Missy Robertson continually sets a prime example of humility and consistent faith in her public and personal life. We first came to know Missy and the important role she plays in the Robertson family in their family reality show, Duck Dynasty. Duck Dynasty broke several ratings records on A&E and on cable television during their successful run that finished in 2017. Despite the increased publicity on her family, company and personal life, she has managed to become a strong voice for...

Mike Agovino is a leader and pioneer in all forms of audio entertainment. He has spent two decades operating at the front lines of media’s digital and social reinvention. His career spans both coasts – he served as President of Katz Radio, launched Clear Channel’s Radio Sales Group for over 1350 Clear Channel owned stations, he co-founded Triton Digital which became the leading digital service provider to the radio industry and served as Executive Vice Chairman at PodcastOne. In 2016, Mike...

Robin Schiff is a veteran comedy writer/producer who developed the characters Romy and Michele of the hit film she wrote called, ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. She created and produced the sitcom, ALMOST PERFECT and was a writer for the comedy series, GROSS POINTE. She was a member of the improv comedy troupe, THE GROUNDLINGS with Pee Wee Herman and Phil Hartman and executive produced the multi-generational, relationship comedy series, SWIPE RIGHT for Youtube RED. Say it Forward...

Amy Rosenberg‘s life story isn’t like the others in our series because her career is just beginning. But the reason we chose to interview her is that she grew up knowing some of the top legendary Rock n' Rollers to ever to hit the music scene because her dad is one of the partners in a music management company in London. As a result she’s met people like Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend of the Who, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin as well as the likes of Ron Wood, David Beckham,...

Jean Smart is a versatile character actress who has worked on stage and screen but found the bulk of her success on television. After college graduation, she performed in regional theater and made her Broadway debut in the play “Piaf” portraying the legendary actress Marlene Dietrich. That show jumpstarted her career by leading to the role of Charlene Frazier on the hit sitcom, Designing Women. Smart left that series to try her luck in movies. To avoid being typecast as a comedy actress she...

Kim Anenberg Cavallo is the founder and CEO of lilspace - a digital wellness company that will inspire you to unplug and spend more time with real live people doing real-life things enhancing relationships in the digital age. With 25 years experience in event planning, connecting people to causes and raising money for Not For Profit organizations, Kim began to focus on what would motivate us to put away our phones and practice being present more often. The lilspace app encourages this so...

Producer and former actor Jeffrey Kramer made his first acting appearance on the TV series Barney Miller, but achieved notoriety playing Deputy Jeff Hendricks in the Oscar-winning horror/thriller smash hit movie, JAWS, and then reprised the role in the hit sequel, JAWS 2. He’s appeared in the Joe Dante cult classic, HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, the horror film, HALLOWEEN II, and the ensemble, black comedy, mystery film, CLUE. He’s appeared in TV shows such as LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY, THE MARY TYLER...

Pamela Gonyea is one of Hollywood's secret power players. As the Maitre'D and Manager of "The Grill on the Alley" restaurant in Beverly Hills she wields her influence from the front of a restaurant. And not just any restaurant - for entertainment industry people and top business elite in LA, this place is among a handful of restaurants where the biggest deals go down. You've heard the term "Power Lunch", well, The Grill practically invented it. Pamela runs the place and reservations aren't...

David Landsberg was one of those rare comedic minds who worked as an actor, screenwriter and producer. Sadly, he has passed away since his interview was recorded but don’t let that stop you from enjoying the life story of this supremely talented comedy mind. He appeared opposite Don Rickles in the comedy TV series CPO Sharkey and wrote and produced episodes of the CBS sitcom, Cosby! He also wrote and/or produced episodes of Blossom, Star Trek:The Next Generation, Herman's Head, Fantasy...

Bruce Charet is an entertainment industry veteran who started his career in New York working for George Scheck, manager of icons Bobby Darin and Connie Francis. Bruce later went on to manage legendary actor and comedian Alan King who remained an important part of his life. Bruce’s accomplished career includes TV agent, comedy development executive, TV producer and Talent Relations executive. He’s VP and Entertainment Historian at the Friar’s Club in New York City. He shares his early love...

Accomplished actor and Tony Award nominee Sam Trammell is most widely recognized for his starring role of Sam Merlotte in HBO's award-winning series, TRUE BLOOD. The fantasy drama set ratings records for the network over its seven year run. Sam has a long list of accomplished roles in film and TV – from DEXTER to award winning dramedy, THIS IS US, to the hit movie THE FAULT IN OUR STARS as well as blockbusters such as KONG: SKULL ISLAND. Sam appears in several indie films including, SAY YOU...

After 28 years of teaching chemistry and and more than 12 in Culinary arts Warren Schueler shifted to teaching workshops, team building and doing outreach to share basic cooking skills to formerly homeless individuals. After New York’s Super storm “Sandy” he began cooking at St. Mark’s Center for Community Renewal in New Jersey and has committed to working there forever. This is one remarkable story of authentic community engagement where his life’s work is evidence of the power of following...

