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A city born of fire

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April 2, 2013 Broadway, Film Industry, Scriptnotes, Television, Transcribed, Writing Process

Writer Derek Haas (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma) joins John and Craig to discuss gay slurs, refrigerator logic and his TV show, Chicago Fire.

In addition to writing for big and small screens, the extraordinarily prolific Haas writes books, including The Right Hand and The Silver Bear. He also created the short story site Popcorn Fiction.

LINKS:

  • Derek Haas on IMDb
  • Chicago Fire on NBC
  • Popcorn Fiction
  • The Right Hand on Amazon
  • Deadline’s coverage of Amy Pascal’s speech at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center gala
  • Fridge Logic on TV Tropes
  • Hands on a Hard Body and The Book of Mormon on Broadway
  • Lifehacker Australia on using multiple audio inputs and outputs in OSX
  • The life-saving Animal Specialty Group
  • Chicago City Pass is worthwhile
  • OUTRO: I’m on Fire acoustic cover by ilikegtar

You can download the episode here: AAC.

UPDATE 4-4-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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