EPISODE 150:
MORTGAGES FOR ARTS WORKERS WITH FREDI WALKER-BROWNE, CHAVI KAHAN, AND JOHN LAMPE
Host: John Lampe
Release Date: 06/12/2023
Release Date: 06/12/2023
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Two interviews by director John Lampe. The first with actor Fredi Walker Brown about avoiding debt. The second with mortgage expert Chavi Kahan about the ins and outs of mortgages.
Fredi's Topics: ⭐️ Debt is the devil for arts workers ⭐️ Purchasing property without a mortgage ⭐️ Fredi’s money mindset gleaned from Rich Dad Poor Dad and Jackass III. Chavi's Topics: ⭐️ Mortgages ⭐️ Mortgage rates ⭐️ Preapproval & how much you can afford ⭐️ The advantages of mortgages, even if you have the cash to purchase a property outright. ⭐️ Mortgage requirements for freelancers, including non traditional mortgages |
EPISODE 149:
THE DIRTBAG’S GUIDE TO LIFE - FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE CLUB WITH TIM MATHIS AND AMY D LUX
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 06/06/2023
Release Date: 06/06/2023
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A review of The Dirtbag's Guide To Life by Tim Mathis, presented by the author himself.
Topics: ⭐️ Simplicity ⭐️ Cool Begets Cool ⭐️ Living on the bare minimum ⭐️ Taking a gap month off of work ⭐️ The obligation for Dirtbag’s to travel and explore ⭐️ Social norms that you are not obligated to uphold - like reaching a certain financial status or being tied to one place for your entire lifetime Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape. |
EPISODE 148:
BUDGETING THE LIGHTING DESIGN OF A TV BROADCAST WITH SHERYL WISNIEWSKI AND DENNIS SIZE OF LDG
Host: Dennis Size & Sheryl Wisniewski
Release Date: 05/29/2023
Release Date: 05/29/2023
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A conversation between Dennis Size and Sheryl Wisniewski of The Lighting Design Group about what goes into creating budgets for lighting television.
Topics: ⭐️ How projects “walk in the door" ⭐️ Thought process in estimating ⭐️ Hidden costs we don’t want to miss ⭐️ How Designers and Project Managers collaborate in the budgeting process |
EPISODE 147:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ARTS WITH LINDA ESSIG
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 05/22/2023
Release Date: 05/22/2023
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EPISODE 146:
NAVIGATING A CAREER IN TECHNICAL ENTERTAINMENT - A THEATRE.ART.LIFE COLLABORATION WITH CAMILLE SCHENKKAN AND JESSICA CHAMPAGNE HANSEN
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 05/15/2023
Release Date: 05/15/2023
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Theatre.Art.Life founder Anna Robb interviews costume designer Jessica Champagne Hansen and the Deputy Managing Director of Centre Theatre Group, Camille Schenkkan.
They discuss navigating a career in technical entertainment. That is the title of their recent book which explores tools & strategies for navigating an artistic career in design and technology in entertainment. |
EPISODE 145:
6K INVESTING SPECIAL - 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 05/08/2023
Release Date: 05/08/2023
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EPISODE 144:
PRICING OUT A PREVIZ STATION WITH SOVEREIGN CANDLE COLLECTIVE LIGHTING DESIGNERS KENT SPRAGUE & LUTHER FRANK
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 05/01/2023
Release Date: 05/01/2023
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EPISODE 143:
THE LITTLE PODCAST OF COMMON SENSE INVESTING WITH KARIMAH GOTTSCHALCK, CHIEF BRAND OFFICER OF BOISSON
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 04/24/2023
Release Date: 04/24/2023
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A review of The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle. Presented by Karimah Gottschalck, Chief Brand Officer of Boisson.
