Unspooled Creators & Guests

Paul Scheer, born January 31, 1976, in New Hyde Park, New York, is a SAG Award-winning actor, writer, producer, pod-caster, and director. Scheer is a series regular on the Emmy nominated Showtime series Black Monday opposite Don Cheadle. He also is known for his role as Andre on the hit FX show The League, as well as his role of Mitch in Fresh off the Boat, and Stevie on Veep. Scheer won the Screen Actors Guild Award (2018) for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Veep. In 2019, he won the HollyWeb Festival award for best comedy in The Amazing Gayl Pile.

Amy Nicholson is a film critic. Currently, she is chief film critic for MTV News. She is the co-host of the Earwolf podcasts "The Canon" and "Unspooled," and host of the MTV podcast "Skillset."Nicholson's reviews have appeared in Boxoffice Magazine, IndieWire, Los Angeles Times, MTV News, The Guardian, The New York Times, UPROXX, Variety, and the Village Voice. Her first book, "Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor" was published in 2014.

Editorial + Talent Producer for Marvel, and George Lucas Talk Show producer.

Rico Gagliano is an American journalist, podcaster and radio host. He is best known as the co-host, with Brendan Francis Newnam, of American Public Media’s arts-and-culture radio show and podcast “The Dinner Party Download,” and as a reporter for the public radio business show “Marketplace". He has also written for television and print media. He is currently Head of Audio at the cinephile streaming service and film distributor MUBI.

Connor Ratliff is an actor who has had roles on television shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) and Search Party (TBS).

Griffin Newman is an actor, comedian, writer, and co-host of Blank Check with Griffin & David Podcast.

David Sims is a Staff Writer of The Atlantic and co-Host of the Blank Check with Griffin & David Podcast.

Jamie Loftus is a standup comedian and cartoonist whose dead hamster was left in her freezer for six months by choice. She has written and starred in ‘Irrational Fears’ on Comedy Central and ‘Robot Takeover’ and ‘Upgraded’ on Super Deluxe. In print, you can catch her in The New Yorker, Paste Magazine, Vice and Playboy. She is taller than her confidence would imply.

Conan O'Brien is a television host, comedian, writer, and producer. O'Brien moved to Los Angeles to join the writing team for HBO's popular news-show parody Not Necessarily the News. He wrote for the program for two years and acted in several improvisational groups, including the Groundlings. O'Brien is best known for his work as a host for late-night talk shows for 28 years. O'Brien is the host of the Conan Needs A Friend podcast.

Sean Fennessey is the Chief Content Officer of The Ringer.