What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting, Part I

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To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. We put that relationship in the therapist's chair with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman, author of a fascinating new book called What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting.
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To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. We put that relationship in the therapist's chair with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman. He's written a fascinating new book called What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting.

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Credits

Host:

Claude Brodesser-Akner

Producer:

Matt Holzman