A conversation w/ Julie Plec & Kevin Williamson from New York ComicCon 2018. Recorded Live October 5, 2018. Plus a bonus interview with Beth Broderick (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) about portraying witches and pop culture witchcraft. Ben Blacker's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming out 10/31! Please pre-order by calling your local comic book store. If enough of you do this, well get to make more of this thing we like making. Yeah!!! Find your local comic book store here: https://comicshoplo...
Oct 23, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 407
A panel from New York Comic Con 2018 with the storytellers behind the DC Vertigo comics relaunch. This next generation is taking the beloved imprint to new heights, with fantastical series from the new Sandman Universe and brand-new titles launching each month including HEX WIVES, GODDESS MODE, SAFE SEX and many more. Panelists: Zoe Quinn (Goddess Mode); Dan Watters (Lucifer - The Sandman Universe); Tina Horn (Safe Sex); Kat Howard (Books of Magic - The Sandman Universe); and Rob Sheridan (High ...
Oct 16, 2018•55 min•Ep. 406
A panel from New York Comic Con 2018 about the pop culture witches, enchantresses, genies, charmers, and sorceresses who conjured the craft in our popular imaginations in the past. How have women with (super) powers been portrayed, and how is that portrayal evolving? Panelists: Jill Thompson (creator, Scary Godmother); Valorie Curry (actor, The Tick, Blair Witch, and practicing witch); editor Heather Antos (Redlands); and Zoe Quinn (Vertigo's upcoming Goddess Mode). Moderated by Ben Blacker. Rec...
Oct 09, 2018•59 min•Ep. 405
A conversation with Ben Macintyre, the author of several amazing and unbelievable non-fiction accounts of WWII spycraft, including The Spy and the Traitor ; Operation Mincemeat; and Agent Zigzag. (Starts at 14:40). Plus a bonus interview with Madeline Miller, author of Circe , about reinventing one of mythology's most famous (and misunderstood) witches. Ben Blacker's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming out 10/31! Please pre-order by calling your local comic book store. If enough of you do this,...
Oct 02, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 404
Roundtable interview with Grainne Godfree (Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow); Sierra Ornelas (Happy Endings, Superstore); and Monica Beletsky (Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, Fargo). Starts at 20:10. Plus a bonus interview with Andrew Miller (The Secret Circle), talking unconventional TV witches, creating the rules of a supernatural world, and favorite pop culture witches. Ben Blacker's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming out 10/31! Please pre-order by calling your local comic book store....
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 403
In honor of the relaunch of Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking SANDMAN series, Ben Blacker talks about the history of DC's Vertigo imprint, its influence on the rise of graphic novels, and gives a sneak peek at two of the new Sandman titles, "The Dreaming" and "House of Whispers." CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW SANDMAN TITLES: "The Sandman Universe #1" by Neil Gaiman AVAILABLE NOW "The Dreaming #1" by Simon Spurrier AVAILABLE NOW "House of Whispers #1" by Nalo Hopkinson AVAILABLE NOW "Lucifer #1" by Dan Watter...
Sep 21, 2018•13 min
A panel from SDCC 2018 about power, gender politics, and the representation of witches in popular culture. Panelists: Sabrina the Teenage Witch showrunner, Nell Scovell; author of Children of Blood and Bone , Tomi Adeyemi; co-showrunner of the CWs Charmed reboot, Jessica OToole; Ruth Connell, who plays Rowena on Supernatural ; and Juliana Crouch, a practicing witch. Moderated by Ben Blacker. Recorded July 20, 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con International Ben's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming ou...
Sep 18, 2018•52 min•Ep. 402
Roundtable interview with Meredith Averill (The Good Wife, The Haunting of Hill House, Locke and Key); Chris Collins (The Wire, Sons of Anarchy, The Continental); and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (Unreal). Starts at 18:50. Plus a bonus interview with Julie Plec, co-creator of The Vampire Diaries and its spinoff The Originals, talking witches on TV, creating the rules of a supernatural world, and pop culture witches. Ben Blacker's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming out 10/31! Please pre-order by call...
Sep 11, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 401
Ben records the 400th episode of The Writers Panel Live at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles featuring an incredible panel of writers and showrunners, including: Caroline Dries (NBC's upcoming Witchblade; DC Universe's upcoming Batwoman; Vampire Diaries) LaToya Morgan (creator of AMC's upcoming adaptation of Hugh Howey's Wool; Into the Badlands) Alexandra Cunningham (showrunner, Bravo's upcoming Dirty John series; creator of Chance and Prime Suspect) Monica Owuso-Breen (upcoming: Buffy the Vampi...
Sep 04, 2018•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 400
Roundtable interview with Alison Bennett (You're the Worst; LA to Vegas; Single Parents) and Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt (God Friended Me). Starts at 20:48. Plus a bonus interview talking witches with Winnie Holzman, the creator of My So-Called Life and the librettist for the musical version of Wicked. Today's episode of The Writers Panel is brought to you by Hello Fresh . Visit https://www.hellofresh.com/panel60 and use promo code "Panel60" for $60 off your first three boxes from Hello ...
