Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss

We talk to the extraordinary SJ Hodges.
She talks about changing her name to a gender neutral one to get read, jumping from staff writer straight to show runner and what she learned from managing a li…

The podcast is back for the second half of season three and we have a cracker.
Gary Whitta, writer of Book of Eli and Rogue One gives an extraordinary interview about his transition from video game ed…

After a long mid-season break, we are back up with the second half of Season Three of Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss.
Noah and Dan talk about what they have been up to the last few weeks - Noah's …

Our first Oscar winner!
For the last episode before our mid-season break we have Ed Swick on the show.
He talks about his new book - Hits, Flops and Other Illusions.
And we talk winning Oscars, writing …

We talk to the fascinating Jim Mickle.
He tells us about this start in independent movies, taking a break during the strike and the upcoming final season of Sweet Tooth.
He explains how he got in to tv…

We talk to the fascinating Emily Fox who tells us about getting fired, trying to stuff a large chair into a car in the rain while in tears and the importance of connection in a writing room during a …

We talk to Emmy-nominated writer and producer Wendy West.
She talks about researching murder, her love of morgues and being the only woman in the room early in her career.
Wendy talks about mentoring y…

We talk to Oscar and Emmy award nominee Eddie Schmidt.
He talks about being comedy adjacent, his time in an improv troupe and how he moved into the showrunning part of Hollywood.
We discuss leadership …

In a slightly different style of episode we talk to comedian Ray Ellin.
We discuss how social media has changed comedy, hear some magnificent failure anecdotes from comedy clubs and bars and talk thro…

We talk to Oscar-nominated writing partners Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy, 
They talk about their fight to get the Fighter written, battling both the mob and Hollywood, the joy of an Oscar nomination a…

We talk to screenwriter Tom Vaughan who opens up about his Hollywood journey.
He talks about his early career, the arrogance and refusal to take notes even from Disney and the mistakes he made.
He talk…

We talk to the fascinating Matthew Carnahan.
He tells us about his early work with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, why he didn't want to work in TV and how he broke in to that world.
He talks passionat…

The One with 4-time Emmy winner Ted Cohen.
We speak to Ted about his time on Friends, what’s it like to win an Emmy and how we coped after coming off Friends and spending ten years in the development …

We talked to Head of Casting at Universal Content Productions, Steven O’Neill.
He proudly talks about his work helping people achieve their dreams, how he fell in love with casting and what the pandem…

We talk to legendary showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker.
He talks about his journey from music journalist to writer, what he learned from the tough world of hip-hop and how he used those skills in Hollywood…

We speak to Keith Geller who talks us through his unscripted journey.
We talk game shows versus docu-follows, shrinking budgets and higher expectations and picking only proven formats.
He talks about h…

We talk to the lovely Daniel Kunka, writer of Netflix number one movie Lift.
We talk zombie apocalypses, impregnating wolves and the unlikely demise of a great script.
He tells us about his 15 year gap…

Back from the winter break and we have another 'case study' episode of the podcast.
We talk to Marc Benardout and Hugh Broder, producers of He Went That Way, a new movie out tomorrow.
They talk about w…

We talk to the effervescent Ashley Michel Hoban.
She talks about the excitement for her new show coming out today, her journey from assistant to showrunner and what she learned along the way.
She tells…

We speak to the excellent David Slack.
We talk about how an independent movie failure led him to Hollywood, the path from animation to live action and getting fired from Law and Order.
David tells us a…