Do you have a passion for filmmaking, screenwriting, directing, or acting? Do you live outside a major film industry market? This is the place to be. Kevin Isaacson and Mike Godfrey host filmmakers as well as offer their own insights, thoughts, and opinions on being an independent filmmaker located outside of a major film hub. Listen in as independent filmmakers from across the Heartland describe their journeys and offer insight into how you can be a successful filmmaker no matter where you ...
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Join us each month as we discuss a popular business book. Each episode features a summary of the book's contents, key takeaway points, a discussion of its merits, and applications in the real world. Hosted by David Kopec, David Short, and Kevin Hudak.
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Season 4 of Business Books & Co. was comprised of nine highly regarded books, three author interviews, and one special guest. Join us as we look back at the highs and lows of the past season of the show. And we won't hold back—we'll tell you the books we loved, but also the ones we didn't. Plus we'll tell you what we're planning for season 5! We wa…
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[S4E9] Atomic Habits by James Clear
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First released in 2018, Atomic Habits by James Clear has quickly become one of the best-selling self-help books of all-time. Clear meticulously studied the psychology and practical side of forming good habits and eliminating bad habits. He then created an easy-to-read how-to manual that can be applied to just about any habit. We discuss the book's …
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[S4E8] Reminiscences of a Stock Operator with Brad Mills
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There are timeless principles that underlie stock trading. In this episode we discuss Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, considered by many to be a classic work in the space. First published in 1923, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre is a fictionalized biography based on the career of legendary stock trader Jesse Livermore. Through…
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[S4E7] Becoming Trader Joe with Patty Civalleri
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Trader Joe's is an iconic American grocery chain. And yes, there was an actual Trader Joe. In this episode we interview Patty Civalleri, the co-author with Joe Coulombe of Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys. Founded as a small chain in California in the 1960s, Trader Joe’s has gone on to become one the most u…
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[S4E6] Am I Being Too Subtle? by Sam Zell
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We discuss the 2017 memoir Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel by Sam Zell. Zell was the billionaire founder of Equity Residential, Equity International, and EQ Office. In addition he had controlling interests in several other large enterprises, perhaps most controversially Tribune Media. Am I Being Too Subtle? describes Zel…
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[S4E5] Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
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Love him or hate him, Elon Musk is perhaps the most accomplished and influential leader in today's business landscape. Dive into the definitive biography, Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, on our latest episode. Spanning 700 pages, this epic authorized account lays bare the polarizing man behind the innovations, exposing both triumphs and flaws. We dis…
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[S4E4] The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs with Carmine Gallo
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The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo is a self-help book for anyone who regularly makes presentations. Whether you're an executive, analyst, marketer, or teacher this book will help you improve the impression you make on an audience. By utilizing the legendary keynotes of Steve J…
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[S4E3] How the Internet Happened with Brian McCullough
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How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone by Brian McCullough is a history of the companies, entrepreneurs, technologists, and financiers who launched the modern online world. Covering the years 1993 to 2008, this sweeping volume helps the reader understand not only who the important players were in fostering online communities, e-comm…
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The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a modern management classic. It's about bringing the scientific method to the forefront at the start of a new enterprise. Instead of following a classic waterfall development methodology, Ries emphasizes the importance of building quick MVPs that are easily testable based on actionable metrics. Although just a dozen…
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[S4E1] How to Win Friends and Influence People
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This month we read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. First published in the 1930s, How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the most popular self-help books of all time. Carnegie’s suggestions for how to achieve the title’s objective are largely based on anecdotal wisdom, but the anecdotes are numerous and often har…
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Ep 140: Cinematic Heartland Announcement from Mike and Kevin
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Mike and Kevin make a big announcement today on Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast.Af Kevin Isaacson
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Ep 139: Elliott Bales - Find a Story that Nobody in LA is Going to Tell
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Joining us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland is Elliott Bales who is currently based in Virginia but has appeared extensively on stage and screen in Iowa. He talks about pursuing his acting career full-time after a career in the military, working on the film Remote, producing audio books, getting an agent, and being a member of SAG-AFTRA. What…
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Ep 138 - Michael Ridley - Jurassic World, Knee High, Remote, and More
