Louise Palanker
Louise Palanker is a co-founder of Premiere Networks, now a division of iHeartMedia. She currently co-hosts Media Path Podcast with Fritz Coleman.[1][2][3][4]
Palanker authored the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story Journals: Middle School Love and War, which she developed into a podcast that was called Journals: Out Loud. [5][6] Palanker founded an advice app for teens, originally called Journals and now called Ask Weezy.[7][8]
Palanker produced and directed the documentary films: Family Band: The Cowsills Story (airing on Showtime in 2013–2014, now available on Amazon Prime), We Played Marbles: Remembering a Stolen Childhood (2007), about the lives of Holocaust survivors, and the short documentary, Margaret Singer: Seeking Light, which was selected by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2020.[9][10][11][12][13]
In 1999, she began a stand-up comedy program, Kid's Comedy Club, at two Los Angeles Boys and Girls Clubs and at the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation, where kids learn to write and perform their own stand-up comedy.
In March 2005, Palanker testified in the trial of Michael Jackson as a witness for the prosecution. The prosecution called Palanker to testify about a call she received from the accuser's mother, and to rebut defense suggestions that the family tried to dupe celebrities, including Palanker, George Lopez and Jay Leno, into giving them money. Despite Palanker's testimony, pop superstar Jackson was found not guilty on all charges.[14]
Palanker grew up in Buffalo, New York. She lives in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, with her husband.[15][16]
References[edit]
- ^ Valley Scene Magazine: 100 Paths of New Discovery For Media Path Podcasters Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ KUCI: retired KNBC weather reporter Fritz Coleman and veteran radio producer/documentarian Louise Palanker are now co-hosts of MEDIA PATH PODCAST - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ San Fernando Valley Business Journal: Fritz Coleman Records Podcasts - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ Santa Barbara Independent: Beyond Binging with Media Path Podcast - Retrieved 2023-04-15
- ^ Google Books: Journals - Revised: Middle School Love & War; About the author: (Kdp Print Us, 2011, ISBN 0615479065)- Retrieved 2019-02-02
- ^ Journals Out Loud - Retrieved 2023-04-14
- ^ Ask Weezy: And Each Other - Retrieved 2023-04-14
- ^ The Buffalo News: Alan Pergament: Chris Horvatits appears to be Ch. 4's morning choice; WNYer wins 'Outrageous Pumpkins' - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ The Current: Listen to Looch 'Family Band: The Cowsills Story' explores the real-life Partridge Family - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara: WE PLAYED MARBLES: Remembering a Stolen Childhood- Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ KEYT: ‘Margaret Singer: Seeking Light’ debuts at SBIFF - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ San Diego Jewish World: From the Holocaust to Santa Barbara: Stories of ‘Thrival’ - Retrieved 2023-04-14
- ^ Jewish Journal: Louise Palanker and Her Media Path - Retrieved 2023-04-15
- ^ Billboard: Comedian Testifies At Jackson Trial- Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ The Buffalo News: Alan Pergament: Chris Horvatits appears to be Ch. 4's morning choice; WNYer wins 'Outrageous Pumpkins' - Retrieved 2023-04-13
- ^ Voyage LA: Meet Louise Palanker- Retrieved 2023-04-13