The Writers Strike

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Humanity Forward Productions

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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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. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V9mHlWXEc9w Follow Michael Jamin: https://michaeljamin.com | https://tiktok.com/@michaeljaminwriter Follow Andrew Yang: https://forwardparty.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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