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The Mechanics of Storytelling

Ezra Justin Lee

Tv & Film

Education

Arts

Frequency: 1 episode/27d. Total Eps: 27

In this podcast, Ezra Justin Lee talks with different storytellers about their creative process— the mechanics and the techniques.

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🇩🇪 Germany - filmInterviews
02/05/2026
#89
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
01/05/2026
#94
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
30/04/2026
#76
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
29/04/2026
#61
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
28/04/2026
#48
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
27/04/2026
#42
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
26/04/2026
#33
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
25/04/2026
#22
🇨🇦 Canada - filmInterviews
24/04/2026
#14
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmInterviews
20/04/2026
#94

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Special Effects (and Explosions!) with Becca Suh-Hee Han

Season 3 · Episode 7

Monday, July 5, 2021 • Duration 55:43

Becca’s origin story: how she got into special effects work (2:10)
Defining what is special effects (6:05)
Working your way up in the special effects world (13:30)
What is it like in the day of a special effects professional? (21:10)
What is something in real life that doesn’t actually happen the way special effects makes it seem like in the movies? (25:40)
Thinking of the overall story/storytelling when doing special effects (28:30)
How does faith life affect your work in special effects? (43:50)
Spiritual Question: What have you learned about yourself and the world this past 1.5 years during the pandemic? (49:05)

Bye for now! <3 <3 <3

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Performing on Broadway with Catherine Ricafort McCreary

Season 3 · Episode 6

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 • Duration 51:29

Catherine’s origin story (6:45)
Catherine’s first equity job (15:00)
Catherine’s Broadway debut in “Mamma Mia!” (18:10)
Hundreds of hours of training, practice, and injury to perform (26:43)
Catherine starts the “Artists Who Code” organization (38:20)
Spiritual question: What theatre superstition/ritual have you been able to bring into your day-to-day life? (46:35)

Connect with our podcast:

https://www.instagram.com/mostpodcast

Connect with Catherine:

https://www.instagram.com/cattricafort/

Artists Who Code:

http://artistswhocode.com/

https://www.instagram.com/artistswhocode/

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Telling Jokes (and Emotional Healing) with Youngmi Mayer

Season 2 · Episode 6

Monday, April 20, 2020 • Duration 51:04

Youngmi grows up in Korea and Saipan (1:00)
Feeling like an outsider as a white person in Korea (5:00)
How feeling like an outsider has influenced Youngmi’s comedy (9:00)
Complexities of biracial upbringing (10:45)
Youngmi retraces her history with starting Mission Chinese restaurant (14:30)
Working through co-dependency issues (17:58)
How Youngmi was able to assert her own creative desires and goals, working through baggage of Asian American upbringing and depression (19:15)
Doing the scary thing of pursuing creative endeavors and honestly facing the possibility of failure (24:40)
The challenge of living transparently emotionally and being vulnerable (25:30)
Processing and healing from repressive Asian upbringing (26:50)
“Was it scary to get into stand-up comedy?” (28:20)
Coming up with stand-up jokes and practicing them (31:00)
Power dynamics: Commanding the room as a stand-up comedian while also being vulnerable (36:30)
Stand-up comedy as means of self-healing and talking about personal history on stage as comedy (38:25)
“Do you think you could handle fame/celebrity?” (40:05)
Youngmi answers a spiritual question: “Why is there suffering in the world?” (42:55)

You can check out Youngmi's podcast "Feeling Asian with Youngmi Mayer and Brian Park" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feeling-asian/id1481891689

Connect with Youngmi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ymmayer

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Making Zines/Comic Books with Eddie Ahn

Season 2 · Episode 5

Monday, April 6, 2020 • Duration 42:23

How Eddie got into drawing comics (1:00)
Eddie talks about his previous zine/comic book “Sidewalk Empire” (4:30)
Comic strips vs. Zines/Comic books (7:10)
Learning to draw as a kid up until now (11:30)
Eddie talks about his latest comic book based on his life as a lawyer in non-profit work (16:25)
How to work within the comic book panel form? (22:25)
Crafting the ending of the story first or develop the story as you go? (24:00)
Ezra talk about what he liked in Eddie’s previous comic book “Wish the World” (31:00)
How to create storylines, fictional universes, and characters for a zine/comic book? (36:20)
Eddie answers a spiritual question: “What is the meaning of life?” (38:55)

Find Eddie's comics and drawings here: https://www.instagram.com/ehacomics/

We talk about Eddie's latest comic book release (which he published on Instagram)--to check it out, you can start at this IG post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KA-7ZB_0s/

