Our special guest, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist creator and showrunner, Austin Winsberg, chats with us about his career including how he got started in the industry, his dubious time as a child actor, his time on the shows Still Standing, and Jake In Progress, and the creation and production of the his hit series, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, including his real life story that inspired the series, the casting process for the series' stars, Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, John Clarence Stewart, Alex Newell, Lauren Graham, Mary Steenburgen, and Peter Gallagher!!  Plus he discusses the music clearance process for the show, his thoughts on the unique marketing strategy that NBC took for the series, and the advantages of blanketing social media and the internet with content, and some really great advice for aspiring writers, and more!!