Episodes
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The Fine Beats Crew has stuff this week, so enjoy this Rewind episode from this past April 2024, where our guest was Josh Mankiewicz, journalist and reporter for classic true crime show, Dateline! We talked about a bunch of stuff, including food and health, and also, Dateline (which is actually one of Leslie's not-so-guilty-at-all-pleasures). This was a really, really fun one, and it was an honor to talk to him.
Josh Mankiewicz is an American journalist, who has been reporting for Dateline NBC since 1995. He has reported for The Today Show and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. Before moving to NBC, Mankiewicz worked as a producer and reporter for ABC News. (Bio from Wikipedia, because we give credit)
Twitter @JoshMankiewicz
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We are so excited to welcome back comedian, TV writer, and friend of the show Ashley Ray , as we dive into the writer's room drama behind the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy". "Anatomy of Lies" is a docuseries on Peacock about a writer on "Grey's" who wasn't at all what she claimed to be, and it's a wild story with a bunch of twists and turns. Ashley was on one of our very first episodes in 2022 (that' is not currently available) so when we heard about this documentary, we knew we wanted her on!
CW: some spicy words, mention of sexual assault, cancer, mental illness
Ashley Ray is a comedian and TV Writer. Her debut comedy album, "Ice Cream Money", is out now on Blonde Medicine Records. In 2022, Ashley wrote on Adult Swim’s, ALABAMA JACKSON created by Donald Faison. Ashley was selected as one of HBO Max’s Queer Comics to Watch for 2021 and filmed a digital special for the platform. That same year she did a sold out hour at Union Hall in NY and debuted a new hour at The Yard Theater in Los Angeles. She hosts High Gear Comedy, a monthly live show with Barbara Gray at The Airliner in LA.
Ashley is the host of the popular podcast ‘TV I Say with Ashley Ray’ which was featured in the New York Times as a 2021 Podcast Worth Checking Out.” She’s also been a guest on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me and Seth Rogen’s Storytime.
She is also known for her viral Shaun King video and post. Her newsletter about TV, pop culture and life as a solo poly bisexual dream babe was named "One of the Best 2020 Newsletters to Subscribe to That Will Keep You Informed and Entertained" by Marie Claire.
You can find her on Instagram. , X (formerly Twitter), and Threads.
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♫This is Halloween...
Join Personal Development Coach and podcast host Desiree Simone and the crew as we discuss Halloweens! The movies, we mean...
Desiree Simone is a Personal Development and Brand Coach, as well as the host of Growth On the Rocks, a fun, informative and sometimes boozy filled podcast where she and her guests tackle everything from relationships, mindset tips, self growth, love and so much more!
You can find her on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Threads!
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Thank all you wonderful Cheese Cubes for your support and encouragement! This week, our guests are US. Join us for a look back at the podcast, a few of our own guilty-not-guilty pleasures, and the usual random meandering sidebars! We are so happy to be doing this little show for and with you, and we hope you keep listening!
Here is where to find us, if you wanna find us more!
THE SHOW:
Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Leslie Gray Streeter:
Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Lynne Streeter Childress:
Facebook, Instagram, Threads
Sam Lewis :
Instagram
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Friend of the show Catrina Parker dives deep into the beloved world of The Golden Girls with twin sister Leslie and Producer Sam. Twin sister Lynne was unavoidable off to St. Olaf...
Catrina is the host of the Quirky Pop Podcast where she explores quirky characters in tv, film, and other areas with hint of social science. Catrina has been on panels a fan conventions and interviewed in The Guardian, The New York Times, and WGN Weekend News. Catrina lives with her two teens and cat, Gallifrey in Bloomington, Il. You can find her on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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Join motivational speaker Chris Clews as we talk about the lessons we can learn from the myriad of 80s movies, including John Hughes and beyond!
Chris is a keynote speaker, author and ‘80s pop culture guy. Growing up in the '80s and with over 20 years of leadership experience in marketing, Chris knew 3 things very well – '80s pop culture, business and this thing we call life. He left corporate marketing to become a keynote speaker and author. He's spoken to organizations like VISA, Duke Health, University of Florida, Penn Medicine, DHL, and more. His keynote is titled “Everything I Need To Know (For Life and Work), I Learned from ‘80s Pop Culture” and as an author created the book series, The Ultimate Series on Essential Work & Life Lessons from ‘80s Pop Culture, which has 3 volumes.
He's passionate about animal rescue and donates a portion of the proceeds from his book sales and speaking events to Wonder Paws rescue, which saved his pit-mix, Bodhi. He lives by the quote from the poet laureate, Ferris Bueller, when he said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Find Chris on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and on his website.
