Funny In Failure

Linas Phillips is a director, actor, writer, screenplay doula and a two-time Sundance alum. His first film, WALKING TO WERNER landed him in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 NEW FACES. He’s also received the Genius award in film from Seattle’s newspaper The Stranger and premiered his first narrative film BASS ACKWARDS at the Sundance Film Festival. He also premiered his film RAINBOW TIME, produced by the Duplass Brothers, at the SXSW Film Festival. He recently wrote and directed a short form episodic show, also produced by the Duplass Brothers, entitled THE RIDE. As an actor he has appeared in TWIN PEAKS, EASTBOUND and DOWN, TOGETHERNESS and MANSON FAMILY VACATION. As screenplay doula, he teaches a character-based approach to screenwriting by applying techniques drawn from the work of Eckhart Tolle and other notable spiritual teachers. In this podcast we chat about confidence vs vulnerability vs arrogance, good vs bad, judgement, his screen writing approach, breakups, courage, doubts, shame, self-awareness and working

Pollyanna is a actor, writer, model & director. You might recognise her from Exam, The Walking Dead, The Woman, Filth, Let Us Prey, Hap and Leonard, Lodge 49, Burke and Hare, Love Eternal, I Do, OffSpring, Bob Servant Independent, Tales of Halloween, The Blood Lands, Revenge Ride, Blood Ride, Exam, Native, White Settlers, and she also wrote, directed and stars in Darlin. In this podcast we chat about ADHD, comedy aspirations, marijuana, modelling, therapy, Wikifeet, anxiety and panic attacks, dealing with challenges, fear, perfectionist culture, growing and learning, school systems and modelling culture. Check out Pollyanna on: Twitter: pollyamcintosh Instagram: pollyannamcintosh Facebook: Pollyannakrakatoa Charity page on insta: get2gether2give Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/pollyannamcintosh Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Liv Hewson is an actor, writer, playwright and comedian. They have been in Santa Clarita Diet, Homecoming Queens, DramaWorld, Bombshell, Puzzle, Back In Very Small Business, Before I fall, Let it Snow, Let’s See How Fast This Baby Will Go, Under My Skin, Inhumans, The Hitchhiker, Puzzle, Top of the Lake, Survey Says and So Romantic jus to name a few. In this podcast, we chat about travelling, taking that leap of faith, WikiFeat, confidence, planning or lack of planning, attachment, anxiety, trust, introspection, anorexia, living, rejection and coming out as non-binary. Check out Liv on: Twitter: livhewson Instagram: liv.hewson Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Matt Walsh is a comedian, actor, director, improviser and writer…. and a two time Emmy Award nominee. He is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe. He’s been in VEEP, Into The Storm, Ted, Hangover, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ghost Busters, Drunk History, How I Met Your Mother, Life of the Party, Old School, The Perfect Date, Dog Bites, Step Brothers plus so much more. In this episode we chat about trust, doubts, work ethic, the other Matt Walsh, hustle, drive and passion, anger, escapism, fear, being yourself, religious upbringing and taking risks. Check out Matt on: Twitter: mrmattwalsh Instagram: mrmattwalsh Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Diedrich Bader is an actor and a voice over actor. You might recognise him from The Drew Carey Show, American Housewife, Veep, Outsourced, Better Things, The Beverly Hillbillies, Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Space Force, Miss Congeniality 2, EuroTrip, Phoenix Oregon, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Two and Half men and  just to name a few. He also has an insane voice acting resume, where he’s done voice over work for Ice Age, The Simpsons, American Dad, BoJack Horseman, Scooby Doo, King of the Hill, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, The Secret Saturdays, Tangled, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, South Park and The Penguins of Madagascar and he has also portrayed both heroes and villains such as Batman! Google what he's done- it's seriously impressive. In this podcast we chat about flowers, dealing with rejection, drinking, success, being your best self, being present, dealing with terrible bosses, emotions, running out of money, working with Julia Louis-Dre

