The Black List Podcast Luminary

As Saturday Night Live kicked off a new season, writer and comedian Bowen Yang joined Kate and Franklin to talk about his Canadian upbringing, why Mean Girls made him fall in love with filmmaking, the real world consequences of political comedy, and so much more.
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This conversation took place in 2021. Learn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.
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+Saturday Night Live: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live 
+Mean Girls: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mean_girls 

The Black List partnered with Hulu to launch the inaugural Latinx List. Around the time it happened, it only made sense that Franklin and Kate talk to two of the initiative's chief architects: Gloria Calderón Kellett (One Day at a Time) and Tanya Saracho (Vida). The showrunners talk about how their friendship nurtures creativity, cultivating the next generation of Latinx talent, and so much more.
Questions? Comments? Criticism? Hit us up on social media at @theblcklst.
This conversation is from 2021. Kearn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.
Mentions: 
+Deadline, The Black List, Latin Tracking Board, NALIP, And Untitled Latinx Project Unveil Latinx TV List: https://deadline.com/2020/06/the-black-list-latin-tracking-board-nalip-remezcla-untitled-latinx-project-unveil-inaugural-latinx-tv-list-diversity-inclusion-representation-1202972696/ 
+One Day at a Time: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/one_day_at_a_time 
+Hollywood Reporter, ‘One Day at a Time,’ ‘Star Trek’ Sub for Returning Originals on CBS Fall Schedule: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/one-day-at-a-time-star-trek-sub-for-returning-originals-on-cbs-fall-schedule 
+Vida: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/vida 
+Variety, ‘Vida’ Creator Tanya Saracho Signs Overall Deal With UCP: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/vida-tanya-saracho-overall-deal-ucp-1234740022/ 

Ahead of the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Kate and Franklin talk to nominees Billy Porter, Robin Thede and Ramy Youssef. The creators sound off on bringing their full selves to the screen, the true responsibility of the artist, the advice they'd give to their younger selves (or as Billy says: “a b*tch has to have boundaries!”), and so much more. 
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This conversation took place in To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.
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+Pose: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/pose 
+A Black Lady Sketch Show: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/a_black_lady_sketch_show 
+Ramy: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/ramy 

This week, award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien joins Franklin for a conversation about growing up Black, her approach to documentary filmmaking, the state of journalism in the Trump era, and so much more. (And guess what? Soledad is the host of another Luminary original, Murder on the Towpath.) 
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Mentions:
+New York Times, Soledad O'Brien: A Me Too Movement for Journalists of Color, www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/opinion/soledad-obrien-racism-journalism.html
+Black in America: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/in.america/black.in.america/
+Latino in America: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/latino.in.america/  

This week, screenwriter Steven Canals joins Kate and Franklin to talk about growing up in the Bronx, the glory of Cardi B, the origins of how his Emmy-nominated show Pose on FX came to be picked up, and so much more.
Questions? Comments? Criticism? Hit us up on social media at @theblcklst.
This conversation took place in 2021.To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.
Mentions: 
+Pose: fxnetworks.com/shows/pose
+Paris is Burning: rottentomatoes.com/m/paris_is_burning
+The Color Purple: rottentomatoes.com/m/color_purple
+Terminator: rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator

Screenwriters, this is the episode for you. Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I, Robot, The Da Vinci Code screenplay, multiple Star Trek and Batman scripts, and more) joins Franklin and Kate to talk about his beginnings in Brooklyn, how his early family life influenced his writing career, and his memories of Joel Schumacher on the late 90s Batman films. Plus, the writing teachers he studied with at NYU (including Russell Banks, Margaret Atwood, E.L. Doctorow) and much more.
Questions? Comments? Criticism? Hit us up on social media at @theblcklst.
This conversation is from 2021. To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blcklst.com.
Mentions: 
+A Beautiful Mind: rottentomatoes.com/m/beautiful_mind
+Mr. and Mrs. Smith: rottentomatoes.com/m/mr_and_mrs_smith
+Batman & Robin: rottentomatoes.com/m/1077027_batman_and_robin