Origin Stories

Debora Cahn on the TV Show, The Diplomat

We're trying to stay in a viewer's life for years

Nov 5

The Origin Stories of Your Favorite TV Shows, Podcasts and Books

Catch up on Campside co-founder Matt Shaer's show that dives into the creative choices and process of the world's best directors, journalists and…

Oct 16

John Robert Hoffman on the TV Series, Only Murders in the Building

The wonder of having a series snap together

Oct 13

Mimi Leder on the TV Series, The Morning Show

Learning to honor both your experience and your gut instinct

Oct 1

Patrick Radden Keefe on his book Say Nothing and the TV Adaptation

The importance of outlining, the joys of research and learning when to trust your gut

Sep 25

Connie Walker on Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s

A deeply-personal investigation of the Canadian Indian residential school system

Sep 22

Stephanie Foo on Her Memoir, What My Bones Know

Everything we do our whole lives, including the way we live, should be a collaborative process

Sep 19

Dan Taberski on the Podcast Hysterical

Exploring the strange illness that afflicted a group of girls in the New York town of LeRoy

Sep 16

Noah Hawley on the TV Show Alien: Earth

How to adapt a beloved horror franchise for a modern audience

Sep 16

Max Minghella on His Movie, Shell

I discovered how much glee people take from watching something that makes them squeamish

Sep 16

Brian Goldstone on his book, There Is No Place for Us

What allowed me to keep moving forward was an outline that had been heavily edited and revised

Sep 12

Yousef Srouji on the Documentary, Three Promises

Learning the tools of the trade on the job

Sep 1

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