The 98%
Episodes
Performing Under Pressure - With Dr Steve Bull
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays everyone! To keep you company between Christmas and New Year, Alexa is joined by an audience favourite (who also happens to be her Dad)...
Rekindle Your Spark - With Matt Holt and Steph Upsall
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this open and restorative episode, Alexa is joined by award-winning screen director Matt and acclaimed acting teacher and coach Steph Upsall for a ...
Patrick O'Kane - The Power Of Support
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 98% is back for another new episode already! Sometimes you are contacted about a prospective guest where the subject matter is too perfect for th...
"AI Actress Tilly Norwood" - Hazard Or Hype?
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, an AI actress is here to take all of our jobs and change the face of the acting industry forever… Or is it? In this deep-dive episode Alexa is j...
Contracts, Clauses & Caution - Agent Webinar
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Essential listening for any actor, parent of child actor, or anyone else working with a talent agent... This episode is a recording of a recent live w...
'Lucy Harrison Casting': A Cautionary Tale
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The most complex episode of The 98% yet…an armchair investigation into 'Lucy Harrison Casting' - a talent agency accused of withheld pay, suspicious...
"We aren't chasing the thing anymore. We ARE the thing."
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special moment that feels full circle, where everything is the same but different at the same time. For the first time in 6 years (!!) Alexa and Kat...
S5E40 - Finale Pt 2 - Reflection
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's here! After 40 episodes of Series 5, the season draws to a close. Join the OG's, Alexa and Katie, as they check in on recent goings on, chat abou...
S5E39 - Finale Part 1 - Finding Joy In Your Journey
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every guest on The 98% who has chosen to move on from the performing industry didn't do it because they fell out of love with the art of acting, it wa...
S5E38 - Representation Special Part 2: Agent Roundtable
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grab your headphones and settle in for one of the best episodes of The 98% of ALL TIME! There's been a lot of coverage of dodgy agents recently, so l...
S5E37 - Representation Special Part 1: Self Representation
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's been a lot of worrying discussion around agents recently, so before this series ends The 98% wanted to finish on an uplifting note - platformi...
S5E36 - The Deceit and Corruption of Fake Self Tapes
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just when you thought this business couldn't get any tougher, Deadline exposes another scandal that has rocked the industry and sent shockwaves throug...
PSA: Jamie Fisher / "Archie Purnell" Statement
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Archie Purnell" JAMIE FISHER (also using the name 'Richard'), rogue talent agent, is back with a new name, new studio name ('Wigan TV & Film Acting S...
S5E35 - "The Best Journalists Are Trustworthy"
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is 1 hour 4 mins long. If your podcast app is only playing the first 45 mins, there is a technical issue that is currently being looked a...
S5E34 - "My greatest performance was pretending everything was ok"
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health has always been a throughline for episodes of The 98% and so the podcast is proud to host Adam Bambrough in this episode, founder and CE...
S5E33 - "'All I can do is act' is absolute bull"
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a lifetime dedicated to the "I can do nothing but act" frame of mind, everything changed aged 39 for guest Lee Mengo. Thinking about his future ...
S5E32 - Bodhi Scandal, unveiled by The 98%
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a group of actors reported their concerns about their former agent regarding fake self tapes, withheld pay, skimming money, lying about cancer, ...
S5E31 - "Hold On Tightly, Let Go Lightly"
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Sally Abbott, has worked in the arts for 35 years. Starting in community arts and working her way up to writing for some of British tel...
S530 - "If you know my bra size, you can text me back"
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Series 5 keeps on rolling along and for episode 30 it's the two OG's, Alexa and Katie, sitting down and chatting about the current #actorslife goings ...
S5E29 - "Your world is subjective. And you can't change it."
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"This year I will book my first TV credit" "I will sign with an agent" "I will star in a film" Sound familiar? These are all outcome goals, and very c...
Happy Christmas from The 98%!
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Spotify wrapped for The 98% showed that 70% of listeners discovered the podcast in 2023! So, incase you missed these festive parodies in previous ...
S5E28 - "You are not a cog. You are not just an actor. You are a human being."
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Christmas 98 percenters! You made it through another year. This time with continued pandemic fallout, and industry strikes. If your 2023 was a b...
Bonus Episode - Alexa and Katie on In The Room podcast
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 98% inturrupts its regular scheduling to bring you a bonus episode as an early Christmas treat! Listen to Alexa and Katie as guests on In The Room...
S5E27 - "Happy actors do better work"
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 100th episode of The 98%! And what could be more on brand than a deep dive on the one thing that actors in the 98% have in common...having to...
S5E26 - Strike Update, A No Vote?
