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A podcast about the scripts and the writers who have placed on the annual Black List.

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Nov 19

Welcome! To listen to our first season of content with BL screenwriters hit the links below:

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Blacklisted

TV & Film Podcast · 22 Episodes · Updated Weekly

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 New Podcast Alert 🔔

This latest bonus episode is with author, John Yorke, who wrote the incredible book on craft: “Into The Woods: How Stories Work And Why We Tell Them.” #scriptsky

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John Yorke

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · S2, E12 Bonus · 47m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · 12d

Recommended watch on character… www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucV...

What's Character Got to Do with It? (Full Session)

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · 21d

Listen up! We’re now on @YouTube 📺

🎉 🥳 👏

Check out today’s fantastic interview with Tom Vaughan on our usual podcast platforms AND now on video!

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How To Structure A Feature Film Script That SELLS youtu.be/V7jOFyn-fZI?si… #writeyourspece#screenwritingn#scriptskyk#writerer

How To Structure A Feature Film Script That SELLS

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · 25d

Dropping a brand-new bonus ep on Monday - and we’re even taking the show over to YouTube - stay tuned!

#scriptsky

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Aug 19

Having done 25 of these we can attest that 700 is quite extraordinary…

Congrats to @johnaugust.bsky.social and the whole Script Notes team 🎉

#ScriptSky

700 - The Live Call-In Show

Podcast Episode · Scriptnotes Podcast · 08/19/2025 · 1h 5m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎙️ SEASON FINALE is here!

Our final episode features Justin Kremer - the FIRST writer ever signed via The Black List website, just 6 weeks after launch! 🚀

From website discovery to the annual Black List - this is the story that started it all.

#Blacklisted #Screenwriting #Podcast #McCarthy

Justin Kremer

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 08/18/2025 · 51m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔪 NEW BLACKLISTED EP: Screenwriter Shea Mayo on how her '80s slasher-inspired spec "Crush on You" made the Black List & caught Sydney Sweeney's attention!

Horror writing tips + what it takes to break through Hollywood 🩸

Listen now 🎧 #Blacklisted #Horror #Screenwriting #ScriptSky

Shea Mayo

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 08/11/2025 · 1h 1m

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Chris Hill @chrishillwrites.bsky.social · Aug 5

Only two more episodes to go ‘til we wrap season two! - let us know what you’ve made of the interviews so far in the comments below… 👇 🙏 ✍️

Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Aug 4

New episode alert 🚨 ‼️

#ScriptSky

This week with @theblcklst.bsky.social record-holder who has hit the BL SEVEN TIMES!!

Find out his secret 👇

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Colin Bannon

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 08/04/2025 · 50m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Aug 4

New episode alert 🚨 ‼️

#ScriptSky

This week with @theblcklst.bsky.social record-holder who has hit the BL SEVEN TIMES!!

Find out his secret 👇

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Colin Bannon

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 08/04/2025 · 50m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎬✨ Just dropped an incredible episode with Leah McKendrick talking about her journey from Black List script to Netflix director’s chair!

#podcast #netflix #blacklist #screenwriting #directing #hollywood #filmmaker #womenindirection #storytelling #creativprocess
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Leah McKendrick

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 07/28/2025 · 54m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 26

Recommend a listen 👂 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

NATHAN CROWLEY - Production Designer

Podcast Episode · Team Deakins · 03/26/2025 · 1h 10m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 26

Love to know why we’re not reaching more women? The listenship of the episodes with female-identifying writers are also lower than the guys. Let’s change that! If you listen to us and know women who would get something out of the show, please share… 🙏 #screenwriting #ScriptSky

Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 21

Listen up! This is a hold-up! Dive into today’s episode about David L Williams’ script, Clementine, that begins with an explosive heist and just doesn’t let up… 💥 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

David L Williams

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 07/21/2025 · 57m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 14

A Michael Phelps biopic? We get into all that and more with our latest guest Alyssa Ross who is repped at @bellevueprods.bsky.social

#MichaelPhelps #SwimmingGOAT #OlympicChampion #Beijing2008 #SwimmingLegend #TeamUSA #SwimLife #OlympicHistory #PhelpsNation

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Alyssa Ross

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 07/14/2025 · 56m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 7

New episode is up with @netflix.com scribe and general spec king, @unikunka.bsky.social 👇😎✍️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Dan Kunka

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 07/07/2025 · 47m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jul 6

We hope everyone is having a great long 4th weekend -

We’ll be back bright and early tomorrow with another fantastic guest as part of season two…

Stay tuned! 📻

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚨 ‼️ New episode alert ‼️ 🚨

This one with a sprinkle of magic as we discuss @theblcklst.bsky.social script, When Lightning Strikes, which made the 2017 list and was ✍️ by Anna Klassen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Anna Klassen

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 06/30/2025 · 53m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 26

We speak to another No. 1 🎧 #screenwriting #screenwriter #screenplay #scriptwriting #filmwriting #writersroom #tvwriting #featurefilm #indiefilm #filmmakers #writingcommunity #scriptchat #pitching #writerslife #hollywoodwriter #emergingwriter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Travis Braun

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 06/23/2025 · 1h 1m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 23

🎬 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎬

This week we’re diving deep with screenwriter Travis Braun about his breakout script “Dying for You”.

Travis went on to top the Black List for TWO consecutive years, making HISTORY as the only writer to ever claim the #1 spot back-to-back 🔥

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Travis Braun

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 06/23/2025 · 1h 1m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 21

I think we’d love to get @franklinleonard.bsky.social on the pod before the year is out 👍

Another great listen… 👂

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The Black List's Franklin Leonard on the power of 'Based on a true story' in Hollywood

Podcast Episode · Nieman Storyboard · 06/19/2025 · 54m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🎧

Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 16

Season two will bring us to twenty episodes for this twentieth year of @theblcklst and today we kick off the season in style with Elyse Hollander, the writer of the #Madonna biopic, Blonde Ambition - No. 1 script on the coveted Hollywood list in 2016!

#blcklst20x20

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Elyse Hollander

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 16

Folks! We’re back! And kicking off season two in style wirh Elyse Hollander - whose screenplay BLONDE AMBITION topped @theblcklst.bsky.social in 2016!

#screenplay #screenwriting #hollywood #Madonna #QueenOfPop #80smusic #popicon #musiclegend #popstar #trending

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Elyse Hollander

Podcast Episode · Blacklisted · 06/16/2025 · 59m

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · Jun 9

New season dropping 6/16 🧨

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Blacklisted @blcklstd.bsky.social · May 29

Yeaaaah, and that’s why you need a script #finalreckoning