We’re taking time to introduce you to the teams behind the podcasts of Secret Weapon Productions. This month we are taking a look into the collaborative efforts of Slow Clap and Rewrites and its hosts, Adair Rice and Dan Crary.
THE INTERVIEW
Explain your podcast in three words.
Dan: Movies, Movies, Writing?
Adair: Writing while clapping.
How did you come up with the idea of your podcast?
Dan: We were riding a high from blogging and thought “we should have a show and talk about writing!”
Adair: We have naturally segued into many different things and there’s been different iterations of our creative…
Dan: Partnership?
Adair: Yeah, let’s go with that. And I think because of the production company, and us both having podcasts already, we thought that would be a good way to continue our conversations. I don’t think we necessarily knew how it would evolve but I think we knew we needed to continue that and hold ourselves accountable in that way.
Why did you feel one another was the right choice of co-host?
Dan: See entirety of friendship. Whatever we work on together, we have ease of working together. We have trust.
Adair: It’s a very easy partnership.
Favorite podcast bit you’ve done together?
Dan: Rewrite challenge and alternative titles.
Adair: The whole bit of us reviewing movings that became the entire podcast, that’s a good bit.
Favorite thing about co-hosting with one another?
Dan: The ease with which we move from brevity to despair.
Adair: You’re an amazing artist of the segue and that always is just delightful because not everyone has that skill.
Least favorite thing about co-hosting with one another?
Dan: We are both very busy and it’s hard to sometimes schedule life with each other.
Adair: I feel like in your other two podcasts you are able to be a little more punchy, I find it really fun and entertaining to listen to and I wish we could do that a little bit more.
You’re stuck in a cell together, how long before you crazy?
Dan: We would get a lot of writing done there. At least six months. Enough time to outline a ten-episode first season.
Adair: Yeah I think six months, I think we would be very productive. This may say something about us as writers…
If you could choose another co-host for Slow Claps, who would it be?
Dan: No one.
Adair: By the nature of what it is, it would be really hard. The only person I can think of adding in is Austin, when he chooses to talk.
If you created another podcast together what would it be about?
Dan: A dramatic podcast, a scripted series.
Adair: I would love to be in a writer’s room with you.