About Last to Leave Podcast
Last to Leave is a film & tv podcast hosted by Zoey Danielson and Heather Elaine Abbott. Those last to leave set typically aren’t the first to be interviewed about their work and the show seeks to share their stories.
Over the first four seasons, the show has featured interviews with creatives like:
-Paul Rogers, Editor - Everything Everywhere All At Once
-Helen Huang, Costume Designer - Station Eleven, Beef
-Ita O’Brien, Intimacy Coordinator - I May Destroy You, Normal People
-Bianca Butti, 'A' Camera Operator - Challengers
-Katherine Jakeways, Creator/Writer/Executive Producer - The Buccaneers
-Joanna Naugle, Editor -The Bear, Molli and Max in the Future
The fifth season is currently airing with new episodes twice a month!
Meet Your Hosts!
Zoey Danielson is a Post Producer at Harbor Picture Company and the Co-Host, Producer, and Editor of Last to Leave Podcast. Through the show, she is passionate about championing the creatives who are often the last to leave set and sharing the stories of the artists whose work helps bring our favorite films and television series to life.
Originally from Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Zoey moved to Chicago nearly ten years ago to attend Columbia College Chicago, where she studied Cinema. Since graduating, she has spent the past eight years working professionally in both production and post production, building a career rooted in storytelling, collaboration, and creative problem solving.
A lifelong lover of movies, books, and immersive worlds, Zoey is always searching for stories that transport audiences somewhere new. She firmly believes there's a portal to another world hiding just around the corner and is determined to find it. Whether she's producing projects, editing podcast episodes, or enthusiastically discussing the latest film release, she is driven by a deep appreciation for storytelling and the artists who make it possible.
Zoey lives in Chicago with her fiancée, Emma, and their two cats, Winnie and Wanda, who are the true joys of her life. When she's not working, you'll likely find her lost in a fantasy novel, gathered around a board game table, dreaming of dragons, chasing a little magic, watching reality television, and firmly believing that almost everything is better with a touch of sparkle.
Heather Elaine Abbott is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Chicago, IL. She grew up in Garland, Texas and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance from Stephen F. Austin State University. As a part of her practicum year, Heather also studied American Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, England.
Heather is passionate about creating her own work across a variety of mediums. Heather co-created and starred in two seasons of a web series called Apartment 101. The show was featured in Chicago Magazine as a part of ‘The Shut-in’s Guide to Winter’ in December of 2018. Heather also produced the short film, The Other Side, as a part of the Bentwood Festival’s 72 Hour Film Competition in 2019 and won multiple awards including Best in Show. In 2022, Heather’s full length play, OR, received a Staged Reading in Chicago. In 2025, her full length play, You & Me and Everyone Else, was featured in New Wave Theatre’s Bad Draft Reading Series.
Heather can also be seen on stage in Chicago (about once a year!) Her recent theatrical credits include Anj (Safe Landing: Coyote Embrace), Actor 3 (Children of Gaia), Ensemble (This is Art), Peg (Hit The Wall), & Nina (Stupid F*cking Bird).
