35 - Jason Katims (Away)

Showrunner Jason Katims (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, PARENTHOOD,
ROSWELL) joins host Jenny Curtis to talk about his new Netflix
series AWAY, his upcoming Amazon series, ON THE SPECTRUM, and the
incredible lessons he’s learned through his career. Throughout
the conversation they discuss: 


TIMESTAMPS:


0:44 How AWAY came to be


2:04 Andrew Hinderaker’s involvement and creating a “real” sci-fi


4:49 What Jason is most proud of in AWAY


6:50 Gravitating to stories focused on youth


7:41 Bringing in a team that includes people Jason worked with
throughout his career. 


13:09 Continuing to learn on every project


15:26 The intensive wirework and training. 


17:46 Connecting to the isolation in the story in a different way
in quarantine. 


20:41 The length of the mission potentially correlating with the
length of the show, and the evolving nature of streaming
shows. 


23:22 ON THE SPECTRUM, Jason’s most recent show to have been
green-lit


27:35 Why Jason wanted to do ON THE SPECTRUM and the nature of
making a deeply personal project. 


31:19 How he finds a connection to source material. 


33:13 What Ron Howard liked about Jason’s pitch for PARENTHOOD


34:26 What it means to make work that deeply affects his
audience. 


36:30 What Jason hopes the audience gets from AWAY. 


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