Humanitas Industry 101 Podcast https://humanitasindustry101podcast.podbean.com The Humanitas Industry 101 Podcast is a component of a series of online and in-person events and content introducing topics that are foundational to understanding and launching television and film writing careers. The podcast features audio from our digitized archive, as well as new conversations. The Humanitas Industry 101 series is made possible with support from our series sponsor Sony Pictures Entertainment. Learn more about Humanitas at humanitasprize.org. 

]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:18:34 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Arts:Visual Arts 1440 episodic The Humanitas Industry 101 Podcast is a component of a series of online and in-person events and content introducing topics that are foundational to understanding and launching television and film writing careers. The podcast features audio from our digitized archive, as well as new conversations. The Humanitas Industry 101 series is made possible with support from our series sponsor Sony Pictures Entertainment. Learn more about Humanitas at humanitasprize.org. Humanitas Humanitas No false https://feed.podbean.com/humanitasindustry101podcast/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21679693/Podcast_Cover_Art_1400x1400_9r7qq.png Humanitas Industry 101 Podcast https://humanitasindustry101podcast.podbean.com 144 144 Episode 1: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick Episode 1: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick https://humanitasindustry101podcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1-marshall-herskovitz-and-ed-zwick/ https://humanitasindustry101podcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1-marshall-herskovitz-and-ed-zwick/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:18:34 -0700 humanitasprizeindustry101podcast.podbean.com/0a2e9bfa-5bbc-3ba7-9998-074a18cf4c79 Our first episode comes from a discussion between legendary writers, directors, and producers, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, recorded December 11, 1993. 

While the business of screenwriting has changed dramatically over the last 32 years, their advice about structure and character remains evergreen. 

With five Emmys, an Oscar, and multiple Humanitas Prizes between them, Marshall and Ed have a storied partnership spanning film and television. 

They met as students at American Film Institute (AFI) and have gone on to write, produce, and direct projects such as The Last Samurai, Legends of The Fall, Traffic, Thirtysomething, and My So-Called Life.

This conversation was moderated by Greg Apparcel during the Humanitas Master Writers Workshop series held in the early 90s through the early 2000s.  – If you’d like to hear more about Ed Zwick’s time in Hollywood his memoir, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood, was released in 2024 by Gallery Books and is available where books are sold. 

Books and authors mentioned in the episode include Shakespeare (King Lear), The Oresteia, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and Aristotle. 

Link to the full Humanitas Industry 101 resource collection is here: https://www.humanitasprize.org/101-resource-page.

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Host/Writer-Producer: Michelle Franke

Featuring: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick

Audio Editor-Producer: Campbell Moore

Writer-Producer: Daniel Plagens

Mixing/Mastering: Jeff Schoeny at Voxstop

Music: "We Don't Stop" and "Got to Be" by Mooveka

Music Licensing: Artlist.io

]]> Our first episode comes from a discussion between legendary writers, directors, and producers, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, recorded December 11, 1993. 

While the business of screenwriting has changed dramatically over the last 32 years, their advice about structure and character remains evergreen. 

With five Emmys, an Oscar, and multiple Humanitas Prizes between them, Marshall and Ed have a storied partnership spanning film and television. 

They met as students at American Film Institute (AFI) and have gone on to write, produce, and direct projects such as The Last Samurai, Legends of The Fall, Traffic, Thirtysomething, and My So-Called Life.

This conversation was moderated by Greg Apparcel during the Humanitas Master Writers Workshop series held in the early 90s through the early 2000s. 
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If you’d like to hear more about Ed Zwick’s time in Hollywood his memoir, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood, was released in 2024 by Gallery Books and is available where books are sold. 

Books and authors mentioned in the episode include Shakespeare (King Lear), The Oresteia, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and Aristotle. 

Link to the full Humanitas Industry 101 resource collection is here: https://www.humanitasprize.org/101-resource-page.

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Host/Writer-Producer: Michelle Franke

Featuring: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick

Audio Editor-Producer: Campbell Moore

Writer-Producer: Daniel Plagens

Mixing/Mastering: Jeff Schoeny at Voxstop

Music: "We Don't Stop" and "Got to Be" by Mooveka

Music Licensing: Artlist.io

]]> Our first episode comes from a discussion between legendary writers, directors, and producers, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, recorded December 11, 1993. While the business of screenwriting has changed dramatically over the last 32 years, their advice about structure and character remains evergreen. With five Emmys, an Oscar, and multiple Humanitas Prizes between them, Marshall and Ed have a storied partnership spanning film and television. They met as students at American Film Institute (AFI) and have gone on to write, produce, and direct projects such as The Last Samurai, Legends of The Fall, Traffic, thirtysomething, and My So-Called Life. This conversation was moderated by Greg Apparcel during the Humanitas Master Writers Workshop series held in the early 90s through the early 2000s. – If you’d like to hear more about Ed Zwick’s time in Hollywood his memoir, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood, was released in 2024 by Gallery Books and is available where books are sold. Books and authors mentioned in the episode include Shakespeare (King Lear), The Oresteia, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and Aristotle. Link to the full Humanitas Industry 101 resource collection here: https://www.humanitasprize.org/101-resource-page. Humanitas false No 1241 1 full