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DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley

"A podcast about making things up and making things happen." L.A.-based writer-performer Dennis Hensley believes that art and creativity make the world go around and make life worth living. Each week, he interviews a different creative person each about what they do, why they do it, and how they manage the ups and downs of a creative life. Some guests are famous, some are less so...all are what Dennis describes as "beautiful strugglers." Past guests have included authors, actors, photographers, musicians, screenwriters, acrobats and one visual artist who makes cartoons centered around dead houseflies.

Singer-Actor Blake McIver: "I Beat the Girl that Beat Leann Rimes"

85 hours 4 mins; January 18, 2019

Author & Entrepreneur Anna David: "Positive Vibes, Damnit!"

66 hours 31 mins; December 28, 2018

Imagined Life-rs Stephanie Jenz & Michael Selditch: "It All Starts on the Spark Page"

64 hours 14 mins; December 17, 2018

Game Designers Ariel Rubin & Juliana Patel: "I Think We'd Be Great"

71 hours 13 mins; December 11, 2018

Startups Guru Andrew Miller: "You Have to See Around the Corner"

64 hours 19 mins; November 17, 2018

Creativity-Productivity Specialist Sam Bennett: "Weird Kids Rule!"

66 hours 14 mins; October 29, 2018

1985 Filmmaker Yen Tan: Another Sign of Incoming Gayness

77 hours 38 mins; October 22, 2018

YOU DON'T KNOW MY LIFE! "That Sandwich Is My Jam-wich"

85 hours 15 mins; October 19, 2018

Uncabaret Creatrix Beth Lapides: "I'm Not Good with Hate"

49 mins; October 09, 2018

Trump Family Special Creator Danny Salles: "I Built a Station Wagon..."

51 mins; October 03, 2018

"Hot to Trot" Filmmaker Gail Freedman & dancers Ernesto Palma, Emily Coles and David Estrada: "I Dance for Life"

28 mins; September 15, 2018

Story Worthy podcast host Christine Blackburn: "That Girl's Got a Hamster In Her Pocket!"

57 mins; September 11, 2018

Barrymore Brands President & Revolver Owner Chris Miller: "Flower Is Also a Verb!"

82 hours 57 mins; August 30, 2018

Secret Movie Club founder Craig Hammill: "Life is a Hoot"

84 hours 3 mins; August 21, 2018

Actress Haviland Stillwell (Santa Jaws): "A Rubber Chicken From Harvey Fierstein"

64 hours 15 mins; August 13, 2018

Homophilia co-host Matt McConkey: "I Want My 'Big Mistake, Huge' Moment"

86 hours 58 mins; August 06, 2018

Filmmaker Quentin Lee ("Gay Hollywood Dad"): "I Make Movies Because I Have To"

60 hours 29 mins; July 30, 2018

Hollywood Tour Operator Philip Mershon: "David Bowie Stole My Earring"

79 hours 29 mins; July 16, 2018

Author Richard Andreoli ("Battle at the Comic Expo"): "The Ruth Buzzi of Circus Performers"

76 hours 49 mins; July 04, 2018

Editor Philip Harrison: "Hold It, Punk! You Ain't Going Nowhere!"

75 hours 33 mins; June 17, 2018

Kristine Oller & the Queer Eye Guys: "Things Just Keep Getting Better"

62 hours 0 mins; June 04, 2018

Filmmakers Mike Roma & Ashley Hillis ("Dating My Mother"): "Elizabeth Moss Liked My Instagram!"

54 mins; May 24, 2018

Filmmaker Matt Kugleman ("Hurricane Bianca"): "Our Moms Only Have 9 Toes"

65 hours 14 mins; May 18, 2018

Performers Jackie Beat & Mario Diaz: "Thank God We're Not Normal"

79 hours 40 mins; May 11, 2018

Christopher Graham & Tod Macofsky AKA Mack & Poppy): "Treacherous on Trash Day"

77 hours 6 mins; May 03, 2018

Actor-Producer Kevin Spirtas: "I Spilled Beer on Elizabeth Taylor"

78 hours 40 mins; April 27, 2018

Playwright Howie Skora: "Nobody's Living the Dream but Andy Cohen"

54 mins; April 17, 2018

Key West Collage: w/ George Fernandez, J.T. Thompson, Dennis Beaver, Paul Menta and Clint from Key Lime Bike Tours

24 mins; April 02, 2018

Scenario Photography Founder John Ganun: "Wow, I Have a Style"

74 hours 43 mins; March 21, 2018

Trump Family Special Team (Tor Hyams, Lisa Rothauser, Mikalah Gordon, Danny Salles): "This Is Our Hashtag Resist"

72 hours 1 min; March 13, 2018

Archie Artist & Writer Dan Parent: "Betty on One Cheek, Veronica on the Other"

45 mins; March 07, 2018

Comic Jim David: "The Chicken Lost His F-ing Lens!"

