{"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":"Matthew Rosenberg (If Destruction Be Our Lot...)","slug":"matthew-rosenberg-if-destruction-be-our-lot","published_at":"2026-05-05T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/matthew-rosenberg-if-destruction-be-our-lot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873","url":"https://shows.acast.com/nerdistwriters/episodes/69f3a9b28466468ab0ef54b6","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64136d56d4086100118cc769/e/69f3a9b28466468ab0ef54b6/media.mp3","summary":"Comic book writer Matthew Rosenberg ( If Destruction Be Our Lot... ; 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank ; Spawn ) discusses co-writing with his brother, comics as a \"dirtbag medium,\" the upcoming 4 Kids ... film adaptation, story problems presented by an animatronic Abraham Lincoln, and lots more. Check out SPECTACULAR, a staged reading of a new pilot by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker & Liz Hara about the making of the disastrous Spider-man musical. Starring Ben Feldman ( Superstore ), Randall Park ( WandaVision ), Alan Ruck ( Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ; Succession ), Mireille Enos ( For All Mankind ), Iman Vellani ( Miss Marvel ), Melissa Benoist ( Supergirl ), Gabriel Luna ( The Last of Us ), Amy Hill ( Magnum PI ), Demi Adejuyigbe ( Dropout ), Craig Cackowski ( The Pitt ), and more. Get tickets to attend live on May 16 or watch on demand! 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":"Comic book writer Matthew Rosenberg ( If Destruction Be Our Lot... ; 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank ; Spawn ) discusses co-writing with his brother, comics as a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-writers-panel-1063873/episodes/matthew-rosenberg-if-destruction-be-our-lot/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/matthew-rosenberg-if-destruction-be-our-lot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}