Sorry to interrupt.

Just wanted to share another podcast you'll love. The Failing Writers' Podcast, which is actually about improving your writing and chances of success. Listeners say it's funny, informative, and a refreshing, honest take on the writing process. Anyway, we just did an episode with Adam Buxton we thought you'd enjoy. Oh, yeah, he was great. Led us into some dark, fascinating places. He did, and there was a song about him going for a wee. but no point in as telling you about the bits we liked.

Listen for yourself. great. Let us into some dark, fascinating places. He did, and there was a song about him going for a wee.

But no point in as telling you about the bits we liked.

Listen for yourself.

Everyone's going to like the Wii song.

Find the Failing Writers' podcast and pop it in your listen next cue.

Hey folks, it's me, Ben Blacker, the creator and host of the writers panel.

Thank you for listening and thanks for continuing to listen to this podcast,

which somehow persists in existing despite the industry not really existing anymore.

That's an wild over-exaggeration.

But here we are in the second half of 2025, and people are scared.

People are anxious, not just writers, but producers and directors and actors and executives and kind of everyone but the people who are in charge of these major studios and outlets.

It's dire out there.

I'll be honest with you.

The conversations that I have had with other writers,

the vibe I've gotten at meetings at the WGA meetings

that, you know, are really like get-togethers and hangouts and panels and stuff, the vibe is

one of high anxiety and not in the fun Mel Brooks way.

Something's got to give.

I do remain optimistic that, like, ultimately, these companies need to make something,

which means the fear that buyers have right now,

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