# Ilene Chaiken

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Fan Casting "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

This is FanCastic! The fantasy book podcast where we fan cast all of your favorite characters from bestselling fantasy, romantasy, and fiction books. Welcome to our TENTH episode of FanCastic! Double digits baby! I am so happy you are here! Join me this week as we welcome fellow Hollywood professio…

How A Creative Boss Gets It Done

Ilene Chaiken has been a showrunner for TV hits like Fox’s Empire, an executive producer for Hulu’s The Handmaid's Tale, and a writer, producer, and director for Showtime’s The L Word in the mid-2000s. In other words, she’s a boss.  “I don’t like the word that much,” Chaiken said on Nerdette. “I me…

The L Word with Ilene Chaiken

This week Mal sits down with Ilene Chaiken, the creator of The L Word and pioneer of lesbian representation in media. She opens up about being a queer woman in Hollywood, how The L Word was inspired by her real-life friend group, and what it meant to put lesbian stories on screen before anyone else…

Pam Drucker Mann

Pam Drucker-Mann is the CEO and co-founder of the newly launched Run-A-Muck, alongside two wonderful The L Word alumni:  the iconic Jennifer Beals (see ep 1 of the 94%) and uber-showrunner Ilene Chaiken. Run-A-Muck is a next-gen media company determined to transform The L Word into the The L World…

Episode 197 - Barb Wire

In this week’s episode, we dive into the neon-soaked, PVC-wrapped future of Barb Wire (1996): a film that boldly asked, “What if Casablanca… but with more explosions and significantly fewer buttons?” We break down the wild behind-the-scenes chaos, the practical effects, the last-minute rewrites, th…

Music Composer Fil Eisler Talks "EMPIRE"

Fil Eisler is taking music composition by storm. He is the man behind the magical music scores on the current ABC series, "Revenge," as well as the Showtime series, "Shameless." Now, his scores can also be heard on the popular FOX series, "Empire." The series centers around Lucious Lyon (Terrence H…

Betting on Yourself with Pamela Drucker Mann

It takes a powerful, confident woman to hold her own with Anna Wintour and climb the corporate ladder at Conde Nast. It takes an even stronger woman to leave a 20 year career behind and start something new. Pamela Drucker Mann is that woman, and Ashlyn talks to her today about the moment she decide…

The L Word: Why It Was Revolutionary (And Controversial)

Talking, laughing, living...The L Word It was revolutionary, messy, controversial, and incredibly important to queer representation. I truly want to thank Ilene Chaiken for creating a world filled with beautiful, complicated, deeply flawed characters who gave so many of us a chance to see ourselves…

Recode Decode: The L Word

The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken and actors Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, and Leisha Hailey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their decision to reunite for a new series called The L Word: Generation Q, 10 years after the original show ended. They discuss how the first "L Word" got started, why …

Recode Decode: Ilene Chaiken, showrunner, ‘Empire’

Ilene Chaiken, the creator of “The L Word” and showrunner for “Empire,” talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2017 edition of Werk It, WNYC’s women-in-podcasting festival. Chaiken explains how she got “The L Word” made at Showtime, even though the network initially laughed at the idea of a show a…