So this intro is where I usually talk about the episode and the guests, but I can't do that today because I have a perpetual countdown going on in front of my eyes and I can't read what I wrote down on the paper.

I've been advised that the only way I could make it go away is if I stop podcasting, but I just can't do that.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week,

I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling. And folks, I have a

heck of an episode for you today, because we are going to be talking about Netflix's three-body

problem, which means that we are interviewing showrunners and writers, David Beniof, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Wu, and I am

very happy to have these three on today. We go into a very in-depth conversation about three-body

problem, and I got to say it was completely fun to geek out about it. For many years, people

said this book was not even adaptable, and I got to say, without a doubt, the ways that

Dave, Dan, and Alex figured out to do everything from make the exposition about the high-level

physics digestible, and figuring out a way to take the unconnected scientists in the book

and then connect them for the television show, all the changes that they made really made it into good television.

And of course, we covered all of that and more, so I know you'll dig this episode.

And speaking of things to dig, I would love to take a moment to recognize today's sponsor, ScreenCraft.

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