured for being gay. 25:00 — Lee talks about working with up and coming actors. He loves working with first time actors because they really trust you as the director. A lot of actors are jaded by directors and editors who haven’t been able to capture the magic of their work when they are bringing their all. 29:24 — Lees speaks about a scene in the United States Vs. Billie Holiday the took a little more work to capture the magic. 32:05 — Lee opens up about the United States Vs Billie Holiday being the first film he directed completely sober. He believed it was important to respect Billie Holiday and their shared substance issues by abstaining and starting his own journey of recovery. 36:38 — Lee admits to second guessing his directorial choices more when sober. 38:23 — Lee explains the development process of the United States Vs. Billie Holiday. 42:28 — Lee speaks about confronting issues of racism in this country being a part of the spirit of the film. He had an awakening in the editing room as racism came to the forefront of the news cycle in America. 44:39 — The conversation pivots to discussing Lee Daniel’s films the Paperboy and Monsters Ball. 49:08 — Lee talks about how the United States Vs. Billie Holiday was shot on film with the intention of it being shown on the big screen. He’s grateful that Hulu is running the film, but he will miss being in a theatre and around people experiencing the film for the first time. 51:09 — Lee shares what it means to him to have a life in storytelling. He doesn’t know of another way to exist. ----------- Learn more about Hollywood Unscripted: https://www.curtco.com/hollywoodunscripted Host & Producer: Jenny Curtis Executive Producer: Stuart Halperin Music By: Celleste & Eric Dick Follow Us: Facebook: https://...
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    54 mins