Pals with Bill Wadman
Infrequent Interviews With People I Know
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 14 in total of Pals with Bill Wadman with the tag “interview”.
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Episode 44: Clay Williams - Photographer
February 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
black food folks, interview, new york city, photographer
Food world photographer Clay Williams is well known in culinary circles. He's spent much of the last decade photographing food and the people who make it in NYC and around the world.
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Episode 43: Matt Carr - Portrait Photographer
January 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
celebrity, interview, photographer, photography, portrait
Today we're in Matt Carr's kitchen discussing his beginnings in photojournalism in the midwest, how photography took him to Alaska and Prague and London, and what happens in the photo press rooms at Sundance.
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Episode 42: Noah Prince - Gaffer
March 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 22 mins
gaffer, interview, lighting, movies, tv, union
Noah Prince has worked as a gaffer, best boy, and electrician in the TV and film industry for more than a quarter century.
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Episode 41: Dr Benjamin Brush - Neurologist
January 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 18 mins
doctor, interview, neurologist
Ben Brush is interested in just about everything, just like me, except that he's got the bona fides to back it up. Having worked in research labs on brain machine interfaces and then spent the last 10 years between Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham, and NYU hospitals becoming a board-certified Neurologist. Oh and he's also hiked all 2184 miles of the Appalachian Trail solo in 135 days. I have so many questions.
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Episode 36: Molly Magerman - Footwear Designer
July 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
designer, footwear, interview, shoes
Our young friend and footwear designer Molly Magerman is heading back to the west coast, so took the opportunity to talk to her about outsoles, lasts, and manufacturing shoes in China. It's fascinating stuff.
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Episode 31: Dave Keener - Songwriter
October 31st, 2019 | 1 hr 51 mins
folk, interview, music, songwriter, tunes
One of my earliest NYC friends, songwriter Dave Keener and I take a walk down the road of his musical life and we get to hear Dave play a few of his amazing songs along the way.
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Episode 26: Alex MacDonald - Tap Dancer
March 7th, 2019 | 1 hr 40 mins
dance, dancer, history, interview, jazz, tap, tap dancing
Take a trip through the history of tap dancing with my friend and dancer Alex MacDonald. Learn about its origins in the post-slavery 19th century, the trials that early African American dancers went through to perform, and how the art form is changing in the present with a bunch of amazing new performers. Plus at the end of the show, Alex puts on his shoes and give us a short demonstration of a lot of what we discussed. It's a do-not-miss episode.
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Episode 25: Andrea Bartz - Thriller Author
February 28th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
author, book, interview, writer
Andrea Bartz's first novel "The Lost Night" was released this week at a bookstore near you. Come along as we discuss the whole process from her first pages back in 2014, to finding an agent, pitching publishers, all the way through the editing process and more! And don't worry, since it's a mystery we stay largely spoiler free...
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Episode 24: Louise Hung - Death Positive Writer
February 16th, 2019 | 1 hr 45 mins
death, death-positive, dying, funeral, hong kong, interview
Come tour the 20 places writer Louise Hung has lived, drop into the political reality of Hong Kong, find out what it's like to live in Japan, and discuss whether the LA theater scene exists as a feeder for Hollywood. And all of this before we get to where we really start in on a deep dive about the death positve movement. Perhaps not for the faint of heart, but I found the conversation fascinating and hope you will too.
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Episode 23: Gigi Chen - Painter
February 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 34 mins
artist, conversation, illustrator, interview, painter, talking
Painter Gigi Chen didn't start out as an animator like most of her bios say. She started out as a kid with a set of colored pencils deep in the borough of Queens. We discuss her obsession with bowerbirds, how a 'No' response doesn't mean anything, and what it was like for her to switch from oils to acrylic paints. Come along for the ride.