
How to Quit Hollywood
Former hotshot TV writer Patty Lin, who quit Hollywood in 2009 when industry toxicity overwhelmed her, discusses her dishy new memoir, 'End Credits'. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discus...
1 Sep 202339min

'My Year is Gone Career-Wise'
Before the strike, actress Addie Weyrich had an FX pilot. Today, she is waiting tables. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...
25 Aug 202339min

Leaks, Meetings & Calls. Oh My!
After months of silence, studio heads seem newly committed to reaching an agreement with the WGA. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu...
18 Aug 202331min

Lina Khan Q&A: Hollywood 'Red Flags', 'Doom Loop' & the Future of M&A
FTC Chair Lina Khan on the agency’s views on the various crises roiling entertainment. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
16 Aug 202335min

'It Will Surprise Us How Fast it Can Disappear'
Dickinson creator Alena Smith joins to discuss the destructive effects of streaming and the corporatization of entertainment. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscr...
11 Aug 202339min

WBD and the Struggle of Legacy Studios
Three earnings calls on the same day reveal how entertainment companies are no longer playing the same game. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...
4 Aug 202335min

Studios, Strikers and a Tense Game of Chicken
The WGA accuses the studios of being in a ‘mutual suicide pact.’ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/...
28 Juli 202346min

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland: 'It Takes Two to Tango...the Companies Aren't Stepping Up'
As Week 1 of the actors strike draws to a close, an interview with SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on Wall Street’s impact on the impasse, the stickiest issues on the table and more...
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