https://simplecast.com Heart Of It All A show that explores the connections between Ohio and Hollywood. 2022 Heart Of It All en Thu, 9 Oct 2025 04:54:15 +0000 Thu, 9 Oct 2025 04:54:26 +0000 https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com Heart Of It All https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1bbd91d6-2bb3-4e7f-b0ac-b3ae279f165a/bbca32ed-799e-488f-867f-caaf42a40373/3000x3000/hoia-ig-square-final-new.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com episodic A show that explores the connections between Ohio and Hollywood. Liz Pahl false https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZUIF7l4r film, hollywood, ohio, tv SoVery Media/Heart Of It All LLC heartofitallpod@gmail.com 18c2d440-fbe7-43e5-a519-bd9df1fc6ac1 Actor, Producer and Journalist Brian Unger Brian Unger on IG: @thebrianunger 

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*This episode was originally recorded in July, 2025. 

]]> Thu, 9 Oct 2025 04:54:15 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Brian Unger, Nathan Cain, Liz Pahl) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/actor-producer-and-journalist-brian-unger-kp98f_dC Brian Unger on IG: @thebrianunger 

Heart of It All Podcast: @heartofitallpod

Weathervane Playhouse on IG: @weathervaneoh

*This episode was originally recorded in July, 2025. 

]]> Actor, Producer and Journalist Brian Unger Brian Unger, Nathan Cain, Liz Pahl 00:49:12 Brian Unger is an actor, comedian, producer, director, writer and journalist who has had a robust career spanning over four decades in the entertainment industry. Brian talks with host Liz Pahl about his upbringing in Ohio, his experience at Ohio University, being David Letterman’s intern, working as a producer and correspondent for CBS news, and his role at The Daily Show during it's beginning years. Liz and Brian also chat about his appearances in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Yellowstone and SO much more. Brian’s versatility in the entertainment industry has allowed him a storied front row seat to the changing landscape of media. Brian Unger is an actor, comedian, producer, director, writer and journalist who has had a robust career spanning over four decades in the entertainment industry. Brian talks with host Liz Pahl about his upbringing in Ohio, his experience at Ohio University, being David Letterman’s intern, working as a producer and correspondent for CBS news, and his role at The Daily Show during it's beginning years. Liz and Brian also chat about his appearances in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Yellowstone and SO much more. Brian’s versatility in the entertainment industry has allowed him a storied front row seat to the changing landscape of media. i heart media, david rogowski, it's always sunny in philadelphia, lizz winstead, madeleine smithberg, jon zellner, brian unger, the daily show, cbs news, leanne ford, yellowstone, how the states got their shapes, ohio university, the lawyer false full 8 bdba95f4-9a9f-481e-97d0-1ab7b1994c17 Writer and Producer Kate Hagen Read Kate Hagen’s incredible essay: Fat Girls On Film: https://letterboxd.com/journal/fat-girls-on-film

Read Kate Hagen’s article: In Search of the Last Great Video Store: https://blog.blcklst.com/in-search-of-the-last-great-video-store-efcc393f2982 and her TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scqUwK8lgpE

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]]> Mon, 7 Oct 2024 02:28:16 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Liz Pahl, Kate Hagen) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/writer-and-producer-kate-hagen-vhcarR6v Read Kate Hagen’s incredible essay: Fat Girls On Film: https://letterboxd.com/journal/fat-girls-on-film

Read Kate Hagen’s article: In Search of the Last Great Video Store: https://blog.blcklst.com/in-search-of-the-last-great-video-store-efcc393f2982 and her TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scqUwK8lgpE

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]]> Writer and Producer Kate Hagen Liz Pahl, Kate Hagen 00:33:43 This episode features Kate Hagen, an LA based writer, producer and Senior Vice President of the Blacklist. The Black List is a writer centric community and ecosystem that helps writers get their work read more widely in the entertainment industry. We chat about about Kate's personal journey into Hollywood, her article Fat Girls on Film and the current state of body diversity on screen. We also spent time talking about Kate’s hometown of Cincinnati and how it’s becoming a major filmmaking destination city. This episode features Kate Hagen, an LA based writer, producer and Senior Vice President of the Blacklist. The Black List is a writer centric community and ecosystem that helps writers get their work read more widely in the entertainment industry. We chat about about Kate's personal journey into Hollywood, her article Fat Girls on Film and the current state of body diversity on screen. We also spent time talking about Kate’s hometown of Cincinnati and how it’s becoming a major filmmaking destination city. the oscars, benihana, columbia college, ohio, the black list, cincinnati, writer, los angeles, kate hagen, francis ford coppola, the bikeriders, fat girls on film, film, producer, euphoria, sharon rooney false full 7 160d5af1-ae17-4585-94e9-e2ac9b38f574 Francis Ford Coppola and the Fat Girl in Ohio Follow the Heart of It All Podcast on Instagram: @heartofitallpod

