The Zicree Simkins Podcast: Recent Episodes
David Simkins and Marc Zicree
Deric Hughes and Ben Raab are writers for Syfy’s WAREHOUSE 13. Hailing from the world of comics and new media, they were obvious hires for season one and easily made the cut for season two. In this fast half-hour they discuss their start in the business and the experience of working on a hit show. […]
As with our Ross Martin interview (Episode 15) we present this 1966 interview with Stanley Kubrick by Jeremy Bernstein. Check out Stuff About Stanley Kubrick for more. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
CHILDREN OF THE CORN: A NEW CROP. That could have been the working title of Don Borchers’ latest filmic adventure for Syfy. Don’s been producing, writing and directing movies since the early 1980s. And in September of 2009 he revisited his past by once again aligning himself with Stephen King’s classic tale of murderous kids […]
Eddie McClintock, big dog on Syfy’s WAREHOUSE 13, spends an hour with us talking about his continuing journey along the Thespianic Trail. Get your Eddie on. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
Jack Kenny, executive producer and showrunner for Syfy’s new hit series WAREHOUSE 13, talks about acting, writing comedy and drama, and surviving American television’s ups and downs. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
Bob Goodman and Drew Greenberg join David Simkins in this edition to discuss writing for Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, Dexter, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, Warners Bros. Animation (to name a few endeavors). Oh, and we’re currently writing for SyFy’s Warehouse 13 (shameless plug: catch the premiere on July 7th, 2009 on […]
Jennifer Yale is off to a fast start. Her first job in Hollywood was working for Mel Brooks helping to shape the filmed remake of The Producers and the musical of Young Frankenstein. Along the way she’s won an Emmy, pitched pilots, written screenplays, been on the team for the TV shows Day Break and […]
Let Del Reisman take you back to the Golden Age of Television. When he was a kid hanging out on the Universal backlot, or later in the midst of 35 missions as a bombardier flying over Germany during WWII, Del had no idea he’d wind up smack in the middle of one of the most […]
Trey Callaway sits down with David to talk about creating a sci fi series for UPN, working with Tim Burton and the Rubik’s Cube of writing and producing for CSI: New York. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
Lee Goldberg’s resumé reads like a TV what’s-what for the last twenty years. His television creations are legion not only in the U.S. but he’s dabbled a bit in Europe as well. And if that’s not enough, he’s also a published novelist. Next up: splitting the atom. Listen in. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in […]
Joe Dougherty is a playwright, novelist, director and Emmy Award winning writer for television. Currently penning plots and dialog for Holly Hunter on SAVING GRACE, he took some time out from his big deal successful writing career to talk with us pikers. Listen in and get your Joe on. Joe Dougherty links: corporate HQ, original […]
Barbara Nance (X-Files, Blade, Army Wives) and Dan Truly (Blade, Law and Order: SVU) have been slogging it out in the TV-Writer trenches for years. In this week’s discussion they unload a lot of personal history, insights and advice for anyone interested in the current state of dramatic television. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in […]
Saul Rubinek chats it up with David Simkins on the set of WAREHOUSE 13, a pilot for the Sci Fi Channel shooting in Toronto during June, 2008. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X. PS: The episode of Ray Bradbury Theater we […]
Neil Johnson is the writer, producer, director behind a slew of homegrown science fiction films and countless rock videos. Determined to make films his own way he found himself in unlikely company when his tradition-breaking foray into digital moviemaking attracted the attention of George Lucas. George, just […]
Daniel Myrick, co-director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, and Jackson Douglas, one of the stars and directors of the hit tv series THE GILMORE GIRLS, are the guests this week on The Zicree Simkins Podcast. Join us in the airlock for a discussion about the art […]
Boomers will be familiar with the late Ross Martin as the actor who, in the mid-1960s, played Artemus Gordon on tv’s THE WILD WILD WEST. But before that Ross acted in THE TWILIGHT ZONE. In 1978 Marc Zicree was 22 years old and just beginning the research that would lead him to write the book […]
In a break from tradition The Zicree Simkins Podcast reaches out to fellow podcasters and writers Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst and swipes their podcast. Well, actually, we borrowed their 40th episode with their permission. Sam and Jim were restaurant owners in Minneapolis when they decided to chuck it and become writers in Hollywood. You […]
Mark Fergus, one-half of the writing team sharing credit on IRON MAN, talks with Zicree/Simkins about what life is like working with legends. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
Laurence Walsh and Jack Bernstein were writer/producers on the Sci Fi Channel’s short-lived cult favorite THE DRESDEN FILES. But who cares about that? Jack is the comedy stud behind ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE and for a while there Laurence made sure John Woo didn’t leave the house without his wallet, car keys and genius. Jack […]
Writer/Director Michael Nankin, one of Battlestar Galactica’s favorite directors, tells us how the series ends. Well, not really, but he does tell us how he threw out a script causing Ron Moore, David Eick and Mary McDonnell to love him forever. Really. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
Henry Myers, co-executive producer for UGLY BETTY and Curtis Kheel, supervising producer for EUREKA, spend an hour with David and Marc talking about work, life and the need for an office with a window. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander are screenwriters, film producers and directors. If you’ve seen ED WOOD, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, MAN IN THE MOON, MARS ATTACKS, AUTOFOCUS or 1408 then you’ve seen their work. In this episode Larry and Scott chat it up and laugh it up with David and Marc. Note: This repost […]
Mark Altman and Steve Kriozere have been writing partners for almost ten years. They’ve written and produced horror, action and comedy for television and film. In this episode they add podcast hotshots to their resumes. Download the mp3 Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.
George Noory is the host of the top-rated late-night radio show COAST TO COAST. He’s also a friend of Marc’s, a fan of sci fi and a purveyor of the strange who spends his nights navigating the sometimes bizarre world of America after dark. In this episode George tells us how it all began. Download […]
John Wirth and Brad Kern have been writing for television and producing top-rated programs since 1980. They’re still at it. They’ve got experience, opinions and stories to tell. And they’re telling them here. Download the mp3 Download the aac Note: Right-Click in Windows or Control-Click in OS X.