John sits down with writer/actor Mindy Kaling (The Office, The Mindy Project, Champions) to talk about her origin story, her big break as Ben Affleck, what it’s like to simultaneously showrun and star in a sitcom, and the nature of half-hour comedies.

We also answer a listener question about point of view and its relationship with genre and medium.

Links:

• Thanks to Mindy Kaling for joining us!
• Champions is available to watch on NBC.com.
• You can watch a recording of her play, Matt and Ben, written and performed by Mindy and Brenda Withers. It premiered at the Fringe Festival in New York.
• Keep an eye out for Four Weddings and a Funeral.
• The End of the Fucking World and Godless on Netflix
• The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson at The Broad
• The USB drives!
• Mindy Kaling on Twitter
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Find past episodes
• Scriptnotes Digital Seasons are also now available!
• Outro by Timothy Vajda (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.