The Great Big Writer's Strike Episode (feat. Ashlyn Thomas)
Eating For Free
Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson
4.8 • 536 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Links:
- Striking screenwriters look to shut down Marvel set [Youtube]
- Writers Guild of America Calls Strike, Effective Tuesday, May 2 [WGAW]
- LIST OF DEMANDS [WGACONTRACT2023.ORG]
- WGA NEGOTIATIONS - STATUS AS OF MAY 1, 2023 [WGAW]
- WGA Raises Solidarity Assistance Funds [May 10] [WGAW]
- Why Are TV Writers So Miserable? [The New Yorker] [April 29, 2023]
- Studios Demand Showrunners Work During Writers Strike [THR] [May 5]
- UPDATE: MTV Movie And TV Awards switch to pre-taped show in response to Writers Guild picket [AV Club] [May 5, 2023]
- Biden calls for 'a fair deal' for striking screenwriters [Politico]
- Game of Thrones prequel paused as Hollywood writers' strike continues [Guardian]
- Writers Guild of America blasts Boston University for picking Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav as commencement speaker [Boston Herald]
- Ted Sarandos Will Skip PEN America Gala Honoring Him Amid WGA Strike Given "Threat To Disrupt" Event [Deadline]
- Film/TV Shoots at L.A. Hotels May Be Disrupted as Hospitality Workers Back Writers Strike (Exclusive) [THR]
- Netflix canceled its in-person upfront, probably to avoid the WGA's picket lines [Verge]
- The Writers Strike Is Blowing Up the Upfronts [Vanity Fair]
- Seth MacFarlane & Showrunners Exit 'Family Guy' & 'American Dad' Until Striking WGA Gets New Contract [Deadline]
- Unscripted TV Community Fears Strike Impact: "It's Not Going To Be A Carefree, Hot Girl, Reality Summer" [Deadline]
- TV Shows Affected By WGA Strike: 'You Bet Your Life', 'The Chi', 'FBI: Most Wanted' & More – Updated List [Deadline]
- Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos cites Hollywood writer's strike as reason why he won't accept PEN 'Business Visionary Award' [Fortune]
- Ted Sarandos: Netflix Is Prepared 'Better Than Most' if There's a Writers Strike [IndieWire]
- Netflix's Reed Hastings, Ted Sarandos See Compensation Rise to More Than $50 Million in 2022 [Variety]
- Vice C.E.O.'s Departure Signals Fallen Hopes for Digital Media [NYT] [02/24/2023]
About:
Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.
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| 0:00.0 | right so i guess we i guess we'd go through the hot sun um through the summer until we start to |
| 0:06.3 | threaten the fall tv schedule right which still makes a lot of money for the broadcast networks |
| 0:10.5 | and they start to freak out and they you know push uh push ted sarandos and the rest of them |
| 0:16.6 | back to the table um and we make a deal that preserves the writer's room, codifies it into our MBA. |
| 0:23.7 | We make a deal that ensures that late night at daytime writers are paid the same and have |
| 0:28.8 | the same protections on streaming as they do on television. |
| 0:32.2 | And we protect screenwriters from free work by making sure they get paid weekly instead of |
| 0:36.8 | their payment being held until the very end of their contract, which allows the producers to force them to be |
| 0:41.3 | endless rounds of free work. We solve those issues. We ban AI. We improve our residuals. But most |
| 0:50.4 | importantly, we put in place the protections that ensure that this will be a livable career |
| 0:55.0 | for a long time in the future. |
| 0:57.5 | We're not just in it for the dollars, |
| 0:59.0 | we're in it to protect, like, the existence of our very career. |
| 1:03.2 | These gays, they're trying to murder me. |
| 1:09.2 | What do I think of her? |
| 1:10.3 | Yes. |
| 1:11.7 | I don't think of her? Yes. I don't think of her. |
| 1:14.5 | Goodbye. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm on. |
| 1:17.8 | Right about that end of the New York fucking post. |
| 1:20.7 | Welcome back to eating for free, legendary people. |
| 1:23.6 | We have a truly all-star lineup today. |
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