Today on the show, I’m talking to Taylor Misiak. She’s an LA based actor best known for starring as Ally on DAVE on FX, the comedy starring the rapper and comedian Dave Burd, better known as Lil Dicky. She also starred in Lil Dicky’s music video Pillow Talking alongside Dave and John C. Riley, and has acted in shows on Netflix, Paramount Plus, and NBC. The actors’ strike has now been going on for more than 100 days, so I wanted to understand from Taylor’s perspective what SAG-AFTRA is fighting for, what the strike has been like for her, and the knock-on effects for the industry. Her decade has also been marked by mega movements in the industry like the streaming wars, MeToo, the pandemic, and now artificial intelligence, so we unpack all of that too.  We spend time digging into what being on DAVE has meant for her career, how collaborative the show has been, and how she was able to help shape her character. We also talk about why despite her recent success she feels like an underdog, and the characters she still wants to play. And we chat about why she loves working on short films, sketches, and how she’s been writing and pitching her own material. Taylor also is the co-host of Table Flipping, a podcast about reality TV, so we had to get into some of her thoughts on reality TV, including why she thinks 90 Day Fiancé is actually a better show than DAVE(!). Stick around for the rapid fire for her thoughts on the Golden Bachelor and her favorite celebrity run-in. New episodes of Connection Request are released every Thursday, right here on YouTube, or wherever you get podcasts.  ☕️ Season 2 is presented by SK Coffee, a specialty coffee roaster, based in Minnesota, shipping worldwide. Learn more: https://bit.ly/skconnection  Connect with Taylorhttps://www.instagram.com/taylormisiak/https://twitter.com/taylormisiakhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm5357286/ Connect with the show Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConnectRequest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectionrequest/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@connectionrequest TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@connectionrequest Email: connect@shrugcontent.com   Connect with Joel Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelleeman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jleeman/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelleeman/  About Connection Request Connection Request is a podcast about career journeys, produced by Shrug Content. Hosted by Joel Leeman, a producer and strategist who has spent the past 10 years making media for the Internet, the show profiles a variety of fascinating people, digging into how they spend their waking hours, what they’ve learned along the way, how they make decisions, and why they do what they do. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.