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While people are saying the SAG-AFTRA vote is over, technically it's just suspended. The deal offered by the AMPTP and agreed upon by the actors union...
S5E25 - "It's not about the millionaires. It's about the 98%"
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 98th episode of The 98%! And rules are being broken!! For the first time, The 98% is hosting someone from the other side...a 2 percenter!! Fo...
S5E24 - Halloween Special Part II
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part Halloween Special, Alexa and Katie enter the world of true crime, sharing cases with each other that also relate to being an actor, a...
S5E23 - Halloween Special Part I
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Doing something a little different today, for the first ever Halloween special of The 98%! In this two-parter, Alexa and Katie enter the world of true...
S5E22 - "You are not in this to make other people happy, it has to be for you"
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining The 98% today is Erica Bream CSA; Casting Director, audition coach, career consultant, self-tape guru and champion of actors. As well as casti...
S5E21 - "Our beliefs affect our world"
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Something a bit different for The 98% on this episode - with a practical aspect! Guest Dana Middleton is an Alignment and Tapping Coach who helps c...
S5E20 - "Let's talk about tax, baby!"
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three jobbing actors turn on the mic. One of them loves dealing with tax..the other two looooathe it. What happens next? Tune into find out! Alexa, Ka...
S5E19 - "People wanted to believe that West End Producer was somebody really important"
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010 a new theatre producer hit the twitter scene. But this wasn't like any other producer, this was a persona and he was talking the talk. After s...
S5E18 - "I want to quiet the shame and raise the inner artist's self"
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago The Cut published an article 3 years in the making. Journalist Sara Jin Li spoke to 26 ex-students of acting studio Lonsdale Smith & ...
S5E17 - "Some of the most 'successful' actors I know are 'unknown'"
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For so long conservatoire drama schools have been the only way to get invaluable training to set you up for the industry...but not anymore. IAmPro is ...
S5E16 - SAG-AFTRA On Strike
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"It's all corporate greed" July 2023 marks an historic time for the entertainment industry. For the first time in decades the actor union in the Unite...
S5E15 - "It starts and ends with craft"
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While The 98% mostly discusses everything about the real #actorslife aside from the actual art of acting…this episode is a slight gear change as Ale...
S5E14 - "Have you read the call sheet?!"
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An episode years in the making and one The 98% is SO excited to share. A first-of-its-kind chat where an Assistant Director for TV and film shares all...
S5E13 - "I love acting. But I hated being an actor."
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*Content Note/Trigger Warning: This episode contains conversation around mental illness and eating disorders. Please take care while listening.* Grab ...
S5E12 - "The success is in clicking send, not if they get back to you"
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for an energised, uplifting and empowering episode with today's guest Brian Patacca! Brian helps actors get what they want without all the...
S5E11 - "Actors need to be with teachers who can hold a safe space"
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From wanting to be an actor but being told she was "ruining it for everyone else" with her struggle to learn lines to building a retreat for actors to...
S5E10 - "Where the hell ya been, girl??!"
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As tradition, the 10th episode of the season sees just Alexa and Katie chinwagging about the real #actorslife. In this 90 min episode you'll hear disc...
S5E9 - "Act to live, don't live to act"
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever felt exhausted by how much acting means to you, or overwhelmed by the desperation of wanting to be a working actor when it seems so far...
S5E8 - "It's not just babysitting, it's a large job"
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've all seen child actors in tv, film and theatre...but there are whole processes, jobs and a lot of work that goes into making sure kids working pr...
S5E7 - "We're not here to make money, we're here to get our members acting"
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Unless you have experience of one yourself, many people don't know much about co-operative agencies, we sure didn't! The first co-op agency started in...
S5E6 - "You don't really want to stand out, you want to blend in"
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first casting director episode of Series 5! Amy Jackson is a freelance casting director with vast prior experience as a casting assistant and ass...
S5E5 - Abuse In The Arts: Across The Pond In Canada
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"If an acting coach has to touch you to make you a better actor, then they're a bad f*cking coach." When today's guest, Nikki, was a young new actor i...
S5E4 - Listener Stories of Abuse During Training, and Beyond
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the release of the new mini-series From Learning To Earning A Story Of Mistreatment In The Acting Industry, The 98% has recieved more emails and...
S5E3 - From Learning To Earning, A Story Of Mistreatment In The Acting Industry
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this part of The 98%'s mini-series about mistreatment of actors, Katie and Alexa speak to powerhouse, advocate and trailblazer Helen Raw who has ma...
S5E2 - From Learning To Earning, A Story Of Mistreatment In The Acting Industry
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this mini series highlighting mistreatment in the arts, The 98% is re-releasing an episode from 2021 of people's stories of a...
