Pink Among Men

Lynn Chen has a 3-decade career with credits in over 50 television shows (SHAMELESS, SILICON VALLEY), films (SAVING FACE, GO BACK TO CHINA) audio books (CRAZY RICH ASIANS) and video games (CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III & IV). Now she adds filmmaker to her resume, with her directorial feature I WILL MAKE YOU MINE (SXSW 2020).  In this episode, we chat about the film as an adaptation from its predecessor's, in which she also starred in, how her career as a blogger led her to being a savvy producer and how she's seen a change in representation for Asian-American stories and characters, but there is still a lot of work to do.  I WILL MAKE YOU MINE features Lynn Chen, Yea-Ming Chen, Ayako Fujitani and Goh Nakamura and is available for streaming on all major VOD platforms. For more information, extras, behind the scenes and director notes, please visit: https://iwillmakeyoumine.com/ This week we are also #WCWing on Citibin founder, Liz Picarazzi, who is helping keep cities clean with Citibin. Liz is passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership and the value of trade education! For more on Liz visit: www.citibin.com

In a desperate attempt to escape her post-college soul-destroying banking job, Bethany submitted her headshot and acting resume to her local radio station in Minneapolis. Even though she lacked any radio experience whatsoever, Bethany's extensive training in improv helped her land the job and she ended up co-hosting their morning show for four years. Bethany then got the incredible opportunity to co-host the nationally syndicated Elvis Duran & the Morning Show, which she did until February 2018. Currently, Bethany can be seen in "Labeled" - a web series that she co-produced and stars in - about a fictional record label in NYC, as well as "Pet Peeved," the web series from Writers Guild Award Winner Daryn Strauss. She also stars in the upcoming horror/comedy short film "Lonely Hearts," which will screen as apart of the Art of Brooklyn film festival and she is the co-Host of the "An Acquired Taste" podcast. Bethany is an actress and producer; she's as weird as you are and quite lovely as well. In this episode, we learn about her career, how she embraces creativity with her significant other and we chat about a topic dear to her: mental health. Follow Bethany on Instagram! @msbethanywatson. Rate and Review us wherever you get your podcasts! We <3 you, we wanna know what you like and - maybe don't like!? Go easy, again, we <3 you.

We are talking about the elephant in the room! Coronavirus! Specifically the affect that quarantine has had on creative communities and who is shifting gears and creating from a social distance. This week we are joined by Eden Martinez, a Queer Puerto Rican-American filmmaker and creator who’s imaginative films use magical realism, metaphor and satire to explore social norms. Her films have screened and garnered awards at festivals around the country and she has over seven years' experience as a producer and director for independent films, web series, commercials and branded content, working with high profile clients such as Zeiss, 9/11 Memorial and Museum, Cornell, Verizon, 92Y as well as A-list talent like Rosie Perez, John Cleese, Susan Sarandon, and Robert De Niro. Her short film Masterpiece is currently on the festival circuit. She is in development on multiple projects including the narrative feature Adela and the Wonder and is host of the podcast Corona Chronicles; which we discuss at length and use as the basis for the TOP 5 STAY AT HOME MADE creators and creative projects that you should check out! Follow Eden on social media! @edenmart11 Follow Pink Among Men @pinkamongmen and rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts <3 

Get to know Hollye, Janie, Jilly and Hannah BKA the women behind RAZOR BRAIDS, the all femme, melodic punk band who reminds you of the 60s', the 90s' and all the good times you had dreamin' about life from your bedroom and beyond. Their latest single NASHVILLE just released and we are previewing it in this episode for you! Hear about how they are handling quarantine, why they love music and what's in store for the future.  Also, we are WCW on Isabella Olaguera, founder of Feed the Freelancers, and we are letting you know more about that and how to support this worthy cause.  XOXO Rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts <3 Follow us on Instagram @pinkamongmen!

Eliza Hittman is an award-winning filmmaker whose feature films, It Felt Like Love, Beach Rats, have debuted to critical acclaim and her latest is no different, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a story about a pair of teenage girls from rural PA who travel to NYC to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy, won a Special Jury Award for Neo-Realism at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize from the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. Spoilers ahead! In this episode, Amy sits down with Eliza to chat about her creative process; the message of the film and, Eliza shares her advice for filmmakers. Check out Never Rarely Sometimes Always on all VOD platforms today. Follow on IG @neverrarelyfilm and Eliza Hittman @hittman. Rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts! <3

HAPPY EARTH DAY TODAY & ALWAYS! Meet the women celebrating our earth every day: Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, Alysia Reiner and Claudine DeSola. Separately these women are wave and changemakers in their own right; respectively a fashion designer/activist; actress/producer/activist; and stylist/publicist/marketer/activist; but together, they are using the art of fashion as a medium of activism and hope through their zero waste womenswear label made ethically in New York, LIVARI. Follow these women: @tabithastb @alysiareiner and @caravangirlnyc  Follow LIVARI: @livariclothing