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Today, we talk the long running true crime podcast, "Snapped", with our guest, podcaster Adonica Albert, host of You Do You!
Adonica says: "I’ve had more than 30 years experience in the fitness industry as a personal trainer in a variety of specialties. I still dabble in it here and there but what really has my attention now is RED LIGHT THERAPY and the potential to help people with pain and inflammation.
Being a stroke survivor (one major and two minors) with an abundance of other medical issues, I went down the rabbit hole researching Red Light Therapy and strokes. It blew my mind the abundance of research out there, and it all looks promising!"
You can find Adonica on Facebook, LinkedIn, and on her website!
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Master motivator Rod Bourn shares some of the inspiration he has gotten from the films one Bill Murray!
With a passion to improve people and organizations, Rod has worked in a variety of industries,
Rod is the Lead Ninja of Down Set Lead; a consulting group focused on helping organizations grow their business through training programs and leadership retreats. He is also a Director for Goldman Sachs’ 10k Small Businesses program.
Rod’s career started in HR and included positions at London Fog and Rite Aid. He then spent 10+ years as the Coordinator of Organizational Development at Harford College, where he designed, coordinated and delivered professional training and conferences; and ran 2 professional associations.
In the community Rod serves as a mentor and coach; he a board member of the Ma & Pa Rail Trail; and in 2008 founded Anna’s Guys, a collection of men who work with sheltered children. He also founded the annual Catch a Pig 5k, having raised over $100k for the local Boys & Girls Clubs.
You can find Rod on Facebook, LinkedIn and on his website.
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Return guest and friend of the show Geraldine DeRuiter joins Sister Lynne and Producer Sam in a discussion of Empire Records and other love stories to times and places!
Geraldine DeRuiter is the James Beard Award-winning food and culture writer behind Everywhereist.com and the author of All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft and If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury. (Lynne says, "It's beautiful and I listened to it on Audible and it made me cry and I was sad when it was over so get this book.") Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New Yorker’s “Daily Shouts,” Marie Claire, and Refinery 29, and a few other places.
You can find her on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
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Friend of the show Jennifer Inglis shares her experiences of the whole diet/fitness world of the 80's and 90's!
CW: We discuss diet and weight loss and if this is something that takes you places you don't wanna be, we will see you next week.
Jennifer Inglis is the author of two novels, "Girls Who Wear Glasses" and "Enchanting Sarah Greenberg." She's also studied comedy writing at The Second City in Chicago. An alumna of Northern Illinois University, she earned a bachelor's degree in theater arts, and also a master's degree in teaching from National-Louis University. She formerly worked as a public school drama teacher, which meant she spent six years being ignored by tweens. In a past life, she worked in professional theater in suburban Chicago, as a playwright, actor, assistant director, and producer, despite being a classic introvert who'd rather be home reading a book. Jennifer currently lives in Chicago and, when she's not trying to dress up her cat, Daisy, in a variety of fetching hats (and failing miserably) she works as a freelance writer is currently working on her third novel.
Find her on Facebook, Instagram and on her website!
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Special guests Justin Guarini and Kim Walsh Phillips join us in a celebration of the hit Hulu mystery show, Only Murders in the Building! We had a really fun time talking about the show, friendship, and inspiration.
Justin Guarini and Kim Walsh Phillips, founders of Elite Speakers Network, unlock the power of Celebrity to empower professionals to go from the Best-Kept Secret to the In-Demand Expert in their Niche. Justin Guarini, Entertainment Veteran, is a Season One American Idol alumni, 7 time Broadway Principal Performer and Dr. Pepper’s Lil’ Sweet character and Kim Walsh Phillips, who was recently featured on BRAVO, is the founder of Powerful Professionals, one of the fastest growing companies in America and 4x Best Selling author with Entrepreneur Press.
Find them at https://www.elitespeakersnetwork.com/elite and https://www.speakandgrowrichworkshop.com/podcast
Justin on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook
Kim on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube
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Teacher extraordinaire Caroline Kuhlman ONeill shares her insights on the Hunger Games and how she uses it with her students. A wide ranging discussion on writing, society, education, and an author's relationship with their fans...
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Christine Van Bloem joins us this week in a wide-ranging conversation about "junk" food, comfort food, and healthy food. Who knew you could love all of these!
