The Townies Part 2: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022
It’s Part 2 of podcasting’s most exclusive event of the year, the first-annual Townie Awards. In Part 2, Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw give out the Mea Culpa Award, the Suck Haters I Was Right Award...
28 Dec 202235min
The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022
It’s podcasting’s most exclusive event of the year, the first annual Townie Awards. This is a show made up of awards created by us, based on our own interpretations of the weirdest year in Hollywood. ...
27 Dec 202234min
Why YouTube Landed NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’
This week YouTube closed on a multi-billion dollar deal to take over NFL ‘Sunday Ticket,’ marking the next major sign of sports television's inevitable transition to streaming. Matt is joined by Ben M...
23 Dec 202232min
2022 Debacles Part 2: The 2023 Hot Seat and Hollywood’s Biggest Loser
In Part 2 of our biggest debacles of the year conversation, Matt welcomes back Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to nominate the executive on the hot seat in 2023 and make the case for the biggest debacle of the...
20 Dec 202230min
2022 Debacles Part 1: Movie Bombs, Executive Misfires, and Secret Disasters
This entire year was arguably a debacle for most in Hollywood, the content bubble has seemingly burst, the streaming model may be broken, and companies are frantically trying to create a business mode...
19 Dec 202230min
The Stranglehold of Streaming, With United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer
Matt is joined by the CEO of United Talent Agency (UTA) Jeremy Zimmer to discuss how the financial downturn of the streaming model has trickled down to talent agencies, why pivoting for back-end profi...
16 Dec 202232min
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ With Producer Jon Landau
Matt is joined by film producer Jon Landau to talk about his latest project ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ and creating the most successful movie of all time with ‘Avatar.’ He talks about managing the sky...
15 Dec 202233min
The Biggest Flexes of the Year in Hollywood
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the most successful power moves of the year in Hollywood. In what was widely considered a difficult year across the board in entertainment, who took...
12 Dec 202232min
