Why Anime Is Taking Over Pop Culture
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Crunchyroll EVP Mitchel Berger to talk about anime’s increasing popularity with those yearning for community. We reference a report on the state of anime severa...
18 Jul 202542min
How 'Sovereign' Tackles a Cult with Compassion
On this week’s episode, I talked to Christian Swegal, the writer-director of the new film Sovereign, about his new film and its focus on the cult-like behavior of the Sovereign Citizen movement. We di...
11 Jul 202535min
Is 'F1' a Hit? How Do We Even Judge That?
Always glad to talk to the Entertainment Strategy Guy (read him here!) about the state of play in the world of streaming and beyond. Among the topics discussed this week: Whether or not F1: The Movie ...
3 Jul 202546min
How Zombies Can Help Explain Political Theory
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Daniel Drezner—cohost of the Space the Nation podcast with Ana Marie Cox and proprietor of the Drezner’s World Substack—to discuss the eternal popularity of zombi...
27 Jun 202513min
You Can Make a Movie with Your Phone
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Bart Weiss to discuss the evolution of the iPhone-shot movie from Tangerine to 28 Years Later and his recent book, Smartphone Cinema: Making Great Films with Yo...
20 Jun 202543min
Why Productions Are Fleeing Los Angeles
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Lane Brown of New York magazine to discuss his feature on an increasingly rare phenomenon: the film or TV show shot in Los Angeles. From foreign tax credits to th...
13 Jun 202538min
How the Studios Are (Quietly) Using AI
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by New York Magazine features writer Lila Shapiro to discuss her feature story on the growing utilization of generative AI by Hollywood studios to cut costs and spee...
6 Jun 202546min
A Life in Music
On this week’s episode, I strayed a bit from Hollywood to talk to David C. Lowery of the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven about his new album, Fathers, Sons, and Brothers. You can check out the ...
30 Mai 20251h 4min
