This Is Happening!
Hello! Welcome to 'This is Happening!', a podcast extravaganza hosted by Eric Morris and Doug Budin coming at you direct from Hollywood! Every week we interview a new and exciting person about what makes them tick, the exciting projects they are working on, and whatever else comes up! Enjoy!
Episodes
May 7, 2021 • 62 mins
This Is Happening! is back with our 100th episode! All of our co-hosts reunite to celebrate our podcast's milestone and catch up with everyone's lives amidst the pandemic. Please join Eric, Nathan, Doug, and Georgie for a look back at 100 episodes of This Is Happening!
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December 18, 2020 • 61 mins
We're back with a new episode! Join Eric and Doug and superstar guest co-hosts Georgie Leahy and Brandon Rogers for a sendoff to our ace producer Ryan Leslie Fisher. Ryan is leaving us for an indefinite period for career opportunities in Vancouver, Canada. Yes, friends, it's come to that. Ryan has been an invaluable, often behind-the-scenes component of This Is Happening! and we will miss him tremendously. But Ryan is multi-ta...
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August 28, 2020 • 65 mins
We're back with a brand new episode. Join Eric and Doug as we sit down with innovative filmmaker Guy Shalem. Guy tells us about moving from his native
Israel for a career in Hollywood. Guy is an accomplished writer, director, and producer. We discuss making improv comedy show LOVESPRING INTERNATIONAL for Lifetime with producer Eric McCormack and featuring Jane Lynch and Wendy McLendon-Covey. Guy is currently producing reality...
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July 27, 2020 • 60 mins
We're back with a brand new episode. Join Eric and Doug as we chat with veteran reality television producer Billy Burgess! Billy gives us the inside scoop, behind the scenes of making reality television shows. Billy has worked on Little Women: LA, Chrisley Knows Best, The Bachelor, Island Hunters, Cupcake Wars, and many more. He also worked at MTV and shares stories about Michael Jackson. Billy is smart, funny, and super charm...
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May 9, 2020 • 63 mins
We're back! Like so much that we had grown accustomed to, recordings of This Is Happening! have been disrupted by Covid-19. But we're still here and look forward to resuming regularly recording and releasing episodes asap. In the meantime, catch up with Eric, Doug, Ryan and fave guest co-host Georgie as we convene on Skype from our respective bunkers. We trade quarantine stories as we virtually connect. We send our love to eve...
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February 27, 2020 • 57 mins
We're back with a brand new episode of This Is Happening! Join Eric and Doug as we sit down with social impact entertainment entrepreneur Kristin Nobles and filmmaker Christine Torres to talk about breast implant illness (BII), a condition comprising an array of symptoms which can result in autoimmune and connective tissue disorders and cancer, among other serious illnesses.
For years, women with breast implants have suffered fro...
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February 14, 2020 • 57 mins
Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! Eric, Doug, and Ryan sit down with charming and talented baker Alex Willis. Alex had a great run as a finalist on ABC's The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition, which concluded in January. Alex takes us behind the scenes of the show and shares with us how his passion for baking developed.
A graduate of Harvard and Northwestern, Alex now works as a business analytics ma...
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February 6, 2020 • 60 mins
This week on This Is Happening!, Eric, Doug, Ryan and special guest co-host Georgie Leahy welcome dynamic theater duo Lee Marshall and Todd Martens, co-founders of MMProductionsLA. Through their residency at The Three Clubs in Hollywood, Todd and Lee produce amazing cabaret shows and wildly entertaining musical mash-ups, such as The Mitchell Sanitorium, an ingenious mix inspired by Rocky Horror and Hedwig.
Lee is an actor who has...
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January 30, 2020 • 61 mins
Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week, Eric, Doug, Ryan and fave guest cohost Georgie Leahy have a blast talking to maverick content creator Brandon Rogers! Brandon has attracted millions of devoted fans with his hilarious, outrageous videos on his YouTube channel featuring a regular cast of characters, many played by Brandon himself.
Brandon's most recent series, the epic time travel comedy BLAME THE H...
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January 23, 2020 • 60 mins
This Is Happening! is back with a brand new episode. This week, Eric, Doug, and Ryan are thrilled to sit down with super talented, accomplished writer/director/producer Darren Stein! Darren tells us all about growing up in Los Angeles and making an early splash with SPARKLER and especially the cult smash JAWBREAKER. Darren also talks about making his adorable teen comedy with gay protagonists GBF and turning JAWBREAKER into a mu...
