Decades of Thanks – Howard Ungerleider
with Howard Ungerleider – Visionary Award winning Owner and Partner at Production Design International
Ask For Help When You Need It – with Amanda Valdez
With Amanda Valdez – Architectural / Entertainment Lighting Designer at Shop12 Design in conjunction with Steelman Partners and Adjunct Professor at UNLV
If We Don’t Light it, You Won’t See it – with Jeff Calderon
with Jeff Calderon – Emmy Award winning Lighting Director, Lighting Designer and Director of Photography at Academy Lighting
Don’t let the sound quality prevent you from hearing what Jeff has to say.
On this episode, we discuss the benefits of encouraging inclusivity in entertainment, how unions can lift more people out of poverty, how collective bargaining can make us safer and more profitable, how to remain grateful and creative after 35 years in the industry, how the lighting industry changed for the better/worse, and how retirement from a job you love is a myth
Please visit: www.academylighting.com
Television Academy: https://www.emmys.com/academy/about
Foundation internships: https://www.emmys.com/foundation
Internship program: https://www.emmys.com/foundation/internships
Compassion is the Highest Form of Love – with Zach Boswell
with Zach Boswell, General Manager at Ilios lighting
On this episode, we discuss #wemakeevents, who is most affected in our industry, what we are advocating for, what we can do as entertainment workers, what concertgoers can do to show support, how we can return to our industry, how we can show solidarity, and the very real tragic loss of our industry.
- Live events employ over 12 million people.
- Live events contribute over $1 trillion annually to the US economy.
- 95% of live events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
- 96% of companies have cut staff and/or wages.
- 77% of people in the live events industry have lost 100% of their income, including 97% of 1099 workers.
On September 1st, 2020, #WeMakeEvents, a coalition of trade bodies, businesses, unions, and live events workers, will light up their venues, homes, and cities red in over 1,500 locations across North America to raise public and media awareness in support of the live events sector. Will you join us?
#wemakeevents #redalertrestaert
Please visit: www.wemakeevents.org
Juxtaposition and Appropriateness – with Alan Edwards
With Alan Edwards – Lighting Designer
Negotiating to Yes – with Jimmy Lawlor
with Jimmy Lawlor – Lighting Designer
On this episode, we discuss how schools can properly prepare their students for the business side of entertainment, how schools can provide networking skills, keeping up with technological demands, how should one should prepare for the industry fresh out of school, how to effectively negotiate for what you are worth, winning friends and influencing people, breaking down the taboo of talking about how much we make, proper venues for networking, talking with students and refining your people skills for success.
Please visit: www.lawlordesign.com
Talking ‘Bout My Generation – with Tom Kenny
With Tom Kenny Lighting Designer at Tom Kenny Lighting Design
Find Your Own Hole and Jump Through it – with Marc Brickman
With Marc Brickman – Managing Director/Artist at Tactical Manoeuvre Inc
Waxing Canadian – with Brent Clark
With Brent Clark – Lighting Designer
Brotherly Bonds Between Bandits – with Craig Richter
With Craig Richter – Lighting Designer at Halestorm
Seduced by Technology Again and Again – with Jim Tetlow
From the PLSN Podcast archives, with Jim Tetlow – President and Principal Consultant at Nautilus Entertainment Design
How Not To Die – with Andrew Kennelly
With Andrew Kennelly – Technical Director and Lighting Designer in Las Vegas