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Colorado based actor Michael Ridley sits down with Kevin on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. Michael is known on the Iowa film scene by working in such projects as Remote and Knee High which we talk about in depth. He was fortunate enough to be able to work on the set of Jurassic World and he passes along that experience t…
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Season 3 was a landmark season for our show. We read some amazing books and interviewed some award-winning authors. In this episode we discuss the highlights of Season 3. We pick the best and worst books we read. And we provide a behind the scenes look at our author interviews. Plus, we preview Season 4. Show Notes Season 3 Listener Survey via Goog…
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Ep 137: Demian Alan Mancino - Be Present
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Demian Alan Mancino joins Kevin and Michael on today’s episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking podcast for a fun filmmaking conversation. He was born and raised in New York, has lived in 43 states, and currently resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He tells us about his mixed martial arts background, how he got into acting, working on You Should Hav…
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Ep 136: Jude Rawlins - Little Johnny Jewel, Dream Time, Mania, and More
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Jude Rawlins of Bella Luna Productions sits down with us to talk all things films and filmmaking. He tells us his story from how he came to settle in Marshalltown, Iowa to making the feature film Little Johnny Jewel to his film Dream Time to filming in New York for his film Mania. He has found that filming in Iowa is special in the fact that you ca…
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Ep 135: Film Festival Roundtable
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Today's show features our first roundtable discussion and the topic at hand is film festivals. We welcome Eric Dean Freese of The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, Greg Gale of The Flatwater Film Festival, Bill Cooper of The Twin Cities Film Festival, and Tadd Good of The Snake Alley Festival of Film. They give us tips on what can improve you…
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Ep 134: Michael James Minard - Imposter Syndrome Revisited
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Michael James Minard returns to the Cinematic Heartland podcast to revisit the very important topic that so many filmmakers and non-filmmakers struggle with... imposter syndrome. We have talked about this on the show before but Michael brings another filmmaker's perspective. He tells us how it has affected him, his work, and what he has done to com…
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Ep 133: Filmmakers Bernd Wittneben and Jörg Rochlitzer - Reveille
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Joining us today are filmmakers Bernd Wittneben and Jörg Rochlitzer, who are both originally from Germany but now reside in Iowa. We go in depth about their feature film, Reveille, how they gathered some of the items used in the movie, and how they set out to differentiate it from other traditional war movies. Bernd explains to us why he prefers ma…
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Ep 132: Iowa Based Filmmaker - JoJo Munkee - Don’t Hold Back and Don’t Compare
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The multi-talented Iowa based filmmaker, JoJo Munkee, joins us on the show today. Most filmmakers in the Iowa film scene know or have heard of JoJo but you may learn something new about her as our topics range from belly dancing to sword balancing to Batman to wearing goat legs. How did she get involved with the Snake Alley Festival of Film and how…
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Ep 131: Maverick Knox - Figure Out How to Do It
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Nebraska based filmmaker, Maverick Knox, sits down with us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland. He tells us about attending film school in Arkansas, his film projects, his production studio, and what he does as an adjunct professor at Metropolitan Community College. Maverick is an experienced DIT. He tells us what that is and what the job entail…
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Ep 130: Bits and Pieces with Bauston Van Sickle, Wayne D. Barrett, and Lonnie Appleby
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The filmmaking team of Bauston Van Sickle, Wayne D. Barrett, and Lonnie Appleby who are behind the new feature film, Bits and Pieces, join us today on Cinematic Heartland. They walk us through their journeys from what got them interested in filmmaking to the production and animation programs at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) to what they…
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Ep 129: Iowa Filmmakers Matthew Tribble and Marc Bauer - Remote
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Iowa filmmakers Matthew Tribble and Marc Bauer sit down with Kevin and Mike on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. They pass along their experiences in film school and what they feel are the benefits and drawbacks of attending film school. They also tell us about their short film projects leading up to their soon-to-be-releas…
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Ep 128: South Dakota Filmmaker Cassy Nixon - Don’t Quit on a Bad Day
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Cassy Nixon returns to Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast to let us know how the Face of Horror competition went and she gives us updates on her projects, The Self Care Scaries and The Camping Trip, as well as her alter ego… Irene Dangles. She also offers her advice for any filmmakers looking to get into the horror genre and we talk about ma…
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Ep 127: Filmmakers J Welin, George Buehler, Dashawn M. Kelly, and Jimmy Miller - Don’t Be Afraid to Suck Out Loud
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We have a filmmaker full house on this edition of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. Mike was under the weather for the recording of this show, but I welcome J Welin, George Buehler, Dashawn M. Kelly, and Jimmy Miller who join the podcast from the state of Kentucky. This was a wild but fun conversation. They give us tips on working as a gro…
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Ep 126: Michael Finney - How Can I Make Something Out of Nothing?
