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The One Weird Job... A Screenwriting Podcast

It seems like 99% (note: estimate possibly entirely made up) of working film and TV writers in the entertainment industry didn’t get a screenwriting degree. In fact, many started out in entirely different careers before transitioning over to the world of screenwriting. And many more writers worked several odd jobs before they sold their first script or got staffed on their first show. Almost every writer has a weird, crazy, or just utterly insane backstory. But along the way, these odd jobs shaped

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Martin Castillo was an Entomologist

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2025/06/24

Writer MARTIN CASTILLO (Spirit & Friends, Donkey Hodie) joins Alyssa to talk about his time as a entomology research technician, aka a bug scientist. Martin tells us about going from a psychology major to an entomologist to a Fred Rogers Productions Writers' Neighborhood fellow, his field research which involved saving California’s avocado and citrus crops from invasive insect species, and the three scariest words Alyssa has ever heard: microscopic parasitic

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Stan Berkowitz was a Film Restorer

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2025/06/10

Two-time Emmy winning writer STAN BERKOWITZ (Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, The Justice League) joins Alyssa to talk about his time working for a lab that restored old films. Stan talks about working with explosive nitrate film stock, being laid off three weeks into his first writing job, and what he learned from being forced to watch bad movies. His book, Beyond The Bat: Secrets of a Superhero Scribe, is now out with many more stories of his time working

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FLIPPED INTERVIEW: Alyssa Feller Was A Summer Camp...

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2025/04/01

In this special “flipped interview,” previous guest Dave Cain interviews host Alyssa Feller about her own weird job - working as an Education Camp Intern aka a summer camp counselor at SeaWorld Orlando. In part 2, Alyssa talks about learning an entire summer’s worth of marine biology facts in a week, her favorite SeaWorld animal fun facts, and how her writing career started by writing a comedy pilot in one week.Music: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Vibing over venus "Vibing

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FLIPPED INTERVIEW: Alyssa Feller Was A Summer Camp...

The One Weird Job... A Screenwriting Podcast ·

2025/03/18

In this special “flipped interview,” previous guest Dave Cain interviews host Alyssa Feller about her own weird job - working as an Education Camp Intern aka a summer camp counselor at SeaWorld Orlando. Alyssa talks about SeaWorld Camp’s intense minute-to-minute schedule, how she dealt with kids literally melting down in the Florida heat, and how a little documentary called Blackfish and the controversy surrounding “The Incident” affected her job and her view of animals in zoos and

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