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  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting with Ryan Orr about editing and up-cycled art. Timestamps (3:27) Who is Ryan Orr? (7:11) Upcycling. (11:22) What is it like creating commissioned art? (18:45) How long do Ryan’s projects take? (30:04) Ideation. (36:45) Is Ryan organized? (40:53) Editing. (50:28) Switching from Adobe Premiere Pro to DaVinci […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting with Ryan Dembroski about his roles as producer, pilot, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Timestamps (3:07) Who is Ryan Dembroski (7:31) Staying local vs moving to LA. (14:19) Ryan and the pandemic. (23:51) UWM. (27:52) Working with what you have. (36:55) Best Milwaukee frozen custard? (41:31) Ryan the filmmaker. […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting account management and producing with Julia Smith. Timestamps (6:15) Who is Julia Smith? (15:12) Directing. (18:17) Backflip layoff (23:08) Be Grounded: Mental Health & Yoga Therapy (1:00:29) Podcasting (1:04:47) Two truths and a lie.

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting music and composing with Joshua Stromer. Timestamps (2:36) Who is Joshua Stromer? (3:27) How do you teach music during a pandemic? (11:12) Josh’s kids. (16:22) How did John and Ryan meet Josh? (18:44) The first project. (21:52) EV Land – Electricity (47:29) Who choreographed the dance for […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting with Brent King, Communications Director for the Diocese of Madison. Timestamps (5:00) Brent’s origin story. (24:24) Creating high quality content. (28:41) Priests for Our Future Campaign. (41:42) What are the challenges of being a communications director for a diocese? (45:11) What was Brent’s experience during the pandemic? […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting about our Christmas video, Backflip to the Future with our editors, Jeff and Andrew Timestamps (9:39) How does Backflip come up with it’s Christmas videos? (15:45) Fleshing out the script. (19:27) How was Andrew’s experience working on this Christmas video? (23:18) Video breakdown. (1:41:31) Live streaming software. […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting with Michael Graf about his Emmy award-winning writing and directing. Timestamps (3:11) Who is Michael Graf? (15:59) The Last Indian War. (20:36) What does optioning a script mean? (22:10) What is the ideal optioning scenario? (27:02) How has the transition to online/remote work been for Michael? (37:48) […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting with Sarah Kochan about entrepreneurship. Timestamps (3:32) Who is Sarah Kochan? (4:51) Sarah’s origin story. (10:31) How has the switch to online learning worked for Sarah? (12:43) Sarah’s second business. (15:09) Does Sarah help people with more basic business coaching? (16:47) How do you scale a service […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, we’re chatting with Carolyn Averill about turning an in-person gala to a livestreamed event. Timestamps (4:30) Who is Carolyn? (7:45) The first ever virtual St. Ambrose Gala. (9:15) The inspiration for the event. (13:01) What are the pros and cons of a virtual event. (25:18) The mega doc. (27:56) […]

  In this Happy Hour podcast, Ryan and John chat about hunting, shopping and thankfulness. Timestamps (3:42) Opening weekend hunt! (50:34) Thankfulness. (59:22) What are John and Ryan thankful for?