[Teaser] 653: ‘Chad Powers’ Creator Michael Waldron

[Teaser] 653: ‘Chad Powers’ Creator Michael Waldron

From FilmDrunk Frotcast by Frotcast LLC

October 22, 2025 · 37 min

About this episode

Michael Waldron discusses the creation of 'Chad Powers' and shares insights on writing and television production.

PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON , EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Sign up now at Patreon . It’s two podcasts (Pod Yourself and the Frotcast) for the price of one! Patreon dot com slash frotcast! This week’s Frotcast guest: Michael Waldron, co-creator of Chad Powers on Hulu ! (Previously: Heels and Loki ). Don’t miss the Chad Powers season finale, Tuesday, October 28. Anyway, Michael is dishing the dirt and legitimizing us with his presence this week, telling us all about how an Eli Manning sketch became a TV show that’s actually good, how he got permission to use real college teams in his show about college football, the joys of letting Glen Powell be silly, and why the best writing advice is actually “pretend you’re really stupid.” The show is great and the interview is too, which is why we’re giving you the interview portion over here on the free feed! For the whole show, with current events and riffing and all, head on over to patreon.com/frotcast and sign up, wouldja?? — Hey! Hi. It’s another episode of the…

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Waldron

Topics covered

  • interview
  • television
  • comedy
  • writing
  • sports
  • entertainment

Keywords

  • Chad Powers
  • Michael Waldron
  • Eli Manning
  • Hulu
  • comedy
  • writing advice
  • college football
  • Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hulu, Patreon

Books & works: Chad Powers, Heels, Loki

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