Avert Your Eyes

Avert Your Eyes

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes podcast hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr.! Here we will be speaking with some of the creative people in and around North Texas and beyond. Avert Your Eyes! Consider yourself warned!

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January 19, 2024 108 mins

 

Discussing the 2024 Denton Black Film Festival, which is celebrating their 10th anniversary of showcasing black culture! The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a 5-Day event that allows you to immerse yourself in some of the best showcases of black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and so much more. Visit www.dentonbff.com and get you...

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Courtesy of Dallas VideoFest

This episode's guest Bart Weiss, the Founder and Artistic Director of Dallas VideoFest, which is celebrating it's 34th and final year! DocuFest 34 runs September 29 through October 3, 2021. For more information and for tickets, visit www.videofest.org.

We discuss what's new this year and so much m...

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June 20, 2021 71 mins

Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr. Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback!
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February 9, 2020 61 mins

This episode's guest is comedian Darryl Littleton. Darryl began his comedy career writing sketches for “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” on CBS Radio. Soon afterwards he became a regular at the world famous Comedy Store, adopted the stage name, “D’Militant” and landed a job as D. L. Hughley’s exclusiv...

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February 1, 2020 57 mins

This episode's guest is comedian Tony Casillas. Tony started performing stand up comedy in Dallas, Texas, during his senior year in college by going on stage and telling stories about his life. He has been able to evolve those stories into an act that has allowed him the opportunity to open up for comics like Jim Jeffries,...

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January 12, 2020 45 mins

Dr. Becca Peixotto in the field. Photo couretesy of the Perot Museum.

Dr. Becca Peixotto is the Curator of the Origins: Fossils From The Cradle of Humankind exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.

Located in the heart of Dallas, TX, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science delivers exciting, engagin...

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November 11, 2019 53 mins

This is a very special edition of the podcast! I attended a round table conversation featuring documentary filmmaker, Joe O'Connell, and the subject of his film "Danger God," Gary Kent, who was the inspiration for Brat Pitt's character in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood." They discuss the documentary, stun...

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September 28, 2019 20 mins

This episode of the podcast, we are on the red carpet of the 2019 Frame4Frame Film Festival in Arlington, TX.

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September 20, 2019 109 mins

The Frame4Frame Festival 2019 is September 19 - 22 in Arlington, Texas and features art, music, films, and fun.

Ahead of the festival, we sit in on the media round table with James Hawthorn and Vivian Fullerlove with the festival.

Then, we talk with filmmakers Nicholas Muthersbaugh of "Alora," Sheran Keyton of "Purgatory," and Ge...

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September 1, 2019 69 mins

This episode's guest is actor Selase Botchway. He is a first-generation Ghanaian.

Growing up in the Arlington area, as a young boy in an African enriched family, Selase became heavily influenced in the Arts, Music, Sports. He performed in several plays, sang in the choir, and participated in the championship comedy team in...

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August 4, 2019 13 mins

This episode's guest is Maria Tuadi. She is an Indonesian-American musician and filmmaker raised in SoCal that I met while attending the 2019 Asian Film Festival of Dallas. Her film Always screened during the Women's Block.

Her "Love, Sweat and Fears" EP that she wrote, performed, and produced, is an exploration of contemporary R...

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July 1, 2019 73 mins


This episode's guest is Richie Lunsford. Richie lives in Fort Worth and is a main stage cast member of Four Day Weekend, the longest running show in the southwest. He is also a Writer, Director and Performer in the YouTube Web Series called For King and Country. Currently, Richie sits on the board of directors for the Fort...

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June 9, 2019 52 mins

 

This episode's guest is Fort Worth rapper, The.Naaman. He is currently nominated for a 2019 Fort Worth Weekly Music Award in the R&B/Hip Hop Category. Check out his current single here.

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June 2, 2019 90 mins

This episode's guest is Kate Morgan. She is a critic, writer, and poet currently residing in Dallas, Texas.

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May 19, 2019 54 mins

This episode's guest is Dave Lieber who is “The Watchdog” columnist at The Dallas Morning News. He is also on a mission to bring back to life a forgotten historical figure of North Texas – Amon G. Carter – who owned the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, WBAP-AM and what’s now NBC 5. Carter is credited with bringing a trillion dolla...

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April 14, 2019 63 mins

This episode's guest Katy Blakey, weekend morning anchor and a reporter during the week at NBC 5 News. Born and raised in McKinney, Katy is a proud graduate of McKinney High School and Southern Methodist University. She graduated president of her class with a BA in journalism and political...

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March 3, 2019 79 mins

This episode's guest is Deborah Jung, the Founder and Executive Director of Kids Who Care. Deborah is a 2007 Great Women of Texas honoree, 2008 Legacy of Women Award recipient for the Arts, and most recently the Heart of Gold award recipient from the Fort Worth Arts Council.

Deborah Jung has produced and directed tours of or...

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February 10, 2019 55 mins

This episode's guest is Amanda Sweet. She is a Culture Creator - connecting with people through multimedia experiences. She focuses her energy on photography, curating and hosting events, and producing. Her true specialty is pinpointing people’s talents and making opportunities to set their talents free.

We discuss and bei...

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January 23, 2019 53 mins

Episode 41 is a very special edition of the podcast! I recently attended the 2019 Best of Fests Film Festival a few weeks ago. 22 different film festivals came together to present films that either were popular with their audiences or represented their programming esthetic. I attended the red carpet and spoke with several filmmakers and festival representatives including:

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January 20, 2019 81 mins

This episode's guest is Nicholas Muthersbaugh. Together we made a short film called Alora where Nick served as the co-writer, co-producer, and the director. Nick, in two years, he’s garnered over 10 top awards, including being a 3x Emmy winner for his work in local media. “Alora” is his second short film, the first of whic...

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