Who — rather than Netflix, Disney, and the big studios — are the predator Godzillas smashing up Hollywood and terrorizing the movie crew Bambis in pursuit of profit? In the first episode of Thousands of Tiny Tyrants, James J. Harker focuses his spotlight on the extraordinary efforts of Hollywood's guilds and unions to advance the interests of the powerful union-member producers and showrunners in their ranks, to the detriment of rank and file Hollywood laborers.

WEBSITE: Thousands of Tiny Tyrants: The Mostly Movies Podcast

Transcript | Episode 1

ADDITIONAL VIEWING:

Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) - Full Movie (1 min. 33 sec.) | by Marv Newland | via Reading Movies | YouTube

Tom Hanks on the Writers Strike in Hollywood | PBS NewHour | YouTube

ADDITIONAL READING:

National Labor Relations Act | National Labor Relations Board | United States Government

Guide to Antitrust Laws | Federal Trade Commission | United States Government

ADDITIONAL PODCAST LISTENING:

Deadline Strike Talk Podcast, Week 14 | Craig Mazin, Lilly Wachowski & Jason Blum On Hollywood’s Post-Strike Path Forward | August 4, 2023

Charles C.W. Cooke Podcast, Episode 39 | Two Cheers for the Writers Strike? | National Review

MUSIC CREDITS:

“Lets Go”, created by Mark July via Pixabay

"Morning Mood Edvard Grieg Flute Selection-4310", Created by JuliusH via Pixabay