Almost every week on the Scriptnotes podcast, John and Craig share a One Cool Thing: something they like that they think you’ll like. This page provides an updated listing of all the cool things to date.
Some links go to products on Amazon. For those, we get a small affiliate payment, which helps pay for transcripts and hosting costs.
- John The Confidence Gap by Claire Shipman, Katty Kay and JillEllyn Riley for The New York Times.
- Craig Youtube TV
371: Writing Memorable Dialogue
- John You Might Be the Killer, written by Brett Simmons and Thomas P. Vitale and directed by Simmons, born from this Twitter thread between Chuck Wendig and Sam Sykes.
- Craig Evercast allows Craig to be in the Chernobyl edit from home
370: Two Things at the Same Time
- John Mark Rober’s video, “How to Beat Any Escape Room”
- Craig iOS 12’s password handoff feature
- Craig Rusty Lake’s new game, Paradox, with video of actual people
- Franklin Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón
- John Inneresting, a new John August newsletter. You can subscribe here.
368: Advice for a New Staff Writer
- John Succession on HBO
- Ryan Be My Eyes app
- Alison Improv classes for TV writers
- John An iPad stand
- Craig Awards Are Stupid, Jerry Seinfeld’s acceptance speech for his HBO Comedian Award
- John Erin Gibson: Throwing Shade podcast, Gay of Thrones, and her new book, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death.
- John Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Killing Eve, Fleabag, and she’s the robot, L3-37, in Solo
- Craig The Witcher 3: Blood And Wine DLC
- John Flat track roller derby, like Angel City Derby
- Craig 7 Billion Humans
364: Netflix Killed the Video Store
- John My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum
- Kate Tees-En-Scène sells shirts that highlight and support female writer/directors.
363: Best Popular Screenwriting Podcast
362: The One with Mindy Kaling
- John The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson at The Broad
- Mindy The End of the Fucking World and Godless on Netflix
361: From Indie to Action Comedy
- John Natalie Walker’s Twitter Auditions
- Susanna American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
- David Banvard’s Folly by Paul Collins
- John Images of America Book Series, Larchmont by Patricia Lombard, African-Americans in Los Angeles by Karin L. Stanford
- Craig Lindsay Doran’s Ted Talk – Saving the World vs. Kissing the Girl
- John Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich
- Craig GamePigeon
- Liz Overlooked, by the New York Times, adds obituaries for remarkable people that were overlooked in their time.
357: This Title is an Example of Exposition
- John American Animals, written and directed by Bart Layton
- Craig Isoland 2: Ashes of Time for iOS and Android
- John Climate Central is an independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public. It helps localize reports of the effects of climate change.
- Linda Shanghai Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride is amazing. This POV video of the ride is definitely a spoiler.
- John The worst sex in the world is anglerfish sex, and now there’s finally video by Avi Selk for the Washington Post. This video’s upsetting animation shows what the process would look like for humans.
- Craig Bethesda’s Starfield has been announced
- Craig Matthew Lillard’s company, Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse, is releasing a luxury Dungeons and Dragons campaign called Platinum Edition Dungeons & Dragons: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.
- Leigh I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
- John No Thanks!, a game by Thorsten Gimmler
- Craig Faraway 3, a puzzle game for iOS
- John 21 Things to Know Before Losing Your Gay Virginity by Alexander Cheves
- Craig Moodnotes is an app that tracks your mood
349: Putting Words on the Page
- John Welcome to Southern California includes a 1953 pronunciation of “Los Angeles”
- Craig Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- John Choir!Choir!Choir! is a choir in Toronto that meets weekly for drop-in singing events.
- Craig QTAKE Monitor is an app that lets you watch shots on set from your own device.
- John Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern’s footage of New York City as adjusted by Guy Jones
- Craig Assassin’s Creed Origins
- John Mothers of Sparta by Dawn Davies
- Christina Female writer friends, like Frances Marion
- Craig Queer Qrosswords rewards your donation to an LBGTQ+ charity with crossword puzzles.
- John Taking Twitter off your phone while you’re on vacation
- Elizabeth Not being on one’s phone while waiting for someone
- Isaac Headspace guided meditation app
- Craig The Last of Sheila by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim, directed by Herbert Ross. Here’s the trailer.
- Alec Sharing your wifi password
343: The One with the Indie Producer
- John LiarTown: The First Four Years 2013-2017 by Sean Tejaratchi.
