ON THE SET PODCAST
No network greenlit this. No studio funded the first shoot. On The Set Podcast started as an idea two people believed was worth building anyway — and grew into a crew of sixteen who still show up the same way.
A guy with a camera. A handful of people who believed him. Everything you see on this site is what happens after that.
There's a version of this where On The Set Podcast begins with a business plan. That's not what happened.
Marlon — where were you when this idea first hit? What was the exact moment you knew it needed to exist, and what frustration or observation sparked it?No investor pitch. No greenlight. Just an idea that felt too true to let go of.
Nobody in that room had a studio yet. Nobody had a sponsor. What they had was an idea worth showing up for.
Marlon — who was in the room for the first real meeting? Where did you meet? What did that first conversation feel like?This is the moment the idea stopped being theoretical.
Marlon — tell me about the test shoot or the first real shoot. Where was it? Who was the first guest or subject? What went wrong, what went right?Season 1 wasn't a pilot to test the idea on a small audience — it was the idea, live, with everything riding on it actually working.
Marlon — what was Season 1 actually like? How many people were involved, what nearly went wrong, and what made you sure there had to be a Season 2?What hasn't changed since that first conversation: this is a fully independent production, filmed in Newark, NJ, covering the entertainment industry as a whole — not just film and TV. No studio notes, no one to answer to but the guests, the crew, and the audience.
Every episode gets made because the people on this page decided it should exist — on their own time, before it was ever a sure thing. Meet them below.
Every name here shows up because they want to, not because a contract says so. Fun facts are rolling in — check back as the crew answers the question.
