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Jayson's journey into the world of film began humbly, earning an MA in film production from Eastern Illinois University. A stroke of luck led him to a chance interview, where he found himself working alongside renowned film director Francis Ford Coppola. Over the course of four years, Jayson contributed to various successful wine and food projects under Coppola's mentorship.

Encouraged by Coppola's advice to explore new horizons, Jayson embarked on a path as an independent film producer. Since then, he has quietly carved out a niche for himself, crafting thoughtful and compelling content for Discovery Networks, ABC, Amazon, Netflix, and other esteemed brands.

In 2011, Jayson founded Strike Five Films, a modest endeavor dedicated to storytelling. Through this platform, he has written and directed nine short films, which have modestly graced the screens of 80 festivals, earning recognition on six occasions. Currently, Jayson is diligently working on his first feature-length film project, eager to share his passion for storytelling with a wider audience.

Links:

YouTube

Web: https://jaysonjohnsonproducer.weebly.com

GMW is first and foremost a mystic. This means that since his early youth, GMW was driven by a deep, unceasing desire to return to an unknown source and to the original true nature and to realize deeper truths. GMW lived in temples both in the Himalayas and in the remote mountains of China. After decades of sacrifice, searching, and long sitting with awakened personalities such as the Dalai Lama, Jiddu Krisnamurti, and Master Ni Ching Hua, to name a few, GMW was awakened in a private conversation with the enlightened Zen Master Yamahata Daido Hogen San, born in 1935.

MELINDA HARDIN is an author, a prolific journaler and keeper of a stack of notebooks, the sporadic creator of social media posts, and the infrequent contributor to her town's local magazine. She's a professional encourager, with trained experience in wellness and resilience, and is gifted at reimagining a better way. She loves soulful music, everyday rituals, being in nature, and redemption stories. She and her husband Ben live in their hometown of Shelbyville, Kentucky, with their two girls, Celia and Annie.  

Melissa's website: https://melindamhardin.com

Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/3lppeYC   

Connect on Insta: melindamhardin 

Connect on Facebook: melindahardin502

JC is a writer, originally from the US and now living in Bangkok, Thailand. We chat about his new release The Divided Stories of America: The Green Forest.

You can learn more about JC at his website: https://jcfinnegan.com

And you can purchase a copy of his book at: Amazon Books

What if the United States of America were no longer united?
The USA is dead. In its wake lie four autonomous territories: the Southeast, the Pacific, the Frontier, and the Northeast. The last of these is ruled by an authoritarian corporatocracy that uses AI technology, social credit scores, and a central bank digital currency to subjugate the masses. It's a green forest of greedy creeps and broken beasts. It's the place Finn Culligan calls home.

In the aftermath of the National Divorce, the present is grim and the past has been labeled a dangerous conspiracy theory. With truth existing only as a fading memory, Finn struggles to convince his girlfriend of the importance of freedom while holding out hope that it still can be found... somewhere.

As he contemplates an escape from the Northeast, Finn encounters two people from his past who provide evidence that the green forest is darker than he imagined. Their revelations are the catalysts for a plan that could cause the ruling elite to strip Finn of everything.

With his job, his girlfriend, and his social credit score hanging on by a thread, Finn faces a dilemma. Buy The Divided Stories of America: The Green Forestto discover if he chooses the assurance of safety and security over truth, freedom, and love.

Adelia Acker is the Co-Host of We’re Our Only Fans (WOOF), the worlds first podcast about Only Fans. WOOF aims to empower women by breaking the stigma behind Only Fans and sex work by providing an inside look at the industry.

Adelia and her co-host break down everything from Only Fans strategies to how they cope with the stigmas surrounding it.

Adelia’s reach is over 600k, and she would be happy to let her network know to listen in!

You can connect with Adelia from the links at her website: https://www.itsdeelz.com

When Monique was 19 she ended up clinically dead from a cardiac arrest. She was dead for 25 seconds and experienced an out-of-body-experience drifting into another dimension, something like one usually only sees in movies. 

