SASHA STEWART's guest appearances

SASHA STEWART

Working People

The Dr. Vibe Show

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Barack Obama

Rob Walch

Donald Trump

Dennis Kimbro

Bill Johnson

Jasmine Crowe

George Fraser

Brian Anderson

Jemele Hill

Oprah Winfrey

Tommy J. Curry

Marcia Brown

Mark Lewis

Evita Robinson

Ben Johnson

OwlTail

Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, and the Writers Guild of America, West, are on strike for the first time since 2007-08. As Alex Press writes in Jacobin, "The WGA (West and East) called the strike just before midnight on May 1, with its leadership unanimously voting for a work stoppage after six weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over a new three-year contract that covers some 11,500 film and television writers. Announcing its decision, the union said that the bargaining table responses of the AMPTP, which consists of Amazon, Apple, Discovery-Warner, Disney, NBC Universal, Netflix, Paramount, and Sony, had 'been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing.'" Even though overall production budgets have risen in the past decade, writer pay has declined, and the rise of streaming services has translated to lower residuals for writers, shorter paid work periods and more precarious employment, etc., with studios even threatening to replace more essential creative labor with AI software. In this mini-cast, we speak about what led to the writers' strike, and get an update from the picket line, with Sasha Stewart, a WGA-East council member and Writers Guild Award nominated TV writer, producer, and creator. With a background in improv and sketch comedy, Sasha has written for, among other productions, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central) and The Fix with Jimmy Carr (Netflix), and she contributes to McSweeney's and The New Yorker. She was also the Head Writer on the YA political thriller podcast Daughters of DC (iHeartRadio). Additional links/info below...  Sasha's  website and  Twitter page WGA-East  website,  Facebook page,  Twitter page, and  Instagram  WGA-West  website,  Facebook page,  Twitter page, and  Instagram   Entertainment Community Fund  Josh Gondelman, The Nation, "Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why" Alex Press, Jacobin, "TV Writers Say They’re Striking to Stop the Destruction of Their Profession" Mandalit del Barco &amp; Becky Sullivan, NPR, "The Best Picket Signs of the Hollywood Writers' Strike" Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "Hollywood Studios Are Making Billions Off Underpaid Animators" Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "Entertainment Workers Discuss the Dark Side of Hollywood and Historic IATSE Strike Vote" Matt Pearce, The Los Angeles Times, "AI Deepfakes of Anthony Bourdain’s Voice Are Only a Taste of What’s Coming"  Permanent links below...  Working People  Patreon page  Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page In These Times  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page The Real News Network  website,  YouTube channel,  podcast feeds,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page  Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive:  freemusicarchive.org)  Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song 

Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, and the Writers Guild of America, West, are on strike for the first time since 2007-08. As Alex Press writes in Jacobin, "The WGA (West and East) called the strike just before midnight on May 1, with its leadership unanimously voting for a work stoppage after six weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over a new three-year contract that covers some 11,500 film and television writers. Announcing its decision, the union said that the bargaining table responses of the AMPTP, which consists of Amazon, Apple, Discovery-Warner, Disney, NBC Universal, Netflix, Paramount, and Sony, had 'been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing.'" Even though overall production budgets have risen in the past decade, writer pay has declined, and the rise of streaming services has translated to lower residuals for writers, shorter paid work periods and more precarious employment, etc., with studios even threatening to replace more essential creative labor with AI software. In this mini-cast, we speak about what led to the writers' strike, and get an update from the picket line, with Sasha Stewart, a WGA-East council member and Writers Guild Award nominated TV writer, producer, and creator. With a background in improv and sketch comedy, Sasha has written for, among other productions, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central) and The Fix with Jimmy Carr (Netflix), and she contributes to McSweeney's and The New Yorker. She was also the Head Writer on the YA political thriller podcast Daughters of DC (iHeartRadio). Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>Sasha's <a href="https://www.sasha-stewart.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtfulStew" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>WGA-East <a href="https://www.wgaeast.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WGAEast/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, <a href="https://twitter.com/WGAEast" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wgaeast/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> </li> <li>WGA-West <a href="https://www.wga.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WGAWest/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, <a href="https://twitter.com/wgawest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/writersguildwest/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> </li> <li><a href="https://secure2.convio.net/afa/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20001b?df_id=2857&amp;2857.donation=form1&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;NONCE_TOKEN=4021BD767AD118676D9370BC7B8CC73D" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Entertainment Community Fund</a> </li> <li>Josh Gondelman, The Nation, "<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/writers-strike-explainer-gondelman/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why</a>"</li> <li>Alex Press, Jacobin, "<a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/05/writers-strike-wga-amptp-streaming-pay" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">TV Writers Say They’re Striking to Stop the Destruction of Their Profession</a>"</li> <li>Mandalit del Barco &amp; Becky Sullivan, NPR, "<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/1173991667/wga-writers-strike-best-signs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Best Picket Signs of the Hollywood Writers' Strike</a>"</li> <li>Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "<a href="https://therealnews.com/its-time-for-hollywood-animators-to-get-the-pay-and-respect-they-deserve" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hollywood Studios Are Making Billions Off Underpaid Animators</a>"</li> <li>Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "<a href="https://therealnews.com/iatse-members-vote-to-authorize-historic-entertainment-industry-strike%ef%bb%bf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Entertainment Workers Discuss the Dark Side of Hollywood and Historic IATSE Strike Vote</a>"</li> <li>Matt Pearce, The Los Angeles Times, "<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-07-26/la-et-anthony-bourdain-deepfake-ai-voice-documentary-audio-cgi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AI Deepfakes of Anthony Bourdain’s Voice Are Only a Taste of What’s Coming</a>"</li> </ul> Permanent links below... <ul> <li>Working People <a href="https://www.patreon.com/WorkingPeople" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Patreon</a> page</li> <li><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/workingpeople" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Leave us a voicemail</a> and we might play it on the show!</li> <li>Labor Radio / Podcast Network <a href="https://www.laborradionetwork.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/laborradionet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>In These Times <a href="https://inthesetimes.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/inthesetimesmag/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/inthesetimesmag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>The Real News Network <a href="https://therealnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> YouTube</a> channel, <a href="https://therealnews.com/our-shows-podcasts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> podcast</a> feeds, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealNews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> </ul> Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song</li> </ul>

Hollywood Writers Strike to Save the Entertainment Industry from Further Corporate Destruction (w/ Sasha Stewart)

THE DR. VIBE SHOW - SASHA STEWART - BLACK WOMEN AND MENTAL HEALTH - FEBRUARY 19 - 2014.mp3