The J-WAT Podcast

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake talk about how the balance everything going on. From multiple film projects, to podcasting, to a healthy work life balance, it can be a lot. But taking control of it and knowing how to prioritze everything is key. The entertainment industry is chaos at all times. But as long as you learn how to manage the chaos, it becomes a lot easier to navigate. Enjoy!

PS - A new J-WAT Merch sale starts this week on March 13th! Go pick up some new stuff!

On today's episode of the podcast, J-WAT producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake invited their friend, Trevor Newlin to join them on the show! Trevor is best known for is creature acting work as the Xenomorph in Alien: Romulus, The Monstrosity in Smile 2, and Mr. Handsome in Superman! We talked with Trevor about how he got his start in creature acting, getting advice from Doug Jones, booking his first role, family support, aspirations in voice acting, and so much more. Go listen and follow Trevor as well!

Don't miss out on our Friday the 13th sale on all J-WAT Merch here:

FRIDAY the 13th SALE!

We also have some big news coming for Demonetize! Stay tuned!

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake expand their conversation on the importance of building a film community and how to build your film community. We wouldn't have been able to make our first two films without having built the community that we've built, and continue to build, and want to make sure you have the support to do so as well. As always, feel free to contact us with questions!

And go buy some J-WAT Merch!

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, prodcuers Alex Watson and Clyde Ratliff continue their tradition of looking back at the past year and reliving it's best moments. Alex and Clyde talk about how far J-WAT has come in 2025, the future ahead, favortive, games, TV shows, and Movies of 2025 and so much more!

Thank you for all of your support this year. We couldn't do this without you and we're thrilled to have you along for the ride.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! See you in 2026!

Just in time for your holiday shopping to wrap up, J-WAT Producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake have a special announcement!

On today's episode, J-WAT Producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake sit down to talk about some recent controversy within the film community and how to make your film community better amongst controversy and contention. (We will have a coming episode about building your community, which was our plan here, but the conversation went deeper.) We dive into a prominent director tearing people down, and how we view tearing things down vs. building them up. We also talk about all of the film and tv we've been watching and are going to watch this week. Enjoy!

Part 2 of our newest installment on Directing is here! J-WAT Producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake continue their discussion on all they continue to learn from each project about Directing. They talk about what they've learned from their first feature to their second, and what they continue to discover to make directing more inclusivce on set and being able to focus on doing the job.

It's been over 2 years since we've talked about directing on the show, and we've learned a lot since then! J-WAT producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake sit down and talk about all that they have learned since their first feature film, "Bundy Manor", and into their latest film, "Demonetize". Oh yeah, and did we mention, DEMONETIZE IS FINISHED!!! It's headed to the festival circuit and we hope to see you in a city near you. But until then, listen to Part 1 of our latest episode on directing.

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake talk about the the cyber elephant in the room... AI. If you've listened to the podcast, you know we are not fond of AI being used in film. Over the past few weeks this topic has dominated the new cycle with a new AI "actress" allegedly being courted by agencies. We read real actress Betty Gilpin's letter to the AI "actress" and discuss how we see AI hurting film and our appreciation for the hard work we put in to making films that will be lost by using AI. This was a very heartfelt discussion as it is something we are very passionate about. Let us know your thoughts!

On today's episode of the J-WAT Podcast, Producers Alex Watson and Tim Drake talk about everything that goes into prepping for post production. We talk about everything we have learned from our first film, Bundy Manor, to finishing post produciton on our newest film, Demonetize!

We of course talk about what we have been watching and fun things to come!

Catch us this Saturday, September 27th @ LA Comic Con for Tim's other show, On the Mic with Tim Drake. Alex will be guest co-hosting and our guest will be actor Sean Carrigan, who you may know from American Vandal, The Young and the Restless, Ford v Ferrari, All-American, and a little film called Demonetize! Come find us! 2:30PM Room 402A