Topics: ⭐️ Minimizing fees ⭐️ Index Fund investing ⭐️ Compounding & asset allocation ⭐️ Simplicity in Investing, including Occam’s Razor Today’s show is a broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club, brought to you in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape. |
EPISODE 142:
SHOW ME THE MONEY - LIGHT TALK TAKEOVER WITH ELLEN LAMPERT-GREAUX, STAN KAYE, STEVE WOODS, AND DAVID MARTIN JACQUES
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 04/17/2023
Release Date: 04/17/2023
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A simulcast with the world’s number one lighting podcast - Light Talk!
A group of lighting designers, educators, and Ellen, the creative director of Live Design, chat about the finance and business side of careers in entertainment lighting. Topics: ⭐️ Unfair taxation ⭐️ Working for“free” ⭐️ How to invest $10,000 ⭐️ Investing to beat inflation ⭐️ Career financial mistakes ⭐️ Dividend funds versus Growth Funds |
EPISODE 141:
LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR MAGICIANS AND CIRCUS PERFORMERS
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 04/10/2023
Release Date: 04/10/2023
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Insurance agent Heather Zenzen and circus performer Lynn Lunny discuss insurance for magicians and circus performers.
Topics: ⭐️ Certificates of insurance ⭐️ The law of large numbers ⭐️ Various insurance providers ⭐️ Annual costs for low risk and high risk policies ⭐️ Insurance for individuals versus insurance for companies, studios, or property |
EPISODE 140:
FAMILY PLANNING
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 04/03/2023
Release Date: 04/03/2023
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EPISODE 139:
GET GOOD WITH MONEY - FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE BOOK CLUB WITH EMILIE CRIMMINS
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 03/27/2023
Release Date: 03/27/2023
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A review of the book Get Good With Money by Tiffany Aliche. Presented by Emilie Crimmins, the owner of custom photo booth company FoDoBoo.
Topics: ⭐️ Envisioning your future self ⭐️ Anyone can start now & make a plan ⭐️ Finding support and community to discuss finances ⭐️ Becoming financially whole by mastering the fundamentals |
EPISODE 138:
PAUL TAZEWELL - COSTUME DESIGNER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 03/20/2023
Release Date: 03/20/2023
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A conversation with Paul Tazewell, the costume designer of Hamilton and the 2021 remake of West Side Story.
Topics: ⭐️ The Wicked movie ⭐️ Broadway costume designer pay ⭐️ Learning how to communicate about budgets ⭐️ How designers get paid when a show transfers ⭐️ Advocating for yourself by letting an agent do it ⭐️ How costume designers for films and movies get paid ⭐️ Figuring out what you want out of life in deciding how you want your career in entertainment to work out; whether that be working in academia, freelancing, or full time work. |
EPISODE 137:
THE AEA SHOWCASE CODE - PRODUCING A SHOWCASE CODE IN NYC AND LA WITH ROBERT W. SCHNEIDER AND CALEB JAMES GROCHALSKI
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 03/13/2023
Release Date: 03/13/2023
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A discussion with Caleb James Grochalski, AEA Showcase Committee Member, and Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, Inc, about how professional actors can create their own work with the blessing of their union.
Topics: ⭐️ What is a showcase ⭐️ Showcase Contracts for Producers and Actors ⭐️ 99 Seat Waiver Code - The LA Showcase Code ⭐️ The now retired AEA "points" method to join AEA ⭐️ The internet can now showcase performer talent which was the first purpose of a showcase code ⭐️ The cross section of AEA and Non Profit Producers in the development of a new AEA Showcase Contract ⭐️ The financial benefits and liabilities of the abolishment of the Equity Membership Candidacy Program - the "points" system |
EPISODE 136:
LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR LIGHTING DESIGNERS & LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION WITH PHILLIP POWERS AND BILL RIOS
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 03/06/2023
Release Date: 03/06/2023
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Lighting designers Bill Rios and Phill Powers join the show to discuss liability insurance for lighting designers and live event production.
