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3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast

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Mar 28, 2022
Host Luciano Saber speaks with Promised Land creator-showrunner Matt Lopez about his drama series centering on two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in Sonoma Valley’s wine country – and how representation matters onscreen and in the writers’ room.
Mar 25, 2022

Host Brian Gary talks with screenwriter-director Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes, Let Me In) about his decidedly darker take on Gotham City’s iconic superhero in The Batman.

Mar 22, 2022

Host Hilliard Guess speaks with Bel Air co-developer-showrunner Morgan Cooper about reimagining ’90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with a more dramatic vibe updated for 2022.

Mar 17, 2022

Host Brian Gary talks with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs, The West Wing) about writing and directing the recent Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz behind-the-scenes biopic, Being the Ricardos, as well as The Social Network, ranked #3 on WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far.)

Mar 14, 2022

Host David Sheftell speaks with Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg about writing the hit teen comedy Superbad, named one of WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far).

Mar 10, 2022
Host Luciano Saber interviews Weakest Link head writer Ann Slichter and writer Scott Saltzburg about what it takes to put together a primetime network game show.
Mar 7, 2022

Host Gary Goldstein talks with screenwriter Diana Ossana about the journey from page to screen and the enduring impact of Brokeback Mountain, named one of WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far), and her late writing partner Larry McMurtry.

Mar 3, 2022

Host Brian Gary speaks with The Handmaid’s Tale writer-executive producer Yahlin Chang about Hulu’s acclaimed dystopian drama.

Mar 1, 2022

Host Monique Sorgen talks with TV comedy writer Kourtney Kang (Fresh Off the Boat, How I Met Your Mother) about developing and showrunning Disney+’s dramedy series Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

Feb 25, 2022

Host Brian Gary speaks with filmmaker Ben Cleary about writing and directing sci-fi drama Swan Song, and how personal experience inspired the film’s exploration of love, loss, and hard choices.

Feb 24, 2022
Host Aaron Fullerton talks with Station Eleven creator-showrunner Patrick Somerville (Made for Love, Maniac) about HBO Max's post-apocalyptic limited series that's eerily timely in our pandemic era.
Feb 17, 2022

Host Hilliard Guess speaks with filmmaker Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad) about writing and directing his breakthrough film, Moonlight, named one of WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far) list.

Feb 14, 2022

Brian Gary talks with The Great creator-showrunner-writer Tony McNamara about Season Two of Hulu’s revisionist period piece comedy series – huzzah!

Feb 10, 2022

In honor of Black History Month, WGAW Committee of Black Writers Co-Chair Hilliard Guess talks with Women of the Movement creator-showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar about bringing the true story Mamie Till-Mobley, who sought justice for her slain son Emmett Till, to the screen for ABC’s limited series.

Feb 7, 2022

Host Josephine Green Zhang speaks with Susan Soon He Stanton about writing for HBO’s darkly comic drama series Succession.

Feb 4, 2022
Host Moon Zappa talks with screenwriter-director-author Amy Koppelman about adapting her novel A Mouthful of Air for the recent film which explores postpartum depression.
Feb 1, 2022

Host Josephine Green Zhang speaks with Gentefied creators-showrunners Marvin Lemus & Linda Yvette Chavez about Netflix’s Latinx dramedy series, which explores the impact of gentrification, immigration, and cross-cultural identities in an L.A. neighborhood.

Jan 27, 2022

Host Josephine Green Zhang speaks with Reservation Dogs co-creator/showrunner Sterlin Harjo about the ground-breaking Hulu comedy, why Native American/Indigenous inclusion is vital in the writers’ room, and how representation matters on both sides of the camera.

Jan 21, 2022

Host Hilliard Guess talks with screenwriter Virgil Williams (Mudbound) about the military drama/love story A Journal for Jordan.

Jan 19, 2022

Host Josephine Green Zhang speaks with filmmaker Lulu Wang about writing and directing The Farewell, named one of WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far).

Jan 18, 2022

Host David Sheftell speaks with CODA screenwriter-director Sian Heder (Little America, Tallulah), about her recent film, which explores the coming-of-age of a teenage girl growing up as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), torn between family obligations and the pursuit of her own dreams.

Jan 14, 2022

Host Moon Zappa speaks with screenwriter Steven Knight (Locked Down, Allied) about how he got inside the mind of Princess Diana for royal drama Spencer.

Jan 11, 2022

Host Hilliard Guess talks with writer Tracey Scott Wilson (Fosse/Verdon, The Americans) about bringing the life and career of iconic singer Aretha Franklin to the screen for biopic Respect.

Dec 21, 2021

Royal drama The King’s Speech has been named one of WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far) – author/screenwriter Ken Pisani speaks with the film’s screenwriter David Seidler about how his personal experience shaped his historical script.

Dec 16, 2021

Brian talks with the team of screenwriters behind the epic feature film Dune: Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth.

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