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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 11 – Kate Mulgrew

A starship captain and the president of the universe walk into a bar… well, almost! Lady Bam podcast traveled to New York City to speak to the one and only Kate Mulgrew. Mary and Kate sat down for an amazing talk, discussing Kate’s new book “How to Forget: A Daughter’s Memoir”, their experiences growing up in Irish-American households, her recent play in New York “The Half-Life of Marie Curie”, and much more. Lady Bam Podcast is thrilled to bring you this long-awaited episode.

Learn more about Kate’s new book, “How to Forget: A Daughter’s Memoir”

Download the audio book of Kate’s play, “The Half-Life of Marie Curie”

Special thanks to Amy Imhoff for helping to make this episode possible.

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

Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 8 – Battlestar Galactica Reunion LIVE from Pensacon 2019!

So Say We All! Lady Bam Podcast traveled to the Saenger Theatre in Pensacola, Florida to take part in an epic Battlestar Galactica reunion as part of Pensacon 2019, and we’re thrilled to be able to share the full panel with our listeners for the first time ever as a podcast!

President Roslin and the Lady Bam herself, Mary McDonnell, led a special cast reunion panel with Michael Hogan (Saul Tigh), James Callis (Gaius Baltar), Michael Trucco (Sam Anders), Tricia Helfer (Six), Tahmoh Penikett (Helo) and Leah Cairns (Racetrack).

Taking place on the eve of the 10 year anniversary of the end of the series, the panel reminded us just how special this show was, and what an extraordinary group of people it brought together to bring it to life. Discussing character arcs, reminiscing and debating the idea of a revival (spoiler alert: the cast is ready, and even has an idea!), this is a BSG panel unlike anything you might have heard before. They say that all this has happened before – but it only happened this first time in Pensacola!

Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 7 – Stacey Abrams

It started, as it often seems to these days, with a tweet:

And when you’ve been the President of the Twelve Colonies, and an invitation like that is sent into the universe, what else can you do but respond? Lady Bam Podcast hit the road, and traveled to Atlanta to meet with the one and only Stacey Abrams. Mary and Stacey’s mutual respect and admiration for each other’s work set the stage for a lively and wide-ranging discussion on politics, what her experience in the gubernatorial election taught her about her passions to effect change for her constituents, as well as the influence that pop culture has played in her life as she’s drawn strength from Woman Presidents, Starship Captains and Police Commanders to inform and inspire her own work as she looks to her political future. Listen now as Leader Abrams and President Roslin’s summit takes place!

Lady Bam Podcast with Mary McDonnell – Episode 6 – Dr. Erin Macdonald

Mary McDonnell speaks to Dr. Erin Macdonald, Phd.in Astrophysics, and space and science fiction speaker and consultant, on her experiences as a woman in science, how pop culture has informed her life and career choices and much more.

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