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Read Kate Hagen’s incredible essay, Fat Girls On Film: https://letterboxd.com/journal/fat-girls-on-film

Follow Melissa Baumgart on X: @fatgirlinohio

Check out Melissa Baumgart’s piece, You Have to Fail A Little: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/06/13/you-have-to-fail-a-little-on-hearts-of-darkness/


Super nerd alert, to dig even further down the rabbit hole- Check out Tetragrammaton Rick Rubin’s interview with Edward Norton about Marlon Brando (starts at 2:12:00), very interesting insight into Marlon Brando.

]]> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 04:05:05 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Kate Hagen, Melissa Baumgart, Rodney Hill, Adam Rich) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/francis-coppola-fat-girl-in-ohio-kTCFWk_4 Follow the Heart of It All Podcast on Instagram: @heartofitallpod

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Read Kate Hagen’s incredible essay, Fat Girls On Film: https://letterboxd.com/journal/fat-girls-on-film

Follow Melissa Baumgart on X: @fatgirlinohio

Check out Melissa Baumgart’s piece, You Have to Fail A Little: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/06/13/you-have-to-fail-a-little-on-hearts-of-darkness/


Super nerd alert, to dig even further down the rabbit hole- Check out Tetragrammaton Rick Rubin’s interview with Edward Norton about Marlon Brando (starts at 2:12:00), very interesting insight into Marlon Brando.

]]> Francis Ford Coppola and the Fat Girl in Ohio Kate Hagen, Melissa Baumgart, Rodney Hill, Adam Rich 00:20:01 In this episode we take a deep dive into Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now, and his “Little Fat Girl in Ohio” quote from Eleanor Coppola's film, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. Join Host Liz Pahl as she talks to special guests Kate Hagen (the Blacklist), Hofstra Professor Rodney Hill and writer Melissa Baumgart as they unpack the Ohio/Hollywood connection within this famous quote. In this episode we take a deep dive into Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now, and his “Little Fat Girl in Ohio” quote from Eleanor Coppola's film, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. Join Host Liz Pahl as she talks to special guests Kate Hagen (the Blacklist), Hofstra Professor Rodney Hill and writer Melissa Baumgart as they unpack the Ohio/Hollywood connection within this famous quote. marlon brando, liz pahl, heart of darkness, documentary film, apocalypse now, joseph conrad, eleanor coppola, captain willard, kate hagen, francis ford coppola, a filmmaker's apocalypse, film, william kurtz, rodney hill, martin sheen false full 6 a3d47446-12d4-44fa-9bcf-c78318a1ac9a Film Director Chelsea Stardust Episode Notes: 

Here's a great article from CANVAS on Cleveland Filmmaker Robert Banks.

Find out more about Ohio University's School of Film.

Great talk with Wes Craven on his childhood and beginning his career as a filmmaker.

Watch All That We Destroy on HULU.

Watch Satanic Panic here.

Follow Chelsea on Instagram: @chelseastardust    

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter and Instagram: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich and produced by Liz Pahl and Assistant Producer Rory Ball. 

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:30:00 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Chelsea Stardust, Rory Ball, Adam Rich, Liz Pahl) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/film-director-chelsea-stardust-rip_W9kr Episode Notes: 

Here's a great article from CANVAS on Cleveland Filmmaker Robert Banks.

Find out more about Ohio University's School of Film.

Great talk with Wes Craven on his childhood and beginning his career as a filmmaker.

Watch All That We Destroy on HULU.

Watch Satanic Panic here.

Follow Chelsea on Instagram: @chelseastardust    

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter and Instagram: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich and produced by Liz Pahl and Assistant Producer Rory Ball. 

