Neal Brennan interviews Jason Reitman ('Saturday Night,' 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife,' 'Up in the Air,' 'Juno,' 'Thank You For Smoking' & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.

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00:00 Intro

1:30 Fears Obituary Credits 

3:00 Reason for Making 'Juno'

6:00 Ego After Making ‘Up In The Air’

7:45 Being Ivan Reitman’s son

11:00 Ambition & Nepotism

14:22 Saturday Night 

23:08 Sponsor: ZocDoc

24:50 Sponsor: BetterHelp

26:25 Anxiety

30:05 Writing about show business

32:23 What his movies are really about

36:33 Young Adult

37:40 Movies that Hurt

39:22 Ghostbusters: Afterlife

43:51 Sponsor: The Perfect Jean

45:07 Sponsor: Verso

46:26 Indie Director in Studio Director's Body

47:40 Movie Theaters vs. Streaming

55:15 Shame 

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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).

Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com) 

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