Topics: ⭐️ Types of insurance available ⭐️ Annual pricing and coverage limits ⭐️ How union contracts affect insurance coverage ⭐️ Results of the AF insurance survey for lighting designers |
EPISODE 135:
BADASS MONEY - FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE BOOK CLUB WITH CARL FABER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 02/27/2023
Release Date: 02/27/2023
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A review of the book You Are A Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero. Presented by lighting designer Carl Faber.
We discuss: ⭐️ Quitting a job if it’s miserable ⭐️ Treating your art like a business ⭐️ Being intentional with your energy ⭐️ Letting go of the unhelpful familiar ⭐️ Associating value with what you’re using money for ⭐️ Shifting mindset from victim mode into badass mode ⭐️ Combining manifestation and hard work to achieve goals ⭐️ The starving artist myth. You CAN create art AND make money ⭐️ When it comes to limiting beliefs, asking yourself WHY you can’t do something |
EPISODE 134:
LIFE INSURANCE WITH BRUCE KOMAROW
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 02/20/2023
Release Date: 02/20/2023
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A chat with insurance broker Bruce Komarow about life insurance.
Topics: ⭐️ Term ⭐️ Whole ⭐️ Universal ⭐️ Blending Types ⭐️ Health Screenings ⭐️ How insurance is regulated ⭐️ How much coverage to get ⭐️ Where and how to purchase ⭐️ Converting Term to Whole up until age 65 ⭐️ Variable Universal for those trying to get a higher return |
EPISODE 133:
INVESTING SPECIAL - Q2.3 UPDATE OF THE ARTISTIC FINANCE 6K
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 02/13/2023
Release Date: 02/13/2023
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EPISODE 132:
GREGG BARNES - COSTUME DESIGNER (PART 2 OF 2)
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 02/06/2023
Release Date: 02/06/2023
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Part 2 of our interview with Broadway costume designer Gregg Barnes.
We discuss: ⭐️Royalties for designers of Broadway shows ⭐️ Agents versus lawyers for negotiating contracts ⭐️ The importance of archiving your work as a designer ⭐️ Leading a simple life and a life energized by collaboration ⭐️ Designers spending their own money to improve their design ⭐️ Paying off a mortgage early without increasing your monthly payment ⭐️ Royalties for shows by big corporations like the Rockettes and Disney |
EPISODE 131:
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE BOOK CLUB - CATS & MONEY WITH CLAUDIA HODGSON AND LILLIAN KARABAIC
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 01/30/2023
Release Date: 01/30/2023
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A broadcast of the Financial Independence Book Club in collaboration with Utopia Dreamscape. We discuss A Cat's Guide To Money by Lillian Karabaic with live audience participation:
⭐️ Bad debt versus good debt ⭐️ Household debt in the USA versus the UK ⭐️ A debit card that can be used to build credit ⭐️ Treat yourself as a bill to pay off certain items ⭐️ For credit scores keeping the utilization under 1% ⭐️ Tax credit for taxpayers making less than $60 using VITA ⭐️ Being added as a authorized user of someone with good credit ⭐️ Making money babies that will make more money babies for you ⭐️ Keeping medical debt with the original provider to avoid collection agencies |
EPISODE 130:
GREG BARNES - COSTUME DESIGNER (PART 1 OF 2)
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 01/23/2023
Release Date: 01/23/2023
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Broadway costume designer Gregg Barnes discusses finances and career as a New York City based designer.
We discuss: ⭐️ Royalties for designers of Broadway shows ⭐️ Agents versus lawyers for negotiating contracts ⭐️ The importance of archiving your work as a designer ⭐️ Leading a simple life and a life energized by collaboration ⭐️ Designers spending their own money to improve their design ⭐️ Paying off a mortgage early without increasing your monthly payment ⭐️ Royalties for shows by big corporations like the Rockettes and Disney |
EPISODE 129:
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS COMPLETELY REVERSED WITH TITOU THE FRENCH MAGICIAN
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 01/16/2023
Release Date: 01/16/2023
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EPISODE 128:
LIGHTING FOR THEME PARKS & ATTRACTIONS WITH MATT COOPER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 01/10/2023
Release Date: 01/10/2023
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An interview with a lighting designer for themed attractions, Matt Cooper.