- Keith Eco-Cha Tea Club
- John Champions on NBC, created by Charlie Grandy and Mindy Kaling, directed by Michael Spiller
- Craig An ambiguously threatening advertisement for British pork from 1984
- John Everybody Wants to Be Famous by Superorganism
- Craig Alto’s Odyssey
- John What the Font? site and app
- Craig Weird Al Yankovic’s Hamilton Polka
- John Bridge Constructor Portal and A Very Fatal Murder
- Craig The Good Place on NBC.
- John “The Bittersweet Beauty of Adam Rippon” by Richard Lawson for Vanity Fair
- Craig The Room: Old Sins
337: The One with Stephen Schiff
- John Bookstore staff recommendations, which led John to The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
- StephenGoogle Ngram Viewer
- John The USS Callister episode of Black Mirror written by Charlie Brooker & William Bridges
- Craig Megan Ganz
- John Bathe in my Milk and the NY Post article about it
- Craig The Apple Pencil works pretty well! You can use it with Notability
- John Flipflop Solitaire by Zach Gage, who also made Really Bad Chess
- Craig Slate’s podcast, Slow Burn
- John Google Maps’s Moat by Justin O’Beirne
- Craig Nokia Thermo
328: Pitching Television, or Being a Passionate Widget
- John The Tangle Teezer hair brush as recommended on Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools
- Craig Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock
- John Merriam-Webster Time Traveler will show you the words that were added in any given year, and the Google n-gram viewer graphs frequency of word use
- John The Adelante Shoe Co.
- Craig South Park: The Fractured but Whole, the video game.
- John An interactive piece about Hamilton’s rhyme schemes by Joel Eastwood and Erik Hinton
- Craig Tens dice game app
- John Dropbox Version History to recover documents
- Craig Rihanna can’t wink
- Dara The Disneyland Half Marathon
- Daley The CIA’s twitter account (feat. dogs)
- John The Last Invention of Man: How AI might take over the world by Max Tegmark
- Grant I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons
- John The BBC adds Nigerian Pidgin
- Craig Google’s Pixel Buds, or the real-life Babel Fish
- John Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
- John Meet Cute by Ben Smith, Directed by Ben Smith & Megan McDonnell
- John Out on the Wire by Jessica Abel
- Craig Mark Halpin Puzzles
- Aline Insecure on HBO
- John Sword Guys Are a Thing and I’ve Had Sex With All of Them
- Craig 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Stone Tablet Gets Translated, Changes History
316: Distracted Boyfriend Is All of Us
- John The Living New Deal map
- Craig The new 7,541-piece Lego Millennium Falcon is the biggest and most expensive set ever
- John Party of One by Dave Holmes
- Craig Hellblade, and on Steam
313: Well, It Worked in the 80s
- John BuzzFeed News Trained A Computer To Search For Hidden Spy Planes. This Is What We Found.
- Craig The Maze of Games by Mike Selinker
312: The Magic Word Is In This Episode
- John Every Three Hours and Mouth Time
- Craig The House of Da Vinci
- John Poly Bridge
- Chris Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- John The LA Metro System
- Craig Hyperloop One and its successful first test
- John Domino Toppling
- Craig Submachine Escape Room Game
307: Teaching Your Heroes to Drive
- John McMansion Hell
- John Yoink
- Craig Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest
- John Sarah Silverman – A Speck of Dust
- Craig Mark Gatiss
304: Location Is Where It’s At
- John Paris Circle Map
- John Roman Roads
- Craig Monument Valley 2
- Craig Human Resource Machine
302: Let’s Make Some Oscar Bait
- John Dear Mr Darcy
300: From Writer to Writer-Director
- John AutoDraw
- Chris Zip Zap
- Chris Fidget Cube
297: Getting the Details Wrong
296: Television with Damon Lindelof
- John City Girl
- Damon Occupied
- Damon Only Child
- Craig MLB The Show 17
- Malcolm Fantastic Negrito
294: Getting the Details Wrong
293: Underground Railroad of Love
- John Couch to 5K
- John 5K to 10K
- Craig You Had Us At Hello
- Irene I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
291: California Cannibal Cults
- John Beat The Boss 3-in-1 J8 phone
- Craig Jack Thorne
- John Archive.org
- John Ballotpedia
- Craig Rusty Lake: Roots
288: Betty, Veronica and Craig
- John Eurostar Snap
- Craig Spare-A-Rose Campaign
287: Hollywood is Always Dying
- John Go IMDb Thread
- Craig New York Times
286: Script Doctors, Dialogue and Hacks
285: Sinbad and the Sea-Monkeys
- John Young Thug – Wyclef Jean
- Craig Potassium Iodide
- John The Glossary of Happiness
- Craig Search Party
- Kelly Sony Contact Lenses
281: Holiday Homeopathy Spectacular
- John French Pharmacists
- Craig Quackwatch
280: Black List Boys Don’t Cry
- John TransferWise
- Craig Venmo
- John The Good Place on NBC
- John Mike August on Join Us in France
- Craig Watch Dogs 2 Trailer
- John Duolingo
- Craig How to carve a turkey
- John Seasonal Flu Shot
- Craig USB-C
- Chris Rise of the Boogeyman
- John Time Travel: A History by James Gleick on Amazon
- Craig Maanasa Mendu
- John The Americans on FX
- Craig UGG Ascot Slippers on Amazon
273: What is a Career in Screenwriting Like?
