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Carolyn Talks..., Podcast
by Carolyn Hinds
Yay! You've found the home of Carolyn Talks..., Podcast, and So Here's What Happened! Carolyn Talks..., is the podcast version of my main YouTube channel Carolyn Talks YouTube & Podcast..., where you can listen to fun and insightful conversations between Film Culture Critic and host Carolyn Hinds, and her special guests from all around the world each episode where they talk about what inspires them to create. So Here's What Happened! Podcast, formerly co-hosted with Carolyn and LaNeysha Campbell, was a podcast where these two Blerdy women came together to review and recommend what they watched and read over the month. From fluffy romance novels and funny romcoms to gritty comics and dark anime. They don't hold back and get into it all. You can find the video versions of Carolyn Talks..., and other sub-channels on her YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@Carolyn_Hinds Other podcasts Carolyn hosts/co-hosts are Beyond The Romance, Drama Podcast, and What'
Episodes
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Carolyn Talks 'The Addiction of Hope' with Actress Anne-Marie Johnson and Filmmaker Martin Grey
Actress Anne-Marie Johnson and writer-director Martin Grey joined #CarolynTalks to discuss THE ADDICTION OF HOPE, their independent feature in which Anne-Marie plays Jo, an actress at a crossroads in her life where she has to decide which direction she wants to take her life and career in an...
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Fantasia IFF 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Kill Ada' with Filmmaker Kunyu Cai and Actress Liana Hu
Filmmaker Kunyu Cai and actress and martial artist Liana Hu joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss their award-winning multi-genre short film KILL ADA, about Ada, an NPC who awakens to her reality and has to fight her way out of the controlled environment built to destroy her. Co-written with…
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Fantasia IFF 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'God Skin หมัดเทวา' with Creative Team and Actor Gee Subvijitra
GOD SKIN หมัดเทวา writer and director Paween Purijitpanya, co-writer Pat Pataranutaporn, lead actor Sutthirak 'Gee' Subvijitra, and producer Surawut Tungkarak, joined #CarolynTalks, to chat about the Thai sci-fi action film about Win, a delivery rider who makes a deal to turn his body into a...
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Fantasia IFF 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Black Zombie' with Filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward
For the Fantasia IFF premiere of her documentary BLACK ZOMBIE, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward spoke with me about exploring the origins and history of the Vodou religion in Haiti, how the lore and mythology of zombies was borne through a need for the enslaved to visualise their oppression, and how...
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Fantasia IFF 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'The Last Footage' with Filmmaker and Performer Arkar Soe Oo
Burmese filmmaker Arkar Soe Oo spoke with me for the #Fantasia2026 premiere of THE LAST FOOTAGE, his POV found footage horror about a group of friends whose relationships are tested when they encounter malevolent forces in Wingar Forest. Produced by Arkar and Li Li Kyaw Haing's...
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Carolyn Talks 'Chapter 51' with Filmmaker Tyler Shields
For #CarolynTalks, filmmaker and photographer Tyler Shields joined me to chat about making CHAPTER 51, his film within a mocumentary within a film about the agony and frustrations of filmmaking, and the absurd antics of directors and writers obsessed with perfecting their craft. Co-produced with...
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Carolyn Talks 'Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes' with Filmmaker Marcellus Cox
Indie filmmaker Marcellus Cox, joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss his short film based on real events JARMARCUS ROSE & DA 5 BULLET HOLES, about a Black teen whose day with a new mentor changes both of their lives in the most tragic way. For screening information on the film, visit…
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imagineNATIVE 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Blood Lines' with Filmmaker and Actress Gail Maurice
Métis writer, director, and actress of BLOOD LINES Gail Maurice joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her 25 year journey to making the film a reality, her decades of work in the Canadian film industry, and what it meant to have her native language and female community elders be part of the...
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imagineNATIVE 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Blood Lines' with Filmmaker and Actress Gail Maurice
Métis writer, director, and actress of BLOOD LINES Gail Maurice joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her 25 year journey to making the film a reality, her decades of work in the Canadian film industry, and what it meant to have her native language and female community elders be part of the...
