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In the room today is Kenny Wong, an award-winning screen writer, actor and violinist. Kenny tells us about how he got into acting after a devastating diagnosis during his time at McGill University in the music performance program. He gets in to how he made that transition, the work he put in and the dedication he had to achieving his goals. Kenny also tells us how he turned his diagnosis in to a script, which went on to win many awards! We hear about how he signed with his first and current agents, his highs and lows, auditions and bookings. Kenny also tells us about his experience on NBC's Transplant where he played the recurring role of Arnold for 4 seasons! He also shares some great tips for actors. Kenny is charismatic, driven, talented and has an amazing work ethic. Let's get into it!

In the room today are actors and sought-after writing duo; Erica Deutschman and Katy Breier! We discuss their start into acting; the real struggle of taking a bus to and from Toronto for in person auditions (before self-tapes), living in a house full of actors and the cost of booking as a local. We then get into how they've become so successful as a writing duo, selling 11 scripts, how they became writing partners and where they are headed. They give amazing acting, writing and life advice. They are charming and funny - let's get into it!

Suzanna and Jess preface this weeks later episode with Erica and Katy. They are actresses and a sought-after writing duo. When they recount their journey, all seems to be quite easy and flowy but we are here to recount some of their struggles that we spoke about after recording! Not everything is as easy as it seems, there is no such thing as an overnight success and things take time, and experience! Let's get into it!

In the room today is Holly Gauthier-Frankel who is an actor, singer, burlesque dancer and award-winning voice actor and director working in this industry for 30 years! Holly is a brave artist who has self-funded and self-generated so many projects. She's taken the leap and taken lots of risks, pushed through insecurities throughout her entire career. She has diversified, and is very candid with her ups and downs, mistakes she's made but has always come out on top! She is very inspiring. Let's get into it!

Suzanna and Jess talk about their own experience with imposter syndrome and how they overcame it.

In the room today is one of Canada's most renowned voice directors and actors, Richard M. Dumont. He has director over 500 projects; from top rated video games such as Avatar and Assassin's Creed Origins, to hit animation shows such as Miramax's, "Little Twins" and Gwen Stefani's "KuuKuu Harajuku". We learn about his past and how he got into this industry. What is very inspiring is his positive attitude, how he found opportunity everywhere and his love of work. Let's get into it!

In the room today, Suzanna and Jess discuss some big points that this weeks guest, Richard M. Dumont brings up. We dive into being optimistic, seeing opportunity everywhere and that it's OK to self-promote! Let's get into it :)

In our season 2 premiere episode, Suzanna and Jess recap their summers and things they are currently working on. We also get into the elephant in the room...the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and SAG (Screen Actors Guild) strikes. We discuss what the strikes are about, the realities of how it affects us, what we can do and what to expect.

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Suzanna and Jess are wrapping it up for the holiday season. We will be back in the New Year with more episodes! Today we discuss the lack of funding for Canadian television and films, how reliant we are on the US to boost our industry and self-tape burn out. We discuss our goals for the podcast, our careers and personal growth. Let's get into it!