Ep.409 - Dan Gregor & Doug Mand & Akiva Schaffer - The Naked Gun
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
Release Date: 08/07/2025
Ep. 419 - Brad Ingelsby - Task
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Aaron Fullerton speaks with writer Brad Ingelsby, who’s having a major moment right now: as creator and co-showrunner of the crime drama series Task, co-screenwriter of the wildfire survival film The Lost Bus, and screenwriter of the thriller Echo Valley.
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Ep. 418 - Andy Parker - Boots
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Hilliard Guess sits down with Boots creator and co-showrunner Andy Parker about writing the hit Netflix limited series that explores the coming-of-age story of a young gay Marine in an era before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” how personal experience informed his approach to the material, LGBTQ+ representation on screen, and more.
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Ep. 417 - David DiGilio - The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Brian Gary speaks with creator-showrunner David DiGilio about his action-thriller series The Terminal List and its prequel spinoff series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, exploring character through the lens of psychology, how scripts are living documents, and much more.
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Ep. 416 - Bill Condon - Kiss of the Spider Woman
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In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck speaks with screenwriter-director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Chicago) about bringing Kiss of the Spider Woman to the screen, the creative challenges of adapting Broadway musicals to feature films, finding your own authentic voice, and more.
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Ep. 415 - Shane Black & Charles Mondry & Anthony Bagarozzi - Play Dirty
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with Play Dirty screenwriter-director Shane Black (The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3) & co-screenwriters Charles Mondry (Road House) & Anthony Bagarozzi (Road House, The Nice Guys) about collaborating on their action crime thriller, adapting the Parker book series from page to screen, and more.
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Ep. 414 - Susie Singer Carter - No Country for Old People
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with filmmaker and fellow podcast host Susie Singer Carter(My Mom and the Girl) about her eye-opening doc series, No Country for Old People, which exposes the nursing home/elder abuse crisis, advocating for accountability, transparency, and people over profits, her personal connection to the subject, why it was important to get her documentary Guild-covered, and more.
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Ep. 413 - Noah Hawley - Alien: Earth
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Brian Gary speaks with creator, showrunner, writer, & director Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) about bringing the popular sci-fi/horror Alien franchise to TV for his hit FX series Alien: Earth, world-building, creative process, and much more.
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Ep. 412 - WGAW PAC and the California Tax Incentives Program
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Brian Gary sits down with WGA West PAC Board Member Danny Tolli and WGA West Political and Legislative Director Shelagh Wagener to learn more about the WGAW’s PAC and our work within the Entertainment Union Coalition.
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Ep. 411 - Jason Keller - Stick
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Monique Sorgen talks with screenwriter, creator, and showrunner Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari, Escape Plan) about crafting his AppleTV+ comedy series Stick, segueing from film to television, finding the funny, and much more.
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Ep.410 - Francesca Delbanco & Nicholas Stoller - Platonic
3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast
In this episode, host Jonterri Gadson speaks with creators, showrunners, and married writing partners Francesca Delbanco(Friends from College) & Nicholas Stoller(Goosebumps, Friends from College, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) about crafting Season 2 of their AppleTV+ comedy series Platonic, tips for pitching, what they look for when staffing writers’ rooms, and much more.
info_outlineIn this episode, host Josephine Green Zhang talks with The Naked Gun screenwriters Dan Gregor & Doug Mand (Chip 'N' Dales: Rescue Rangers, Dolittle, How I Met Your Mother) & co-screenwriter-director Akiva Schaffer( Saturday Night Live, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) about their comic collaboration, the creative challenges of crafting movie reboots, and much more.