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[0:02] Jennifer Apple: Hello, this is Jennifer Apple, host of the Empowered Artist Collective Podcast, popping in during our mid-season two hiatus for a quick episode guide.

[0:13] Jennifer Apple: We have not done one of these yet, but we have about 70 episodes, which is totally wild to say between our season one that we have completed and thus far in our season two.

[0:25] Jennifer Apple: I figured it would be helpful to break down the different categories that these episodes fall into so that as you are listening or perhaps going back and listening or re-listening to episodes that you have listened to thus far, this episode can be your guide.

[0:41] Jennifer Apple: With that said, I recommend getting out a pen and paper, your notes app, somewhere to jot things down, as I will be mentioning the episode numbers, their titles, and guests.

[0:51] Jennifer Apple: So let's get started.

[1:00] Jennifer Apple: But for the sake of this conversation, we have broken it down into a couple different categories.

[1:06] Jennifer Apple: Let's first start with the tangible resources category.

[1:10] Jennifer Apple: These are conversations that of course have artists in mind at the forefront of them, but they are also incredible resources for people who are not directly involved in the arts.

[1:21] Jennifer Apple: Here we go. Episode seven, Live in the Gratitude with Brooke Shapiro. Episode eight, Budgeting is a Value Statement with Chie Morita. Episode 14, Unpacking Marketing and Buzzwords for Performers with Maggie Barra. Episode 19, Discovering Your Uncopyable Self with Marissa Corcoran. Episode 21, Embracing Social Media with Heidi Dean. Episode 48, Taxes 101 for Artists with Hannah Cole, who also joins us for episode 62 called Finding Financial Freedom. Episode 55, Finding a Fulfilling Side Job with Lori Tishfield. Episode 63, Understanding Nutrition for Performers with Sarah Wenig. And episode 69, A Lawyer's Guide to Protecting Artists with Lauren Burkeson.

[2:10] Jennifer Apple: Another category that is, of course, for artists, but also for anybody who is adjacent is our health and wellness category.

[2:18] Jennifer Apple: For starters, you have episode number four, You Have to Give It Away to Keep It with Dr. Elisa Hurwitz. Episode six, How Do You Want to Feel Every Day with Dr. Angelica McCarthy. Episode 9, Destigmatizing Mental Health with Carlita Victoria. Episode 28, Addressing Vulnerability, Validation and Shame with Norpina. Episode 33, Vocal Health and the Nervous System with Christine Schneider. Episode 37, Reducing Stressors with Your Brain with Jessica Raum Foster. Episode 61, A Different Approach to Mental Health and the Arts with Alicia Sidvega. And Episode 66, Brain Training and Hypnosis with Emily Lies.

[3:01] Jennifer Apple: If you are looking for conversations around activism, you have episode 31, Disability Inclusion and Advocacy with Ali Bigori. Episode 40, Queerness in Musical Theater with Andrea Prestonario. Episode 52, Dismantling Systemic Oppression with Nicole Johnson. And episode 65, The Power of Investigative Theater with the Anthropologists.

[3:25] Jennifer Apple: To get more into the nitty gritty for performers, we have episodes that are more performer related tools, such as episode 12, Venturing into Voiceover with Sarah Kappner, episode 22, Touring as a Performer with Nicole Ferguson. Episode 25, All Things Headshots with Shawnee Hajjan, and Episode 35, Understudying Swinging and Covering with Afra Heinz.

[3:50] Jennifer Apple: On a related note, we have industry conversations, starting with episode three, shoot your shot with casting director Erica Hart. Episode 11, Trusting Curiosity with casting director Kate Lumpkin. Episode 18, Producing Sufs and the Business of Broadway with producer Rachel Sussman. Episode 27, Theater Management with Danny Barlow. Episode 39, working with the talent manager with Chichi Anyawoo. Episode 41, acting on camera with Heidi Marshall. Episode 51, Music Directing and Musical Theater with Andrea Grody. Episode 54, Insights from a Casting Director with casting director Erica Bream. Episode 56, using design elements for storytelling with Sarah Cogan. Episode 57, Composing for Film and TV with Nomi Abadi. And episode 60, Stage Management for Theater with Sarah Harris.

[4:46] Jennifer Apple: If you are somebody who is interested in creating your own work, we have these in three separate categories: the writing category, a theater category, and a filmmaking category.

[4:57] Jennifer Apple: In the writing category, we have episode 20, How to Start Writing and Creating with Isabel Pasque. And episode 29, Pitching a Netflix TV show with Sarah Lampert.

[5:07] Jennifer Apple: For creating your own work in filmmaking, we have episode 9, making a short film with Diana Gonzalez Moret and Nikila A.K. Walker. We have episode 26, Forging Your Own Path in Filmmaking with Lauren Knowle. Episode 34, Submitting to Film Festivals with Stephanie Hogan. Episode 53, Fostering a Film Community with Stacey Capone. And episode 68, Tips for Selling TV shows with Adrian Rose White.

