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Episode 12 of Jett Road Studios Presents in the pilot for My Life In-Between, a collection of short stories written and performed by Lori Plager. Lori is an entertainment executive and single mother, who has been living with Stage 4 cancer. She has only told a handful of neighbors on her tight knit block, mainly because of how awkward and sad those interactions can be. She has tried dating, but that has its own set of challenges. Does she tell them on the first date? When writing her profile, should she put "long-term relationship" in quotes?

Lori reads three of her stories for the pilot, Oh My God, I'm Dying, Unsaid, and My Non-Sex Life. She has written many more. Her writing is blunt, nuanced, and often funny. Her performance is polished, but at times raw, as she shares her inner thoughts with the listener, thoughts she had been keeping to herself until now.

If you would like to contact Lori about My Life In-Between, you can email her at [email protected]

Jett Road Studios Presents is hosted by Will Becton & Amber Becton.

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Episode 11 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Audio Time Capsule, hosted by Will Becton. The first episode features an interview with Muddy Waters, recorded by Jeff Parrish in Westmont, Illinois. The year was 1976, and Muddy Waters had recently moved to the suburb of Chicago. Jeff Parrish was a local musician in the Chicago music scene. He was working for a local paper in Westmont when he got the opportunity to sit down with the blues legend.

In the interview Muddy Waters tells Jeff about influential figures like Son House, Little Walter, and Robert Johnson. They also discuss his transition from acoustic and electric guitar, after the move from Mississippi to Chicago in the 1940s. The two men also speak candidly about race, bands like The Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, and whether white musicians were capable of carrying on the blues tradition when the old guard was no longer around.

After writing that newspaper article almost 50 years ago, Jeff kept the recording "in a shoe box" for many years, and has only played the audio from the interview for a handful of people. When visiting LA one summer, Jeff played the recording for Will Becton at Jett Road Studios. Will and Jeff agreed any interview with Muddy Waters is significant, and should be shared, but it needed some context. Recently, Will and Jeff sat down to talk about the circumstances surrounding the interview, in order to tell the full story of that fateful morning in Westmont.

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People & Places Mentioned

Willie Dixon

Howlin' Wolf

Little Walter

Willie Mabon

Baby Face Leroy

Jimmy Rogers

Memphis Slim

Elga Edmonds

Hound Dog Taylor

Elmore James

Skip James

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Robert Johnson

Son House

Johnny Brown

Mississippi Sheiks

Lonnie Johnson

Chess Records

The Rolling Stones

Allman Brothers

The Trieste Lounge

Eddy Clearwater

Blind Blake

Blind Willie McTell

***WINNER - 2025 Signal Award - Best Indie Podcast (individual episode)***

Episode 10 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Dwelling with Lauren Weedman. Lauren is an actress who has recurring roles on shows like Hacks, Abbott Elementary, and Sirens. She is also an accomplished performer who is a host of The Moth, and has written two books. By almost any measure, Lauren Weedman has "made it," but that is not what this podcast is about. It is about her run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in Santa Monica, CA. Lauren has lived there for over 20 years, and has wanted to get out "since the day she moved in" with her ex-husband, who has since run off with the babysitter. As a single mother, Lauren tries to make her apartment feel like home, and yearns for connection with her neighbors.

In the pilot episode, Lauren talks to friend and fellow Moth host Brian Finkelstein, as she embarks on her quest to get to know the people in her building. She also sits down for a revealing conversation with her upstairs neighbor Ella Mové, who is about to embark on a journey of her own.

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Episode 10 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Dwelling with Lauren Weedman. Lauren is an actress and accomplished performer who has appeared on high-profile shows like Hacks, Abbott Elementary, and Sirens. She is also the author of two books, and is a long time host of The Moth. Lauren has long been obsessed with her run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in Santa Monica, CA. She has wanted to move out since the day she moved in, 25 years ago. As a single mother stranded on the West Side of Los Angeles, she has no tribe and yearns for connection with her elusive neighbors. In the pilot episode of Dwelling, Lauren Weedman begins her quest for human connection with the help of comedian Brian Finkelstein, and her Russian neighbor Ella Mové.

Jett Road Studios Presents is a podcast where every episode is a pilot for a different show, hosted by Will Becton and Amber Becton.

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Episode 9 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Lady Killers, a scripted comedy series created and written by Kristine Kimmel. The show follows the misadventures of M.J. (Kristine Kimmel) and Annie (Julie Brister), cohosts of the true crime podcast Lady Killers. After a challenging (and humbling) period of working in the TV business, M.J. is now back at home in the Midwest, making a podcast out of her mother's (Pam Murphy) laundry room. The recording session is interrupted when M.J.'s husband Bill (Joel Spence) loses part of his thumb, and has to go to the hospital, where he makes a shocking discovery. Kimberly Clark rounds out the excellent cast as Kara, M.J. and Annie's manager. Directed by Jessie Gaskell. Lady Killers theme song by Brynna Campbell.

LADY KILLERS: Cast

Kristine Kimmel - M.J.

Julie Brister - Annie

Pam Murphy - M.J.'s Mom

Joel Spence - Bill

Kimberly Clark - Kara

LADY KILLERS: Crew

Kristine Kimmel - Creator / Writer

Julie Brister - Producer

Jessie Gaskell - Director

Amber Becton - Executive Producer

Will Becton - Producer / Engineer

Brynna Campbell - Composer

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Episode 8 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for miXed GENeration, hosted by Eddie Gorton. The podcast explores what it is like growing up mixed in America. Eddie Gorton is an elementary school principal and stand-up comedian, who is a part of The Loving Generation, a baby boom of mixed-race children born between 1967 and 1980. His father was black, and his mother was white, but he grew up in an all-white household, with little guidance of how to navigate the world as a black male in the Bay Area.

