Bart Baker

294 / Do you want to pitch your book to Hollywood? Screenwriter, playwright, and novelist Bart Baker shares how authors can position their books for adaptations. He also gives us the story behind Honeymoon With Harry , a movie deal twenty-plus years in the making, which will go into production in 2026, starring Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal for Amazon/MGM. Lessons from writing plays, scripts, and novels What authors should know about adaptation and selling movie rights When to get legal advice The business side: money management finding trusted advisors Why following trends is unhelpful—and what to do instead 💙 Become a supporter of the podcast https://wishidknownforwriters.com/support Access to backlist of exclusive supporter episodes Private slack group Shoutout on a future episode 📥 Send us a Text Message ⚡Links: www.bartvbaker.com 📥 Send us a Text Message Support the show 🚀 Jami’s Consulting and Workshops: https://www.jamialbright.com/authorworkshops ❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5 🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/ 📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/ The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast

With over 40 years of experience in theater, film, television, and prose, Bart’s career began in theater, where he has had eight plays produced around the world. The film rights to his play, RELAY, were bought by Warner Bros., leading him into screenwriting. He has had two feature films and 14 movies for television produced, including the BRIDE trilogy for CBS, LOVE AND SUNSHINE for Hallmark, and most recent TERRY MCMILLAN PRESENTS: FOREVER, starring Taye Diggs and Meagan Good, for Lifetime which Bart was nominated for a 2025 best screenplay for a motion picture in streaming or television by the WGA. Bart has also written for four television series, including DIRT, starring Courtney Cox. Bart has written ten novels including HONEYMOON WITH HARRY, the movie rights bought by New Line Cinema. Bart has a movie shooting this spring - still untitled - starring Taye Diggs and Lesley Anne Brandt, and it will also be executive produced by Terry McMillan, under her banner. The film will premiere in June on the Lifetime Network.

Wendy Baker is a former member of Los Angeles based cult The Source Family that began on Sunset Blvd by Jim Baker, an award-winning author of her memoir My Name Was Mushroom: My Life as a Teenage Runaway in The Source Family Commune, and successful entrepreneur running an insurance agency, in Malibu with her husband, Bart Baker and their wonderful employees. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her 3 children and 4 grandchildren as well as volunteer at the Women's and Children's Shelter in Oxnard, California. She's passionate about helping women tell their stories and especially excited to help teenage mothers succeed in life and become inspired to begin their own journeys to success as she knows how hard it can be! My Name Was Mushroom Overview Wendy Baker has written a wonderful memoir about her time in The Source Family Commune. She takes us on a journey through the 1960s and 70s filled with love-ins in Hollywood and Sunset Blvd., hippie communal living, and survival in wilderness environments. She begins at just 12 years old in a time where drugs, sex, and rock & roll were taking over the world and freedom filled the air. She sets the scene of her family life and the freedom she had to hitchhike with friends across California while meeting celebrities like they were meeting new friends at the park. She even reveals the boy that started her on her quest, the blonde-haired son of Jim Baker. Jim Baker, otherwise known as Father Yod, Yahowah, etc. opened The Source in 1969 as the first vegan health food restaurant in LA and it quickly became one of the most influential restaurants of its time. It was visited by The Beatles, Cher, and Woody Allen even parodied it in the 1977 movie, Annie Hall! The Source Restaurant quickly became the beginning of The Source Family Commune led by none other than Jim Baker, becoming a magnet for lost souls searching for something more. As it grew, the spiritual group even started a band starring Jim Baker, called YaHoWa-13. They used marajuana for morning meditation, made their own clothes out of flowing white cloth, ate a vegan diet, lived in the same home, and followed the word and commandments of their leader. In order to become a member of The Source Family, the member had to undergo a physical and mental cleanse to become “pure” and be given a new name by Father Yod. When Wendy ran away from home at 14 and joined The Family, she was renamed 4 times by Yahowa, but the name that lasted the longest was Mushroom. Her cleanse also became a near death experience that empowered her beliefs in Father Yod. Although her mother was negligent, she did not approve of Wendy becoming a part of The Source Family and battled her in court. It was due to this that Wendy became a fugitive of justice from the state of California, assisted in hiding from the state officials by Father Yod and The Family. While enthralled with the spirituality and belief system of the cult group, she fell in love and had a baby at the age of 16. Her journey then turned to survival and motherhood. The Family traveled back and forth between California and Hawaii on what they were told was a search for spiritual peace, but they often found themselves homeless and starving. Wendy had many questions regarding her pregnancy, relationships, and her place in the universe. She began to question the path they were being led down. Father Yod had changed, something had shifted, and things with The Family were not what they once were. After his demise, the group was not the same. Due to her own growth in her spirituality, personal truth, and will-power, Wendy escaped at 19. She reintegrated herself into society as a single mother, reconnected with her one true love, and became a successful businesswoman, wife, mother, and grandmother now living in Malibu, California. Although it took a long time, Wendy has overcome this part of her life and is finally ready to share her story in hopes of inspiring others wh