- John Gil Elvgren’s Pin-Up Girls
- Craig Erin Hallagan on Twitter
- John Wikitravel
- Craig Writers Guild Foundation Poker
- John Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Craig Jeff Probst
268: (Sometimes) You Need a Montage
- John How to Tell a Mother Her Child is Dead
- Craig Obduction
266: Stranger Things and Other Things
- John Sara Benincasa: Why Am I So Fat?
- Craig Nuka World!
263: Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting
- JohnThe Greenland Shark
- Craig The Suicide Molecule
- JohnDifficult People on Rotten Tomatoes
- Craig Severed
- Craig FING
- Mike Landmark Theatres
260: Anthrax, Amnesia and Atomic Veterans
- John Phased by Joe Capra
- Craig macOS Sierra
- John My Dad Wrote a Porno
- Craig Do irrational numbers like pi disprove humanity being a simulation? on Quora
- Godwin Pastor Evan Mawarire on Twitter, and #ThisFlag
- Stuart Fiddler’s Bistro chicken kabobs and red pepper dip
- John Common MythConceptions
- Craig Patrick Patterson saved a life with Be The Match
256: Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle
- John Steve Yedlin On Color Science
- Craig Codenames
- John TV Tropes on Mary Sues, and “Too Good To Be True”: 150 Years Of Mary Sue by Pat Pflieger
- Billy The Last Tycoon pilot is available now on Amazon Prime Video
- John Mini Metro and Human Resource Machine
- Craig Sunspring, a short film written by Benjamin
- Kate Hunt for the Wilderpeople is playing at Arclight Hollywood starting June 23
- Kate Cope St Collective’s Bjorn on how to do blackface
253: Television Economics for Dummies
- John Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, on Amazon
- Craig Fallout 4’s Far Harbor DLC on Steam
- Jonathan Travel abroad!
252: An Alliance with House Mazin
- John Vox’s Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time on YouTube
- Craig Martin Panchaud’s Star Wars: A New Hope in infographic form
- John ABC’s 1979 Still The One TV stars promo on YouTube
- Craig Lodge 12-inch cast iron skillet on Amazon, and thekitchn.com on cast iron care
250: The One with the Austin Winner
- John Hollywood jumps without CGI
- Craig The Empty Cup Awards
- Amanda Hamilton: The Revolution on Amazon
248: Pitching an Open Writing Assignment
- John Hands In Wheat on Twitter, and Women laughing alone with salad, Women struggling to drink water, and Baby CMO
- Craig Students Invented Gloves That Can Translate Sign Language Into Speech And Text
246: The One with the Idiot Teamster
- John Thanks For Ruining Another Game Forever, Computers, by Jeff Atwood
- Craig Film Dialogue from 2,000 screenplays, Broken Down by Gender and Age, A Polygraph Joint
- Lorene Los Angeles Times on Escape Rooms, and Escape Room LA
244: The Invitation, and Requels
- John William Powers on The Difficult, Delicate Untangling of Our Parents’ Financial Lives
- Craig The blood test that could change the way we diagnose concussions
- Phil Vinyl Me, Please
- Matt Ideal Cap Company
- John Tresalto Drain Cleaning Snake
- Craig Fast Company on Ford’s GoPark app
- Aline American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson, episode 6: Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, and Parade’s brief interview with Sarah Paulson
241: Fan Fiction and Ghost Taxis
- John Ingrid Sundberg’s The Color Thesaurus, and The Walk of Life Project
- Craig Hardcore Henry trailer
240: David Mamet and the producer pass
- John Brent Underwood looks at what it takes to become a “best-selling author”
- Craig Father Ted on Hulu and Wikipedia, and Frank Kelly
- John Creatures avoiding planks
- Craig AskMen on beard oil
238: The job of writer-producer
- John Modern Farmer on Cow Tipping: Fake or Really Fake?