Christine Van Bloem is the founder of The Empty Nest Kitchen, teaching live, online cooking classes to empty nesters re-learning how to cook for one or two, while finding the fun in the kitchen with a healthy-ish vibe. A heart attack survivor, Christine has reformed her butter-loving, heavy cream worshiping ways by making changes in how to cook, taking food in a healthier direction, while still keeping things flavorful and delightful. Plus, there's always room for dessert! Christine hosts the Empty Nest Kitchen podcast and lives in a very old house in Frederick, MD with her husband John.
https://emptynestkitchen.com/podcast
Find her on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube!
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Who was that? Author and animal advocate Carmen Leal joins us for a deep dive into the world of The Masked Singer!
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Get your dancing shoes and go with us back to July of 2023, where we talked to the delightful Jill Earl, who shares her love for Bubblegum Pop, the genre of catchy songs aimed at kids and teens, especially in the late 1960's and early 1970's. This was SUCH a fun convo, where we talk about the need for frothy fun songs in the middle of not-so-fun times.
Jill describes herself as a damn good cook, lover of books, one who savors chocolate and tea.
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Join show favorite Judd Winick, comic artist extraordinaire, as we discuss the definitive Star Trek fan movie, Galaxy Quest!
JUDD WINICK is a cartoonist and creator of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Hilo series. Judd grew up on Long Island with a healthy diet of doodling, X-Men comics, the newspaper strip Bloom County, and Looney Tunes. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and today lives in San Francisco with his wife, Pam Ling; their two kids; their cats, Troy and Abed; and far too many action figures and vinyl toys for a normal adult. Judd has written and produced animation for television and film, created the Cartoon Network series Juniper Lee; has written superhero comics, including Batman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow; and, along with his wife Pam, was a cast member of MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco. Judd is also the author of the highly acclaimed graphic novel Pedro and Me, about his Real World roommate and friend, AIDS activist Pedro Zamora.
Find Judd:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judd.winick
Twitter and Instagram: @JuddWinick
https://juddspillowfort.com/
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Special guest Daarina Jefferson stopped by to discuss Reality TV, especially the Real World!
Daarina Jefferson is a mompreneur, wife, podcaster, aspiring motivational speaker, and now fashion designer. Her podcast, "Nina: I Am NOT My Illness" is an inspiring podcast about living with mental health issues. You can find it on Spotify, and you can find Daarina at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daarina.jefferson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daarina-jefferson-8301b6199/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mrs.j.
https://www.aliveshoes.com/daarinaj-1
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Join guest host Nikki Lewis and special guest Stacey Simms in a spirited discussion of Game of Thrones! As always, spoiler alerts... for a 13 year old show!
Stacey Simms is the host of the long-running and award-winning podcast Diabetes Connections and the author of “The World's Worst Diabetes Mom” book series. In November 2023 she launched a second podcast, Diabetes Connections TYPE 2.
In 2023, Diabetes Connections surpassed 2.3 million downloads.
“The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom” won Best New Non-Fiction at the American BookFest, a 2020 Communicator Award and was named to Book Authority’s 100 Best Parenting Books. Its sequel, “Still the World’s Worst Diabetes Mom” received a 2023 Mom’s Choice Gold Award.
Stacey is the organizer of Diabetes Connections presents: Moms’ Night Out, a new overnight conference for mothers of children with diabetes.
For more than a decade, she hosted Charlotte’s Morning News on WBT-AM, the city’s top-rated morning radio news show.
Stacey lives near Charlotte, NC with her husband, two children and their dog, Freckles.
Find her at:
https://www.facebook.com/diabetesconnections
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1694978737192837
Instagram: @staceysimms
https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceysimms/
https://www.youtube.com/@diabetesconnections
http://www.diabetes-connections.com/
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Aruba, Jamaica, Ooh we wanna take ya to June 2023, when we talked about the classic Tom Cruise throwing-around-bottles-of alcohol-to-music film, 1988's "Cocktail"! Our guest is the wonderful Dennis Camlek, who is a marketing professional with over thirty years of client and agency experience in the media and entertainment industry. Also, Dennis and Leslie have been friends for over 30 years since meeting at The Diamondback, the student newspaper of the University of Maryland at College Park, their alma mater. Boy, did we laugh in this episode, as we talked about the maybe not wonderful movies that we still love and why. So much fun.
Dennis is the host of the podcast, Back By Popular Demand with Dennis Camlek, and he can be found on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-camlek-20472230/
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Do you yell at us through your speakers? Long time friend of the Podcast, Glenda, gets to do just that in person...
About Glenda:
Younger of 2 siblings, Watches wayyy too much TV. Been on various choirs since a child. Graduate of Baltimore City College. Towson STATE University, Mass Communications. Worked in TV Production since 1992.
Still single, accepting applications.
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