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Andrew Yang Podcast

The Writers Strike

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.83.2K 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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Transcript

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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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