We discuss: ⭐️ Fiduciaries ⭐️ CPAs and CFPs ⭐️ His company SPRK Lighting ⭐️ Complications of long term projects ⭐️ The importance of understanding cash flow and tax efficiency ⭐️ Following themed attraction projects from design to implementation |
EPISODE 127:
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE BOOK CLUB WITH AMY D LUX
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 01/10/2023
Release Date: 01/10/2023
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EPISODE 126:
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR FREELANCERS (AND LLCS TOO) WITH ELTON LALAJ, CPA
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 12/26/2022
Release Date: 12/26/2022
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EPISODE 125:
HEALTH & FITNESS FOR THEATRE PROFESSIONALS WITH CLAUDIA HODGSON OF THEATREFIT
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 12/19/2022
Release Date: 12/19/2022
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A conversation with Claudia Hodgson, a Stage Manager turned Online Fitness Coach for backstage theatre professionals.
Her TheatreFit program has helped backstage theatre professionals increase their energy, get fitter and drop unwanted body fat in a sustainable way to ensure it doesn’t interfere (negatively) with their career. Topics: ⭐️ Finding exercises you enjoy ⭐️ Best time of day for working out ⭐️ Importance of eating 10g of fiber ⭐️ Health challenges for offstage workers ⭐️ How long it takes to establish a health routine ⭐️ Working out twice a week is better than not working out |
EPISODE 124:
BUILDING A GLOBAL MEDIA SITE WITH ANNA ROBB, FOUNDER OF THEATRE.ART.LIFE.
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 12/12/2022
Release Date: 12/12/2022
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Anna Robb, the founder of Theatre.Art.Life., a global media site for the entertainment industry, joins the show to discuss the process of keeping the site operating and growing for more than six years.
Topics: ⭐️ How to start a theatre website ⭐️ The team required to maintain the site ⭐️ Challenges of publishing media in China ⭐️ The financial viability of six+ years of operation ⭐️ Collaborations involving content exchanged for ads ⭐️ The importance of mentors for different areas of the business |
EPISODE 123:
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A LIGHTING DESIGNER WITH CHRISTINA GIANNELLI
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 12/05/2022
Release Date: 12/05/2022
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An interview with lighting designer Christina Giannelli.
Topics: ⭐️ Freelancing in Houston. ⭐️ Teaching as a retirement plan. ⭐️ Putting all contracts through USA 829. ⭐️ A good accountant will keep you on track. ⭐️ Aging parents while growing older yourself. ⭐️ Real estate as retirement plan & COVID safety net. ⭐️ Focusing youthful energy toward retirement planning. ⭐️ Having an agent negotiate contracts is well worth the agent’s fee. |
EPISODE 122:
A FREELANCE PERSPECTIVE - LIVE FROM LDI WITH MARSHA STERN, AMY D LUX, AND JEN SCHRIEVER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 11/28/2022
Release Date: 11/28/2022
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EPISODE 121:
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE WITH AMY D LUX
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 11/14/2022
Release Date: 11/14/2022
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A conversation with multidisciplinary designer Amy D Lux about how she got on track to become financially independent.
Topics: ⭐️ Index funds ⭐️ Credit scores ⭐️ Compound interest ⭐️ Late bloomers can retire early ⭐️ Tools for budgeting and investing ⭐️ Using a Debt Avalanche to pay off debt ⭐️ FIRE - Financial Independence, Retire Early ⭐️ Loan rehabilitation - how to get your student loans out of default If you think you’re too old to turn your financial life around, skip to minute 59. Amy gives a realistic timeline on how long it takes to get retirement on track. |
EPISODE 120:
CAN ANYBODY BEAT THE MARKET? - Q2.2 UPDATE OF THE ARTISTIC FINANCE 6K
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 11/07/2022
Release Date: 11/07/2022
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An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. We’re joined by a bond investment CEO and a data analyst to review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.
