Ronald Diltz II
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Faith-forward craft talk for stage and screen.
The Ronald Diltz II Podcast frames entertainment work as both a creative discipline and a faith-shaped calling. Recent episodes center on Downhill the Play, tracing writing, casting real people, and the spiritual weight of turning lived experience into performance.
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The Ronald Diltz II Podcast presents media production as a career path, a faith-shaped calling, and a long exercise in persistence. Its recent run is closely tied to Downhill the Play. That focus gives the show a clear shape. Rather than skim the surface of an entertainment project, it follows the emotional and practical labor behind adapting a real story for performance. The conversations move from writing to casting, from film to stage, and from public presentation back into private memory. Sandra Hill’s episode captures the unease of seeing personal history portrayed by performers. It also shows the care involved in finding actors who can carry a real person’s presence without flattening the story. Anderson C. Hill II’s episode brings a more testimonial current, with reflections on Christian maturity, earlier ambition, blessings, and the difference between religious role and lived commitment. The solo Downhill episode adds the production diary. It traces the desire to turn a book into a film, the decision to study creative writing more deeply, the discipline of taking notes, and the humility of deleting pages after learning more about screenwriting. The show’s pacing is conversational and openly encouraging. It favors process over polish. It is also rooted in faith language, with blessings, prayer, purpose, and perseverance recurring as part of the creative vocabulary. Listeners hear about stage plays, films, producing partners, business preparation, and the hope of a larger feature film future. They also hear how much personal risk sits underneath a true-story project. The strongest episodes work because they connect craft decisions to human stakes. A casting choice is not just logistics. A script revision is not just technique. A premiere is not just a date on a calendar. For PlayNext users, the show fits best as a faith-forward production journal for people drawn to stage plays, Christian creative careers, and the real-life stories behind media projects.
Made for: Best for listeners interested in Christian creative careers, stage plays, film production, and the personal stories behind true-story adaptations. It especially suits people who like practical production talk grounded in encouragement and faith.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating a production’s behind-the-scenes work as emotional and spiritual territory, not just industry process. Its Downhill episodes connect casting, writing, education, and performance to the real people whose lives shaped the project.
The Ronald Diltz II Podcast dives deep into the business of producing film, television, and multimedia.
Career limbo gets the church testimony treatment when you need setbacks recast as preparation.
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A faith-forward interview that lands best when it turns to being portrayed on screen and stage.
Ronald Dills II uses this episode to frame a faith-forward conversation about a story that has reached film and stage, and the strongest stretch comes when the guest reacts to being portrayed by Elle Vernet on screen and Diane Grant on stage.
Faith, career, and stage work meet in one earnest, slightly loose conversation.
This Ronald Dills II Podcast episode presents faith through ordination, education, and the sense of readiness that Hill says he had not yet found.
Ronald Dills II deleted his first draft, earned a writing degree, and only then let Downhill begin.
This episode is mostly backstory -- and that's the point. Ronald Dills II explains how an early script about his brother, Anderson C. Hill II, originally aimed at a feature film, made him feel he was shortchanging the material.
Familiar faces, unhurried questions, hundreds of them.
Entertainment talk with life in the room.
Apple decisions, examined down to the window corner.
Weekly film, music, and arts criticism from Monocle 24's Midori House studio in London.
Ronald Dills II and Sandra Hill connect Downhill the Play to Ronald Dills II’s book, the short film, and a stage run at Dr.
This episode introduces the God Family and Business Podcast, sharing a personal journey of faith and business, and highlights the host's background in theater and media production.
Ronald Diltz II opens by saying this season of the God, Family & Business podcast will focus on Downhill the Play, which he says is headed to Dr.
This episode introduces the Ronald Dills II Podcast, which aims to share stories of talent in the entertainment industry while educating and inspiring listeners through the host's experiences in media production and academia.
Ronald Dills II uses “Standing Still” to explain how he is learning to trust God during seasons when progress feels delayed.
Ronald Diltz II reflects on a waiting season affecting his writing, filmmaking, family decisions, and faith.
Luis Antonio, born in Colombia and raised in Winter Park, Florida, left an engineering degree from the University of South Florida to pursue acting after taking a class at Lisa Mailey's when his daughter was about 10.
Ronald Diltz II interviews entertainment industry professionals about their challenges and successes in film, TV, and multimedia production.