The Showrunner Whisperer

The Showrunner Whisperer

Join Andy Behbakht on The Showrunner Whisperer as he takes you inside the minds of some of the most important TV showrunners in the Hollywood industry.

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August 7, 2024 94 mins

On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome JOE POKASKI as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about his journey to becoming a showrunner. Throughout this interview, Pokaski explores how he got started in Hollywood and how the journey from Heroes to co-showrunning Underground prepared him for Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. Pokaski reveals what it was like bringing some ...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome back MARC GUGGENHEIM as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about his journey to becoming a showrunner. Throughout part 2 of this interview, Guggenheim looks back at his time with the Arrowverse, interactions with fandoms, and restrictions by DC. Guggenheim also reflects on the Green Lantern TV show that didn’t go forward, w...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome MARC GUGGENHEIM as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about his journey to becoming a showrunner. Throughout part 1 of this interview, Guggenheim explores how he came to Hollywood, the early chapters that set him up for his journey to co-create Arrow and the Arrowverse on The CW. Guggenheim also shares some of the big c...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome BOB BERENS as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about his journey to becoming a showrunner. Throughout this interview, Berens explores how working on Ringer and Supernatural prepared him for eventually boarding Kung Fu as one of the showrunners, the story behind Supernatural’s Wayward Sisters spinoff, and what is next for ...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome back JAMES STOTERAUX & CHAD FIVEASH as our latest guests as Andy Behbakht continues his chat with them about their journey to becoming showrunners. In Part 2 of this interview, Stoteraux and Fiveash expand more on producing Gotham Knights, the importance of healthy work environments after their negative experience on One Tree Hill and what...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome JAKE WYATT as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about how he joined the world of Hollywood as a screenwriter before becoming the showrunner and co-creator of My Adventures with Superman. Throughout this interview, Wyatt breaks down the origin of how My Adventures with Superman came to be, the future of the show, and more. The fi...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome JAMES STOTERAUX & CHAD FIVEASH as our latest guests as Andy Behbakht chats with them about how they became a writing duo who together joined the world of Hollywood as screenwriters and their personal journey in becoming showrunners for Gotham Knights. In Part 1 of this interview, Stoteraux and Fiveash break down the progression from workin...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome STEVE YOCKEY as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about how he joined the world of Hollywood as a screenwriter and exploring his personal journey in becoming a showrunner for the first time. Before landing the role as the showrunner for The Flight Attendant, and now his new series, Dead Boy Detectives, we explore Steve’s o...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome MARK VERHEIDEN as our latest guest as Andy Behbakht chats with him about how he joined the world of Hollywood as a screenwriter and exploring his personal journey in becoming a showrunner for the first time. Before landing the role as the showrunner for Swamp Thing, we explore Mark’s origin story of how he first got into Hollywood and wh...

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On this episode of The Showrunner Whisperer (produced by Multiverse of Color,) we welcome KETO SHIMIZU as our first guest as our Andy chats with her about how she joined the world of Hollywood as a screenwriter and explores her personal journey in becoming a showrunner for the first time. Before landing the role as the co-showrunner for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, we explore Keto’s origin story of how she first got i...

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To celebrate the official one-year anniversary of the launch of Multiverse of Color (formerly known as The Marvel Report,) we at Multiverse of Color are extremely proud to announce the website’s first Original Podcast: The Showrunner Whisperer! Hosted by Multiverse of Color editor-in-chief Andy Behbakht (Senior Writer/Interviewer at Screen Rant, Host/Producer of The Flash Podcast,) The Showr...

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