Season 2, Ep. 3- 7-Year-Old Dreams

This week, host, Andrea (me) asked each of the guest what they wanted to be when they grew up; What did 7-year-old them want to be? Find out who wanted to be a cowgirl, a ballerina, or an allergist. Find out who performs a monologue, who learned a very hard lesson in Kindergarten, and more! Don't forget, you can also listen on iTunes! 

Season 2 Ep. 2: HOMETOWNS!

This week, I asked each guest about their hometown. I asked them to tell me What is special about it and if they would ever decide to move back. Not only was it neat to learn about different cities and towns from the people who actually lived in them, but that the word, “Hometown” did not necessarily mean “where you were born” or even “where you grew up” but more “where you felt most at home.” Some say they’d go back. Some already have. And some are glad to be as far away as humanly possible. Listen and enjoy! Follow ITB on Twitter @insidetheboxPC or on Instagram @insidetheboxpodcast and like us on Facebook! Email us at insidetheboxpodcast@gmail.com.

The Season 2 Premiere!

It has arrived!

The 2nd season of Inside The Box is in full swing with the season premiere, "Introductions!" In this funny, heartfelt, edited collection of interviews, I introduce you to the 11 women who will be featured throughout the season. This extended episode gives you a peep inside these inspirational women's lives and to mine! The women of this season are, Amy Adams, Tara Donovan, Lisa Starry, Charlotte Crow, Carla Delaney, Kimberly Condict, Katie Walder, Sierra Delgado, Fara D'aguiar, Madelynn Elyse, and Stephani Casey. These women are fascinating as they discuss both their careers and personal lives and the attempt to find the perfect balance. Enjoy and tune in every Monday for new episodes. Next week: "Hometowns: and what makes them fantastic... or not so fantastic."

The 2nd Season of "Inside the Box"

The spirit of Inside the Box is that of female empowerment. Initially, I tried to carefully word the description so that, while there was no hiding it was a show about women, it might be appealing to men too. Now, I don’t really care. Unfortunately, as soon as I called it a show about women, by women, with a euphemism for vagina in the title, I may have alienated most male listeners. But women make up most of the population anyway, so I’m not too worried. So, “So long, dudes!” BUT, I will say this, if you (boys) stick around, you must be a very enlightened males with very good taste and thanks. Also, it will probably be a very pleasurable listening experience. Nevertheless, I have always felt a call to the plight of the female. At a very young age, I remember being called a feminist as if it were a dirty word. Then, looking up the definition: “the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men,” and I was like, “Yeah, I am a feminist and why isn’t EVERYONE else?” I am still dumbfounded by the threat that word holds even today, some 20 years later. Later on, as a high school dance teacher, essentially helping mold and shape young women in some of their most delicate years, I learned both, how important it was to help them develop a healthy sense of self-worth and what it was like to work as a female in the educational system and in the high school sports system. The inequality was there, clear as day. I was a burlesque dancer for some time in my 20s and got to explore an art form that was essentially an answer to the oppressiveness women felt in the early 20^th century and how that translated to today’s perceptions of the female body and nudity and the choice to do with our bodies what we wanted. All the while, watching the way women treated one another, competing and undercutting rather than encouraging or creating partnerships. It was these life experiences that lead me to want to create a podcast for women. One that simply addressed us as humans, embraced our similarities and differences, and showed what the face of feminism truly looks like. And hopefully, there will be an episode or a story and a listener will think, ‘Oh great! I’m not the only one who …feels that way! …. went through that thing! …failed at something!”

If this is your first time hearing about Inside the Box and

This is Randi. Randi = trooper.

you’re like, “2^nd season? I didn’t know there was a first!” It’s alright. The “1^st season” of Inside the Box was an experiment and huge learning experience. The podcast started as a discussion style show. I hosted alongside my carefully selected co-host, Randi Straight and each episode featured a special guest with a panelist or two for good measure. We had topic bullet points, but no script. This meant, as does it mean for most discussion podcasts, some of them were long and some of them were confusing. Far too many cooks in the studio, if you know what I mean. I knew a podcast was to be a part of my future, and the name, Inside the Box, was too good to let go by the wayside for its delightful lady pun. So, after much thought (and a move to the desert where no one visits me,) I decided a crafted, edited podcast format was going to be much more my speed. I actually prefer listening to edited podcasts more than discussion podcasts so why shouldn’t my own show be something I’d actually listen to? You can hear the shift to this style in the last episode of season one, where I edited a one on one interview. I decided to wrap up those 10 episodes and affectionately call them, “season 1,” so I could completely revamp the format.

The 2^nd Season of Inside the Box will be a 12 episode series. I’ve completed recorded interviews with 11 women over the last couple of months and I asked them all the same series of questions. Each question will be the theme of each episode. Each episode will include a forward from me and an edited collection of their answers. The questions (and answers) varied from the silly to the serious. The answers were hilarious, heart-felt, riveting, sweet, and emotional. For that, I am so grateful. It was an incredibly fascinating experience to be able to listen to these women open up about life’s ups and downs. I can’t wait to share their answers with you this season. To meet this amazing cast of women, click here or on the “Inside the Box- About” tab.

In an effort to bring some “cool” the worst month of summer, The 2^nd season will premiere on August 10^th. New episodes will be released every Monday. Tune in each week and as always, you can find episodes here or find “Inside the Box Podcast” on ITunes. 

Inside the Box: Episode 10- Christina Barsi

Artwork for DIMENSION by Sebastien Rossouw

Sorry for the delay in posts as I moved to the desert and things are different and weird now. However, now that I've finally developed a bit of a routine, I should be able to post more frequently. Episode 10 is the first of many episodes of "Inside the Box" in the new edited format. (Because none of my LA peeps are willing to drive to Joshua Tree every week.) Each week will feature a new guest with a forward from me, your host, Andrea Chesley. This week's guest is actress, writer, and fellow podcaster, Christina Barsi. She talks about her Sci-Fi podcast, Dimension, and the re-release of seasons 1 and 2. We also get to know her and the road she's taken to get here and what the future holds. Enjoy. 

Inside the Box Episode 9- The Lone Star Chuck Wagon Reunion

At the USS Alabama in Mobile, AL

This week's episode of Inside The Box is hosted by Andrea Chesley and co-hosted by Randi Straight with special guests, Andrea's teammates from the popular Food Network show, The Great Food Truck Race, Chef Lance Kramer and Rachel Young-Kramer! This week we discuss food, the behind-the-scenes excitement of the 5th season of the Great Food Truck Race, Lance's BBQ company and some of his exciting future plans, and we ask Rachel what she thought of the controversial movie, "50 Shades of Grey."

Inside the Box: Episode 8- Julie-Joy Voss

This weeks episode of Inside the Box is hosted, as always by Andrea Chesley, co-hosted by Randi Straight, with panelist, Katy Likovich and special guest, actress and THE "force of fun," Julie-Joy Voss. Tune in as we discuss internet trolls and courage behind the anonymous veil of the internet. We also discuss the purpose of this podcast and the difficulty of being open and honest, forever on the internet. Julie-Joy dishes about the making of her popular webseries, Fake Geek Girls. We keep forgetting to take a picture, but we'll get our act together someday.