For the pilot, Eddie sits down with Ashley Rouse, who is the Executive Director of the Edible Schoolyard Project at the Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education in Berkeley, CA. Ashley was also born to a black father, and white mother. Ashley also grew up in an all-white household, and had many unanswered questions while growing up in Atlanta, GA. In the fascinating conversation that follows, Eddie and Ashley compare notes on growing up mixed in America, "before looking American was cool."

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Episode 7 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for THREE-DAY CHAMPION, "a storytelling podcast wrapped inside a game show," hosted by Christine Walters. Episode 1, "The Trucknuts of Behavior," features comedians Jon Gabrus, Andre Hyland, and Sarah Tiana as contestants, and comedy legend + gameshow aficionado Andy Richter as guest judge.

THREE-DAY CHAMPION is sprung from the best part of every tv game show – the contestant interviews. Each episode we ask a rotating cast of comedian friends, “if you were a returning three-day champion on a game show, which three stories from your life would you choose to tell?” Our hilarious guests compete in game show-style rounds of play to tell their three best personal stories. Host, Christine Walters and our celebrity guest judge crown the best storyteller as Three-Day Champion Champion!

Christine Walters is a writer, producer, and development executive for shows like Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Tacoma FD, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Will and Christine first met when both performed on house teams at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in the early 2000s.

Jett Road Studios Presents is a podcast hosted by Will & Amber Becton, and every episode is a pilot for a different show.

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Episode 6 of Jett Road Studio Presents delves into the True Crime genre with the pilot for the future hit series "Bad Elizabeth." The show features one notorious Elizabeth from History or Pop Culture per episode. Whether they are murderers, scammers, or just shitty people, your hosts Gideon Evans and Kathy Egan-Taylor will guide you through these sordid stories breezily, as if you overheard them at a cocktail party.

Gideon Evans and Kathy Egan-Taylor are old friends, but stress that they are definitely NOT old. They met while working on "TV Nation" with Michael Moore, and were office mates on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (the first go-around). Evans and Egan-Taylor have a shared-love of gallows humor, and are judgmental in a fair way.

Our first Bad Elizabeth is the notorious TV writer Elisabeth Finch, who rose to prominence while working on the hit show Grey's Anatomy. The fact that Finch spells her first name with an "S" is bad enough, but the never-ending buffet of misdeeds she unleashed on those close to her is really something to behold. By the end of the episode Gideon and Kathy must decide if Elisabeth with an "s" Finch deserves the title of "Bad Elizabeth."

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Part one of Vanity Fair article about Elisabeth Finch

Part two of Elisabeth Finch article in Vanity Fair

Anatomy of Lies: Documentary about Elisabeth Finch

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Episode 5 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for History Around You, hosted by Krysta Gonzales. The show focuses on family stories that shed light on historical events, and tell a side of the story often glossed over in history book.

Krysta is originally from Texas, and for the pilot she interviews her mother and grandmother about the San Elizario Salt War, which took place in the El Paso area in the late 1800s. Krysta is a direct decent of Sisto Salcido, a key figure in the conflict. A recent conversation with her mother inspired Krysta to find out more about this important event in her family's history, and the resulting interview (recorded in neighboring Socorro, TX) preserves this valuable knowledge.

Krysta is an actor and writer who has voiced characters in films like Elemental and Inside Out 2. She and Amber Becton (co-host of Jett Road Studios Presents as well as a costume designer) met recently on a commercial shoot, where they bonded over their shared love of family history. In future episodes Krysta would interview other people with historically significant family stories to preserve.

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Episode 4 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Cowbell, a podcast about sketch comedy hosted by veteran comedy writers Andrés du Bouchet (The Tonight Show, CONAN), and Tim Saccardo (Community, American Dad!). It is produced and engineered by Will Becton (Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, Life In Comedy).

In the pilot episode of Cowbell, Andrés and Tim are joined by actor and writer Paul Rust (Love, Inglourious Basterds, Saturday Night) to talk about his favorite comedy sketches of all time. Classic Sketches like The Fairsley Difference (Mr. Show), Taco Mailman (The State) and Toonces the Driving Cat (SNL) are discussed in detail, and hilarity ensues.

Andrés, Tim, and Paul are then joined by guest writers Andy Secunda (Late Night with Conan O'Brien) and Amanda Sitko (Brockmire) for a segment called Writers Room. They break down what makes a sketch work, and then pitch ideas to the room to demonstrate these concepts in action. It is a writers room without a show, where the show is the writers room.

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THE RABBIT HOLE!

IT’S RABBIT HOLE TIME! Here is a list of links to every single TV comedy sketch we talked about in the episode. We kept them in the order they were mentioned, no matter how briefly. In cases where we couldn’t find the sketch on YouTube, we included a link to some other source of video, and in cases where we couldn’t find video at all, we included a link to something else related to the sketch! Also, correction: it’s yellow snow, not line. 

NUT SPOON

PREPARATION H RAYMOND

STAR WARS TRIUMPH

THE INCREDIBLE MAN

DA WAR OF DA WOILDS

THE MOUSE PROBLEM

PRE-TAPED CALL-IN SHOW

WARRIOR WHO IS OBSESSED WITH WAHLBURGERS

ACTUAL ITEMS

TOMORRY THE OSTRICH

KISS ASS TURKEY

TACO MAILMAN

ED GRIMLY

HANS & FRANZ

TOONCES

UNFROZEN CAVEMAN LAWYER

THE FAIRSLEY DIFFERENCE

THE STORY OF EVEREST

SCHMITTS GAY

B MINUS TIME TRAVELER

24 IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER pt. 1

24 IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER pt. 2

24 IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER pt. 3