Meet Your Host

Kyle Olson

Fast becoming more beard than man, Kyle Olson is an award-winning writer, producer, and host who has been podcasting since these shows were still casting onto pods. He co-hosted The Marvel Movie Minute for over three hundred episodes with his fellow true believer and partner in pods, Rob Kubasko. He’s created several shows, the most notable of which are his audio drama series, The Swashbuckling Ladies Debate Society, his storytelling show, The Story Well, and he’s a co-host on Craft and Chaos. He served as co-host on Sitting in the Dark in it’s scariest early days.

He still has a lot to learn.

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Chapter 8: Get Cool And Start Working

Chapter 8 takes us into the realm of the shadow! That is, Mandy Fabian and I will discuss shadow directing, where the job is to listen and learn and disappear when the show runner shows up. Plus, we’ll talk the differences with directing in different mediums

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Chapter 7: You Get a Chair When You Do a Feature

Chapter 7 will take you on a whirlwind tour, as Mandy Fabian discusses taking her short film on the film festival circuit. We’ll also talk about the weird world of networking, facing an ambivalent audience and when do you know it’s time to come home. But first, is there a downside to binge watching?

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Chapter 6: The First Time I Was Ever Wrong

Chapter 6 of my chat with Mandy Fabian follows her first short film from idea to editing. Along the way, we’ll discuss working with experienced actors when it’s your first time in the big chair, the blessings of AD’s and editors and the worst direction she’s ever given.

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Chapter 5: The Dream Of An Idea

Chapter Five of my conversation with Mandy Fabian takes us into the hallowed halls of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Then we’re back into the word mines to discuss dialogue, adapting existing properties and creating a series for the web using stars from TV.

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That Golden Valley, pt 1

Someone from Saffron’s history reaches out, sending the Ladies across the pond for an adventure in California. But will this blast from the past be strong enough to destroy their future together?

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Chapter 4: Mansion Food

In Chapter Four of my chat with Mandy Fabian, we’ll make the rounds as she tells us what a Hollywood party is like from the inside. Then we’ll talk about writing including spec scripts, co-writing and the dreaded note process.

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