Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 17 – Mary Trump (Part 2)

Happy Holidays!

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate our first new episodes in over a year than with this weeks guest, Mary Trump. Mary and Mina traveled(!) to New York City to meet Mary, and had such a great conversation with her that we’ll be releasing it all in two parts!

Author of the bestselling books Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man and The Reckoning: Our Nation’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal, Mary Trump combined her background as a Clinical Psychologist with her personal history to shine a light on her family, her uncle “Donald”, and racism in America.

In part 2 of Lady Bam’s conversation with Mary Trump. Mary McDonnell and Mary Trump discuss policy, politics, and The Reckoning. As we reluctantly wrap up our incredible conversation, Mary Trump talks to us about the impetus and intention behind her new newsletter, “The Good in Us”.

Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 15 – John McDonnell

This week on the Lady Bam Podcast, it’s a family affair when Mary’s brother John McDonnell joins us on the podcast. As COO of Clyde’s Restaurant Group in Washington D.C., John has been leading his company through the last few months of changes the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the restaurant industry. His innovative solutions and strategies continue to bring stability and assistance to his restaurants and its employees even in today’s ever-changing climate.

We first spoke with John several weeks ago. This week we returned to the conversation and caught up on Clyde’s support of BLM in part two of the podcast.

The Hamilton, Old Ebitt Grill and Clyde’s DC boarded up in support of BLM

Clyde’s with their new community-painted murals on the windows.

Clyde’s new Pandemic Political Armistice Cocktail Keepsake Jars!

Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 14 – Emily Mann

This week on the Lady Bam Podcast, Mary speaks to her longtime friend and collaborator, playwright and director Emily Mann.  As McCarter Theatre Center’s Artistic Director and Resident Playwright since 1990, Emily wrote 15 new plays and adaptations, directed over 50 productions, produced nearly 180 plays and musicals, supported the work of emerging and legendary playwrights and received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater. Last fall, in her final season at McCarter, she directed her own play Gloria: A Life, starring Mary as Gloria Steinem.  Now as she wraps up her time at McCarter and looks forward to her next act, Emily and Mary discuss their shared experiences in the theatre, what’s next for Emily, and how theatre moves forward in the time of Covid.

 

Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 10 – Gabrielle Beckford and Patrena Murray – Gloria: A Life

Happy New Year! The Lady Bam Podcast is back with the first of two brand new podcasts for a brand new decade! This past fall, Mary starred as Gloria Steinem in Gloria: A Life, at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ. The show featured a dynamic, all-female cast telling Gloria’s story in the first act, and inviting the audience to join them in a talking circle to share their personal experiences in the second act.  While the actors brought Gloria and her contemporaries to life each night, they found many of the messages and history being told on stage impacting and informing their lives. In this episode, Mary is joined by two of her co-stars in Gloria, Gabrielle Beckford and Patrena Murray, to discuss their experiences on and off the stage, in the first of our own Lady Bam talking circles with the cast and creative team of Gloria: A Life.

More about the cast and production of Gloria: A Life