Forever

Dog.

Hi, it's me, Ben Blacker, host of the Writers' Panel.

Today we've got a really terrific panel that I recorded at the LA Festival of Books a couple

weeks ago on the topic of teenage angst on television, featuring our returning pal,

Lauren Unric, the creator of On My Block and Awkward.

Returning pal Gina Fittori, who wrote for Rights for Better Things, for Gilmore Girls,

for Dawson's Creek. And an old friend of mine, Dave Nadelberg, who created Mortified and the Mortified Guide, which is a Netflix series. And we'll talk more about that on the podcast. Before we get to the

recording, you may have noticed that some changes have taken place here at the writer's panel.

There won't be major changes to the content or structure of the show. I know you love it,

as much as I do, but we'll be getting a little polish, little upgrade that I hope will

improve your experience in listening to the show. If you follow me on Twitter or you've looked it up

on iTunes, you already know what I'm talking about. The writer's panel is no longer a nerdist podcast.

It's now a co-production of the ATX television festival, which you know I've been involved with

since its very beginning. And with the ForeverX Television Festival, which you know I've been involved with since

its very beginning, and with the Forever Dog Podcast Network, which produces a lot of great

comedy podcasts, which you should absolutely check out. They have my pal Ria Butchers baseball

podcast, Three Swings. They have a great show called Teen Creeps, which is about young adult

horror novels from the 80s and 90s.

They have a whole slew of terrific shows. So go check out Forever Dog. Between ATX and ForeverDog,

we're getting, as I said, a little bit of an upgrade. This is nothing against Nerdist. I really

had a great six plus years at Nerdist. It was a really fantastic

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