The Firecracker Department

Eva Taylor is a writer, script coordinator, former attorney, and the founder of Chicks with Scripts. Eva’s worked on The Red Line, Paradise Lost, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, and mor…

Our guest today is writer, script coordinator, former attorney, founder of Chicks with Scripts, EVA TAYLOR!

Eva’s worked on “The Red Line” for CBS, “Paradise Lost” for Paramount Network, and “High Sc…

Michelle has been on all our minds all year, just as she’s been on our TV screens all year! From Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe, The Circle, Tales of the City, and Work It!

In this #firecrackerAFTERSH…

Our guest this week is actress, comedian, writer, host, podcaster, producer MICHELLE BUTEAU! You know Michelle from Always Be My Maybe, Tales of the City, Russian Doll, and The Circle on Netflix, The…

Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Nadine Brito @nadine_brito on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now! 😍 If you haven't yet heard this week's e…

Tickets available NOW for our annual (now virtual) Firecracker Department TIFF Party on Sunday, September 13th!

Our guest this week is writer, improviser, actor, producer KAREN GRACI! Karen’s curren…

We streamed a new, LIVE Aftershow to talk about director and Emmy nominee Lesli Linka Glatter's podcast episode. 🧨 Come join us for the chat, streamed live on Facebook, Thursday Sept 3rd at 1pm PT / …

Every first Sunday of the month, I talk to a past guest about what’s going on with them now, and we release it as a bonus episode on the pod!

For the May Spark Chat, I caught up with comedian couple …

Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and firecracker community member Alissa Abeler on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

Andrea has so many diffe…

Our guest on the podcast this week is animator, writer, illustrator, director, artist, ANDREA DORFMAN! She’s written and directed shorts, documentaries, a feature-length musical drama, comedies with …

Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Sarah Potter @ssass34 on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now!

This Aftershow episode, the team chats about …

Our guest this week is actor, singer, TV host, champion of women’s rights, “the Oprah of Afghanistan,” Mozhdah Jamalzadah! She’s inspired women all over the world on her talk show show The Mozhdah Sh…

Happy 1st birthday to the Firecracker Aftershow! 🎈🎂🎈

We're celebrating with our first LIVE Aftershow to talk about actor/activist Carmen Aguirre's podcast episode. We chatted live on Facebook, Thursd…

Lauren and Naomi met on Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-ES set, but their artist connection has extended way beyond actor + executive. Our team identified with learning to fail, writing to talk about how smart yo…

Our guest for your ears and soul today is LAUREN KISILEVSKY, the Vice President of Original Movies at Disney Channel! She’s in charge of creative development of the Disney Channel Original Movies, as…

Every first Sunday of the month, I talk to a past guest about what’s going on with them now, and we release it as a bonus episode on the pod!

For the April Spark Chat, I caught up with actor SARAH MC…

Jet's episode and journey made everyone want to be a part of her work! In this #firecrackerAFTERSHOW we talk about identity, blending labels, leadership on sets, their favourite films, social media'…

Our guest on the podcast this week is director/producer JET WILKINSON! Jet is from Sydney, Australia, and has directed some of Australia’s most popular shows including Wentworth and Home & Away. She …

Celeste made us all laugh this week in her episode and on our Work In Progress panel, and in this #firecrackerAFTERSHOW we talk about selfishness and comedy, playing yourself, improvisation as self-…