When she woke up, on the edge of her life yet with enough perseverance left to fight her way back, a question popped up into her mind immediately after she entered the other dimension, but Monique remembers it almost screaming at me when I woke up…  

The question was: “Did I live up to my ultimate potential? Or did I even try?!”  Monique's harsh answer was: Not at all. It hit her like a ton of bricks. This was an extra hard pill to swallow.  Regret is one of the most destructive feelings. It can ruin us. Especially if there is no chance to change our choices because time has run-up. That’s why Monique is here to help business owners and corporations to Transform Time into Freedom, Lead from Within & Create Social Impact.

In Monique's first life, she says she thought she didn’t have the chance to live life on her own terms AND be successful – But, she says, she was wrong. She was fighting hard to have a second chance and set up life with an extremely powerful mission, with loads of things she does that are important so she can invest her time wisely.  

Time is not waiting for you!  

So each day Monique is asking herself: “If you were about to die again tonight, for good, is this how you REALLY want to be spending your day?”   So far she says 85% of the time the answer is a big, fat YES.  – Make sure it’s a BIG YES for you, too.  

Find out more about Monique at: https://www.moniquelindner.com

THE SPACE PEN CLUB is a timely & true first-hand account about close encounters and public UFO/UAP disclosure.  At last, the world is hopefully witnessing the Big Thaw about the UFO/UAP subject in mainstream media, the military and in government. 

The Space Pen Club – a timely historical, cultural and personal memoir – takes readers on a compelling insider’s journey that provides fresh insights into how we got to this point. And where we might go from here.  Martin Keller is a former pop culture journalist, published author and unproduced screenplay writer, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Leaders, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Final Frontier, Billboard, Utne Reader, Right On! the Star Tribune, the Mpls-St. Paul Business Journal, City Pages and many others, with appearances on “Today,” “48 Hours,” PBS, Public Radio and more. Keller also has written Hijinx & Hearsay: Scenester Stories from Minnesota’s Pop Life and contributed to The Minnesota Series. 

For the past 25 years, Martin has worked as an award-winning public relations pro, including an adventurous stint for The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI). The Space Pen Club is based, in part, on that period.  

https://www.thespacepenclub.com 

https://www.thespacepenclub.com/blog 

https://www.amazon.com/Space-Pen-Club-Encounters-Consciousness/dp/1950743551

G. Mick Smith, PhD is a digital marketer, executive, podcaster, voice actor, and recovering academic. Mick currently resides far from the madding crowd in sunny California enjoying his parent's first new car, a 1957 Buick Special, hiking, music, reading, and writing. Contact him at mick.smith@wsiworld.com for all your internet, voice, and social media needs. 

Burning America: In the Best Interest of the Children? http://burning-america.comAlso available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and Target

The Aftermath: The Epidemic of Divorce, Custody, and Healing Listen, subscribe, share, and positively review; thanks! https://www.podpage.com/the-aftermath-the-epidemic-of-divorce-custody-and-healing-1/ 

Leave a message for The Doctor of Digital: https://podinbox.com/thedoctorofdigitalpodcast 

Instagram: burningamericacommunity  

Patreon burningamericacommunity: https://www.patreon.com/SmithConsultingWSITheDoctorofDigitalPodcast 

Substack: https://micksmith.substack.com/ 

Commercials voice talent: https://www.spreaker.com/user/7768747/track-1-commercials 

Narratives: https://www.spreaker.com/user/7768747/track-2-narratives

Septemics: Hierarchies of Human Phenomena: Analysis, Prediction and Management of Human Affairs by Jim Marshall  https://septemics.com 

Portions of this book are posted on Septemics.com Isaac Asimov, in his famous Foundation trilogy, imagined a future in which a science of the mind could accurately predict human events. This work is a down payment on that promise. It comprises a revolutionary and elaborate system for accurately analyzing, assessing, predicting and managing the behaviors and characteristics of groups and individuals.   It is a textbook about a new philosophical science called Septemics, which consists of thirty-five scales, each of which delineates the exact sequence and patterns in which human beings actually behave and manifest in various contexts. Each of these scales describes an axis upon which individuals, and/or groups, advance or decline.   This book would generally fit into the literary category of Psychological Philosophy, although there has never been a book quite like this in human history. One must actually read the book in order to access the power of its contents, because it is not like anything else.

Paddy Murray is a counsellor, therapist and mentor with personal development and coaching experience - he's also, and more importantly, a good friend - proud to know you mate.

Daniel Jonathan Henk is an American artist and writer, noted for his work in tattooing and painting. He has produced record-album covers, political cartoons, controversial articles, and a variety of other media.

