Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss

Recent Episodes

Take 152 - Writer, producer, director Thom Harp, Home Delivery, The Donor Party
April 16, 2026

Take 152 - Writer, producer, director Thom Harp, Home Delivery, The Donor Party

What a nice man! We have Thom Harp on the show to talk movies, pitches and being nice. We talk persistence, writing what you know and getting the best out of your team. Thom describes the frustrations of years of pushing, how...
Take 151 - Showrunner, Writer Courtney Lilly, Black-ish, Everyone Hates Chris
April 9, 2026

Take 151 - Showrunner, Writer Courtney Lilly, Black-ish, Everyone Hates Chris

We have the impressive Courtney Lilly on the show. He talks about the state of Hollywood, being in the same storm but a different boat and the luck it takes to succeed. We hear about his start as a journalist, showrunning on a show created by someone else and the importance of Morpheus. Why Black-i…
Take 150 - Writer, Director David Zucker - Airplane, Top Secret, The Naked Gun
Feb. 19, 2026

Take 150 - Writer, Director David Zucker - Airplane, Top Secret, The Naked Gun

Episode 150 and we have a legend on. It’s David Zucker, he of The Naked Gun and Airplane fame. He is as funny and witty and irreverent as you would hope he would be. David tells us the story of how he got Airplane made, we ta...
Take 149 - Writer Gary Whitta, Rogue One, See you in Hell
Jan. 15, 2026

Take 149 - Writer Gary Whitta, Rogue One, See you in Hell

Rogue One writer Gary Whitta returns to the podcast and we talk…podcasts. The British writer explains why he decided he needed to make a scripted podcast, casting Jon Boyega and how bad Hollywood is at the moment. He talks us...
Take 148 - Showrunner and Novelist Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother and That’s Not How It Happened
Dec. 11, 2025

Take 148 - Showrunner and Novelist Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother and That’s Not How It Happened

The magical Craig Thomas returns to the podcast. The How I Met Your Mother co-creator comes on to talk about his heart-warming novel That’s Not How It Happened. Craig talks about why he wrote the book, disability in Hollywood...
Take 147 - Special Episode. Martyn Robertson and Gordon Mackay. Make it to Munich.
Sept. 5, 2025

Take 147 - Special Episode. Martyn Robertson and Gordon Mackay. Make it to Munich.

We talk to filmmaker Martyn Robertson and sports surgeon Gordon Mackay about the inspiring feature doc Make it to Munich. In a crossover episode we talk Hollywood and whisky, pioneering surgeries and telling stories with hear...