The Global Show with Dave Benson
The show provides a platform for directors, producers, musicians, actors, and other creatives, especially those not in the A-list spotlight to share their stories, promote their work, and talk about their journey.
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We Asked Two Retired FBI Agents Every Question You're Not Supposed To (opens the original)
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They spent a combined forty plus years inside the FBI. SWAT,counterterrorism, human trafficking stings, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, androoms with some of the worst people imaginable. In this episode two former FBI Special Agents, BrianGrehoski and Eric Robinson, pull back the curtain on what the job is actuallylike versus what Hollywood has told you for decades. We get into howinterrogations really work and why slamming tables on TV is nothing likereality, an undercover human trafficking sting
One Year to Live Not Even Close The Jen Hardy Story (opens the original)
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In 2014 Jen Hardy was in and out of hospital six times. By 2018 her doctors told her she had a year to live. Her diaphragm was working at 20 percent. They wanted to fit her with a breathing device and a backpack. She was in a wheelchair and could not walk. She did not tell her husband. She did not tell her kids. She just said they were moving to a barrier island in Florida. Since then she has built a media empire from a $100 microphone she bought from her son, started two award-winning shows, wr
Behind the Scenes: Tom Paolino & the Cast on Winning Festivals Worldwide (opens the original)
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Tom Paolino is back for round three, and this time he's brought co-star Rosanna Pfeifer with him. Since Tom's last visit, One of the Good Ones has won an Audience Award, hit a 7.9 on IMDb and a 4.7 out of 5 on Prime Video, and Tom's just back from red carpet premieres in South Africa with a worldwide theatrical deal now taking shape. Rosanna joins him to talk about playing the film's magnetic, morally questionable ADA Susie Hines-Lawrence, her first time playing a villain, her Buffalo roots, and
The Interview That Aged Perfectly (Tom Paolino Rewind) (opens the original)
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Rewind week. Back in early 2023 Tom Paolino sat down with us fresh off a Facebook message from a lawyer turned screenwriter, a GoFundMe campaign, and a dream of shooting a feature film in Buffalo on a shoestring budget. He hadn't shot a single frame yet.Since this episode aired, that film, One of the Good Ones, premiered at the Dunedin International Film Festival right here in New Zealand, then went on to Prime Video, YouTube and Google Play worldwide. Tom's also been back on the show twice more
Three Emmy Awards. Then She Opened a Door Hollywood Couldn't Give Her. (opens the original)
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Mary Madeiras grew up in a chaotic New York household, escaping into old movies thatplayed through the night. That love of story led her to become a three-timeEmmy Award-winning television director, working on General Hospital, AnotherWorld, and some of the most watched daytime television in the United States. But that was only the first half of her story. In this episode we go deep into both lives. How a childhood defined by chaosand survival became the exact training ground for directing live
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