Mortonopoulis

A storytelling experiment

21 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - Expense Accounts 12/31/2025

21 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - Expense Accounts A love song to the LA dining scene in the 90s and the beauty of Hollywood expense account. /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/39571870

20 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - Chapter Four - Sundance 09/28/2025

20 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - Chapter Four - Sundance My first Sundance was a revelatoin in so many ways... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/38384565

19 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - The Promotion - Part 2 (Rise of the Pheenis) 09/06/2025

19 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - The Promotion - Part 2 (Rise of the Pheenis) It took a minute to get off Mike Medavoy's desk after my promotion, and it only happened after I really started to mess things up and thought instead of getting my own office; I might get fired! /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/38112315

18 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - The Promotion (Part 1) 08/24/2025

18 - Supah Ritz - Vol. 2 - The Promotion (Part 1) The slow early days of Phoenix looked a little bleak and I thought I might never find that opportunity to get promoted... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/37935180

17 - Supah Ritz - Volume 2 - From The Ashes 07/23/2025

17 - Supah Ritz - Volume 2 - From The Ashes hey, now-- after taking a break from writing about Hollywood (and publishing the first 12 episodes as a book), I'm back talking about the transition from William Morris to Phoenix Pictures - an independent film financing studio run by Mike Medavoy. This is kind of a long episode as it delves into what brought me to Hollywood in the first place and the pathology that makes me tick. It's all kind of boring but this whole thing is an experiment so take it as you will! /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/37523170

16 - Rites of Passage 07/07/2025

16 - Rites of Passage This is a story about my daughter's graduation, the insane welter of emotion it caused, and the unlikely way I made it through it. /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/37305535

15 - Imposters 06/18/2025

15 - Imposters A life of childhood crime... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/37059425

14 - the Creative Process 06/05/2025

14 - the Creative Process I've told this story in various forms over the years - its about the power of grief, and the power of creativity - however misguided or misplaced - to heal. /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/36865685

13 - Going Viral 05/15/2025

13 - Going Viral It's a story telling experiment. Here's one from some years back. This recording is from SitnSpin - a storytelling project in Los Angeles that was a vibrant scene for many years curated by the wildly talented, Maggie Rowe. This is the story of the time I tried - and succeeded - in creating a viral video. /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/36584015

Chapter 12 - The End (Part 3) 05/05/2025

Chapter 12 - The End (Part 3) We finally get to the end of the end as the agents reveal their true vampire nature. Literally. /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/36434060

Chapter 11 - The End (Part 2) 04/26/2025

Chapter 11 - The End (Part 2) the second of three parts chronicling the crazy last episode that marked my final days at William Morris... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/36321750

Chapter 10 - The End (Part 1) 04/17/2025

Chapter 10 - The End (Part 1) My time at William Morris comes to an end with an insane crescendo... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/36215120

Chapter Nine - Agents 04/09/2025

Chapter Nine - Agents A pastiche of some of the characters I came across at WMA... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/36062420

Chapter Eight - Supah Ritz 03/26/2025

Chapter Eight - Supah Ritz More tales from my Hollywood early days... In a land full of phonies, my roommate's cat had me pegged as the phoniest... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35876680

Chapter Seven - The Friendship Calculus 03/18/2025

Chapter Seven - The Friendship Calculus How to value a friendship in Hollywood? Ask Martin Sheen, he probably knows... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35750935

Chapter Six -Temblors and Tumblers 03/10/2025

Chapter Six -Temblors and Tumblers Lessons from the Northridge earthquake... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35612395

Chapter Five - Reply All 03/05/2025

Chapter Five - Reply All Email was a novel tech in the 90s... and a dangerous one. /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35543420

Chapter Four - Not Kosher 02/26/2025

Chapter Four - Not Kosher That time I house sit my boss's house and tried to navigate his kosher kitchen... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35441435

Chapter Three - The Lassie File 02/24/2025

Chapter Three - The Lassie File When I started at William Morris, I was the worst asssistant. I could not even file... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35412455

Chapter Two - The First Week 02/24/2025

Chapter Two - The First Week Still not totally sure how I did not get fired that first week at William Morris... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35412295

Chapter One - The Interview 02/24/2025

Chapter One - The Interview Or how I nearly blew my first big opportunity... /episode/index/show/14ef4c8c-16ef-45a9-93ad-962aa928f820/id/35412005

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