Jenn Halweil is the definition of a modern day renaissance woman. Her work is the collision of science, technology and the arts, and she's closing the gap between all of them to enact radical change and growth in society. Jenn wears many hats and wears them well. She is the founder of #GoBeyondLabs; she's an actress; a filmmaker; an engineer and a pursuer of information. Jenn's latest doc-series FINANCIALLY NAKED has garnered over 1/2 a million views on Facebook and pulls apart the many socio-economic factors that affect one's financial health. There's a lot to unpack in this episode - you don't want to miss it. Follow Jenn on IG: @jennandbeyond  Follow Pink Among Men on IG: @PinkAmongMen Rate and Review us wherever you get your podcasts <3

Brea Grant is an actor, writer and director. She also podcasts and writes comic books - yea, she's our new model of how to be awesome. You've seen her on shows such as Dexter, Heroes, Friday Night Lights and Eastsiders - which she is now also credited as writer and director on - and currently runs on Netflix. In 2019, Brea filmed back to back (with a 3 week break in between) features that she wrote; she also starred in one, LUCKY, a SXSW Official Selection, and directed the other, 12 HOUR SHIFT, a TriBeCa Official Selection. Both fests were ultimately moved to digital as Covid-19 spread around the country. However, this achievement is still hella AMAZING, and although Brea and her teams were not able to screen their films the way they originally envisioned - these films are worth marking on your to-do-view list. Follow Brea Grant on IG: @breagrant Follow Pink Among Men on IG: @pinkamongmen Rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts!

Orange is The New Black star, SELENIS LEYVA is adding Author to her growing roster of titles. The actress, along with her model, chef and activist, sister, MARIZOL LEYVA, recently released their new book MY SISTER, a personal, family story about Marizol's transition. In this episode, co-Hosted by Women March's Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, we chat about intersectional feminism, putting yourself in other's shoes and how checking your privilege can enrich your lives. Co-Presented by Caravan Studio. Recorded on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility and originally broadcasted on Facebook LIVE! You can support the Ali Forney Center HERE. PURCHASE MY SISTER HERE.

Chanel Ali, comedian, writer and actress is living in a culture of yes and you should join her. Chanel, a Philly native, NYC dwellin' burst of good vibes, chats with us about what qualities she noticed she had that gave her the confidence to pursue comedy full time, as well as how to deal with internet trolls and, even better, her advice for staying the course, even though society may not have wanted you to. NOTICE: This episode was recorded before the pandemic was declared; before many cases were announced in NYC even. We hope this episode ,with the very hilarious Chanel Ali, takes your mind off of COVID talk but, please know we are deeply concerned for all's safety + health. Follow Chanel on Instagram: @chanel__ali for her upcoming shows, and when her album drops!  Rate and Review us whereever you get your podcasts. Wishing you much health.

OUR FIRST EVER LIVE! EPISODE! We are thrilled to present our first ever LIVE! Recording: EPISODE 28: THE WRONG KIND OF WOMEN with multi-multi-hyphenate, filmmaker, actress, activist and, now, author, Naomi McDougall Jones! Off the heels of her TEDTalk, "What Its Like to Be a Woman in Hollywood," McDougall Jones pens the book: THE WRONG KIND OF WOMEN: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood; a somewhat memoir, and a somewhat guide to how we achieve equality.  Recorded LIVE at Gotham Podcast Studio on February 29, 2020. Follow Naomi @naomij PURCHASE THE WRONG KIND OF WOMEN here. Love what you hear? RATE & REVIEW @pinkamongmen wherever you get your podcasts!

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH! We are kicking it off by sitting down with two women who are taking their feature films to SXSW. Meet EMMA SELIGMAN, director of SHIVA BABY, the award-winning short, (that Emma made as her thesis!!) turned feature, marking the freshman feature for the up and coming Seligman. And Also!! Meet NATASHA KERMANI, director of LUCKY starring Brea Grant. Kermani wow'd us with her insight and approach to her second feature film, as an established writer/director, Kermani delivers bits about the journey to making a feature that you don't want to miss. Congratulations to these two amazing women! Follow Emma: @emmaseligman Follow Natasha: @natakerm Rate and Review Pink Among Men, wherever you get your podcast! And follow us on Instagram: @PinkAmongMen And Twitter: @AmongPink

Donna Guerreros is a connoisseur of life and food; she's an artist, a photographer, founder of The Donas and, your new best friend. With a longstanding history of photography that looks at subcultures and subgroups her latest series, The Donas, focuses on the female experience and female bonds. The project aims to foster community through food with a focus on women, empowerment, sisterhood, and self. In this episode we cheer each other on and ask why is it that a women's place is in the kitchen unless profit is involved? Among other thoughts that belong on t-shirts.  Follow Donna! @deeshootsit Follow The Donas! @the.donas SHOW YA LOVE! Rate and Review Pink Among Men wherever you get your podcasts.  

