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Writers' Bloc Podcast

J.R. Havlan, 17-year veteran writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, picks the complicated and jittery brains of the writers who help create The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, Letterman,... Read more

Ranked #1

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Episode 45: Jessi Klein

Episode 45: Jessi Klein

Jessi Klein is the Executive Producer and Head Writer for "Inside Amy Schumer" which is all an intelligent BlocHead such... Read more

21 Jan 2015

42mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 38: Lesley Arfin

Episode 38: Lesley Arfin

Lesley Arfin was one of the growing number of fantastic people I'd never met before talking to them on the podcast. Fort... Read more

20 May 2014

42mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 30: Opus Moreschi

Episode 30: Opus Moreschi

Opus Moreschi is a classic Hollywood triple threat: a writer, performer and mammal. He also happens to be the head write... Read more

4 Dec 2013

57mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 36: Rebecca Drysdale

Episode 36: Rebecca Drysdale

Rebecca Drysdale grew up in Versailles, France and Vancouver and Montreal, Canada, which makes her sound more like a lin... Read more

17 Apr 2014

52mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 10: Mike Scully

Episode 10: Mike Scully

Part 2 of "The Writers' Bloc 'The Simpsons' Mini-Marathon"! Mike Scully is a longtime writer and producer for 'The Simps... Read more

18 Mar 2013

56mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 47: Arthur Meyer

Episode 47: Arthur Meyer

Arthur Meyer is a writer and performer on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and the proud co-author of the fake m... Read more

4 Mar 2015

52mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 43: Doug Abeles

Episode 43: Doug Abeles

Doug Abeles is one of the cockiest comedy writers in the business, or more accurately, whatever the opposite of "cockies... Read more

16 Oct 2014

51mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 44: Eric Drysdale

Episode 44: Eric Drysdale

Eric Drysdale is a man of many talents not the least of which is the writing of materials suitable for inclusion in the ... Read more

19 Dec 2014

48mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 40: Chris Regan

Episode 40: Chris Regan

Chris Regan is a comedy writer who won five Emmys during his seven seasons on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He talks ... Read more

22 Aug 2014

57mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 34: Lisa Ann Walter

Episode 34: Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann Walter is, and always has been, a very busy woman. Known for stand-out roles in features such as The Parent Tra... Read more

19 Mar 2014

54mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 37: Damien Fahey

Episode 37: Damien Fahey

Damien Fahey is a writer for Family Guy on FOX. We discuss that. He also voiced two episodes of Family Guy called, “Pete... Read more

30 Apr 2014

52mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 33: Chuck Tatham

Episode 33: Chuck Tatham

To say Chuck Tatham's resume speaks for itself... is ridiculous, mainly because resume's don't have the power of speech.... Read more

4 Mar 2014

50mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 41: Jason Ross

Episode 41: Jason Ross

Jason Ross is a writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, but here's the rub - he lives in L.A. even though the... Read more

11 Sep 2014

53mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 35: Mike Royce

Episode 35: Mike Royce

In this episode we talk to Mike Royce (executive producer of "Enlisted", Fridays at 9 on Fox) about the intricacies of t... Read more

2 Apr 2014

54mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 42: Hugh Moore

Episode 42: Hugh Moore

(undisclosed number of) years, so I was thrilled to find out he was not only working but also willing to talk to me abou... Read more

1 Oct 2014

45mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 8: The Oscars with Rory Albanese

Episode 8: The Oscars with Rory Albanese

The Oscars are coming up and what better way to pre-celebrate than to listen to two people who've been there tell you wh... Read more

18 Feb 2013

55mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 32: Bill Persky

Episode 32: Bill Persky

Bill Persky is a veteran Emmy Award winning comedy writer who started, like so many other comedy writers of his era, as ... Read more

19 Feb 2014

56mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 46: Ted Alexandro

Episode 46: Ted Alexandro

In an earlier phase of his life, Ted Alexandro was a music teacher, an experience he used to help co-create the web seri... Read more

4 Feb 2015

49mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 31: Wyatt Cenac - Live at NYC PodFest

Episode 31: Wyatt Cenac - Live at NYC PodFest

Wyatt Cenac joins me for a live taping at NYC PodFest 2014. Wyatt won 3 Emmy Awards during his time as a writer and corr... Read more

22 Jan 2014

48mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 39: Charlie Grandy

Episode 39: Charlie Grandy

Charlie Grandy was a writer on The Daily Show without Jon Stewart. He was also a writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewa... Read more

5 Jun 2014

55mins

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