ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
GateCrashers Pod is a rebellion against the old Hollywood playbook.
Hosted by filmmakers Makayla McIntosh and Cat Yudain this series spotlights the creators who didn’t wait for permission — they broke in, built their own systems, and changed the game.
From vertical dramas and indie film financing to creative survival in an industry built on gatekeeping, Gatecrashers dives into the stories, strategies, and scars behind modern filmmaking and entertainment.
Real talk. Raw journeys. No gatekeepers allowed.
🎬 Gatecrashers — because the future of film belongs to the ones who kick the doors open.
Hosted by filmmakers Makayla McIntosh and Cat Yudain this series spotlights the creators who didn’t wait for permission — they broke in, built their own systems, and changed the game.
From vertical dramas and indie film financing to creative survival in an industry built on gatekeeping, Gatecrashers dives into the stories, strategies, and scars behind modern filmmaking and entertainment.
Real talk. Raw journeys. No gatekeepers allowed.
🎬 Gatecrashers — because the future of film belongs to the ones who kick the doors open.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
56 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
38 episodes
since Nov. 1, 2025
episodic
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Hollywood is changing, and independent creators are rewriting the rules.
On this episode of Gatecrashers, we sit down with actor, writer, and director Rick Shepherd to talk about his journey from New York to Los Angeles and the evolving world of vertical entertainment.
From the hustle of building …
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
We’re BACK! Makayla and Cat kick off Season 2 of Great Gate Crashers with summer updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and BIG creative moves.
From Tribeca to the vertical drama market, they’re diving into their first microdrama, Sigil (47 pages in FOUR days?!), and why building your dream career wi…
What happens when trust quietly begins to fracture between the people closest to us?
On this episode of GateCrashers, we sit down with the creative team behind After the Act, a deeply intimate drama about love, friendship, betrayal, and the choices we make when relationships begin to unravel.
Writt…
We're back with Part 2 of our conversation with Arielle Hurst and Brett McGowan, the founders of Vinyl TV - a platform rethinking what streaming can be when you put people, community, local culture, and human creativityback at the center.
In Part 1, we talked about where Vinyl TV came from, the pro…
In Part 1 of this GateCrashers conversation, we sit down with the founders of Vinyl TV, a New York-born streaming platform built around community, curation, independent creators, and local storytelling.
We dig into where Vinyl TV came from, why New York is such a fundamental part of its identity, …
On today's SEASON FINALE episode, Cat and Makayla talk the Tribeca Storyteller Summit and fill you in on what they have going on this summer. A sincere thank you to all of you for coming along with us as we embarked on this first season. See you all in August! (Or September)
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What happens when you're the AD on a vertical series and the director gets fired mid-production?
For Rachel Rose, it became the opportunity that changed everything.
In this episode, Rachel Rose and cinematographer Belen Garcia share the unexpected journey that began when Rachel was forced to step i…
Raise the flag for today’s episode of GateCrashers!
Today we sit down with Actor, Writer, Producer and absolute rockstar, Julie Bruns. She shares her experience getting into the world of indie filmmaking through her role as an associate producer for Crazy Eights, (a film competition in Vancouver t…
In today’s THIRTIETH (!!!) episode, Cat and Makayla hit some hot topics and current events, including Makayla’s takeaways from the LA Vertical Drama Market, the proposed SAG/AMPTP agreement, some discourse from Reddit, and as always, an anecdote or two.
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What does it really take to break into Hollywood when the odds (and the gatekeepers) are stacked against you?
This week, we sit down with actor, writer, and creative force Philip AJ Smithey to talk about the reality behind building a career in entertainment. From navigating your early career (and a…
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