The Curiosity Room: Recent Episodes
Thom Woodley
A podcast for Pioneering Content Creators.
Join writer-creator Thom Woodley (CollegeHumor, The Burg, Dos Equis' The Most Interesting Man in the World) as he talks to artists and creators in the worlds of film, web and more, and learn alongside him as he struggles to release his own projects into the world.
Thom sits down with Marc Weitz, director of the New York Indie Theatre Film Festival at the New Ohio Theatre.
Today Thom launches his newest project, "Search & Destroy", a 'dialog novel' in an entirely new format, with producer Ashlea Hartz.
Thom has identified ten simple adjustments to our government that, if enacted, would lead us to a democracy that represented us better - all of us. The goal with these laws is fourfold: to stem corruption and the influence of special interests. To encourage the people to participate in democracy more. To encourage better leaders and legislators to appear - not just those hungry for power, fame and money. And, just as important, to reduce the power of the two parties.
After reading Amanda Hess' article 'The End of Endings', I question what the colonization of entertainment by the structures of the internet will do to storytelling. Is the Hero's Journey outmoded? What would its replacement look like?
In this episode of the Curiosity Room, Thom talks about his other podcast, Fail to the Chief (comic bios on presidential losers) - why it initially failed, and how he is going to rework it in 2019.
Thom interviews Nick Leavens, director of film and theatre, and writer of the upcoming horror pop opera Headphone Splitter - a collaboration with celebrated and recently deceased composer Matt Marks.