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Mike Drucker (The Tonight Show)
Mike Drucker (The Tonight Show; Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) discusses his new memoir, Good Game, No Rematch, writing his life through the lens of…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sascha Penn (Power Book III)
Sascha Penn (creator/showrunner, Power Book III) discusses the value of non-industry experience to showrunning, the truth about reps, the storytellin…
1 year, 5 months ago
Jonathan Tropper (Your Friends and Neighbors)
Jonathan Tropper (creator, Your Friends and Neighbors, Banshee, Warrior) discusses writing a TV show closer in sensibility to his novels, the role of…
1 year, 6 months ago
Veronica West (Surface)
Veronica West (creator of Surface, High Fidelity; Dexter: New Blood; Chicago Fire) discusses why she wrote Surface on spec, the elaborate pitch, work…
1 year, 6 months ago
Abdullah Saeed (Deli Boys)
Abdullah Saeed (creator, Deli Boys) discusses diligence versus talent, his favorite part of the television-making process, the most important part of…
1 year, 7 months ago
Drew Hancock (Companion)
Drew Hancock (writer/director, Companion) discusses being put in a box, tricks for directing on the page, writing from the perspective of a robot, wh…
1 year, 8 months ago
Katie O'Brien (The Z-Suite)
Katie O'Brien (creator, The Z Suite; co-creator, Teachers; The Santa Clauses) discusses improv and showrunning, her post-Teachers struggle, optimism …
1 year, 8 months ago
Adam Rudman (Nature Cat)
Adam Rudman (Carl the Collector; Nature Cat; Sesame Street) discusses pitching and selling pre-school series, the throughline in his shows, carrying …
1 year, 8 months ago
Michelle Nader (Shifting Gears; Deli Boys)
Michelle Nader (showrunner of Shifting Gears and Deli Boys) discusses relationships with actors, including her "avatar" Kat Dennings, writing yoursel…
1 year, 8 months ago
MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
In our last episode of the year, journalists Joanna Robinson and Dave Gonzales, the authors of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, discuss making a liv…
1 year, 10 months ago