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103. Anna Eskamani on Planned Parenthood and affordable housing in Florida

Representative Anna V. Eskamani is an Orlando native and daughter of Iranian immigrants. the first Iranian-American to serve in the Florida Legislature. She has been a lifelong community builder and was elected to serve the great people of Florida State House District 47 on November 6, 2018.

102. Nat Zangi, on Jungle’s music and dance choreography

I had a fun chat with singer, dancer, and choreographer Nat Zangi. We discuss her latest work on the Casio music video by Jungle.

72. Lana Bui on movie trailer soundtracks

Lana Bui is the Associate Music Supervisor at Aspect, a trailer house in Los Angeles. She started as a composer’s assistant working on television advertising campaigns for brands such as Nike, Samsung, General Mills, and Honda. Now, as associate music supervisor, Lana has placed music for major campaigns such as Suicide Squad, How to Train Your Dragon 3, Call of Duty: WW2, and Thor: Ragnarok. Lana is a friend of mine that I’ve knowns since she was 12, and I was thrilled to chat with her about this fun aspect of movie trailer soundtracks.

54. Survivors helping ISIS survivors

I had the pleasure of sitting down with director Kristen Blalock and associate producer Mickie Garcia to discuss their film in the making: Survivor in White. I was grateful they reached out to me about their all female crew that is venturing to Iraqi Kurdistan to share the stories of women who are victims of sexual assault. The all female crew is not just in place to sport #girlpower, but is an important factor in their access to the survivors without re-victimizing them in any manner.