It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?! The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell! Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube Channel . The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright Editor: Stuart Reid Producer: Pete Strauss Executive Producer: Richard Morris Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz Set Design: Helen Coyston Studios: Tower Bridge Studios Make Up: Samantha Coughlan Cameras: Daniel Spencer Sound: Charlie Emery Branding: Tim Lane Photography: James Hole…
Welcome to Elevating Voices, Ending Hunger – a conversational series featuring change makers and everyday leaders disrupting the status quo to end systems of inequity that drive food insecurity in the United States. Host Ami McReynolds, Chief Equity and Programs Officer with Feeding America, talks with community leaders, supporters and people facing hunger who each bring unique contributions to a collective effort to end hunger.
Welcome to Elevating Voices, Ending Hunger – a conversational series featuring change makers and everyday leaders disrupting the status quo to end systems of inequity that drive food insecurity in the United States. Host Ami McReynolds, Chief Equity and Programs Officer with Feeding America, talks with community leaders, supporters and people facing hunger who each bring unique contributions to a collective effort to end hunger.
Dion Dawson knows what it’s like to go hungry. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, he faced hunger, homelessness and poverty. Now, he leads a multi-million-dollar organization committed to providing fresh food to his community. Dion’s Chicago Dream delivers over 11,000 pounds of food per month to more than 1,300 Chicago residents each week, helping to alleviate the food insecurity that so many in his community face. Tune in to this powerful and inspiring episode where Dion and Ami discuss how the charitable food experience must be imbued with dignity, the ways that food insecurity is a social justice issue and so much more.…
22% of LGBTQ+ adults live in poverty, which makes this community twice as likely as others to face hunger. In this podcast, Ami speaks with Senior Scholar of Public Policy Bianca Wilson, PhD, of UCLA’s Williams Institute about the unique challenges that LGBTQ folks face around food insecurity. What contributes to LGBTQ people coming up against barriers to accessing food? Dr. Wilson and Ami explore cultural, geographic, and other issues that play a factor. To learn more about the research referenced on today’s show, visit https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/projects/pathways-to-justice/ .…
Anna and Raj Asava knew what hunger looked like in their home country of India but were completely unaware of what was hidden in plain sight in their community in the U.S. In this podcast, Ami talks with the founders of HungerMitao, a volunteer-driven grassroots movement focused on raising awareness about hunger in this country, about what they are doing to raise awareness about food insecurity and how they are enrolling others in the movement to end hunger.…
In this podcast, we meet Latisha Reid, Vanessa Pierre and Adam LaRose who share their experiences with the Client Leadership Council, an initiative from the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington DC designed to enable members to serve as advocates and agents of change for themselves and their communities. Join Ami as she uncovers the power of using our voices and lived experience to advocate for strong, resilient communities.…
In this episode, we explore reclaiming our history, writing a new narrative and redreaming a healthy future where everyday superpowers are activated. Join us as Ami talks with leaders from WANDA, an organization building a movement of women and girls of African descent who educate, advocate and innovate to change the trajectory of their communities.…
Chances are you’re familiar with the term “food desert,” but what about the term “food apartheid”? In this episode, Ami talks about food, land and liberation with two leaders from Soul Fire Farm, an Afro-Indigenous-centered community farm located in Petersburg, New York.
The murder of George Floyd sparked outrage at myriad systemic inequities faced by people of color. In this episode, Ami's joined by two leaders from the community most closely impacted: Allison O’Toole, CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, and Sherri Green, family resource manager at Sabathani Community Center—located just blocks from where George Floyd was killed.…
On this episode, Ami talks to Melanie McGuire, chief program officer at the San Antonio Food Bank, and Ada Saenz, interim CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio, about how they worked together during the pandemic to listen and support their community through this difficult time.
Even with the best intentions, nonprofits have played a major role in maintaining racist systems -- and the makeup of their leadership is one big reason why. In this episode, we speak with Community Food Bank of Arizona CEO Michael McDonald and board member Rene Lopez about their work transitioning their organization’s traditional whitespace governance into one that represents the communities it serves.…
What does democracy have to do with hunger? For this episode, we spoke with Susannah Morgan, CEO of Oregon Food Bank, and Portland community leader Liban Satu on why building an inclusive democracy is an important step to ending hunger.
In this episode, we focus on the importance of sharing power and building equitable partnerships to end hunger. To discuss, host Ami McReynods sits down with Nicole Robinson, the chief partnership and programs officer at Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Melvin Thompson, the executive director of community development organization located in Chicago’s south side.…
In this debut episode, host Ami McReynolds speaks with Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. They talk about inequities in poverty and food insecurity, the role of philanthropy, and the power within local communities to create sustainable, transformative change.
In the debut episode, host Ami McReynolds will speak with Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. They will talk about inequities in poverty and food insecurity, the role of philanthropy, and the power within local communities to create sustainable, transformative change.
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