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DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley

"A podcast about making things up and making things happen." L.A.-based writer-performer Dennis Hensley believes that art and creativity make the world go around and make life worth living. Each week, he interviews a different creative person each about what they do, why they do it, and how they manage the ups and downs of a creative life. Some guests are famous, some are less so...all are what Dennis describes as "beautiful strugglers." Past guests have included authors, actors, photographers,

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36:34

"Gods Own Country" filmmaker Francis Lee & actor Alec...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/10/25

Dennis sits down with two of the men behind the acclaimed new film "God's Own Country," about a isolated gay man living and working on his family's farm on the north of England who hires a Romanian migrant worker to help out on the farm and sparks fly. Writer-Director Francis Lee talks about returning to the area he had grown up in to make his gay romance, the reaction of the locals, his rules about costuming and camera movement and his approach to directing his actors through physically and

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36:52

"Exit Strategy" producers Adam Silver & Jon Imparato:...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/10/18

Dennis visits the LA LGBT Center's Davidson/Valentini Theater to talk to Jon Imparato and Adam Silver, producers of the powerful play "Exit Strategy," about one Chicago high school's fight for survival. Adam also stars in the show as school's in-over-his-head Vice Principal. The pair talk about what drew them to the play, how they found their powerhouse cast, why the show speaks so powerfully to this moment, and why Chicago actors rock. They also talk about the gay content in the show, playing

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01:29:46

Comedy Goddess Julie Brown: "My Gay Son Would Care...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/10/08

Dennis visits the L.A. home of comedy icon Julie Brown to talk about the L.A. return of her hit stage show "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun: The Musical," recording the 1984 EP "Goddess in Progress" that featured the song, playing a teenager when she's well into her 20's and how she approaches that in the era of mass shootings. She also discusses the origins of her iconic "Truth of Dare"-parody "Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful," what her son thinks of her comedy, her first writing credit on an Olivia

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01:20:21

N2N Bodywear Founder Andrew Makay: "Sexy Doesn't Go...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/09/29

Dennis visits the downtown L.A. headquarters of N2N Bodywear to talk to the man who founded the company 20 years ago Andrew Makay. Andrew talks about the turquoise bikini he bought in Acapulco that started it all, the swimwear/underwear fetish that inspired the company, the mistakes he made when he was starting out, Chinese counterfeiters who are ripping him off, going from a storefront in West Hollywood to an online operation, the chore of naming stuff, the items that have always sold well,

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48:17

Key West Writer/Publicist Carol Shaughnessy: "Today's...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/09/22

On his last day in Key West, Florida in August, Dennis visits the home of local writer and publicist Carol Shaughnessy to hear her recall the extraordinary tale of legendary local treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his 16-year quest to find sunken Spanish treasure off the coast of Key West. Carol talks about her personal connection to the story, the everyday artifact they found that captured her imagination, what happened after the big discovery, the resulting Supreme Court case and how the story

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22:39

Key West tour operator Cody White: "You Have to Start...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/09/15

From Dennis: This week, I had planned to post a collection of short interviews I did with the people I met on my recent press trip to Key West, Florida for Man About World magazine. Then Hurricane Irma happened. One of the people I met and interviewed while I was there was Cody White who runs a small tour company with his husband Ryan called Nomadic SUP (SUP stands for stand-up paddleboard, which is the type of tour the company specializes in). Our group didn't get to go out on the water because it

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01:32:16

Stashhouse Escape Room Co-Creator Tommy Honton: "I...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/09/06

Dennis visits the Koreatown office of Tommy Honton, who along with his business/writing partner Don DeLeon, is opening a new escape room in L.A. called Stashhouse, which takes place in a drug dealer's swanky apartment. Tommy talks about the soul-sucking corporate job he had before deciding to get into the escape room game, his favorite parts of the creation process, the escape room tropes he tries to avoid and why he thinks escape rooms have exploded at this particular time in our culture. He also

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20:01

A Very Sordid Wedding Premiere w/ Del Shores, Emerson...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/08/29

Dennis hits the Los Angeles premiere of Del Shores' new film "A Very Sordid Wedding" in Beverly Hills to talk to Del about getting the film made, the joys of fan art and the moment in the film that makes him laugh no matter how many times he's seen it. Dennis also talks to producer and co-star Emerson Collins about playing a bad boy, herding cats on the set and why accounting's a drag. Actress Ann Walker talks about attending screenings where fans turn up in drag and tells us something about Del

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01:01:11

Angeles Forest Supervisor Jeffrey Vail: "I Was Helen...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/08/26

Dennis visits the downtown LA loft apartment of Jeffrey Vail to talk about his job as Forest Supervisor of Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Jeffrey talks about what it's like to oversea over 300 employees and 700,000 acres, his favorite photo op in the forest, the rumored rivalry between Smokey the Bear and Woodsy Owl and that he had a moment with a deer that made him feel like a certain British dame (see title). He also discusses working with Hollywood on having

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01:02:37

"Baby Steps" Filmmaker Barney Cheng: "I'm a Parachute...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/08/15

Dennis heads to West Hollywood to interview Barney Cheng, the writer, director and co-star of the new LGBT-themed movie "Baby Steps," which hit VOD on August 15th. Barney talks about his inspiration for the story, landing Grace Guei AKA "the Meryl Streep of Asia" to play his mother, shooting in Weho, Tawain and India, the scene where he had to cry on camera, the six-month odyssey of getting the film made and the film's Ang Lee connection. He also discusses the reaction to the film when it screened