[5:33] Jennifer Apple: If you are wanting to create your own work in theater, we have episode 15, Developing New Works in Cabaret with Amy Joe Jackson. And episode 23, starting a theater company with Lily Narbon.

[5:46] Jennifer Apple: Now we are an artist podcast after all. So of course we have to have artist-focused conversations around their journeys and their lives.

[5:55] Jennifer Apple: Starting with our very first episode, Your Light Makes a Difference with Alicia Albright. Also Episode 2, the Process is the Creation with Adriana Mitchell. Episode 5, Access to You is a Privilege with Joanna Carpenter. Episode 32, Booking a Series Regular with Jules Latimer. Episode 36, Cultivating Resilience as an Actor with Sarah Dacey Charles. Episode 39, Showing Up Fully with Giselle Jimenez. Episode 43, Booking Six on Broadway and Having Patience with Carrie Renee Fuller. Episode 44, Taking Initiative with Your Career with Dylan Silver. Episode 45, Songwriting and Finding Inspiration with Shira Averbach. Episode 46, Living with Intention in the Industry with Renika Williams. And episode 59, Body Diversity on Stage with Mimi Scardula.

[6:44] Jennifer Apple: And finally, my personal favorite category, not the conversations necessarily. All of the conversations are my favorite, but the category are what I call heart conversations.

[6:54] Jennifer Apple: These tend to be a little bit more abstract, but are the emotional anchor for what we do as artists and how we exist as human beings on this planet.

[7:04] Jennifer Apple: The first of these is episode 13, Success, Regret and Imposter Syndrome with Jazz Hall. Episode 16, Navigating Risk, Fear and Release with Annalisa Lemming. Episode 17, Understanding Boundaries with Tanice Divya Johnson. Episode 24, The Creative Cycle with Liz Kimball. Episode 38, Finding Balance and Harmony in Your Life with Corey Leger. Episode 42, Becoming an Empowered Artist, which is just my solo episode, recapping season one and those heart conversations. Episode 47, Embracing the Seasons of Your Life with Obsessed with the Best. Episode 49, Integrating Your Work in Life with Tara McMullen. Episode 50, Unlocking Your Uniqueness with Talia Thieesfield. Episode 58, A Path to Self-Discovery with Mindset Artistry. Episode 64, Demystifying Fear with Jenny Pure Soul. And Episode 67, Healing Through Art with Katie Schwartz.

[8:03] Jennifer Apple: And there you have it.com for you to submit these guests, these conversations, the things that you want to hear.

[8:34] Jennifer Apple: This podcast, the reason this exists, is to be a resource, a tool, a means for change in this industry.

[8:43] Jennifer Apple: The beginnings of conversations that are hard, the things that frankly I wish I had learned or heard when I was younger, starting out as an artist.

[8:52] Jennifer Apple: Means to hopefully destigmatize harder conversations and put these things into the ether that maybe were not there before or we were not thinking about in a certain way before.

[9:02] Jennifer Apple: So if there's something that's exciting to you, please let us know.

[9:05] Jennifer Apple: We genuinely want to hear from you, whether it's through email, that link on our website, on our Instagram, wherever you find us, please let us know your thoughts.

[9:15] Jennifer Apple: In the interim, while we are on this mid-season hiatus, if you have not yet done so, please like, rate, follow, and most importantly, review us.

[9:24] Jennifer Apple: I cannot begin to express how much this matters and how much this means to us continuing to produce this podcast and reach your gorgeous earbuds in the future, as well as other artists who want to be listening into these conversations.

[9:38] Jennifer Apple: Reviews do so so much, and it takes just a second.

[9:42] Jennifer Apple: So please leave us a positive review. Truly, truly means the most.

[9:46] Jennifer Apple: If you like an episode or one of these speaks to you, send it to a family member, a friend, a colleague. Engage in these conversations together.

[9:53] Jennifer Apple: If you are not yet doing so, please follow us on Instagram at Empowered Artist Collective, on TikTok at Empowered Artist Collective. And as I mentioned, there's a lot more on our website at Empowered Artist Collective.com.

[10:05] Jennifer Apple: I hope this episode guide was helpful. Again, it is not conclusive. So many of these conversations overlap and interchange between these different categories, but I know that it is a helpful start for when you are deciding what kind of listening you want to engage with.

[10:21] Jennifer Apple: And this episode will be here whenever you need. I cannot wait to continue season two with you in just a couple of weeks.

[10:29] Jennifer Apple: It is going to be epic, and I am just so excited for you to continue listening week after week.

[10:36] Jennifer Apple: Stay tuned for when those begin to drop on our Tuesday release dates.

[10:41] Jennifer Apple: As always, I am so endlessly grateful that you keep on coming back, and we will be back again quite soon.

[10:48] Jennifer Apple: Until then.