
The Importance of Life Experience for a Writer with Leyla Kader Dahm!
This week, Alrik and Liz chat with writer and manager Leyla Kader Dahm about how she found her way into management and what she does in her day-to-day. After that, we discuss an article about making festival films more immediately...
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Aaron Sorkin, Master Class on Screenwriting
Aaron Sorkin tells us about his mentor William Goldman, why the first 15 pages of the script and the last 15 minutes of a movie are vital, and the importance of failure. He also gives specific examples from his scripts for The...
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Men in Black with Ed Solomon
This week on On Story, Bill and Ted and Men in Black writer Ed Solomon delves into the beginning of the writing process. Watch as he discusses when to pursue an idea, when to leave one behind, and finding the right state of mind for...

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Therapeutic Films with Richard Ledes!
This week, Alrik and Liz chat with seven-time feature filmmaker Richard Ledes about his latest feature, Adieu Lacan. Richard talks about how he was able to shoot the film in ten days and his minimalist approach to indie filmmaking...
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POP ART: Episode 80, The Jerk/O Lucky Man!
PRETTY AS A PICARESQUE: New Pop Art episode. Join me and filmmaker Steve Herold (Death of an Umbrella Salesman, Walmea) while we talk two films inspired by Voltaire’s Candide, The Jerk and O Lucky Man! “I was born a poor black...
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FSS 28: Filmmaker Adam Ridley & HBO's Murders at Starved Rock
Was the right person arrested for killing 3 women in a cave at Starved Rock State Park in Illinois in 1960? Documentary filmmaker Adam Ridley sheds some light on this mysterious case as co-executive producer of HBO's Murders at...

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Francesca Silvestri, Kevin Chinoy & the Freestyle Picture Company
This week we talk to some Indie Producing legends. Kevin Chinoy was one of the minds that brought you the cult classic show Greg The Bunny. Francesca and Kevin produced Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project and Lorelei. ...
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The Film That is Worth the Wait with Naveen Chathapuram!
This week Alrik and Liz welcome filmmaker Naveen Chathapuram on the show to talk about making his directorial debut The Last Victim, which hits theaters on May 13th. We talk about the long journey to make the movie as well as a...
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My Hero the Hitman Redeems the Man Who Attacked Nancy Kerrigan
What happened to Shane Stant, the hulking 22-year-old who attacked Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in 1994? A moving new documentary, My Hero the Hitman, details his later life as a protector to his younger sister — and his...
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POP ART: Episode 79, Jacob's Ladder/Stairway to Heaven
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: Join filmmaker Nicole Jones-Dion, one of the winners of the Fox Writers Incubator Program, as we discuss two films about people caught between life and death-the horror/thriller Jacob’s Ladder and the...
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The Art of War Writing
Ahead of Memorial Day this month, we look at writing for war films with screenwriters David Broyles, Bill Broyles, Randall Wallace and Bruce C. McKenna.

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Henry Winkler on Gene Cousineau’s Struggle to Find Redemption in ‘Barry’ S3
Episode 63: Plus, John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, explains from CinemaCon why movies are back! This week on “TheWrap-Up,” host and TheWrap founder and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman and guest...
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Riding the Elevator with Riley Stearns!
This week Alrik and Liz welcome writer and director Riley Stearns on the show to talk about his latest feature Dual, starring Karen Gillan. Riley talks about how he wrote the movie on spec, how the film got financed and how his...
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Mike Roe, Author "The 30 Rock Book - Inside the Iconic Show..."
Mike Roe always wanted to be a storyteller. Currently, he’s a writer for LAist, where he covers arts and entertainment. In one viral article, “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah from 30 Rock: an Oral History” Mike was approached...
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POP ART: Episode 78, Bull Durham/This Sporting Life–It Takes Balls
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. Join me and podcaster, blogger and film enthusiast Richard Kirkham as we discuss Bull Durham and This Sporting Life, two films about athletes in existential...
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Leading Film Festivals and Supporting Filmmakers with Melanie Addington!
This week, Alrik and Liz welcome filmmaker and film festival director Melanie Addington to talk about getting into the film festival game, making the switch from the Oxford Film Festival to Tallgrass and to hear all about what an...
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Comedy Legends: Buck Henry, Harold Ramis, Judd Apatow, and Larry Wilmore
This week on On Story we pay tribute to legendary comedy writer Buck Henry, who co-created the series Get Smart with Mel Brooks and was twice nominated for an Academy Award®- first in 1968 for Best Adapted Screenplay for The...

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Nadine Crocker Made Continue Hoping to Help People ‘Live One More Day’
Nadine Crocker made her film Continue in the hopes that people considering suicide will instead live long enough to overcome their pain. She knows that day will come, because she’s lived to see it herself. Today she’s the...
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The Americans Executive Producer, Graham Yost + Friends from College
This week on On Story we’ll hear from writer, producer, and showrunner Graham Yost. Yost has been behind 90's action hits Speed and Broken Arrow, World War II epics Band of Brothers and The Pacific, and the suspenseful TV...

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The Shining, The Innkeepers, They check in, but do they Check Out?
POP ART, WHERE I FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. Join me and podcaster and film enthusiast Nick Rehak as we discuss two films about haunted hotels, The Shining and The Innkeepers. THEY CHECK IN, BUT DO THEY...
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