Find out more about Dan at his website: https://danhenk.com

For more on Stephan and his work check out:  

http://www.stephanturner.com 

http://www.gate-theater.com 

https://www.facebook.com/TheGateTheater

Thea's audio documentary: https://soundcloud.com/thearickard/the-identity-cure

Website: http://thelastnightpodcast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thearickard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55GpMXqbrT2aAfbDxZ9Q9S

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thearickard

Learn all about Matt at his website: https://dryoxall.com

By his own description Suman is just a regular bloke, living in Chiang Mai, Thailand who has done stage, radio, tv, and film.  

Google him to find out more: Suman C. Tharan  

Or follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sumanctharan

Epi Ludvik Nekaj is the Founder of BOLD Awards and Crowdsourcing Week. In 2008, he created Ludvik + Partners – one of New York’s hottest boutique virtual ad agencies built on a 100% crowdsourcing model. Epi Ludvik is one of the pioneers in the crowdsourcing ad space, an industry expert and thought leader in entertainment advertising – including public relations, event production, experiential marketing, consumer advertising and digital marketing. 

You can connect with Epi at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epirot/ 

He also recommended this book at the end of our chat: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285349.Grunch_of_Giants

"On this episode I speak with one of the leading voices in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology industry, Topp Jirayut." - Matthew Rickard

Topp has dedicated the majority of his career in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology industry. He co-founded coins.co.th, Thailand's largest bitcoin exchange. Before Blockchain emerged, Topp worked as an investment banker, financial consultant, and central banker. He is a speaker and one of Thailand's leading bitcoin and open blockchain experts. He holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford University, UK. Now he is the founder and group CEO at Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (BCGH), the largest blockchain and cryptocurrency company in Thailand. He is also the Executive Board Member and Vice President at the Thai Fintech Association.  

We talk about where Topp sees the crypto sector heading over the next decade, the excitement over NFTs & the varying use cases, and how the social sector will benefit from blockchain and crypto. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaE2BOZ6djs&t=40s

Self-employed since 2001, Jonathan is a British award-winning film director and director of photography based in France and Hong Kong.

Brought up in Yorkshire and educated in the UK, professional life followed art college in London.

Since moving to Asia 27 years ago the world opened up. Hanging out of helicopters in Sumatra,  filming with nomads in Tibet, rescuing elephants from Pakistan and wandering through the Taklimakan desert in search of Marco Polo’s legacy are just some of the adventures that have presented themselves in the course of the ordinary day job.  So, it’s no surprise that filming in wild places in difficult situations are considered his specialty for the likes of National Geographic.

As we all know, technology has revolutionized the film industry and Jonathan realized he needed to evolve to stay competitive.  So becoming a skilled editor and cinematographer was a natural evolution and has, as importantly, increased his enjoyment of the craft of filmmaking.

View more of Jonathan's work over on Vimeo : www.vimeo.com/luckydevilfilms

Olga Fedori, is a Ukrainian actress who works in English language films and programmes. She is best known for portraying Frieda Petrenko in the BBC medical drama Holby City from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2017 to 2019.

From Head Chorister at All Souls, Langham Place, London and a musical education firmly rooted in the classics, Tony took a job as a tea boy in a small London music publishing company and thereby began a career which established him as one of the UK’s leading arrangers, conductors and record producers and a world-famous composer of popular songs and music for television.  

For Tony's full bio visit his website: http://tonyhatch.co.uk/

Duncan Bridgeman is a double Grammy nominated filmmaker and musician. born in London to Leslie and Zena Bridgeman.  

Bridgeman has composed and produced music for 20 years, working on a diverse musical journey. His first break into filmmaking came from Island Records/Palm Pictures owner Chris Blackwell, making the Grammy nominated cult hit 1 Giant Leap. 

In 2004, Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment funded second 1 Giant Leap, film titled "What about me?". Bridgeman quickly followed with the award winning film Hecho en Mexico, funded by Mexican media mogul Bernardo Gomez. Most recently Bridgeman directed and produced the East Meets West, a documentary film for The Smithsonian Institution about the Kumbh Mela, largest Hindu festival on the planet, with actor Dominic West (The Wire) as presenter.  

