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Pals with Bill Wadman
by Bill Wadman
I'm Bill Wadman, a commercial portrait photographer in New York City with a lot of amazing and accomplished friends. Occasionally I'll record an hour long interview with one of them about what they do, how they got here, and why it's important to them
Episodes
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Episode 46: Frank Basile - Jazz Saxophonist
Frank Basile is one of the great baritone sax players in NYC today. We discuss his upbringing in the midwest, going to school at North Texas' famous jazz program, and what it's like to play with the best in the world in bands like the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
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Episode 45: Karen Dahlstrom - Singer-Songwriter
Karen recently released her new album "Love These Days". It's a lovely, meditative, and often deeply personal record that I've had on repeat for the past few weeks. You should to. Find it on all the streaming platforms, or better yet, to to her her site or bandcamp and buy a copy.
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Episode 44: Clay Williams - Photographer
Photographer Clay Williams is well known in culinary circles. He's spent much of the last decade photographing food and the people who make it in NYC and around the world. We discuss how he got his start photographing food carts and restaurants for websites, why he's back into the world of film...
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Episode 43: Matt Carr - Portrait Photographer
Today we're in Matt Carr's kitchen discussing his beginnings in photojournalism in the midwest, how photography took him to Alaska and Prague and London, and what happens in the photo press rooms at Sundance.
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Episode 42: Noah Prince - Gaffer
Noah Prince has worked as a gaffer, best boy, and electrician in the TV and film industry for more than a quarter century. We discuss lighting for movies, growing up in Cambridge, making career decisions when your first dream doesn't lead where you thought it would. Noah also has some great...
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Episode 41: Dr Benjamin Brush - Neurologist
Ben Brush is interested in just about everything, just like me, except that he's got the bona fides to back it up. Having worked in research labs on brain machine interfaces and then spent the last 10 years between Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham, and NYU hospitals becoming a...
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Episode 40: Chris Molanphy Returns - Chart Analyst / Pop Critic
Back for his second episode. Slate magazine's resident rock critic & chart analyst Chris Molanphy chats with me about the definition of a "Smash", why the demographics of the artists on the charts have changed over time, and how much he hates most Diane Warren penned songs. Always great to talk…
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Episode 39: Sandi Robertson - Art Teacher
The rare Skype episode of Pals with art teacher Sandi Robertson from the UK. We discuss Sandi's deep love of the color darkroom, her early beginnings as a young artist in Scotland, and her belief that a student's understanding of photography is as vital as maths and sciences.
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Episode 38: Eran Bugge - Home Sewing Enthusiast
My good friend Eran isn't just one of the best modern dancers working today, she's also an accomplished home sewer. That's right, she's makes most of her own clothes and some for other people too. I just had to know how she got into the hobby!
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Episode 37: Keri Thibodeau - Theatrical Lighting Designer
I've been trying to get lighting designer Keri Thibodeau in front of my microphone for a couple of years now, but working at The Metropolitan Opera means that she doesn't have any free time. What she does have is a great story and a whole lot of fun nerdy insider information about the process of...
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Episode 36: Molly Magerman - Footwear Designer
Our young friend and footwear designer Molly Magerman is heading back to the west coast, so took the opportunity to talk to her about outsoles, lasts, and manufacturing shoes in China. It's fascinating stuff.
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Episode 35: Brad Rego - Filmmaker
Filmmaker Brad Rego was ramping up to shoot his next horror film "Cryptid" in April just as the Coronavirus shut down the world. In this episode we'll talk about independent film production and how unknowns and additional time have effected his process.
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Episode 34: Matt Fisher - BBQ Pitmaster
Come on in and listen to my pal Matt Fisher tell me his story of BBQ. Just be warned that your stomach is going to be full and you may need to wash your jacket to get the smoke out afterward. Yum
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Episode 33: Paul Smith - Constitutional Law Attorney
In a very special episode of Pals I get to spend a half hour talking to one of the leading constitutional law attorneys in practice today. He's argued in front of The Supreme Court over twenty times for gay rights, against gerrymandering, in favor of the first amendment and more. Talking to him…
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Episode 32: Mark Hamilton - Radio DJ
Mark Hamilton has been a disc jockey on the radio for decades and has an unnervingly encyclopedic knowledge for music. You may have heard him on WBCN in Boston and K-Rock in LA. He also claims to not have a radio voice, but I leave that to you to decide.
