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50% Business, 50% Creative. Hosted by 50/50 founder Luke Steinfeld and 50/50 Head of Talent Wyatt Sarkisian, the podcast builds on the mission of the platform: to nurture and empower the next generation of industry talent. Join us as we sit down with voices from all corners of the entertainment industry, offering educational insight into process, production, and execution.
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- 3 days ago1h 3m
HOW TO: Build Comedic CHARACTER (w/ Jack Greenberg)
This week, comedian Jack Greenberg joins us. We kick off the chat discussing his relationship with live performance and the evolution of Jack and Caroline Present: The Show, a multimedia variety show he created with his fiancée, Caroline, designed to showcase their comedic strengths (think choogy/cosy core couple, desperate to share their art with you). We also get into the art of character creation, exploring how physical ticks, mannerisms, and the rhythms of everyday conversation can unlock comedic moments. Drawing on his upbringing in San Francisco and time at Stanford, Jack discusses finding inspiration in the personalities and conversational frameworks of the Silicon Valley world he's experienced firsthand. We also talk about Jack's ambitions as a screenwriter, including his number-one goal of getting staffed on a comedy show. With a short film currently in prep and a feature screenplay nearing completion, Jack shares how he's balancing his live performance work with his growing aspirations behind the camera and on the page. Jack's Insta Jack's Tik JACK ADDITIONAL LINKS Submit Your Comedy Short
- 1 weeks ago45 min
BOYS CATCH UP: 50/50 Horror Recap, You Can See Everything, Tax Credits on Mars, Haunted Film Sets
It's a no-guest episode! Luke and Wyatt get together on a Sunday to recap another vibrant 50/50 Horror. Additionally, Wyatt is rolling around on the floor in acting classes, Luke is becoming delusional on set, and we walk the tight rope of talking about YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING without spoiling too much... enjoy! Submit Your Comedy Short
- 2 weeks ago1h 2m
HOW TO: Manage Writers with an Entrepreneurial Mindset (w/ Kira Guess)
This week, we sit down with Kira Guess, Coordinator at Mosaic, to discuss how resourcefulness, entrepreneurial thinking, and an actor’s perspective can translate into effective literary representation. After studying performance at LAMDA (an acting conservatory in the UK), Kira found her way into talent representation, where her firsthand understanding of the actor’s experience helped her connect with clients in a uniquely personal way. She later joined Innovative Artists, working for 13 agents simultaneously and finding opportunities to contribute to the literary business by taking initiative and solving problems before anyone asked. Now at Mosaic, Kira brings her performance background to the development process, approaching material through the lens of character and understanding what makes talent-driven stories sell. We discuss what she looks for in prospective clients, why writers should seek representatives who are willing to take chances on unconventional material, and how a willingness to be crafty for your clients and challenge the industry's traditional mold can make all the difference.
- 3 weeks ago1h 4m
HOW TO: Authentically Produce Love Island (w/ Nicholas Gloria)
This week, we sit down with reality TV producer (and Wyatt's neighbor) Nicholas Gloria to break down the art and business of producing unscripted television. From his early days at Scout Productions (QUEER EYE) to being IN THE VILLA as a producer on LOVE ISLAND in Fiji, Nicholas shares what it means to get closer to the talent, manage big personalities, and help steer a show's story without sacrificing the authenticity of the people at its center. We get into the psychology of working with reality TV casts, the importance of validating their emotions and advocating for their needs, and what a typical day on one of television's most immersive reality shows actually looks like. Nicholas also breaks down how to climb the production ladder, build relationships with showrunners, and understand the role production companies play in shaping unscripted television. Plus, he walks us through the process of pitching a reality show, from putting together a sizzle reel to finding the right buyers — and, most importantly, figuring out why you're the right person to tell that story. 50/50 HORROR TICKETS
- Oct 6, 20261h 1m
HOW TO: Infuse Physicality Into Your Filmmaking (w/ Santi MacLean)
