May 8, 2026 · 32 min · 18 segments
Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky dig into the sixth episode of the final season. They share the long history of a certain King Tut joke, which full-circle…
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Sign up to unlockWe named our podcast Talking Pictures, but for the first two seasons, there weren't actually any pictures.
Season three is on camera.
Writer-director Joachim Trier makes smoking on screen look as cool as it did in the 1940s.
What?
[laughs] It is season three of Talking Pictures.
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“Here’s why their conflict still crackles”
“Where the creators draw the line”
“Separating hype from honest assessment”
“How the showrunners share the reins”
“What directing actually feels like”
“When great jokes hit the floor”
“Choosing the episode’s last note”
“Taking a troll’s line in stride”
