Two broads, two Virgos, on opposite ends of the Virgo spectrum.
Our attention to detail lands in completely different places, which is exactly why it works.
How we met
We met at Rodan + Fields, where Jax was production manager of the internal video studio and Peggy was foundation coordinator on the nonprofit side. Jax had posted a job opening, a mutual friend made the connection, and Jax put in a referral. We knew we’d be friends when Peggy followed up with a handwritten thank-you card (a power move that has never been topped).
We bonded fast, and not just over spreadsheets and drag (though there was plenty of both). We spent our time outside work the way we spent it inside it: showing up. Soup kitchens in the Tenderloin, suicide watch walks with Bridgewatch Angels, protests marched side by side, the kind of showing up that comes from actually caring, not from a company photo op. Peggy had already spent years on a crisis line. Jax had spent years finding real people and earning their trust. It turned out we were built the same way.
When Jax left the company in 2019, Peggy did too, and we’ve worked together ever since. We balance each other because we’re both relentless, just about completely different things. Where one of us fixates, the other has range. That’s the whole engine of how this works.
How we work together
We are the people our friends call when something goes wrong, when they don’t know where to start, when life hands them too many moving parts and not enough roadmap. We make spreadsheets for fun. We research obsessively. We love nothing more than taking something overwhelming and handing someone back a clear path forward. This company is just us, doing that work on purpose. Experienced, and a little obsessive.
We are women-led because we know what it means to be overlooked, underestimated, and asked to make something feel real when the process behind it isn’t. Real Broad Casting was built to do it right: with care, with intention, and from the inside out.
Real Broad is not coming at this from the outside, chasing a trend. This is the work we have already been doing for years. Together we bring experience in casting, documentary storytelling, production, nonprofit work, creative development, and project management. That mix matters, because this work is not just about finding people. It is about knowing how to recognize a real story, earn trust, bring it out, protect it, organize it, and help it land.
What we believe
Real stories are a responsibility. The people we cast, interview, or support are not content machines or case studies. They are real people with boundaries and something meaningful to share, and our job is to represent it honestly.
Clarity is care. Making something clear, organized, and actionable is one of the most caring things you can do for another person. Removing overwhelm is a form of service.
Storytelling is strategy. Story isn’t decorative. Sometimes the real story isn’t there to support the creative. Sometimes it’s what should shape it.
Always willing to learn. We’re not the experts and we don’t pretend to be. We ask, we listen, we take the note, and we get better with every project.
No bullshit. Ever. No buzzword soup, no fake-deep language, no smoke and mirrors, no over-promising. In the client work, the content, and how we talk about ourselves.
More about Jax
Jax Burke has worked in production and project management since 2011, and in casting since 2018. A current member of CSA, she specializes in finding real people, businesses, actors, and extras for both SAG and non-union projects. She has cast coast to coast and internationally for 250+ brand campaigns, including Apple, Disney, Uber, Under Armour, Gap, and Facebook, and produced 1,200+ short-form documentaries and corporate videos for clients including the Clinton Global Initiative, (RED), Stanford, Microsoft, and Patagonia.
Her credits include casting director on The Edge of the Light, production manager on the Emmy-nominated series Uncharted Adventure for The Weather Channel, and second assistant director on the short film Cherry Pie.
That documentary background is a major part of the company's DNA. People trust us with their stories, and we take that seriously. Her strongest work is in the weird, specific, needle-in-the-haystack projects, where the right person is not obvious and every detail matters.
She is a firm believer in the power of storytelling. As a documentary producer, she is still humbled by the trust people place in her when they share their stories. As a casting director, the part she loves is collaborating with directors to uncover what makes each person and family specific. She has done karaoke on six continents, and says being a mom is the better adventure.
More about Peggy
Peggy Lien came up in nonprofit operations, running the foundation side of a national company: a $1MM operating budget, $5MM in grants, an employee engagement program spanning 700+ people across five global offices, and the platform migrations most people avoid, including a Salesforce build that grew the donor base and cut hundreds of hours of manual work. If there is a tracker, a process, or a donor list that needs to exist and doesn't yet, that is her.
Before that, she spent six years as a crisis line counselor and trainer, and that is where the other part of the work comes from. Knowing how to sit with someone in a hard moment, earn their trust, and make the overwhelming feel manageable is not a soft skill here. It is the job.
She has a psychology degree from UC Berkeley, is fluent in Mandarin, and is based in Oakland.
What we know how to do
- We know how to find people
- We know how to talk to people
- We know how to make people feel comfortable
- We know how to bring out the story
- We know how to keep productions organized
- We know how to build the system when there isn't one
- We know how to work with brands, directors, producers, agencies, and real people
- And we know when something feels real, and when something feels like bullshit
Real.
Real people, real customers, real stories, real experiences. And we keep it real: direct, honest, practical, upfront. No bullshit, no over-promising.
Broad.
The range of the work: casting, storytelling, systems, project management, and more. Built to fit a Fortune 500 partner and a first-time independent creator alike.
Casting.
The core of the work. Finding the right people, voices, faces, stories, and lived experiences is the main focus.
Broad Casting.
A nod to broadcasting, with a twist. Not broadcasting a polished message out, but casting a wider, more human net to find the people who make the message matter.
Human-centered story finding, backed by real casting experience, documentary instincts, production knowledge, and a deep respect for the people brave enough to share their stories. Plus the organizational spine to keep all of it from falling apart.
To be the boutique brands, nonprofits, and productions call when they want to do it right, as a real creative and operational partner, not a vendor. To build a company as human behind the scenes as the stories we help bring forward. And to make room for people with strong instincts and not enough access, because breaking into this work is hard, and we want to be the door we wish had existed for us.
Good work,
with good people.
Tell us what you are working on. We will figure it out with you.
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