Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss

About Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss

Behind the glitz and glamor, Hollywood can be brutal. For every success, there are many more rejections and failures. Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss explores that world and each week a new guest will talk about dealing with rejection, failure and adversity in the entertainment industry. Writer Noah Evslin and podcaster Dan Rutstein ask the questions.

Publisher

Noah Evslin and Dan Rutstein

Category

arts · arts · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Nov 2020

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 165 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   I Still Know What You Did at Film School. Showrunner and show creator Trey Callaway from APB, Supernatural, House of David and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

   Showrunner Trey Callaway shares insights on navigating Hollywood, from failed pitches to reinspiration, in this interview with the host.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Hollywood, Ending. Writing, tuberculosis and how many signed books is enough. John Green, Fault in our Stars, Paper Towns, Turtles All The Way Down.

   Host [Host Name] interviews bestselling author John Green about his new book, "Hollywood, Ending," exploring writing, fame, and his creative process.

3. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Deepfakes and documentaries - Showrunner Ben Chanan, The Capture

   We talk to British show creator Ben Chanan. The creator of The Capture talks about his transition from documentaries to scripted tv, carrying the idea around in his head for five years and how getting Covid nearly derailed a whole season. We discuss about the spy genesis of the series, British show vs American show creation and the access and experience of documentaries. Ben speaks honestly about his journey from editor to director to show creator and what he learned along the way.

Inside a recent episode

Take 153 - Showrunners and Writers Kristin Robinson and Ian Deitchman, It’s Not Like That

Published 14 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So we go in there. We have ideas for every character. He doesn't want to hear any of that. It was really just to get to know you and up until that point we had been having like coffees dinners with friends of ours who were TV writers basically saying, how do we do this? We have to get into television. Like the feature world is for what like Kristen said is closing down on the kind of movies we make. It's all in TV now and getting advice on this. And I remember a friend of mine saying, I'm going to tell you how not to do a meeting with Shonda Rhymes. And it's this don't keep cutting her off when she talks like if she has if she wants to let her talk don't feel like it got to get it in there. […]

Who has been a guest on Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Trey Callaway
• John Green
• Minkie Spiro
• Ian Deitchman
• Kristin Robinson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

76 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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