Carrie Love is a Director and Producer at the Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab in Scripps College of Communications at Ohio University where she facilitates new media projects After a brief period as a middle school/high school math and science teacher, she moved to the Dominican Republic where she helped improve the educational quality of sixteen partner schools while developing promotional content to help raise funds for the program. Her professional and personal work often explores questions of identity, representation, and navigating social expectations. "Tiara" short film https://vimeo.com/298737240/b1c8cc87d7 "This is Me" self portrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGgLkZSvTi8 Medicaid Equity Simulation Project http://Mesp.ohio.edu

Eric Williams and Matt Love drop by to discuss virtual reality and 360 degree filmmaking. Check out gridlab.ohio.edu for more information on this rapidly developing branch of media. gridlab.ohio.edu

Filmmaker Graham Holford stops by to discuss boxing, fighting, film, films about boxing, and some great insights about storytelling and life in the UK.

Originally from Poland, Rafal Sokolowski is a feature film director and professor of production at Ohio University. His feature-film debut "22 Chaser" is now widely available on streaming platforms online.

John L. Butler has recorded sound all over the world and worked with legends such as George Romero, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Fred Rogers.

Special guest host and Director of Photography Matthew Willets interviews Robert Kaithern about his recent short film "Calliope."

Bilal Sami is a Pakistani born filmmaker and screenwriter. Over a career spanning eighteen years he has produced, directed and written commercials, television shows, films, shorts, documentaries and has penned lyrics. Bilal was a Fulbright scholar to the U.S. at Ohio University for his MFA in Film. From 2010 to 2012 he worked for Partisan Pictures (NYC) on content produced for NatGeo, Discovery and the History Channel. In 2013 he collaborated with the acclaimed Pakistani musician and producer Mekaal Hasan on a short documentary series titled 'Dhun'. The documentary was featured at the Alchemy Festival at the Southbank Centre, London in 2016. From 2013 to 2016 Bilal also taught filmmaking at the School of Television, Film & Theatre at Beaconhouse National University, heading the department in his last year there. 'Dobara Phir Se' Bilal's first commercial Pakistani feature film which he wrote and helped produce for the acclaimed director Mehreen Jabbar was released worldwide in November 2016 to critical acclaim. In December the same year 'Stories We Tell' - a public art project that he undertook with the world renowned artist Rashid Rana, came to a conclusion with publication and exhibition at the Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore. Bilal has written lyrics for popular Pakistani musicians including Zeb & Haniya and Jimmy Khan for songs that have featured in the films Dobara Phir Se and Madras Cafe as well as on the popular Pakistani music platform Coke Studio. Bilal is currently producing a documentary on the life and work of the legendary South-Asian vocalist Farida Khanum, in collaboration with the writer and vocalist Ali Sethi. He’s also working on his second feature with the acclaimed director Amena Khan. Bilal lives in Lahore where he devotes his time to writing, making films and teaching filmmaking. http://bilalsami.net

Shahriar Shafiani is an Iranian filmmaker currently pursuing his PHD at Ohio University. We discuss extreme metal, engineering, growing up in Tehran, and feature filmmaking. Check out www.benchmenpictures.com for updates on recent projects and the feature film "Departure."

Duke Hartman is the Chief Operating Officer of High Noon Entertainment where the unscripted tv shows Cake Boss, Fixer Upper, and Unwrapped are produced. Duke gives us the story of his professional development and how to build a company with a positive and productive culture.

Matt love is a Cinematographer currently pursuing a masters degree in Film Production at Ohio University. He is also a humanitarian working with his wife Carrie for Child Hope in Central/South America and the Caribbean. To contribute to their mission, visit http://www.childhopeonline.org