- Craig Sky Guide
- Dana Spectra S1 breast pump, on Amazon
236: Franchises and Final Draft
- John The Katering Show, and the Craig-recommended third episode
- Craig Shut Up & Sit Down’s spoiler-free review of Pandemic Legacy
235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys
- John crysknife007’s Ambient Scifi Sleep Sounds Playlist on YouTube
- Craig Outlook for iOS, and The Office Blog on Outlook’s new look
- John Music Memos
- Craig Withings Thermo
- John Priceonomics on How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
- Craig Do I Sound Gay?
- John Ghost Streets of Los Angeles on BLDGBLOG
- Craig Vilmos Zsigmond on Wikipedia, IMDb and remembered in Variety
- John Compose Yourself
- Aline The Hunting Ground on IMDb and Wikipedia
- Rawson Tom Clancy’s The Division
- John How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our Evolution
- Craig Throw pillows on Amazon, Pier 1, Overstock, Target and Google
- Chris Sign up for Be The Match and save a life
228: Scriptnotes Holiday Show 2015
- John KRUPS F23070 Egg Cooker
- Craig Kitchen Hacks: How Clever Cooks Get Things Done
- Riki Hamilton, the Original Broadway Cast Recording on iTunes and on Amazon
- Natasha AlanMYang on Instagram
- Malcolm Postmates will deliver you stuff
- John The Wall Street Journal on How Cyndi Lauper Wrote Her First No. 1 Hit, ‘Time After Time’, and Secret Hitler is now on Kickstarter
- Craig Amazon Prime Now offers one hour delivery
226: The Batman in the High Castle
225: Only haters hate rom-coms
- John The New Yorker on Nick Bostrom
- Craig Fallout 4
- Tess The Vista Theatre
224: Whiplash, on paper and on screen
- John what3words
- Craig Sunnybrook doctor first to perform blood-brain barrier procedure using focused ultrasound waves
223: Confusing, Unlikable and On-The-Nose
- John Herman Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener on Project Gutenberg, and the interactive, annotated version from Slate
- Craig The Room Three from Fireproof Games
- John Glif tripod phone mount
- Craig Thync
- Nicole Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age at the London Science Museum
- Steve The Man Who Planted Trees, on Wikipedia and Netflix DVD
221: Nobody Knows Anything (including what this quote means)
- John Tessy and Tab
- Craig BuzzFeed Crosswords, and logic-puzzles.org
220: Writers Rooms, Taxes, and Fat Hamlet
- John Computer Show with Adam Lisagor
- Craig Tesla Autopilot First Ride: Almost as Good as a New York Driver
219: The One Where Aline’s Show Debuts
- John Use gift cards from other countries to make purchases in foreign iTunes stores
- Craig Games Magazine
- Aline Bola Ogun, and the full cast and crew of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on IMDb
- John A24, and Slate on The Distributor as Auteur
- Craig Hamilton, the Original Broadway Cast Recording on iTunes and on Amazon
217: Campaign statements and residual statements
- John Reaper Miniatures, and Miniature Painting 101 on YouTube
- Craig Melissa Mazin will be at the Austin Film Festival 2015 Screenwriting Conference
- John You’re the Worst on FXX, and on Hulu
- Craig Escape Room LA
215: PG13: Blood, Boobs and Bullcrap
- John I Asked Atheists How They Find Meaning In A Purposeless Universe, from BuzzFeed
- Craig Didi Gregorius making a name for himself with Yankees on ESPN.com, and Didi on Twitter, Wikipedia and baseball-reference.com
- John Hell’s Club, a mashup from AMDSFILMS
- Craig Use Ice Cubes and Your Dryer to Steam Out Wrinkles on Lifehacker
- John Mr. Robot on USA
- Craig Dead Synchronicity
212: Diary of a First-Time Director
- John I’m Sorry I Didn’t Respond to Your Email, My Husband Coughed to Death Two Years Ago by Rachel Ward
- Craig VHS Camcorder
- Marielle The Wonder Weeks App
211: The International Episode
- John Microsoft Translator for iOS and Apple Watch
- Craig XMarks Bookmark Sync
- John Logan Paul has conquered the internet, but he can’t figure out how to conquer the world by Caroline Moss
- Craig Thync
- John Vacation, by the Textones, and Madonna’s Vogue, B-Roll and Outtakes
- Craig Smooth McGroove on YouTube
208: How descriptive audio works
- John Bathsheba Sculptures
- Craig MacID
- John Let’s Talk about Genre, with Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro
- Craig Capitals for iOS, and Bloom County on Wikipedia and Berkeley Breathed on Facebook
206: Everything but the dialogue
- John A World Without Work by Derek Thompson
- Craig A World Without Work by Derek Thompson
204: No one makes those movies anymore
- John Neil Gaiman’s advice for getting idea on paper
- Craig Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide
203: Nobody Eats Four Marshmallows
- John The Fallen of World War II by Neil Halloran, and fallen.io
- Craig CellarTracker for iOS
201: How would this be a movie?
