John welcomes writer/performer Matt Rogers (Fire Island, Las Culturistas) for a new installment of How Would This Be A Movie. From crypto crashes to lotto longshots, this week they look at money-themed stories in the news and why they’re worth adapting.
Matt shares his background getting started as a comedy writer and tips for non-icky networking. We also answer listener questions on neglectful agents and pitching in drag.
In our bonus segment for premium members: What is culture? John and Matt define and test the bounds of what constitutes culture.
Links:
* [Matt Rogers](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4410278/) on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mattrogerstho/?hl=en) and [Tiktok](https://www.tiktok.com/@mattrogerstho)
* [Have You Heard of Christmas?](https://www.sho.com/titles/3518900/matt-rogers-have-you-heard-of-christmas) December 2nd on Showtime and on tour, [buy tickets here!](http://www.mattrogerscomedy.com/)
* [Binance Pulls Out of Deal to Acquire Rival Crypto Exchange FTX](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/technology/ftx-binance-crypto.html) by David Yaffe-Bellany for NYT
* [Michael Lewis FTX Book](https://theankler.com/p/hwood-ftx-frenzy-as-michael-lewis?sd=pf)
* [Billion Dollar Lotto Ticket](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/winning-2-04-billion-powerball-ticket-sold-in-altadena/)
* [OnlyBans.com](https://www.onlybansgame.com/v2/v2.html)
* [Titanique](https://titaniquemusical.com/) Musical in New York
* Dialogue episode where we sampled Las Culturistas [Scriptnotes Episode 438](https://johnaugust.com/2020/scriptnotes-episode-438-how-to-listen-transcript)
* [Las Culturistas](https://twitter.com/LasCulturistas) on Twitter, listen to the podcast [here](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/las-culturistas-with-matt-rogers-and-bowen-yang/id1092361338)
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* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Owen Danoff ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
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**UPDATE 12-2-22** The transcript for this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2022/scriptnotes-episode-575-the-billion-dollar-episode-transcript).