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Episode 31: Dave Keener - Songwriter
One of my earliest NYC friends Dave Keener and I walk through his life like a bass guitar. AND we get to hear Dave play a few of his amazing songs along the way.
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Episode 30: Abdulgader Naseer - Architect
Architect AK Naseer is my kind of person. Knowledgeable and a little obsessive just like me. He talks about coming to the US from his home in Saudi Arabia in the 12th grade, his almost complete collection of visits to major Louis Kahn buildings, and nearly convinces me that the Roman orders are...
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Episode 29: Eric Gaskins - Fashion Designer
In this episode, I get schooled by fashion designer Eric Gaskins who spend 35 years in the industry. He was trained by Givenchy, he designed for Koos Van Den Akker, and then his own label. Sometime in the early aughts he started the anonymous and notoriously biting fashion blog "The Emperor's Old...
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Episode 28: Jason Odell Williams & Charlotte Cohn, Playwright & Producer/Director
A special roundtable episode this time around with playwright Jason Odell Williams and producer/director Charlotte Cohn. We sat down at their literal kitchen round table to discuss creating theater, working with actors, deciding who to trust with creative feedback, and the place of the stage in...
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Episode 27: Bianca Brady - Lunatic Whisperer
One of my best friends Bianca Brady is on the show to talk about her new podcast "Whitey Puzzelman's Crossword Hour". On the way we discuss depression, growing up being the person at the party who doesn't drink, getting hit by a car in a crosswalk, and oh ya, Bianca's apt building going up in...
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Episode 26: Alex MacDonald - Tap Dancer
Take a trip through the history of tap dancing with my friend and dancer Alex MacDonald. Learn about its origins in the post-slavery 19th century, the trials that early African American dancers went through to perform, and how the art form is changing in the present with a bunch of amazing new...
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Episode 25: Andrea Bartz - Thriller Author
Andrea Bartz's first novel "The Lost Night" was released this week at a bookstore near you. Come along as we discuss the whole process from her first pages back in 2014, finding an agent, pitching publishers, all the way through the editing process and more! And don't worry, since it's a mystery…
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Episode 24: Louise Hung - Death Positive Writer
Come tour the 20 places writer Louise Hung has lived, drop into the political reality of Hong Kong, find out what it's like to live in Japan, and discuss whether the LA theater scene exists as a feeder for Hollywood. And all of this before we get to where we really start in on a deep dive about…
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Episode 23: Gigi Chen - Painter
Painter Gigi Chen didn't start out as an animator like most of her bios say. She started out with a set of colored pencils deep in the borough of Queens. We discuss her obsession with bowerbirds, how a 'No' response doesn't mean anything, and what it was like for her to switch from oils to…
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Episode 22: Eli Neugeboren - Illustrator / Retoucher
Eli has been a lifelong illustrator who is now a happily tenured professor at CUNY's City Tech here in Brooklyn. We discuss how his art education as effected his professional career, what it was like to be a retoucher at Spin magazine, and even learn how to mount a transparency in a drum scanner!
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Episode 21: Simon Feil - Character Actor
You've seen today's guest Simon Feil on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Orange Is The New Black", "The Deuce", as well has a ton of the kind of procedural dramas my wife and I watch constantly. We discuss what it's like to be a working actor in NYC, his feelings on the rules of the Sabbath, and...
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Episode 20: Mac Premo - Stuffmaker
Commercial Director and Stuffmaker Mac Premo is in the hotseat. This is a person who makes video the way he animates, and builds the way he draws. Come listen to us discuss his love of objects, baseball, and why he is going to die with a long todo list.
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Episode 19: Bill Wadman - Portrait Photographer with Mollie Goldstein
We're turning the tables today. Friend of the show and Episode 3 guest Mollie Goldstein is interviewing Bill Wadman himself on why he shoots portraits, how he deals with his subjects and their foibles while also juggling his own, and why he has the need to do these daily projects.
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Episode 18: Teresa Castillo - Opera Singer
Here's an impromptu episode with opera singer Teresa Castillo. We talk about how she got into opera in the first place, the way things work in her industry, and how we get more kids to go to the opera without expecting a phantom. Enjoy!
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Episode 17: Shaun Zetlin - Personal Trainer
Shaun Zetlin is a personal trainer and author of the book "Push-Up Progression". Not only is he knowledgable and in crazy good shape, he's also one of the sweetest people I know.
