It‘s Too Early with Gwen Filosa

Jon Kung, chef and TikTok star

Detroit-based Chef Jon Kung is a TikTok star, whose videos inspire people to cook at home and is known for his clear-cut recipe instructions, joined me on Dec. 2, 2021. 

@chefjonkung on TikTok

Matchmaker Maria Avgitidis

Maria Avgitidis, a professional matchmaker, @matchmakermaria on Instagram, joined me Dec. 9, 2021. 

She founded Agape Match, and combines four generations of family matchmaking tradition with modern relationship psychology.

Whitney Goodman, psychotherapist and author of ”Toxic Positivity”

Whitney Goodman is the psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit and owner of the Collaborative Counseling Center, a private therapy practice in Miami.

She joined me on Dec. 8, 2021. 

Sloane Steel, co-host of the podcast Mummy Dearest

Sloane Steel co-hosts the podcast Mummy Dearest, which dedicates each episode to a movie from the 90s, 2000s and today. It's become my go-to new podcast because Steel and Zach Mellen are hilarious and they also mix in social commentary.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mummy-dearest/id1560199274

https://open.spotify.com/show/6ITF57WXqu7CyGeMtbuB3P

Matt Friend, celebrity impressionist

Matt Friend, a comedian known for his spot-on celebrity impressions, joined me on Dec. 7, 2021. He does a wonderful Jennifer Coolidge. 

Listen to "It's Too Early with Gwen Filosa," weekdays at 8:15 a.m. est on the livestream, Island1069.com

Remembering the work of Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Kitsakos, an opera librettist, stage manager and art maker, joined me on Dec. 6, 2021, to talk about the musical theater titan Stephen Sondheim, who died Nov. 26. at age 91. 

Kitsakos is a past board president of The Studios of Key West. 

Orlando Bishop: Unstuck as F--k

Orlando Bishop, whose one-man show Unstuck as F--k is set for its world premiere at The Studios of Key West on Dec. 9, 10 and 11, joined me on Nov. 30, 2021. He also has a podcast called Unstuck as F--k. 

 

https://tskw.org/unstuck-as-fck-written-by-and-starring-orlando-bishop/

 

Michael Tuckman, Key West Film Festival‘s director of programming

Michael Tuckman, director of programming for the Key West Film Festival, joined me on Nov. 17, 2021. 

keywestff.com

Key West filmmaker Michael Marrero

Key West filmmaker and photographer Michael Marrero joined me on Nov. 18, 2021, to talk about the Key West Film Festival and his own work. 

www.mikemarrero.com

Filmmaker Douglas Tirola, on his documentary Bernstein‘s Wall

Director and producer Douglas Tirola joined me on Nov. 19, 2021, to talk about his latest film, the documentary Bernstein's Wall, a portrait of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

The film made its world premier at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. In November 2021, it played at the Key West Film Festival.