- John Traveling back into the past to trade for present gain by Tyler Cowen
- Craig Game of Thrones by Telltale Games
200: The 200th Episode Live Show
- John Everybody Calm Down About Breastfeeding on FiveThirtyEight
- Craig Ultrasound Restores Memory to Mice with Alzheimer’s on Popular Science
- Aline The New York Times Magazine on A 12-Hour Window for a Healthy Weight, EaterLA on Korean bone broth soups and where to get them in LA, and Han Bat Sul Lung Tang on Yelp
- John Silicon Valley: Read every card on the Let Blaine Die SWOT board
- Craig Oxenfree from Night School Studio
197: How do bad movies get made?
- John Copyright, Exceptions, and Fair Use: Crash Course Intellectual Property
- Craig Fallout 4 Rumor Puts Reveal at Bethesda’s E3 Conference on IGN
- John The MacBook’s new trackpad will change the way you click on Macworld
- Craig Rocketbook: Cloud-Integrated Microwavable Notebook on Indiegogo
195: Writing for Hollywood without living there
- John The For Dummies series and Google AdWords for Dummies
- Craig LootCrate
- Ryan Lovage on Wikipedia
- John More on Internet Neologisms: Rage Quitting is a Thing by Chi Luu
- Craig Kano is a computer you build and code yourself
- John WGAw residuals look up
- Craig RSVP here for the April 25 WGAw screenings of Ghost and Jacob’s Ladder, featuring a Q+A with Bruce Joel Rubin moderated by John August
192: You can’t train a cobra to do that
- John Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case from The New York Times
- Craig Forbes on Duke’s Polio Virus Trial Against Glioblastoma
- John Lexicon Valley episode 56 asks, Is “Try And” an Acceptable Substitute for “Try To”?
- Craig Reddit’s r/writeresearch subreddit
- Franklin Follow @theblcklst on Twitter for tomorrow’s announcement
- John u/temptotosssoon’s story of waking up and realizing he’d dreamt the past decade of his life on Reddit
- John Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix, and FiveThirtyEight on Draftback for Google Docs
- Craig Laughing Squid on VeinViewer
187: The Coyote Could Stop Any Time
- John Vox’s video on Why Kevin Spacey’s accent in House of Cards sounds off
- Craig Enigma Variations contest
186: The Rules (or, the Paradox of the Outlier)
- John My Cyborg Ear: How a Surgeon and Titanium Cured My Lifelong Deafness by Adam Clark Estes, and Mike Tyson Mysteries on adult swim
- Craig I’m no fool with a bicycle
185: Malcolm Spellman, a Study in Heat
- John The Mysterious Case of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys by Marvin Heiferman and Carole Kismaric
- Craig The SNL 40 app
- Malcolm Voice therapy vs speech therapy
- John Broad City on Comedy Central and Hulu
- Craig Fantastic Negrito, Winner of NPR’s 2015 Tiny Desk Concert Contest
183: The Deal with the Gravity Lawsuit
- John The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence and The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction, from Wait But Why
- Craig The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
182: The One with Rebel Wilson and Dan Savage
- John Alex Blumberg on How to Create a Blockbuster Podcast
- Craig Be My Eyes
- John Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician’s Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More by Matt Parker
- Craig Lumino City, and how it’s made
180: Bad Teachers, Good Advice and the Default Male
- John Evernote Scannable
- Aline The Comeback on HBO, and Jason Hall in WGAw’s Written By
- John Spoiled Brats: Stories by Simon Rich
- Craig Sansaire home sous-vide macine
- John D20 Critical Hit Mini Cake Pan and Death Star Ice Mold on Think Geek, and Smarf L’Héroïque on Shirt.Woot
- Craig Vitamin D3
177: Cutting Pages and Fixing Holes
- John Craig The Year of Outrage
176: Advice to a First-Time Director
- John Interesting Ball by DANIELS
- Craig Skype Translator
174: Hacks, Transference and Where to Begin
- John Endless Alphabet on the iTunes Store
- Craig Google ReCAPTCHA from Wired
- John A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Ana Lily Amirpour
- Craig Bread Stuffing with Bacon, Apples, Sage, and Caramelized Onions from The New Best Recipe
172: Franz Kafka’s brother, and the perfect agent
- John High Maintenance, and on Vimeo and Wikipedia
- Craig The Worst Line in Scriptwriting History from Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
171: Finishing a script, and the Perfect Studio Executive
- John Transparent on Amazon Prime
- Craig Heritage turkeys on Wikipedia, and the Heritage Turkey Foundation
170: Lotteries, lightning strikes and twist endings
- John Tim and Susan Have Matching Handguns by Joe Callander
- Craig Too Many Cooks by Casper Kelly, and his interview in Entertainment Weekly
- John Aesop’s Fables in Google Fonts
- Craig Family Sharing on iOS 8
- John Serial is a new podcast from the creators of This American Life
- Susannah Birdman is in theaters now
- John Dragonbox secretly teaches algebra to your children
- Craig Does Lockheed Martin really have a breakthrough fusion machine?
