The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks movies with people who love them and people who make them. He and Black List Director of Community Kate Hagen speak with filmmakers, producers, and creators of all kinds, deep diving on movie watching rituals, sharing career highs, and revisiting highly regarded films from the Black List itself. Guests include: Spike Lee, Janelle Monae, Ed Helms, Lulu Wang, Jason Hehir, Rhada Blank, Bowen Yang, Katrina Longworth, Gabrielle Union, and many, many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks movies with people who love them and people who make them. He and Black List Director of Community Kate Hagen speak with filmmakers, producers, and creators of all kinds, deep diving on movie watching rituals, sharing career highs, and revisiting highly regarded films from the Black List itself.
Recent episodes include "Spike Lee" (8 July 2025, 47 minutes), "Director Kirby Dick" (1 July 2025, 42 minutes), and "Kaufman Charlie, Screenwriter with an Eternally Spotless and Brilliant Mind" (24 June 2025, 39 minutes).
The Black List Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 80 episodes.
Booking probability for The Black List Podcast is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Black List Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Black List Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #78
Happy Independence Day. Spike Lee joined Franklin and Kate to talk about narrative filmmaking, his longtime collaborators, and the movement for Black lives. From Do the Right Thing , to Malcolm X , to Bamboozled , to...
Episode #77
Emmy winner and two-time Oscar nominee Kirby Dick joins Kate and Franklin for a riveting conversation about the role of investigative journalism in film and the responsibility of storytellers to speak truth to power...
Maybe you love Adaptation, or Synechdoche, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.The prolific screenwriter Charlie Kaufman discusses some of the diverse and notable projects of his career, starting with his early...
When cultural tastemakers get stuck inside what do they watch, read, or play? In this throwback episode that has since become a classic, Franklin and Kate talk to each other about the things they discovered or...
Episode #74
Actor and director Jay Ellis joins Kate and Franklin for some real talk. Jay opens up about starring in Top Gun: Maverick and how becoming a father has shifted his perspective on life and work. He also reflects on his...
Jeremy O. Harris joins Kate and Franklin to talk about eliciting polarized audience reactions to Slave Play , describes his co-writing process with Janicza Bravo on Zola and talks about accessing the fascinating...
Episode #72
Academy award winning writer and director Lee Isaac Chung joins Kate and Franklin to talk about the trip to Rwanda that changed his filmmaking trajectory, his deep admiration for Charlie Chaplin and Wong Kar-wai, the...
Episode #71
A very special encore. Kate talks to Barbara Crampton, BJ Colangelo, and Gigi Saul Gurerro about their lives in the horror community, what they're working on, what types of stories they'd like to see told about women in...
Episode #70
Encore episode with award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien. She joins Franklin for a conversation about growing up Black, her approach to documentary filmmaking, the state of journalism in the Trump era, and so much...
Episode #69
[Encore] Kate and Franklin sit down with Steven Canals, the brilliant mind behind Pose, to talk about growing up Afro-Latinx in the Boogie Down Bronx, why Cardi B is everything, and how a 2004 screening of Paris is...
In a special Emmy-themed roundtable, Franklin and Kate welcome three powerhouse creators—Billy Porter ( Pose ), Robin Thede ( A Black Lady Sketch Show ), and Ramy Youssef ( Ramy )—for an unfiltered, deeply personal...
Episode #67
Olympic gold medalist. Figure skating icon. Self-proclaimed "dramatic monster." Adam Rippon joins Franklin and Kate for an unhinged and hilarious episode that covers everything from Molly Shannon obsession to curating...
Episode #66
In this episode, Franklin and Kate sit down with visionary director Cathy Yan to discuss her dynamic approach to crafting action sequences in Birds of Prey . From blending practical effects with high-energy combat to...
[Reprise] Franklin and Kate are joined by the incredible Radha Blank—director, playwright, rapper, and friend of The Black List. Her debut feature, The 40-Year-Old Version , premiered at Sundance and earned her the...
Episode #64
[Encore! ¡Otra!] Two powerhouse talents, one unforgettable episode. When The Black List teamed up with Hulu to launch the first-ever Latinx List, it was only natural for Franklin and Kate to sit down with two of the...
Episode #63
[Listen again]. Filmmaker Alice Wu joins Franklin and Kate to discuss her journey back into Hollywood as a queer Asian-American storyteller. She shares how Chinese-language films shaped her love of cinema, her time away...
Episode #62
Gremlins, Goonies, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire —iconic films that few of us haven't seen. But how did they come to be? In this episode, Kate sits down with legendary filmmaker Chris Columbus to explore his journey from...
Jay Ellis ( Top Gun: Maverick, Insecure ) joins Kate and Franklin for their signature movie survey, diving into the films that shaped him—from Spaceballs (his surprising answer for what made him fall in love with...
Episode #60
Franklin and Kate sat down with comedy legend Ed Helms to explore his journey from Saturday Night Live -fueled interest in high school, to performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade as a young adult to making waves...
In honor of her electric performance of a Michael Jackson cover--to honor the late great Quincy Jones, at this year's Grammys ceremony, we're bringing back her conversation with Franklin and Kate from a few years ago...
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