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The Blank Chat

The Blank Chat

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On each new episode, host Charles Steinberg will get into it with a different character central in the production of music for the moving image. No doubt, many of these names will belong to composers, but the seat is open to all manner of artists. The skilled technicians and musicians who bring the compositions to life, music supervisors who source the recorded songs that shape the telling of a story, really any and all admirers and connoisseurs of this form of music who want to share their unique perspectives.

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Episodes
  • Jay McCarrol and Mandy Mamlet Perform a Dance of Score and Source on the TONY Soundtrack
    18 Sep 2026

    Matt Johnson's newest film TONY takes a small picture of an outsized life, taking us along with a young Anthony Bourdain one formative summer in Cape Cod. Composer Jay McCarrol and music supervisor Mandy Mamlet combined for the brilliant soundtrack that goes big, small, and everything between the ears...just to Bourdain's taste.

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    1 hr and 22 min
  • FINNEAS Hones His Composer Instincts on BEEF Season 2 Score
    20 Jun 2026

    FINNEAS has been scoring for film and television for a few years now, and he's the first to say he's still figuring it out. In this conversation, Charles sits down with the composer and producer to talk through what the process actually looks like: building the wall-to-wall opening cue for Beef Season 2, navigating temp music when the benchmark is Bach, going back through a composer's catalogue the moment you fall in love with their work, and why deadlines might be the best thing that ever happened to his creative process.

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    53 min
  • Tiffany Anders is a Music Supervisor In Her Groove
    7 May 2026

    We're back to talking soundtracks! Our lovely guest this time is Music Supervisor, Tiffany Anders, who began her music career as a recording artist in early 2000s New York and translated an obsessive love of music and records into music supervision for film, television, and commercials. Anders is versatile at her post, sourcing songs that span generations and genres, something she got to do a lot of on her most recent project, the Netflix hit show Something Very Bad is Going to Happen.

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    47 min
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