Podcast Producer
Writer | Director | Editor
The first Film Festival reViews show recorded 2006
C.A. Kotlar Turchyn, founder, writer, producer, and host of Film Festival reViews (2006-present), is a seasoned professional in independent and art house films, filmmaking, music in film, film festival circuit, festival operations, and marketing strategies. Christina searches out conversations with filmmakers and industry professionals on current trends in film and television in and around the film festival circuit worldwide, highlighting women in film breaking through the cracks in the celluloid ceiling. Attending regional, national, and international film festivals, she moderated panels and one-on-one conversations and was a regular co-host on herFlix. With over sixteen years of podcast love, she records and edits the show and offers support and training for new podcast hosts and their shows, organizing the story to invoke a human connection with their listeners.
First Online With Fran
Frances McGarry is an actor, arts advocate, and activist. Her podcast First Online With
Fran’s “There’s No Place Like Art” features ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the Arts to make our world a deeper, richer, kinder place to live.Guests include actress Marsha Mason, who performed in The Trauma Brain Project about victims of sexual abuse. Greek scholar and Artistic Director of Persona Theatre, Avra Sidiropolou, directed the world premiere of Karen Malpede’s Troy Too in New York City in May 2023, on divisive issues we face as a global community, such as climate change and racism.In April 2023, AMAZON PODCASTS selected First Online With Fran (FOWF) as one of the best Arts podcasts, garnering over 12K downloads. In June 2023, Blubrry, one of the largest podcast hosting platforms, awarded her podcast the “Countries Reached (50)” badge. This badge means her show has been listened to in at least 50 countries worldwide.
TESTIMONIALS
Christina has been my podcast’s director, editor, and producer since 2017. Lessons on the finer aspects of listening to my guests, she coached me into self-confidence, putting my guests at ease and making the exchanges lively, engaging, and entertaining.
Guiding me through the technical aspects of good audio using the best resources for building the show’s audience, Christina produces high-quality shows. Thanks to her expertise, First Online With Fran is recognized as an Amazon award-winning podcast with a 13k+ audience spanning fifty countries.
VERY HONORED: THANK YOU TO Host Frances McGarry and First Online with Fran and Podcast Producer Christina Kotlar, and the whole team for this conversation where I talk about my new award-winning solo show Baggage From BaghDAD: Becoming My Father’s Daughter and how the story of my father fleeing Iraq in 1941 parallels what is going on in the world today. Click on this link where we talk about how the play relates to current times.
https://firstonlinewithfran.com/…/valerie-david…/
I also talk about the phenom award-winning documentarians who are champions of preserving the Iraqi Jewish culture: Carole Basri and Adriana’s Voice and mention their latest “Saving the Iraqi Jewish Archives”–thank you to Carole and Adriana for all they do! Thank you to Naomi Carter for the photo in performance and the little boy is my beloved dad in Baghdad!
Yuri's House of Chords
A historically/hysterically accurate and inaccurate account of life as a working musician and what it takes to survive a player’s life purpose. Includes excerpts from recorded conversations that went on long into the night or upon returning from a gig, with curated background music, flowing wine, toking flower delivered to the door, and whirling thoughts of “aha” moments.
Yuri was a poet, musician, and sound magician who introspectively concentrated on his product, presentation, performances, and the best way to tune a room. His acoustic audio skills created sound sculptures. The newsletter and podcasts also includes love letters, lyrics, and lore from an artist and a man on a mission of recognition and redemption.