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Vithaya Pansringarm is a Thai actor best known for appearing in Only God Forgives. He is also known in Thailand as "Pu Vithaya".  

Pu graduated in Graphic Design from New York Institute of Technology. He holds a 5th Degree Black Belt (5 DAN) in Kendo (a Japanese martial art) and is President of the Thailand Kendo Club.  In June 2014, he won Best Actor at the Shanghai International Film Festival for his role as Chavoret in 

The Last Executioner, a film based on the true life story of Thailand's last person to carry out executions by gun. The film also won 'Best Picture' and 'Best Screen Play' at the 30th Surasawadi Awards in 2015.

Don Linder, a native New Yorker, is an award-winning scriptwriter, fiction and travel writer, and academic who has lived and worked on five continents. He did his BA and MA degrees at Columbia University where he studied film theory with the critic Andrew Sarris. 

Don's first feature-length film, "The Last Executioner," has its world premiere when it was invited to compete at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2014, where it received Best Actor honors. On 2 June 2015 "The Last Executioner" received the Best Film and Best Screenplay Awards at Thailand's prestigious Tukkata Tong Awards -- the equivalent of the Golden Globes -- which have been given since 1958 when the King of Thailand attended the ceremonies, and they are still considered royal awards. Don was the first non-Thai to win a Tukkata Tong Award for Scriptwriting, and only the second non-Thai to win in any category in 58 years. 

Don has also written for a Japanese-American television series, a Discover Channel documentary on Angkor Wat, a pilot for an American sitcom, educational programming and more. Don's creative and academic work span a broad spectrum. He has directed academic departments in the U.S., the Canary Islands, China, and Thailand; headed writing programs at Poets & Writers, Inc., the State University of New York, and the North Carolina Arts Council; produced and hosted jazz and blues radio programs in NYC; lectured on Western culture on Radio Beijing; mounted several one-person photography shows; acted in several films, and more, including a stint as a New York City taxi driver in the 1970s. He has taught and evaluated script writing worldwide in such diverse locations as Egypt, Mongolia, Brazil, Thailand, and the U.S. He lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with his wife Wannida Jiratha.

For more information on Don click on his IMDB channel:

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Who is J.D. STRANGE?  

J.D. STRANGE is an English novelist, journalist, broadcaster, filmmaker, pod-caster, and story-teller based in Bangkok, Thailand. Strange has written and produced for the page, stage, online, and onscreen. Creating entertaining media for as long as he can remember, midwifing various projects from cradle to production, J.D. Strange is one of Bangkok's most active creatives.   

Website: https://www.jdstrange.com 

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/jd.strange.37 

Twitter: @strange_jd

Joel Beckett is a well known actor from the small screen, best known for playing the role of Lee, Dawn's fiancée, in the multi-award winning comedy classic The Office and is also well known for the role of Jake Moon in EastEnders.

Joel has been working as a voiceover artist since 2006, and has worked on countless projects for TV and radio, commercials, documentaries, films, corporate narration and TV promos.

https://www.joelbeckett.com

Leon Butler is a writer and producer, known for One Square Mile: London (2012), 8 Days with Hopper (2021) and 100 Streets (2016).

Chatting movies with James Newman and Richie Moore. For more on their work click the links below:

Who's Watching Oliver

Crazy Medicine 

Graham Gold is a British DJ. Gold is primarily known as a DJ whose sets were broadcast live Friday nights on Kiss (UK radio station) and distributed on the Universal Music TV label. Those weekly live broadcasts were considered revolutionary in the industry. Gold's popular weekly show played a major role in Kiss FM growing into a radio powerhouse. Gold was ranked No. 83 by Dash Berlin in Dash's "Most Popular DJs in the World of All Time."  

Graham currently lives in Thailand where he DJ's and produces music.

Benny Moafi spent nine years, eight months, and two weeks in various Thai prisons for a crime he says he didn’t commit. He has an overwhelmingly large stock of evidence to prove his innocence and wrongful incarceration, all supported by lawyers, international human rights groups, and a faction of the Thai DSI (Department of Special Investigations).

He's been free 9 years. I speak to him about his experience.

Chiang Mai City Life

Chatting with my mum, Ninette Hartley...

https://web.facebook.com/ninette.hartley.writer/

Chatting on the pod with photographer William Hartley.

https://will-hartley.com/