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Breaking the Silence with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 3

Welcome to Breaking the Silence, a powerful podcast and YouTube channel that pulls back the curtain on Hollywood’s hidden truths. Join bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and blacklisted creator Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez as she exposes her 20-year battle to adapt her iconic novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club, into film and TV. Through candid storytelling and insider insights, this channel dives deep into the systemic racism, sexism, and bias that have plagued the entertainment industry for decades . Each episode uncovers the challenges, betrayals, and triumphs of a revolutionary stereo

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🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals
13/01/2025
#89
🇫🇷 France - personalJournals
10/01/2025
#86

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The Nightmare Deal at Lifetime Television

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 • Duration 56:31

After her bestselling novel fails to get produced at Columbia Pictures because the studio could not see past their own stereotypes of Latinas, DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB author finds things are even worse in the next development deal her novel gets, at Lifetime Television. This episode details the breathtakingly racist reasons the series never got made with the network.

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The First Adaptation Deal: Columbia Pictures (S1E2)

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 • Duration 01:07:32

After Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's debut novel, THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB, became a huge bestseller, the author got lots of interest from Hollywood studios to adapt it to the screen. This episode chronicles what happened with the first development deal, at Columbia Pictures, and talks about the well-intentioned but still very racist reason it did not make it to production.

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The Story Behind the Story – From Saxophonist to Journalist to Bestselling Novelist (S1E1)

Season 1 · Episode 1

Friday, January 3, 2025 • Duration 01:20:41

In this debut episode of Breaking the Silence, I take you back to where it all began. From my roots as a jazz saxophone student at Berklee College of Music, to my shift to journalist, working on staff at the Boston Globe and LA Times, to my rise as a bestselling novelist, this episode explores the experiences that shaped my worldview and my journey as a creative person attempting to break barriers in industries that often don't know what the hell to make of someone like me, who doesn't fit anyone's preconceived notions of what I'm supposed to be. I share my backstory—growing up as the daughter of a native New Mexican mother and a Cuban exile father, navigating life as one of the few female students at Berklee College of Music in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the whistleblowing article I wrote about the college that was publishing in The Boston Globe and changed my life, my time at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, my career as a staff writer for the Boston Globe and LA Times, and, finally, why I left journalism to write novels because fiction felt like the only place I could tell the truth without being punished. I talk about the inspiration behind my breakout hit, The Dirty Girls Social Club. The novel’s success was undeniable, becoming a cultural phenomenon and paving the way for my entry into the glamorous, yet treacherous, world of Hollywood. The episode ends on a cliffhanger as I recount landing my first major film development deal with Columbia Pictures, Jennifer Lopez, and the legendary Laura Ziskin. It was a moment filled with hope, ambition, and the promise of breaking new ground. But Hollywood had other plans. Tune in to uncover the untold story of what it took to get here and what was waiting just around the corner. Subscribe, like, and comment to join the conversation—this is just the beginning. 🎙️✨ #BreakingTheSilence #LatinaCreators #HollywoodExposed #DirtyGirlsSocialClub

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