Piece of Work
Host Brandi Sperry invites guests to examine their creative process and philosophy by focusing on a single piece out of their body of work.
Episodes
12 episodes
Saying Yes To Everything, with Dan Hwang and Gina Su
Brandi welcomes actors Gina Su and Dan Hwang to the show to discuss their experience playing siblings Lizzie Wong & Wes Wong in the new thriller Trapped in the Rocky Mountains, on which Brandi was the screenwriter! They discuss the process ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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43:38
Endless Amounts of Sugar-Free Red Bull, with Henry Darrow McComas
Brandi welcomes back writer-director-producer Henry Darrow McComas to discuss his narrative feature debut, horror gem The Camp Host, which debuted in March 2024 on Tubi. They talk about how t...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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51:50
Trickle-Down Happiness, with Myles Warden
Brandi chats with TV writer Myles Warden about his experience co-writing two episodes of the sitcom Act Your Age, collaborating within a writing team as well as with everyone on set, and the possibilities for innovation within the multi-cam com...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:12
A Non-Heroic Protagonist, with Jelena Woehr
Brandi sits down with TV writer Jelena Woehr to discuss her pilot script Reconstruction, the dreaded question of the difficult female protagonist, and the joys and pains of revising with a focus on what could actually get the project made. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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47:25
The Puzzle That You Made for Yourself, with Ryan D. Matthews
Brandi chats with novelist Ryan D. Matthews about his current project, how he seeks to explore various themes that relate to his rural upbringing, and the challenges of storytelling in novel format.**Content warning: this episode includ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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43:40
I Understand It In My Head, with Therese Shechter
Brandi does a deep dive with documentary filmmaker Therese Shechter on the years-long process of making her film "My So-Called Selfish Life," how she tackles covering an expansive social issue in the form of a film, and whether she'll ever take...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:00:23
The Delusion Is Real, with Andy Compton
Brandi's guest this episode is the talented filmmaker Andy Compton. They discuss the making of his short film Captcha, the filmmaking community in St. Louis, and the mix of delusion and determination needed to chase the Hollywood dream...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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59:08
A Weird Liminal Space, with Ceda Xiong
Brandi’s guest this episode is the insightful and hilarious Ceda Xiong. They discuss staying persistent and flexible while trying to get something made in Hollywood, as Ceda describes the journey of her project Road Dick, which started...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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48:53
If I'm Telling the Story, It Has to Be True, with Sutton Strother
Brandi chats with the writer Sutton Strother about their brilliant and creepy short story "Passage," some works that have inspired them, and what creating in the medium of short stories can teach a writer.Read "Passage" at
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:50
It Felt Like a Heist, with Henry Darrow McComas
Brandi chats with multi-hyphenate filmmaker Henry Darrow McComas about directing the horror short film Off Track, the joys of collaborating on a set, and lessons learned from the moments that could have gone better.Off Trac...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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39:08
Setting Bricks in a Wall, with Lynn Sternberger
Brandi is joined by the talented TV writer Lynn Sternberger to discuss her pilot script Shelter, from its unusual beginnings to continued hopes for its future.An excerpt from Shelter is available
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:56
Don't Mean to Sound Mystical, with Bryn Gribben
In the very first episode of Piece of Work, host Brandi Sperry welcomes poet, essayist, Victorianist, and all-around fascinating person Bryn Gribben to discuss a piece from her recent essay collection Amplified Heart: An Emotional Discograp...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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53:37