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Film Director Chelsea Stardust Chelsea Stardust, Rory Ball, Adam Rich, Liz Pahl 00:38:37 In this Episode we are thrilled to talk with Horror Film director Chelsea Stardust. We talk with Chelsea about film school, working with power houses Ivan Reitman, Judd Apatow and Jason Blum (0:00-19:12), directing two feature films, Chelsea's take on the Ohio/Hollywood connection (19:12-26:25) and about the magnificent career of Cleveland's own, Director Wes Craven (26:26-38:00). *This episode includes just a smidge of explicit language.* In this Episode we are thrilled to talk with Horror Film director Chelsea Stardust. We talk with Chelsea about film school, working with power houses Ivan Reitman, Judd Apatow and Jason Blum (0:00-19:12), directing two feature films, Chelsea's take on the Ohio/Hollywood connection (19:12-26:25) and about the magnificent career of Cleveland's own, Director Wes Craven (26:26-38:00). *This episode includes just a smidge of explicit language.* blumhouse, wes craven, chelsea stardust, ivan reitman, all that we destory, ohio, director, jason blum, robert banks, cleveland, hollywood, hulu, horror, insidious, ohio university film school, judd apatow, athens, filmmaker, satanic panic false full 5 9b3f452c-984a-42ec-9a86-aadaa1c276f1 Writer and Scriptnotes Producer Megana Rao This episode was recorded in December of 2022

Hear Megana’s fantastic work on the Scriptnotes podcast 

Power of the Pen- Ohio’s Original Interscholastic Creative Writing Program for Middle Schools 

Glee (2009-2015) TV series based in Lima, Ohio 

Heathers (1988), a dark comedy set in fictional Sherwood, Ohio written by Ohioan Daniel Waters

Bad Sisters- Written by Sharon Horgan 

Follow Megana Rao on Twitter : @meganarao

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter and Instagram: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich and produced by Liz Pahl and Assistant Producer Rory Ball. 

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:30:00 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Rory Ball, Megana Rao, Liz Pahl, Adam Rich) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/writer-and-scriptnotes-producer-megana-rao-eNj_Cz6n This episode was recorded in December of 2022

Hear Megana’s fantastic work on the Scriptnotes podcast 

Power of the Pen- Ohio’s Original Interscholastic Creative Writing Program for Middle Schools 

Glee (2009-2015) TV series based in Lima, Ohio 

Heathers (1988), a dark comedy set in fictional Sherwood, Ohio written by Ohioan Daniel Waters

Bad Sisters- Written by Sharon Horgan 

Follow Megana Rao on Twitter : @meganarao

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter and Instagram: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich and produced by Liz Pahl and Assistant Producer Rory Ball. 

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Writer and Scriptnotes Producer Megana Rao Rory Ball, Megana Rao, Liz Pahl, Adam Rich 00:39:55 We are very excited to have Megana Rao featured in this episode! Megana is a Screenwriter and Podcast Producer for Scriptnotes. Megana joins us to talk about her experience growing up in Ohio, working with screenwriting legends John August and Craig Maizin and her personal journey becoming a writer. We also discuss the iconic TV series GLEE (based in Lima, Ohio!) and many other connections between Hollywood and Ohio! We are very excited to have Megana Rao featured in this episode! Megana is a Screenwriter and Podcast Producer for Scriptnotes. Megana joins us to talk about her experience growing up in Ohio, working with screenwriting legends John August and Craig Maizin and her personal journey becoming a writer. We also discuss the iconic TV series GLEE (based in Lima, Ohio!) and many other connections between Hollywood and Ohio! chris columbus, glee, sex lives of college girls, ohio, bad sisters, dayton, scriptnotes, heathers, barbie movie, scriptwriting, hollywood, steven spielberg, r.l. stine, greta gerwig, drew carey show, megana rao, white lotus, john august, craig maizin false full 4 2fa4a03c-d8d7-402c-ae24-4b6a4ff72c9c Comedy Writer Dan O'Shannon Show notes:

A fantastic 1976 article about Jack Hanrahan : the Laugh-In writer who started the "Cleveland being a joke" phenomenon!

Jimmy Kimmel and Tom Holland clip on Cleveland, The Browns and the Russo Brothers. 