S5E1 - From Learning To Earning, A Story Of Mistreatment In The Acting Industry
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 98% is back! And season 5 is kicking off with a 3 part mini series "From Learning to Earning, A Story of Mistreatment in the Acting Industry." I...
The 98% Christmas Episode 2022
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get your festive gear on, grab a drink and hunker down for a jam packed Christmas episode including listener stories, some VIA ("very important animal...
M2E3 - Actors Helping Actors; a chinwag
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Katie and Alexa have a catch up and fill you in on what's been happening behind the scenes. Hear about how things have been going for ...
M2E2 - Actors Helping Actors; WeAudition
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
WeAudition have been trailblazers in the world of helping actors and making opportunity more accessible for years now, and have been supporters of the...
M2E1 - Actors Helping Actors; Flairbox
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini series of The 98%, hear from some actors who have made it their mission to help others, specifically actors in The 98%. In this episode j...
Mic, Concern, Reaction - Casting at The National
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mic, Concern, Reaction; where Alexa and Katie discuss current goings on in the industry, hot off the press, that specifically relate to The 98% of act...
The 98% Christmas Panto Episode
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join in some festive fun with Alexa, Katie and the return of Philip Joel (aka the King of Panto!) as they relive panto experiences (the illusion of pa...
M1E4 - We're back!
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another round of Mic, Concern, Reaction where Katie and Alexa give their hot takes on current goings on in the industry. This episode wa...
M1E3 - We're back!
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You know that thing that actors with representation dread? What's it like when it happens, in a pandemic, on Friday the 13th, and the friend you call ...
Miniseries 1, E1 - We're back!
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 98% Is BACK! Instead of doing a full fourth series with a new episode every fortnight you will be getting podcast instalments as mini series', and...
M1E2 - We're back!
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
'Where are they now?' In this episode Alexa and Katie hear from some previous guests of The 98% with their updates and where they've found themselves ...
Abuse In The Arts
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa, Katie, Scarlett and Cathy recorded this episode in March of 2021. They continue to stand with all who have spoken out, before and since, about...
Mic, Concern, Reaction!
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As mentioned at the end of Series 3, instead of another full series of The 98%, Katie and Alexa will be back with episodes in new and different format...
S3E17 - Finale - "The truth is fine"
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are again, the end of a series! And a THIRD series at that! All thanks to your support, downloads, shares and solidarity. It's an emotional ro...
S3E16 - "Change can be scary. But don't be afraid to change."
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of Series 3 of The 98% Alexa and Katie are joined by Crystal Leaity who shares her journey from seemingly having what every...
S3E15 - "I'd do anything to be a tree right now"
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The amazing women behind the Industry Minds podcast, Scarlett Maltman and Cathy Read, join The 98% today to talk about why they started their podcast ...
S3E14 - "You can make yourself a better CEO"
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During lockdown Alexa and Katie hosted a live webinar with performance psychologist Dr Steve Bull (aka Alexa's Dad!) who you may remember from the res...
S3E13 - "Unemployment means family time"
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode on being parents as actors, Alexa and Katie are joined by Joanna Horton and Luke Norris who talk about their experiences of being pare...
S3E12 - "The Tiger King of Longleat"
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first "Green Room" episode of Series 3! And The 98% is thrilled to have Philip Joel as this episodes guest. Choreographer, performer, teacher...
S3E11 - "You will never stop learning from people around you"
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Douglin and Simon Lennon join Katie and Alexa in this episode to talk about their experiences of and journeys into being an actor without going...
S3E10 - "As bright as the highlighter pen of a 2 percenter"
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In both Series 1 and 2, episode 10 was a time for Katie and Alexa to check in and get back to basics…getting all down and dirty in the business of b...
S3E9 - "You're caught in this Catch 22"
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Producers. Actors know that we have to impress them. That they're a vital part of any production, be it theatre or screen...perhaps even the most impo...
S3E8 - "The Play's The Thing"
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what an artistic director of a theatre actually does?! Ever felt too silly to ask?! Well...you're not alone. Paul-Ryan Carberry joins ...
S3E7 - "It's about adjusting an entire industry's way of thinking"
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The absolute dream team of casting Sophie Holland and Faye Timby join The 98% for this reinvigorating episode to talk about the ins and outs of how ca...
S3E6 - "Your job is to bake the cake"
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in the history of The 98% this episode is about the craft itself...acting! Andrew McIlroy is this weeks guest and he shares some am...
S3E5 - "It is a decent rug to be fair"
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode actor Andy Turner comes on The 98% to talk about living outside of London. What started as a chat about the pros and cons of living el...
