The Drunkalogues

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Episode 65 - Billy Sullivan Jun 07, 2022

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Billy Sullivan is a musician and composer for movies and TV. It's all he ever really wanted: a career in music. And while he turned pro when he was only 16 years old - he only found a path to the real deal once he got sober.

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Episode 64 - Nena Woolworth May 17, 2022

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I've been wanting to do this interview for years.... Nena is a scion of one of America's most famous families and grew up in the rarefied air of upper east side NYC where that legacy was mostly confounding. She initially started out as an interior designer, and we met in LA in the aughts when she was exploring the entertainment biz and we were both aimlessly navigating the cocktail scene, here. We lost touch when I had kids and she was nearly killed by a series of flesh eating bacterial infections. And when we reconnected - both now sober - I asked her if she was still decorating, and she said, "No, I'm a shaman." I love second acts, and this one - that takes us into the world of sacred rituals and medicines (yes, we're talking hallucinogens) is fascinating.

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Episode 63 - Thomas V. Apr 13, 2022

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Thomas V. was born in Austria to parents who had recently lived thru World War II. He quickly rebelled against their old world values joining the protest movement and discovering booze, weed and psychedelics all of which eventually led to... heroin. He managed to wean himself off smack with a liter-a-day booze habit that he later mitigated with hard labor. It was only when his girlfriend got pregnant with their first child and he started to attend some twelve step meetings that he got sober. Since then he has lived a varied life - running a relocation company, going to grad school, and building in Brazil. He is currently finishing the law degree he started in his 20s so he can become an advocate for the poor.

Episode 62 - Joseph Marconi Mar 11, 2022

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I heard Joe Marconi speak at a meeting last week and I just loved his vulnerability and honesty and intelligence and just really wanted to hear more. He's a filmmaker and an ad man and on a journey to find love and compassion for all this great big beautiful mess.

Episode 61 - Fifi Dosch Feb 16, 2022

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Fifi Dosch grew up in Aberdeen South Dakota where a relentless lack of joy stemmed perhaps from a deep belief that she could never fit in. Indeed, she felt if she expressed joy the way she felt; it might actually get her killed. She escaped via film school that brought her to Boseman, Montatna and then a stand up career that brought her to Los Angeles where she eventually stopped drinking out of something that sounds like sheer exhaustion. Four years after getting sober, she began to live her real truth and started transitioning her gender from male to female

RERUN - Michael Sherman Feb 03, 2022

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I will be posting new episodes by the end of the month, but in the meanwhile I'm reposting this interview because damn it made me laugh. Since we sat down Michael and I almost made a movie together but he has also had numerous films in Sundance including The Truffle Hunters and The Fight both available for streaming, now!

Original notes... Michael Sherman is a prolific and successful independent film festival whose recent film, NATIVE SON, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival where it sold to HBO for 8 figures. He's also started fashion companies, written movies and TV and lived his share of war stories. He tells some great ones, here.

Rerun - Episode 9 - Fielding Edlow Jan 11, 2022

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I wanted to re-run this episode because it deserves MORE LOVE! I laughed so hard during this episode and found in Fielding a sparring partner I could trade jabs with for hours. She has a new season of BITTER HOMES AND GARDENS out now!

Fielding Edlow is a writer and stand up comedian who created and stars in the award winning web series, BITTER HOMES AND GARDENS as well as its spin-off FIELDING'S SNACK VLOG. (Both hilarious looks at Los Angeles domesticity). She hosts a monthly stand up show at the Improv called "EAT, PRAY, FUCK." She's been sober for 21 years and in this interview really delves into the process and how much she has discovered along the way.

RERUN - Episode 6 - Zach Noe Towers Nov 30, 2021

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I feel this episode with the hilarious and charming Zach Noe Towers has not received the attention it deserves. Since recording this Zach started his own podcast - Good Morning, Sodomites! - that brings a celebratory, non-judgmental perspective to sex and sexuality. He's headlining shows everywhere and was one of the hosts on the E! show "Dating #nofilter."

Original liner notes: Zach Noe Towers is a stand up comedian recently selected for the prestigious 2018 New Faces showcase at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Here he talks about how sobriety helped him show up for himself and for his dreams.

RERUN - Episode 3 - Bill Dixon Nov 10, 2021

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I wanted to re-run this episode b/c a) Bill Dixon is a lovely human who is currently producing FBoy Island and b) I thought this was profoundly moving and deserves some more love.

Bill Dixon is a stand up comedian and TV produce. He ran the quintessential underground LA Standup Comedy Show, The National Midnight Society. He is currently a producer on THE BACHELOR, THE BACHELOR IN PARADISE and THE BACHELORETTE. In this episode he shares his unlikely journey from a lackey for a beer distributor to Hollywood success.

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RERUN - Episode 1 - Tommy Swerdlow Oct 26, 2021

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When I first started making this podcast I knew even less about sound recording and mixing than I do now, but I have picked up a few small bits of knowledge along the way and did go back and re-mix this very first episode because it was pointed out to me - when first released - that it was actually impossible to listen to in the car.

Tommy Swerdlow is perhaps best known for writing the 90s family hit, COOL RUNNINGS, about the Jamaican Olympic bobsledding team, and for his more recent success writing THE GRINCH. But at the height of his success in the 90s, he was also battling an epic heroin addiction. He chronicled these experiences in his amazing and very funny directorial debut A THOUSAND JUNKIES and fictionalized them in his recent, hilarious and moving crime novel, STRAIGHT DOPE.

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