Deadline Strike Talk

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Deadline Strike Talk episodes

September 29, 2023 Week Twenty Two with guests David Goodman and Chris Keyser
Billy sits with WGA Neg Comm Co-Chairs David Goodman and Chris Keyser to learn what happened inside the room during the negotiations and what gains were made in the deal struck with the Alliance.

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55 min
September 22, 2023 Week Twenty One with guests David Frum, Mary McNamara, and Peter Savodnik
Three journalists talk about where the business is going, how we got here, and what Fritz Lang would have thought about Starbucks.

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40 min
September 15, 2023 Week Twenty with guests Peter Aronson and Richard Rushfield
Two veterans of the business - an exec and a columnist - take Billy through the history of the companies’ decision to chase the Netflix streaming model, and the calamitous results of that choice.

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44 min
September 08, 2023 Week Nineteen with guests Susan Wild and Sherrod Brown
Two Congressional lions of labor discuss the necessity of unions, and what government's role should be in protecting them.

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43 min
September 01, 2023 Week Eighteen with guest Jennifer Fox
Producers don't need an Alliance. They need a UNION. This week's guest, Jennifer Fox, explains why.
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38 min
August 25, 2023 Week Seventeen with guests Paul W. Fleming and Michael Podhorzer
This week, the General Secretary of British Equity and the former Political Director of the AFLCIO discuss the state of labor globally, and how workers - in America and abroad - are finally reclaiming their power... and thus saving the world.
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45 min
August 18, 2023 Week Sixteen with guests Gale Anne Hurd and Glen Basner
Two legends join the podcast this week to discuss why the AMPTP should go by a different name.

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42 min
August 11, 2023 Week Fifteen with guests Todd Garner and Frank Correa
Billy Ray and Todd Garner reteam to learn about “Ethical A.I.,” which may very well stop Hollywood from destroying itself.

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39 min
August 04, 2023 Week Fourteen with guests Lilly Wachowski, Craig Mazin, and Jason Blum
What happens when you take three famed storytellers and ask them how they'd solve the strikes and heal the business if THEY were AMPTP CEO's? That's Episode 14 of Strike Talk, in which Lilly Wachowski, Craig Mazin, and Jason Blum assume the role of corporate executive as they discuss where our industry is, and where it's going.

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44 min
July 28, 2023 Week Thirteen with guests "Morgan Freeman", "Emma Watson", "Arnold Schwarzenegger", Chris Rock" and "Poe" aka AI
He's baaaaaaaaaaaack.
AI. Round Two.
But this time he's speaking in the voices of Morgan Freeman, Emma Watson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Chris Rock.
The future is here. And it's scary as hell.

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32 min

About Deadline Strike Talk

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This podcast takes you behind the scenes of the current Hollywood strike. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike in 2007-2008 brought the entertainment industry to a halt. Now, in 2023, history is repeating itself and Hollywood is once again in the midst of a major labor dispute. Join Billy Ray, Academy Award nominated writer/ director/ showrunner, and Todd Garner, a former studio executive turned producer, as they explore the causes and consequences of the strike.