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imagineNATIVE 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Ea (Sovereign)' with Filmmakers Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash
Ea (Sovereign)'s Kanaka ʻŌiwi filmmaker Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, joined me to discuss using filmmaking as a tool to document and teach about the fight of native Hawaiians like Keʻeaumoku Kapu on Maui, to reclaim their ancestral lands in the colonial court system, protecting...
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Carolyn Talks 'Last Minute' with Filmmakers Michael Cusumano and Charity Schubert
Writer and director Michael Cusmano, and actress and executive producer Charity Schubert, joined me to chat about their short LAST MINUTE, in which Charity plays Jackie, a single mother who due to her son Jasons's (Espyn Doughty) procrastination, has just one night to help him put together a...
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Carolyn Talks 'HAND 執手' with Filmmaker Benny Chen
Independent filmmaker Benny Chen spoke with me to discuss making HAND 執手, his student short film about Lin (Zhan Wang), a Chinese immigrant, who having lived in the U.S. for over 20 years still faces uncertainty, isolation, and racism during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. HAND 執手 premiered…
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HotDocs 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'The Art of Adventure' with Filmmaker Alison Reid
For the HotDocs 2026 premiere of her second documentary feature THE ART OF ADVENTURE, Canadian filmmaker Alison Reid shared what it was like putting together a film about biologists, conservationists, and naturalists Bristol Foster and Robert Bateman, and their journey across the world in their...
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Carolyn Talks 'Palestine / فلسطين 36,with Filmmaker Annemarie Jacir
In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I speak with writer-director Annemarie Jacir about PALESTINE '36 / فلسطين 36, her feature film about the 1936 Palestinian uprising in the town of Al Basa against the threat of colonial violence by the growing Israeli settler population, and British and French...
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HotDocs 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Ceremony' with Radio Host and Knowledge Keeper Qwaxw Siwallac
CEREMONY documentary film subject, radio host AND Nuxalk knowledge keeper Qwaxw Siwallac, joined me to talk about what the return of the ooligan to the Bella Coola River means to him and his people, the Nuxalk First Nations. Directed, produced and written by Banchi Hanuse, CEREMONY premiered at...
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HotDocs 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Constant Battles' with Filmmakers Mack Stannard and Sepideh Yedegar
CONSTANT BATTLES director Mackenzie Stannard and Writer and producer Sepideh Yadegar joined #CarolynTalks, to discuss their documentary about Iranian Canadian boxer Nyousha Nahkjiri's battles with ADHD and anxiety to make it as a professional athlete in the ring. Mack and Sepideh also speak about...
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Carolyn Talks the Art of Production Designer with Neil Patel
In this episode of #CarolynTalks I discuss what it takes to be a production designer with award-winning veteran creative Neil Patel, and his two most recent projects, Bughouse, the immersive museum experience of the life of "outside artist" Henry Darger put on by the Vineyard Theatre, and the...
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Carolyn Talks 'SŪNNA (Listen)' with Filmmaker and Artist Radha Mehta
In my interview with SŪNNA (Listen) writer and director Radha Mehta, she shared her journey from being a civil engineer, to artist and filmmaker, and how this short about Lakshmi (Aaliya Mehta) a young traditional Indian musician losing her hearing, is inspired by Rahda's own lived experiences…
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Carolyn Talks 'Feeling Together' with Filmmaker and Anthropologist Fukuda Pero
FEELING TOGETHER multimodal filmmaker and anthropologist Fukuda Pero, joined me to discuss his unique short form documentary of an intense family argument that takes place one night in close knit Batwa village, Central Africa. Present in the film are Kidau, Sadede, Daraza, Mwarabu, Bigirabagao,...
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Carolyn Talks 'Maddy Mania' with Host Maddy Myer
Fellow YouTube and podcast host Maddy Myer joined me to discuss MADDY MANIA, her new entertainment channel where she interviews professionals in such industries as Broadway and wrestling, what it's like taking that leap and hos it differs to her work as a film publicist. #CarolynTalks #FilmCritic...
