
The Ankler Podcast
Listen in as The Ankler team and industry insiders break down Hollywood’s latest business headlines, power struggles and trends shaping the future of entertainment. theankler.com
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Sep 1, 2023 • 40min
How to Quit Hollywood
Former hotshot TV writer Patty Lin, who quit Hollywood in 2009 when industry toxicity overwhelmed her, discusses her dishy new memoir, 'End Credits'. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 25, 2023 • 39min
'My Year is Gone Career-Wise'
Before the strike, actress Addie Weyrich had an FX pilot. Today, she is waiting tables. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 18, 2023 • 32min
Leaks, Meetings & Calls. Oh My!
After months of silence, studio heads seem newly committed to reaching an agreement with the WGA. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 16, 2023 • 36min
Lina Khan Q&A: Hollywood 'Red Flags', 'Doom Loop' & the Future of M&A
FTC Chair Lina Khan on the agency’s views on the various crises roiling entertainment. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 11, 2023 • 39min
'It Will Surprise Us How Fast it Can Disappear'
Dickinson creator Alena Smith joins to discuss the destructive effects of streaming and the corporatization of entertainment. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 4, 2023 • 36min
WBD and the Struggle of Legacy Studios
Three earnings calls on the same day reveal how entertainment companies are no longer playing the same game. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 28, 2023 • 46min
Studios, Strikers and a Tense Game of Chicken
The WGA accuses the studios of being in a ‘mutual suicide pact.’ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 2023 • 14min
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland: 'It Takes Two to Tango...the Companies Aren't Stepping Up'
As Week 1 of the actors strike draws to a close, an interview with SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on Wall Street’s impact on the impasse, the stickiest issues on the table and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 21, 2023 • 50min
The Raw Deal Point Roiling Hollywood
Entertainment Strategy Guy joins to discuss perhaps the most existential of issues at the heart of the current SAG-studio impasse: profit sharing. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 14, 2023 • 44min
Iger, Ire, Actors: Apocalypse Now
For the first time in over 60 years, Hollywood is in the throes of a double strike. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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