Victor Williams has had a spectacular acting career (over 25 years in the business)- where he’s been in The King of Queens, Hunters, Happy Together, The Affair, Sneaky Pete, The Sinner, Bull, The Good Wife, The Michael J Fox Show, Flight of the Concords, Jewtah, November Criminals, High Maintenance, Elementary, Justice league animated series, Madam Secretary, Blue Bloods, Girlfriends, People of Earth, NYC 22, ER and the Animatrix to name a few. In this podcast, we chat about saying sorry, courage, drive, success frameworks, acting, passion and growth, age, collaboration and being a leader. Check out Victor on: Instagram/ Twitter: BigVicWilliams  Website: http://www.victor-williams.com/ Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Dr. Linda Seger is a screenwriting & story coach, screenplay consultant, copyright expert witness, author and international speaker. In fact, she is one of the most prolific authors on screenwriting, having written 16 books, with ten on screenwriting, including the best-selling, Making a Good Script Great, Creating Unforgettable Characters and Writing Subtext. Linda has created and defined the career of Script Consultant (the first one ever) and has consulted on over 2,000 scripts including over 50 produced feature films and over 35 produced television projects. Linda was the consultant for Peter Jackson’s breakthrough film, Brain Dead and for Roland Emmerich’s breakthrough film, Universal Soldier.  She was the script consultant on Pasttime and Picture Bride–both winners of the Audience Favorite Award at the Sundance Film Festival–as well as for the films The Long Walk Home, The Neverending Story II, Luther, Romero, and television movies and mini-series including The Bridge, the Danish-Swedish mini-series

Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann is one of Australia’s most well-known comedians and is also a Radio Host, author, TV Presenter & an actor. He’s been in Utopia, Before the Game, Any questions for Ben, The Project, The Beep Test, Neighbours, Have You Been Paying Attention? Hughesy We Have A Problem, Good News Week, Rove Live, Studio 10, The Circle, It’s a date, Off-side, Drunk History, The Glasshouse, Please Like Me, Stand Up Australia, 11am, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and Stand Up Live (UK TV). Lehmo has also hosted a number of radio shows including his new show Bec, Cosi & Lehmo on SAFM 107.1. He’s interviewed some of the most famous people in the world and was voted as having the best radio show for many years. And… if that isn’t enough for you- He has written a book, “This shirt wont iron itself”. In this podcast we chat about bad diets and chocolates, stigma behind comedy, life as an accountant, working hard, ambition, short term goals, regrets, being in the Guinness World Records and performing to the troops.

Tom Walker is an award-winning comedian, a writer, actor, improviser and clown. Tom has appeared in the Australian version of Whose line Is It Anyway? Aaron Chen Tonight, Drunk History, Comedy up Late, Comedy Allstars, Stans Lockdown Special, Comedy Next Gen and has his own Amazon Prime special, Very Very- Check it out, it’s hilarious! He also co-host the hilarious podcast bigsofttitty.png alongside his comedian girlfriend, Demi Lardner. We chat about trucks, losing podcast, video games, learning new skills, happiness, our minds, disappointment, control, haters, improv, perfectionism, body dysmorphia and Demi even chimes in for a bit, lucky us! Check out Tom on: Facebook: TomWalkerComedy Instagram: TomWalkerIsGood Twitter: TomWalkerIsGood His work on Adult Swim (from our Rick and Morty convo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyNm8wZo-U0 To keep up to date with the podcast and the latest news: Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and Facebook. and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter. 

Nicola Parry is an actor, writer, producer and improviser, a veteran of the Australian entertainment industry where she has worked for all the major TV networks in Australia. She was the lead cast member in my favourite Australian show, Thank God You're Here and has been in The Hollowmen, Swift and Shift Couriers, Doctor Doctor, Rake, How Not To Behave, Here Come The Habibs, Time Of Our Lives, The Letdown, Mystery Of A Hansom Cab, Celebrity Name Game, How not to Behave, This Is Your Laugh, Frayed, The Librarians, Sleuth 101, Australia Versus and Slideshow. She has co written, produced and created, Part Time Privates and was a writer for resting Pitch Face and Street Smart and does a lot of work with corporates. In this episode, we chat about improv, acting and auditions, mindsets, fear, drive and positivity, family, mental health, self- worth, surrounding yourself with great people, working in the arts, competition, collaboration and ambition. Check out Nicola's website at: http://nicolaparry.com.au/ To kee