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Michael Finney joins us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland. We talk about his music background, voiceover work, and his documentaries Exploring Our National Parks as well as Chicago 1893 which is available on Amazon. We discuss his upcoming projects and give a shoutout to the Indiana Filmmakers Network.…
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Ep 125: Musician / Filmmaker Brett Droege - Rico's Pass
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Nebraska based fellow musician / filmmaker Brett Droege joins us on this episode. We branch out a bit from filmmaking to talk music, music videos, writing horror books, as well as writing childrens books. He tells what his process is in preparing for and shooting a music video and he fills us in about his first full length heavy metal project Rico’…
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Ep 124: Filmmaker Marissa Vonn - We Need More Movies from the Midwest
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Filmmaker Marissa Vonn sits down with us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. Marissa is currently living in Los Angeles, but she is an Iowa native and quite frequently returns to the state to work on her films. Mike and I have heard so many great things about Marissa, but this is the first time that we have had the opportu…
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Ep 123: Lea Donovan - Obtaining Rights, Clearing IP, Archive Footage, and Much More
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Lea Donovan joins us today to discuss obtaining rights to material and clearing intellectual properties (IP) for creative projects, using archive footage, sponsorships, and using products in your films. She tells us about clearing 3rd party IP for the Apple TV series Bad Sisters and what that means exactly. How are the choices made in the use of ar…
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Ep 122: Dillon Jacobson- Iowa Based Filmmaker- It's Not the Brush, It’s the Painter
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Dillon Jacobson, who is currently a student at the University of Iowa in their Cinematic Arts program, joins us this episode to talk about embarking upon his filmmaking journey. He tells us about his past projects starting with one film titled Psychics Class which was produced for the short film category of the Iowa High School Speech Association c…
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Ep 121: Iowa Filmmaker Rob Merritt Talks Collaboration and Quotes Shia LaBeouf
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Mike and I welcome Iowa filmmaker Rob Merritt to this episode of Cinematic Heartland. From stage to screen, in front of the camera and behind, Rob has brought his talent to a multitude of different projects. He tells us about his experiences while studying acting at the University of Iowa, his viral parody video, This Year is a Dumpster Fire, which…
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Ep 120: Minnesota Filmmaker Zach Hammill - Don't Stew, Just Do
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Minnesota native, Zach Hammill sits down with us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast to discuss his experience at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, his screenwriting process, how he got into film editing, and other services he offers. He tells us about embarking upon his first feature film project which…
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Ep 119: Writer / Director Lauren Barker - Where You Are Isn’t as Important as What You Do
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Writer / Director Lauren Barker joins us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. We talk about the Vancouver Film School Screenwriting Program, her feature film called Cohabitation, her distribution deal with Indie Rights, and how she works with the director of photography on her films as well as the editor. She also tells us …
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Ep 118: Wisconsin Filmmaker Josh Hughes - Take a Chance
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On this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast, Josh Hughes, a filmmaker from Waukesha, Wisconsin joins us to discuss his filmmaking journey which includes adapting a Stephen King short story while attending college at University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, working on the sidelines at the Super Bowl which led to working on the Tony Awards…
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[S3E9] Layered Money with Nik Bhatia
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Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies by Nik Bhatia is one of the most popular books in the world of bitcoin. But it's much more than that. The first half of the book is a history of monetary systems. This sets the stage for a dive into the world of bitcoin, including what makes it special and how it di…
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Ep 117: The Submerge Universe with Demetrius Witherspoon
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We welcome Indiana filmmaker Demetrius Witherspoon to Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. We deep dive into the Submerge Universe which is the science fiction franchise that he built from the ground up. He explains what transmedia is and how he uses it to build his franchise which includes films, an animated series, trading cards, action fig…
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Ep 116: Jesse Eastman and Chance Guida - Nervous Records: The Series
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Nebraska filmmakers Jesse Eastman and Chance Guida join us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland. We discuss how they started working together, their filmmaking journeys, and their latest projects like Nervous Records: The Series. How do they handle continuity when shooting primarily on weekends and what advice do they have for other Heartland fil…
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Ep 115: Nebraska Filmmaker Brandon Fiscus - For the Love of Poe