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Episode 16: Grant Stoddard - Immersive Writer
Grant has had many adventures in almost 20 years of getting his hands dirty and writing about it for New York Magazine, Men's Health, Playboy, The New York Times, and Nerve.com. Come along for the ride as a disarming, young-at-heart adventurer with a British accent tells us where he's been and…
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Episode 15: Meg Wachter - Editor-In-Chief
Magazine Editor-in-Chief Meg Wachter was a photographer and a retoucher long before she started Got A Girl Crush, a "magazine about women, by women, for everyone", back in 2009.
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Episode 14: Michael Kaup - Buddhist Scholar & Practitioner
They say to never discuss politics or religion, unless you've got Buddhist scholar and practitioner Michael Kaup in the chair to have a lively but intellegent discussion about the line between philosophy and religion, differing definitions of enlightenment, and how all people are at times the…
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Episode 13: Paul Gurdak - Private Pilot
Paul Gurdak, the only man I would go up in a small plane with is my guest today. He's a single-engine private pilot, a world-class mechanic, and a great storyteller. We had 45 minutes before I had to head to the airport last week so we sat down, setup the mics and had an impromptu podcast…
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Episode 12: TJ Elliott - Knowledge Broker
The most well-read person I know and until recently the Chief Learning Officer of ETS (Educational Testing Service). TJ has had quite the journey from the Bronx to Princeton. Come along for the ride while he recounts the opportunities and lessons he's learned along the way.
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Episode 11: William Coupon - Portrait Photographer
Legendary portrait photographer William Coupon sits down to discuss his upcoming book, what it was like to start his career in New York in the late 70's, and regale us with stories about his forty plus years in the business.
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Episode 10: Chris Molanphy - Chart Analyst / Pop Critic
I'm very pleased to have the host of Slate's Hit Parade podcast, Chris Molanphy in the chair today. Chart analyst and pop critic, Chris sees connections and parallels along the history of popular music that would make a mere mortal music fan say 'Uncle!', and that's why we love him. Buckle up for…
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Episode 9: Evan Jones - Software Engineer
Here's a nerdy one for all you computer geeks out there. My buddy Evan Jones sat in the chair across from me to discuss his education in his native Canada, doing his PhD at MIT, working at Google, starting three companies, taking venture capital, and lastly explaining what a pivot table is. Lots…
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Episode 8: Liz Hara - Puppet Builder / TV Writer
My old friend Liz Hara is at the kitchen table at the end of a short trip from LA where she writes for the CBS show "Life In Pieces". A job Liz got after years as a puppet builder and writer at the perennial favorite "Sesame Street". She knows Big Bird for real.
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Episode 7: Kent Miller - Photographer
Fellow photographer Kent Miller stops by to talk about his love of expired film, the experience of being part of the shift to digital, and his BMX racing skills (who knew?!).
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Episode 6: Ali Mattu - Psychologist
Psychologist Dr Ali Mattu and I have a sprawling two hour conversation about the origins of his Star Trek affliction, being a slacker in high school, and how the death of his brother changed his life. It's a good one, so don't miss it.
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Episode 5: Michael Malice - Writer, Host
Author, troll, and fashion plate Michael Malice is at the dining room table for a long discussion about North Korea, why going to college for business is the only sensible choice, and how takes Congress critters down a peg on a regular basis.
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Episode 4: Bun Cheam - Chef
Chef Bun Cheam has had quite the jounrey, from Cambodian refuge camps as a child to being Executive Chef at multiple New York restuarants. Join me as Bun tries to explain a French kitchen, what knives to use, and why he's a big fan of MSG on this episode of Pals with Bill Wadman
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Episode 3: Mollie Goldstein - Film Editor
Film editor Mollie Goldstein dropped by for a conversation about the work she does, the changes she's seen over 16 years in the industry, and how important the job of the editor is. Especially in today's world where it's become so easy to make footage in the first place.
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Episode 2: Kristen Gaylord - Museum Curator
This episode we chat with photo curator Kristen Gaylord about what it's like to help put together the giant Stephen Shore show at MoMA and what's next for her at the Amon Carter Museum in Texas.
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Episode 1: Francisco Graciano - Modern Dancer
An hour long interview with my friend Francisco Graciano, who spent 13 years on tour with the legendary Paul Taylor Dance Company and found his love for dance photography along the way.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Bill Wadman, a commercial portrait photographer in New York City with a lot of amazing and accomplished friends. Occasionally I'll record an hour long interview with one of them about what they do, how they got here, and why it's important to them
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