Deman Live Audio Episodes
DEMAN and Hear at Duke, Duke’s student-run podcast hub, are partnering to present DEMAN Live Audio.
Now you can listen to past Zoom episodes of DEMAN Live wherever you listen to podcasts. Scroll down to see which audio episodes are currently available. New episodes drop monthly.
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- TV, Film, Docs & Digital
- NBC’s Good Girls: From Script to Screen
- DEMAN Weekend-ish Featuring “black-ish” & “grown-ish”
- The Business & Legal Side of Netflix Original Films
- Marketing, Branding & Influencers
- Breaking into Hollywood: A Conversation with Asian American Creatives
- Late Night, Comedy & Political Satire
- Pen, Page & Podcast: Journalism/Media Industry
- Business of Entertainment: Law, Strategy & Finance
- From Christie’s to SNL: The ABCs of NFTs
- Inside the Music Industry
- Navigate Your First Job in Creative Industries
- Fine Arts & Fashion Industries
- Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Revolt Media & TV: Social Justice Journalism
- Cinematography with Robert Yeoman ’73
- Theater & Performing Arts
- Inside the Metaverse (Gaming, XR & Interactive Media)
- Interactive Entertainment with Epic Games
- Inside A Netflix Writer’s Room
- Authors, Publishers & Literary Agents
DEMAN Live Episodes
Watch and register for DEMAN Live, our signature Zoom series featuring conversations with alumni working in creative industries to help students and alumni navigate careers and opportunities.
TV, Film, Docs & Digital
This episode features alumni working in TV, film, documentary and digital across the country, moderated by Dave Karger ’95 (NBC Today, Turner Classic Movies). Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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NBC’s Good Girls: From Script to Screen
This episode features LA-based Duke alumnae Retta Sirleaf ’92, actress and star of NBC’s Good Girls, and Lisa Katz ’95, President, Scripted Programming, NBC Entertainment. Retta, Lisa, and the creative team from Good Girls take us behind the scenes and share the creative process of how their darkly comedic drama is made, as well as answer your questions. Moderated by Dave Karger ’95.
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DEMAN Weekend-ish Featuring “black-ish” & “grown-ish”
For this special-edition DEMAN Weekend-ish, we teamed up with Duke Black Alumni to bring you an industry session featuring “black-ish” and “grown-ish”! Meet the Duke alumni writers of these award-winning comedy shows as they take us behind the scenes of the creative process, explore cultural themes and share their career paths, as well as answer your questions. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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The Business & Legal Side of Netflix Original Films
This episode features Kristen Baldwin ‘95, Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs at Netflix Original Film in conversation with the 2020-2021 StudioDuke student cohort. Listen as she discusses her career transition from litigation to entertainment law, shares insights on what it’s like to work at Netflix, and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the legal side of content development.
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Marketing, Branding & Influencers
This episode features alumni working in marketing and branding, both creative and strategy, moderated by students in Duke Marketing Club and Fuqua’s Marketing Club. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Breaking into Hollywood: A Conversation with Asian American Creatives
This episode features distinguished Duke Asian American alumni working across the entertainment industry and sharing their career paths, creative processes, and experiences at the intersection of representation, race and storytelling. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Late Night, Comedy & Political Satire
This episode features alumni working in late night comedy and political satire across the country, moderated by Inside Joke‘s Chloe McGlynn ’20 and Duke University Improv‘s Teig Hennessy ’20. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Pen, Page & Podcast: Journalism/Media Industry
This episode brings together alumni from New York to Los Angeles, working in journalism, creative writing, and media industries, moderated by The Chronicle‘s Sarah Derris ’21 and Eva Hong ’21. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Business of Entertainment: Law, Strategy & Finance
This episode features alumni working in entertainment business, law, finance, and strategy, moderated by students in Duke Fuqua’s Media, Entertainment & Sports (MES) Club, Duke Business Oriented Women (BOW) & Duke Law Sports & Entertainment Law Society (SELS), in conversation with these incredible Blue Devils. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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From Christie’s to SNL: The ABCs of NFTs
This episode in collaboration with the Innovation Co-Lab features a conversation with NY-based Duke alumnae Nicole Sales ‘12 of Christie’s and multidisciplinary artist Carrie Able ’04 about their careers, current market trends and creative process at the convergence of art and tech, including the explosion of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens).
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Inside the Music Industry
This episode features remarkable alumni from across the country, working in fascinating areas of the music industry. Moderated by Ethan Udell and Mitra Kiciman of Small Town Records, Duke’s student-run record label. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Navigate Your First Job in Creative Industries
Meet Duke alumni working across the country in creative careers, including film, digital media, tech, sports, and higher education. They share their career paths, helpful Duke experiences and offer advice for students and alumni looking to break into these industries, as well as answer your burning questions. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Fine Arts & Fashion Industries
This episode features Duke alumni working in the fine arts and fashion industries, moderated by students in The Standard, FORM Magazine, Nasher MUSE, and Fuqua’s Luxury Brand and Retail Club. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Revolt Media & TV: Social Justice Journalism
This episode features LA-based Duke alum Detavio Samuels ’02, Chief Executive Officer at REVOLT MEDIA & TV, the nation’s leading creator & distributor of Hip Hop content. Founded by Sean “Diddy” Combs, REVOLT uses the biggest driver of global culture—Hip Hop—and a multi-platform ecosystem (TV, digital, social and live events) to help Millennials and Gen Z understand the world around them and impact change. Detavio and his REVOLT MEDIA & TV colleagues take us behind the scenes of REVOLT BLACK NEWS to look at social justice through the lens of journalism.
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Cinematography with Robert Yeoman ’73
This episode features Oscar-nominated cinematographer Robert Yeoman ‘73 (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, Bridesmaids, Love & Mercy) in conversation with this year’s StudioDuke student cohort. Listen as he discusses his transition from Duke to Hollywood, provides a behind-the-scenes look at a cinematographer’s duties on set, and offers advice for students looking to break into the film industry.
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Theater & Performing Arts
This episode features alumni working across the country in the theater and performing arts industries, moderated by Hoof ‘n’ Horn‘s Adam Beskind ’20 and Shaina Lubliner ’20. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Inside the Metaverse (Gaming, XR & Interactive Media)
This episode features an all-star panel of alumni working in interactive media/entertainment in conversation with this year’s StudioDuke cohort. The cohort asks the panelists big questions about the world of gaming, XR, and the metaverse, as well as tips for breaking into the industry. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Interactive Entertainment with Epic Games
This episode features an all-star panel of alumni working at Epic Games, which publishes Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular games. We deep dive into the world of gaming, including strategy, legal, and creative. We also learn about the intersection of gaming with TV, film, animation and Epic’s real-time 3D creation tool, Unreal Engine. Watch to go behind the scenes of the world’s leading interactive entertainment companies headquartered in Duke’s backyard of Cary, NC. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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Inside A Netflix Writer’s Room
This episode features Keely MacDonald, Executive Story Editor at Netflix (“October Faction”, “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”), in conversation with this year’s StudioDuke cohort. Keely discusses her career path from Duke to screenwriting, shares insights on what it’s like to work in a writer’s room and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the process of getting a show from script to screen.
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Authors, Publishers & Literary Agents
This episode features an all-star panel in conversation with this year’s StudioDuke cohort. The cohort asks the panelists deep-diving questions about the creative process of writing and publishing, as well as advice for breaking into the industry. Find the full list of alumni panelists on the episode description.
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