S3E4 - "You are allowed a personal body and a professional body"
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The term "intimacy co-ordinator" is probably new to most people and yet their job should have been a staple in this industry LONG before now. In this ...
The 98% - In Solidarity and Support. #BlackLivesMatter
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Personal Experiences of Institutionalised Racism in UK Drama Schools" - www.the98percentpod.com/blog Black Minds Matter gofundme https://www.gofund...
S3E3 - "We've had full on winkers we really have"
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Alexa are joined by the warm, welcoming and wonderful Annelie Powell CDG for the first casting director chat of Series 3. Annelie shares her...
S3E2 - "It's all Maple"
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa is joined by Maya Grant this episode to talk about being a British actor in Vancouver. Alexa has been asked a lot over the last year by listener...
S3E1 - "The Silencer 2.0"
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa and Katie are back for SERIES 3!! Wow! From apprehensive actors questioning the first ever episode to launching a 3rd series...thank you for you...
Coronapocalypse Special - "It's like Christmas gooch but worse."
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our lives feel like the plot of a Black Mirror episode and everything's gone tits up. Thanks to zoom, Alexa and Katie were able to record an episode t...
S2E16 - Curtain Call - "WWMSD?"
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2 of The 98% comes to a close with Katie and Alexa going back to basics; a chinwag, sharing of listener write-ins and general #actorslife realn...
S2E15 - "It shouldn't be a bow down system"
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The astoundingly lovely Casting Director Kharmel Cochrane is the final industry professional joining Alexa and Katie for Series 2 of The 98% and she's...
S2E14 - Agenting Part 2
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Proactive, for me, isn't necessarily contacting people, it's working on yourself." One episode down of the 2 part agent special yet still so much to ...
S2E13 - Agenting Part 1
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I know you exist. I have your headshot in front of me." In a 2 part agent special Alexa and Katie chat to two insightful people about all things agen...
S2E12 - Fingers in both pies
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Lundy works as a TV and Commercial Casting Assistant as well as being an actor. She talks to Katie and Alexa about what it's like being on both s...
S2E11 - #RegulateAndState
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a call to arms! Alexa and Katie fervently believe more needs to be done with the regulation of casting calls on websites that are mainly used ...
S2E10 - "You are your own HR department"
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2 of The 98% is already into double digit episodes! How fast has that gone! Back to basics this episode, Alexa and Katie sit and have a chat, ...
S2E9 - "A pavement for a stage"
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the self titled "Aachan Baachan show" in the deep African bush to the mean streets of London, Mike Rogers joins Alexa and Katie for the latest gr...
S2E8 - "We're not just fries on the side of a burger"
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This weeks guest, Tom Ramsay, and Alexa and Katie have a new word; 'Sexualinity'. Sexuality and Masculinity. Two things that shouldn't have an affect ...
#YesOrNo Callback Episode
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To follow on from our episode last week on why #YesOrNo matters we chat to Emma Manton, an actor and volunteer for Equity who has been in negotiations...
S2E7 - #YesOrNo matters!
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It's like shooting a lame dog. Just put me out of my misery." There's not much more to say here that isn't in the episode apart from that Alexa and K...
Bonus! Alexa live at the Industry Minds panel event.
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa was so pleased to be asked to speak on a panel for a live podcast recording with Industry Minds in association with Bumble celebrating Internati...
S2E6 - "Acting takes all types because all types take acting"
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 98%'s second green room episode is with the amazingly articulate and insightful Robyn Holdaway. Robyn talks to Katie and Alexa all about 98% life ...
S2E5 - "You're in the same boat as other actors, but a boat you made yourself. Like Noah's Arc!"
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Something lots of performers do when the phone's not ringing is make their own work. While this isn't something Alexa and Katie feel actors should fee...
S2E4 - "I was told I'd never do my GCSE's"
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing...The Green Room! Episodes of Series 2 of The 98% where Alexa and Katie chat to members of The 98% about their real life #actorslife journ...
S2E3 - "How often *do* you get in the room though?"
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
SELF TAPES!! Love them or hate them this is an episode everyone in the 98% should pay close attention to as self tapes grow more and more popular. The...
S2E2 - "I'm more than a 'slim build'. I'm a person."
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Alexa and Katie speak to the inspiring Alexandra Laurence about her experiences surrounding body image, how being an actor can affect it and...
S2E1 - "Oh my god, we're back again ♫"
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa and Katie are back!! Series 2 of The 98% starts right here with a catch up about life stuff (clue: some exciting things!) and acting stuff (clue...
'Twas the night before Christmas...
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Christmas to all the wonderful listeners of The 98%. May 2019 bring you all that you hope for and more! Thank you for all your amazing support o...