How I Got Over
Artists Roads to Success
I’ll hearken back to my journalist days, and will interview authors, entertainers, and artists of all types.
They are passionate, committed and put in the hard work. They’ve made great gains. Achieved success. Each with their own definition of what success means to them. What they’ll have in common is striving with integrity, and lifting up others as they climb.
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Nathaniel Stampley: Broadway Theater Star. Featured Orchestra Singer. Grateful.
Beloved Children’s Book Author Reflects on Her Childhood to Write Heart-Tugging, Relatable Stories
Kate DiCamillo is a highly-awarded children’s book author with 40 million books in print, translated into 43 languages. Her books have also spawned four movie adaptations, and a Libretto, with a full opera on the way. Kate recently joined How I Got Over. Artists Roads to Success podcast founder and host Lora Hyler in conversation. She shared why she doesn’t shy away from writing for children about the highs and lows of life, provided advice to anyone who wants to write, and discussed how she’s survived the pandemic to date.
Meredith Shea, Director of Industry Relations for ARRAY Crew
This podcast episode features Meredith Shea, a top executive at ARRAY. Founded in 2011 by filmmaker Ava DuVernay, ARRAY is a Peabody award-winning multi-platform arts and social impact collective dedicated to narrative change. Meredith spearheads industry relations at ARRAY Crew, the personnel database designed to connect below-the-line crew, with a special focus on the amplification of women, people of color and other underrepresented film and television professionals with studio executives, department heads and producers. ARRAY Crew is supported by all of the major studios and streamers, including: Warner Bros. Discovery, A24, Amazon Studios, Apple TV+, Disney, FOX, Lionsgate, MGM, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Membership is FREE for anyone 18+ with at least one verifiable production credit. Join Here: https://arraycrew.com
Suzanne Jurva
Steven Spielberg. Tom Hanks. Oprah.
Suzanne has worked with each of these Hollywood heavyweights and has been involved in all forms of storytelling. She’s worked as a feature film development executive at DreamWorks SKG. She created and headed the research department at DreamWorks. She’s worked on such movies as Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Minority Report, AI, The Lost World, Gladiator, Prince of Egypt, and Men in Black.
Her films have screened at 50 film festivals around the world. She’s partnered on films for the Library of Congress, International Medical Alliance-Haiti Aid, Wisconsin Public Television (6 documentaries), NBC News, Fox, MTV, BBC and Showtime.
She worked with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions on Super Soul Sunday, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and more. Suzanne continues to work with Tom Hanks, and Dreamworks. In our podcast episode, available June 7, we discuss:
- Her amazing career
- Her mentorship of women
- Her decision to base her filmmaking in Wisconsin
- Her films such as Messwood (2021) featuring the Shorewood and Messmer HS combined football team, Pet Names (2018), Yoopera! (2015), and more.
Suzanne is in pre-production on her latest film, Pink Moon.
Abby Ginzberg
Abby Ginzberg has the unique talent of discovering passionate individuals and bringing their accomplishments to the forefront through documentary filmmaking. Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power is her latest film. Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s story is one of a champion for little heard voices in America. Her mentors included the first African-American woman who ran for president of the U.S., in 1972, Shirley Chisholm. As we herald the 50th anniversary of Chisholm’s run, Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power powerfully demonstrates how mentorship is changing the very fabric of this country.
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power documentary
Lissa Jones
Lissa Jones is a ‘public intellectual.’ She received the moniker from the Chair Emeritus of American History at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She makes history enlightening and accessible through her weekly radio program, Urban Agenda, aired on KMOJ Radio – the oldest black-owned and operated station in Minnesota.
Additionally, Lissa hosts Black Market Reads, a project of The Givens Foundation for African American Literature produced in partnership with iDream.tv.
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My Podcast Taping Site
Oscar winner John Ridley’s Nō Studios in Milwaukee, just blocks from Fiserv Forum, home of the Milwaukee Bucks. I’ve contracted with them to ensure top quality productions.
Music
I’m thrilled to contract with George Nash, Jr., a 4-time Grammy nominated producer, writer and arranger, and mastermind behind True Music Group. His 25+ years of musical creations are influenced by Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, and Soul.
His artistry has earned him 4 No. 1 hits, and 7 Top 10 hits on Billboard’s R & B, Adult Contemporary, and Urban Contemporary charts. He’s worked with a slate of artists, such as: Eric Benet, Faith Evans, Chrisette Michele, Leidisi, Earth, Wind and Fire, Tamia, Eddie Levert (O’Jays), and many more. He’s scored film soundtracks on Hollywood Blockbuster hit: Batman & Robin; A Thin Line Between Love & Hate (featuring Martin Lawrence); and Glitter (featuring Mariah Carey).