Niya Palmer (Miss Governor)
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Niya Palmer (co-creator, Miss Governor; Run the World) discusses working with Tyler Perry, being quiet on set, getting inspired by D.A.R.Y.L., how growing up sparring prepared her for some very bad writers' rooms, driving in the wake of an ambulance, and more.
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| 0:35.0 | Hey folks, it's me, Ben Blacker, the creator and host of the writers panel. |
| 0:39.1 | Thank you so much, as always, for listening to the podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | Before we get into today's episode, and we've got a string of really strong episodes coming |
| 0:47.7 | up, I think, for the next couple months. |
| 0:51.3 | I want to draw your attention to a bunch of shows that I am putting on this fall |
| 0:57.4 | producing and or writing. First up, if you are in Los Angeles, or even if you're not, we have a |
| 1:04.8 | live Dead Pilot Society on the 14th of September. That's a Sunday afternoon. |
| 1:11.3 | It's a 2 to 4 p.m. |
| 1:14.1 | show at the Elysian Theater. |
| 1:17.2 | In Dead Pilot Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks, |
| 1:20.8 | but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. |
| 1:24.3 | We have two really great scripts for the September 14th show. The first one is by |
| 1:29.5 | Lisa Mues Bryant, who has worked on the Four Seasons, Blackish, a ton of great shows. And the other |
| 1:36.7 | script is by Jim Brandon and Brian Singleton, who are currently on animal control. They worked on |
| 1:42.7 | mixed-dish. They worked on Arrested Development. |
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