65 hours 27 mins; February 28, 2018

Playwright Justin Tanner ("El Nino"): "This Play Saved My Life"

78 hours 34 mins; February 19, 2018

Film Junkies Michael Dougherty & Glenn Gaylord: 2017 Movie Wrap-Up

93 hours 29 mins; February 13, 2018

Actor Nathan Lee Graham ("LA to Vegas"): "No One Walks In With a Boa"

79 hours 16 mins; February 07, 2018

Graphic Novelist Joel Craig: "I'd Love to Zap People and Know I'm Not Really Killing Them"

43 mins; January 31, 2018

Writer-Performer Del Shores: "My Monkey Fan Bit Me"

78 hours 17 mins; January 24, 2018

Actor Jack McGee: "I Was Crunchy Wheat"

88 hours 56 mins; January 16, 2018

Audio Drama Creator Kc Wayland: "I Did All of Laurence Fishburne's Footsteps"

64 hours 57 mins; January 11, 2018

Remembering Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds: From Dennis's Detour Interview in 1994

12 mins; December 27, 2017

Eastsiders' Kit Williamson & John Halbach: "Joe Biden Had a Really Good Quote on The View"

99 hours 5 mins; December 15, 2017

Actor-Photographer Bryan Dechart: Greetings from the Path of Totality

27 mins; December 06, 2017

Change Strategist Kristine Oller: Undaunted By Complexity

113 hours 3 mins; November 28, 2017

Bob's Holiday Office Party's Rob Elk, Joe Keyes & Mark Fite: "It's Horrible But It's Also a Crowd Pleaser"

54 mins; November 23, 2017

Actor-Writer Elizabeth Liang ("Alien Citizen"): I Want To Like It Here

47 mins; November 15, 2017

Actor-Writer-Producer Terry Ray: "I Was Secretary to a Dog and the Dog Fired Me""

72 hours 11 mins; November 07, 2017

Actor-Producer Emerson Collins (A Very Sordid Wedding): The Kid That Got Caned Went To My High School

88 hours 12 mins; November 01, 2017

"Gods Own Country" filmmaker Francis Lee & actor Alec Secareanu: "I'm a Big Fan of Hope"

36 mins; October 25, 2017

"Exit Strategy" producers Adam Silver & Jon Imparato: "The Joy of Pfeiffering"

36 mins; October 17, 2017

Comedy Goddess Julie Brown: "My Gay Son Would Care About This"

89 hours 46 mins; October 08, 2017

N2N Bodywear Founder Andrew Makay: "Sexy Doesn't Go Out of Style"

80 hours 21 mins; September 28, 2017

Key West Writer/Publicist Carol Shaughnessy: "Today's the Day"

48 mins; September 22, 2017

Key West tour operator Cody White: "You Have to Start Building Your Costume Repertoire""

22 mins; September 15, 2017

Stashhouse Escape Room Co-Creator Tommy Honton: "I Don't Mind a Little Bit of Light Finding"

92 hours 16 mins; September 05, 2017

A Very Sordid Wedding Premiere w/ Del Shores, Emerson Collins, Ann Walker and more!

20 mins; August 29, 2017

Angeles Forest Supervisor Jeffrey Vail: "I Was Helen Mirren In That Moment"

61 hours 11 mins; August 25, 2017

"Baby Steps" Filmmaker Barney Cheng: "I'm a Parachute Baby"

62 hours 37 mins; August 15, 2017

Yoga instructor Jake Ferree: "I Love Everything Corny"

111 hours 25 mins; August 10, 2017

Financial Mentor-Actor Miata Edoga: "Honoring the Flow of Money"

80 hours 57 mins; August 04, 2017

Performer-Professor Kathleen Antonia Tarr: "Oh, I Need to Be Spock!"

58 mins; July 27, 2017

Love Connie creator John Cantwell: "Always Put a Little Kay Lenz In Your Performance""

86 hours 45 mins; July 19, 2017

Author Michael Callahan: "I Let Cher Have It"

68 hours 23 mins; July 12, 2017

Filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz: "You Made Allan Carr a Hero""

94 hours 27 mins; July 05, 2017

"American Koko" creators Diarra Kilpatrick & Miles Orion Feldsott: "I Have These Sheer Curtains"

92 hours 37 mins; June 29, 2017

RuPaul, Aja, Eureka, Valentina & Morgan from RuPaul's Drag Race: "My Girls Are 100% Polyester"

27 mins; June 20, 2017

Film/TV Writer Chuck Hayward: "OMG, I'm a Job Creator!"

