
Expansions and Explosions: Interview with Ed Gage and Phil Svitek
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To Live and Create in L.A. by Mike Breidegam and Jeremy Scott Olsen
S1 · E4
Sep 24, 2026
31:22
Episode notes
The Mandalorian. Westworld. Two books. Two features. Two documentaries. One band. Afterbuzz TV. Tens of thousands of hours of shows. James Marsden, Maria Manounos, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Bright, Maria Schriver, and Carl Weathers.
What do all of these people and things have in common? Our guests, Phil and Ed!
Host Mike Breidegam got to have a great chat with actor, stuntman, martial artist, and musician Ed Gage, and filmmaker, author, podcaster and 360 creative coach Phil Svitek. They talk about the explosive experience of stunt acting, the value of expanding your knowledge and experience and letting that fuel your creative career, and what it might have been that brought them the opportunities they've had.
Keywords
producer
stunt actor
The Mandalorian
Westworld
Afterbuzz TV
Florida Atlantic University
Emerson College
creative career advice
creative coach