The Writers Strike
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Showrunner and writer Michael Jamin (Maron, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-Head) joins Andrew to explain what's going on with the Writers Guild strike. Michael and Andrew talk about whether AI will replace screenwriters, why "mini-rooms" make it a lot tougher for emerging writers, and how the strike might get resolved.
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| 0:00.0 | But you know, at the end of the day, it's like, I see where they're coming from. |
| 0:03.6 | I don't hate them. |
| 0:04.6 | They're prioritizing their job, which is maximize profits. |
| 0:08.0 | And they're not looking after me. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm, that's not their job. |
| 0:10.6 | I don't expect them to. |
| 0:11.4 | So the writers have to look after ourselves. |
| 0:13.3 | And at the end of the day, we want, we want the same thing that they want, which is, |
| 0:17.1 | they want to make boatloads of money. |
| 0:18.5 | And we want to be the people who make them that boatloads of money, right? |
| 0:21.7 | That's it. |
| 0:22.2 | We just want to be able to afford to be able to do that. |
| 0:30.0 | It's a pleasure to welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:49.4 | Someone who's going to make sense of the WGA strike and all the things that are going |
| 0:53.9 | on in Hollywood or not going on. |
| 0:56.3 | Screenwriter, show runner, Michael Jammin is with us. |
| 1:00.4 | Michael, welcome. |
| 1:01.4 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:02.6 | What an honor. |
| 1:03.8 | Oh, the honor is all mine, especially because you were the creative force behind King of the |
| 1:10.8 | Hill, Beavison, but had I want to say, Maron, some little high comedy. |
| 1:15.7 | I'm a huge Mike Judge fan. |
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