Lead with Kindness
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Podcast Overview
<p>Lead with Kindness, hosted by showrunner Melinda Hsu, is a podcast where we talk about how kindness and inclusion, and intentionally fostering both in your environment, leads not only to better business results and higher standards of professionalism but PS - is the right thing to do.</p><br><p>Melinda Hsu is a TV writer-producer who was the showrunner of NANCY DREW as well as the showrunner/co-creator of TOM SWIFT; currently, she is in a development overall at ABC Signature. A lifelong genre geek, she started writing at age 8, when she authored a Star Trek fan fiction novella series on a stack of spiral notebooks in her childhood bedroom in Bangor, Maine. Her TV credits include LOST, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, THE GIFTED, FALLING SKIES, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, MEDIUM, and one-hour pilots for Amazon, Netflix, NBC and Lifetime. For her work on LOST, she was nominated for an Emmy and a Writers’ Guild Award. She is an alum of the Warner Bros. TV Drama Writers' Workshop as well as an alum of and presenter for the WGA Showrunner Training Program. She mentors writers and producers through the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, helped found the Asian American Writers’ Brunch, and also serves on the Executive Board of the Sarah Jones Film Foundation, which fosters set safety through awareness and accountability. Her podcast, Lead With Kindness, is aimed at changing the culture of Hollywood; this series of ten 30-minute conversations is available on Apple Podcasts (IG: @leadwkindness).</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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10/18/2023
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Recent Episodes
January 10, 2024
Service is Transformational w. Ann Blanchard and Rachel Colwell
<p>In our season finale, Melinda is joined by CAA agent Ann Blanchard and First Nations actress Rachel Colwell to discuss the personal benefits of service to others as well as how service is incredibly additive to the health and business of a workplace team. Additionally, they discuss the causes that are meaningful to them, and share how they mentor others in their communities. </p><br><p>Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bayzdi95fst96zfmqqe26/LWK_EP10_Transcript.pdf?rlkey=fvrwhikyyxn9m7ri6cibe3xcb&dl=0</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
January 3, 2024
Safety Is Essential w. DJ Barton and Rorelee Tio
<p>This week, Melinda is joined by script supervisor DJ Barton and stunt coordinator Rorelee Tio to discuss the importance of safety as an element of collaborating with kindness. They discuss incidents where safety was not a priority and how those situations harmed the filming crew and overall production. Additionally, Melinda shares the strategies of the Sarah Jones Film Foundation in fostering set safety throughout the film and television industry. </p><br><p>For more information on the Sarah Jones Film Foundation please visit: <a href="https://www.safetyforsarah.com/the-foundation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.safetyforsarah.com/the-foundation</a></p><br><p>Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n1um5bb6gr95cy3wsbgvu/LWK_EP9_Transcript.pdf?rlkey=3ygwuejv4misg8flsxid1696y&dl=0</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
December 27, 2023
Accountability Prompts Change w. Liz Hsiao Lan Alper and Birgit Zacher Hanson
<p>This week, Melinda is joined by Liz Hsiao Lan Alper, who co-founded Pay Up Hollywood to advocate for fair wages for Hollywood assistants, and executive coach Birgit Zacher Hanson, leader of Heads Up Performance. They share insights on how to hold people accountable in the workplace and how to manage commitments by using the tool of “Who will do what by when?” Additionally, they discuss the abuses and inequities that assistants in Hollywood experience and how we can advocate for more humane treatment in the workplace. </p><br><p>Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lxlexxkvpoe23pap4lyld/LWK_EP8_Transcript.pdf?rlkey=q2vxx08kozji09aewkbwis1ng&dl=0</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Lead with Kindness?
<p>Lead with Kindness, hosted by showrunner Melinda Hsu, is a podcast where we talk about how kindness and inclusion, and intentionally fostering both in your environment, leads not only to better business results and higher standards of professionalism but PS - is the right thing to do.</p><br><p>Melinda Hsu is a TV writer-producer who was the showrunner of NANCY DREW as well as the showrunner/co-creator of TOM SWIFT; currently, she is in a development overall at ABC Signature. A lifelong genre geek, she started writing at age 8, when she authored a Star Trek fan fiction novella series on a stack of spiral notebooks in her childhood bedroom in Bangor, Maine. Her TV credits include LOST, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, THE GIFTED, FALLING SKIES, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, MEDIUM, and one-hour pilots for Amazon, Netflix, NBC and Lifetime. For her work on LOST, she was nominated for an Emmy and a Writers’ Guild Award. She is an alum of the Warner Bros. TV Drama Writers' Workshop as well as an alum of and presenter for the WGA Showrunner Training Program. She mentors writers and producers through the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, helped found the Asian American Writers’ Brunch, and also serves on the Executive Board of the Sarah Jones Film Foundation, which fosters set safety through awareness and accountability. Her podcast, Lead With Kindness, is aimed at changing the culture of Hollywood; this series of ten 30-minute conversations is available on Apple Podcasts (IG: @leadwkindness).</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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