A Podcast for the Creative Mind
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Marsha Scarbrough worked in Hollywood as an Assistant Director on major motion pictures and primetime television for almost 20 years. As a graduate of the prestigious Directors Guild of America’s Assistant Directors Training Program, she supported many directors, including Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy, Blake Edwards, Colin Higgins, and Carl Reiner. And she worked directly with stars like: Pierce…
This episode includes discussions of mental health issues, substance abuse, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. Christa Parravani is the author of the bestselling books, Her: A Memoir, and Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood . Loved and Wanted is acclaimed for its take on curtailed maternal health care as it pertains to children, and its condemnation of…
Gabby Gruen is appearing on StoryBeat for the second time. He has been a writer and producer of ads and commercials for several top tier ad agencies and their high-profile clients. As a screenwriter, he’s sold work to Fox 2000 Films, and wrote movie scripts on assignment for a number of independent production companies. More recently, Gabby has been publishing novels. We chatted about his…
Tricia Gardella, who is known as National Park Gramma, is the award-winning author of scores of children’s books, including a 10-book Mouse Travelers Series, which explores and promotes a love of national parks and monuments. I’ve read Mouse Visits Everglades National Park and can tell you it’s a charming story, wonderfully illustrated, about Tricia’s hero, Mouse, exploring the Everglades during a…
Barbara Mujica is a multi-award-winning, bestselling novelist, and a professor emerita at Georgetown University. She’s also a short-story writer, essayist, and critic. She’s been published in The New York Times, The Miami Herald , and The Washington Post . Barbara's stories have appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals. She’s a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize for Fiction. And…
Mike Bodayle is a semi-retired insurance company executive. His favorite things in life are proudly displayed in the images on the four luggage tags found on his suitcase: the Yankees logo, a cassette mix tape, a slice of pizza, and the Starbucks logo. In the mid-1970s Mike wrote about music for his college newspaper. From 1995-2001, Mike published Beyond Belief , an Elvis Costello international…
Crystal Manich has directed over 90 productions of opera, plays, musical theatre, and circus across the USA, Argentina, Australia, and Europe. Her work has been acclaimed by the New York Times , The Wall Street Journal, and other major publications for her “lively” and “imaginative staging.” She wrote and directed her first opera libretto, Time to Act , written with composer Laura Kaminsky, which…
Barry Greenfield is making his second appearance on StoryBeat. He’s a working musician and songwriter whose career spans from 1968 to the present. His 12 CDs have enjoyed global sales. Barry’s written three number-one songs and had twenty-plus songs covered by other artists. In 2025, his music was selected by HBO, BBC TV, and Australia Films for their original programming. Barry’s also an author.…
Doug Thompson started his broadcast career at CHUM Radio Toronto in the mid 1960’s. Since then, he’s worked in New York, Los Angeles and London, England. He’s created programming for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Telemedia Network Radio in Canada as well as ABC Radio, NBC Radio, and the Unistar network in the U.S. Doug has written, produced and directed over 1000 hours of network and…
My guest today, the actor David Reivers has had a career spanning 40 years in theatre, film, and TV. He’s best known for various TV roles in shows like Charmed, Felicity, Drake and Josh, The Disney Channel’s Jump In, and recently in season one of The Pitt. Film roles include Malcolm X, After the Sunset, Circle, Poseidon, and most recently, The Accountant 2. You may have also seen David from his…
Stephen Cole is returning to StoryBeat for the third time. He’s an award-winning musical theatre writer whose musicals have spanned the globe. Stephen’s first production was Dodsworth starring Hal Linden. His Off-Broadway musicals include After the Fair , The Road to Qatar and Inventing Mary Martin . He won the prestigious Kleban Award for The Night of the Hunter . And Saturday Night at…