THE BLANK CHECK TEAM

  • Griffin Newman

    “Downtown” Griffy Newms is an actor and comedian from New York City. On our show, he is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of box office charts and his affection for movie merch. Outside of Blank Check, you can catch him as the voice of Orko in Masters of the Universe on Netflix, and as Watto in the cult-favorite The George Lucas Talk Show.

  • David Sims

    David “The Spreadmaster” Sims is a film critic from New York City (by way of London). Fans of the podcast know him for his meticulously organized spreadsheets of Oscar contenders (it’s hard to make his top five) and for his imagined tenure as CEO of Quibi. Outside of Blank Check, David is the staff film critic for the Atlantic

  • BEN HOSLEY

    Ben Hosley has too many nicknames to include in his bio, and is famously from New Jersey. He is a professional podcast producer, but on the side, he experiments with denim burial and excavation. Ben loves films that he can watch “on his porch”, thus inspiring our “Porch Classics” series of Ben’s selections. He is our finest film critic.

  • MARIE BARDI-SALINAS

    Associate Producer

  • AJ MCKEON

    Production Coordinator / Editor

  • JJ Bersch

    Researcher

  • Pat Reynolds

    Graphic Designer

  • Joe Bowen

    Illustrator

  • Layne Montgomery and the Great American Novel

    Music