McHale’s Navy: Tim Conway was from Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich, Audio Supervisor at WOUB Public Media 

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2022 04:00:00 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Dan O'Shannon, Adam Rich, Liz Pahl) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/comedy-writer-dan-oshannon-ZTvHxrxh Show notes:

A fantastic 1976 article about Jack Hanrahan : the Laugh-In writer who started the "Cleveland being a joke" phenomenon!

Jimmy Kimmel and Tom Holland clip on Cleveland, The Browns and the Russo Brothers. 

McHale’s Navy: Tim Conway was from Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich, Audio Supervisor at WOUB Public Media 

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Comedy Writer Dan O'Shannon Dan O'Shannon, Adam Rich, Liz Pahl 00:32:42 Comedy writing veteran Dan O’ Shannon (Cheers, Frazier, Modern Family) talks to us about his influences, the moment he decided he’d become funny, his favorite character to write, and of course, the Hollywood and Ohio connection. Comedy writing veteran Dan O’ Shannon (Cheers, Frazier, Modern Family) talks to us about his influences, the moment he decided he’d become funny, his favorite character to write, and of course, the Hollywood and Ohio connection. writers, jimmy kimmel, patricia heaton, the russo brothers, ohio, tom holland, comedy writer, frazier, dan o'shannon, cleveland, cheers, hollywood, sitcoms, modern family, ty burrell, tv writer false full 3 949a1b6d-a6fb-4b67-81fe-3d5c90371d8d The Mother of Hollywood LA Curbed article written by Hadley Meares on the Mother of Hollywood!

Vanity Fair, Old Hollywood Book Club article with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

For history buffs; a very cool article on the Street Car and Hollywood. Lots of details about Daeida and Harvey Wilcox. Also some really cool photos of Paul de Longpre’s gorgeous estate.

 

Follow Hadley Meares on Twitter: @hadleymeares

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This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich, Audio Supervisor WOUB Public Media

Support provided by WOUB Public Media.

]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000 heartofitallpod@gmail.com (Hadley Meares, Adam Rich, Liz Pahl) https://heart-of-it-all.simplecast.com/episodes/the-mother-of-hollywood-UPtUGq6V LA Curbed article written by Hadley Meares on the Mother of Hollywood!

Vanity Fair, Old Hollywood Book Club article with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

For history buffs; a very cool article on the Street Car and Hollywood. Lots of details about Daeida and Harvey Wilcox. Also some really cool photos of Paul de Longpre’s gorgeous estate.

 

Follow Hadley Meares on Twitter: @hadleymeares

Follow Heart of it All on Twitter: @heartofitallpod

This episode was edited and engineered by Adam Rich, Audio Supervisor WOUB Public Media

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]]> The Mother of Hollywood Hadley Meares, Adam Rich, Liz Pahl 00:19:45 Los Angeles based journalist and historian Hadley Meares talks with us about the Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge. And just GUESS where Daeida is from? This story is quite possibly THEE origin story of the Ohio and Hollywood connection. Los Angeles based journalist and historian Hadley Meares talks with us about the Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge. And just GUESS where Daeida is from? This story is quite possibly THEE origin story of the Ohio and Hollywood connection. carol lombard, hadley meares, woub, heart of it all, mother of hollywood, old hollywood, ohio, podcast, npr, hollywood, clark gable, daeida wilcox beveridge false full 2 c82c723e-8511-4d85-9562-76508b72b2b3 Heart Of It All Trailer Follow us on social media: 

Twitter: @heartofitallpod

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Web: www.lizpahl.com/heartofitall

 

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]]> Heart Of It All Trailer SoVery Media/Heart Of It All LLC 00:03:38 Hollywood may have a little crush on the State of Ohio. Heart Of It All is a new podcast dedicated to uncovering the Ohio-Hollywood connection! Host and Creator Liz Pahl will interview historians, film critics, prominent Ohioans and the brilliant film industry professionals behind movies and tv shows like Family Ties (Columbus, Ohio), WKRP in Cincinnati, Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, West Wing, Glee, CBS's Ghosts and so much more! Hollywood may have a little crush on the State of Ohio. Heart Of It All is a new podcast dedicated to uncovering the Ohio-Hollywood connection! Host and Creator Liz Pahl will interview historians, film critics, prominent Ohioans and the brilliant film industry professionals behind movies and tv shows like Family Ties (Columbus, Ohio), WKRP in Cincinnati, Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, West Wing, Glee, CBS's Ghosts and so much more! heart of it all, ohio, hollywood false full 1