Pop/Culture

Anatomy of 'The Code': Why I Walked Away from My Dream TV Project

Screenwriters can learn a lot from my take on Greta Garbo’s war with the architect of the Hays Code—and what went wrong thanks to my reps

Feb 26 • Cole Haddon

Bonus Episode: Sen. Fatima Payman Talks Rage Against the Machine's 'Killing in the Name'

The Australian politician reveals the song that helped her tell her own party, 'F*ck you, I won't do what you tell me!' over its position on Gaza

Feb 19 • Cole Haddon

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Sen. Fatima Payman on the Price of Defiance in Australian Politics

On deteriorating freedom of speech in Australia, multiculturalism in the country's national identity, and whether the Labor Party still labors for the…

Feb 17 • Cole Haddon

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Australia Has No Culture? Yeah, F*ck Off, Mate

Here are 15 contemporary Australian artists and artworks I love (that also prove Australia's cultural scene is thriving)

Feb 2 • Cole Haddon

My 12 Favorite Problems...This Year

I use physicist Richard Feynman's problem-solving method to tackle my biggest questions about the future of the arts

Jan 21 • Cole Haddon

America Has a White Liberal Problem: Notes From a Screenwriter's Self-Exile

In the wake of Renée Nicole Good's murder, can we finally talk about why Hollywood, the Democratic Party, and other so-called liberal institutions…

Jan 12 • Cole Haddon

Rob Reiner's Murder and the Decline of Cultural Empathy

Why we should reconsider the director's later work through the lens of his family's struggles with addiction and mental illness

Dec 16, 2025 • Cole Haddon

Why You'll Never Get Tired of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Spoiler: It's not because life is so wonderful

Dec 15, 2025 • Cole Haddon

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Actress Erin Cahill Is Counting Down to Another Hallmark Christmas

Listen | My dear friend helps me understand why the Hallmark Channel's holiday films - like her latest, 'Christmas at the Catnip Café - have become such…

Dec 8, 2025

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Musician Ben Lee Is Watching the Fall of America

Listen now | The Aussie rocker discusses why he was scared to release his new single, how he got the American Dream wrong, and the 20th anniversary of…

Nov 24, 2025 • Cole Haddon and Ben Lee

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Girl, You’ll Be a F*cking Woman Soon

Is it really that shocking that so many Americans are suddenly okay with what's in the Epstein Files? Let’s consider the country's history - from…

Nov 22, 2025 • Cole Haddon

The Pope Just Called for a Rebellion of the Real Led By Filmmakers

I did not have 'the Vatican goes to war with AI' on my 2025 bingo card

Nov 18, 2025 • Cole Haddon

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