Kirsten Vangsness
09/11/23 • 33 min
In this first episode of The Eyes Have It, Kirk & Kirk founder, Jason Kirk, sits down with actor Kirsten Vansgness. Their friendship goes back 15 years and Kirsten opens up to Jason about her childhood and her career, talking about the challenges she faced before reaching the levels of success she enjoys today. She talks about her innate shyness, her dyslexia, body-shaming in Hollywood, her passion for a fair society and of course her journey as Penelope Garcia in the multi-award winning CBS show, Criminal Minds, recounting previously unheard stories as she goes. Kirsten is also a glasses connoisseur and Kirk & Kirk frames have long been synonymous with Penelope Garcia. Kirtsen tells how she ensured that the frames Garcia wore were very much her choice, in order to properly reflect the personality of the character who became such a huge part of her life. This episode is an intimate, warm, open and lively chat, showing the multiple sides and talents of this wonderful actor.
Please follow this series to be notified of all future episodes. Next up Kwame Alexander and then Morcheeba. It would be great if you could also rate this series and leave a review if you are enjoying it.
More info:
https://www.kirstenvangsness.com/
A Boutique Broadcast production.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this first episode of The Eyes Have It, Kirk & Kirk founder, Jason Kirk, sits down with actor Kirsten Vansgness. Their friendship goes back 15 years and Kirsten opens up to Jason about her childhood and her career, talking about the challenges she faced before reaching the levels of success she enjoys today. She talks about her innate shyness, her dyslexia, body-shaming in Hollywood, her passion for a fair society and of course her journey as Penelope Garcia in the multi-award winning CBS show, Criminal Minds, recounting previously unheard stories as she goes. Kirsten is also a glasses connoisseur and Kirk & Kirk frames have long been synonymous with Penelope Garcia. Kirtsen tells how she ensured that the frames Garcia wore were very much her choice, in order to properly reflect the personality of the character who became such a huge part of her life. This episode is an intimate, warm, open and lively chat, showing the multiple sides and talents of this wonderful actor.
Please follow this series to be notified of all future episodes. Next up Kwame Alexander and then Morcheeba. It would be great if you could also rate this series and leave a review if you are enjoying it.
More info:
https://www.kirstenvangsness.com/
A Boutique Broadcast production.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
Kwame Alexander
In this second first episode of The Eyes Have It, Kirk & Kirk founder, Jason Kirk, sits down with award-winning and best-selling author and poet Kwame Alexander. He talks intimately about his upbringing, where his love of books comes from, the challenges he has faced within his own family, how he views being a father, his wider views on censorship and the power of the written word, and of course, his love of wearing great eyewear. As with all these episodes, this is a warm and enlightening chat between two great friends whose shared creative passion shines through.
**If you are enjoying this series, it would be great if you could please rate it and leave a review, it really helps get the word out, thank you**
Please follow this series to be notified of all future episodes. Next up Morcheeba.
More info:
A Boutique Broadcast production.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/the-eyes-have-it-kirk-and-kirk-578413/kirsten-vangsness-73732761"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to kirsten vangsness on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy