On this new episode of the PAD podcast, Rob chats with accomplished writer, director, screenwriter, and film producer Max Rissman! Max’s first feature film, UPON WAKING, won the Alternative Spirit award at the 2023 Rhode Island Film Festival. His digital series ROOT FOR THE VILLAIN was an official selection of the 2018 Austin Film Festival and Bentonville Film Festival, and his screenplay HIT ME HARDER was featured on the 2020 GLAAD List, an award presented at the Sundance Film Festival by The Black List and GLAAD.
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On this episode of the PAD podcast, Rob chats with actor/director/writer/producer Tijuana Ricks about her fantastic and varied career post-graduation from growing up in Gramercy, Louisiana to attending WashU to graduating from the Yale School of Drama to sharing the stage with the likes of Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman to being a 2023 Women in Film Fellow to co-founding Some Folks Productions that strives to "tell stories that advance the narratives of the unheard." This is a good one folks!

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On this episode of the PAD podcast, Rob has a riveting discussion with PAD and WashU alum Emily Brandwin who joined the pod all the way from her new home in Bangkok, Thailand. After graduation from WashU, Emily's parents told her to get out of the house and get a "real job." So, Emily got the realest job possible: protecting the country in its most secretive organization: the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Following her time in service to her country, Emily has led a vast and very multidisciplinary career across numerous fields including as a podcast host, spokesperson, media commentator/personality, consultant, actor, speaker, and author. She has authored pieces for Time, Marie Claire, The Guardian, Marie Claire Australia, Medium, and has been featured in the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Yahoo, Newsweek, and St. Louis Magazine.

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