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My name is Ben Blacker.

I'm the creator and moderator of the Nerdist Writers' Panel.

I'm also a television writer myself, having written for Supernatural, Super Ninja's, Dreamworks, Puss and Boots, and Currently FX's new series, Keshis and Clay.

Follow me on Twitter at Ben Blacker and let me know who you'd like to see on this show.

I'm always looking for new ideas.

For guests, and you can always find out about live nerdist writers panels.

Go to writerspanel.tumler.com.

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It's the nerd is writers panel, and it's hosted by Ben Blacker, where he gets a bunch of writers,

and he asks him lots of questions, and it's starting now, so this will be the end of the theme.

Welcome, guys. Thank you so much for being here. Very quickly, let's just go down the line for our podcast listeners. Please introduce yourself on the microphone.

Liz Tigilar. Zander Lehman. Jason Reitman. Helen Estabrook. Thank you. Now, you guys, let's talk about this show is so good, and it feels like it is a show that is

getting to be what it wants to be. Zander, you were saying to me earlier that you wrote this on

spec, is that right?

That is correct.

I wrote the first episode on spec, and then the second episode on spec with these guys'

help.

Oh, wow.

So talk to me a little bit about that process.

First of all, how did the show start to take shape in your head,

and then when did you get these guys involved?

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