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His son Landon was a previous guest on the show, and now Nebraska filmmaker Brandon Fiscus sits down with us on Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. We discuss how watching special effects in films ignited his love of filmmaking, the influence Edgar Allen Poe has had on his family, and a little bit about his aptly named companies Nevermore Sp…
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Ep 114: South Dakota Filmmaker Casey Kelderman - SiouxperCon
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Casey Kelderman joins us from Sioux Falls, SD on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast to discuss not only what he has been up to since Backlot 605 left the internet airwaves, but also SiouxperCon which sounds like an absolutely amazing event. Celebrities, cosplay, and great films. What more could you ask for? SiouxperCon starts…
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Ep 113: Iowa Filmmaker Matty Weiland - From Bugsy Malone Jr to The Dead Man Walking
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Matty Weiland, a filmmaker from Dubuque, Iowa, joins us on this episode of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast. They talk about their acting journey from a role they reluctantly auditioned for and got in a stage production of Bugsy Malone Jr to their latest film role in Michael James Minard’s The Dead Man Walking. We also talk about Matty’s d…
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On today's show, we talk about imposter syndrome. Is it a real thing? Have we experienced it? How do we combat it? We are not health care professionals by any means. We are just a couple of filmmakers who are going through the same struggles that many of you are and we talk about them here. As mentioned in this episode here is the link to the Until…
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[S3E8] Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. is an epic biography of the industrialist by acclaimed author Ron Chernow. Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil, a company that was notorious for its monopolization of the oil industry in the late 19th century. An adept businessman and talented strategist, Rockefeller was demonized throughout his c…
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Ep 111: North Iowa Actor Mary Rohne - Follow Your Own Star
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Mary Rohne from Mason City, Iowa joins us on Cinematic Heartland today. We talk about her journey as an actor from children’s theater to early films where she played a Dorito Ghost to her latest role as Virginia in the I Like Ike Films production Pre-Existing. We also touch upon her incredible performance in the two-hander play by Nick Payne called…
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Ep 110: Filmmaker John Gaspard – Leave Your Car Keys in the Refrigerator
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John Gaspard who is a Minneapolis, MN filmmaker joins us on the show today. Once we get past discussing Kubrick, Carpenter, and the movie Dark Star, we talk about his filmmaking journey, some of his feature films including Beyond Bob and Ghost Light, the Minneapolis film scene, and the book on filmmaking that he wrote called Fast, Cheap and Under C…
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Ep 109: Michael James Minard - The Dead Man Walking
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Iowa filmmaker, Michael James Minard joins Cinematic Heartland to update us on his latest feature film project, The Dead Man Walking. We got to see some preview clips and all we can say is simply amazing. Michael is claiming his corner of the film world with his unique voice and extraordinary vision. Michael tells us about some of the cast and crew…
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Ep 108: Jake Ryan Baker - The Love of Films and Filmmaking
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Filmmaker Jake Ryan Baker from Fort Wayne, Indiana joins Cinematic Heartland today. Jake’s passion for films and filmmaking shines brightly throughout this entire episode. We talk about the film and theater scene in Fort Wayne, tax incentives or the lack thereof, the short films that he has worked on, the casting process, the writing process, the i…
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Ep 107: Josh Scott Sibley - Not Bad for a Filmmaker
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The Twin Cities are a hot spot in the Midwest for filmmaking and the home of many talented filmmakers. Our guest this week on Cinematic Heartland, Josh Scott Sibley, is another prime example of that. His journey started, as it does for many of us, with the original Star Wars. He tells us about his new short film to be released soon, The Wraith, whi…
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Ep 106: Twin Cities Filmmaker Michael Hemenway – From Chemistry to Filmmaking
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Michael Hemenway, a Twin Cities filmmaker, joins us today to discuss how Facebook helped bring his first film crew together to shoot his debut short film, Miracle of Science, in the fall of 2019. That film went on to premiere at the Z-Fest Film Festival. His second film, Mind Breaking, took home Best Thriller at the Tokyo Film Awards. His first doc…
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Ep 105: Tom Knoblauch – Moving Parts
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Omaha, Nebraska native Tom Knoblauch sits down with us on this edition of Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast to discuss his newly released feature film Moving Parts which is available on Amazon Video. He tells us about his company Aksarben Creative as well as his projects with Yankee Deer Media and what he covers on his Riverside Chats. On t…
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Ep 104: Filmmaker Max Eric Lemberger – It’s Never Too Late
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Minneapolis based Max Eric Lemberger sits down with us on Cinematic Heartland: A Filmmaking Podcast to discuss his acting / filmmaking journey. Acting first caught his eye in 1959 when he saw Steve Reeves as Hercules, but that idea got put on the shelf until he was in his 60’s. He has now appeared in close to a dozen short films, did some modeling,…
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