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Ch03.Podcast04 Emma Monk

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For TAOS Chapter 3, Episode 4 of the TAOS podcast, hosts Lauren Bailey and Nick Cain have the great pleasure of speaking to actor, producer, disability advocate, business owner and acting coach, Emma Monk (Grey's Anatomy, Nickelodeon's Hopefuls, and LGBTQIA+ film Let's Go Below the Rainbow) about the perspective required to embrace a creative career.

Emma has such a vibrant personality, go get ‘em attitude and an impressive international career, and talked about her decision to return to the Australian arts Industry following success overseas, finding her voice in the spirit of authentic representation, embracing teaching through her acting studio, TrueSCREEN, in Australia’s 7th largest city (truedat), Newcastle, and her latest development project inspired by her own recent journey with a diagnosis of functional neurological disorder.

In This Episode We Talk About:

- US vs Australian stories

- Embracing the LGBTQIA+ community overseas

- Leaving on a jet plane (or the return home)

- Regional access and the importance of community

- Starting a business

- Throwback to Noora Niasari's experience filming in Beirut

- Navigating a new way through life with a disability diagnosis

- Her latest producing project

- Tangible tools and anchoring objects

- Conundrum: The importance of lived experience

Resources:

Learn more about Emma’s Studio @truescreenacting @ https://www.truescreen.com.au/
Listen to our full interview with Throwback Guest Noora Niasari in TAOS Ch1.Podcast 15

Connect with Emma Monk on IG:

@the.emma.monk

This episode was edited by audio editor, Brandon Bourke, our interview with Emma was filmed and recorded at Sawtooth Studios, Newcastle, and the chats between Nick and Lauren at Wisecast Studio, Sydney, with theme music expertly crafted by Jared McFarlin, inspired by the sounds of Anita Quayle from Chapter 2 of The Act of Storytelling. A big thank you to throwback guest and good friend of TAOS, Noora Niasari, from Chapter 1 Podcast 15, and of course to Emma Monk for her time, tenacity and positive approach to facing the thresholds that present themselves

In TAOS Chapter 3, Nick & Lauren connect to a bunch of great artists at different phases of their artistic journey, and unpacking some wisdom and tangible tools during each episode, ultimately inspiring us all to tell better stories.

Each episode features a catch up with our hosts, interviews with diverse creatives, throwback to wisdom from previous guests, a creative conundrum, reflections on the creative journey and inspiration. Season guests include: Esther Anatolitis, Dr.Simon Longstaff, Andrea Denholm, Matt Zeremes, Guy Edmonds, Madeleine Dyer and more.

Connect with us on IG:

@actstorytelling
@laurenbaileycreative
@nickcainofficial

This podcast was recorded across the lands of the Awabakal people, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and the Wurundjeri, Woi-wurrung and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to Elders past and present. For over 60,000 years this land has been a place of storytelling, learning and community and we are privileged to continue that tradition on these unceded lands.

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