Finding Rachel

Greg, the director of 'The TV Show', talks about some initial feedback and critiques he received about his new doc film. 

Doug Tewksbury joins Greg to talk about the making of the soundtrack for the documentary film _The TV Show_.  https://tewksbury.bandcamp.com/ Watch the film here (only until Dec 17 2025!): https://sojudocs.vhx.tv/  

Greg talks to Irwin Oostindie (Voor Urban Labs, Vancouver) about how he can improve his terrible pitching skills in advance of the HotDocs International film festival in Toronto.  https://voor.ca/ sojudocs.ca #Rachel'sGhost #TheTVshowDoc

Greg updates on the status of film edit, promotion, and impending pitches to buyers and broadcasters in advance of the 2025 HotDocs Film Festival in April. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35931848/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm #TheTVShowDoc #Rachel'sGhost   

Montreal based journalist Justin Ling joins Greg to talk about Trump and the internet fuelled 'troll politics' era.  https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/nothing-is-sincere-and-everything #TheTVShowDoc #Rachel'sGhost #trump #troll #trolling

Norman Maslov (aka Mazzy) joins Greg to talk about his Youtube "resistance", the end of Rachel's Ghost channel, and the importance of not saying the word "Trump". 

MartyinOregon joins Greg to talk about the end of Rachel's Ghost Show and it's potential impact the end of the documentary film. 

Acclaimed musician and frequent Rachel's Ghost guest David Donley joins Greg to discuss producing sound and music for films.  

Greg pushes through his concussion on boxing day to bring you a truly exhilarating podcast episode. 

Greg asks Jason Roxas to help him understand the online vinyl community and different Youtube channel formats. 

Greg procrastinates more about his budget needs. Music ("The Coat") by Oregon Marty. Thanks Marty!

Greg has a short weep after killing his new hard drive but quickly moves on to map out the film script and assemble some film's first sequences. 

Greg talks about coming to terms with the 30+ hours of footage from two cinema cameras, a drone mounted camera, and video from an online platform. He uses the word 'anxiety' a few too many times. The paper edit of the film has begun. 

Greg talks about his goals for launching the podcast -- in the first instance, an effort to document the process of making the documentary film 'The TV Show'. The film tries to unravel the complex political, emotional, and social dynamics on display on a Youtube panel program (the channel "Rachels Ghost"). Here's the short pitch for the doc film: A MAGA supporting 'trans person of colour' prepares her loyal Youtube audience for the U.S. presidential results.