Fine Beats & Cheeses

We are taking a little break from new episodes, so we will be posting some of our favorite past shows. This one is from May 2025 and it is SO funny. Go get your scuba gear as we talk about the iconic movie about really smart sharks, "Deep Blue Sea". with guest Stephanie Olson. Hilarious episode.<a href="https://www.stephaniegolson.com/">Stephanie Olson</a> (she/her) is a writer, cosplayer, horror movie enthusiast (especially the bad ones), and Halloween-all-year person. The first story she ever wrote was the gripping tale of a haunted bog. It was created in an attempt to scare her bunkmates at summer camp, and the result was so successful she was banned from writing any more stories that week. She’s been chasing that high ever since. While horror is her first love, she also enjoys fantasy and mysteries. Stephanie has a short story published in Spontaneous Combustion Volume II, by Sic Semper Serpent, and is part of the writing team for the horror anthology podcast, Ghost Wax. Her debut fantasy novel, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/still-chosen-stephanie-g-olson/1146584054?ean=9781942458319">Still Chosen: Another Unwanted Adventure</a>, was released in January, 2025.You can find her on Instagram at<a href="https://www.instagram.com/stephaniewritesstuff/"> @stephaniewritesstuff</a>

We are taking a little break from new episodes, so we will be posting some of our favorite past shows. This one is from August 2024, and it features one of our favorite people. It's show favorite Judd Winick, comic artist extraordinaire, as we discuss the definitive Star Trek fan movie, Galaxy Quest! JUDD WINICK is a cartoonist and creator of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Hilo series. Judd grew up on Long Island with a healthy diet of doodling, X-Men comics, the newspaper strip Bloom County, and Looney Tunes. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and today lives in San Francisco with his wife, Pam Ling; their two kids; their cats, Troy and Abed; and far too many action figures and vinyl toys for a normal adult. Judd has written and produced animation for television and film, created the Cartoon Network series Juniper Lee; has written superhero comics, including Batman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow; and, along with his wife Pam, was a cast member of MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco. Judd is also the author of the highly acclaimed graphic novel Pedro and Me, about his Real World roommate and friend, AIDS activist Pedro Zamora.You can find him on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/juddwinick/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/judd.winick">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.com/@juddwinick?hl=en">Threads</a> and <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/187541/judd-winick/">here</a>!

We are taking a little break from new episodes, so we will be posting some of our favorite past shows. This one is from June 2025, with one of our favorite guests!Join us for this bright and uplifting conversation about Issa Rae's masterpiece about being Black, young and not so sure of yourself, "Insecure". Our guest is writer, researcher and storyteller Kelly Macias. We really enjoyed this one and we hope you do, too! And check out "Insecure" on Netflix (it's heartfelt and hilarious and also kinda spicy so don't watch with your kids) because it's wonderful).Kelly Macías (she/her) is a writer, researcher, and storyteller based in Los Angeles. The multidisciplinary arts-based approach to her work is inspired by the many lived experiences of Black women and what emerges from their wisdom and magic across time and geographies. Her writing has appeared in Prose Online, The Sunlight Press, Newsweek, The Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere. She is the creator of Toogood Stories, a platform dedicated to documenting, preserving, and making visible the many facets of Black women's lives. When she isn't engaged in her mindfulness meditation practice or binge watching Netflix, she can be found somewhere in the world dancing Argentine tango in a pair of Chuck Taylors.You can find her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kelmacias/">Instagram</a> and on her storytelling platform. <a href="https://toogoodstories.co">Toogood Stories</a>.

