In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. Starring actors you know and love from television and film, a live audience, and a good time in which no one gets notes, no one is fired, and everyone laughs. Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Worst Week) Ben Blacker (The Writers Panel podcast; co-creator, Thrilling Adventure Hour), and Noah Findling (The New York Times, Comedy Central).
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The definitive insider's guide to our current golden age of television, Ben Blacker's The Writers Panel is an ever expanding anthology of live convention panels and intimate in-studio interviews with the writers, producers, and show runners responsible for all the shows you can't stop watching. Over the course of nearly 500 episodes and counting, The Writers Panel has sat across from guests such as Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ...
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The world's favorite new time podcast in the style of old-time radio. The Thrilling Adventure Hour anthologizes the thrilling adventures of space cowboy Sparks Nevada (Marc Evan Jackson), married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle (Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster), all-American hero Jefferson Reid (Nathan Fillion), and more. Find the complete Thrilling Adventure back catalog plus libraries of classic segments and bonus content on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour Prod ...
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John Ross Bowie (The Big Bang Theory, Speechless) takes you inside the minds of Hollywood’s most recognizable character actors for in-depth interviews about their iconic roles, the ones that got away, and the secrets of show business longevity. You know their faces. Now know their names and their stories. Produced by Ben Blacker and Jordan Katz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ben Blacker (The Writers Panel, Thrilling Adventure Hour) welcomes the most cutting edge voices in comics to talk through their new and classic titles panel by panel. It's like a DVD commentary track for comics. Produced by the Forever Dog Podcast Network.
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The Nerdist Writers Panel series is an informal chat moderated by Ben Blacker (co-creator of the Thrilling Adventure Hour; writer for Supah Ninjas, Supernatural, among others) with professional writers about the process and business of writing. Covering TV, film, comic books, music, novels, and any other kind of writing about which you'd care to hear. Proceeds from the live panels benefit 826LA, the national non-profit tutoring program.
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The Untitled Female Driven Podcast is hosted by Jess Chou, Hannah Rosner and Erica Schreiber. It covers what we wish we'd known about Film and TV writing when we were getting started.
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Matt Gourley and Matt Mira love James Bond so much they decided to make a podcast about it. Each episode they invite a guest to dive deep into one movie from the greatest film franchise known to man. The entire James Bonding catalogue is now being re-released for free, one week at a time, starting 10/5/22. We never left. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Wake up each morning for Blackers for Breakfast, 5:30-9am Weekdays on Triple M Southwest
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Never Say Never Again with Ben Blacker
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Writer extraordinaire Ben Blacker joins us to deconstruct Connery's unofficial return as Bond in the infamous Thunderball remake! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Being on Script: How to Ignore Your Friends and Write Your TV Episode
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EPISODE 58: UFDP unravels the mystery around what "being on script" actually means for staffed TV writers tackling their assigned episode— and whether Hannah and Jess are really too busy to hang out with Erica during that time (the answer may surprise you!).
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The Matt's dive into the second installment of the Austin Powers trilogy and address some business of the show. And Irvin Kershner and Boss Nass show up. Naturally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aron Eli Coleite (Spiderwick Chronicles; Atlas)
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Aron Eli Coleite (creator/showrunner, The Spiderwick Chronicles; Atlas) discusses dialogue and action, helpful Aron-isms, our goldfish attention spans, key differences between TV and movie writing, why development takes so long now, and lots more. Come see Retrospecs on Sunday, May 19, 2-4pm PT at the Elysian Theater in LA! In Retrospecs, we dig th…
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Episode 147: Michael Lisbe & Nate Reger (Acapulco, The Cool Kids) Interview (Frenemies After Show)
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This is our after show interview with Michael Lisbe & Nate Reger (Acapulco, The Cool Kids). In it you'll hear them talk about their show business breaks, how they generate ideas for pilots, a real dilemma they faced early on in their career, their favorite staffing jobs and the parts of their pilot Frenemies, that are based on facts. This one is a …
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Casino of Solace Part 2 with Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci
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We're back, earlier than expected, with part 2 of our back to back watch of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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First Light: Follow-Up Interview w/Liz Kerin, Author/Screenwriter
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EPISODE 57: Author and screenwriter Liz Kerin returns to UFDP with updates and to share the reality of how the development process of turning her Night's Edge duology into a TV series concluded.
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Night's Edge: Interview w/Liz Kerin, Author/TV Writer
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EPISODE 56: Liz Kerin, playwright, screenwriter and author of vampire duology Night's Edge and First Light, told UFDP all about her writing process and the development process of adapting her own novel into a TV series during last year's writers strike.
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Don McKellar (co-creator, The Sympathizer)
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Writer/director/actor Don McKellar (co-creator, The Sympathizer' 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould; Childstar) discusses throwing yourself into the deep end, the terrors of expectation, tradlation, and representation, collaborating with Park Chan-wook, how to know when to fight, his role on Slings and Arrows, and more. Come see Retrospecs on Sunday,…
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Episode 146: Frenemies - The Journey Of Lewis & Clark written by Michael Lisbe & Nate Reger (Acapulco, The Cool Kids)
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Thank you to everyone who upgraded their max fun membership this year. We had more upgrades than last year and we're so grateful for all of you. You're support allows us to keep bringing you dead pilots. Our dead pilot this month is called Frenemies: The Journey Of Lewis & Clark written by Michael Lisbe & Nate Reger (Just Shoot Meet, Cougar Town, 2…
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Casino of Solace Part 1 with Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci
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Maria and Amanda are back! And this time it's to tackle Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace the way they were meant to be tackled, back to back and with Matt and Matt. Tune in for part two next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Michael Jamin (Tacoma FD; Maron) discusses his new collection of personal essays, A Paper Orchestra, sharing versus oversharing, what he learned about art from David Bowie and Pharrel, and more. Buy A Paper Orchestra and see Jamin on his live reading tour! Info here: https://michaeljamin.com/product/a-paper-orchestra/ Come see Retrospecs on Sunday,…
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Captain Laserbeam, "Daddy Knows Jest" Written by Heath Corson Starring Sam Richardson as Captain Laserbeam; Joshua Malina as the Dad Joker; Annie Savage as Yes Anne; Craig Cackowski as Adventurekateer Bradley; Mark Gagliardi as Adventurekateer Ajay; and Hal Lublin as the Heroic Narrator. Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker Music by Jordan Katz and …
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Brian Aubert from the great Silversun Pickups joins the Ms to discuss the seminal Bond parody, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Also, there's a nice Michael G. Wilson story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Evan Waite (Family Guy; The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) discusses the kinds of comedy he enjoys, breaking in by taking chances, his new book Life Wants You Dead: A Calm, Rational and Totally Legit Guide to Scaring Yourself Safe, and more. Come see Retrospecs on Sunday, April 21, 2-4pm PT at the Elysian Theater in LA! In Retrospecs, we dig those old …
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The Matt's take Molly Hawkey on her first real spin into the Bond world with the first Bond itself, Dr. No. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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