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Carolyn Talks 'Abanitu' with Filmmaker Brooke Obie
Filmmaker, journalist, and novelist Brooke Obie joined me to discuss ABANITU: A Family Documentary, her debut feature film and documentary about her ancestor Lucy Obie, a woman who started a family legacy of farming and resiliency through strife in 1906, North Carolina. For screening information...
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Carolyn Talks 'Dua Ji' with Filmmaker YuHan Tsai
Filmmaker YuHan Tsai, joined me for the SXSW 2026 premiere of her short film DUA JI, starring award-winning Taiwanese actress KueiMei Yang 楊貴媚 as a daughter unable to fully grieve her mother's passing when her desire to perform certain ancestral rights is denied due to patriarchal customs. DUA JI...
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Carolyn Talks 'Mermaid' with Filmmaker Fia Perera
Writer, director, and producer Fia Perera joined #CarolynTalks, to discuss her feature film MERMAID, about Cassie (Devyn McDowell), a Transgender 10-year-old who finds understanding and protection with Pepper (Arturo Luiz Soria), a world weary and grieving drag queen who reluctantly let's the...
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Carolyn Talks 'Them That's Not' with Filmmaker Mekhai Lee
Writer, director and actor Mekhai Lee joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss THEM THAT'S NOT, his short film starring Angel Theory as a deaf queer poet caught between her feelings of grief at her Grandmother's passing, and feeling isolated amongst her family members at the funeral. #LGBTQ...
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Carolyn Talks 'Mistake' with Filmmaker Honey Lauren
Filmmaker and producer Honey Lauren spoke with me about her latest dramatic feature MISTAKE, starring Dominic Bogart as an intersex man in America's deep south in 1941, whose relationship with his girlfriend Lily (Jiji Heis) is his only comfort in their small town filled with people that don't...
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Carolyn Talks 'Montréal, ma belle' with Filmmaker Xiaodan He
Writer and director Xiaodan He joined me to discuss MONTREAL, MA BELLE, her award-winning dramatic feature starring Joan Chen as a 53-year-old Chinese Canadian immigrant learning to carefully embrace her sexuality as a lesbian in spite of cultural, familial expectations, and her own insecurities....
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Carolyn Talks 'The Unexpected Reunion' with Filmmaker ZhiMin Hu
In my #CarolynTalks interview with the short film THE UNEXPECTED REUNION filmmaker ZhiMin Hu, we discuss how the members of a family represent the different staged of grief after the sudden loss of a loved one, and ZhiMin's approach to filmmaking after being inspired by Les Miserable THE…
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Carolyn Talks 'Solstice' with Filmmaker and Animator Luke Angus
Filmmaker Luke Angus, joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss SOLSTICE, his award winning animated short film about Tulak, an Inuit man living in the Artic Circle counting down the endless days of never ending sunlight and isolation, until he can spend the nights under the stars with his wife…
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Carolyn Talks 'The Breaking Ice' with Filmmaker Anthony Chen
Sometime ago, over 2years actually, filmmaker @antchen took the time to sit down with me to discuss his film newest feature at the time THE BREAKING ICE 燃冬. In the film three, strangers are brough together by chance in northern China, where they form a life changing bond through loneliness and...
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Carolyn Talks 'In the Room' with Filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed
In this interview for #CarolynTalks, I speak with award-winning Afghani filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed about her latest documentary IN THE ROOM, about the psychological toll war in Afghanistan has had on women. In the film Brishkay speaks to four incredible women, Mozhdah Jamalzada, Nelofer…
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Carolyn Talks 'Plastic Surgery' with Filmmaker Guy Trevellyan and Actress Anna Popplewell
Filmmaker Guy Trevellyan and actress Anna Popplewell joined me to chat about PLASTIC SURGERY, a dramatic medical disaster short film about the physical impact of microplastics on the human body and the psychological impact on a trauma doctor caught between her duty to her patients, herself, and…
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Carolyn Talks 'The Thief / Anngeerdardardor' with Filmmaker Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken
THE THIEF or Anngeerdardardor in East Greenlandic, is the first professional short film produced Ammassalik Island, and filmmaker Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken, joined me to speak about what inspired him to make this special unscripted short about Kamil, a Tasiilaq teen searching for the...