We are taking a little break from new episodes, so we will be posting some of our favorite past shows. This one is from March 2024, with two of our favorite guests!We've got a lot of living to do as we talk "Bye Bye Birdie", the 1963 film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Our guests are real life sisters Genevieve Dreizen and Olivia Howell, co-founders of Fresh Starts Registry, a registry for people who are making big changes in their lives to get the things that they need to start again. You might recognize Olivia from our recent Hallmark Christmas Movie episode! This was a sister-riffic episode, and we reminisced about a movie that all 4 of us were obsessed with, the eternal hotness of Ann-Margaret, and how everyone SHOULD love Dick Van Dyke. Get on your dancing shoes and join us!In 2020, after her divorce, Olivia wanted to create a system of support for the moments in life when we start over. Alongside her sister, Jenny Dreizen, Olivia founded Fresh Starts Registry, and since then, it has been named the “the first divorce registry of its kind” by Forbes. It has been featured in <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/press-library/divorce-parties-are-a-new-hot-invite-it-sort-of-ended-up-as-a-really-fun-funeral">The Wall Street Journal</a>, <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/press-library/starting-over-with-a-divorce-registry">New York Magazine</a>, <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/press-library/hermoney-19-female-leaders-on-saying-no-to-holiday-stress-tf9h8">Forbes</a>, <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/press-library/starting-over-with-a-divorce-registry">The Cut</a>, <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/press-library/2jrwcptl0kk50a0pb879xr0sr6m4sh">The New York Post</a>, and <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/press">more</a>. Fresh Starts Registry is the first registry and online platform for everything a person needs to begin their life again after a major life change, such as divorce, job changes, moving, or coming out. They provide a <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/registry">free registry builder</a> and <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/registry">bundles of products</a> based on rooms of the house and budget to eliminate the overwhelm of creating a registry for restarting their life. The platform features 100+ <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/experts">vetted Experts</a> in all categories to support people in all processes of their life changes. It is always free to build a registry and access the experts. Fresh Starts aims to <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/resources-dashboard">eliminate the overwhelming</a> feeling of starting your life over again with all the home items and Experts you need to empower you on your journey forward.<a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/">https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/</a>Find Olivia on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oliviahowell/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/genevievedreizen/">Genevieve</a> there as well!

We are taking a little break from new episodes, so we will be posting some of our favorite past shows. This is from October 2024!Friend of the show Catrina Parker dives deep into the beloved world of The Golden Girls with twin sister Leslie and Producer Sam. Twin sister Lynne was unavoidable off to St. Olaf...Catrina is the host of the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4octp92U59PgOIHdahZrWM">Quirky Pop Podcast</a> where she explores quirky characters in tv, film, and other areas with hint of social science. Catrina has been on panels a fan conventions and interviewed in The Guardian, The New York Times, and WGN Weekend News. Catrina lives with her two teens and cat, Gallifrey in Bloomington, Il. You can find her on<a href="https://m.facebook.com/QuirkyPodcast"> Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/quirkypoppodcast/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/catrina-parker-00b74145?trk=contact-info">LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://youtube.com/@quirkypop3340?si=Zj5a8o0qwEZSYwcI">YouTube</a>.

This week our new episode is on a Monday because it is May the 4th, also known as Star Wars Day, and our episode is about Episode VI, "Return of the Jedi". That movie has twins in it, and so does this episode: our guests are twin brothers Al and William Penn, and you know that your hosts, Lynne and Leslie, are too. This was a really fun one, where we talk legacy and betrayal and Jabba the Hutt. But mostly, it's about family, chosen or otherwise, and we hope you like it!!Check out Al's Substack page <a href="https://substack.com/@alienist2024?utm_campaign=profile&amp;utm_medium=profile-page">here!</a>And oh yeah, May the 4th be with you.

It's Leslie's turn to share her favorite something with us, and that something is the 2016 version of the cowboy classic but with more Denzel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RBA0xoaWU">"The Magnificent Seven"</a>. We talk why a western with a multiracial cast would be based in reality, villains so bad you can't wait for them to get got, why it doesn't bode well for a character when he is played by an uncredited recognizable actor, and why Ethan Hawke is everything. We hope you love it.Born in hood-adjacent Baltimore City, Leslie Streeter is a columnist for the<a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/author/leslie-gray-streeter/"> Baltimore Banner</a>, and the author of the 2020's memoir <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leslie-gray-streeter/black-widow/9780316490726/?lens=little-brown">Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like “Journey” in the Title</a> and 2025's novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216773736-family-other-calamities">Family and Other Calamities</a>. Her next novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chicory-Coffee-Leslie-Gray-Streeter/dp/1662542070">"Beignets and Big Feelings"</a>, comes out in October 2026 and is available for pre-order right now. She is the cohost of this here podcast Fine Beats and Cheeses, and a frequent speaker on grief. She is also a slow runner, an amateur vegan cook, and a fan of Law &amp; Order. Leslie lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her son, Brooks. Follow her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lesliegraystreeter/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.com/@lesliegraystreeter?hl=en">Threads</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lesliegraystreeter/?hl=en">Instagram</a>.

