Episodes
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In an election year filled with political spin, Billy and Todd chat with MIKE MILLER OF IATSE: the most direct, no-nonsense, spin-averse voice in all Hollywood, to discuss the issues facing his membership - and how he plans to remedy them in negotiations with the AMPTS. There's also a pretty cool story about Central Park!
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Billy and Todd return with the head of Teamsters Local 399 Lindsay Dougherty - and a plea to Hollywood's CEOs not to inflict another two strikes on our town.
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Billy bids a fond farewell to StrikeTalk in a conversation with the person who made StrikeTalk happen, Deadline Co-Editor In Chief, Mike Fleming. They discuss labor in Hollywood, mergers, the epic failures of the AMPTS, and what's to come in 2024.
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In Strike Talk's penultimate episode, Billy Ray and co-host Todd Garner speak with the presidents of SAG-AFTRA and WGA West, Fran Drescher and Meredith Stiehm, about the challenges of negotiating with the AMPTS and their visions for the Hollywood labor movement's future.
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Billy is joined by California State Senators Anthony Portantino and Dave Min to discuss the role of state government in supporting the labor movement.
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Billy sits down with Mandy Walker, Jeff Ford, and Adam Merims -- three vital collaborators from his directing debut, Shattered Glass -- to discuss what has happened to our business since.
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Billy is joined by John Ptak and Marc Evans to discuss falling in love with the movies, how the business is changing, and the importance of collaboration between writers, producers, and agents.
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Billy is joined by Steve Schmidt (founder of The Warning newsletter, YouTube channel, and podcast) to investigate the economic roots of America's current state of disruption. Steve and Billy dissect why trust in institutions is at an all time low, the isolating impact of technology, and how the ongoing SAG strike fits into the larger American labor movement.
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Billy checks in with actors Ashley Nicole Black, Clark Gregg, and Robert Wisdom to discuss the ongoing SAG strike, solidarity in their union, and the essential next steps for performers to protect their work.
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Billy sits with WGA Neg Comm Co-Chairs David Goodman and Chris Keyser to learn what happened inside the room during the negotiations and what gains were made in the deal struck with the Alliance.
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Three journalists talk about where the business is going, how we got here, and what Fritz Lang would have thought about Starbucks.
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Two veterans of the business - an exec and a columnist - take Billy through the history of the companies’ decision to chase the Netflix streaming model, and the calamitous results of that choice.
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Two Congressional lions of labor discuss the necessity of unions, and what government's role should be in protecting them.
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Producers don't need an Alliance. They need a UNION. This week's guest, Jennifer Fox, explains why.
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This week, the General Secretary of British Equity and the former Political Director of the AFLCIO discuss the state of labor globally, and how workers - in America and abroad - are finally reclaiming their power... and thus saving the world.
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Two legends join the podcast this week to discuss why the AMPTP should go by a different name.
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Billy Ray and Todd Garner reteam to learn about “Ethical A.I.,” which may very well stop Hollywood from destroying itself.
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What happens when you take three famed storytellers and ask them how they'd solve the strikes and heal the business if THEY were AMPTP CEO's? That's Episode 14 of Strike Talk, in which Lilly Wachowski, Craig Mazin, and Jason Blum assume the role of corporate executive as they discuss where our industry is, and where it's going.
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He's baaaaaaaaaaaack.
AI. Round Two.
But this time he's speaking in the voices of Morgan Freeman, Emma Watson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Chris Rock.
The future is here. And it's scary as hell.
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