Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss
Behind the glitz and glamor, Hollywood can be brutal. For every success, there are many more rejections and failures. Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss explores that world and each week a new guest will talk about dealing with rejection, failure and adversity in the entertainment industry. Writer Noah Evslin and podcaster Dan Rutstein ask the questions.
Podcasting since 2020 • 155 episodes
Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss
Latest Episodes
Take 150 - Writer, Director David Zucker - Airplane, Top Secret, The Naked Gun
Episode 150 and we have a legend on. It’s David Zucker, he of The Naked Gun and Airplane fame. He is as funny and witty and irreverent as you would hope he would be.David tells us the story of how he got Airplane made, we tal...
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Take 149 - Writer Gary Whitta, Rogue One, See you in Hell
Rogue One writer Gary Whitta returns to the podcast and we talk…podcasts.The British writer explains why he decided he needed to make a scripted podcast, casting Jon Boyega and how bad Hollywood is at the moment.He talks us throug...
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Episode 149
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Take 148 - Showrunner and Novelist Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother and That’s Not How It Happened
The magical Craig Thomas returns to the podcast.The How I Met Your Mother co-creator comes on to talk about his heart-warming novel That’s Not How It Happened.Craig talks about why he wrote the book, disability in Hollywood and th...
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Episode 148
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Take 147 - Special Episode. Martyn Robertson and Gordon Mackay. Make it to Munich.
We talk to filmmaker Martyn Robertson and sports surgeon Gordon Mackay about the inspiring feature doc Make it to Munich.In a crossover episode we talk Hollywood and whisky, pioneering surgeries and telling stories with heart.They...
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Season 3
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Episode 147
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Take 146 - Director, Producer, Writer Nick Verso, Boys in the Trees, Invisible Boys
He was told he had no future in the entertainment business and yet Australian Nick Verso has gone on to have a stellar career.In this episode we talk about dealing with such raw rejection, how he found his place in the business and also ...
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Episode 146
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