The Actor Factor
Hosted by Diego and Brad and Brad Ashten · Diego Garcia & Brad Ashten
4.5from 23 ratings
- 121
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 23
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 66K
- YouTube views
About The Actor Factor
We're here to bring the industry knowledge to you, first hand, from the working professionals, direct from their mouths! From Talent Agents, Managers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Casting Directors, Editors, Writers, and more, we get to the bottom of breaking into the industry and talk bout how to maintain a steady, long lasting, professional career! We're fortunate to have these artists on our show, real, raw, and uncut, and we are humbled by their knowledge.
- Publisher
- Diego Garcia & Brad Ashten
- Category
- arts · arts · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Feb 2023
- Latest episode
- 7 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
3 of 121 episodes have a transcript.
7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #121 Celebrity Photographer Aaron Farrier
30 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #120 Actor Da'Jour Jones
23 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #119 Film Makers Matt Doherty & Patrick Rieger
Inside a recent episode
Episode #121 Celebrity Photographer Aaron Farrier
Published 7 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I just kind of pushed my way in. And I've been fortunate to make some friends to guide me and introduce me to people. And I mean, I'm still, I feel I've been doing it for four or five years now, but I'm in, I feel like I'm in my infancy still. Like I'm just getting started, you know, looking for representation myself. And in a lot of ways, I feel like an actor, you know, when I send or cold call an actor or their manager, their producer, and I'm sending them the portfolio, I feel like that's my audition. And waiting for that callback and not working for two months. And then all of a sudden you get a job. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Actor Factor
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Aaron Farrier
- Da'Jour Jones
- Matt Doherty
- Patrick Rieger
- Emily Redman Hall
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 65,927
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 67
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Questions about The Actor Factor
Who hosts The Actor Factor?
Diego and Brad and Brad Ashten host the show. Published by Diego Garcia & Brad Ashten.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Actor Factor take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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