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Vince Nicholas Podcasts
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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A stroll through the annals of Pennsylvania political corruption via a 5-episode podcast series. Listen as long-time GOP political consultant Christopher Nicholas, along with two veteran reporters who have witnessed and written about politics and corruption here for decades -- John Baer and Brad Bumsted -- review the quirks and the nooks and crannies of some of the most absorbing political corruption cases, primarily from the modern era, here in Pennsylvania. In each episode (about 35-45 min ...
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I have a strict "I'm not gonna like your photo" policy
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24:13also, do these shoes make me look fat?
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also, Carolyn cuts her nails in her car, how close to empty do you let you car gas tank get? & we watched that Biggest Loser documentary
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Writer/director Macon Blair (The Toxic Avenger; I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore) discusses managing a bigger production for his second feature, "handmade" films, balancing tones, writing a movie that's not "accidentally stupid," and lots more. LIVE STUFF! A live Dead Pilots Society in LA (or available to stream on demand) on Sunday 9/14 …
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Would you let your mechanic drink beer while working on your car to save $300?
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13:52Raised back of hand with no skin tone
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Meineke is a scam & we watched that movie Weapons
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40:25also, we saw some losers at the Gross Out, Meineke said Carolyn's car needed over $2,000 in repairs & I have a fun fact about Herman's Head
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Jen Statsky (Hacks) / Dan Erickson (Severance)
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1:14:21A double-header today! First, Jen Statsky (co-creator, Hacks) returns to discuss maintaining the high quality of the show four seasons in, staying honest while staying funny, season 4's big emotional moments, Carol Burnett, being raised by television, and more. Then, Severance creator Dan Erickson discusses the challenges of season 2, finding "thin…
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The LLVMJ WeightLifting Club has disbanded
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Michael Seitzman (creator, The Rainmaker, Intelligence) discusses selling his John Grisham adaptation three times, shooting Dublin for Charleston (for Memphis), his approach to adaptation, storybreaking a conspiracy, hiring a writers room of Finders, Minders, and Grinders, and more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow a…
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also, i couldn't unclog our shower drain and carolyn has a casual case of stalking an instagram influencer
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if you dont strong arm robbery me, then i wont strong arm robbery you
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22:16also, i got new kicks, missed my 30th high school reunion & made the most difficult decision I've ever made in my life
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also, frankie blue (the gray menace) struck again, my fried rice is better than Panda's & we ate a 3k calorie chicken pot pie
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Nicholas Stoller & Francesca Delbanco (Platonic)
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38:05Nicholas Stoller (writer and/or director, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Muppets, Neighbors) and novelist Francesca Delbanco created and run Apple TV+'s Platonic. Ahead of the new season on August 6, they discuss writing a show called "Platonic" as a married couple, the importance of set experience for writers, not taking their work home, balancing…
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also: we ate french fry pizza, frankie got a new litterbox and carolyn's thighs hurt
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also, foot locker versus footaction
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The Naked Gun writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand (Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers) discuss the real stakes of a very silly movie, comedy fight scenes, not being referential, why Liam Neeson is integral to remaking The Naked Gun, having on hand an ungodly number of alt jokes, and more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow and …
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I watched Superman and there was just nothing there for me, man
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16:20bring back the 1987 Mariel Hemingway!
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I Know What You Did Last Summer writer/director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge; Someone Great) returns along with co-writer Sam Lansky to discuss their continuation of the 1997 horror film, modernizing a morality tale, playing plot Jenga, "trauma but make it popcorn," and justifying THAT TWIST. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PR…
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Wash your t-shirt inside out (Day 2 of our stay at Le Fisher Chateau)
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25:59Have fun storming the castle!
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Rich people weird (Day 1 of our stay at Le Fisher Chateau)
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30:43there's lots of bending at libraries, singing in the grotto, zoom o'er the enemy, & dont u hate highways with businesses on them?!
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it's called restitution
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James DeMonaco (writer/director, The Home, The Purge) discusses co-writing during lockdown, collaborating with Pete Davidson, the movie he passed on that got The Home made, advice from Francis Ford Coppola, and news of maybe a new Purge movie! THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow and support the show by subscribing to Be…
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Pray for butter (Carolyn's great Great Value breakfast extravaganza!)
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36:12let's live like we're in the plot of an 80s high school movie!
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all i needed was a red beret
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Stefanie Leder (Faking It; Boo Bitch) discusses her debut novel, Love, Coffee, and Revolution, a coming-of-age/political adventure/rom com. the long road of writing the book, setting reasonable daily goals, the most important thing to getting published, why "TV is Jewish," and lots more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Fol…
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also, How to properly buy a balloon at the Dollar Tree
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also, when did oil changes begin costing $80? & the search for yellow price tags
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Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz (creators, Murderbot; American Pie; About a Boy) discuss working with actors and what Alexander Skarsgård brought to the titular role of Murderbot, who your audience is, writing and directing together after a two-decade break, and lots more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow and support the …
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also, our votes are for sale, we spotted the bird pooper & we watched trainwreck: poop cruise
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also, these books ain't goin' down to Mexico!
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also, remember being a kid and hearing the garage door open when your parents came home?
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news flash: the dmv website sucks!
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You can't say mammogram without saying mamm(ary)
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29:00also, Vince helped an old lady at target, we have bird poop & dead plant problems and the shrimp nerve line
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