Lizz Winstead

Posted by on Nov 7, 2012 in podcast | 4 Comments

Co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and Air America Radio co-founder, Lizz Winstead, is one of the top political satirists in America. She also has dogs that like to bark and eat their own poop – a fact confirmed DURING this podcast. Lizz and I eat pistachios (loudly) and discuss what she was looking for when she was hiring The Daily Show’s original writing staff. Lizz’s experience and insight into the creative process is invaluable to aspiring and established comedy writers alike and I can’t think of a better way to kick off The Writers’ Bloc Podcast.

4 Comments

  1. Gabriele_Kaufrausch
    December 2, 2012

    Nice. Really good guest and discussion. Found this to be the most insightful episode from the first 3 offerings so far (including the test one). And i like that you’ve already created yourself a recurring pattern of dogs going crazy in the first two offerings. There’s your joke opportunity :-) Greetings from Germany.

  2. j.r. havlan
    December 21, 2012

    thanks germany! and nice catch on the recurring dog-going-crazy thing. totally planned out from the beginning. i swear. hope the episodes keep getting better for you rather than the other way around. feel free to let me know.

  3. Kris
    February 27, 2013

    Very interested in listening to this, but it seems not to be playing. Is that a problem with my computer or with the site? The other podcasts play just fine.

  4. j.r. havlan
    March 1, 2013

    hey kris, i’m having that same problem. we’ll look into it and try to get it fixed. in the meantime, if you have access to iTunes, please listen to it there.
    thanks!

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