Episode Details

What do Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World, and TV classics like Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, In Living Color, Full House, and A Different World all have in common? Writer Rob Edwards. For more than 40 years, Rob has been shaping the way we laugh, cry, and see ourselves on screen. In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam Montiel sits down with Rob to talk about surviving Hollywood with “Detroit hustle,” why Disney and Marvel story rooms are more alike than you’d think, and what it means to close out this year’s Central Coast Writers Conference with what he calls “a full tank of chicken soup for the writer’s soul.”

• Don’t miss the special screening of The Princess and the Frog + Live Q&A with Rob Edwards, happening tomorrow, September 25th, at the Palm Theatre in San Luis Obispo. The evening begins with a 5pm reception, the family-friendly screening at 6pm, followed by a conversation with Rob himself. Tickets are just $10–$12.

• Rob will also be delivering the keynote address at the 41st Annual Central Coast Writers Conference, September 26–27 at Cuesta College.

• Learn more and grab tickets:

• Central Coast Writers Conference: centralcoastwritersconference.com

• The Princess and the Frog Screening + Q&A Tickets: Palm Theatre Event Info



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Adam will be leading a live workshop on The Art of the Interview at this year’s Central Coast Writers Conference, happening September 26–27, 2025 at Cu