Aug 28, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 399
"Bottle Episodes" from the ATX Television Festival 2018. Panelists: Michael Jacobs ( Boy Meets World ); Anthony Hemingway ( Underground ); John Wirth ( Hell On Wheels ); and Kevin Falls ( The West Wing ). Moderated by Ben Blacker. Recorded June 9, 2018 at the ATX Television Festival, Austin TX. Plus a bonus interview with Maggie Friedman (Eastwick, Witches of East End) about the open ended mythology of witchcraft and the art of creating compelling, credible TV witches. The 400th Episode of The W...
Aug 21, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 398
Ben talks with ATX Television Festival Co-Founders Caitlin McFarland & Emily Gipson and offers a preview of the ATX produced podcast, The TV Campfire. You can find The TV Campfire on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tv-campfire/id1386598065 The ATX Television Festival Official Website: http://atxfestival.com LISTEN TO THE WRITERS PANEL AD-FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plu s CONNECT W/ BEN BLACKER &a...
Aug 16, 2018•34 min•Ep. 397
Roundtable interview with Jacque Edmonds Cofer (creator, Let's Stay Together; Martin; Moesha ); Akela Cooper ( The Flash; Luke Cage; The 100 ); Caroline Kepnes (creator, YOU ). Starts at 23:16. Plus a bonus interview with practicing witch Amanda Damron (@AmandaDamron) about the differences between witchcraft and wicca, discovering witchcraft via Oprah, and spellcraft as a political act. The 400th Episode of The Writers Panel is recording live at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles on Sun 8/26!...
Aug 14, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 396
Meet the new voices behind DC Vertigo comics relaunch. Moderated by DC Vertigo Executive Editor Mark Doyle. Panelists include the creative team from Sandman Universes HOUSE OF WHISPERS, Nalo Hopkinson and Dominike Domo Stanton; BORDER TOWNs Eric M. Esquivel and Ramon Villalobos; HEX WIVES Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfo; AMERICAN CARNAGE writer Bryan Edward Hill; GODDESS MODEs Zo Quinn and Robbi Rodriguez; HIGH LEVELs Rob Sheridan; and writer Mark Russell of SECOND COMING. Recorded July 20, 2018 a...
Aug 09, 2018•46 min•Ep. 395
Roundtable interview with Raamla Mohamed ( Scandal ); James LaRosa (creator, Hit the Floor ); and Holly Henderson ( Hit the Floor; Smallville ). Starts at 23:25. Plus a bonus interview with actress Claudia Black ( The Originals ) about playing a witch, her favorite pop culture witches, and more. The 400th Episode of The Writers Panel is recording live at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles on Sun 8/26! Buy Tickets Here: https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar/2018/8/26writerspanel/iwasheret...
Aug 07, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 394
The creators of the brand new action comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me , Susanna Fogel (writer/director) and David Iserson (writer), join Ben to talk about the making of the film and why it often takes 10 years to become an overnight success in Hollywood. Plus a bonus interview with actress/writer Amber Benson ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Witches of Echo Park ) about the art of witchcraft, playing witches, and more. Ben's new Vertigo book HEX WIVES is coming out 10/31! Please pre-order by calling ...
Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 393
Nash Bridges Writers Room Reunion from the ATX Television Festival. Carlton Cuse (Writer/EP); Shawn Ryan (Writer/Co-Producer); Glen Mazzara (Writer); Jed Seidel (Writer/Supervising Producer); Pam Veasey (Writer). Moderated by Ben Blacker. Recorded June 9, 2018 at the ATX Television Festival, Austin TX. THIS EPISODE BROUGHT TO YOU BY PUBLIC DOMAIN THEATER, HOSTED BY KELLY NUGENT & LINDSAY KATAI, ON THE FOREVER DOG PODCAST NETWORK: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-domain-t...
Jul 24, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 392
Ben talks to Robert and Michelle King, co-creators of "The Good Wife" and "The Good Fight." Recorded June 9, 2018 at the ATX Television Festival, Austin TX. LISTEN TO THE WRITERS PANEL AD-FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plu s CONNECT W/ BEN BLACKER & THE WRITER'S PANEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/BENBLACKER https://www.facebook.com/TVWritersPanel THE WRITER'S PANEL IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF THE FOREVER DOG PODCAST NETWORK AND THE ATX TELEVISION FESTIVAL. http://...
Jul 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 391
Shernold Edwards ( Red Line, Anne with an E ); Vera Santamaria ( Orange is the New Black, Bojack Horseman ); and Christine Boylan ( The Punisher, Painkiller Jane, Cloak and Dagger ). Recorded July 1 2018. LISTEN TO THE WRITERS PANEL AD-FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plu s CONNECT W/ BEN BLACKER & THE WRITER'S PANEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/BENBLACKER https://www.facebook.com/TVWritersPanel THE WRITER'S PANEL IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF THE FOREVER DOG PODCAST ...
Jul 10, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 390
Ben brings his hit ATX panel "Breakfast with Phil" to LA's Dynasty Typewriter Theater (30:00) talking food, entertainment, creativity, and why LA is the world's best restaurant city with Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal, actor/restauranteur Danny Trejo (Machete, Spy Kids, Breaking Bad, Trejo's Cantino, Trejo's Doughnuts), and n/naka chefs Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida-Nakayama. Recorded Live at the Dynasty Typewriter Theater on May 12, 2018. We should say that this was recorded bef...
