General Meeting with Becky Sloviter

Hollywood, but make it real. Fun, authentic conversations with the people who make the stuff we love — and the friends I’ve been lucky enough to make along the way. I’ve spent the past 20 years as a Hollywood producer having what’s known as “general meetings” — one-on-one sit-downs with actors, writers, and filmmakers. These personal and creative conversations have always been my favorite part of the job — the moments when the glossy version of Hollywood drops away and you connect with the real person across from you. So now, I’m bringing that to life as a podcast. Each week on General Meeting with Becky Sloviter , I sit down with smart, funny, and talented friends — actors and writers who have made us laugh and cry, and filmmakers who inspire us — for real conversations about creativity, connection, and everything in between. My hope is that these chats will help us all feel a little more connected — and a little less alone. Because we’re all going through

General Meeting with Becky Sloviter is a tv podcast hosted by Becky Sloviter, with 50 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #50

  Amy Talkington: On Valley Girl, Her Dallas Roots & Enduring Fascination, and Why Timing is Everything

  Aug 18, 202655 min

  For the 50th episode of the pod, Becky is joined by someone very special to her family: writer/director Amy Talkington (Little Fires Everywhere, Valley Girl), who went on a 12 year odyssey with an incredible producer to bring the remake of the classic film Valley Girl to life as a jukebox musical for MGM. Amy shares the juxtaposition of being raised in a prominent Dallas family while also being the "goth girl at cotillion," and how the countercultural music scene in Deep Ellum in the '80s saved her during those tumultuous teen years — ultimately inspiring her to leave Dallas and chase her dreams. She then shares a few incredible stories from her encounters with legendary filmmakers: first, Milos Forman — while Amy was in graduate school at Columbia — whose feedback on her short film helped forge her fairytale launch into Hollywood; and then with the master himself, Francis Ford Coppola, and why their meeting was lovely but not at all what she expected. Amy and Becky then reminisce about the commitment and dedication it took to get Valley Girl made and the many obstacles along the way — studio bankruptcies, multiple directors, a Logan Paul scandal, and a global pandemic, just to name a few — before connecting on the challenges of balancing motherhood and identity while navigating an artistic career. Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Amy Talkington - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848090/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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  Episode #49

  Maradith Frenkel: On Career Pivots, Taking Risks, Reinventing a Classic, and Bridesmaids Perfection

  Aug 11, 202650 min

  This week, Becky is joined by an old friend with an incredible career trajectory. Maradith Frenkel spent 15 years as a top studio executive at Universal Pictures — working on films including Bridesmaids, Mamma Mia!, and Snow White and the Huntsman — before her entrepreneurial instincts and a desire to solve a problem for her newborn son led her to launch the wildly successful clothing company Little Sleepies. Through Maradith's drive and perseverance, Little Sleepies developed a unique bamboo-based fabric that almost immediately soothed her son's irritated skin while reinventing a category in the baby clothing space. From there, she built the company from a scrappy start-up in her garage into the ever-expanding success story it is today: with billboards in Times Square, collaborations with Disney, Warner Bros., Paw Patrol, and (of course) Bluey, and a sizable headquarters in Hollywood. Becky and Maradith reminisce about their days together at Universal Pictures before diving into Maradith's storied career path, how the skills she picked up in the film industry proved surprisingly transferable to launching a company all on her own, how — as Maradith puts it — "you never get anywhere without taking a risk," and why she's so proud to be part of people's happiest memories (or "go the f**k to sleep," as the case may be).   Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Maradith Frenkel - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2724059/ Little Sleepies: https://littlesleepies.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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  Episode #48

  Jeff Wadlow: On His New Film The Devil's Mouth, His Mentor Warren Beatty, and Showing Up For Family

