Scriptnotes Podcast
Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.Podcasts
624 - Creating Empathy for Your Characters
Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 3 seconds
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623 - A Very Special Christmas Episode
Published: Dec. 26, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 42 seconds
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622 - The One with Christopher Nolan
Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds
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621 - How Would This Be a Biopic?
Published: Dec. 12, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 57 seconds
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412 - Writing About Mental Health and Addiction (Encore)
Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 16 seconds
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620 - This Uncertain Age
Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds
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619 - Comedy Episode
Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 54 seconds
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618 - Clearing out the Mailbag
Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds
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SC37 - Sidecast: SAG-AFTRA has a deal
Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 12:24 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 2 seconds
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386 - The Princess Bride (Encore)
Published: Nov. 7, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 49 seconds
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617 - Monsters and You
Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 11 seconds
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616 - The One with Neil Gaiman
Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 36 seconds
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615 - The Minds Eye
Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 4 seconds
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SC36 - Sidecast: WGA Ratifies its Contract
Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 11:09 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
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614 - Storytelling and the Strike
Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 15 seconds
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613 - Entering the Post-Strike Era
Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 39 seconds
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SC35 - Sidecast: On the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line
Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 12:25 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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SC34 - Sidecast: Whats in the Deal
Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 3:45 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds
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433 - The One with Greta Gerwig (Encore)
Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 18 seconds
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SC33 - Sidecast: Theres a Deal!
Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 4:14 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds
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492 - The Gray Areas
Published: March 16, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 2 seconds
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491 - The Deal with Deals
Published: March 9, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds
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490 - Secrets and Lies
Published: March 2, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 57 seconds
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489 - Kingdom of Cringe
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds
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488 - What Actually Happened in the Agency Battle
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 18 seconds
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487 - Getting Staffed in 2021
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 9 seconds
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486 - Sexy Ghosts of Chula Vista
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes
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485 - Unions and Guilds
Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 5 seconds
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484 - Time Lords
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 48 seconds
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483 - Philosophy for Screenwriters
Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 8 seconds
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482 - Batman and Beowulf
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 7 seconds
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481 - Random Advice 2020
Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 24 seconds
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480 - The Wedding Episode
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 41 seconds
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479 - On Losing A Parent
Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds
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11 - How Movie Money Works, Rebroadcast
Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 29 seconds
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478 - The One Hour Drama
Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 46 seconds
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477 - Counting Clowns
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 3 seconds
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476 - The Other Senses
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds
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475 - The One with Eric Roth
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 41 seconds
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474 - The Calm One
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 5:27 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
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473 - I Regret My Quibi Tattoo
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 16 seconds
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472 - Emotional States
Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 45 seconds
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179 - The Conflict Episode, Rebroadcast
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 30 seconds
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471 - Sing What You Can’t Say
Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 41 seconds
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470 - Dual Dialogue
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds
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469 - Loglines are for Other People
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 1 second
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468 - Should You Pitch or Spec That?
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 24 seconds
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467 - Another Word for Euphemism
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 12 seconds
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466 - Questions! Or You've Got Moxie
Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 10 seconds
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399 - Notes on Notes
Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds
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465 - The Lackeys Know What They're Doing
Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds
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464 - Creating a Visual Language
Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 57 seconds
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463 - Writing Action
Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 29 seconds
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462 - Development Heck
Published: July 28, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 5 seconds
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461 - The Right Manganese for the Job
Published: July 21, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 37 seconds
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461 - Adapting with Justin Simien
Published: July 14, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 8 seconds
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459 - International Television
Published: July 7, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 31 seconds
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458 - Collapsing Scenes
Published: June 30, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
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457 - Getting Staffed in Comedy Variety
Published: June 23, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 9 seconds
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456 - Too Much at Once
Published: June 16, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 30 seconds
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455 - Police on Screen
Published: June 9, 2020, 4:18 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 seconds
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454 - That Icky Feeling
Published: June 3, 2020, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 40 seconds
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453 - Getting Back to Set
Published: May 26, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 37 seconds
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452 - The Empire Strikes Back with Lawrence Kasdan
Published: May 19, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 12 seconds
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451 - There Are No Slow Claps
Published: May 12, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds
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450 - Only The Interesting Scenes
Published: May 5, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds
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449 - The One with Sam Esmail
Published: April 28, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 46 seconds
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448 - Based on a True Story
Published: April 21, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 23 seconds
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447 - Three Page Zoom
Published: April 16, 2020, 10:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 30 seconds
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446 - Back to Basics
Published: April 14, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds
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445 - The One with Phoebe and Ryan
Published: April 7, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 51 seconds
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Scriptnotes Live(stream) Show April 4th @ 10am
Published: April 1, 2020, 9:01 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds
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444 - Clueless
Published: March 31, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 57 seconds
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What We're Up To
Published: March 24, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 35 seconds
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443 - What We're Up To
Published: March 24, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 35 seconds
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442 - Stop Counting Pages (and Touching Your Face)
Published: March 17, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 42 seconds
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440 - Beyond Bars
Published: March 3, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 47 seconds
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439 - How to Grow Old as a Writer
Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 57 seconds
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438 - How to Listen
Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 57 seconds
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437 - Other Things Screenwriters Write
Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 32 seconds
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436 - Political Movies
Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 7 seconds
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435 - The One with Noah Baumbach
Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 27 seconds
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434 - Ambition and Anxiety
Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 36 seconds
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433 - The One with Greta Gerwig
Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds
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432 - Learning from Movies
Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 45 seconds
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128 - Frozen with Jennifer Lee
Published: Dec. 31, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 44 seconds
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296 - Television with Damon Lindelof
Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 19 seconds
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431 - Holiday Live Show 2019
Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 19 seconds
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430 - From Broadway to Hollywood
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 4 seconds
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429 - Cleaning up the Leftovers
Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds
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Extra - Assistants Townhall
Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:46 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 57 seconds
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428 - Assistant Writers
Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes
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427 - The New One with Mike Birbiglia
Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 10 seconds
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