Prime Video "Chutzpah" Podcast
For the second season of Amazon Prime Video's hit series HUNTERS, they partnered with Storymill Media to create a companion podcast that went far beyond the traditional show integration. Together with Storymill, Jordan Peele, and the HUNTERS creative team, we created a podcast that told the amazing true stories of unsung real Jewish heroes of the Holocaust. The result was CHUTZPAH, a Webby Award-wining 6-episode audio docuseries.
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PROJECT SCOPE: ​​
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Research
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Interviews
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Creative Development
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Scriptwriting
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Oversight of Podcast Production
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Marketing and Communication
PRODUCTION PARTNERS: STORYMILL MEDIA / PRIME VIDEO / MONKEYPAW PRODUCTIONS
CLIENT CHALLENGE:
Bring to life the stories of real-life Jewish heroes of the Holocaust - with the immersive power of a scripted series
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OUR SOLUTION:
Use cinematic storytelling to fuel an immersive 6-episode podcast mixing scripted narration
by HUNTERS showrunner David Weil, documentary interviews, and visceral sound design.
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Working closely with researcher Neda Farshbaf, the research process entailed dozens of interviews from both primary and secondary sources
Josh Chesler and Dorothy Kozak Snoke functioned as co-showrunners, each writing three 40 minute podcast episodes. The development process went through both Amazon and Monkeypaw teams.
All narration was then read and recorded by HUNTERS showrunner David Weil.
CREDITS
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Client: Prime Video / Monkeypaw Productions
Production Company: Storymill Media
Executive Producer: Jordan Peele
Executive Producers: Natalie Williams and David Weil
Producers: Steven Hein, Sophia Williams, and Keisha Senter
Associate Producer: Rebecca Drucker
Writers/Showrunners: Josh Chesler & Dorothy Kozak Snoke
Researcher/Producer: Neda Farshbaf
Editor/Co-Producer: Trea Buddle
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