166: Critics, Characters and Business Affairs
- John Indie Game: The Movie
- Craig Jalopnik on the Tesla Model S P85D
165: Toxic Perfection Syndrome
- John Blade Buddy
- Craig Drone delivery has begun
164: Guardians of the Galaxy’s Nicole Perlman
- John Steven Soderbergh’s silent, black and white Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars Episodes 1: Jedi Party, 2: The Friend Zone and 3: Revenge of Middle Management recut and re-voiced by Auralnauts
- Craig Two-step verification is the seatbelt of the digital world
- Nicole The Science and Entertainment Exchange connects scientists with entertainment industry professionals
162: Luck, sequels and bus money
- John Every Insanely Mystifying Paradox in Physics: A Complete List
- Craig Gillette Fusion ProGlide with FlexBall
161: A Cheap Cut of Meat Soaked in Butter
- John This Movie Will Require Dinosaurs by C. W. Neill, and details on the September 15th live read
- Craig N3TWORK is the first personal TV network
- Aline The Honourable Woman on Sundance.tv
160: A Screenwriter’s Guide to the End of the World
- John Waze gets you there with real-time help
- Craig Boxed Water is better
159: The Mystery of the Disappearing Articles
- John The Anonymous Production Assistant’s Crew Call Podcast with guest Stuart Friedel
- Craig Robin Williams’s obituary from The New York Times, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and National Alliance on Mental Illness
157: Threshers, Mergers and the Top Two Boxes
- John How Jesus Became God by Bart D. Ehrman
- Craig A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
- John What Writers Can Learn From Goodnight Moon by Aimee Bender
- Craig The Total Film-Maker, by Jerry Lewis on cinearchive.org
154: Making Things Better by Making Things Worse
- John The Answer to the Riddle is Me by David Stuart MacLean
- Craig In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories by Delmore Schwartz
153: Selling without selling out
- John The Fermi paradox on Wikipedia, Wait But Why and Praxtime
- Craig David Kwong at TED2014: Two nerdy obsessions meet — and it’s magic
152: The Rocky Shoals (pages 70-90)
- John They Came Together and Mutual Friends are available now on iTunes
- Aline Bandolier hands free crossbody iPhone accessory
- John How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
- Craig @SavedYouAClick on Twitter
150: Yes, screenwriting is actually writing
- John James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence
- Craig Quackwatch is your guide to quackery, health fraud, and intelligent decisions
- John A Guerilla Filmmaker’s Guide to After Effects
- Craig The New York Times Crossword for iOS
- John Hopscotch, a coding for kids app for iOS
- Craig Black List Live! reading of Stephany Folsom’s 1969: A Space Odyssey, or How Kubrick Learned to Stop Worrying and Land on the Moon on June 14th, part of the LA Film Fest
- David Voice Dream, a text to speech app for iOS
143: Photoplays and archetypes
- John WorkEZ Executive Laptop Stand
- Craig Sometimes You Die for iOS
141: Uncomfortable Ambiguity, or Nobody Wants Me at their Orgy
- John Under the Skin on Wikipedia
- Craig CarboLite nutrition facts on MyFitnessPal and Yelp on where to find it in Los Angeles
140: Falling back in love with your script
- John Monument Valley is available now for iOS, and soon for Android
- Craig Nomad, makers of Charge Key (and Charge Card)
- John Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground by Matthew Chojnacki
- Craig Fight jet lag with Entrain
- Ben Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction
- John The Way to Go by Kate Ascher
- Craig Lilly Onakuramara on the Pitch Perfect wiki, and a YouTube compilation of some of her best moments)
- John BioLite Woodburning Camp Stove and the BioLite KettlePot
- Craig Lost Treasures of Infocom for iOS
132: The Contract between Writers and Readers
- John Threes! on the App Store
- Craig The XStat syringe by RevMedx
131: Procrastination and Pageorexia
- John The Fog Horn, and Ellen Page’s coming out speech at HRC’s Time to Thrive conference
- Craig Wallace Matthews on Derek Jeter announcing 2014 will be his final season, and Jeter’s career on Baseball-Reference.com
- John One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B. J. Novak
- Craig SuperCook.com tells you recipes to cook with what you have on hand
129: The One with the Guys from Final Draft
- John Ciclavia
- Craig @chuckpalahniuk
- John Organize your brain with WorkFlowy
- Craig Shakespeare for iPhone and iPad
- Carolyn The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
