Season 1, Episode 1 - Crystal McCrary, award-winning film, television producer, director and author


ABOUT CRYSTAL MCCRARY:

Crystal McCrary is an award-winning film, television producer, director and author. She began her career practicing entertainment law with the New York City firm of Paul Weiss before leaving to pursue a full-time career in writing, directing and producing.  Since that time, she has written for several magazines, published two New York Times best-selling novels, and produced original programming for TV & Film including HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE, GOTHAM DIARIES and INSPIRATION: Profiles of Black Women Changing Our World.  She also produced the independent film DIRTY LAUNDRY (FOX Films) and for six seasons Ms. McCrary served as co-creator/executive producer for the NAACP Image Award nominated BET documentary series LEADING WOMEN and LEADING MEN which profiled women and men who have impacted the country socially, politically and culturally. She also created and executive produced the three-part documentary series INSIDE: Black Culture profiling The Studio Museum in Harlem, Evidence Dance Company and Abyssinian Baptist Church. 

Ms. McCrary directed and produced the feature-length documentary along with Amar'e Stoudemire, LITTLE BALLERS, which premiered on Nickelodeon Sports in February 2015.  She also produced and directed the Nickelodeon Sports series  LITTLE BALLERS INDIANA with WNBA ALL-Star Skylar Diggins which premiered March 2017.  She ha also produced a documentary about the history of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

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Living Your Dream with Crystal McCrary, Award-winning Producer, Director and Author

About Kassandra Reinhardt

Ottawa-based Yin & Vinyasa yoga Instructor, YouTuber, author, and the face behind Yoga with Kassandra, Kassandra Reinhardt, is on a mission to help people of all ages feel great with yoga. As one of the first yoga instructors to embrace online teaching, her Yoga with Kassandra YouTube channel has grown to more than 2 million subscribers and has over 190 million views. 

Kassandra started practicing yoga over a decade ago. She was a dancer at the time and was hoping yoga would benefit her flexibility. While taking these classes, she realized the mental health benefits, including managing her own stress and anxiety. Before Kassandra started practicing yoga, she barely had any energy, couldn’t quiet her mind for a single minute and always seemed to have aches and pains. Once she started practicing regularly, bit by bit she became stronger, calmer and braver. Yoga is now ingrained in her daily life in a fundamental way and with Yoga with Kassandra, she strives to bring yoga into the daily routine for people from any age or walk of life. 

In 2014, Kassandra decided to begin posting instructional yoga videos on YouTube. At the time, she was a recently certified instructor and was struggling to find teaching jobs. She wanted to share her expert knowledge to a wide audience and always loved YouTube, so she thought it would be fun to try out this new platform. When she started, she was one of the only people teaching Yin Yoga online and now, 8 years later, she is able to continue to share this passion with featured videos including topics on yoga for athletes, morning yoga, Yin Yoga for your nervous system (combating burnout), mental health & emotional healing, and more. 

With over 2 million people in her online community,  Kassandra has truly provided accessibility to yoga.  Having studied under Louise Cameron, Sianna Sherman and Bernie Clark, she began her career as a yoga instructor in 2013 and has now created a space in the yoga community with her specialized bitesize approach of 10 minute morning classes.  These allow viewers to make yoga a realistic part of their morning routine.  What started as her own personal sadhana to ease stress and anxiety quickly unraveled into her greatest passion, an exciting career and a whole new way of life. Her aim with every video is to create accessible, easy to follow yoga classes that you can do in the comfort of your own home.   By allowing her expertise to be one free click away, she is breaking down the financial barriers of expensive classes, the locational barriers of needing to commute to a physical studio, and removing the intimidation factor some students may feel in front of others.
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Living Life Purposefully with Kassandra Reinhardt, Acclaimed Yoga Instructor and YouTuber

Season 1, Episode 2 – Resa Aslan, Bestselling Author, professor, and Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer (2018)


ABOUT RESA ASLAN:
REZA ASLAN is a leading expert in world religions. He is also an internationally renowned writer, professor, and an Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer. His books, including his #1 New York Times Bestseller, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (over a million copies sold), have been translated into dozens of languages around the world. His latest book is An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville (October 2022). He is a recipient of the prestigious James Joyce Award.

