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===How Would This Be a Movie?===
In this newer segment of the show, August and Mazin pull a few current stories from the news and discuss if and how those stories could be adapted into feature films. The discussion often includes brainstorming several different genres and approaches a perspective writer could take on the story, discussing how to collapse or expand the details of the story to fit a feature film, and determining which of the week's stories, if any, have any serious potential as a future film. The segment debuted in episode 201, when the stories included [[2015 FIFA corruption case|scandals in FIFA]], the Large Hadron Collider, and sexual assault on college campuses.<ref>http://johnaugust.com/2015/how-would-this-be-a-movie</ref>
==Recurring Themes==
There are a number of recurring themes, particularly in how the podcasts hosts interact with one another.
===Craig acts lazy and John does all the work===
Craig tells anecdotes about himself that emphasize how he is lazy, unprepared, and frequently late. In contrast, John appears productive, organized, and punctual. <ref>http://johnaugust.com/2015/the-200th-episode-live-show</ref>
===John August as robot===
In line with their personas of Craig being the lazy one and John being the organized one, plus knowledgeable about technology, Craig mocks John by calling him a robot. This includes accusations that John has no emotions or no heart.<ref>http://johnaugust.com/2016/outlines-and-treatments</ref>
===Segue Man===
Craig is the more emotionally expressive of the two podcasts hosts. When Mazin delivers impassioned speeches, August will typically agree with Mazin on content and then transition into the next item on the agenda. Because of August's focus on pacing and transitions during the show, Mazin has christened August as "Segue Man."
===Stewart===
Stewart is the assistant of John August and edits the show on Monday for the show to come out on Tuesday. While Stewart's voice is never heard on the podcast, the hosts will frequently talk about the work that he does for the show, including previewing all scripts for the Three Page Challenge.
===Female Reproductive Health===
While both are successful screenwriters, Mazin and August are also exceedingly knowledgeable about issues related to female reproductive health, with August stating "if there’s one thing we know even more than screenwriting, it’s women’s reproductive health."<ref>http://johnaugust.com/2011/scriptnotes-ep-2-how-to-get-an-agent-andor-manager-transcript</ref> Mazin went so far to say that "I wish we [as a podcast] were just about vaginal issues."<ref>http://johnaugust.com/2012/scriptnotes-ep-35-the-disney-dilemma-transcript</ref> The topic has been discussed on various episodes with varying degrees of depth, culminating with Mazin delivering a three-minute lecture on [[Bacterial vaginosis|vaginosis]] in Episode 232: Fun With Numbers.<ref>http://johnaugust.com/2016/scriptnotes-ep-232-fun-with-numbers-transcript</ref>
== Notable Episodes ==
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