Love is in the air this week as co-host Lynne becomes the guest to talk about one of her all-time favorite movies! It's Baz Luhrmann's 1992 colorful, wacky and heartfelt "Strictly Ballroom". We talk joy and gatekeeping and what it looks like to be you doing things that you love. It was a really good time and we hope you love it.Lynne Streeter Childress is a playwright, actor, teaching artist, singer, director, and the founder and artistic director of Building Better People Productions, a professional theater company based in Annapolis, MD (but they travel!), that does shows for young audiences all based in themes of empathy, kindness, respect and the things that make us all better people. Lynne has been in professional theatre for over 30 years, with much of that experience in theater for young audiences. This includes performing at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage and Adventure Theatre, and teaching for institutions like the Folger Shakespeare Library, Everyman Theatre, and Baltimore School for the Arts. Through all those experiences, Lynne has seen firsthand how theater can communicate the most important things in the clearest and most interesting of ways, especially to young people. Lynne is on the Arts In Education roster for the Maryland States Arts Council and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, and through Building Better People Productions, has served students served by the Arlington (VA) Humanities Project, Arts Every Day, and the Howard County Arts Council. Lynne, along with fellow teaching artists Khaleshia Thorpe-Price and Jennifer Ridgway, facilitates Empathy Works, a program that helps organizations discover how empathetic thinking can change their company for the better. She co-hosts this here podcast Fine Beats and Cheeses with her twin sister Leslie Gray Streeter and their producer, Sam Lewis. Lynne lives in Annapolis, MD, with her family.You can find her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LynneStreeterChildress">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lynnestreeterchildress/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.com/@lynnestreeterchildress?hl=en">Threads</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynne-childress-899b0233/">LinkedIn</a>, and you can find Building Better People Productions<a href="https://bbpproductions.com/"> here</a> to book one of their shows, workshops, residencies and professional development sessions.

Our hearts WILL go on, darn it, because this week, we talk all things Titanic with author, podcast host, and entertainment journalist <a href="http://www.nelsonaspen.com/index.html">Nelson Aspen</a>. We discuss the ship, its sinking, the 1987 hit movie based on all of that, as well as Nelson's personal enthusiasm and connection to the doomed ship. This was a TRULY fun episode and we hope you love it.NELSON ASPEN is one of Entertainment's most charming and popular personalities, having spent three decades on morning television outlets around the world, bringing the latest in entertainment and pop culture to millions of viewers! But there's a lot more to this Showbiz Insider than just empathy, wit, A-list contacts and masterful storytelling ability. You'd be hard pressed to name a celebrity he hasn't interviewed or an entertainment story he hasn't covered, which is why in 2020, the 5-time Publicists Guild of America nominee was recognized as International Media Journalist of the Year. A lifelong Titanic enthusiast, Nelson co-hosts the popular "<a href="https://www.shipofdreamsfilm.com/titanictalkpodcast">Titanic Talk</a>" podcast and speaks frequently on the subject of the Ship of Dreams. His 2025 historical fantasy, "<a href="http://www.nelsonaspen.com/KindredSpirits">Kindred Spirits: A Titanic Tale,</a>" has taken the Titanic world by storm with its unique perspective on the classic story. Reviewers say "it weaves history with wit and charm" and "one of the most unusual love stories you'll ever read with the bonus of being an intriguing mystery."You can find more about Nelson at <a href="nelsonaspen.com">nelsonaspen.com</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nelsonaspen/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelson-aspen-084047265">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NelsonAspen">YouTube</a>!

