{"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":"Pilar Alessandra (On the Page)","slug":"pilar-alessandra-on-the-page","published_at":"2026-07-24T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/pilar-alessandra-on-the-page","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873","url":"https://shows.acast.com/nerdistwriters/episodes/6a581b15082975304373b1e1","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64136d56d4086100118cc769/e/6a581b15082975304373b1e1/media.mp3","summary":"Teacher and script consultant Pilar Alessandra is ending her inspiring and instructive podcast, On the Page , after 19 years and 1000 episodes. Ben Blacker administers Pilar's exit interview, discussing why she started the podcast, invaluable advice gleaned from the writers she's interviewed, the \"drunk and naked\" early episodes, how to write great dialogue, tips on pitching from her children, podcast as inadvertant autobiography, workflow, her favorite episodes, and more. You can listen to On the Page wherever you get your podcasts, and visit onthepage.tv to find out about Pilar's classes and script consulting. She knows her stuff! You can watch the No Notes script read show until August 2nd. This is a new staged show in which great pilot scripts are adapted for the stage and performed by brilliant casts. Starring Yvonne Orji ( Insecure ), Shabana Azeez ( The Pitt ), Molly Quinn ( Castle ), Justin Kirk ( The Burbs ; Weeds ), Cooper Tomlinson ( Obsessed ), Kira Kosarin ( The Thundermans ), Langston Kerman ( Insecure ; The Boys ), Jessica Garcia ( On My Block ), Logan Miller ( Escape Room ; Chicago Med ), John Clarence Stewart ( Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist ), Alex Song-Xia ( Rick and Morty ), Burl Moseley ( Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ), and LaNisa Frederick ( Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat ). STREAM IT TODAY 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":"Teacher and script consultant Pilar Alessandra is ending her inspiring and instructive podcast, On the Page , after 19 years and 1000 episodes. Ben Blacke…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3056,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-writers-panel-1063873/episodes/pilar-alessandra-on-the-page/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/pilar-alessandra-on-the-page.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}