Potluck

the anything and everything talk and entertainment TV show

No, Potluck is not a cooking show (although that doesn't mean we won't have cooking segments), it's a talk show. I named it Potluck because you just never know what I'll dish up next on this show. I will interview interesting people from all walks of life in the DC Metropolitan area, and maybe beyond.

Our Potluck host, Meera Narasimhan has a JD, a couple of masters in communications and journalism, and a BS in chemistry, with careers in the medical, educational, journalistic, and legal fields. Other than collecting degrees, further hobbies include acting, writing, volunteering, and traveling. Theater is a hobby she has pursued passionately, performing in ethnic community theater in the DC metro area for the past two decades. She has played in lead or supporting roles in numerous plays and has also acted in feature films, short films, NBC, HBO, FOX TV, TV pilots and music video. Additionally, she has helped with production for several plays. Meera also helped me host my holiday show "Celebrations!"

Please scroll down to "Update" for news of upcoming shows.

Profiles

Potluck also presents "Profiles with Brian Mac Ian." Brian Mac Ian is a professional actor and voiceover talent with specialized training in movement and voice. He is also a singer, musician, acting coach, director and poet. Brian has played many different stage, television, film, and industrial roles in the Washington DC area and beyond – roles ranging from Vanya in Uncle Vanya at the Classika Theatre to a Balinese king to a police hero on America’s Most Wanted. Brian received a BA in theatre and music from Naropa University in Colorado and trained with professional opera tenor Gylchris Sprauve. Brian has also studied Mudra Space Awareness, Mime, the Stanislavski technique, and classical guitar.

More about Brian can be found on his website:

http://www.brianmacian.com

Contact Information

By the way, one thing I forgot to put up on this website is contact information for the three of us. If you would like to contact Meera, Brian, or me, you can reach us at: Meera@potluck-online.org, Brian@potluck-online.org, or Gayle@potluck-online.org

Blog

I also have a blog on this site and hope that you will post any comments or questions you may have. Would love to hear from you!

http://www.potluck-online.org/wordpress

Shows

Potluck airs on Fairfax Public Access, Channel 10, in Fairfax on Cox cable, and in Loudoun, Arlington, Prince William, and Stafford counties on Verizon FIOS in Virginia. Potluck can also be seen throughout the world on the Internet through Google videos.

When they are up, click on the show you want to see on the left navigation bar and you can view the show in its entirety.

Update

SPRING REALLY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER...isn't it? Well, I don't have to comment on what has just passed by here. We all lived through it. Between you and me I hope I never see another winter like this one!

The mortgage crisis is still upon many of us and in March Meera will interview Randy Jones of JFREI (pronounced like Jeffrey) Mortgage about the financial crisis in the housing market that the country has been experiencing.

On Profiles, Brian will interview three local actors, Mary Suib, David Berkenbilt, and Louis Levy. Hear their stories of what they did in their former lives and how they got into the business of make believe.

Please note: program schedule can be subject to change.

The 2008 and 2009 shows have been archived. Please click on the link on the left navigation bar to access these shows.

Volunteers

A VERY special thank you to my faithful volunteers without whom these shows would not exist: Ahmed Selim, Sidney Sachs, Mary P. Hartzler, Bron Gervais, Beth Olson, Letricia Hendrix, and Mario Salvador, Jr. YOU GUYS ARE SO SO GREAT!