Tell The Damn Story

Sunday, June 5, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 229: How To Go From Comics to TV ... The Writer's Trail of Beau Smith.

While Chris Ryan was on the road at a major writer’s conference, cohost Alex Simmons interviewed writer/creator Beau Smith. Beau has written for DC Co...

Sunday, May 22, 2022 TELL THE DAMN STORY 228: How A European Playwright Covers Controversial Racial Killing in, "A Kid Like Rishi"

This week Alex and Chris talk to promoter/activist, Beck Lee who is helping the Origin Theatre Company to bring the play "A Kid Like Rishi" to New Yor...

Sunday, May 15, 2022 Tell The Damn Story, #227: How Breck C. Faced Screenplays, Six Guns & the Covid Clan

Or How a Young Filmmaker Produced A Western During A Pandemic. Alex and Chris speak with one of Alex's former screenwriting students, Breck Cuddy. To...

Sunday, May 1, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 226: Remembering Comic Industry Artist/Activist/Mentor Neal Adams

Alex and Chris remember a powerhouse artist and activist for the arts after the sad passing of Neal Adams. "Neal was an American comic book artist. H...

Monday, April 25, 2022 Tell The Damn Story episode 225 - "How Creatives Filter Life's Dark Moments, and Make Them Art"

This week Alex and Chris talk about some of life's dark moments, scares, losses, and how we see them through our five senses. And then we discuss the ...

Thursday, April 14, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 224: How Chris' Writer's Journey Lead Him to the Belly of the Business Beast

Or, The One Where Chris' Quest Teaches Author Lessons In Tenacity In this episode, Alex gets Chris to talk about his long journey as an independent a...

Sunday, March 27, 2022 TTDS Episode 223 - How to Become a Better Storyteller By Watching Films

In this episode, Alex and Chris discuss Oscar nominated films as a way to improve your writing. We take close looks at Belfast and Coda and even menti...

Sunday, March 20, 2022 TELL THE DAMN STORY 222: Six Tops Ways To See "The Batman" as Film School Gold

This week, Alex and Chris dive deep into Matt Reeves' new film "The Batman" from the perspective of creatives and creative writing. The cohost discus...

Sunday, March 6, 2022 Tell The Damn Story - Encore Episode # 214: An Interview With Batman Exec Prod. Michael Uslan

THE BATMAN film has arrived. THE DETECTIVE is Back! Following a long line of live and animated successes, the newest Batman movie landed on March 4, ...

Sunday, February 27, 2022 TELL THE DAMN STORY, #221: "How Writers Can Do Public Appearances"

Alex and Chris open this episode by saluting the power of legends especially in times of war. This week Russia invaded Ukraine and two legends stepped...

Sunday, February 13, 2022 Tell The Damn Story 220: What Is The Nature of A Hero In Today's Fiction?

Today, as we prepare to see who are the heroes of this year's Super Bowl, Alex and Chris explore who our heroes are in 2022. Do the older heroes sti...

Monday, January 31, 2022 TELL THE DAMN STORY Episode #219 - What Does Banning Books Really Mean to Creatives?

This week, Alex and Chris tackle a subject that is unfortunately in the news once again. As the banning of books again draws attention to people's f...

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dubg406 on 11/4/2019

This is a podcast that will inspire your creativity. Five stars all the way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

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lovesit39 on 7/7/2019

Excellent conversation with Jerry Craft. Thank you!

Eire1969 on 12/25/2018

I throughly enjoy the teasing yet respectable repartee between these two writers. They both “tell stories” to get their points across (of course) which made their discussions so engaging. I have lots ...

Gordidon on 7/2/2018

Awesome stuff and very informative!!! ??

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