Podcast Episodes

717 - The Screenwriting Life: The Craft Lessons That Matter Most

Season 15 Episode 717

In a Christmas crossover event, John and Craig join Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) and Lorien McKenna (Tab Time) on their podcast, The Screenwriting Life.

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2 months, 1 week ago

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716 - Personality Typologies

Season 15 Episode 716

John and Craig welcome back screenwriter Mike Makowsky (Death by Lightning, Bad Education) to ask, how do you dramatize a historical event that no on…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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715 - The Book Launch, Live!

Season 15 Episode 715

John and Craig celebrate the release of the Scriptnotes Book with a sold-out show full of arguments, games and holiday cheer at Dynasty Typewriter in…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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714 - Three Page Challenge Live in Austin 2025

Season 15 Episode 714

John and Craig gather a congregation of writers in St. David's Episcopal Church for a live round of the Three Page Challenge. They look at three list…

3 months ago

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713 - Your First Produced Film

Season 15 Episode 713

John welcomes Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan, the writing team behind KPop Demon Hunters, to chart their path from film school to first feature.

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3 months, 1 week ago

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712 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Season 15 Episode 712

John and Craig welcome back Dana Fox (Wicked, The Lost City) for a magical flight through everything that went into adapting Wicked and its upcoming …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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711 - The State of Pitching

Season 15 Episode 711

John welcomes back Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Devil Wears Prada) to ask, what do executives expect from a pitch these days? They l…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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710 - What Happened To Weird?

Season 15 Episode 710

John and Craig look at all the pleasant, normal people around them and ask, what happened to the weirdos? They root out the causes of cultural stagna…

4 months ago

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709 - Live at the Austin Film Festival 2025

Season 15 Episode 709

John and Craig return to Texas for their 11th show at the Austin Film Festival. They welcome writer Pamela Ribon (Nimona, My Year of Dicks) and showr…

4 months ago

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708 - Ambition Meets Fabrication

Season 15 Episode 708

John and Craig look at three tales of lies, betrayal and deceit and ask, How Would This be a Movie? Stories include a flamboyant show-business grifte…

4 months, 1 week ago

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