The Firecracker Department
Award-winning actor Naomi Snieckus (Second City, Disney’s Zombies) is getting real with fellow artists about their struggles, successes, and everything in between. A new episode is out every 2 weeks.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 238
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Firecracker Aftershow: Kay Cannon
Kay inspired and impressed the pants off our team in her episode. We talk about moving from acting to writing, Kay's philosophy of "jokes & songs" on set, self-care in quarantine, beautiful oops/happ…
Kay Cannon
Our guest on the podcast today is writer, producer, director KAY CANNON! Kay is the writer of the Pitch Perfect franchise, a writer on 30 Rock and New Girl AND the creator of Netflix’s Girlboss. Her …
Firecracker Aftershow: Jerrica Long
Jerrica shared so many goals, writing and career advice, and our team fell in love! We talk about all her wisdom, how you live affects your art, and coming out to yourself. 🧨💥 Catch up with Naomi @sn…
Jerrica Long
Our guest this week is writer, actor, comedian JERRICA LONG! She’s called herself a ‘recovering Hollywood assistant,’ and has worked in writers rooms on Veep, Black-ish, Diary of a Future President, …
Lesli Linka Glatter
Our guest on the podcast this week is Writer, Producer, Director, LESLI LINKA GLATTER! You may know her as the Executive Producer of a little show wrapping up its 8th and FINAL season, called HOMELAN…
Carmen Aguirre
Trigger Warning: This episode contains some sensitive talk about sexual assault.
Our guest this week is a literal revolutionary, CARMEN AGUIRRE. Carmen is an author, actor, playwright, and activist. …
Firecracker Aftershow: Helen Zukerman
Helen Zukerman is the Artist Director and Co-Founder of one of Toronto's best festivals, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF). She leant Naomi her wisdom on leadership, being okay with the answer …
Helen Zukerman
Our guest on the podcast today is HELEN ZUKERMAN! Helen is the Artist Director and Co-founder of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF). Helen also runs the Zukerman Family Foundation with her daug…
Andra Gordon
Firecracker Aftershow: Marie Clements
Marie has been changing the world with her stories for decades and this week her new film Red Snow is being released! We loved listening to her interview and chatting about the incredible viewpoints …
Marie Clements
Our guest this week is writer/director Marie Clements! Marie's first dramatic feature RED SNOW comes out digitally THIS FRIDAY! That’s right, Friday May 15th you can find RED SNOW on Apple TV. I had …
Firecracker Aftershow: Sydney Poitier Heartsong
Sydney Poitier Heartsong
Our guest this week is a beautiful soul I’ve been blessed to work with…. SYDNEY POITIER HEARTSONG! You know her from Carter, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, Chicago PD, Veronica Mars, being one of t…
Firecracker Aftershow: Jess Salgueiro
Catch up with our firecracker core team members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill Anna @tooconvoluted and Avelyn @avelyn.graye and what they thought of the @JessSalgueiro episode! Jess Salguerio i…
Firecracker Aftershow: Ophira Eisenberg
Catch up with our firecracker core team members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Anna @tooconvoluted, and what they thought of the @OphiraE episode! Let us know what resonated wi…
Firecracker Aftershow: Jenna Ricker
Catch up with our firecracker core team members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Chelsey @chelseymackenzie as we talk about the Jenna Ricker episode. She's sharp and focused, fill…
Firecracker Aftershow: Sarah McVie!
Catch up with our firecracker core team members Naomi @snieckus Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Veronica Martin @veronicaannemartin as we talk about the Sarah McVie episode! Let us know what res…
Live Spark Chat: Kat Barrell
Every first Sunday of the month, I talk to a past guest about what’s going on with them now! For the February Spark Chat, I caught up with actor KAT BARRELL, from Workin’ Moms and Wynonna Earp! We ta…
Raf: Double Feature!
Our guests this week are a special combination of cast and crew from the same film, Raf! Producers Sara Blake and Charlie Wells are up first, followed by actor Jesse Stanley. We talked about the film…
Renuka Jeyapalan
Our guest this week is director RENUKA JEYAPALAN! She’s directed award-winning shorts and films, episodes of Kim’s Convenience, Workin’ Moms, Murdoch Mysteries, The 410, and more! She’s also directin…