Dan Bakkedal is an actor, writer and improviser. You might remember him from Veep, Legit and Life In Pieces. He has an incredible resume where he’s also been in The Goldberg’s, Space Force, Observe and Report, The Heat, Trumbo This Is 40, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Newsreaders, The United States of Tara, Community, The League, Brooklyn-99, Tarantula, Gotham, Corporate Animals, Sword of Trust, The Mindy Project, voiced Raiden in the Mortal Combat video game and was a correspondent on the daily show with Jon Stewart. In the podcast we chat about motivation, working on the Daily Show, hindsight, fear, sobriety, collaboration, success and fear of success, self-loathing, happiness, attachment, chasing the carrot, asking for help plus a lot more! To keep up to date with the podcast and the latest news: Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB. and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter. 

Nikki Britton is an actor and comedian. She's has been in How to Stay Married on Network 10, featured in Matt Okine’s The Other Guy and stars in the Screen Australia web-series Sheila’s. Nikki has also appeared on Network Ten’s, The Project, Hughesie We Wave a Problem, Stan’s lock down comedy festival and Celebrity Name Game. She has also performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala, ABC’s Comedy Up late, The Comedy Channel as part of the Just For Laughs Festival, LA’s Laugh Factory, The Hollywood Improv, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in India for the Melbourne comedy festival roadshow.  Just as a heads up we talk deeply about mental health and topics such as eating disorders and suicide attempts. I really thank Nikki for her honesty and bringing these topics to light. She’s awesome very inspiring and just a great all-round human. There’s a lot of positivity in this one where we also talk about life during Covid, faults of zoom, connecting with others, strange reasons why we don’t get acting jobs

Ed Kavalee is a comedian, broadcaster, producer, director, writer and podcaster. He currently co-hosts Hughesy and Ed and features on Have you Been Paying Attention. He has also been in Good News Week, Thank God you’re here, Last One laughing, Any Questions for Ben? Scumbus, Agony Uncles, Border Protection Squad, True Story with Hamish and Andy. He was also on Dancing with the stars and has co-written a picture book with his wife, inspired by his son, “A First Time for everything”. He also hosts the Ed Kavalee podcast and Team Effort podcast. In this podcast we chat about the art of listening and responding, working in radio, improv, Thank God You’re Here, making mistakes, what kindness really is, luck, taking chances on yourself, learning from others, ed’s famous inventory checks and he even gives me career advice. Check out on: Insta: therealedkavalee Twitter: mredkavalee 'Hughesy and Ed' every week day between 5pm-7pm 'Team Effort' podcast 'Have You Been Paying Attention' every Monday night 'Thank God You

Danielle Walker is an award-winning comedian and actor. She’s the winner of Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2018 and was the winner of RAW in 2016. She was also handpicked by the Melbourne Comedy Festival to be part of The Comedy Zone and has gone on to appear on Comedy Up Late and Stand and Deliver, both for the ABC. She’s also appeared as ‘Ranger Danny’ alongside on ABC TV’s Get Krack!n, done stand up on ABC’s Comedy’s Tonightly with Tom Ballard, the Just for Laughs Stand Up Series on The Comedy Channel and performed at the Soho Theatre. She’s also been involved with Aunty Donna and co-hosts the 'Batch Bitch' podcast. In this podcast we chat about her unique upbringing and childhood, growing up without a TV, confidence, negative reviews, loving your work, comparing yourself, being liked, dead dogs, trying new things, positivity, being overwhelmed and being yourself. Check her out on: Insta: daniellescoolokay Twitter: danwalkercomedy Facebook: daniellewalkercomedy Follow @Funny in Failure

Patricia Velásquez is an award-winning actress, history making super model, philanthropist, activist and author. You might remember her from the Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Curse of La Llorona. She’s also been in The L Word, Arrested Development, CSI: Miami, Ugly Betty, Rescue Me, Liz in September, Zapata, Mind Hunters, Little Heroes, School of the Americas and she’s in the Shadow of the Tomb Raider video game. For those who love fashion she’s also been in ads for Chanel, Fendi, Chloe, Dolce and Gabbana, Cover Girl, Victoria’s Secret plus many more, and has also appeared in Oprah and Ford Models “Supermodel of the World” contest and been on covers such as Vogue, Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, and Marie Claire and have also done a TED talk! She has her own autobiography entitled, “Straight Walk: A Supermodel’s Journey to Finding her Truth”. We talk about being a loner/ outsider, embracing your differences, creating paths for others, coming out, victim mentality and ego, the truth, doing what you love, percep

