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Victor Dandridge, Jr. is the CEO & President of Vantage:Inhouse Productions, an independent entity that has published some of the most thought provoking and engaging properties to come out of the small press, including critically acclaimed comic book series The Samaritan, Origins Unknown  and The Trouble w/Love, as well as the novella series, 8 Mins. 

In today's episode, he sits down with Sawyer to discuss moderating, the concept of "All Lives Matter" being used as a rebuttal to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the importance of having sincere interactions with people. Victor stuns Sawyer when he reveals the details of his own "origin story," and the two discuss his transition from being "The 8-Bit Guy" to his current moniker as "The Hardest Working Man in Comics."  After analyzing his own personality, Victor reveals his feelings on the tonal similarities between his publication, The Samaritan, and the Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage.  As their hour together comes to an end, Victor shares his vision of where he will be in five years, what he wishes he had known when his journey first began, and what he thinks it will take to make artistic spaces more accessible for artists of color.

Tess Talbot (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Wildfire, Inconceivable) is a Cincinnati based actress with a BFA in Acting from Wright State University. In today's episode, Tess sits down with Sawyer to talk about her WalMart scarf, clawing her way to the top, and how she always knew that what she wanted to do for a living. The two revisit the positive memories she has of theatre as a child, and after Sawyer gets distracted by her cats, Tess talks about her infatuation with Prince, which segues into a discussion about her time on the set of Extremely Wicked. To round out the episode, Sawyer challenges Tess to name her favorite performance to date, and she advises her past self to "relax". 

Anna Naderer is an Event Manager and a graduate of University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Stage Management program. A lifelong friend of Sawyer's,  the two discuss the similarities between the food industry and the world of theatre, the role of the stage manager during a production, and how she shifted from a childhood focused on STEM to work in the arts. Anna takes a moment to advocate for the importance of theatre and the arts in schools, after which she maps out exactly how she became a member of the Monster Jamily. To round out episode, Sawyer makes Anna his guinea pig in answering two questions that he hopes to ask all guests moving forward.