- John Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber, and Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
- Craig Global Entry is worth your time
- John Lego Mindstorms and Crazy Action Contraptions
- Craig her is in theaters now
122: Young Billionaire’s Guide to Hollywood
- John Skitch and Evernote are great together
- Craig The Room Two is available now
121: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’s Screenwriter
- John Download the Scriptnotes app now for iOS and Android devices
- Craig Singtrix home karaoke
- Mike The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
120: Let’s talk about coverage
- John Screenflow for Mac, and John’s video and post on why he likes writing in Fountain
- Craig Writers in Treatment
- John Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston
- Craig Scroobius Pip and You Will See Me
- Aline The TreadDesk
118: Time Travel with Richard Kelly
- John Hotel Tonight
- Craig Coin for all your cards
- Richard The Science and Entertainment Exchange
- John Knock to Unlock lets you unlock your Mac by knocking your iPhone
- Craig Register as an organ donor today. And register for the Be The Match bone marrow database, too.
- John Planet Money podcast
- Craig John August
115: Back to Austin with Rian Johnson and Kelly Marcel
- John The Victorinox 40003 Wavy Edge Utility Knife with 4-3/4″ Blade
- Craig Fade In and Writer Duet should collaborate
- Rian Timecrimes
- Kelly Letters of Note
112: Let me give you some advice
- John John’s 2011 blog post on Blue Valentine and adoption
- Craig WinesTilSoldOut
- John Box by Bot & Dolly
- Craig Big Fish’s Ryan Andes, and on Twitter @AndesRyan
109: Scriptnotes Live from New York
- John Bid now for a Big Fish backstage tour with John and Andrew (and support a Los Angeles public school)
- Craig Let us know if you’re in Vienna and willing to meet up with Craig
- Andrew Recette restaurant
108: Are two screens better than one?
- John John and Dan Jinks on KCRW’s The Business
- Craig Writerduet.com lets you collaborate in real-time
106: Two ENTJs walk into a bar (and fix it)
- John One Cool Things from Scriptnotes
- Craig Slow Ass Jolene
105: Adventures in semi-colons
- John Matthew Butterick’s Practical Typography
- Craig Gone Home, from the Fullbright Company
104: Ender’s Game, one-hours and alt-jokes
- John Portlandia
- Craig Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard
103: Disaster Porn, and Spelling Things Out
- John Use discount code SCRIPT for a deal on select Big Fish on Broadway tickets
- Craig David Kwong’s crossword puzzle magic
102: Hits, misses and hedge funds
- John The Spectacular Now
- Craig Coravin lets you enjoy your wine without ever pulling the cork
100: Scriptnotes, the 100th episode
- John The classic Pilot G2 and the brand new erasable Pilot Frixion
- Aline Makers: Women Who Make America
- Rawson Scriptnotes: A podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters
99: Psychotherapy for screenwriters
- John The Imposter
- Craig Paper Karma helps you control your mailbox
- Dennis The Secret in Their Eyes
98: Long movies, producer credits and price-fixing
- John Velib bike sharing in Paris
- Craig Tesla battery swap is worth watching
- John The Hero’s Journey by Glove and Boots
- Craig Popehat.com and their posts on Prenda Law
95: Notes on the death of the film industry
- John Feedbin: A fast, simple RSS feed reader
- Craig Cicada Mania is dedicated to cicadas
- John Mission Log Podcast’s archive of discovered Star Trek documents is fantastic
- Craig Fitbit One
93: Let’s talk about Nikki Finke
- John Kingdom Rush Frontiers
- Craig f.lux adjusts your displays for the time of day
- John Wikipedia’s list of common misconceptions
- Craig Esha Khare’s twenty-second phone charger (via Ryan Conroy)
89: Writing effective transitions
- John Scandal Revealed episode 221 featuring Matt Byrne, Chad & Dara Creasey are on Mistresses, The Hollywood Reporter Comedy Class of 2013’s writeup on Dana Fox (and John Hamburg), Rawson Thurber’s We’re the Millers, and new dad Sean Smith on IMDb
- Craig The Los Angeles Times on Studios donating film set materials to Habitat for Humanity, and Joe Nienalt and Daniel Vang’s will-read-your-script fundraiser for the American Heart Association
88: Ugly children and cigarettes
- John FilmCraft Screenwriting by Tim Grierson on Amazon
87: Moving On is not Giving Up
- John Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds
- Craig ITER: The way to new energy
- John Internet K-Hole (Warning: NSFW!)