111 hours 53 mins; June 14, 2017

Actor Alex Wyse: "Just Trying to Keep My Heart Safe"

98 hours 2 mins; June 07, 2017

"Feud" Co-Writer Michael Zam: "We Finally Did It"

89 hours 18 mins; May 31, 2017

Screenwriter Bennett Yellin: "The Writers' Mothers Should Be Ashamed"

86 hours 18 mins; May 23, 2017

Comedian Lahna Turner: A Winnie the Pooh Life

66 hours 21 mins; May 16, 2017

Berlin Tour Guide Sebastian Becker: "Lucky Strike, Coca Cola & Wrigley's Spearmint Gum""

48 mins; May 11, 2017

Travelers Jeb Havens & Steven Lee: "Around the World w/ a Coupla Gays""

64 hours 5 mins; May 03, 2017

Recon Founder Shawn Chavez: "Margins Margins Margins"

77 hours 16 mins; April 25, 2017

Actor-Photographer Brandon Shyptowski: "Something I Didn't Know I Needed"

70 hours 23 mins; April 19, 2017

Journalist Karsten Kastelan: "John Woo Never Made Me a Mixtape"

58 mins; April 11, 2017

Musician-Performer Tom Judson: "Stuck On a Boat Between Two Languages"

43 mins; March 31, 2017

Writer Gary Goldstein: "Children of the Cornware"

78 hours 9 mins; March 20, 2017

Matt Zarley: "The Estrogen Sessions" Listening Party

57 mins; March 16, 2017

Journalist & Blogger Greg Hernandez: "I Stepped On Brains Once"

90 hours 35 mins; March 06, 2017

"Six" Actor Jaylen Moore: "Chew On That, Matt Damon"

61 hours 6 mins; February 27, 2017

LGBT Travel Expert Ed Salvato: "Gay Train Travel's a Thing"

75 hours 35 mins; February 14, 2017

GALECA founder John Griffiths: "James Franco Tweeted Us an Art Piece"

94 hours 12 mins; February 07, 2017

L.A. Games Designer Myles Nye: "If You Get Murdered, There's Wine"

70 hours 31 mins; January 30, 2017

Film Junkies Michael Dougherty & Glenn Gaylord: 2016 Movie Wrap-Up

112 hours 4 mins; January 23, 2017

Dancers Kevin Stea & Carlton Wilborn: "Living to Tell"

63 hours 56 mins; January 10, 2017

Comedian Frank DeCaro: "Pig in a Blanket Through a Cinder Block Wall"

89 hours 50 mins; January 04, 2017

"La La Land" Music Supervisor Steve Gizicki: "Here's to the Fools Who Dream"

82 hours 17 mins; December 26, 2016

Garrett Anderson from Spruce 0132: "Hashtag Upside-Down Baby Jesus"

55 mins; December 19, 2016

Kiss Me, Kill Me Premier: Live from the Red Carpet

48 mins; December 12, 2016

"Kiss Me Kill Me" filmmakers Casper Andreas & David Michael Barrett: "I Remember Having to Approve the Sperm"

64 hours 28 mins; December 05, 2016

Drag Superstar Willam Belli: "Loud, Bright and Sparkly"

73 hours 30 mins; November 27, 2016

Radio Host Derek Hartley: "Bill Murray Was Eating a Hotdog"

85 hours 17 mins; October 28, 2016

Writer-Producer Chris Lisotta: "The Land of Tall Bjorks"

64 hours 42 mins; October 20, 2016

Reality TV producer Doug Ross: "Just Be You and Keep at It"

87 hours 10 mins; October 10, 2016

Radio Host Romaine Patterson: "I Will Be Buried with that Jacket"

67 hours 31 mins; October 05, 2016

Dog Trainer Gregg Sokolsky: "Extreme Dog Makeover"

42 mins; September 19, 2016

Author Steven Rowley: "This Book Is About an F-Bomb Dropping Gay"

93 hours 31 mins; September 12, 2016

Filmmaker Steve Balderson: "During Firecracker I Found a Fart Machine"

71 hours 55 mins; September 06, 2016

Filmmaker Cameron Thrower: "On a Ferris Wheel w/ Ryan Gosling for 3 Days"

63 hours 40 mins; September 01, 2016

Actor-Writer-Activist Jen Richards: I'd Rather Fight Demons On the Outside...

90 hours 10 mins; August 23, 2016

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