The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith
Jeff Goldsmith·150 episodes
Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriters and filmmakers alike about their creative process!
Why listen
Jeff Goldsmith sits down with screenwriters, directors, and showrunners fresh off major releases to dissect how they crafted their stories. It's a master class in storytelling for anyone curious about what happens behind the camera, from how a script gets adapted for screen to how a scene gets built and why a creative choice matters.
Episodes
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to writer-producer Aline Brosh McKenna about her latest film, The Devil Wears Prada 2. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to writer-director Lee Cronin about his latest film, Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Michael Lesslie about his latest film, Hamlet. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to writer-director BenDavid Grabinski about his latest film, Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Drew Goddard about his latest film, Project Hail Mary. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Alex Litvak about his latest film, They Will Kill You. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Colby Day about his latest film, In the Blink of an Eye. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writers Clint Bentley, Robert Kaplow and Will Tracy about their Oscar® nominated screenplays. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Matthew Robinson about Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to co-writer Eskil Vogt and co-writer/director Joachim Trier about Sentimental Value. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to playwright/co-screenwriter Winnie Holzman and co-screenwriter Dana Fox about their new film, Wicked: For Good. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to co-writer/director Dan Trachtenberg about his new film, Predator: Badlands. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to co-writer/director Edgar Wright and co-writer Michael Bacall about their new film, The Running Man. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to showrunner-writer Craig Mazin and editor Timothy A. Good about their Emmy® nominated TV show - The Last of Us. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to creator, showrunner and writer Tony Gilroy and writer Dan Gilroy about their Emmy nominated TV show - Andor. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to showrunner, creator and writer Lauren LeFranc about her Emmy nominated TV show - The Penguin. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to co-creator, co-showrunner and writer Kim Rosenstock about her Emmy nominated TV show - Dying for Sex. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to co-writer Erik Jendresen and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie about Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to actor Jason Isaacs about Season 3 of The White Lotus. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to actor Dichen Lachman about Season 2 of Severance. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to creator-writer Charlie Brooker about Season 7 of Black Mirror. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to Producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor + co-writers Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor about Final Destination: Bloodlines. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to creator-writer-showrunner Tony Gilroy about all of Andor Season 2. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Tom Bissell about Andor S2, episodes 10-12. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Dan Gilroy about Andor S2, episodes 7-9. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to screenwriter Beau Willimon about Andor S2, episodes 4-6. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to creator-showrunner-writer Tony Gilroy about Andor S2 eps 1-3. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writers Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach about Drop. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter and debut director Jimmy Warden about Borderline. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews creators-showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg about the series finale - Season 6, Part 3 - for Netflix's Cobra Kai. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer-director-producer George Gallo about The Comeback Trail. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writers Joslyn Barnes, Clint Bentley, Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Greg Kwedar and RaMell Ross about their Oscar® nominated screenplays. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer Moritz Binder and co-writer/director Time Fehlbaum about September 5. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriters Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox about Wicked. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews novelist Peter Brown and writer-director Chris Sanders about The Wild Robot. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes about his feature debut - Challengers. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director-editor Josh Margolin about his feature debut - Thelma. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter Zach Baylin about The Order. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews creators-showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg about Netflix's Cobra Kai - Season 6, Part 2. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writers/co-directors Scott Beck & Bryan Woods about Heretic. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director Troy Duffy for the 25th anniversary of The Boondock Saints. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews creator-showrunner-writer-director Jac Schaeffer about Agatha All Along. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director Greg Jardin about his debut feature - It's What's Inside. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews creators-showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg about TV's Cobra Kai - Season 6 Part 1. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews creator-showrunner Barry L. Levy about TV's Me, Season 1. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews director Catriona McKenzie about TV's The Boys: The Insider - Season 4, Episode 7. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director Michael Sarnoski about A Quiet Place: Day One. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews writers-showrunners David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo about 3 Body Problem. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews producer Claire Mundell and director Tali Shalom-Ezer about The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer/directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes about Late Night with the Devil. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2024. All rights reserved. For more great content check out Backstory Magazine @ Backstory.net
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