Topping podcast charts, ‘Strike Force Five’ gives a public face to the writers’ strike

Topping podcast charts, ‘Strike Force Five’ gives a public face to the writers’ strike

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Bill Maher prides himself on cutting against the grain of what he sees as conventional wisdom. So when the host spoke on his “Club Random” podcast over the weekend about Hollywood’s ongoing strike impasse – calling certain Writers Guild demands “kooky,” and claiming that some “believe that you’re owed a living as a writer, and you’re not” – he once again starkly separated himself from his late-night contempor…

Topping podcast charts, ‘Strike Force Five’ gives a public face to the writers’ strike

Analysis Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Bill Maher prides himself on cutting against the grain of what he sees as conventional wisdom. So when the host spoke on his “Club Random” podcast over the weekend about Hollywood’s ongoing strike impasse – calling certain Writers Guild demands “kooky,” and claiming that some “believe that you’re owed a living as a writer, and you’re not” – he once again starkly separated himself from his late-night contemporari…

Topping podcast charts, 'Strike Force Five' gives a public face to the writers' strike

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver are giving a public face – and voice – to the writers’ strike with their podcast, “Strike Force Five.”