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Nick Dawson talks with filmmakers, musicians and comedians whose work he loves, avoiding the mundane, predictable questions they&#8217;ve heard numerous times and instead asking substantive, thoughtful questions that get to the heart of who they are.

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Clara Mann

Angel Marcloid is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, and visual artist based in Chicago. Her latest record as Fire-Toolz, Lavender Networks, is out now on Warp.

Angel Marcloid

Lauren Bousfield is an electronic musician, composer, and sound designer based in Los Angeles. She releases music under her own name and her project Nero’s Day at Disneyland. The latest Nero’s release, the Grand Opening EP, is out now.

Lauren Bousfield

Music

Fire-Toolz and Nero’s Day at Disneyland Are Really Active Listeners

Eric Slick is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has performed and recorded with Dr. Dog, Taylor Swift, The War on Drugs, Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby, Ruston Kelly, Adrian Belew, Ween, and many others. Eric has released several studio albums, including 2024’s New Age Rage. In addition to his work as a recording artist, he composes music for film and advertising. He scored The Good Mother, starring Hilary Swank, which received an international theatrical release. He is also currently working on a documentary about legendary drummer Bernard Purdie.

Eric Slick

Inside the Bounce House, Part 1

Lip Critic is an electropunk band based in Brooklyn. Their latest record, Theft World, is out now on Partisan.

Lip Critic

Adult DVD is a dance-punk band from Leeds. Their self-titled debut is out now on Fat Possum.

Adult DVD

Lip Critic and Adult DVD Have a Sense of Humor

Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) is a filmmaker and artist whose work explores Indigenous homeland, language, and cultural continuity through experimental and nonfiction media. His latest film, <a href="https://www.skyhopinka.com/powwow-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powwow People</a>, is out now. His films have screened at Sundance, Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, among others. Hopinka’s work has been featured in the Whitney Biennial and the Centre Pompidou. He is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and a past recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Radcliffe Institute and Sundance Institute.

Sky Hopinka

A Love Letter to Powwows

Devin Smock is an independent filmmaker, writer, and small business owner based in Jacksonville, Illinois. He is the writer-director of the feature film <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollerfilm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holler</a>, co-founder of Subterranean Sound &amp; Vision, and co-owner of both Street Trash and Pizza Records. He also contributes film writing and reviews to MoreHorror.com and Critical Screening. His work is rooted in independent film, regional filmmaking, and creating art and businesses outside the traditional industry system.

Devin Smock

Film

The Record Store That Accidentally Became My Film School

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer

Cara Jade Myers is currently starring in the Native period drama How We Stand, which she also produced. She had her breakthrough role acting opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert DeNiro in Martin Scorsese&#8217;s Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon in 2023. A member of the Wichita and Kiowa tribes, she also starred in the 2025 action thriller Ice Fall, opposite Joel Kinnaman. Myers is also a writer, documentarian, and passionate about showing the next generation of Native kids that they too can get a foot into film and television; she teaches workshops on reservations and also created CRASH Cares to create care packages for the unhoused. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two pups. Follow her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cara.jade.myers/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. (Photo by Darklisted Photography.)

Cara Jade Myers

Stories of Beauty and Strength

Song of Rimbaud

Warped depravity in pop bubblegum packaging, Emma Higgins is a writer and director interested in telling stories she hasn’t seen before through a genre lens. Emma’s debut feature as writer-director, <a href="https://fela.tv/work/special-projects/sweetness-first-look/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sweetness</a>, premiered at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival to rave reviews and is out now in theaters. A coming-of-age story for the digital age exploring the line between innocent fandom and twisted obsession, it stars Kate Hallett and Herman Tømmeraas. A self-taught filmmaker, Emma established herself directing commercials and music videos, helming Jessie Reyez&#8217;s music video “No One’s in the Room,” which earned the esteemed Video of the Year win at the 2021 Juno Awards. Emma currently lives in Los Angeles, where she enjoys living amongst the coyotes and nurturing the filmmaking community.

Emma Higgins

Sinking into Sweet Uncertainty – Otherwise Known as Making a Movie

Writer-director Carmen Emmi’s award-winning debut feature,<a href="https://www.magpictures.com/plainclothes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Plainclothes</a>, starring Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia and Amy Forsyth, premiered at Sundance in 2025, was released theatrically by Magnolia and is out now on digital. Set in 1997, the film follows a promising undercover officer assigned to entrap gay men, who defies professional orders when he falls in love with one of his targets. Emmi is a filmmaker with deep roots in Syracuse, New York, where he grew up in a family of farmers. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Carmen began his career as an independent Director of Photography, contributing to a range of projects, including short films, commercials, and feature-length productions. (Photo by Lindsy Avritch.)

The Age of Innocence with Libby Watson

861: Brenda Storch Argues Chicago Might Be America’s Mexican Food Capital

Mood Board: Sen Morimoto’s Time Is On Your Side

Three Great Things: Alexander Payne

The New Death Valley Girls Record is “Deeply Neptunian”

860: Anoop Pillarisetti Built Momofuku Ko’s Reservation System and Shake Shack’s Kiosks. Then He Opened Strange Delight.

1015. – Chris & Jason

Paula Cole

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