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Listen to me interview Israeli comedians Deborah Kaye, Benji Lovitt and Dana Perry Segal, then see them live in Toronto on Sunday, Nov 26, 2023 at their Stand Up For Israel comedy show fundraiser at La Briut. Buy tickets: ⁠https://www.tickettailor.com/events/benjilovitt/1062383⁠ Click Going: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/events/1322001802014745 I interviewed them on Nov 23, 2023, just before they closed the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver's Chutzpah! Festival & The Norman Rothstein Theatre, with host Kyle Berger. Follow their Facebook Pages at: Deb Kaye ComedyBenji Lovitt Comedian Dana Perry Segal Stand-up דנה פרי סגל סטנד-אפ 👇 HOW TO FOLLOW & SUPPORT ME, AND GET DEALS & FREE MONEY 👇 My show is brought to you by:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠⁠ Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://go.sparkthegenius.com/neo50⁠ Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back credit card and free high interest money account at that special link. Follow my ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ then follow my ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠. Subscribe to my ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. Click follow at my ⁠⁠Amazon page⁠⁠. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my ⁠⁠Amazon Merch⁠⁠. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: ⁠⁠Free trial⁠⁠ of Amazon Prime. ⁠⁠Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

Interview with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival executive director Naomi Johnson at their press launch (Sep 15, 2023) during #TIFF23 • PR by Ally LaMere-Shedden of Route 504 PR Brought to you by:https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free!https://neo.cc/refer/G4K6B5Z9 Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back credit card and free high interest money account at that special link. Follow my Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

Interview with DIWAL'OWEEN filmmaker Shilpa Mankikar at Toronto International Film Festival (Sep 11, 2023) • Follow my Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

I interview Toronto Director Saffron Cassaday about her documentary Designer Shit. In the doc, Saffron is at her wit’s end after suffering from ulcerative colitis for nearly a decade. She decides to try a promising new treatment known as a Fecal Microbiata Transplant - the act of taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick patient. (The interview was filmed Sep 14, 2023.) • Brought to you by: ⁠My Amazon Influencer Page: Every time you shop on Amazon, support me for free by simply clicking here first: https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠⁠ Neo Financial: Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back credit card and free high interest money account at my special link: https://neo.cc/refer/G4K6B5Z9⁠⁠ Other ways to support the show: Follow my ⁠Instagram⁠. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok ⁠here⁠ then follow my ⁠TikTok⁠. Subscribe to my ⁠YouTube⁠. Click follow at my ⁠Amazon page⁠. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my ⁠Amazon Merch⁠. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: ⁠Free trial⁠ of Amazon Prime. ⁠Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

I interviewed Italian Director Alain Parroni about his movie An Endless Sunday movie, which premiered at #tiff23. He had an interpreter beside him, out of frame. (Filmed Sep 11, 2023, in the restaurant at InterContinental Hotel in Toronto) • Follow my Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

At Naomi Sniekus's Firecracker Department annual TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) brunch, I met Sarah D. McCarthy and offered to interview her. Afterward, she came to meet me at the Hyatt Regency for a chat. I learned about why she let her hair go gray during the lockdowns and how that's affecting her acting career. (Filmed Sep 9, 2019) • Follow my Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

#tiff23 | Homecoming | Directors: Anssi Kömi, Suvi West | Interview (Sep 9, 2023) FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my Patreon. Subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Follow me on Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Canadians, get $35 free for signing up here for my favourite credit card, the no-fee, cash-back credit Neo card. Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

Over Skype, while I was on a bus and he was walking around Toronto, I interviewed Kasey Lum, director of TIFF Short Cuts film "Bloom". (Filmed Sep 9, 2023) FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my Patreon. Subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Follow me on Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Canadians, get $35 free for signing up here for my favourite credit card, the no-fee, cash-back credit Neo card. Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message

At #tiff23 I interviewed the cast and director of the South African thriller Death of a Whistleblower. Top cast: Noxolo Dlamini · Luyanda Masinda ; Irshaad Ally · Albert Loots ; Kathleen Stephens · Astha Patel ; Deon Coetzee · Martin Bezuidenhout ; S'Thandiwe Kgoroge. Directed by Ian Gabriel. (Filmed Sep 8, 2023) • FOLLOW ME: For exclusive content, subscribe to my Patreon. Subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Follow me on Instagram. For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok here then follow my TikTok. Subscribe to my YouTube. Click follow at my Amazon page. SHOP MY MERCH: Buy my shirts at my Amazon Merch. DEALS FROM MY SPONSORS: Canadians, get $35 free for signing up here for my favourite credit card, the no-fee, cash-back credit Neo card. Free trial of Amazon Prime. Free online speed dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkthegenius/message