My New Podcast: Close On…

by Eric on January 2, 2013

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated here. Lots of things going on, most notably my new podcast.

It’s called Close On… and it’s a show about bring­ing you the back­sto­ries of my friends, col­leagues and acquain­tances in the enter­tain­ment and adver­tis­ing indus­tries. I’m very excited to bring you their sto­ries, so if you’re inter­ested, please check it out.

My first guest is Bruch Reed, a very close friend of mine I met in Chicago while I was doing a lot more the­atre. Bruch is an actor and a gen­tle­man, and truly a man of the Earth.

Check out his story. It’s pretty great.

 

You can fol­low the show’s Twit­ter feed @CloseOnPod.

You can also check out the Close On… Tum­blr blog.

Finally, you can like the show’s Face­book page.

And thanks for listening!

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