Producer Sam has hijacked the format, as Fine Beats and Cheeses records our very first round table podcast! Funk and funk related music is the topic! See more of Sam at <a href="http://www.madebysam.com">http://www.madebysam.com</a>

Today we are invite you in to this episode about vampires! Our guest is friend of the show and returning guest, author and herbalist Rissa Miller. She talks about movies that bring vampires outside of their castles: specifically<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/"> "The Lost Boys"</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093605/">"Near Dark"</a>, the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/">Twilight</a> series and recent winner of multiple Oscars,<a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sinners_2025"> "Sinners"</a>. This was a really cool conversation and we hope you love it. Rissa Miller is an editor, author, herbalist, seer, and storyteller. You can find her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rissa.miller.39/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teaandsmoke_byrissa/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC28JvqnLvLSq7xLyx_tc9xg">YouTube</a>, and her website, <a href="https://www.teaandsmoke.com">Teaandsmoke.com</a>. You can also check out her children's book,<a href="https://share.google/9q26RgYOngbrQpuUq"> "Room With a Boo"</a>.

We would be in Misery if we didn't take a Stand about the genius that is the writing of Stephen King, and today, we talk his influence with return guest Analese Alvarez. Don't be scared! It's a good one :). Analese Alvarez is a high school principal, Buffy fanatic and cohost of <a href="https://www.nerdbestfriends.com/">Nerd Best Friends</a>, the podcast that covers all of the NERDY conversations you are already having.... OR WISH YOU COULD!You can find her and the show on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nerdbestfriends">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nerdbestfriends/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dranalesealvarez?utm_source=share&amp;utm_campaign=share_via&amp;utm_content=profile&amp;utm_medium=ios_app">LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-laiAsutM6aNMwF2OLSJg">YouTube</a>.

We just can't get enough of today's episode, where we talk 80s Synth Pop music with theatre veteran Thembi Duncan. We talk our favorite songs of the era, but also about what this music meant to us and how it still means something now!Thembi Duncan is an award-winning theatre practitioner, educator, and speaker with over 25 years of experience captivating audiences through storytelling, performance, and insightful discourse. She has served as a keynote speaker, panel moderator, workshop presenter, and event host for organizations in Washington, D.C., New York City, Western New York, and beyond.You can find her at <a href="https://thembiduncan.com/">Thembiduncan.com</a>, on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thembi.duncan.7"> Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/them_bi/">Instagram</a>,<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thembiduncan/"> LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://youtube.com/@thembiduncan1655?si=f_cGP-KW387vuhah">YouTube</a>.

We WILL talk about Bruno, because today is all about the music of Bruno Mars, and our guest is our good friend (and frequent visitor to Fine Beats and Cheeses) Elicia Marie. Elicia is a Hooligan (what fans of Mr. Mars call themselves), and we had a wonderfully joyful conversation. We hope you like it!Elicia Marie is a licensed clinical social worker/therapist in private practice. She enjoys shaping the future of the profession as an adjunct professor in a master of social work program. She is a federal worker by day, working on mental health awareness campaigns and health communications. In her spare time, Elicia loves travel, cooking, music, reading, writing, movies, and talking pop culture and observational humor with her witty friends.

It's a different world than where you come from, but it's the same delightful podcast as we talk classic HBCU sitcom, "A Different World" with returning guest, Kelly Macias! This was a really fun discussion about college, growing up, and seeing yourself in the shows that you watch, which was absolutely our experience with this show. We hope you enjoy it!Kelly Macías (she/her) is a writer, researcher, and storyteller. The multidisciplinary arts-based approach to her work is inspired by the many lived experiences of Black women and what emerges from their wisdom and magic across time and geographies. Her writing has appeared in Prose Online, The Sunlight Press, Newsweek, The Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere. She is the creator of <a href="https://www.toogoodstories.co/">Toogood Stories</a>, a platform dedicated to documenting, preserving, and making visible the many facets of Black women's lives. When she isn't engaged in her mindfulness meditation practice or binge watching Netflix, she can be found somewhere in the world dancing Argentine tango in a pair of Chuck Taylors. You can find Kelly and her work at <a href="toogoodstories.co">toogoodstories.co</a> and on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kelmacias/">Instagram</a>.

