{"podcast":{"title":"Living To Write","slug":"living-to-write-5781823","podcast_index_feed_id":5781823,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/livingforwriting-storysummit/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.storysummit.us/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/livingforwriting-storysummit/20221031_031032_753a3c8961804ed70ba94ce3d3c7407b.jpg","author":"Bailey Patterson and Brian Landwehr","episode_count":24,"summary":"Join screenwriters Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson as they dive into conversations with accomplished writers, exploring their creative processes, triumphs, challenges, and insights. Discover behind-the-scenes stories from your favourite films and TV shows, discussing how initial drafts evolve into the final product with advice from those who LIVE TO WRITE. Presented in collaboration with David Kirkpatrick, founder of Story Summit. This podcast features candid, unfiltered discussions with genuine individuals. Produced by Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T18:17:32.947085+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-to-write-5781823"},"episode":{"title":"David Paul Kirkpatrick - Part 1","slug":"david-paul-kirkpatrick-part-1","published_at":"2025-07-01T05:55:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-to-write-5781823/david-paul-kirkpatrick-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-to-write-5781823","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/livingforwriting-storysummit/2096170","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/164384/2096170/livingforwriting-storysummit/2025_07_01_16_30_23_6f65092a-eb75-44a8-809c-4b65d0262acc.mp3","summary":"On the latest episode of the Living to Write , Brian and Bailey chat with Story Summit founder and former Paramount Pictures studio executive David Paul Kirkpatrick in Part 1 of an unforgettable conversation. Throughout his illustrious career as president of the Motion Picture Group and head of production at both Disney and Touchstone, David helped bring to life some of the most iconic and influential films and franchises of all time, including — Indiana Jones , Star Trek , Friday the 13th , Top Gun , Ghost , The Hunt for Red October , Witness , Reds — and a Living to Write favorite — Can’t Buy Me Love . His remarkable history, combined with talents as both a writer himself and mentor to many, makes David just the man to share some of the most insightful advice and outrageous Hollywood-insider stories you’ll ever hear. What’s it like to be a studio executive? What does it take to actually greenlight a film—and what quietly kills it? Tune in to Part 1 to find out what really happens behind the curtain. And yes... He names names. This podcast is produced by Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson.","meta_description":"On the latest episode of the Living to Write , Brian and Bailey chat with Story Summit founder and former Paramount Pictures studio executive David Paul K…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3137,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-to-write-5781823/episodes/david-paul-kirkpatrick-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-to-write-5781823/david-paul-kirkpatrick-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}