- Craig Slacker Radio
- John Ulysses III for Mac
- Craig That Mitchell and Webb Look BBC Two site and on Hulu
84: First sale and funny on the page
- John Jonas Maxwell’s tips for singing the national anthem
- Craig BioShock Infinite on Amazon.com
- John Lifehacker Australia on using multiple audio inputs and outputs in OSX
- Craig The life-saving Animal Specialty Group
- Derek Chicago City Pass is worthwhile
82: God doesn’t need addresses
- John Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger & Kenneth Cukier
- Craig The Tesla Motors Forum and the very helpful FlasherZ
- John StageWrite for iPad at the Mac App Store
- Craig Give a loan and change a life with Kiva
- John Unfinished Scripts
- Craig Play EyeWire and help map the brain
79: Rigorous, structured daydreaming
- John Waking Mars for iOS
- Craig Homeland on Amazon Instant and Blu-ray
78: The Germans have a word for it
- John AppleTV
77: We’d Like to Make an Offer
- John Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Craig Easton-Bell Sports unveils pitcher’s helmet
- John Casting director Pat Moran from The Credits
- John Starred changes
- Craig Tesla Model S
71: Unless they pay you, the answer is no
- John Coffeescript
- Craig Poutine on Wikipedia
69: Eggnog and Dreadlock Santa
- John Karateka for iOS, and Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
- Craig Seth Rudetsky’s Seth TV and Seth on Wikipedia
66: One-step deals, and how to read a script
- Craig Don’s cancer blog, Let’s Radiate Don
- John Ticket to Ride for iOS
- Craig Brining on Cooking for Engineers
- John Reach Gum Care Soft Woven Mint Floss, the best floss in the world
62: We’re all Disney princesses now
- John Letterpress game for iOS
- Craig Red Cross donations to Hurricane Sandy relief
- John What If? from xkcd
60: The Black List, and a stack of scenes
- John screenwriting.io
- Craig Austin Film Festival
- Aline The Man Repeller blog
59: Plot holes, and the myth of perseveraversity
- John Kindle Paperwhite
- Craig Nogales, Arizona on Wikipedia
58: Writing your very first screenplay
- John Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express for iOS
56: Gorilla City and the Kingdom of Toads
- John Tejava iced tea
54: Eight Reasonable Questions about Screenwriting
- John HealthMap Vaccine Finder
- Craig The Words
53: Action is more than just gunfights and car chases
- John Sleepwalk With Me
- John Trailer for Derek Haas’s The Right Hand, and the book itself
- Craig Gizmodo on the simplex algorithm
51: Dashes, ellipses and underground monsters
- John Jambox
- Craig Big Jambox
- John PRI’s The World in Words podcast
- Craig Jiro Dreams of Sushi
47: What script should you write?
- John Google’s Nexus 7 tablet
- Craig Joyetech 510 and Johnson Creek Smoke Juice
46: Mistakes development executives make
- John Hooktheory for iBooks
- Craig Audio Essentials
45: Setting, perspective and terrible numbers
43: Pen Names and Divine Intervention
- John ScanCafe
- Craig The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow
42: Verbs are what’s happening
- John NYC Subway by Embark, the transit app for iOS
- Craig MacBook Pro with Retina Display
- John Key Ring Thing puts all your bar codes on one card
- Craig Joe Nienalt and Daniel Vang’s Will-Read-Your-Script Fundraiser for the American Heart Association
- John Ski Safari
- Craig 1Password
36: Writer’s block and other romantic myths
- John Old Jews Telling Jokes
- Craig iScore
- John Musicnotes version of Jar of Hearts
- Craig Craig’s first computer, the Franklin Ace 1000