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Aug 27, 2020

Bethy Squires is a researcher for fact-based comedy shows, meaning she's responsible for making sure every d*ck joke on Drunk History is a historically accurate d*ck joke. She shares her journey from a bagel shop to the writers room, and also teaches us all how they finessed the first space toilet (content warning: that...


Aug 20, 2020

Rasheea Hall is VP of Standards & Practices for the Fox Broadcasting Company, and she's here to teach us that S&P is about WAY more than bleeping curse words (although there's definitely plenty of that, too).


Aug 13, 2020

Tyler Rhoads has made a career for himself as a director and script adaptor for dubbing international projects into English. He talks through what exactly that means, shares which languages are the hardest to dub for, and even gets into the contentious topic of subs vs. dubs. Tyler's credits include "Babylon Berlin"...


Aug 6, 2020

Jillian is back on the hot seat in the first episode recorded since the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about her experience working on the quarantine episode of Apple TV's "Mythic Quest," which was filmed 100% remotely. The show's First AD Emily Hogan also joins to talk about her job and how the remote production worked...


May 21, 2020

Natalie O'Brien is a talented costume designer who’s been making her mark on the independent film world. Natalie talks about her early days hustling on low budget projects, creative hurdles she’s had to jump on set with her costume choices, and the research and collaborative aspects of her job as a costume designer....