We discuss a new experiment! Our guests have purchased $1,000 investments of their own to see how they can do against my investments and the market at large. |
EPISODE 119:
WANT SOMETHING DONE? GIVE IT TO A MUSIC TEACHER! WITH STEVE ALTINEL (PART 2)
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 10/31/2022
Release Date: 10/31/2022
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Part 2 of the interview with Steve Altinel, the artistic director of the Long Island Musical Theatre Festival.
We discuss: ⭐️ Rooting for the underdog. ⭐️ The Real Housewives of New Jersey ⭐️ Payment schedules for public school salaries ⭐️ Raising money for producing a musical festival ⭐️ Using freelance gigs to save for purchasing an apartment ⭐️ Getting Stephen Schwartz, Alice Ripley, and Rema Webb to teach master classes and perform for the LIMTF festival |
EPISODE 118:
WANT SOMETHING DONE? GIVE IT TO A MUSIC TEACHER! WITH STEVE ALTINEL (PART 1)
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 10/24/2022
Release Date: 10/24/2022
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A discussion with Steve Altinel, the artistic director of the Long Island Musical Theatre Festival.
We discuss: ⭐️ Filling the artistic cup. ⭐️ Choosing music instead of the family business. ⭐️ The long hours necessary for working in theater. ⭐️ The financial stability of a teaching job versus freelancing. ⭐️ Preparing students to have a leg up in the professional world. ⭐️ Coordinating choirs for The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The Argyle Theater. ⭐️ Time management as a high school teacher while balancing professional music director jobs. |
EPISODE 117:
PROFIT FIRST & HOW TO PAY ON A W2 WITH ABBY JOHNSON
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 10/10/2022
Release Date: 10/10/2022
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Today we learn how to pay workers on W2 instead of 1099 and how to profit first by organizing our business finances. Our guest is Abby Johnson, CEO of Matterhorn Business Development and Certified Profit First Professional for Small Business Owners. W2
Topics: ⭐️ When to pay someone on a 1099 or a W2 ⭐️ If W2, HOW to file the correct tax filing paperwork. ⭐️ How much it costs to hire a company to do the filings for you. |
EPISODE 116:
DESTINEY POWELL - PAINTER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 10/24/2022
Release Date: 10/24/2022
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Destiney Powell discusses how she makes money as a painter and how she makes money work for her.
Topics: ⭐️ Cars as liabilities ⭐️ Her seven streams of income. ⭐️ How to make money work for you. ⭐️ How Destiney became a full time painter. ⭐️ Passive investing including rental real estate ⭐️ Advantages to paying taxes instead of writing everything off. |
EPISODE 115:
COOKIE JORDAN - HAIR, WIG, & MAKEUP DESIGNER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 09/26/2022
Release Date: 09/26/2022
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EPISODE 114:
PLAN YOUR WORK, WORK YOUR PLAN WITH DIRECTOR RONNY DUTRA
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 09/19/2022
Release Date: 09/19/2022
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Theatre director Ronny Dutra talks about how he handles money and why he moved to NYC for a career in theatre.
We discuss: ⭐️ The Music Man on Broadway ⭐️ Planning the work. Working the plan. ⭐️ No matter what, keeping your eye on the prize. ⭐️ Ronny’s dance training and competitive ballroom dancing. ⭐️ How his goal of being a Broadway performer that shifted to directing. |
EPISODE 113:
CATS: THE 9 LIVES OF KEN PAGE
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 09/12/2022
Release Date: 09/12/2022
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"If you have what you want and need, you're doing fine. And if you can afford to have it, you're doing 3000% better than a lot of people."
