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The Vertical Buzz
The Vertical Buzz is the media platform covering the rapidly evolving world of vertical entertainment
Episodes
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Sky Kawai & JP Parkhill | How Waterboy Became a Vertical Drama Hit: The Vertical Buzz S4E1
🎬 What happens when one risky vertical drama becomes an entire franchise? On this episode of The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with actor Sky Kawai…
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Richard Sharrah | Hollywood Said No But Verticals Changed Everything: The Vertical Buzz S3E13
What happens when Hollywood tells you hard work isn't enough, but a new entertainment revolution gives you a second chance? 🎬📱 Richard Sharrah has lived…
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Sal Paskowitz | Hollywood Is Doing Vertical Wrong: The Vertical Buzz S3E12
What happens when a Hollywood screenwriter decides the future of entertainment is vertical, but refuses to let an algorithm tell him what stories to make? 📱🎬…
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Nicole Mattox | The Role That Changed Everything: The Vertical Buzz S3E11
What does it take to become one of the recognizable faces of vertical entertainment in just a few years? 📱🎬 This week on The Vertical Buzz, Buzz sits down with…
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Nate Thomas | From BattleBots to Vertical Microsports: The Vertical Buzz S3E10
What happens when you build a sport specifically for the way people watch entertainment today? 📱🏆 This week on The Vertical Buzz, Buzz sits down with Nate…
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Kevin Singer | How Vertical Video Is Changing Political Campaigns: The Vertical Buzz S3E9
What happens when political campaigns move from the television screen to the phone? 📱🎥 This week on The Vertical Buzz, Buzz sits down with Kevin Singer…
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Zak Shaikh | The Data Is In... Vertical Entertainment Is Exploding: The Vertical Buzz S3E8
What happens when you stop guessing about the future of entertainment and start looking at the data? 📊📱 This week on The Vertical Buzz, we sit down with Zak…
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Larry Namer | The E! Founder Who Saw Vertical Coming 8 Years Ago: The Vertical Buzz S3E7
What if the future of vertical entertainment looks a lot like the past of cable television? 📱📺 Larry Namer has seen this movie before. As the co-founder of E!…
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Kasey Esser | The Vertical Star Who Took Verticals to The Tonight Show: The Vertical Buzz S3E6
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Kasey Esser, one of the most recognizable…
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Gary & Edmund Entin | Hollywood Twins Go Vertical: The Vertical Buzz S3E5
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with twin brothers Gary & Edmund Entin, the…
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Richard Cambridge | AI, Gran Turismo, & The Future of Film: The Vertical Buzz S3E4
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with British actor, producer, entrepreneur, and…
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Jackson Tiller | Why Everyone Wants This Leading Man: The Vertical Buzz S3E3
🎙️ This Week on The Vertical Buzz Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with one of…
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Scott Brown | What MrBeast Taught Me About Storytelling: The Vertical Buzz S3E2
🎙️ Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer welcomes Emmy-nominated director, writer, and producer…
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Brooke Moltrum | How Verticals Changed My Life: The Vertical Buzz S3E1
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. Season 3 begins with one of the brightest stars in vertical entertainment, Brooke…
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Chris Nguyen Campbell | How Great Vertical Films Are Made: The Vertical Buzz S2E13
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with acclaimed director Chris Nguyen Campbell…
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Chris Crema & Matthew Ko | Inside Knockout Shorts at Sunset Las Palmas: The Vertical Buzz S2E12
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, we're on location at the legendary Sunset Las Palmas Studios in…
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Chase Mattson | The Dad Behind Vertical’s Leading Man: The Vertical Buzz S2E11
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Chase Mattson, actor, model, father of…
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Blair Bai | Inside DramaWave’s Vertical Revolution: The Vertical Buzz S2E10
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Blair Bai, Head of Executive Producers for…
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Troy Brookins | Hollywood Goes Vertical with MicroHouse Films: TVB S2E9
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Troy Brookins, actor, producer, former…
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Darren Darnborough | From WeAudition to VertiCast: The Vertical Buzz S2E8
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Darren Darnborough, an actor…
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Nick Ritacco | Pirates, Shakespeare, and Vertical Fame: The Vertical Buzz S2E7
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Nick Ritacco, a Chicago-born actor…
