Workshopping

Sam and Steph warp up their first season of Workshopping. Stay tuned in the next few weeks for the premiere of Season 2 with some exciting, wild, weird, and worthy guests!

Sam and Steph can't say enough about this amazing lady, wow-ing them in every direction. Alison Haislip, an actor, host, gamer, super-gamer, lover of smart things, producer, and gem of a human lands at the MCP studios this week to chat about all the work, career, and life things. After binging the Workshopping library she already knew all the damn questions, and nailed them of cour

Meghan Helsel, one of Sam and Steph's nearest and dearests, joins Workshopping this week to deep dive into her resonant history from esteemed Center for the Arts boarding school Academia to Oxford student and theater actor to landing roles as a television actor... where she discovered banal dialog on TV shows was not fulfilling her bright mind. Thank God! Now, Meghan uses her limit

This week Sam and Steph are joined by the multi-talented Ryland Blackinton and he is just beyond-beyond entertaining! Although more appearances by his alter-ego Griff, the grumpy YouTube music production tutorialist, were requested, he makes a brief debut you won't want to miss. From Theater kid to Guitarist in the acclaimed band Cobra Starship, to Songwriter and Producer to Compos

You can HEAR the joyful smile across Lee Clay’s face by the end of this episode… as he navigates Sam and Steph through his career path from theatrical actor, to long-time independent film producer, to his current position (with no end in sight) as a financial advisor, specializing in sustainable and long term impact investing. A conversation about investments has never felt so

Welcome to the very first in-person MCP VV episode, where Sam and Steph welcome the unmatched joyous and vivacious Kristin Stanley! S & S met up with Kristin IN REAL LIFE, to discuss her dreams of becoming a movie star, to actually becoming a singer / songwriter. She bounced into working at several amazing radio stations, waited tables at The Punch Line in SF, wrote jingles for fun

Sam and Steph are joined by the loveliest of lovelies this week, Evelyn Taft. Evelyn is not new to the broadcast journalist game; in fact she's almost an old timer for such a young woman! Active as a weekend anchor, line producer, carried sports segments, fully produced and edited her own reporting, and now leads as prime time meteorologist on LA's KCAL 9 for over a decade, Evelyn

Alex joins Sam and Steph this week as a storyteller to end all storytelling. A master at relationships, reading a room, knowing his worth, and how "not to be a dick as a boss," Alex takes us on a wild ride up his career path, one step at a time. He breaks down how to get ahead, patiently and productively, in this risky business. From his days as a camp counselor, to his first enter

Sam and Steph strap in to chat with each other for some much needed couples therapy. From lost wedding rings to everyday banter keeping their marriage strong, they also discuss creativity and their paths toward it, ideal days, financial disagreements and how to balance work, life and self care.

Steph and Sam welcome the immeasurable Adam Shapiro and his sidekick Shappy (same guy, same vibe, more layers). They follow his journey from celebrity assistant to consistent working actor (to say the LEAST), cofounder of an LA based theatre company, then sideways to the inventor / baker of the only epic Philly soft pretzel found outside its home state. Throw your AirPods in and en