IT'S GOLDEN GLOBES NIGHT! And we are dropping a special episode where we talk all things THE MORNING SHOW. Amy dials up one of her best confidants on the West Coast to dissect and discuss a show that intersects so many themes of what we've been talking about on Pink Among Men. THE MORNING SHOW is up for Best Drama Series and its two leads, Jen and Reese, are nominated as well. Listen in and let us know your thoughts! Follow @pinkamongmen on Instagram! Show your love and rate and review us! xoxo

Christie Valdiserri is a professional dancer, SI model, fitness instructor, and a motivational speaker living in Los Angeles, CA. She lost all of her hair to Alopecia about two and a half years ago and is so grateful to have this opportunity to share her story that has changed her forever. In this episode, Christie and Amy sit down to talk about what motivates Christie, the life of a dancer - and of course, that now in-famous moment on the Sports Illustrated runway at the 2019 Miami Swim Week. Show your love and rate and review us! Follow @pinkamongmen on Instagram and @AmongPink on Twitter.  Follow Christie! @Christie.valdiserri  

Originally from Wales, Maxine Trump is a documentary filmmaker, author and teacher, living in NYC with her husband, who, she also, makes films with. Her latest feature, a personal documentary, TO KID OR NOT TO KID explores her grappling with her, coming out, so to speak, on her choice to live child-free. Joined by former Nascar race car driver turned filmmaker and activist, Leilani Münter, this episode dives into some hard hitting facts about overpopulation and a woman's choice to live however they chose.  TO KID OR NOT TO KID was recently turned into an Independent Lens series: SHOULD WE KID OR NOT? featuring strangers talking about reproductive rights. (It is awesome - you should check it out!) For more: https://www.tokidornottokid.com/ Follow Maxine! @maxinetrump_childfreedirector Follow Leilani! @leilanimunter

You ready folks? This week's guest is.....RYAN DONAHUE!!; A brilliantly funny and smart comedian and writer. Ryan came on the podcast with an open mind and gave us a good reminder to check in with ourselves and ask; "what are we on a mission to do here at Pink Among Men?"  (He has advice on how you can apply that to what you are working on too). He also provides some insight about the business of comedy and the persistence of one's own art. With dozens upon dozens of stage experiences, some late night credits and a bi-weekly show that he hosts every other Tuesday @ 8PM @ Secret Loft NYC, Ryan Donahue is a unique voice and talent that will not only make you laugh, but think as well.  Follow Ryan on Instagram at @ryandonahuman and stay up on his show at Secret Loft by following @wildthingssl  As always, show your support for @pinkamongmen! Follow us on Insta, Twitter - and give us a rate and review! Besos!  

A born and raised New Yorker, MuMu, is a musician and artist who embodies discovery, fun and endless possibilities. Her latest EP, "LADIES FIRST," includes the hit single "Free the Nip," which has garnered over 1.5 million views on YouTube. In this episode, we chat about early influences, female sexuality and take a listen and go behind the music. For more MuMu: mumuofficial.com and @MusicofMuMu on Instagram Follow, Rate and Review PINK AMONG MEN on iTunes, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts! @pinkamongmen

Ceci and Nikki have been friends since they were awkward 14 year olds competing in local drama competitions in Miami, FL. As adults, they are still friends and collaborators of their own company creating original content for Instagram called InstaMiniSeries. Their latest series, MURDERVILLE is an absurd mockumentary written by Ginger Kearns & Chelsey Ng that follows two crime obsessed women trying to track a serial killer. When girls start to go missing in their quaint small town, all of their neighbors quickly become suspects and the klutzy but lucky ladies see if they can beat the cops to catch the murderer. For more information regarding IMS and Murderville please visit: www.instaminiseries.com https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/murderville#story PLEASE! Rate and review Pink Among Men, thanks for being RAD!

Brianna Peters is the co-founder and co-owner of Gotham Podcast Studio, a business that she founded, in her NYC apartment, with her husband, Matthew. Gotham now sits in midtown Manhattan and functions as a multi-studio providing spacial and technical support to emerging and established podcasters.  Brianna's story is a NYC entrepreneurial dream and she is still right in the beginning stages. Join us on this chat where we discuss the power of women supporting businesses, building a business that you would want to do business with - AND, some insight and tips if you are thinking about starting your own podcast. Follow Brianna! @Briannapeters_ Follow Gotham Podcast Studio! @gothampodcaststudio Follow Amy! @amydepaolafilms Follow Pink Among Men! @PinkAmongMen - also give us a rate, review, a like, a share, a token of your sweet affection!