The Kid Stuff Podcast

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Episode 2A - Bite-Sized Matt Craig Feb 14, 2017

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In this bite-sized episode, Matt Craig, the producer of Wabbit, explains the difference between a script-driven cartoon and a premise-driven cartoon. He also explains the process of how a new episode of Wabbit is created.

You can find Wabbit on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

Episode 1A - Bite-Sized Danny LaBrecque Feb 13, 2017

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In this Bite-sized episode, Danny LaBrecque from the online preschool show "Treehouse" talks about the importance of silence, and why we can use more of it in our media and in our lives. You can find Treehouse with Danny LaBrecque on Facebook or YouTube.

Episode 17 - Mindy Thomas Feb 08, 2017

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For almost 16 years, Mindy Thomas has been the host of "Absolutely Mindy," first on XM Kids and now on Kids Place Live on Sirius XM radio. She's live every weekday morning from 7am- 12pm Eastern.

She talks to kids on the phone, she plays great kids music, particularly from the "Kindie" music scene, and she facilitates and encourages a lot of wonderful silliness to help kids and their parents get through morning commutes, road trips, and any other time that the radio is on.

You can hear Mindy weekday mornings on Kids Place Live on Sirius XM radio, and you can find her on Twitter here: @AbsolutelyMindy.

Episode 16 - Marc Warren Jan 31, 2017

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Marc Warren has been at the center of kids and family TV for 30 years. He and his longtime writing partner and best friend Dennis Rinsler started out as teachers in New York. Then they started writing humor for magazines on the side,

which lead to writing pieces for the National Lampoon. Eventually, they made the move to Hollywood to work in TV.

In their early days, the duo worked with Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of The Brady Bunch.

Years later, they became the head writers on Full House, which was basically the Brady Bunch of the 90s.

For the last few years, Marc has run a program at Disney for discovering new writers called Disney Storytellers. The first Disney Storytellers resulted in the current Disney Channel show Bizaardvark.

Marc has a ton of great stories, he a very naturally funny guy, and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. I'm sure you'll enjoy it too.

Go check our Marc Warren on IMDb, and then spend the rest of the month watching all the great kid and family shows he's been involved with as a writer, director, and producer over the years. It's an amazing list.

Episode 15 - Carly Ciarrocchi Jan 24, 2017

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Carly Ciarrocchi is one of the four hosts of the Sunny Side Up show on the Sprout Channel. It's a live show, for preschoolers, that's on every weekday.

Carly started out with a myriad of interests. Theater, improv, puppetry, clowning, pre-school education… and it wasn't until she got an audition to host Sunny Side Up that she found the place that perfectly married all of those interests and skills she had been discovering and developing since she first auditioned for that production of Peter Pan as a kid in Delaware.

You should also follow the Facebook page for Carly's upcoming podcast "The Kiddie Pool Podcast."

You can follow the kid stuff podcast on iTunes or here at kidstuffpodcast.com. We love iTunes reviews and ratings!

Thanks for listening!

Episode 14 - Michael Granberry Jan 17, 2017

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Michael Cranberry is an animator on the Amazon show for pre-schoolers Tumble Leaf. The show has won multiple emmy awards in its first two seasons, and it's something you don't see much in kids' TV anymore; it's quiet. It's thoughtful, it doesn't go for a lot of jokes. It's a simple show that is anything but simple for the team at BixPix to create.

Michael will tell us how he fell in love with the painstaking process of stop-motion animation, how he shifted from the horror genre to a preschool audience, and he will soothe us with the gentle baritone of his professionally-trained actor's voice.

You can check out the first two seasons of Tumble Leaf on Amazon, and season 3 will be out sometime this year. You can find us on iTunes or at kid stuffpodcast.com.

Thanks for listening!

Episode 13 - Eric Robles Jan 10, 2017

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Eric Robles created the Nick show "Fanboy and Chum Chum." He's currently in the process of creating his second show for Nickelodeon, "Glitch Techs," which won't come out until sometime in 2018. Eric is a self-taught artist, and the story of how he got from the path to becoming a police officer to his first job in animation is an incredibly inspiring one. I'm excited for you to hear it.

Thanks so much to Eric Robles for that great conversation, thanks to Audrey Gray at nick for setting it up, and to the great Brad Breeck for the introduction. You can still find some Fanboy and Chum Chum video clips and games at www.nick.com, and next year you'll be able to see Glitch Techs on Nickelodeon.

You can subscribe to this show in iTunes or at www.kidstuffpodcast.com. Thanks for listening!

Episode 11A - Bite-Sized TalentWorks on Discovering Leo & Zac Jan 06, 2017

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Talent agents Harry and Brandy Gold tell stories of how they originally discovered two of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Episode 10A - Bite-Seized Sheryl Levine on New York and LA Jan 05, 2017

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Sheryl Levine casts "Bizaardvark" and "Stuck in the Middle" for Disney Channel, plus several other shows for other outlets. In this bite-sized episode, she explains how her whole family was in show business together, and how it moved them from New York to LA.

Episode 9A - Bite-Sized Bjorn Jeffery on Toca Nature Jan 04, 2017

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In this bite-sized episode, Toca Boca co-founder and CEO Bjorn Jeffery explains what makes Tpca Nature so different from other kids' apps, including other Toca Boca apps.

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