Thomas Roberts is an Emmy Award winning journalist and broadcaster, who was an evening anchor for CBS46, Atlanta. He had a seven-year stint anchoring MSNBC Live, the daytime news platform of NBC News. Previously, he was the anchor of Way Too Early and a contributor on Morning Joe. He was also an NBC News correspondent and a fill-in anchor on Today and NBC Nightly News. He has also served as a correspondent for CBS News and has contributed to several entertainment shows including “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider.” Prior to that, he was a news anchor for CNN Headline News covering topics such as the Iraq War, the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and more. Thomas also hosted the Miss Universe pageant in 2013. Thomas has been honored for his work as an advocate in the LGBT community, and is the recipient of the prestigious Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign in October 2011. He was also honored by the Stonewall Community Foundation, Marriage Equality USA and The National Crime Victim Bar A

Larry Dean is an award-winning comedian and writer. He was crowned Scottish Comedian of the Year when he was 23, and since then his star has continued to rise. He’s performed on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, Live at the Apollo, Best of the Edinburgh Festival, Live from the Comedy Store for Comedy Central UK, Mock The Week, Comedy Central UK’s Roast Battle and been on Elevenish and Don’t Make Me Laugh. In this podcast we chat about re-recording podcasts, family, pros and cons of social media, mental health, competition, seeing a therapist, trust, happiness on stage, evolving as a performer, being funny and finding your voice. Plus, a lot more. Check out Larry on: Twitter/ Facebook/ Instagram/ Tik Tok: @LarryDeanComedy Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Laura Davis is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. She's the winner of the Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has even preformed there 10 times! She’s been a writer on ABC TV’s Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, and has also performed stand-up on ABC TV’s Comedy Up Late, MICF Upfront Gala and ABC Comedy Next Gen Special. She has a new stand-up special called, “Cake in the Rain”. So, check it out. In today’s episode, we chat about being stuck in NZ due to Covid, creeps, boundaries, confidence, performing, self-identity, upbringing & childhood, parental disapproval, shame, working bad jobs and trusting your feelings. Check out Laura at: www.lauradaviscomedy.com/ Facebook: lauradaviscomedy Twitter/Instagram: lauradaviscomic Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Asad Mecci is a master hypnotist, entertainer and motivational coach. He’s travelled the world preforming, and has even helped athletes achieve great success in their fields. He has worked as an expert consultant for some of the top businesses, in the areas of motivation, advanced communication and stress management. Asad is also one half of the acclaimed touring show HYPROV with Colin Mochrie. In this podcast we chat about life as a performer during covid, travelling, meditation, hypnotism, anxiety, improv, the unconscious mind, being present, visualisation, goals vs dreams, decision making and dealing with skepticism plus a lot more! Check him out on: Insta/ Twitter/ Facebook: @Hypnohype Website: www.hyprov.com Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta/ Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info.

Stephen Kramer Glickman is an actor, comedian, producer, singer, artist, composer, pianist and screenwriter. You might remember him as Gustavo in Nickelodeon’s, 'Big Time Rush'. He’s been in ‘Pigeon Today’, 'Storks', 'Workaholics', 'White Fang', 'Last Comic Standing', 'Carpoolers', 'The 41 year old Virgin that Knocked up Sarah Marshall and felt Superbad' and also been featured in Jeff Ross’ Comedy Central Special and created the Comedy Central web-series called 'Small Business'. He also hosts the hugely popular podcast, “The Night Time Show” and has released his debut stand-up comedy album “VOICES IN MY HEAD” this year. Stephen was also nominated as man of the year by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  In part 2 of this podcast we chat about: Dealing with dodgy executives, trying new things, hustle, life after school, being lost, Shrek the musical, meaning behind pain and hurt, losing jobs and appreciation. Check him out on: Insta/ Twitter/ Youtube: @stephenglickman Facebook: StephenKramerGlickman Follow @F