Contributors

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Host

Brigitte Bako

Host Brigitte Bako has starred in movies, written hit shows, and survived Hollywood with only minor emotional scarring—but there’s one saboteur who’s been with her the whole time: her vagina. In this fearless, funny, and sometimes filthy podcast, Brigitte revisits the wildest misadventures of her career, relationships, and sex life—guided (and misled) by her most unreliable co-pilot, her vagina. From choosing bad movie roles based on hot actors, to visiting Parisian sex clubs in Spanx, to realizing her vagina may have officially retired without telling her—this is Lies My Vagina Told Me. Part memoir, part therapy, part cautionary tale—and all inappropriate in the best possible way.

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Producer

Jacques Thelemaque

Jacques is a co-founder of the Los Angeles filmmaking group, Filmmakers Alliance. As President, he built the grassroots collective into an important independent filmmaking community and resource organization with films screening at every major festival in the world. He's overseen the production of hundreds of films and developed a wide range of innovative and dynamic filmmaking support programs.

https://filmmakersalliance.org/
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Leah Sherman

Leah Sherman is a graphic designer, illustrator, and proud dropout of two theatre schools.  She currently co-hosts the podcast The Cancer Pod, which sounds depressing as hell, but it is both informative and entertaining. Leah also co-produces Lies My Vagina Told Me, hosted by her dearest friend, whom she’s known for over 30 years, which is wild since they’re both clearly 23.

Guests

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Bianca Leigh

Bianca Leigh is an actress, singer, writer, and educator who has starred in Broadway's Oh, Mary! and her own one-woman show, Oh, Bianca! She has also appeared in the films Transamerica, Hurricane Bianca, and Lavern Cox's documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen. 

https://www.instagram.com/bianca_leigh2000/
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Blossom

Blossom is the world's worst driver, but the best girl. She was raised by her mumma, Joyce, and later adopted by her neighbors in Laurel Canyon after her mumma passed away. She is truly a Lady of the Canyon.

https://youtu.be/Weqt7UcxRrs
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Gary Lippman

Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York’s Innocence Project. 

Lippman’s play Paradox Lust ran off-off-Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, Upstate Diary, Open City, Sex And Design, and 8 By 8, while his visual art can be seen at apocalippy.com


Having lived in Illinois, Florida, California, and France, Lippman can now be found in what used to be called “Fun City” with his Hungarian wife Vera and his whenever-he’s-inclined-to-visit adult son Gabriel.


(from garylippmanofficial.com)

https://rarebirdlit.com/i-wish-therefore-i-am/
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George Zaverdas

George Zaverdas (Zaver) is a late bloomer filmmaker coming from 26 years of film market research. He is the director of the award-winning short films, David & Goliath and Unspoken. George is a founding member of Filmmakers Alliance, a non-profit film collective. 

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Greg Cope White

Greg Cope White is a screenwriter, producer, and author. He served six years in the Marines and earned the rank of Sergeant, then packed his honorable discharge and moved to New York City to study acting and writing.


Followed by another move to Los Angeles, where he got his writing break via a job with Norman Lear.


In addition to writing the best-selling memoir The Pink Marine, he’s written television shows and movies produced by CBS, NBC, Fox, Disney, Comedy Central, HBO, and Netflix.


Known for writing comedy with a heart, he sought to write a memoir through that same lens.


His memoir sold to Sony and Netflix, is produced by Norman Lear, with Greg a writer and producer.


The series, Boots, is now streaming on Netflix.


(Bio adapted from thepinkmarine.com)

https://www.thepinkmarine.com/
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Guy Furrow (Miss Guy)

Guy Furrow (a.k.a. Miss Guy) is best known as the lead singer of Toilet Boys, and as a pioneer in the DJ world having been one of the first Open Format DJs, and as a cutting-edge songwriter and solo artist. His musical sensibility and style were nurtured in the rock scene of New York City with mentors including Deborah Harry and Boy George.

 

With the Toilet Boys, Guy toured the US, Europe, and Asia with Blondie, The Ramones, Rancid, The Damned, Joan Jett, Motorhead, The Donnas, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Guy continues to collaborate with Debbie Harry in musical ventures and as her make up artist. 