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Paul Ruddy | From Emmy Winner to Vertical Casting: The Vertical Buzz S2E6
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Emmy Award-winning casting director Paul…
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Eric Guilmette | Vertical's Most Romantic Leading Man: The Vertical Buzz S2E5
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Eric Guilmette, one of the most…
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Royce Lundquist | Surfing the Vertical Wave: The Vertical Buzz S2E4
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Royce Lundquist, one of the most exciting…
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D'Arcy Smith | Vertical Acting Goes to School: The Vertical Buzz S2E3
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where the vertical entertainment world finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with D'Arcy Smith from the University…
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Felix Merback | Vertical's Smoothest Villain: The Vertical Buzz S2E2
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where the vertical entertainment world finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Felix Merback, one of the…
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Tina Contogenis | A Talent Agency Goes Vertical: The Vertical Buzz S2E1
This week on The Vertical Buzz, Season 2 kicks off with the person who helped legitimize the vertical space in Los Angeles. Host Buzz Leer sits down with Tina…
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The Vertical Drama Love Fan Awards | The Vertical Buzz Season 1 Finale: Episode 12
Welcome to the Season 1 finale of The Vertical Buzz. This is a special edition episode and a full preview of the Vertical Drama Love Fan Awards happening this…
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Rick Shepherd | Pushing Vertical Boundaries: The Vertical Buzz Episode 11
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz. Host Buzz Leer sits down with actor, writer, and director Rick Shepherd to talk about what happens when a traditionally trained…
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Emma Reinagel | Vertical Acting in 9:16: The Vertical Buzz Episode 10
This week, Buzz is joined by Emma Reinagel, one of the most highly sought-after rising stars in the vertical entertainment world. Emma and Buzz break down what…
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Noah Fearnley | A Vertical "Love Story" : The Vertical Buzz Episode 9
This week on The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Noah Fearnley, one of the most in-demand actors in vertical entertainment right now, to talk…
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Danny Farber | Directing in 9:16: The Vertical Buzz Episode 8
This week on The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Danny Farber, a Chicago-born director, actor, writer, and producer who has been crushing it in…
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Molly Anderson | Welcome to Verticalandia: The Vertical Buzz Episode 7
This week on The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Molly Anderson, one of the most dynamic leading ladies in the vertical space, to talk about what…
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Kylie Karson from CheraTV | A True Vertical Visionary: The Vertical Buzz Episode 6
This week on The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Kylie Karson—actor, director, and co-founder of CheraTV—for a deep dive into where vertical…
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Cayman Cardiff | The Vertical Acting Playbook: The Vertical Buzz Episode 5
This week on The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Cayman Cardiff—one of the leading male actors in verticals—to talk craft, career strategy, and…
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Aaron Feder | Coordinating Safety & Intimacy on Vertical Film Sets: The Vertical Buzz Episode 4
Description In filmmaking, some of the most powerful moments can also be the most dangerous—or the most vulnerable. In this episode of The Vertical Buzz, host…
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Michael Naizu | Acting for Vertical Films: What no one tells you: The Vertical Buzz Episode 3 (Part 2)
Description In Episode 3 (Part 2) of The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer continues his conversation with Michael Naizu, an Asian American actor, writer…
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Michael Naizu | Acting for Vertical Films: What no one tells you: The Vertical Buzz Episode 3 (Part 1)
Description What does it take to act in vertical films? In Episode 3 (Part 1) of The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Michael Naizu, an Asian…
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Amber Neukum | Directing Vertical Films… It’s NOT just turning the Camera: TVB Episode 2
Description What does it really take to direct vertical films? In Episode 2 of The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with Amber Neukum, LA-based…
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Angela Liu | What Is a Vertical Film? Micro-Dramas & the Boom in Mobile Storytelling: TVB Episode 1
Description What is a vertical film? In the premiere episode of The Vertical Buzz, Buzz Leer sits down with Angela Liu (Head of Production at FlareFlow) to…
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The Vertical Buzz: Episode 01: Trailer
A glimpse into the world of Vertical Film with Buzz Leer and guest Angela Liu