“Things We Lost In The Stream”

Longtime TV writers Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Jose Molina bring back their popular Children of Tendu podcast to weigh in on the WGA strike and how the business of television has changed.

Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Jose Molina have written for such TV series as Lost, Firefly, Sleepy Hollow, and Helix. Since 2014, they have hosted the Children of Tendu podcast. Recently, they posted a new episode.

Jose and Javi are back and older than ever! As the Writers Guild strikes for higher pay, job security, and reform in how writers are employed and compensated, Jose and Javi aren’t just walking the picket line but also breaking down the many changes in the industry that have lead to the current labor action. In the fifteen years since the dawn of the streaming age, the way television is made and consumed has changed enormously, and Jose and Javi have experienced those changes in real time… this is not the same business Jose and Javi came into at the start of their careers, and it isn’t the same as when they began recording the Children of Tendu podcast… it’s a new era, and Jose and Javi are here to tell you all about it!

You may listen to this episode of the podcast here. Or better put, you must listen to it. This pair of writers with over forty years of experience in television put the current negotiations between the WGA and the AMPTP into historical context. At stake? Nothing less than the very existence of something approximating a career of writing in Hollywood.

Resources to follow the strike:

The Hollywood Reporter: Strike Diary

Variety: Strike Central

WGA on Strike: Updates

A couple of videos explaining the strike:

How to Support the WGA