The Whisper Network

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What's The Whisper Network about?

PhD-turned-showrunner's assistant Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton is joined by writers, producers, stunt women and more in this deep dive into the people and power that make Hollywood tick.

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The Whisper Network episodes:

11.28.2018
Music Supervisor Rob Lowry on Music as a Character and Making Time to Listen
Rob Lowry is a music supervisor on The Bold Type, Future Man, and Ramy, and has music supervised dozens of films and documentaries as well. He talks us through what the job entails, how to get it, and the importance...
11.14.2018
The Stuntwomen: Alex Marshall Brown and Jess Harbeck
Stunt coordinator Jess Harbeck focuses on action-driven stories that feature strong female characters, and Alex Marshall Brown is an actress and stuntwoman who played the lead in the Hulu thriller Seven Moons and keg-wielding Pepper on The New Girl, in...
10.26.2018
Marcia Tillman and Lynn Adrianna on Auditioning, Acting, and Being Brave in Hollywood
Marcia (Wright) Tillman and Lynn Adrianna gives us the ins and outs of being a working actress in Hollywood—how to get the training, how to get the auditions, and how to handle rejection. You can see Marcia in The Hate...
10.18.2018
Wesley Allsbrook on Virtual Reality
Wesley Allsbrook was the first person to draw an illustrated virtual reality film—"Dear Angelica," which was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival, nominated for an Emmy, and won a Peabody. As a woman and an early innovator in VR, she...
10.10.2018
Inside the Writers Room with The Bold Type's Amy-Jo Perry and One Day at a Time's Michelle Badillo
Two top TV writers talk us through their journeys to the writers room, being a WOC writer and the various complexities of Hollywood "diversity" initiatives, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.03.2018
Independent Producer and Showrunner Justin Ching on Thinking Three Moves Ahead
Justin Ching is the founder of j-school, a production company specializing in stories about diverse communities. Most recently, he produced the Amazon Exclusive Series “Ritual.” Ching was previously an award-winning showrunner at FOX where he produced “Z Dream” & “The Fighter & The Kid”....
09.26.2018
Meet Your Host: Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton on the Assistant Life, and Making Diversity and Representation More than Buzz Words
Just before starting her PhD dissertation on representation of black women in TV and film, Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton realized she wanted to be making the shows that solved the problem, not just reading the same reports every year. At...
09.14.2018
Welcome to The Whisper Network!
After working on shows like Atlanta and The Bold Type, Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton is starting to figure out how the TV industry works, but she still has plenty of questions and we get to join her quest for answers....

What's The Whisper Network about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Whisper Network episodes:

Music Supervisor Rob Lowry on Music as a Character and Making Time to Listen

The Stuntwomen: Alex Marshall Brown and Jess Harbeck

Marcia Tillman and Lynn Adrianna on Auditioning, Acting, and Being Brave in Hollywood

Wesley Allsbrook on Virtual Reality

Inside the Writers Room with The Bold Type's Amy-Jo Perry and One Day at a Time's Michelle Badillo

Independent Producer and Showrunner Justin Ching on Thinking Three Moves Ahead

Meet Your Host: Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton on the Assistant Life, and Making Diversity and Representation More than Buzz Words

Welcome to The Whisper Network!