Episode
Benito Skinner (Overcompensating)
- Podcast
- The Writers Panel
- Published
- Dec 2, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 2113
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Summary
Benito Skinner (creator/star of Overcompensating ) discusses creating an honest coming-out story, translating his stand up show to a TV pilot, learning from Shonda Rhimes, writing about gray areas, inhabiting characters, the state of TV comedy, and more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow and support the show by subscribing to Ben Blacker's newsletter, Re:Writing , where you'll also get weekly advice from the thousands of writers he's interviewed over the years, as well as access to exclusive live Q&As, meet-ups, and more: benblacker.substack.com SOCIALS: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/benblacker.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.