More of Eddie's zines, comics, and drawings: ehacomics.com

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Singing Opera with Luba Yudasina, star of "Life of Luba" YT Channel

Season 2 · Episode 4

Monday, March 23, 2020 • Duration 34:33

Luba’s YouTube Channel “Life of Luba” (3:05)
“You don’t need to know a lot about opera to enjoy opera” (5:00)
How Luba got into singing opera (6:00)
Why Luba wants to share opera with everyone (9:16)
Stereotypes of opera singers (14:35)
Thinking of singing technically and with the story/character of the opera in mind (17:45)
Luba sings for us! (23:28)
Luba helps Ezra sing (25:25)
Dealing with negative comments on social media (27:14)
“What is the meaning of life?” (30:45)

Connect with Luba's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeoflubaa

You can also check out Luba's YT channel/opera videos--here's a great one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKGYps-BTx8

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Making Trailers with Eric Butler, Creative Director & Executive Producer (USA Network, HBO)

Season 2 · Episode 3

Monday, March 9, 2020 • Duration 32:37

Using sounds to effect emotional response in trailers (3:45)
“What is a ‘marketing campaign’ and ‘creative marketing’?” (9:30)
How Eric started at HBO (10:55)
Configuring the story of a trailer (19:50)
How to navigate Hollywood as someone from underrepresented background (29:00)

Check out Eric’s trailers here: https://vimeo.com/ericobutler

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Podcasting with Jonathan Hernandez, Creator and Host of Lakers Legacy Podcast

Season 2 · Episode 2

Monday, February 24, 2020 • Duration 51:02

Kobe Bryant’s death and legacy (1:00)
How Jonathan became a Lakers fan (10:53)
How Jonathan got idea for podcast (18:02)
Logistics of setting up a podcast (18:50)
Building podcast’s legitimacy and brand image (28:28)
Marketing for his podcast (35:45)
Preparing for a podcast episode (38:20)
“Has being a Lakers fan taught you anything about spirituality or faith?” (45:45)

Connect with Jonathan at his Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jhun88/

The Lakers Legacy podcast at https://twitter.com/LakersLegacyPod

Listen to Lakers Legacy podcast on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/2ykVwciCmU7wdkrGofobvY

Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom

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Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth

Season 2 · Episode 1

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 • Duration 01:11:26

How Matt got into writing and storytelling in high school (1:40)
Storytelling as means of self-exploration and meaning (10:30)
Matt’s process in crafting a story to tell (16:35)
“What is a story?” (17:15)
Workshop: Matt crafts a story for us in real-time (26:50)
Contrast makes things interesting (42:00)
Scenes: placing stories in physical locations, avoiding exposition (46:39)
“Where do you think we go after we die?” (67:00)

Find Matt's books, podcasts, and everything else at matthewdicks.com

Find Matt's book on storytelling, "Storyworthy" at http://www.matthewdicks.com/storyworthy

Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom

And thanks to Tape Works in Hartford, CT for the recording space and sound engineering help: https://www.tapeworksinc.com/

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Animated Short Film with Edwin Chang, Writer and Director of Pixar short "Wind"

Season 1 · Episode 11

Monday, December 23, 2019 • Duration 01:01:00

Edwin’s origin story (1:50)
Edwin pitches his short film story (15:35)
Coming up with the idea for “Wind” (17:45)
Inviting coworker feedback to improve the story (27:26)
Reworking story per critical feedback (35:45)
How Edwin pitched his story (39:40)
Edwin helps Clara and Ezra craft story for a hypothetical short film (42:26)
Edwin shares generic story structure we can use to craft our story (55:19)

Connect with Edwin’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/edwinwchang/

Watch “Wind” on Disney Plus: www.disneyplus.com/movies/wind/1EvvZOeiTFGb

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Stand-Up Comedy with Ann Chun

Season 1 · Episode 10

Monday, December 9, 2019 • Duration 32:23

Origin: Why/how Ann started into stand-up comedy (1:30)
On Failing: How do you push through the failures? (6:15)
Coming up with New Ideas: And on importance of knowing who you are. (9:54)
Crafting the joke: Establishing subtext (12:25)
Joke structure: premise, subtext, reveal/surprise (13:45)
Excerpt/Sound Clip from Ann's recent set (15:24)
Breaking down the mechanics behind jokes from Ann's set (17:22)
Sharing personal material, learning about yourself (25:45)

Connect with Ann on IG here! (IG: @ann_chun)

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