Today we welcome Fran Drescher, the multi talented actress, comedian, writer and activist you probably remember from her breakout comedy series, The Nanny – a wildly successful 90’s sitcom she created, wrote and starred in. The Nanny became so big that it tied household ratings with the now infamous mega hit, Roseanne. With her ‘cool girl’ status who started it all, she is busier than ever– from Broadway to comedy TV to indie films – she is being offered roles along side millennials who...

Laura Wasser is a divorce lawyer in Los Angeles whose clients have included Stevie Wonder, Maria Shriver, Johnny Depp and Heidi Klum, but her business is not only with high profile clients. She started an online service last year called, It’s Over Easy, which can steer you through divorce proceedings for as little at $750. Laura says her motivation for the site was not money, but to change the approach to divorce. “It’s Over Easy” provides a do-it-yourself template for dissolution, and also...

Dovi Frances is an international financier, entrepreneur and founding partner of SGVC, a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. Over the course of his career, Dovi has invested more than one hundred million dollars in some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent and disruptive financial technology companies. He holds a Guinness world’s record for creating the largest life insurance policy ever and he made all this happen while under the age of 40. Dovi is also one of the main “shark”...

Mike Medavoy was co-founder of Orion Pictures, chairman of TriStar Pictures, head of production for United Artists and is the current chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures. He’s been honored with countless awards including the Motion Picture Pioneer of the Year Award, numerous international film festival awards, UCLA’s Career Achievement Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cannes Film Festival, and it’s easy to see why. From agent to studio chief to producer Mike has made some of...

Meet television writer, producer and show runner, John Wirth. He struggled throughout his tough early years while harboring a passion for poetry and screenwriting. It took him till he turned thirty to really get underway, but his journey is a study in what happens when you refuse to quit on your dreams. It may have taken him a while, but he made it to the top of the television business where he has stayed for four decades—writing and producing shows like Nash Bridges, Remington Steele,...

Entertainment media executive Michael Kassan is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Media Link, a leading global strategic advisory firm. Described as the ‘ultimate power broker’ Michael is a trusted advisor to media moguls, Hollywood visionaries, technology pioneers, advertising heads and Fortune 100 chief marketing officers. His prowess earns him top industry lists including Adweek’s “Power 100”, Variety’s index of the most influential business leaders shaping the global entertainment...

Artist Kim McCarty has lived her extraordinary life at the center of the California Art scene. Her compelling, fluid figures painted in a large scale, are in some of the most prestigious private collections and museums including the Hammer Museum in LA and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She is a part of the foundation of an art Community that still shapes American Contemporary collections to this day. At 22 she married Michael McCarty whose LA and New York restaurants, “Michael’s”...

Clint Carnell has served as Chief Executive Officer for The HydraFacial Company since December 2016, bringing a broad and deep experience in non-invasive aesthetics and skin health. Clint rebranded the company in 2017 and drove the company strategy and culture shift that has resulted in explosive revenue growth and rapidly growing global recognition. In 2000, he founded and later successfully sold Charleston Renal Care, a chain of dialysis centers to DaVita. He was instrumental in the...

Sisters Lili Gross and Susan Cohen reveal an extraordinary, family life story of a marital secret that was withheld from them and everyone else in their family for almost 80 years. Their parent’s lives had such an amazing culmination that Lili produced a documentary on the subject and we’re going to hear all about this very unique true story. Say it Forward with Lili Gross and Susan Cohen.

Andy Schuon is a trailblazing media and entertainment executive with a career that spans radio, music, television and digital media. At 16, he was the youngest radio announcer in the US. By age 18 he was working at Seattle’s legendary rock station KISW where he was known on air as “Boy Wonder”. As program director of America’s number one music station - KROQ - he developed “The Kevin & Bean Show” - the most successful morning show in L.A. radio history. But he didn’t stop there. From...

Catt Sadler is an entertainment reporter who landed her first job reporting local news in Indianapolis while still in Journalism School at Indiana University. After college, she moved to LA and landed her dream job working for E! Entertainment Television. For more than a decade Catt was a fixture on Entertainment TV who became well known for her work on the red carpet chatting up stars at Awards shows and film premiers, picking up several Emmys of her own along the way. She even appeared...

Donna Mills is an actress and a producer who began her television career in the mid-sixties on “The Secret Storm,” and made her film debut opposite Beau Bridges and Martin Sheen in “The Incident ”, before her star-making role as Tobie Williams in the 1971 cult film, “Play Misty for Me”. She appeared in many TV movies and such hit TV shows as “The Six Million Dollar Man”, “CHIPS”, and “Hawaii Five-O”. Donna is best known for her iconic role as the scheming vixen Abby Cunningham on the...