When I invited Karen on the show, I knew we’d have a lot to talk about. We go way back—college theater, Bond movie spoofs, and the kind of creative chaos that only a black box stage can deliver. But what I didn’t expect was how much her journey from props coordinator to Head of Production would resonate with so many of us in the creative field.

In this episode, I reconnect with filmmaker Mitchell Cole, whose feature debut Against the Spread screened at the Magnolia Film Festival where I first saw the film and met Mitchell.