The White Meat Podcast

On this week’s episode we talk to horror author  Lisa Meehan  about her debut novel  Killian Farm  and how her past as a filmmaker informs her current work. This is the final week of our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer . The last day you can contribute is March 2nd. Support us now! Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagrass

This week I talk about  news that Penn is replicating  a famous coffee house without talking about the literal slave trading that went on there and how this is indicative of the erasure of Black history that’s going on right now and how that makes me wanna make White Meat that much more. Support our Kickstarter now! Going on until March 3rd! Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow...

On this episode we talk to horror aficionado  Marta Rusek  about our favorite horror films of 2024 and some of the themes that emerge.(Mild spoilers for Longlegs, Heretic, The Substance, and The Girl with the Needle) Back our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer . Learn more about White Meat . Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangsta...

On this week’s episode we talk to  Delco Horror Haven  founders Karen Chiarini, Tamme McClelland, and Lisa Pietras about supporting horror creators and fans in Delaware County and why we all love horror so damn much. Back our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daviddylanthomas/white-meat-appetizer Learn more about White Meat at https://whitemeatmovie.com/...

On this episode, we talk to  Escape Plan  scribe  Miles Chapman  about what makes for a great action sequence, what it’s like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood, and the challenges of an ever shifting business model for film. Support our Kickstarter launch on February 1st! Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagrass

On this episode we talk to our storyboard artist  Joel Eden  about the wonder and humility that makes for good storytelling, and some of the things he learned working in the hallowed halls of Disney Animation. The Kickstarter for our short film White Meat: Appetizer launches on February 1st, 2025. See how you can get involved at whitemeatmovie.com Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com...

On this episode we talk to Gwen Ragsdale, executive director of the Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery in Philadelphia about this amazing establishment and review some of its astonishing artifacts and the outsize influence the legacy of slavery has to this very day. Our Kickstarter for White Meat: Appetizer launches on February 1st, 2025. See how you can help at whitemeatmovie.com . Learn more about...

In this episode we talk to chart toppers Gangstagrass , whose unique blend of bluegrass and hip hop challenge institutional notions of music and race, about their favorite soundtracks. Bring a pen. (Please note: At around 41:30 there's a glitch where we go from talking about Die Hard to revenge movies that skips over where I introduce the movie Sugar Hill, so that's why I'm talking about the sound...

On the season two premiere we talk to astrologer coach  Diana P. Cartwright  about the political aspects of Mary Shelley’s foundational text. We explore the influence of the times and her personal life on her and her work and the implications for us in the here and now.  Our White Meat: Appetizer Kickstarter launches February 1st, 2025. See how you can help at https://whitemeatmovie.com/ Learn mor...

In our season one finale, we talk to indie horror legend Stephen L. Barton , producer of Terrifier and Terrifier 2 and Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and co-founder/previous editor-in-chief of Dread Central about how horror—and George Romero in particular—saved his life, the role of gore in cinema, and shepherding new horror talent with projects like All Hallows' Eve: Inferno . We also t...

In this episode we talk to  White Meat: Appetizer ‘s Head of Makeup and FX  Fre Howard  about what the industry refuses to believe a Black woman can do, what the election results tell us about America, and what it’s like to meet Jordan Peele. Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com . Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstag...

This week we talk to  Film Loop ‘s  Darian Davis  and  Victor De Anda  about their favorite zombie movies from both the Gen X and Millennial era and, since we recorded this the day after the election, we get into some pretty deep Night of the Living Dead metaphors about America as well. You can learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Foll...

On this episode we talk to  Humanature  founder  Michael O’Bryan  about the origin of the term  zombi  and some of the myths that still persist about slavery and Blackness in America. Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com . Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagrass

Just in time for Halloween, we talk to  Here Lies a Story  creator Courtney Winick about what lies beneath San Francisco. Namely, lots of dead people. We get into Poltergeist-style burial schemes and what how we treat the dead says about how we treat the living. All very relevant to our movie where the very premise relies upon bodies buried beneath an innocent looking park. To learn more about Whi...

On this episode we talk to  White Meat  producer Dan Maccarone about his experiences working with Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Fallon, and opening bars (without any experience in the industry) and how all of that informs his approach to helping make  White Meat . Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com . Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcas...

In this episode we talk to "anti-capitalist business owner" Amy Santee  about unions and labor and their relationship with zombies and with  The White Meat Manifesto  driving the production of our film. Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com . Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagrass

In this episode we talk with Rashid Zakat , the visual artist who came up with the idea to turn White Meat into a podcast in the first place. We discuss the bigger-than-you-expect tent that is Black nerd-dom, his journey into filmmaking and the visual arts, and how he uses his work to explore Black aliveness. Learn more at whitemeatmovie.com Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow...

On this episode we talk to  Indy Hall  co-founder and  Tiny MBA  author  Alex Hillman  about the business side of indie filmmaking and, in particular, what it has in common with startups and small business. Also, we learn about the ancient technique of pre-crowdfunding, which  White Meat: Appetizer  will be using to increase the odds of success for it’s February 2025 Kickstarter campaign. Learn mo...

On this episode we’re proud to announce the launch date for our Kickstarter campaign to fund White Meat: Appetizer, the proof of concept short that takes place the same night as White Meat the feature. Learn more about White Meat at https://whitemeatmovie.com/ Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagrass

Several important topics this week as we talk to White Meat producer Stephanie Malson about what she believes makes for a good film producer, the experience of being a Black woman in film, and what she learned about the Haitian Revolution by helping make a documentary about Haitian painter Ulrick Jean-Pierre , who through his work has documented the revolution for decades. Learn more about White M...

On this week's episode I talk about why Blacula , seemingly just a disposable Blaxploitation film from the 70's, is a landmark in respect and dignity for the depiction of Black characters and especially Black characters of African descent. No, seriously. Learn more about White Meat the movie at https://whitemeatmovie.com/ Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White M...

On this episode we talk to film editor Stephen Boyer who's cut such horror fare as The Wrath of Becky and The Boy Behind the Door about the tricks of the trade when it comes to editing horror versus comedy or other genres.  Learn more about White Meat at https://whitemeatmovie.com/ Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagrass

In this episode, White Meat writer/director David Dylan Thomas walks through The White Meat Manifesto, a document created to keep everyone involved in the making of White Meat honest about creating an equitable filmmaking experience.  Learn more about White Meat at https://whitemeatmovie.com/ Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast theme by Gangstagr...

On our pilot episode, White Meat producer Maurice Gaston talks about his creative partnership with the film's writer/director David Dylan Thomas, the lessons he's learned from multiple 48 hour film projects, and the process of signing on to do something bigger than anything either of them have tried before. Learn more about White Meat at whitemeatmovie.com Follow us on Insta White Meat Podcast the...