His producing credits include the acclaimed HBO series The Leftoversand the CBS comedy United States of Al. Aslan is also the host and Executive Producer of two other original television programs: Rough Draft with Reza Aslan on Topic, and CNN’s documentary series, Believer. He served as an Executive Producer on the ABC drama, Of Kings and Prophets, and on the Emmy-nominated documentary series The Secret Life of Muslims.

In 2006, Aslan co-founded BoomGen Studios—the premiere entertainment brand for creative content from and about the Middle East—which has provided an array of targeted services ranging from strategic messaging to grassroots marketing to publicity and social media outreach, to producers, studios, and filmmakers.

Aslan’s first book, International Bestseller No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has been translated into seventeen languages, and was named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade by Blackwell Publishers. He is also the author of Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age (originally titled How to Win a Cosmic War), and God: A Human History, as well as editor of two volumes: Tablet and Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, and Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalties, Contentions, and Complexities.Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth has been translated into twenty-seven languages worldwide and is soon to be a major motion picture with a script co-written by Aslan and Oscar- screenwriter, James Schamus.

Spirituality and Living with Resa Aslan, Bestselling Author, Acclaimed Producer

Season 1, Episode 3 – Interview with Dayna Farris-Fisher, entrepreneur, speaker, and advocate for women’s health issues (2018)


ABOUT DAYNA FARRIS-FISHER:

Dayna Farris-Fisher’s courageous journey began when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and (later) fallopian tube cancer while having lost health insurance; received treatments and went through recoveries. She now lives in the moment, celebrating life and joy with loved ones. Her story will inspire you to seize today; and, live fully, passionately, and with gratitude for all that exists in your life.
 
Dayna is an entrepreneur, speaker, and advocate for women’s health issues and support. She has written for CNBC, and her story has been exclusively featured in congressional testimony.

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The Fight for Women's Bodily Autonomy with Dayna Farris-Fisher, Advocate for Women’s Health

Season 1, Episode 4 - Garcelle Beauvais, Actress, Television Personality, Former Fashion Model (2018)

About Garcelle Beauvais

Named one of PEOPLE Magazine’s highly-coveted 50 Most Beautiful in 2014, Haitian-born actress Garcelle Beauvais continues to expand her horizons in film and television with several high-profile current projects, which shows her unique blend of humor, compassion and dramatic skills.  She was recently named as co-host of the highly-rated daily syndicated show “Hollywood Today Live,” opposite Ross Matthews, Kristen Breckman and Tanner Thomason. The show, which appears on Fox TV stations across the country, has been picked up for a second season.

On the big-screen, Beauvais segues into hit Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures co-production of "Spider-Man: Homecoming,” the high-profile reboot which stars Tom Holland.  She joins a cast that includes Michael Keaton, Marissa Tomei, Zendaya and Robert Downey Jr.  

Garcelle is best known for roles in "The Jamie Foxx Show" and "NYPD Blue,” as well as, recent stints on "Franklin & Bash,” “Grimm,” "The Mentalist” and “Eyes.” Film roles include “Wild Wild West,” “White House Down,” “Barbershop 2: Back in Business,” and “Bad Company,” opposite Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins; the independent film, “Small Time,” alongside Chris Meloni and Bridget Monahan, and directed by Joel Surnow; and, “Flight,” starring Denzel Washington. Garcelle also shot the short film “Eyes to See,” which focuses on the Haiti earthquake, inspired by the writer/director’s personal involvement with the Haitian relief effort right after the tragedy.

In addition to her busy schedule as an actress, Garcelle’s been inspired by motherhood to write a children’s book series entitled I AM addressing identity issues relevant to many children today. The first book, I AM MIXED, about being siblings of mixed ethnicities.

Garcelle supports the Step Up Women’s Network, a national non-profit that empowers women and girls to be strong and reach their full potential. She is also active with March of Dimes, Children Uniting Nations, and Yele Haiti Foundation.

Follow Your Passion with Garcelle Beauvais, Actress, Television Personality, Fashion Model

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