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Failing Up

Life is a journey that’s filled with ups and downs, but it is how we respond to our failures that truly define us. Conan O’Brien was on The Howard Stern Show and said, “Thirty-five things have to go wrong for the best thing to happen in your career.” “Failing Up” is the podcast that takes its listeners through the failures in our guest’s lives that “had to happen” in order for them to find true success. Hosted by long-time podcasters Guy Opochinski and comedian Eden Dranger, Failing Up attempts to find that magical moment from our guest that educates and inspires the listeners. Every show also incorporates listener and the hosts’ own stories. At the end of every show. we donate money to our guest’s favorite charity.

Latest Episodes:

S2 Ep15: Steve Agee | Failing Up Podcast | Comedian, Writer, Actor, Photographer Oct 04, 2018

Show notes

Steve Agee

01:03 Eden’s wallpaper

04:01 Eden has an update on her rejection letter from last week

05:58 Names getting pronounced wrong

10:32 Steve as a young man

14:12 Going to college

17:55 Eden breaks her hips

19:52 Steve gets an art scholarship

27:04 Steve discovers The Groundlings and experiences failure

31:22 Meeting Sarah Silverman

38:38 Steve talks about auditioning

39:12 Auditioning for Curb Your Enthusiasm

42:12 His approach to acting now

45:21 Is there a show he wishes he got?

49:39 Steve is an awesome photographer

54:17 We’re No Doctors - the podcast

56:05 Biggest failure

59:15 Steve’s Charity: Red Cross - https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/

Follow us all on twitter and Instagram! @SteveAgee @eden_eats @theguydf

S2 Ep14: Rafael Casal|Writer and Actor | Failing Up Podcast|Guy Opochinski and Eden Dranger Sep 27, 2018

Show notes

00:35 Eden reads a rejection letter

01:55 Is it better to hear back or not?

05:44 The Bay Area hates LA

08:43 Growing up in Oakland

11:25 Guy and a 7th grade bully

15:35 When did he figure out he wanted to be an artist?

22:33 What does he love about poetry?

26:12 Is he proud of everything he has written?

28:08 Blindspotting

31:52 The 10 year journey to make the movie

38:35 Does he care about the critics - 93% Rotten Tomatoes

44:37 Ethan Embry and Sunny Mabrey

50:38 What’s next?

57:02 Eden’s writing room

01:03:28 Biggest Failure

10:10:12 Favorite Charity: ACLU : https://action.aclu.org/give/donate-to-aclu

Follow us all on twitter: @RafaelCasal @eden_eats @theguydf @failinguppod

S2 Ep13: Josh Radnor Sep 06, 2018

Show notes

How I Met Your Mother's Ted Mosby

01:32 Born in Columbus- Went to an orthodox Jewish school but was raised conservative Jew.

04:25 Milk and meat

10:00 What did a young Josh want to do

13:41 Ohio people loving Ohio State

17:56 Robot writers

22:06 Turning in to a writer and getting fired from a pilot

26:01 Everything is a struggle

28:46 What does he consider his “big break”?

37:02 Failure and success and How I Met Your Mother

40:41 Josh doesn’t like Jewish “money jokes”

44:08 Transcendental Meditation

47:40 The Den Meditation

52:04 What is his biggest failure?

58:30 Josh’sFavorite Charity : https://raziasrayofhope.org/donate.html

Follow us all on twitter: @joshradnor @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

S2 Ep12: Eric LeGrand Aug 30, 2018

Show notes

4:00 Signed by Rutgers as a high school freshman

9:23 The injury that changed his life

11:20 He said he is proud of the hit, why?

12:20 Malcom Brown’s text to Eric

17:30 Walking on a treadmill

19:58 Winning the Jimmy V Award on ESPN

20:30 Tweeting Lolo Jones and the drama it caused

23:13 Getting signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

28:10 Would he ever want to be a coach

29:30 Fan questions

36:20 What is Eric doing now?

38:51 Eric’s Favorite charity: teamlegrand.org

Follow us all on twitter: @EricLeGrand52 @eden_eats @theguydf @failinguppod

S2 Ep11: Erin Gibson Aug 23, 2018

Show notes

Erin Gibson

01:20 living in a construction zone

06:02 Heathers and other problematic movies

9:38 Risky Business

32:00 It’s hard to hate someone when you’re handicapped

34:35 S&M guy

44:50 How did she start podcasting

53:30 Erin’s book Feminasty

57:00 Favorite charity: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/

Follow us on twitter: @gibblertron @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

S2 Ep10: Ben Blacker Aug 09, 2018

Show notes

Author and writer Ben Blacker

02:26 Ben’s origin story

06:34 Where did he get the confidence to be a writer professionally?

11:47 Master classes

17:45 Thrilling Adventure Live

24:20 Star Wars and Supernatural canon

31:30 Does Ben care about reviews?

39:35 Are three fights with his writing partner Ben Acker?

41:34 Hex Wives comic book

50:30 Advice to young writers

55:49 Favorite charity: CHIRLA - http://www.chirla.org/donate

Follow us on twitter: @BenBlacker @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

S2 Ep9: David Iserson Jul 26, 2018

Show notes

The Spy Who Dumped Me - In theaters August 3rd

02:02 Guy and David grew up in the same town

04:32 Theater Camp

09:30 Los Angeles isn’t intimidating

12:00 Coming out to LA without a job

15:25 The first writing, was it good or crap?

19:14 What is Failing at writing a script

22:45 Writing for Saturday Night Live

29:36 Moving on from SNL

34:47 what type of writing does he enjoy most

38:15 Pitfall younger writers have

40:09 Does David have a mentor?

42:40 Writing “The Spy Who Dumped Me” was born out of failure

47:38 Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis

51:09 What is his biggest failure?

54:32 Favorite Charity : ACLU

S2 Ep8: Failing Up - Guy and Eden Jul 19, 2018

Show notes

00:02 No guest this week

01:04 Where Eden gets most cyberstalked

04:33 Eden’s unwanted “guests”

09:40 Talking failure

18:56 Dating worries - Are her parents alive?

23:10 It’s not about you...

24:20 Being taught how to flirt

30:06 Esther Perel

32:30 Instagram has a mute function

36:01 Cast your net wide

36:42 The chocolate cookie is a failure

Give to Guy's favorite charity this week! www.foodonfoot.org

Follow us on twitter @theguydf @eden_eats @failinguppod

S2 Ep7: Jay Duplass Jul 12, 2018

Show notes

Jay Duplass director, author, and actor (Transparent)

2:52 Does everybody “bomb”?

15:51 The jump in to writing and making movies

20:10 No one’s first movie is great

23:58 Eden’s dad invented the Arm Waving Tube Man!

25:30 Jay’s belief in how success happens

25:50 Transparent

29:25 Inside Baseball of filmmaking

36:00 What people like to watch

37:15 How do you know when your baby is beautiful (The Puffy Chair)

42:40 Watching old people watch movies

44:10 Getting cast on Transparent

48:48 Outside In

51:44 Biggest lesson Jay learned

01:01:30 Favorite Charity https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#!/donation/checkout?

S2 Ep6: Ben Wexler Jun 28, 2018

Show notes

Ben Wexler

05:00 Casting for Forrest Gump?

12:26 The new thing that reads your thoughts

23:44 The Comedians/ Bill Crystal

41:00 Consulting producer - Arrested Development

45:37 Inside story about Arrested Development Season 4

47:29 What is he most proud of l

Favorite charity

The Christopher Reeve foundation for paralysis

https://www.christopherreeve.org/donate

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@mrbenwexler @failinguppod @eden_eats @theguydf

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