OnWriting: A Podcast of the WGA East

Episode 36: Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser, "The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden"


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Geri is joined by documentarians Mike Wiser and Michael Kirk—the writer-producers of the FRONTLINE special "The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden"—to discuss making documentaries that are hard-hitting but nonpartisan; their impressive catalogue of Frontline specials, which have examined everything from the Mueller report to Mitch McConnell's takeover of the Supreme Court; the absurd timelines they work off of for all of their projects, and more.

Michael Kirk was the original senior producer of Frontline from its inception in 1983 until the fall of 1987, when he created his own production company, the Kirk Documentary Group. He has produced more than 200 national television programs, and has won four Peabody Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards, two George Polk Awards, 16 Emmy Awards, and 12 Writers Guild of America Awards for his work.

Mike Wiser has worked on more than 30 films for Frontline since joining the Kirk Documentary Group in 2003. His work as a writer and producer reporting on national security, foreign affairs, sports, criminal justice, and the global financial crisis has earned him several Peabody, Emmy, and Writers Guild of America Awards.

The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden is the ninth installment of "The Choice," a PBS Frontline investigative documentary series aiming to better inform American voters about the two major candidates of that year's presidential election. The 2-hour program examines the biographies of President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they came from, and how they lead.

The program, which recently premiered on PBS, is available to stream now on the PBS website.

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