Episode 52: Zack Akers, "Limetown"

<p>Geri speaks with <strong>Zack Akers</strong>, writer and co-director of SHIPWORM, about how the project is the first podcast to be covered on the Writers Guild Minimum Basic Agreement; the challenges and freedoms of writing for audio; and the roles that doctors working during the pandemic, a rented duck, and a rare & elusive type of mollusk have played in his creative process.</p> <p><strong>Zack Akers</strong>, along with his creative partner, Skip Bronkie, run the podcast production company Two-Up, the studio known for groundbreaking fiction, musical and documentary podcasts like 36 QUESTIONS, THE WILDERNESS, and LIMETOWN—the last of which was also adapted into a TV series for Facebook Watch (and which is now available to stream on Peacock).</p> <p>His latest project is SHIPWORM: a first-of-its-kind feature-length scripted podcast. The two-hour narrative story stars Broadway luminary <strong>Quentin Earl Darrington</strong> as Wallace Conway, a small-town doctor who wakes up to find he's been implanted with an untraceable chip that allows a mysterious voice to lead him on a deadly journey that threatens his family, friends and his own life. The full podcast is now available on all streaming services.</p> <p>--</p> <p><strong>Read shownotes, transcripts, and other member interviews:</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.onwriting.org/">www.onwriting.org/</a></p> <p>--</p> <p><strong>Follow the Guild on social media:</strong><br /> Twitter: @OnWritingWGAE | @WGAEast<br /> Facebook: /WGAEast<br /> Instagram: @WGAEast</p>