The Mirror: Recent Episodes
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Art, in its most immaculate form, holds up a mirror to society. The most affecting work reflects back to us profound truths about the world we live in, and reminds us to look deeper inside for the parts of ourselves we’ve forgotten. But who’s holding the mirror? And how do their own experiences shape what each of us sees?
The Mirror Podcast is produced and presented by SOCIETY, a Los Angeles based production company, and hosted by Harry Calbom.
Each week, we sit down with an artist and ask them to turn the lens on themselves by sharing what has shaped the world they hold up to each of us. The conversation is less about the technical steps each artist took to find success than it is about what drew them to start making things in the first place. Every conversation invites listeners to take a look into The Mirror and dares them to ask the question, “what will I find in its reflection?”
On the eve of the release of her latest film VALLEY GIRL, Emmy Winner Rachel Lee Goldenberg discusses re-making an '80s cult classic as a jukebox musical, and traces her unconventional journey from unpaid intern to studio director. Includes segments about Between Two Ferns with Barack Obama, A Deadly Adoption (Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig), and her next feature film, Unpregnant.
Do you remember the "Director Commentary" feature of the DVD era? How great was that? As a bonus feature for our episode with Meagan Grandall of Lemolo we are introducing "Song Commentaries". After we recorded the interview we asked Meagan to listen to three songs off her new record and talk us through them...
Directors Aaron & Winston Tao reflect on transcending childhood trauma, wrestling with cultural heritage, and the search for spiritual and professional identity. Hear why they wouldn’t have it any other way and how these challenges fuel their focus: improving humanity through film.