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Podcast: The Firecracker Department with Naomi Snieckus
Episode: Emily Schmidt
Description: Our guest this week is TV writer EMILY SCHMIDT! Emily was the Writers' Assistant for Netflix's "Girlboss," staffed on the Netflix multicam "No Good Nick"and an on-set joke writer for Kay Cannon's "Blockers." When she's not writing or trying to write, Emily is usually watching "The Golden Girls" and baking! Â She's currently writing for a new series on FOX called 'This Country," led by Jenny Bicks & Paul Feig! It's a mockumentary comedy based on a British series, following a pair of cousins as they go through their daily lives in "idiosyncratic surroundings." The half-hour s...