Jared Callahan is an Emmy nominated independent director and producer.  His latest film “Clean Slate” is about two people in drug recovery trying to make a short film. We discuss drug addiction, obstacles in filmmaking, upcoming projects and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - New Film "Clean Slate" 03:38 - Ryan Leaf  & Spiraling for Addicts 05:58 - Global Problem of Addiction 07:43 - Updates with Subjects of Movie 10:12 - Jared's Path to Filmmaking 11:35 - Persevering Through Rejection 14:25 - Famous People Vs. Interesting Subjects 16:15 - Financing for Movies & Producing 20:32 - Entering Films in Festivals  22:10 - Growing Body of Work 22:53 - Time Spent For Films 23:53 - Influential Movies 24:40 - Birds in Massachusetts & Upcoming Films 25:50 - Awards & Other Films 26:52 - Artistic Integrity & Jack White 29:10 - People People Media 30:00 - Outro Jared Callahan website:https://www.jaredcallahan.com/People People Media website:https://www.peoplepeoplemedia.com/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!