Dec 5, 2023
John moderates Breaking the Stigma, a panel on addiction and
mental health with guests Gemma Baker (creator of CBS’s Mom), Dr.
Corey Waller (specialist in pain, addiction and emergency
medicine), Dr. Holly Daniels (specialist in eating disorders and
mental health issues), and journalist Zachary Siegel. We discuss...
Nov 28, 2023
John and Craig investigate their anxiety and ask, why is the future so hard to predict right now? They discuss everything from what’s going at OpenAi, the upcoming elections, a new service that uses AI to generate script coverage, and muse about how to move forward in a time of unprecedented uncertainty.
We also...
Nov 21, 2023
John welcomes Jesse David Fox (Comedy Book, Good One) and Greg Iwinski (Last Week Tonight, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) to “explain the joke” and discuss how comedy works.
They explore everything from harnessing your comedic voice, building a career in comedy, the importance of diversity in late night, to...
Nov 14, 2023
John offers a host of career-focused insights as he tackles our
overflowing mailbag to answer as many listener questions as he
can. What’s the best way to keep track of shower thoughts? How do you
build a good creative workplace? How do you disclose your past
wrongs to a future employer? What is Appendix A? And who...
Nov 14, 2023
After 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA has a tentative deal with the AMPTP. John and Drew look through the details of the agreement to see what gains the actors union was able to make on streaming, self-tapes, performance capture, AI protections, and residuals. What are the current effects of this agreement? And what’s...