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VertiGals is a podcast about the titillating craft of writing Vertical Micro Dramas, hosted by two hilarious pros who are eager to bring some comic relief to the wild world of smacks, whacks, and malicious mother-in-law attacks.
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- Sep 21, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Elevating The Slap with Danny Farber (opens the original)
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The VertiGals chart the evolution of verticals since 2023 with prolific vertical director, writer, and actor Danny Farber. Danny Farber is a director, actor, writer, and producer born and raised in Chicago, IL. With over a decade in the entertainment industry, Farber's diverse filmmaking portfolio includes vertical dramas, music videos, commercials, narrative projects, and branded content. Farber has a home base in Los Angeles, California but considers himself “globally local” after finding succ
The AIGC Gold Rush with (former) DramaBox Producer Kay Zhang (opens the original)
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Kay Zhang is a director-producer and creative executive whose work has screened at Cannes and received honors from the Directors Guild of America and the Student Academy Awards. She began her career in independent film before moving into literary management at Range Media Partners, where she supported writers, creators, and screen-based IP. Zhang later emerged as a leading executive in the vertical microdrama space, serving as an executive producer at two of the category's leading platforms. At
Interview with Chief Creative Officer of Inverted: Mat Raney (opens the original)
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The VertiGals chat with Mat Raney about his journey as a writer in various worlds to Chief Creative Officer of InVerted. Mat Raney is a screenwriter, novelist, and the Chief Creative Officer of Inverted Media. He has written for network television, wrote the multi-award-winning vertical series Pizza Guys vs Vampires, and is the writer of the forthcoming indie animated feature RIVER. As James Matlack Raney, he is also the author of the Jim Morgan adventure series, the award-winning Lord of the Wo
From Ghostwriting Romance Novels to Hollywood to Microdramas with Claire Epstein (opens the original)
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The VertiGals talk about the trials of being a writer across mediums with Claire Epstein. Claire grew up in Washington, DC, and attended Vanderbilt University and Circle in the Square Theater School. In New York, she performed at the UCB by night while ghostwriting romance novels by day. Fifteen of her novels have been published, selling several hundred thousand copies and becoming Amazon bestsellers. She staffed on the Emmy-nominated Quibi/Roku show IMMORAL COMPASS and was the associate writer
From Running Production at Inkitt to producing "Screen Time" with Elizabeth Dell (opens the original)
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The VertiGals were lucky enough to sit down with Production Exec, Producer, Consumer Tech Founder Elizabeth Dell. Elizabeth is a producer and consultant in vertical micro series, currently leading projects for Hoorae Media, including the recently released Screen Time, which garnered 130M+ views in less than a month, distributed exclusively on TikTok and PineDrama. As Head of Production for Inkitt (parent company of CandyJarTV), she oversaw 30+ vertical shows. She produced multiple indie features
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