As a DJ, he took New York by storm at the legendary party, SqueezeBox! He has spun in booths all over the world from Tokyo to Milan to London including events for Bon Appetit Magazine, MAC Cosmetics and MAC Pro, Marc Jacobs, Bideawee, Bailey House, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. 

https://www.guyfurrow.com/
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Johanna Stein

Emmy-nominated Writer/Producer/Director/Actor/Animation Showrunner/Slash Overuser, Johanna Stein was born in Winnipeg, Canada, to a pair of American hippie intellectuals who smoked cannabis on the daily. She acted in some movies, went viral with the video MomHead, and wrote several episodes of G Spot, a series based somewhat on the life of Brigitte Bako.

If you are a parent to a young child, chances are that you have seen at least one animated show that she has written, produced, developed.

https://jojostein.com/
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Kimberly Huie

Kimberly Huie is a dynamic actress, producer, and storyteller best known for her unforgettable turn as Roxy on G-Spot. A versatile performer with a sharp comedic edge and deep dramatic range, Kimberly has brought her talent to film, television, and theatre. Her screen credits include Self Made, Grey’s Anatomy, Blacklist, and, most recently, Very Merry Mystery. Off-camera, she’s an acting coach and Pilates maven. Kimberly joins Brigitte on the podcast with that same bold spirit—smart, funny, and refreshingly real.

https://www.kimberlyhuie.com/
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Mia Sara

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Michael Des Barres

Rock star, actor, radio icon, mentor, and Marquis—Michael Des Barres is a true legend. From his breakout in To Sir, With Love to his turn as Murdoc on MacGyver, he’s captivated audiences on stage and screen for over five decades. As the frontman of Silverhead, Detective, Chequered Past, and the supergroup The Power Station, Michael brings raw charisma and rock ’n’ roll soul to every performance. Whether performing, acting, or hosting on-air, he remains the ultimate raconteur—equal parts rebel, romantic, and rock royalty.

https://michaeldesbarres.com/
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Pamela Des Barres

Pamela Des Barres is a rock ’n’ roll trailblazer whose teenage Beatlemania led her straight into the heart of the 1960s L.A. music scene, where she befriended and dated members of The Byrds, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and more. 


Her candid diaries became the iconic memoir I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, followed by Take Another Little Piece of My Heart, Let’s Spend the Night Together, and Let It Bleed: How to Write a Rockin’ Memoir


Today, she’s celebrated as an author, rock historian, journalist, podcast host, and creative-writing instructor who continues to inspire others to share their own stories.


(Adapted from pameladesbarresofficial.com)

https://www.pameladesbarresofficial.com/
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Roxana Shirazi

Roxana Shirazi was born in Iran into a very politically active family. She moved to England when she was 10 years old during the Iran/Iraq war. At 14, she wrote her first novel. Her most recent book, Dead Iranian Girl, describes her perilous journey back to Iran, traveling through the Middle East, smuggled on horseback, risking imprisonment, only to discover she was no longer welcome in her home country.

https://roxana-shirazi.co.uk/
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Shawn Holly Cookson

Three-time Emmy Award nominated costume designer Shawn-Holly Cookson has worked with legendary actors including Fran Drescher, Renee Zellweger, James Franco, Samuel L. Jackson, directors including Nicholas Cage and the late, great Rob Reiner, and of course, Brigitte Bako! 


Beyond Hollywood, Shawn Holly is expanding her creative voice into the fine art world, starting with her art exhibition Share the Wealth in Japan, she is bringing her bold visual storytelling to an entirely new canvas.

https://www.instagram.com/shawnhollydesigns/
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Victoria Haas

Victoria Haas has lived many creative lives. After a successful career in Hollywood, she took an unexpected turn, stepping away from acting to manage the estate of her father, the legendary photographer Ernst Haas. Immersed in the art world, she preserved and promoted his groundbreaking legacy while discovering new dimensions of her own artistry. Now, coming full circle, Victoria returns to acting with a deeper sense of purpose and perspective—proving that every pivot is part of the performance.

https://ernst-haas.com/