Adam Swiderski
School
Georgetown University
Expertise
Consumer Tech, Popular Science, Entertainment Technology
- Adam has been working in digital media since the late '90s and was building his own PCs back when you needed to be handy with a soldering iron to do it.
- Adam conceived and co-produced the TechCrunch podcast "Electric Generation," as well as producing and hosting the "Who Won the Week" and "The Churn: A Podcast About the Expanse" podcasts.
- Adam plays six musical instruments, is obsessed with the finer points of home audio recording, and will talk your ear off about which digital audio workstation is right for you if you get him started on it.
Experience
Adam Swiderski has worked in digital media since before blogs were even a thing. He cut his teeth as a video game writer for sites like Gamepen and The Adrenaline Vault in the late '90s before signing on as an Editor at UGO Networks, where he remained until well after blogs were a thing. From there, he signed on at SYFY and became Editor-in-Chief of SYFY WIRE, spearheading coverage of events like San Diego Comic-Con, producing podcasts and video, and writing and editing scads of features on movies, TV, comics, video games, and more. Most recently, he served as Editor-in-Chief of CBR.com. He has also written for Yahoo Life, TechCrunch, Engadget, October, and a bunch of other web sites that no longer exist.
Education
Adam has a Bachelor of Science in the Foreign Service degree from the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he learned a lot about both geopolitics and how to write about things.
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Stories By Adam Swiderski
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Looper spoke with actor Chen Tang, who plays the wise-cracking Yao, about why he thinks Niki Caro's particular directing style was the right fit for Mulan, and what having a female perspective behind the camera did for him as a part of the cast.
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With everything he has on his plate, Looper was grateful to have the opportunity to sit down with Chen Tang and discuss what it's like being part of a such a high-profile remake as Mulan, and the collaborative process that informed both his stunt and character work on Warrior.
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One person who's had a front-row view of just how crazy things can get with Warrior stunts is actor Chen Tang. As Warrior's second season approached, Looper had the opportunity to speak with Tang about the process of bringing Hong to action-packed life on screen.
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Dr. Camille Saroyan was portrayed by the one and only Tamara Taylor, and while the gifted actor wasn't among the O.G. Bones cast, she'd go on to portray Camille for a whopping 223 episodes. Here's what she's been up to in her post-Bones career.
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WarnerMedia published a press release stating the show was picked up for a second season, which is very good news for fans of heady sci-fi.
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To get to the bottom of how Jamie Foxx's big superhero moment was brought to life, we sat down with Project Power VFX coordinator Ivan Moran to learn about what went into rendering the movie's explosive conclusion.
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The man responsible for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Project Power abilities is Overall Visual Effects Supervisor Ivan Moran, whose blending of practical and CGI effects work gives the film its gritty, grounded feel. Moran sat down with Looper and revealed what it took to make the actor super on screen.
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As Looper learned in an exclusive interview with actor Chen Tang, who plays Mulan's wise-cracking squad-mate Yao in the 2020 remake, what Mulan didn't do sets it apart from its sword-swinging peers.
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Barrell talked to Looper in an interview leading up to the premiere of Wynonna Earp's fourth season in which she recounted her favorite moments, talked about the trouble with breaking for a pandemic, and paid tribute to the family behind one of TV's biggest surprise genre hits.
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For the inside scoop on how Mulan remake director Niki Caro got a group of young actors into fighting form, Looper spoke with one of the cast members involved: Chen Tang, who plays the wise-cracking Yao.
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Distributed by Sony Pictures under their Columbia banner, Greyhound was all set up for a wide theatrical release in March of 2020. Then, like everything that isn't Tenet or The New Mutants, it surrendered to current events and went straight to Apple TV=. Now, it's a hit.
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The late Chadwick Boseman had some feelings about his famous Black Panther suit. In a joint interview with director Ryan Coogler, the actor talked about the burden that comes with wearing a full-body outfit to become a super hero.
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Over the course of its three full seasons and the start of its fourth, Wynonna Earp has had its share of memorable moments. Looper sat down for a conversation with actress Katherine Barrell, who plays Officer Nicole Haught on the Syfy show, to discuss her personal standout memories.
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We caught up with one of the brightest lights in Wynonna Earp's ensemble, Katherine Barrell, to talk about the special connection between the series and its fandom as the show got ready to return for its fourth season.
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Director James Gunn has demonstrated a gift for creative casting when it comes to lovable bands of comic book misfits. Now, he's at it again with the Suicide Squad, and one of his casting coups is putting John Cena in the role of The Peacemaker. Here's why that's a perfect choice.
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DC's band of misfit anti-heroes, the Suicide Squad, are stepping back up to the cinematic plate. At DC FanDome, director James Gunn revealed the roster that'll make up this sequel-slash-reboot, and one character about which he was particularly excited.
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With season 2 of The Umbrella Academy now streaming on Netflix, stunt coordinator Rick Forsayeth chatted with Looper about what it took to craft the craziness that is the Hargreeves' adventures — and where he hopes to take things in season 3.
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With The Umbrella Academy's second season having arrived and furthered the adventures of everyone's favorite dysfunctional super-siblings, Looper sat down for a chat with Hall about Herb's evolution, the process of bringing Pogo to life, and his favorite moments on the Umbrella Academy set.
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With The Umbrella Academy season 2 having hit Netflix on July 31, stunt coordinator Rick Forsayeth took the time to chat with Looper about his favorite stunt-focused moments, and how VFX and stunt work come together to create TV magic.
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On the eve of season 2's release, we sat down with Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman to talk about bringing super-powered battles to the screen, his favorite character combinations, fan theories, and where the Umbrella Academy goes from here.
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On the eve of Umbrella Academy season 2's release, we spoke to Aidan Gallagher about his comics fandom, the cast dynamics, and bringing something as insane as Paradox Psychosis to the screen.
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Of the actors returning for The Umbrella Academy season 2, Ken Hall's path is the probably most intricate. Looper spoke with Hall about his higher season 2 profile, what it means for both him and Herb, and how the chemistry among the cast and crew propelled The Umbrella Academy's second season.
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We sat down for an extended chat with Heidi and Renae Moneymaker to discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe and why CGI will never replace practical stunts.
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The Umbrella Academy's second season has finally arrived on Netflix, and for fans who were hoping to get a bit deeper with one of the first season's characters, the new season is something of a revelation. Looper spoke with series showrunner Steve Blackman about Ben's emotional season 2 moment.
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Among all the Hargreeves siblings on The Umbrella Academy, Number Five had the craziest season 1 arc. Now, season 2 has arrived, and Five's journey has only gotten weirder. We sat down with Five actor Aidan Gallagher to talk about what it was like bringing a temporal paradox to life on screen.
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In tandem with the release of The Umbrella Academy season 2, which dropped on Netflix on July 31, series star Aidan Gallagher spoke with Looper about what it means to go from fan of the source material to the object of fan scrutiny, and how he feels about the ways the show differs from its source.
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In April 2020, Showtime's popular psychological spy thriller series Homeland came to an end. Or did it? That's the question some fans have been asking since watching the season 8 finale. So, will there ever be a season 9 of Homeland? Here's what we know.