Ryan Pyle Podcast

#46 | Marjorie DeHey | No Overnight Success. Producer and entertainment attorney Marjorie DeHey on Talk to Me, the breakout horror film by two Australian YouTubers, and why nobody in film is an overnight success.

#45 | Dr. Emma Wagner | The Rabbits in the Garden. Dr. Emma Wagner grew up in North Africa, where her family raised their own rabbits. Her mother had a clever way of getting the children to eat them.

#44 | Dr. Brian Licuanan | The Gentle Art. Psychologist Dr. Brian Licuanan on why jiu-jitsu is a mental chess game, the veterans and others who find trust on the mat, and a 70-year-old professor who says it keeps him fit and strong.

#43 | Kerri Zane | One Sheet of Paper. Emmy-winning TV executive Kerri Zane on pitching shows in the 90s with one sheet of paper and an idea, the network suggesting Mario Lopez as host, and being one of five shows picked up out of 27. @kerrizane

#42 | Laurie Singer | Finish the Ride. Cycling across the US, Laurie Singer was run off the road and bitten four times by dogs. Two people on their way to church stopped to help. She still wanted to finish the ride. @lsbehavsvc

#41 | Craig Minor | The Mail Room at A&M. Craig Minor got the call: a spot in the mail room at A&M Records. In his mind, he had made it. Why so many entertainment careers start in the mail room.

#40 | Soraya Garré | Fluent in Spanish. Actress Soraya Garré on how her accent costs her work in LA, and the auditions that came the moment she added fluent Spanish.

#39 | Adam Brawer | Burning the Ships. Adam Brawer left more than a decade in entertainment with little runway. They say it takes a year to sell your first home; he was involved in 18 sales in his first 12 months.

#38 | Craig Levinson | Figure Out the Rest. Craig Levinson had never been an agent or a manager. He decided to help Zion Clark anyway, and built a talent agency by figuring out the rest along the way.

#37 | Adam Elnekaveh | A Baby All Over Again. Adam Elnekaveh's last memory of Thailand is queuing to pay a traffic ticket. His next is four months later, in a US rehab hospital, learning everything again. @RebuildingAdam

#36 | Paul Overacker | The Delay Button. Technical director Paul Overacker on live TV, the man whose only job on the Oscars red carpet was the delay button, and being misquoted into the top 1%. @PaulOveracker

#35 | Chris Carcelle | Placing Bets. Chris Carcelle's own cinematography teacher told him he would never be a DP. On his first feature, the crew placed bets on how long he would last.

#34 | Greg Lawrence | Not a Magic Bullet. Integration coach Greg Lawrence on the hype around psychedelics, and why so much of his work is tempering people's expectations.