Travel with us today to a small town with quirky people who drink a lot of coffee and talk really fast and are all in each other's business but love each other! We talk iconic 2000s-era show "Gilmore Girls" with our guest, Nicole Howze. This was such a fun conversation with a wonderful friend and we hope you love it. Nicole Howze is a mom of three, wife of over 20 years, Music lover and I mean all kinds of music, singer, and movie/TV fanatic. Don’t like horror movies though.

Today, we talk selfies, relationships and celebrity culture with attorney and media legal commentator Dave Aronberg. This was a really fun conversation. Dave Aronberg served three terms as the elected State Attorney for Palm Beach County from 2012 to 2024, where he led a team of 115 prosecutors and 180 professional staff in five offices throughout Palm Beach County. He is also a former Assistant Attorney General, White House Fellow and Florida Senator. In 2016, Aronberg created a Sober Homes Task Force that made more than 120 arrests for patient brokering and insurance fraud in the rehab industry, and has led to several new Florida laws. He is a trial skills instructor at Harvard Law School, and frequently appears on cable television as a legal commentator, and is the managing partner of Dave Aronberg Law, P.A., and a strategic partner with Capital City Consulting in West Palm Beach.You can find him at<a href="https://davearonberglaw.com"> davearonberglaw.com.</a>

It's Tuesday, (and) we're in love with these songs that were the soundtrack to our most of our teen years. Our guide on this tour to yesteryear is our friend, award-winning audiobook narrator, actor and bestselling author, Marni Penning! In this episode, Marni and each of the Fine Beats Crew list their favorite pop and alternative songs of the late 80s, and talk about the line between popular and alternative (and when they are almost the same thing). This is a really, really fun episode, and check this space and our social media for playlists of the songs we mention. Good stuff!Marni Penning is an Award-winning audiobook narrator, actress, &amp; Amazon Bestselling Author. She's been acting onstage since age 8, including 54 productions of 23 of Shakespeare's plays, and co-founded Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (now in its 30th year!). Marni has performed on stages all over the US and in England and Scotland, and now gets to play ALL the parts in audiobooks recorded in her broadcast-quality home studio, with over 330 titles available on Audible, 500+ large-cast recordings for Graphic Audio (including the ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, and Crescent City series), and 600+ articles narrated for the Curio app.You can find out more about Marni on her website, <a href="http://theladyhamlet.com">theladyhamlet.com</a>! You can also check out her book, <a href="https://www.theladyhamlet.com/about-5">The Penning Method for the Panicked Actor</a>, a guide to less-panicked auditions. She is also theladyhamlet on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theladyhamlet/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/theladyhamlet/">LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="http://youtube.com/theladyhamlet">YouTube</a>.

Baby Fishmouth is sweeping the nation AND our podcast this week as we talk the romcom classic, "When Harry Met Sally", with 3x guest and friend of the show, Jennifer Inglis. We talk about friendship turning into more, true love, and also the legacy of brilliant late Director, Rob Reiner. This is a wonderful episode and we hope you love it. Jennifer Inglis is a writer and author of two novels: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Wear-Glasses-Jennifer-Inglis/dp/B08HBLYJ9H">“Girls Who Wear Glasses” </a>and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Enchanting-Sarah-Greenberg-Paranormal-Fiction/dp/1648981372">“Enchanting Sarah Greenberg.” </a> You can find her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jennifer.inglis.writes/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.threads.com/@jennifer.inglis.writes?hl=en">Threads</a>.

