Matthew Weiner is the creator and showrunner of AMC's Mad Men, which is considered one of the best television shows of all time. It won 15 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama series four years in a row, as well as Emmys for Outstanding Writing, Acting, Casting, Cinematography, and more.

Before Mad Men, Matthew wrote for two seasons on The Sopranos, also considered one of the greatest television shows of all time. In 2013, he wrote and directed the feature film Are Your Here, starring Amy Poehler, Zach Galfianakis, and Owen Wilson, and in 2018 he wrote and directed every epiosde of The Romanoffs, the incredibly ambitious anthology series which streams on Amazon Prime.

In 2017, he published his first novel, the Upper East Side noir thriller, Heather, the Totality, a Barnes & Noble Book of the Year.

In addition to talking about Elmore, we discuss Cornell Woolrich, procrasticantion, evil characters, going from writing some of the greatest TV ever to a novel, and what really happened to Pete's mom.

Please enjoy.

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Links:

The Lottery, a classic long story.

Elmore's thoughts on Mad Men.

Cornell Woolrich biography First You Dream, Then You Die.

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Credits:

Guest: Matthew Weiner

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

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GET SHORTY is one of Elmore Leonard's best known and best regarded novels. But after re-reading it, both Alex and Judd believe it is still under appreciated.

In Part Two, they track Elmore's breadcrumbs, express appreciation for getting to see more of Ray Bones in the movie than what's in the book, admire Bo Catlett, and more. Also, Judd shares how his grandfather may have assisted James Gandolfini during production of the adaptation.

Links:

Dennis Lehane on Get Shorty at 30

What Scarred Alex

The Making of Aerosmith's PUMP

Credits:

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

Let's talk:

www.elmoreleonardofficial.com

X: @elmorepodcast

IG: @ElmoreLeonardInc

hello@theelmoreleonardpodcast.com

GET SHORTY is one of Elmore Leonard's best known and best regarded novels. But after re-reading it, both Alex and Judd believe it is still under appreciated.

In Part One, they dig into how only Elmore could write this book, what inspired it, some of the differences between the book and Barry Sonnenfeld's great movie, the connection between Chili Palmer and Sir Laurence Olivier, and more.

Links:

Dennis Lehane on Get Shorty at 30

What Scarred Alex

The Making of Aerosmith's PUMP

Credits:

Hosted By: Judd Rubin and Alex Leonard

Music by: Greg Ahee

Produced and Edited by: Judd Rubin

Executive Producer: Peter Leonard

Let's talk:

www.elmoreleonardofficial.com

X: @elmorepodcast

IG: @ElmoreLeonardInc

hello@theelmoreleonardpodcast.com