Discussing Cats with original Broadway cast member Ken Page! Topics: ⭐️ The first megamusical ⭐️ Audition and rehearsal process ⭐️ Broadway version versus the West End ⭐️ Judi Dench playing Old Deuteronomy in the film |
EPISODE 112:
Day Trading with Sound Designer Brandon Blackwell
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 08/22/2022
Release Date: 08/22/2022
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Sound engineer Brandon Blackwell talks about day trading during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Brandon has mixed audio for Lizzo, A$AP Rocky, Ciara, Nicki Minaj, Camila Cabello, Drake, Big Sean, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Hudson, and more. We discuss: ⭐️ Day trading is accessible. ⭐️ You will suffer loses short term. ⭐️ Try new things until you find traction. ⭐️ Recessions and depressions will happen. ⭐️ Artists have to be financially prepared for townturns. |
EPISODE 111:
CAN ANYBODY BEAT THE MARKET? - Q1 UPDATE OF THE ARTISTIC FINANCE 6K
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 08/15/2022
Release Date: 08/15/2022
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An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. We’re joined by a bond investment CEO and a data analyst to review how our investments compare to the S&P 500. We discuss a new experiment! Our guests have purchased $1,000 investments of their own to see how they can do against my investments and the market at large. |
EPISODE 110:
INVESTING IN A BROADWAY SHOW WITH PRODUCER HEATHER SHIELDS, PART 2
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 08/08/2022
Release Date: 08/08/2022
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Broadway producer Heather Shields explains how to invest in a Broadway show. (Part 2 of 2)
We discuss: ⭐️ Measuring revenue by gross potential ⭐️ How to access opportunities to invest ⭐️ A minimum investing unit for a Broadway show ⭐️ Broadway investors MUST BE accredited investors ⭐️ Broadway investors almost always file an extension for taxes ⭐️ Documents investors sign - operating agreement, subscription agreement, and tax documents |
EPISODE 109:
INVESTING IN A BROADWAY SHOW WITH PRODUCER HEATHER SHIELDS
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 08/01/2022
Release Date: 08/01/2022
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Broadway producer Heather Shields explains how to invest in a Broadway show. Part one of a two part interview.
We discuss: ⭐️ Recoupment schedules and break even points ⭐️ The 40 year exploitation period of an author’s work ⭐️ Investing early is riskier but can provide a higher return ⭐️ The three types of producers on Broadway - lead, executive, and co ⭐️ The importance of the 10 days before Christmas for seasonal shows |
EPISODE 108:
LIGHTING UP THE DANCE FLOOR WITH LIGHTING DESIGNER MARSHA STERN
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 07/17/2022
Release Date: 07/17/2022
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Lighting designer Marsha Stern joins the show to talk finances as a lighting designer in NYC nightclubs and in architecture.
Topics: ⭐️ Her time working in NYC nightclubs in the 80s ⭐️ Being on payroll for venues versus freelance income ⭐️ Transitioning to working in architecture ⭐️ Saving for retirement by putting in to social security ⭐️ And her entry into the entertainment industry via a music career, and shifting focus back to music since pandemic. |
EPISODE 107:
MINDSET AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PERSONAL FINANCE FOR ARTISTS WITH RACHEL SCHMELING
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 07/11/2022
Release Date: 07/11/2022
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Rachel Schmeling, an actor and finance coach, provides actionable advice on improving personal finances.
Topics: ⭐️Budgeting ⭐️Falling in love with future you ⭐️Reframing negative money attitudes ⭐️Defining success and finding our core beliefs ⭐️Shifting out of victim mindset and taking ownership of our finances |
EPISODE 106.1:
TEATRO SA MAYNILA AT NYC (SA TAGALOG)
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 07/04/2022
Release Date: 07/04/2022
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Tatlong Pinoy freelancer artists mula Manila at New York ang nagbahagi ng kanilang payong pampinansyal.