  Aug 4, 202647 min

  This week's episode marks a first for Becky: a true 'general meeting' with a filmmaker she'd never met before and was delighted to sit down with: DGA-nominated director Jeff Wadlow (Imaginary, The Curse of Bridge Hollow), whose new survival thriller The Devil's Mouth, starring Kathryn Newton and Lana Condor, just premiered July 29th on Amazon Prime.  Jeff takes Becky through his journey from growing up in Virginia to majoring in film at Dartmouth to earning his MFA from USC's Peter Stark Producing Program — but first, they dive (pun intended) into his experience making The Devil's Mouth in Thailand, including why he was drawn to this wholly original take on a shark movie and the challenges of filming on the open ocean. Jeff then shares some incredible stories from his film school days — including the time he brought his mentor Warren Beatty to class — before getting into the backstory of the Adrenaline Film Project, a 72-hour filmmaking competition that Jeff launched more than 20 years ago in his hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. And poignantly, Jeff opens up about his close relationship with his aunt, Katie Couric, and what it meant to show up for his family when he moved in with Katie and her daughters following the tragic death of her husband, Jay, just a few years before Jeff's mother, Emily Couric, would also pass away from cancer — one of the many reasons Katie's work with Stand Up To Cancer is so personally meaningful to their family.  Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Jeff Wadlow - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905592/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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  Episode #47

  Eliot Glazer: On His Hilarious New Book, Perfect Dogs, and Real Talk About the Crushing Realities of Hollywood Today

  Jul 28, 20261h 1m

  This week's episode got deep, vulnerable AND featured a perfect dog — so Becky has never been happier as she welcomes screenwriter, author and all-around wonderful human, Eliot Glazer (Broad City, New Girl) to the pod, whose new book of hilarious and poignant essays, The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay, will be released by Simon & Schuster on August 11th — pre-order ASAP if you have great taste. First, Eliot takes Becky back to his upbringing on Long Island, the intense fear of his queer identity being discovered that plagued him on a daily basis, and what ultimately prompted him to write his laugh-out-loud forthcoming book of essays — a book that would have meant so much to him when he was younger and that he hopes (and Becky is certain!) will be a balm to so many people's souls. Then Eliot and Becky get very candid about the realities of having a career in Hollywood these days, the internal and external voices that get in the way (and how hard those voices are to quiet down), and how the nature of being an artist comes with an inability to suppress your creativity — no surprise, Becky quotes Brené Brown for the millionth time as she and Eliot explore what "unused creativity is not benign" really means. Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Eliot Glazer - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2513282/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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  Episode #46

  Amy Chozick: On Her New Novel "With Friends Like You", Her Career at The New York Times, and Covering Controversial Women in the Spotlight

  Jul 21, 202643 min

  This week, Becky welcomes a brilliant friend to the pod: bestselling author, screenwriter, and award-winning journalist Amy Chozick (The Girls On the Bus) — whose new novel "With Friends Like You", a darkly comedic thriller about motherhood and identity, launches today!  Amy takes Becky through the first part of her career — when she was a renowned journalist covering some of the biggest stories in politics, business and media for The New York Times — before taking the advice of her mentor, the late David Carr, to "put that newspapering aside and go to the magical place where writers live" to pursue a career in screenwriting. In her initial transition to Hollywood, Amy shares what it was like working alongside Greg Berlanti to adapt her bestselling memoir "Chasing Hillary" — which ultimately became the acclaimed HBO Max series, The Girls on the Bus — and how she's continued to work closely with Berlanti, currently on his highly anticipated new show, How to Survive Without Me, starring Ray Romano, Kaley Cuoco, Joshua Jackson and Rita Wilson. Amy also takes Becky behind the scenes of her notable New York Times profiles over the years — including the only interview Elizabeth Holmes gave before going to prison, as well as Stormy Daniels, Lorena Bobbitt and, most recently, her piece on Lauren Sanchez Bezos — as Amy continues to explore her strong interest in controversial women in the bright light of public scrutiny. Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Amy Chozick - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6884591/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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