{"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":"Ponies","slug":"ponies","published_at":"2026-01-20T09:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/ponies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873","url":"https://shows.acast.com/nerdistwriters/episodes/696e803f1e4bca00bf1daf03","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64136d56d4086100118cc769/e/696e803f1e4bca00bf1daf03/media.mp3","summary":"Ponies creators Susanna Fogel and David Iserson ( The Spy Who Dumped Me ) discuss how they collaborate, the long road to Ponies , comedy with stakes, American culture through a funhouse mirror, genre as a way of writing about relationships and politics, why pitching is a scam, 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.","meta_description":"Ponies creators Susanna Fogel and David Iserson ( The Spy Who Dumped Me ) discuss how they collaborate, the long road to Ponies , comedy with stakes, Amer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3166,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-writers-panel-1063873/episodes/ponies/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/ponies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}