Ang episode na ito ay kasama ang aktor na si Jamie Wilson, Stage Manager na si Sheryl Polancos at Lighting Designer, Cha See. ⭐️ Paano nila nalampasan ang pandemyang covid? ⭐️ Paano nila nagawang matustusan ang kanilang mga pangangailgan at paano sila nakahanap ng dagdag o bagong trabaho? ⭐️ Paano nakatulong ang organisasyong See Lighting Foundation sa mga imigranteng naninirahan sa US sa panahon ng covid? |
EPISODE 106:
NO CREDIT CARDS & ASK ABOUT PAY WITH JAMIE ESTEVA WILSON
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 07/04/2022
Release Date: 07/04/2022
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Jamie Esteva Wilson, an actor and musician from Manila, Philippines joins the podcast to talk about his relationship with finance.
Topics: ⭐️ A career as a theatre artists while not being great with money ⭐️ Choosing freelancing over a corporate job ⭐️ Learning a hard lesson by being talented BUT showing up late, high, drunk, or unprepared ⭐️ How money is motivation to get out of bed ⭐️ Becoming a COVID safety officer during pandemic ⭐️ And Jamie talks about how he lives without a credit card |
EPISODE 104:
PERSONAL FINANCES: SIMPLE. NOT EASY WITH FINANCIAL ADVISOR ELI ZOLLER
Host: Amy D Lux
Release Date: 06/20/2022
Release Date: 06/20/2022
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Broadway musician turned financial advisor, Eli Zoller, joins the show to talk about his career change and how he is helping others.
Topics: ⭐️ Why Eli became an advisor ⭐️ Finances can be simple, but simple is not easy ⭐️ How freelancers can benefit from financial planners ⭐️ The best way to get your financial questions answered ⭐️ What the worst outcome from meeting a financial advisor. |
EPISODE 103:
FREE COFFEE: THE SECRET STARBUCKS CODE - A FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 10/16/2023
Release Date: 10/16/2023
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We celebrate Father’s Day learning how Nicole's parents use Starbucks rewards.
We discuss: ⭐️ Cost savings of a refillable cup ⭐️ Sharing accounts to maximize points ⭐️ Clipping coupons BEFORE the internet Takeaways: ⭐️ Be on the lookout for double point days once a month. ⭐️ Don’t unsubscribe from the Starbucks emails. They tell you how to get extra points. ⭐️ Make the free drink as large as possible because a small or large use the same amount of points. ⭐️ Finances are simple, but being disciplined and dealing with day to day life isn’t easy. |
EPISODE 102:
HOW TO GET YOUR ART INTO A GALLERY WITH PAINTER BRET SLATER
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 06/08/2022
Release Date: 06/08/2022
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Brooklyn-based painter Bret Slater joins the podcast to discuss the business of painting. He explains how he learned to price his art and get his works into galleries in New York and Europe.
We discuss: ⭐️ How to price art ⭐️ Why you must “put yourself out there” ⭐️ What percentage a gallery takes when selling an artwork ⭐️ The importance of professional connections and relationships ⭐️ How Bret first got his art into galleries, and continues to show in galleries in New York and Europe. |
EPISODE 101:
MID CAREER FROM MANILA TO OFF BROADWAY TO BROADWAY WITH SHERYL POLANCOS
Host: Kat Landry & Anna Robb
Release Date: 05/30/2022
Release Date: 05/30/2022
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Sheryl Polancos, a stage manager from Broadway’s Beetlejuice, joins the show to talk about working ten years in the Philippines as a freelance stage manager. She then moved to NYC to continue freelancing in theatre off-Broadway and then on Broadway.
We discuss: ⭐️ How to afford an apartment in NYC ⭐️ How to get an artist visa and green card ⭐️ A bad luck superstition involving peanuts ⭐️ Saving for yourself and your own retirement ⭐️ Differences between theatre in the US versus the Philippines |