Jun 26, 2018•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 389
Roundtable discussion with Kenneth Biller (creator, Genius ); Maggie Mull ( Family Guy; Life in Pieces ); and David Graziano ( American Gods; Southland ). LISTEN TO THE WRITERS PANEL AD-FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plu s CONNECT W/ BEN BLACKER & THE WRITER'S PANEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/BENBLACKER https://www.facebook.com/TVWritersPanel THE WRITER'S PANEL IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF THE FOREVER DOG PODCAST NETWORK AND THE ATX TELEVISION FESTIVAL. http://fo...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 388
Last fall, in the midst of pop cultures ongoing obsession with all things true crime, Netflixs American Vandal arrived just in time to set social media ablaze with one tantalizing question: Who drew the dicks? Like amateur documentarians Peter and Sam, viewers found themselves enamored not only by the shows central mystery (uncovering the perpetrator of a costly, phallic prank), but the precision with which the series had satirized the genre itself. In this case study, join the creative team beh...
Jun 12, 2018•53 min•Ep. 387
As different directors tackle single episodes or an entire series, a strong relationship between directors and showrunners is crucial to maintaining a cohesive and dynamic vision of the storytelling. Join these showrunner + director pairs, who have worked together across multiple episodes, as they discuss the challenges of collaborating across a season of stories, establishing trust, and what occurs when opinions collide. Panelists: Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans); Thomas Schlamme (...
Jun 05, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 386
Greg Garcia (creator, My Name Is Earl ), Tracey Wigfield (creator, Great News), Danielle Sanchez-Witzel ( The Carmichael Show ), Bob Daily ( Superior Donuts ), and Javier Grillo-Marxuach ( The Middleman ) discuss what the job of showrunner actually entails, swapping stories, asking each other for advice, and giving insight into the lessons theyve learned along the way. Moderated by Julie Plec ( The Vampire Diaries ). Recorded at ATX Television Festival on June 11, 2017. Get your badge now for AT...
May 29, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 385
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (creator, Sweet/Vicious), Gloria Calderon Kellett (creator, One Day at a Time), Justin Simien (creator, Dear White People), and David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights) discuss how their series have surpassed diversity trends and token characters by organically weaving in storylines of race, religion, sexual assault, the foster care system, immigration, health care, and many many more, with the belief that exposing audiences to a variety of people, experiences, and worlds the...
May 22, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 384
Bob Daily ( Superior Donuts ), Justin Simien (creator, Dear White People ), Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon Kellett (creators, One Day at a Time ), and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel ( The Carmichael Show ) discuss taking their inspiration from Norman Lear and incorporating issues and debates that are meant to challenge and teach. From race to gender, and politics to religion, these sitcom writers achieve bigger conversations about issues that make a difference in your life, while still making you laugh...
May 15, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 383
"Teens on TV" from the LA Times Festival of Books. Lauren Iungerich (creator, On My Block and Awkward ), Gina Fattore ( Better Things; Gilmore Girls; Dawson's Creek ), and Dave Nadelberg (creator, The Mortified Guide ) discuss angst on TV, from the scripted ( The Wonder Years, Freaks & Geeks ) to The Mortified Guide , a nonfiction storytelling project where adults share the embarrassing things they wrote as teenagers. LISTEN TO THE WRITERS PANEL AD-FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdo...
May 08, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 382
Catching up with Colony creator Ryan Condal and co-showrunner Wes Tooke. Season 3 of Colony premieres on USA tomorrow night, May 2! Then, Aline Brosh McKenna (co-creator, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ), Sam Bain (creator, Peep Show, Fresh Meat, Ill Behaviour ), Tanya Saracho (creator, Vida ; How to Get Away with Murder ; Looking ). Recorded live at the LA Times Festival of Books on April 22, 2018. LISTEN TO THE WRITERS PANEL AD-FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plu s CONNECT W/ BEN...
May 01, 2018•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 381
Craig Erwich (Hulu), Jennifer Salke (NBC), Casey Bloys (HBO), Nick Grad (FX), and Gary Levine (Showtime) discuss how their networks forge individual paths in a time of "Peak TV," their decisions behind which and how many series to order, balancing their brands while growing their audiences, and more. Moderated by Debra Birnbaum ( Variety ). Recorded at ATX Television Festival on June 9, 2017. Get your badge now for ATX's seventh season, June 7-10, 2018, at http://atxfestival.com . LISTEN TO THE ...
Apr 24, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 380
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (creator, The Middleman), Robia Rashid (creator, Atypical), Liz Tigelaar (creator, Life Unexpected), and David Hudgins (Parenthood) discuss storylines they’ve created or by happenstance been assigned to that have mirrored parts of their own lives, how they walked the line between truth and fiction, and how they personally tackled subjects that might be a little too close to home. Moderated by Natalie Abrams (Entertainment Weekly). Recorded at ATX Television Festival on Jun...
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 379
