Writer Demi Adejuyigbe (The Good Place, @midnight) stops by Studio 309 and discusses growing up in Texas, the origins of Gilmore Guys, and more!

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- Box rants music videos that don't show the artist.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Born in London, growing up outside Dallas and becoming a citizen.
- Being the creative one in the family and making commercials with friends in high school.
- Attending the University of Texas, Austin and studying film criticism / production.
- Working at the Daily Texan newspaper and doing the final semester as an intern in Los Angeles.
- Working at Red Hour, then @midnight, UCB and Gilmore Guys origins.
- Getting representation, writing for the VMAs and then The Good Place.

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Writer Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock, The Mindy Project) stops by Studio 309 and discusses acting as a kid, working as a writer's PA, and more!

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- Box rants booking something, but apparently not booking it.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in New Jersey and acting / dancing as a kid.
- Always attending Catholic schools including an all-girl high school and doing theatre.
- Making short films and attending Boston College.
- Not doing improv, Pleasure Island and moving back home after graduation.
- Working as a page at the Late Show and being a writer's PA at Knights of Prosperity.
- Turning that into a 30 Rock writer's assistant and moving up to a staff writer.
- Getting into UCB, winning an Emmy and moving to LA.
- The first pilot creating Great News and the process of landing representation.

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Actor Rachel Grate (The Amanda Show, NCIS) stops by Studio 309 and discusses starting out in acting as a kid, missing having an odd job, and more!

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- Box rants throwing yourself a birthday week.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in Ventura and dancing / performing from a young age.
- Getting an agent early and finding commercial successes right away.
- Joining the union at age 7, getting into television and on-set tutoring.
- Attending UC Irvine and trying to get back into the swing after graduation.
- Odd jobs like driving a bus and doing background work.
- Finding new representation, the need to make own content an self tape for Crazy Ex.

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