Interviews
Listen: Calpernia & Selene Luna on Drew Droege’s “Glitter in the Garbage” Podcast
Mar 26th
Glitter in the Garbage
Selene Luna and I dropped by the studio the other day to do some improv comedy sketches with fabulous comedian Drew Droege. Hear us as concerned moms, washed up strippers and ugly Americans. Check it out!
http://www.earwolf.com/episode/episode-16-calpernia-addams-selene-luna
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Audio: George Takei Interviews Calpernia and Andrea James for KPFK
Apr 13th
OMG, I got to meet George Takei (Star Trek’s “Mr. Sulu”) yesterday and discuss our work and the whole trans actress thing! Andrea and I participated in the KPFK Winter Pledge Drive to help the station raise money, and George was celebrity co-host of our segment. He was incredibly nice and professional, and what a voice! So resonant and deep!
Calpernia Interviewed at San Jose State University
Mar 17th
I gave a lecture at SJSU in March 2010 and also put on a show to raise money for transwomen with HIV/AIDS. This is an interview by SJSU student reporters and A/V pros Salman Haqqi, Anna-Maria Kostovska. Photos by Michelle Gachet, Salman Haqqi & Anna-Maria Kistovska
Link to original interview: http://tinyurl.com/yl35849
Calpernia for LifeWorks Mentoring and Open Artists with Open Arms
Nov 5th
http://www.openartistswithopenarms.com
http://lifeworksmentoring.org
Listen to actor, activist and musician, Calpernia Addams speak on youth, LifeWorks, and mentoring.
Calpernia coached actress Felicity Huffman, in her Academy-Award nominated performance as a transgender woman in the film Transamerica (2005)-which calpernia was also featured.
Additionally, Calpernia performed alongside Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys, & others in a production of The Vagina Monologues
Open Artists With Open Arms is a project which supports LifeWorks. LifeWorks provides LGBTQ Youth ages 12-24 with a safe space, and positive role models to help realize their goals.
Visit http://openartistmovement.com/ to learn more about the Open Artist Movements and http://lifeworksmentoring.org to learn more about LifeWorks.
Calpernia on Cathy DeBuono’s “What’s Your Problem?”
Sep 15th
Cal-pal Cathy Debuono is a prolific online celebrity and star of film and television. Her fun and informative show “What’s Your Problem?” has been kind enough to have me on TWICE, where we laugh, chat and give our thoughts on problems sent in by viewers from around the country. Cathy has put some of the episodes online at YouTube, and here are the ones featuring moi:
