Recode Decode: Franklin Leonard

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally created one of the most important lists in Hollywood and how he turned it into a real business for connecting screenwriters with producers. Leonard also talks about the statistics that show the benefits of reading scripts from diverse writers and the mostly-white 2020 Oscar nominations, about which he wrote a satirical op-ed for the Washington Post. Plus: Why he doesn't expect AI to replace human readers. Click here to read a full transcript of this interview. Featuring: Franklin Leonard (@FranklinLeonard), founder, The Black List (@theblcklst) Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode's new podcast that explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gideon Litchfield, I'm the editor-in-chief of Oired.
0:02.6	And I'm Lauren Good, I'm a senior writer at Wired.
0:05.2	We're making a new show.
0:06.5	Have a nice future.
0:09.0	I'm more have a nice future, question mark.
0:12.5	It's a show that is honest about how unsettling the future can be.
0:16.9	We're going to be bringing on the people shaping this future.
0:20.6	We're going to ask them about the big challenges we face, about the challenges they're creating,
0:24.9	and how they deal with living in perpetual uncertainty as we all do.
0:29.3	So make sure you follow Have a Nice Future, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.0	Hi, I'm Karras Wischer, editor at Large of Recode.
0:38.0	You may know me as someone who wears sunglasses everywhere because Silicon Valley is too
0:41.6	white to look at with a naked eye.
0:43.6	But in my spare time, I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Recode decode,
0:46.7	a podcast about power change in the people you need to know around tech and beyond.
0:50.4	We're part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:52.8	Today in the red chair, I'm really pleased to have Franklin Leonard, the founder of the
0:56.4	hugely influential, The Blacklist.
0:58.6	It's an annual survey of the screenplays that are most admired in Hollywood,
1:01.9	but which have not yet been produced.
1:03.8	Many movies that he and his colleagues have highlighted on the Blacklist have gone on to be
1:07.6	beloved films, including Itanya Spotlight, Jojo Rabbit, and a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
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