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Carolyn Talks 'Satisfied' with Filmmakers Melissa Haizlip and Chris Bolan
Award-winning filmmakers Melissa Haizlip and Chris Bolan spoke to me about their documentary SATISFIED that gives and intimate behind the scenes look at the life of Renée Elise Goldsberry; the ups and downs, disappointments, and joys of her personal life and career, including her Tony award…
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Carolyn Talks 'For the Culture' with Show Creator and Host Amanda Parris and Director Allison Duke
For the season 2 premiere of their PoV docuseries FOR THE CULTURE, with Amanda Parris, show creator, writer, and host Amanda Parris, and producing director Allison Duke joined me to discuss how they wanted the new season to differ and improve on the first, covering multiple topics important to...
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Reel Asian 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'Diamonds in the Sand' with Filmmaker Janus Victoria
Filmmaker Janus Victoria joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss DIAMONDS IN THE SAND, her film starring Lily Franky as a man who runs from his life in Japan to Manila in a desperate attempt to escape the shadow of Kodokushi, 'the lonely death'. #FilipinoFilm #JapaneseFilm #IndepedentFilmmaker...
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Carolyn Talks 'Black Man, Black Man' with Animator and Filmmaker Frank E. Abney
Award-winning animator and filmmaker Frank E. Abney III joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN, his latest animated short film. We discussed how the black & white film is a step forward in his creative process as a director and writer, working with actors Yvette Nicole Brown...
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Reel Asian 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'Tears Burn to Ash' with Filmmaker Natalie Murao
Filmmaker Natalie Murao joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss her short film TEARS BURN TO ASH starring Veena Yamano as a young fourth generation Japanese Canadian (Yonsei), trying to find a connection to her Japanese ancestry during an all too brief trip to the country. #ReelAsian #Interview...
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Reel Asian 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'Akashi' with Filmmaker and Actress Mayumi Yoshida
AKASHI writer, director, executive producer, and lead actress Mayumi Yoshida, joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her debut feature film about an artist returning home to Japan, her family, and the memories of a place and people who no longer feel as familiar as they once did after ten years…
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Carolyn Talks 'Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising' Director Shane Belcourt and Producer Tanya Talaga
Canadian filmmakers and co-writers Shane Belcourt and Tanya Talaga joined me to discuss their documentary NI-NAADAMAADIZ: RED POWER RISING, chronicling the life and struggles of of Ojibway Warriors Society leader Louis Cameron and Anishinabeg youth leaders and members of the American Indians...
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Carolyn Talks 'Marriaginalia' with Filmmaker Hannah Cheeseman
Award-winning filmmaker and actress Hannah Cheeseman joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss MARRIAGINALIA about the words unsaid in a marriage where the words left unsaid linger in the space of their comfort with each others. #Marriaginalia stars Kayla Lorette and Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll…
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Carolyn Talks 'Chín (Ripe)' with Filmmaker Solara Thanh Bình Đặng
Writer, director, and executive producer Solara Thanh Bình Đặng, joined me to discuss Chín, her gothic fairytale short about a young Vietnamese woman whose life on her father's durian farm on the Mekong Delta, is about to change when she meets people significant to her life in her dreams and...
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Fantasia IFF 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'Foreigner' with Filmmaker Ava Maria Safai
Writer, director, and producer Ava Maria Safai joined me at @FantasiaFest 2025, to discuss her debut feature length horror FOREIGNER about the trauma of cultural erasure and assimilation experienced by Yasi (Rose Deghan), a young girl attempting to fit into her new Canadian school after…
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Carolyn Talks 'Sudan, Remember Us' with Filmmaker Hind Meddeb
In this episode of #CarolynTalks award-winning documentarian Hind Meddeb discusses her 2025 documentary SUDAN, REMEMBER US, in which she documents Sudanese youth during the 2019 and 2020 revolution using poetry, music, art, and writing as tools of resistance against the ongoing genocide,...