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January 9, 2020 • 61 mins
This Is Happening! kicks off 2020 with a brand new episode! Eric, Doug, and Ryan sit down with the team behind the sexy and provocative new web series Demonhuntr - creator/producer Tim O'Leary and actor/producer Robert Rice! Tim and Rob take us behind the scenes of getting a web series made, from the concept to launching a successful crowdfunding campaign to production. Presently in post-production, Demonhuntr tells the story of...
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December 17, 2019 • 47 mins
This Is Happening! is back with a brand new episode! Eric and Doug are joined by fave superstar co-host Georgie Leahy and we have the honor and pleasure to sit down with John Leahy - Georgie's amazing Dad - during his whirlwind visit from London. Georgie and @ElthamJohn regale us with tales of their international adventures and we have a blast enjoying Papa Leahy's inspiring spirit of fun and adventure. Ever wonder how Georgie g...
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November 21, 2019 • 63 mins
This week, Eric, Ryan and fab guest co-host Georgie Leahy sit down with sensational burlesque and circus-cabaret legend Trixie Little! An innovative and sensational performer, Trixie combines acrobatics, striptease and humor in her outrageous, boundary-pushing shows around the world. She was crowned the Reigning Queen of Burlesque by the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. The fantastic documentary US NAKED: TRIXIE AND MONKEY c...
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November 13, 2019 • 60 mins
This Is Happening! is back with a brand new episode! This week, Eric and Doug chat with charming and talented shoe designer Jerome C. Rousseau! Jerome established his eponymous brand over 10 years ago and has been making his mark in fashion with a fun and beautifully made collection influenced by Jerome's distinctive passions for art, music, and pop culture. From Lola Falana to Deee-Lite, Jerome's inspirations make their way int...
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October 23, 2019 • 56 mins
Eric and Doug are excited to launch "This Is Happening!"'s first ever spin-off podcast series "Georgie and Friends" hosted by the buxom, bawdy phenom Georgie Leahy (@georieleahy). The boys and Georgie delve into the creation of her podcast and celebrate the release on UK podcast network Podnose. Joined by Georgie & Friends producer Ryan Leslie Fisher (@ryanlesliefisher). Tune in to get the scoop on the salacious new podcast "GEORGI...
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October 10, 2019 • 59 mins
On this brand new episode, Eric and Doug catch up with their good friend Michael Reisz, a prolific writer and producer of such television shows as the reboot of CHARMED, SHADOWHUNTERS, IN PLAIN SIGHT, PRIVILEGED, BOSTON LEGAL, and Universal's recent hit film TRUTH OR DARE. Michael left a promising career as a lawyer to pursue acting and ultimately had a successful career as a voice actor, including many iterations of DIGIMON.
Mic...
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September 27, 2019 • 28 mins
This week on This Is Happening!, we're changing it up and looking at innovative ways to address an environmental crisis - the massive accumulation of plastic products in our oceans. Eric Morris and special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down with Nick Drobac, Vice President of Business Development for Green EnviroTech, a company dedicated to addressing this environmental crisis with technology which converts plastic waste in the o...
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September 13, 2019 • 66 mins
This week on This Is Happening!, Eric Morris and perennial special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down with super sexy and talented actor/writer/director/producer Gerald McCullouch in New York City! Gerald spent 10 years recurring on CSI and has appeared in numerous other tv shows and films including the LAW & ORDER: SVU, CHICAGO MED, HOUSE, and the popular indie film BEAR CITY and its 2 sequels.
Recently, Gerald made his featu...
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September 4, 2019 • 57 mins
Check out a brand new episode of This Is Happening! This week, Eric Morris, Doug Budin, and special guest co-host Georgie Leahy sit down with Mick Richards to discuss his new documentary CREATING WOODSTOCK. Full disclosure: Eric produced this film with Mick.
Mick Richards attended Woodstock as a teenager in 1969 and didn't think much more about it until years later when his son learned about it in school asked him what it was ...
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August 28, 2019 • 65 mins
Check out an brand new episode of This Is Happening! An another visit to New York City, Eric Morris and special guest cohost Georgie Leahy sit down with the charming and super talented David Drumgold. David has found success as a model, singer, actor, writer, producer, nightlife promoter, event producer and more. Join us as David tells us about his creative journey which has included runway modeling, bringing a one-man show to t...
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