OnWriting: A Podcast of the WGA East

Kaitlin is joined via phone by Taika Waititi to talk about writing a Nazi satire, using fear as a creative motivator, writing comedy when you aren't attracted to comedy writing, how he engages with the Indigenous filmmaking community worldwide, and more.

Kaitlin sits down with writer, director, and actor Greta Gerwig – the writer and director of the 2019 film LITTLE WOMEN – to talk about why the world needs a new version of the classic story; how Greta cuts down her 400-page first drafts; the intersection between women, money, and writing; and much more.

Kaitlin is joined by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, co-writers of A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, to talk about the eternal battle between cynicism and kindness, the gravitational pull of Tom Hanks, and how keeping bankers' hours keeps them sane.

Writer and director Noah Baumbach talks about his latest project, how a film about divorce is really a film about love, what New York and LA mean on screen, when you know you're ready to open that final draft file and really write, and much more.

Fictional - or "scripted" - podcasts represent a small but steadily growing subset of the booming podcast industry... and there are a lot of questions we have yet to answer. In Part Two of this two-part special series from OnWriting, we speak to LIMETOWN's Zack Akers, HOMECOMING's Alicia Van Couvering, CRYPTO-Z's Danielle Trussoni, and AMERICAN AFTERLIFE's River Donaghey about the creative side of the industry – from recruiting talent, to necessary skillsets, to creative satisfactions and beyond.

Fictional - or "scripted" - podcasts represent a small but steadily growing subset of the booming podcast industry... and there are a lot of questions we have yet to answer. In Part One of this two-part special project from OnWriting, we speak to LIMETOWN's Zack Akers, HOMECOMING's Alicia Van Couvering, and the WGA East's Lowell Peterson about the business side of crafting scripted podcasts - from pitching to budgets to protections and beyond.

Kaitlin chats with writer, director, producer, and actor Edward Norton about his many screenwriting jobs, how he gets past writer's block, his 20-year journey taking his latest film - MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN - to the big screen. and much more.

Episode 23: Hasan Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam, "Patriot Act"

Kaitlin sits down with novelist, screenwriter, and showrunner Tom Perrotta to discuss his creative process, writing about sexual awakening, porn, adapting his latest novel into his latest TV show, and much more.

Kaitlin sits down with Lorene Scafaria to discuss her latest film, HUSTLERS, as well as her writing processes for both adapted and original projects, the importance of portraying women and their relationships in a dynamic way, the work in sex work, and much more.

Kaitlin sits down with writer, showrunner, director, and playwright Warren Leight to discuss his career from stand-up comic to playwright to showrunner of IN TREATMENT and LAW & ORDER: SVU, running writers' rooms, how to shift the focus of a show with such a powerful legacy, the importance of having your work - and your writing team - reflect the real world, and much more.

Season 4 host Kaitlin Fontana talks with Lauren Ashley Smith about being the Head Writer for the HBO series A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, her writing process, the importance of having diverse voices in entertainment, how she runs her writers' room, and much more.

Caroline spoke with writer, director, rapper, and comedian Solvan "Slick" Naim about the ways that music informs and shapes his work, the importance of diversity-focused mentorship programs in the entertainment industry, his advice to those who are just starting to try launch their careers in film & TV, translating his love of his dogs into his new Netflix comedy, IT'S BRUNO!, and much more.

Caroline spoke with playwright, screenwriter, and showrunner Gary Lennon about embracing rejection; the elements of a successful writers' room; his philosophy on putting real life in your fiction; the new seasons of POWER, HIGHTOWN, and EUPHORIA, and much more.

Caroline sat down with the one and only Tom Fontana (for his very first podcast!) to his writing process; how he runs his less-than-traditional writers' rooms; his mentorship of other writers; his latest series, CITY ON A HILL; and much more.