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Carolyn Talks 'The Way We Talk 看我今天怎麼說' with Filmmaker Adam Wong
Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Adam Wong 黃修平 spoke with me for #CarolynTalks about his new dramatic feature, THE WAY WE TALK 看我今天怎麼說,, about a trio of deaf young adults, Sophie, Wolf, and Alan learning to navigate a world where they face discrimination, roadblocks, and disapproval in their...
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Toronto JFF 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down 切腹：日が沈む' with Lead Cast Masayuki Deai, Takeshima Yuka, and Sasada Yuka
For the North American premiere of their dramatic period film SEPPUKU: THE SUN GOES DOWN 切腹：日が沈む, actors Masayuki Deai, Takeshima Yuka, and Sasada Yuka spoke with me about portraying a samurai experiencing fear at the prospect of dying, a wife tasked with supporting her family through her grief…
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Toronto JFF 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'River Returns 光る川' with Filmmaker Masakazu Kaneko
For the Canadian premiere of his period drama RIVER RETURNS 光る川 filmmaker Masakazu Kaneko 金子雅和 spoke with me about working with his young lead actors Asuka Hanamura, Yo Aoi, Sanetoshi Ariyama, and using the traditional Japanese visual storytelling artform of Kamishibai to tell a time traveling...
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Carolyn Talks '40 Acres' with Producer Jennifer Holness and Actress Jaeda LeBlanc
Following the theatrical release of their film #40Acres, producer Jennifer Holness and actress Jaeda LeBlanc joined me to talk about developing the films characters with director R. T. Thorne, and it's not so far fetched dystopian and postapocalyptic themes, and how their feelings about the...
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Toronto JFF 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'She Taught Me Serendipity' with Director Akiko Ohku
For the North American premiere of her earnest romantic comedy SHE TAUGHT ME SERENDIPITY, director Akiko Ohku joined me to discuss working with actor Riku Hagiwara to find the balance in his character's Konishi's introverted nature with his blossoming love and appreciation for the small moments…
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Carolyn Talks 'Boxcutter' with Director Reza Dahya and Lead Cast Ashton James and Zoe Lewis
Toronto Director Reza Dahya and lease cast Ashton James and Zoe Lewis joined me for #CarolynTalks to chat about their film BOXCUTTER, which follows aspiring musician Rome, and artist Janaya from the west site of the bustling city to its heart at Yong & Dundas as they confront what it means to be…
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Toronto JFF 2025 - Carolyn Talks 'Cells at Work!' with Director Takeuchi Hideki and Producer Takeguchi Ikumi
CELLS AT WORK! はたらく細胞 Director Takeuchi Hideki and producer Takeguchi Ikumi of WB Japan, sat with me for the 2025 Toronto Japanese Film Festival premiere of the first live-action feature film adaptation of the famous manga and anime series created by Shimizu Akane. #HatarakuSaibo #Manga #Anime...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Yay! You've found the home of Carolyn Talks..., Podcast, and So Here's What Happened!
Carolyn Talks..., is the podcast version of my main YouTube channel Carolyn Talks YouTube & Podcast..., where you can listen to fun and insightful conversations between Film Culture Critic and host Carolyn Hinds, and her special guests from all around the world each episode where they talk about what inspires them to create.
So Here's What Happened! Podcast, formerly co-hosted with Carolyn and LaNeysha Campbell, was a podcast where these two Blerdy women came together to review and recommend what they watched and read over the month. From fluffy romance novels and funny romcoms to gritty comics and dark anime. They don't hold back and get into it all.
You can find the video versions of Carolyn Talks..., and other sub-channels on her YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@Carolyn_Hinds
Other podcasts Carolyn hosts/co-hosts are Beyond The Romance, Drama Podcast, and What'
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Yay! You've found the home of Carolyn Talks..., Podcast, and So Here's What Happened! Carolyn Talks..., is the podcast version of my main YouTube channel Carolyn Talks YouTube & Podcast..., where you can listen to fun and insightful conversations between Film Culture Critic and host Carolyn Hinds,...
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