This week, we sit down with filmmaker and actor Santi MacLean to get physical. Santi breaks down his acting practice, Action Theatre — a highly reactive, physical, and primal form of acting derived from dance. We talk about what happens when you completely surrender to an acting exercise, what it means to align your body and instincts with a performance, and how this practice has fundamentally shaped the way Santi approaches directing and filmmaking at large. We also get into Santi’s ambitious current project, compiling 12 SHORT FILMS to form a collection of films he’s creating almost like an album — blurring the lines between filmmaking, performance art, and experimentation. Finally, we talk about how our relationship with our own work evolves over time: writing something, putting it away, coming back to it years later, and discovering that you’re suddenly in conversation with the person who made it. What does our art preserve about who we were — and what can it teach us about who we are now? A conversation about physicality, instinct, experimentation, and the strange experience of constantly creating alongside our younger selves. Santi's Website Santi's Insta 50/50 Horror Tickets
- Sep 29, 20261h 9m
HOW TO: Be Scrappy, and Rapidly Become a Producer (w/ Aisling Lynch)
This week, we’re joined by producer Aisling Lynch of Fourth Wall, who moved to Los Angeles in a yellow Smart Car named Leonardo with just a couple bucks to her name — and quickly began figuring out how to make it work. Aisling talks about PA’ing on the final week of EUPHORIA Season 2, which led to a full run on THE IDOL and gave her a firsthand education in the chaos of constant rewrites, reshoots, and life on set. We get into why actually being on set is so important for producers — especially as more and more young executives enter the business without much production experience. From her first desk job at Asylum Entertainment, where she primarily worked in unscripted, to freelancing as a book scout and learning how to read material quickly and instinctively, Aisling breaks down the experiences that shaped her taste and abilities. She then “lucked out” by becoming Russell Hollander’s assistant at Fourth Wall, where he gave her the freedom to source as much material as possible — setting her on a rapid path from assistant to producer. We talk about the value of being scrappy, making cold calls, finding opportunities wherever you can, figuring out what’s actually working, and learning how to build a productive relationship with your producing partner. Aisling Instagram OPEN HOUSE (Deadline Annoucement) 50/50 Horror Tickets
- Sep 22, 20261h 3m
HOW TO: Do It For Your Inner Child (w/ Wylie Anderson)
Wylie Anderson RETURNS to the Pod fresh off directing Grace Guy’s DECKHAND at the Edinburgh Fringe — and fully recovered from much chaos involving international travel and visceral sickness. We also discuss Wylie's HOME MOVIE SHOW: an event where fellow "adults" bring in the earnest, hilarious, deeply personal home movies they made as kids. The live show taps into Wylie’s love of hosting and her ability to access her inner child, while opening up a bigger conversation about purpose — and remembering what is actually FUN about filmmaking. We also get into Wylie’s newest feature, which she describes as her most personal yet. She shares how she immerses herself in the writing process, including using movement and dance as a way into a script about dance itself. From there, we zoom out to talk about creative process more broadly: setting goals and writing benchmarks, holding yourself accountable, and knowing when — and how — to let other people into the work-in-progress. WYLIE INSTA HOME MOVIE SHOW - RSVP 10/16 SHOW! DECKHAND @ FRINGE Submit Your Horror Short
- Sep 15, 202658 min
HOW TO: Channel Relentless Passion (w/ David Jacobson) [RE-RELEASE]
(RE-RELEASE) This week, we resurface a CLASSIC episode. We sit down with David Jacobson, marketing director at Cherry Lane Theatre — freshly reopened under A24 — to talk shepherding one of downtown New York’s most historic stages into its next era. David cut his teeth in sports marketing with the New York Knicks and New York Rangers (not to mention a brief, glorious stint working the second floor of the old times square NikeTown — RIP). Along the way, he adopted a simple philosophy passed down from his dad: the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Ask questions. Meet everyone. Be the “dumbest” person in the room. Remain a fan at heart. David stepped into Cherry Lane just months before its reopening, balancing the theater’s deep, rebellious history with A24’s modern indie sensibility. He says that running marketing there feels more like a startup than an institution. It’s a candid conversation about hustle, taste, and parlaying every job into meaningful relationships. In classic 50/50 fashion, it's another theatre/film mashup. Buckle your seatbelts! YOU GOT OLDER at the Cherry Lane Theatre The Cherry Lane Theatre Instagram HENRY WINKLER'S INSTAGRAM (random but relevant) Submit Your Horror Short!
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