ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
60 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
United States
53 episodes
since Nov. 18, 2025
episodic
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AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~54.39% of listeners are from United States.
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US
54.39%
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IE
8.77%
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GB
8.43%
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CA
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AU
3.09%
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DE
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IN
2.39%
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FR
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SG
1.07%
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KE
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SE
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BR
0.65%
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RO
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NL
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ES
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GR
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NO
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DK
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PT
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HK
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LC
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ZA
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Others
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Think of this as a crash course in general meetings.
In this compendium, John, Craig and Scriptnotes intern, Lauren, mine previous episodes for advice on the bewildering "general." They aim to answer every question you've had about general meetings, over the years: What are they? What's discussed?…
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