We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Anna Gold. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Anna below.
Anna, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s the backstory behind how you came up with the idea for your business?
As a podcast hostess, I wanted to interview people in show business and have fun with it. As an actress, I love to take roles that bring others joy or leave them with some great meaning.
Anna, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I am a girl who grew up in the Midwest and ventured out to California after high school. I fell in love with the thought of entertaining people, so I became an actress. During Covid when the work was slow, I thought of three creations. The first is a podcast called “The Golden Hour with Anna Gold”, where I interview guests from all areas of showbiz. We also play film trivia and it’s a lot of fun! The Golden Hour airs on Apple and Podbean.
Second to that, I have a nature show called “What’s This?” where I teach you how to use edible and medicinal plants in the wild. “What’s This?” can be found on my Instagram channel: www.instagram.com/annagoldness
The show that I am the proudest of, however, is “Anna’s Groovy Cooking Show”. In it, I teach you some dance moves, make old recipes, and pretty much imagine what it was like to live in 1968. You can find it here: www.instagram.com/annasgroovycookingshow
Have you ever had to pivot?
Yes! My life now is the result of a HUGE pivot. I had to change my acting career entirely during the Covid lockdown. I just moved back to Los Angeles to be an actress on March 2, 2020, and I was on Catalina Island (just outside of L.A.) when the virus broke out. Needless to say, I was stuck on Catalina Island and I had to think to myself, ‘“Okay, what can I create?”’.
My first choice was to have a radio show on the island because there is a radio station called KISL 88.7FM. I started having my friends call into the radio station (some were actors and some were directors) and from there the podcast was born.
I also started exploring plants that I could eat because I was seriously afraid that I was going to starve on the island! Fortunately, that didn’t happen but that is how “What’s This?”, my plant show, was born.
I started doing “Anna’s Groovy Cooking Show” when my Grandma asked me to move into her house in October 2021 because I was so inspired by her cooking and recipes.
Can you talk to us about how your funded your business?
I have always self-funded it with the occasional donations from my Dad or my late grandma.
To tell you the truth, I have always funded my own endeavors but if you know of anybody who has a business plan with money, let me know about it!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.instagram.com/annasgrooycookingshow
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/annagoldness
- Other: https://thegoldenhour.podbean.com