In this episode, host Josephine Green Zhang talks to The Last of Us creators and showrunners Craig Mazin(Chernobyl) & Neil Druckmann about crafting Season 2 of the hit series, adapting the popular videogame for television, advice for aspiring writers, and more.
In this episode, host Moon Zappa speaks with showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman (Jane the Virgin, Charmed) about reimagining the hit CBS series Matlock, the challenges of writing broadcast TV shows, how she shapes her writers’ room, and more.
In this episode, host Monique Sorgen talks with showrunner and executive producer Michelle Nader(2 Broke Girls, The King of Queens, Dollface), about her two current comedy series, Shifting Gears and Deli Boys, how personal experience shapes her work, and more.
SAG-AFTRA’s Interactive Media Agreement, which covers video game performers, expired in November of 2022. On July 26, 2024, after 18 months of negotiations with some of the industry’s largest video game companies, SAG-AFTRA members called a strike. Today on the podcast, WGAW member and host Myles Warden is joined by SAG-AFTRA Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee Chair Sarah Elmaleh for an update on the strike and to learn more about the core issues that SAG-AFTRA members are fighting for.
In our latest episode, host Hilliard Guess talks with Cross developer-showrunner Ben Watkins(Hand of God, Burn Notice) about his hit Amazon Prime series, what he looks for when staffing writers’ rooms, and more.
In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with Companion screenwriter-director Drew Hancock (My Dead Ex, Suburgatory) about his feature film debut, transitioning from TV to film, balancing tone, and more.
Host Susie Singer Carter speaks with The Last Showgirl screenwriter Kate Gersten about drawing from her own experience of Las Vegas nightlife, her transition from writing for television (The Good Place, Mozart in the Jungle) to film, and more.
In this episode, WGAW member and host Jonterri Gadson is joined by Víctor Sánchez, Executive Director for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy – also known as LAANE – an organizing and advocacy institution committed to economic, environmental, and racial justice. LAANE brings together community power and labor power to win policies that improve the lives of working families in Los Angeles and in Long Beach.
Host Jonterri Gadson talks with The Sticky creators-showrunners Brian Donovan & Ed Herro (American Housewife, The Neighbors) about their journey to bring the dark comedy caper to the screen, the challenges of shooting on location, the art of pitching, and more.