Children of Tendu

Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Jose Molina

chaodai@mac.com

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Booking Overview

Two veteran TV writers/producer-professionals break down how to break into television writing and how to stay employed. The show is highly practical and candid—useful for anyone trying to navigate the TV/TV-writing industry with real industry perspective.

Metrics

Episodes: 47

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

chaodai@mac.com

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Host

Javier Grillo-Marxuach - Emmy Award-winning writer/producer known for work on Lost and as creator of The Middleman.

Jose Molina - Writer/producer with credits including Sleepy Hollow, Firefly, Castle, and Law & Order: SVU.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established writers/producers (often with major TV series credits) and/or union/WGA representatives able to speak credibly about writing careers and industry labor dynamics.
Required Achievements:  
Staff writer/producer or creator credits on network/streaming television, Major genre or mainstream series authorship/production roles, Union leadership or representative roles (e.g., WGA-related)

Recent Guest Discussions

Brad (Producer) - Not A Tv-writing-specific Guest Segment Based On Provided Description (featured In Javier’s Other Podcast Intro)

Paul Alvarado Dykstra - Not A Tv-writing-specific Guest Segment Based On Provided Description (featured In Javier’s Other Podcast Intro)

Shawna Benson - WGA Line / Strike Experience (as Featured In Episode Interviews)

Julie Benson - WGA Line / Strike Experience (as Featured In Episode Interviews)

Marc Bernardin - WGA Line / Strike Experience (as Featured In Episode Interviews)

Recent Topics

TV, Screenwriting, Writing, Industry, Labor

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Children of Tendu
:

THEY ARE BACK AND THEY ARE PISSED - PART ONE!

June 08, 2026

It has been three long years since the Children of Tendu graced the podcast-sphere, and the world of writing for television has changed enormously.. So, yeah,  they're back, and they are PISSED! Yes, Jose and Javi continue in their quest to give away all of their knowledge of television writing for free, yes, jose and Javi persist in being mentors and educators to the writing community at large... but make no mistake, the business has been disrupted, writing is a more precarious career than e...

An Introduction to Javi's New Podcast - Multiplex Overthruster!

July 23, 2025

Hi there! Javi here, and no, I don't have a new episode of Children of Tendu - Jose and I are still figuring out the state of the business post pandemic, post strike, post streaming - but in the meantime, why not sample my latest endeavor: Multiplex Overthruster! In this cinematic odyssey, I join Paul Alvarado Dykstra ( co-founder of Fantastic Fest) and the heroic and stalwart Producer Brad in revisiting the summer movies of our teenage years! We started with the summer of '82 - the year of E...

ON THE LINE - OUR BEST AND FINAL

September 28, 2023

A few days before the WGA made its historic deal with the AMPTP, Jose and Javi made one last trip to the line, this time at Universal Studios, to interview our sisters, brothers, and others in the guild who bravely walked the lines to the triumphant end. Featuring interviews with established writers like Marc Bernardin, Julie and Shawna Benson, as well as our union representatives (who dropped amazing information on the organization of the strike... down to the black SUVs and secret WGA phone...

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