{"podcast":{"title":"The Writers Panel","slug":"the-writers-panel-1063873","podcast_index_feed_id":1063873,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64136d56d4086100118cc769","website_url":"https://benblacker.substack.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/64136d56d4086100118cc769/show-cover.jpeg","author":"Ben Blacker","episode_count":649,"summary":"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), Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (Key and Peele), Liz Meriwether (New Girl), and Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) to talk about the art and business of creating great television. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:17:37.670443+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873"},"episode":{"title":"BritaNick (Pizza Movie)","slug":"britanick-pizza-movie","published_at":"2026-04-14T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/britanick-pizza-movie","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873","url":"https://shows.acast.com/nerdistwriters/episodes/69d1680bd2e95f5131695224","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64136d56d4086100118cc769/e/69d1680bd2e95f5131695224/media.mp3","summary":"Writers/directors Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher ( Pizza Movie ; Over Your Dead Body ) discuss their comedy sketch roots as \"BritaNick\" and what that represents, writing scripts that wouldn't be made, editing themselves, how to interact with the people paying you to write, why Pizza Movie is the perfect BritaNick movie debut, and more. Some fun events coming up! On Sunday, April 19, 2-4pm , is a live Dead Pilots Society featuring scripts by Joel Kim Booster ( Fire Island; The Other Two ) and an adaptation of the Valley Heat podcast by its creator Christian Duguay ( Mad TV ). Cast includes Mitra Jouhari ( Big Mouth ), Poppy Liu ( Hacks ), and stand-ups Beth Stelling , Matt Braunger , Chris Garcia , Demorge Brown , Kevin Camea , Emily Maya Mills , Mike O’Connell , and more! Also on Sunday April 19, at 5pm , Ben Blacker is directing a very fun one-person show by actress Katherine Bourne Taylor . Bellingham Bay is for fans of classic WB and CW shows, warm Canadian TV romances, and people who live in their heads. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Writers/directors Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher ( Pizza Movie ; Over Your Dead Body ) discuss their comedy sketch roots as \"BritaNick\" and what that rep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3205,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-writers-panel-1063873/episodes/britanick-pizza-movie/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/britanick-pizza-movie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}