From WNYC Studios, I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Friday, June 2nd.

Today marks one month since the start of the writer's strike against TV and movie producers.

Everything I'm reading says the two sides are far from agreement, and the strike could go on for months.

TV and film actors are in the middle of a strike authorization vote over many of the same issues

regarding how to get paid in the new economy of the streaming platforms rather than old-style network

or cable TV are in theaters, that is, theater-only movies.

AI is an issue, short seasons on streaming shows are an issue and more.

So at this one month mark, we'll talk in a minute with Lisa Takayucci-Cullen,

vice president of film, television, and streaming for the Writers Guild of America East.

According to her IMDB page, among many other things, Lisa has developed pilots for Netflix, ABC, NBC, CBS, A&E, and Warner Brothers.

She has served as co-executive producer on NBC's The End Game and a consulting producer

on NBC's Law and Order SVU. And here is the star of the show, Mariska Hargatay from Law and Order

SVU, making an appearance recently in support of the strike. Hi, I'm Mariska Hargatay here, supporting the WGA and the writer's strike.

Let's pay them fair wages.

I've been on SPU for 25 years, and I wouldn't be here without them.

So deeply grateful for their creativity, and they deserve to be compensated fairly.

So thank you so much.

Let's get this done. Mariska Hargatee there. And with us now, Lisa Takeuchi-Cullen, Vice President of Film, Television and Streaming for the Writers' Guild of America East. Lisa, thanks for coming on with us. Welcome to WNYC. Thanks for having me, Mariska said it better than I could have. Well, from what I've read in the

press, you're still very far apart on key issues. Would you put it that way? I think that that's the

case. So I just did back up for your listeners. We're on strike against our studio employers

for fair wages and decent working conditions. We're 11,500 TV and screenwriters.

We create the over 4,000 TV episodes and movies you enjoy every year. Our studio employers make

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