Nobody likes failing. From the blow to your personal confidence to what people write and whisper about you behind your back, failure can be terrifying and petrifying. But failure isn't all bad and so on today's highlights edition we're talking with our season 7 guests about the best way to deal with failure.

Getting started is never easy, but the people that succeed the most at getting established are the ones that ask questions and learn from other's mistakes. That's why on today's highlights episode I'm talking with guests from seasons 6 & 7 of the show about what advice they would give to beginning career producers.

We're wrapping up season 8 of The Producer Podcast today with a new roundtable installment of the show as we look at the world of commercial/promotional film producing, including answering some listener submitted questions.

Where will the roundtable discussion take us? You'll have to listen to see.

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From commanding field artillery to producing movies. We're exploring the film journey that producer Kevin Bouren has gone on and how those experiences ultimately lead him to being one of the founders of Set Shepherds. A group that's looking to change the film set culture from the inside.

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Who doesn't love a good film budget? How about a budget from the future? That's what I'm looking at today as I sit down with producer Jens Jacob to talk about his producer journey and how as co-founder of Saturation.io he's looking to change the way film budgeting software works in the future.

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Nothing beats the excitement of calling that's a wrap on the film you spent years making happen. Except maybe knowing that every single frame and take actually made it onto the hard drive for the editing room. That's where the DIT comes in to help safety your film; and contrary to popular belief it's a lot more than just hitting copy and paste a couple of times on your keyboard. Join me and Ben Geiser as we explore this often untalked about area of the industry.

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Whether you're watching a western, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, or musical no film would be the same without the wardrobe that helps bring the characters and world to life. But what should a producer understand about everything that goes into bringing those costumes together. That's what I'm sitting down with Terri Middleton today to discuss.

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After the director and producer, actors are next biggest names associated with your film. But what is an actor's life like? What do they need to do their best while on set? These are just a couple of the topics I wanted to explore with Stephanie Parker to better understand the on-camera side of the industry that every producer works with.

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