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How I Got In, Part 3
Andy Bobrow: Welcome back to the trenches. Since the WGA negotiations have begun, we don’t want to talk over the negotiating committee regarding…
Mar 31, 2023 • 
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Okay But When Do I Get The Money?
This week we're talking about fair pay issues.
Mar 13, 2023 • 
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Oh Fuck, Robots.
AI just moved to LA, and it wants to pick your brain over coffee.
Feb 17, 2023 • 
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Show us your residuals!
Jan 31, 2023 • From the Trenches
Residuals: How the hell did we get here?
Feb 10, 2023 • From the Trenches
They call it "The Fog of War" for a reason.
Jan 17, 2023 • From the Trenches
Okay But When Do I Get The Money?
Mar 13, 2023 • From the Trenches
Oh Fuck, Robots.
Feb 17, 2023 • From the Trenches
Why does everything take for-fucking-ever these days?
Nov 18, 2022 • From the Trenches
Residuals: How the hell did we get here?
Former WGA attorney Grace Reiner gives us the history of residuals and clarifies a lot.
Feb 10, 2023 • 
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Show us your residuals!
We got writers to share their residual numbers.
Jan 31, 2023 • 
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They call it "The Fog of War" for a reason.
As the strike rhetoric heats up, we look back and try to learn from the last one.
Jan 17, 2023 • 
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How I got in, part 2
Working writers talk about how it happened for them and how they've kept it going.
Jan 6, 2023 • 
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My Worst Pitch...
Pitching sucks even when it goes well. Here are stories of when it sucked even worse.
Dec 16, 2022 • 
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WGA + DGA. What happens if we cross the streams?
The guilds face a huge existential issue in the upcoming negotiation, so maybe it's time to work together.
Dec 9, 2022 • 
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Why does everything take for-fucking-ever these days?
Closing deals, buying scripts, doing business... seems like we're in a bizarro world where no one is in a hurry to do anything.
Nov 18, 2022 • 
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From the Trenches: Working Writers in Conversation
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