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The Black List Podcast

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The Black List Podcast is a tv podcast hosted by Franklin Leonard | Luminary | Ninth Planet Audio. It has 78 episodes, with the latest published July 2025.

The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks movies with people who love them and people who make them. He and Black List Director of Community Kate Hagen speak with filmmakers, producers, and creators of all kinds, deep diving on movie watching rituals, sharing career highs, and revisiting highly regarded films from the Black List itself. Guests include: Spike Lee, Janelle Monae, Ed Helms, Lulu Wang, Jason Hehir, Rhada Blank, Bowen Yang, Katrina Longworth, Gabrielle Union, and many, many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Spike Lee

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Director Kirby Dick

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Kaufman Charlie, Screenwriter with an Eternally Spotless and Brilliant Mind

4

Classic Couch Watches, and Reads, from Franklin and Kate

5

Actor and Director Jay Ellis

6

Screenwriter and Playwright Jeremy O. Harris: Scrjpting High-Low Culture

7

Writer Director Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)

8

Horror Films and Women Who Make Them

9

Soledad O'Brien and Franklin Look Back

10

Canals Steven

11

Ramy, Robin, Billy: Art, Identity, and Boundaries

12

Adam Rippon Unplugged

13

Director Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey)

14

Filmmaker Radha Blank is the 40-Year-Old Version

15

Gloria Calderón Kellett and Tonya Saracho

16

Director Alice Wu Does Know the Half of It

17

Screenwriter/Director Chris Columbus

18

Jay Ellis on Directing, Acting, Spaceballs, and Basketball

19

Ed Helms: Quiet Superstar, Comedic Legend

20

Janelle Monáe Won't Stop Still She Gets Enough

21

Bruce Lee Through Bao Nguyen's Lens

22

Karina Longworth Hollywood History Podcaster

23

Director Jason Hehir talks Michael Jordan, Ken Burns, and The Last Dance

24

Director Marielle Heller (Nightbitch, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Diary of a Teenage Girl)

25

Actor/Writer Ben [Sonic] Schwartz

26

Director Lulu Wang

27

Screenwriter Jack Thorne: Authorship is Never Singular

28

Filmaking Duo Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz

29

Insecure Showrunner Prentice Penny

30

Paul Feig Makes Comedies You Don't Forget

31

Hello, it's Andrew Rannells

32

Crafting 'The Post': Screenwriter Liz Hannah on Navigating Genres

33

Writer, Producer, Director Alan Yang

34

Director and Screenwriter Leslye Headland

35

Bowen Yang: From Chemistry to Comedy

36

Akiva Goldsman on Telling the Right Story

37

Roxane Gay on Film and Culture

38

Seth Rogen's Super Badass Origins

39

Movies to Know: Franklin and Kate Talk Films with Friends

40

Writer/Director of 'Minari,' Lee Isaac Chung

41

Chris Columbus ('Mrs. Doubtfire,' 'Home Alone')

42

Andrew Rannells

43

Documentarian Kirby Dick

44

Jack Thorne's Fantastic Materials

45

Franklin and Kate's Top 5 Recs from Quarantine

46

Women in Horror: A Rountable

47

Radha Blank, 40-Year-Old Version

48

Encore: Desus Nice and The Kid Mero

49

Bowen Yang of SNL, Las Culturistas, and Beyond

50

Conquering TV One Day at a Time | Gloria Calderón Kellett and Tanya Saracho

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