#173: David H Steinberg - Delusionally Optimistic

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07/25/22 • 98 min

DAVID H. STEINBERG (writer, producer, director) entered Yale at age sixteen and earned his law degree from Duke before abandoning his legal career to attend USC’s Peter Stark Producing program. Steinberg’s first spec sale Slackers became a cult classic movie and he has had ten films produced, including three in the American Pie franchise, the DreamWorks animated feature Puss in Boots, and Disney’s Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games. As a director, Steinberg wrote and directed the award-winning short film, “The Babysitter,” starring Academy Award-winner Brie Larson, and made his feature directorial debut on the romantic comedy Miss Dial. In television, Steinberg was nominated for a WGA Award for his work on The Simpsons, and he has written for a variety of animated and live-action series. He was the Executive Producer and Showrunner of No Good Nick, an original series streaming worldwide on Netflix, and currently has another show in development at Netflix, as well as films at Disney and DreamWorks Animation.

We chat about breaking into the business, killing your screen writing babies, being fired, working with his wife, becoming a show runner, giving back, being delusionally optimistic, collaboration, disappointments and expectations. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan

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#172: Adrian Martinez - The Duende

Adrian Martinez is an award-winning actor, writer, producer and director with over 120 film and TV credits. Adrian is most known for starring in FOCUS opposite Margot Robbie and Will Smith. He’s set to begin filming the upcoming Netflix comedy UNFROSTED directed by Jerry Seinfeld and recently wrapped on Universal’s feature film RENFIELD opposite Awkwafina. He also was recently a series regular on ABC’s STUMPTOWN. Other TV credits include heavy recurs on CBS All Access’ NO ACTIVITY and NBC’s THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION, FLIGHT OF CONCHORDS, plus CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN & GOTHAM. On the big screen, Adrian can be seen in starring in Disney+ LADY AND THE TRAMP, in Jamie Babbit’s THE STAND-IN opposite Drew Barrymore, and in Jordan Galland’s LEAVE NOT ONE ALIVE opposite Bella Thorne, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY & I FEEL PRETTY. Adrian also just recently won Best Actor in a Feature Film at the Mallorca Film Festival for his work in iGilbert, which he wrote, directed, and starred in.

We chat about not having a license, the duende, empowering yourself, making a movie, living a non-haunted life, the difference between Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David and hustle and work ethic.

The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan

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#174: Luke Darcy - Meeting People Where They Are At

Luke Darcy is a former Australian Rules Footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs, is a Radio Host, media commentator on both TV and Radio as well as the host of House of Wellness. As an AFl player he captained the Western Bulldogs, where he won many of awards such as a MVP, best and fairest, All Australian and Leading goal kicker award for the Western Bulldogs. He has worked with Eddie McGuire on Triple M radio, commentated on and hosted various TV shows such as Channel 7’s AFL coverage, Talking Footy and Ten’s AFL coverage, One Week At A Time, The Fifth Quarter, The ANZ Netball Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and has been a regular voice on radio both on SEN1116 and 3AW.

His regular hosting of The House of Wellness, helps people live, look, and feel well. He also hosts the incredible podcast, Empowering leaders with Luke Darcy and is the director of innovation and partnerships at Aleda which we discuss in the podcast. Luke is a deep thinker where we chat about mindfulness and holistic health, being an elite athlete, being a meme, confidence, great leadership, navigating injuries and mental health, Shane Warne, sharing economy, feedback, ego and his passion for body awareness.

The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan

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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lukedarcy14/ ALEDA: https://www.aledacollective.com/ https://www.instagram.com/aleda.collective/ PODCAST: EMPOWERING LEADERS with Luke Darcy Listen free through the @listnrau app ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan