Wrapped up the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival with my friends Erica Rhodes (Comedy Central, A Prairie Home Companion) and Seth Herzog (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central) — two distinct voices, one great conversation.

Filmmaker Amy Scott joins Dystopia Tonight for a thoughtful conversation about music, identity, and the emotional weight of being seen. Amy Scott is an acclaimed documentary director known for intimate, artist-focused films that explore creativity, vulnerability, and legacy. She directed Hal, the Sundance-premiered documentary about influential filmmaker Hal Ashby, and Sheryl, her revealing portrait of Grammy-winning musician Sheryl Crow. Her latest film, Have You Seen Me Lately?, is part of HBO’s Music Box series and focuses on Adam Duritz and Counting Crows. The documentary examines the band’s rise, the pressure of sudden fame, and the deeply personal stories behind some of the most enduring songs of the 1990s, offering an honest look at mental health, self-reflection, and survival in the public eye. In this episode, Amy discusses earning an artist’s trust, telling stories without nostalgia or mythmaking, and why the most compelling documentaries live in emotional truth rather than mythology.

A thoughtful, hilarious breakdown of life onstage and off with @monroemartiniii from our hang at the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. 

It’s not every day you talk to someone who’s lived a full music career as the lead guitarist for @10000maniacs and now helps guide the future of comedy as the manager and talent programmer for @ntlcomedycenter. Loved this convo with Jeff Erikson after we met at the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.

Some conversations just feel easy and electric. That was my chat with @miacomedy at the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.