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01:51:25

Yoga instructor Jake Ferree: "I Love Everything Corny"

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/08/10

Dennis visits the West Hollywood apartment of his favorite yoga teacher Jame Ferree to talk about his recent travels (Miami, Cambodia, Thailand, Bali), how he got into yoga, why he loves it, how teaching it continues to move him and his new series of online classes Vinyasa Vault. Jake talks about being gang-rushed by kleptomaniac monkeys in Bali, not driving a car for seven months, how yoga brought up buried emotions that surprised him, taming the negative voices in his head through yoga, giving

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01:20:57

Financial Mentor-Actor Miata Edoga: "Honoring the...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/08/04

Dennis visits the Actors Fund offices in Los Angeles to interview financial mentor and actor Miata Edoga who Dennis met when he took Miata's life-changing six-week course called "Managing Cash Flow for Actors." Miata talks about coming to L.A. to pursue a career in acting and ending up working eleven part time jobs and still being broke and the moment of crisis that inspired her to get a handle on her finances. She also talks about the myth of the struggling artist and the idea that if you aren't

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58:34

Performer-Professor Kathleen Antonia Tarr: "Oh, I...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/07/27

Dennis welcomes actor-singer-lawyer Kathleen Antonia Tarr to his Noho condo to talk about going from pursuing a career in show business in Los Angeles to being a professor at Stanford. She talks what she loves about teaching, what the kids are like these days and why grading papers isn't that bad. She discusses her time in L.A., landing a gig on "House," doing a commercial for Cialis and what made her want to leave L.A.. Dating comes up as well and Kathleen explains the application process she

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01:26:45

Love Connie creator John Cantwell: "Always Put a...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/07/19

Dennis visits the Hollywood apartment of performer John Cantwell, the retro pop culture-obsessed man behind Cajun inbred drag goddess Love Connie, star of the current stage show "Love Connie Xtreme Makeover Greatest Hist Vol. 1." John talks about the origins and evolution of Connie, discovering that women are empowered by Connie's fierceness, how he/Connie might fare on "RuPaul's Drag Race," how he conceives his shows, what makes up Connie's DNA and the 80's music video he wishes he could insert

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01:08:23

Author Michael Callahan: "I Let Cher Have It"

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/07/12

Dennis goes to the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood to chat with Philadelpia-based author Michael Callahan about his fun new novel "The Night She Won Miss America." Michael recounts the amazing true story that inspired his novel; of Betty Cooper, Miss America 1937, who ran away with her male escort on the same night she won the crown. He also discusses his lifelong obsession with beauty pageants, his favorite Miss America, bullshit talents like giving a speech and playing the marimba, the

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01:34:27

Filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz: "You Made Allan Carr a Hero""

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/07/05

Documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz returns to the podcast to discuss is new film "The Fabulous Allan Carr" about the legendary, larger-than-life producer of Grease, Can't Stop the Music, the Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles and the 1989 Oscars where Rob Lowe sang "Proud Mary" with Snow White. Jeffrey talks about what drew him to Carr as a film subject, Allan's crazy, drug-fueled parties, his passion for making and remaking stars like Marlo Thomas and Ann-Margaret, how Allan helped "The Deer

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01:32:37

"American Koko" creators Diarra Kilpatrick & Miles...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/06/29

Dennis visits the West Hollywood apartment of Diarra Kilpatrick and Miles Orion Feldsett about their new webseries on ABC.com "American Koko," about a Law & Order-esque team of bad-asses who solve racial problems big and small. They talk about the various roles they played in the production--acting, writing, producing, props--and how the series came to be executive produced Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon's production company. Diarra recalls the joy of shooting the "Angry Black Women"

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27:46

RuPaul, Aja, Eureka, Valentina & Morgan from RuPaul's...

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/06/20

Dennis attends an Emmy "For Your Consideration" event for RuPaul's Drag Race at the LA Sporting Club store in West Hollywood where he talks to RuPaul about the role of show during the Trump era, keeping the show fresh, why he loves drag queens and the show's most surprising fans. He also talks to Drag Race contestants Eureka, Aja, Valentina and Morgan McMichaels. Topics include: How Drag Race has changed their lives, the weirdest place they've been recognized, the free stuff they get for being on

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01:51:53

Film/TV Writer Chuck Hayward: "OMG, I'm a Job Creator!"

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/06/15

Dennis sits down with film and TV writer Chuck Hayward to talk about his breakthrough year as a writer and story editor on the Netflix series "Dear White People," and the screenwriter of two upcoming film comedies "Fat Camp" and "Step Sisters." Chuck explains why "Dear White People" was the best writers room experience he's had to date in his career and recalls collaborating with "Moonlight" Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins who directed an episode Chuck co-wrote. He also talks about making his feature

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01:38:02

Actor Alex Wyse: "Just Trying to Keep My Heart Safe"

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley ·

2017/06/07

Dennis visits the Los Feliz apartment of actor Alex Wyse to talk about his current role on the soap "The Bold and the Beautiful" as his recent Broadway turn in the Deaf West Production of "Spring Awakening" on Broadway. Alex talks about what it's like to work on a soap opera--the fast pace, the fans, the hunks--and how it's impacted him as an actor. He talks about the "Spring Awakening" journey, learning sign language for the show in just a few weeks, performing on the Tonys, meeting fans at the

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