Conversations with creators and execs about film, TV, books and digital media. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

The creators of 'Animals.' talk about working with Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Sheen, Molly Shannon and others who play animals with issues on the HBO animated series. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Mexican-American director Patricia Riggen talks about directing episodes of Amazon's global action series 'Jack Ryan.' --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Kate Willett talks about Tinder, choking — the "sexy" kind — and stand-up comedy. She has a 15-minute set about the perils of dating in Season 2 of Netflix's 'The Comedy Lineup.' --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Jim Gavin and Peter Ocko talk about their new AMC dramedy ‘Lodge 49.’ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Doug Liman is the creator of YouTube Premium’s new superpower thriller Impulse and directs the first episode. Maddie Hasson plays a teenage girl in distress who learns that she has the power — if not exactly the control — to teleport herself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

TV Land’s Teachers is written by, produced by and stars six women named Katie. I’m not kidding. Katie O’Brien and Katy Colloton are two of them. These are their stories. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Alex Richanbach is the director of the Netflix original film Ibiza, which stars Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer and Phoebe Robinson on a trip to Ibiza, a party island off the coast of Spain. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Warren Littlefield is an executive producer of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and was formerly president of NBC Entertainment. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Bianca del Rio is a drag queen, stand-up comic and author of a new book — Blame It On Bianca del Rio — from Dey Street Books and HarperAudio. Del Rio is a snarky, insulting bitch, but alter ego Roy Haylock couldn’t be nicer in this conversation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Filup Molina of New Rockstars talks about the Blu-ray and VOD release of Black Panther, which includes digital extras like “Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years” and several deleted scenes that hints at what may be next for the Black Panther. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns talks about the new documentary film Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth, which documents the digital studio's rise. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Nelufar Hedayat is the host of Fusion’s Food Exposed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

David Gelb is the creator of Netflix’s Chef’s Table. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Kevin Burns and Jon Jashni are executive producers of Netflix’s Lost in Space. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Garret Dillahunt joins AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead this season as a series regular. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Arlen Marmel is GM of the VRV — pronounced like “nerve” — streaming service. The $10-a-month VRV Select bundle includes access to niche services like Crunchyroll, CuriosityStream, Rooster Teeth and Shudder. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Andrew McCollum is CEO of — pronounced like “buy low” — a $16-a-month streaming service that includes live and on-demand TV content from 40 cable channels, including AMC, A&E, Discovery, HGTV and Comedy Central. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Isaac Butler co-wrote The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America, which is about one — or two depending on how you count it — of the most important plays of the last 25 years. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Fritz’s new book The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies digs into the 2014 Sony hack and finds a Hollywood studio falling behind in the franchise era. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Jimmy Yang is a series regular on HBO’s Silicon Valley, co-stars in Crazy Rich Asians, and has a new memoir called How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Adam Conover is the creator and host of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Filup Molina and Erik Voss, who run the New Rockstars channel on YouTube, talk about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is out on Blu-ray and VOD. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Audicted is a new podcast from Audible about audiobook recommendations. Emily Cox is an editor at Audible and one of the show’s hosts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Music writer, culture critic, TV personality and nonfiction author Touré talks about his new podcast Touré Show. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Karin Gilford runs Movies Anywhere, an ingenious service that consolidates your VOD film libraries across Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and FandangoNOW. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Buzzfeed’s AM to DM is a morning talker that streams live on Buzzfeed and Twitter weekdays at 10 a.m. ET. Saeed Jones and Isaac Fitzgerald are the hosts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

James Purefoy is the co-start of Hap and Leonard. Seasons 1 and 2 are on Netflix, and Season 3 is on the SundanceTV app. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Michio Kaku is the author of The Future of Humanity, which explores the idea that the survival of the species may one day mean leaving Earth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Robert and Michelle King, the creators of CBS All Access’s The Good Fight, talk about casting, micro-dosing and making TV that’s current in the age of the five-minute news cycle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

First-time series creator Olan Rogers talks about his new TBS animated sci-fi comedy Final Space that stars a guy named Gary and an cuddly, world-destroying alien named Mooncake. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Actor Khary Payton (King Ezekiel) and author Paul Vigna (Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead) talk about Season 8 of AMC's 'The Walking Dead.' --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

YouTube executive Kevin Allocca discusses Vidiocracy, his new book about how the streaming site has revolutionized digital video. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

The Path creator Jessica Goldberg and co-star Kyle Allen talk about the Hulu drama series. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Ben Feldman and Kelly Stables do Al Pacino impressions in a throwaway bit from NBC's 'Superstore.' HOO-AHH! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

The Friendly Fire podcast is a funny, insightful look at contemporary and classic war films. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

In the limited-series podcast Launch, screenwriter John August documents the business and creative story behind his new middle-grade novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. It’s a peak into the book, film and podcast worlds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Jessica Nigri is a cosplay costumer and social-media star with 2.8 million Instagram followers. She’s the subject of a new documentary film from Rooster Teeth called ‘Becoming Jessica Nigri.’ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman is the creator of the new Showtime documentary series ‘The Trade.’ He follows the parallel stories of the Mexican heroin cartels, the U.S. street trade, and the addicts affected by it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Netflix's original film A Futile and Stupid Gesture premieres today with one of the best comedic casts since Animal House and Caddyshack. (Also, it’s about the making of Animal House and Caddyshack.) Actor Matt Walsh and producer Jonathan Stern talk about the Doug Kenney biopic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Director Greg Barker talks about making ‘The Final Year,’ a new HBO documentary film about President Obama’s foreign-policy team. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Tablo is the best way to stream and record broadcast TV to any device without paying for it. Nuvyyo CEO Grant Hall explains why. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Politico food policy reporter Christine Haughney, who was the lead researcher on the Netflix documentary series 'Rotten,' talks about the series. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Peter Oldring talks about his comedic, corporate-guru podcast Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Mike Royce and Gloria Calderón Kellett on their Netflix family comedy One Day at a Time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman talk about their new dark satire 'Corporate' on Comedy Central. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo talk about their new Freeform buddy comedy ‘Alone Together.' --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support