Hello and welcome. My name is John August in this episode 566 of ScripNodes, a podcast

about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Today on the show, we

have the incredible Ashley Nicole Black, filling it for Craig. She's a writer and actor,

a producer, a dog mom. She's everything you could hope to ever be. Welcome back Ashley.

Hello. I will try to fill in Craig's shoes and talk about Chernobyl or something.

Yeah, and puzzles. Mission puzzles. I think I emailed you about your incredible hosting

of the WJ Awards a while back. I think it's fantastic that you show up to this podcast

still wearing that incredible dress. But just last night you were hosting on the creative

arts. I mean, so you were like one of the presenters. Talk to us about that.

Yeah. Sam Richardson and I presented the awards to the makeup artists. You know, one

of my favorite parts of production. So I was very happy to do that. Yeah, it was really

fun. They make it really easy and fun, actually. Now, something like this, we were talking

that there's a New York version and an LA version or an A-cut it all together. What was

the process like being in there for this? Like how long did the Emmys take for you?

I was actually surprised and I don't know why I was because obviously they do this every

year and it's a very professional production. But they have it so perfectly foolproof.

Like someone walks you exactly where you're going to go. They point you exactly where to

stand. Like there's just no way to mess it up, which is really nice. That's great. Well,

since you're a guest on this podcast, I want to make it just as straightforward and simple.

So I picked them really light and breezy topics for you. I think we'll talk about abortion,

cultural appropriation, fan culture and critics. So just no sweat. This will be an easy, easy,

breezy podcast for you. Well, at least I don't have to wear heels. That's the whole bonus.

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