Mark Peikert

Meet Me at Crafty

Arts EN ↓ 2 episodes

Meet Me at Crafty isn’t your usual behind-the-scenes podcast. It's a buffet of the strange, specific, and gloriously unglamorous truths of making movies and TV. With his wry, left-of-center humor, host Mark Peikert (the unholy love child of Dorothy Parker and Dick Cavett) chats with the editors, designers, and artisans who turn chaos into culture. It’s part shop talk, part confessional, and entirely unlike anything else in your queue. Grab your go-to snack and settle in—no walkie-talkie required.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: atcrafty.substack.com

Author

Mark Peikert

Episodes

' I always go back to my theater book': Casting Director Lucy Bevan on F1 and The Girlfriend 14.11.2025 17:32

There are casting directors who assemble casts, and then there are casting directors who build worlds. Lucy Bevan does the latter. In 2025 alone, she gave us the adrenaline-fueled ensemble of F1 and the quietly devastating triangle of The Girlfriend. If your year was shaped by Damson Idris going wheel-to-wheel with Brad Pitt or by Olivia Cooke and Robin Wright destroying each other with poised, po...

'Creepy Victorian vampire child': Costume designer Molly Emma Rowe on Talamasca: The Secret Order 31.10.2025 32:49

Molly Emma Rowe is having the kind of year we all dream of. First came Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, a smash hit that found our Bridget back in short skirts and cardigans but with a newfound maturity courtesy of Rowe's keen eye. Now she's the designer behind the clothes on AMC's Talamasca: The Secret Order, a spy thriller vampire drama that features an impossibly chic Elizabeth McG...