
Chris Agos on Being an Author, Writing 'Acting in Chicago', the Truth of Acting Lessons, and Chasing Standing O's
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09/29/23 • 44 min
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Chris Agos is a Professional Voice-Actor, On-Screen Actor, and the author of several books focussed on the Art (and the business) of Acting - including the seminal, Acting in Chicago.
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Chris Agos is a Professional Voice-Actor, On-Screen Actor, and the author of several books focussed on the Art (and the business) of Acting - including the seminal, Acting in Chicago.
Find Chris Online.
Find Josh Online.
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Bandrew Scott (from Podcastage) on The Value of Physical Media, Refining Bandrew Says, and Dealing with Negative Comments
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Bandrew Scott is a Video Creator, Podcaster, Musician and Microphone Enthusiast. He hosts the very popular YouTube channel, Podcastage, and also one of Josh's favourite podcasts, The Bandrew Says Podcast.
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- The value of physical media.
- Refining the Bandrew Says podcast.
- Encouraging engagement from your audience.
- Getting started in video and going on tour with the band.
- Dealing with negative comments.
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Anthony Simcoe is a former actor (The Castle & Farscape), in-demand business trainer, and storytelling & machine learning Researcher. He's also, as you will discover in this conversation, an incredibly down-to-earth and fun guy.
Josh and Anthony chat about following good-stuff:
- Taking an arts-mindset into the business space without getting stuck teaching people obvious skills like body language and role-playing. Anthony has a unique take on the business-training space.
- The impact on Australian culture of The Castle (movie) and Anthony's role as "Steve Kerrigan".
- Working with the creative powerhouse that is Working Dog Productions.
- Anthony takes Josh takes behind the scenes of Farscape (the TV show) and Anthony's role as Ka D'Argo. The guys go beyond the incredible writing and imagery of Farscape the creation, and speak about Farscape's allegorical power.
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