Enjoy this delightful blast from the past (2 years ago)! See you with a new episode next week. Stay warm!Summon your inner Sugarbaker as we talk the late 80s-early 90s sitcom classic "Designing Women". We are THRILLED to have as our guest Sarah Marshall, influential podcaster and host of two of our favorite shows, "You're Wrong About" and "You Are Good", which she co-hosts with past FB&amp;C guest Alex Steed. On our episode this week, we talk how this show is very 80's AND very current all at the same time because much of what ailed the world almost 40 years ago is still ailing us. This is a discussion that was funny and deep, like "Designing Women" itself. Enjoy!Sarah Marshall is a writer, podcaster, and media critic focused on setting straight our collective memory—or at least getting to the bottom of why we believe and in turn define ourselves by popular narrative and myth. Why is the maligned woman a staple of our news media? Why do we believe that serial killers are brilliant? How do we keep stumbling into all these moral panics? These are some of the questions that propel Sarah forward. She is the host of the popular modern history podcast You’re Wrong About, which has been highlighted in the New Yorker, the Guardian and Time Magazine. Her writing has appeared in the Believer, Buzzfeed and the true crime collection Unspeakable Acts.https://www.remembersarahmarshall.com/

CW: SALike sands through the hourglass, so is this REALLY fun episode about classic NBC soap (now on Peacock) "Days of Our Lives". Our guest is editor, writer and creator Michelle Havich, and we had a blast. Even if you've never watched an episode, I think you'll love it!Michelle Havich is a detail-oriented editor and writer focused on conceiving and producing creative and dynamic content for a variety of niche audiences. You can find her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/michenley/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-havich-a845a75/">LinkedIn</a>.

SPOILERSNo one mourns the Wicked, but we hope that you listen to this episode anyway, as we talk "Wicked: For Good" with returning guest and friend of the show, writer Stephen Robinson. We talk the music, the characters and also the political pieces of it that seem timely. Because we know you, Cheese Cubes, we have been changed for good. Because you listen to us :).Stephen Robinson is and Arts and political writer. Subscribe to his newsletter The Play Typer Guy (<a href="www.playtyperguy.com">www.playtyperguy.com</a>),<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theplaytyperguy/"> Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://youtube.com/@theplaytyperguy?si=3YsjUsQu-r_-ATu7">YouTube</a>.

Sometimes scary can be soothing, as we find today when we talk with actor and educator Belle Burr about the horror movies that give her comfort! We hope you love it.Belle Burr, is an alumni of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and has studied classical theater, Commedia Dell'arte, Dance and Film. When not directing Belle combines theater with history to teach children of all backgrounds about the world around them and as an actor she has performed all over the country in various styles of dramatic and comedic theater.You can follow her adventures via <a href="https://www.instagram.com/belleburr/"> @BelleBurr on Instagram</a>, check out her reviews and podcasts at <a href="https://popcultureuncovered.com/">Pop Culture Uncovered</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ5M9YlEiJE&amp;list=PLWwKbEnnvp1IZjuQBb6Ns-gnw5061dB-T">PCU on YouTube</a>, catch her on tour with the <a href="https://americanimmersiontheater.com/">American Immersion Theater</a> or join her at a show with the crew of <a href="https://dropthree.com/">Drop Three Sketch and Improv</a>

Almost Happy New Year from us! Here is a rewind episode from January 2024, where we talk New Year's Eve favorite, "Last Holiday", the Queen Latifah classic tale of a humble retail worker who follows her dreams all the way to a fancy European resort where a new confidence and LL Cool J are involved. Our guest is friend of the show, Elicia Marie!! We had a good time with this one and we hope you love it.Elicia Marie is a licensed clinical social worker/therapist in private practice. She enjoys shaping the future of the profession as an adjunct professor in a master of social work program. She is a federal worker by day, working on mental health awareness campaigns and health communications. In her spare time, Elicia loves travel, cooking, music, reading, writing, movies, and talking pop culture and observational humor with her witty friends.

Today, In the third of our trio of episodes with members of the Fine Beats and Cheeses team, we talk decorating and our guest is our very own co-host, Producer Sam. We talk holiday traditions, enjoying whatever you enjoy with wild abandon, and overcoming grinchitude!Born in Baltimore City, Sam Lewis is an artist at large, you can see his stuff at <a href="http://www.madebysam.com">MadeBySam</a>, or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/madebysamphotos/">Instagram</a> or even <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SamuelPLewis">Facebook</a>!