Wendy Baker is a former member of the infamous Los Angeles-based cult The Source Family, a commune that began in the 1960s by Jim Baker AKA Father Yod. The group was funded mainly by The Source restaurant a vegetarian cafe popular with celebrities such as John Lennon and Marlon Brando. Wendy is the author of the award-winning memoir "My Name Was Mushroom: My Life as a Teenage Runaway in The Source Family Commune", She is now a successful entrepreneur running a Malibu, CA insurance agency alongside her wonderful employees, and her husband of 45 years, Bart Baker, the son of The Source Family Leader Jim Baker. In her spare time, Wendy volunteers at the Women's and Children's Shelter in Oxnard, California. She's passionate about helping women tell their stories and is especially excited to help teenage mothers succeed in life after navigating her own struggles as a 16-year-old mother herself. In this fascinating conversation, Wendy describes a day in the life for a follower of the Source family cult run by Father Yod. She details her short but impactful journey in the commune as a teenage mother offering a uniquely intimate perspective of its leader. Before You Go: Rachel outlines the importance of noticing when a group leader exhibits hypocritical or contradictory behavior. Wendy's memoir is available now on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Was-Mushroom-Teenage/dp/0996055266 All of Rachel's free informational PDF documents are available here: www.rachelbernsteintherapy.com/pdf.html All of Rachel's video lectures are available for purchase here: rachelbernsteintherapy.com/videos.html To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination Connect with us on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/_indoctrination Facebook: www.facebook.com/indoctrinationpodcast Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@indoctrinationpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/indoctrinationpodcast/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/rachelbernsteinlmft You can always help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

With a collective 12+ million followers, and presence across multiple platforms from YouTube to Live.ly to Gas Station TV, Shira Lazar and Bart Baker are a true new-era power couple. On this episode, Shira, the award-winning host and CEO of What's Trending, and Bart, a comedy and music-parody maven, both discuss navigating the ever-changing ecosystem of content creation. From audience demographics and cultural appetites, from deciding which new platforms to be on, changes in algorithms and technology, working with brands, and the growth of their careers and personal points of view. Recorded live at www.lapodfest.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

With a collective 12+ million followers, and presence across multiple platforms from YouTube to Live.ly to Gas Station TV, Shira Lazar and Bart Baker are a true new-era power couple. On this episode, Shira, the award-winning host and CEO of What's Trending, and Bart, a comedy and music-parody maven, both discuss navigating the ever-changing ecosystem of content creation. From audience demographics and cultural appetites, from deciding which new platforms to be on, changes in algorithms and technology, working with brands, and the growth of their careers and personal points of view. Recorded live at www.lapodfest.com.

Bart Baker is an American entertainer, web-based comedian, video producer and artist known for his short videos on Youtube, Vine and also Live.ly. He started his own Youtube channel in 2010 which quickly became a success through his parodies of music videos from famous artists. His parodies include Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and many others. Today, Bart is one of the top online influencers in the world with a YouTube following of over 12 million. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bart Baker joins Jo and Dre in The Koy Po(n)d to talk about the legality of parody videos and shares some of his secrets to gaining an audience. Bart also recalls some of the unique business decisions he's made, like getting his channel involved with a porn company. Check out Bart's new album Celebritease, available now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Know-How – The Breakthrough Insurance Agency! Bart Baker is one of the most dependable insurance brokers in the western United States, as designated by Goldline Research. He has served on Farmers Insurance Group’s President’s Council for nine consecutive years and is a Top of the Table qualifier of the Million Dollar Round Table. Bart is a...

Know-How – If an Elephant Sits on You, Are You Covered? Bart Baker is one of the most dependable insurance brokers in the western United States, as designated by Goldline Research. He has served on Farmers Insurance Group’s President’s Council for nine consecutive years and is a Top of the Table qualifier of the Million...

Vantage Point – Agency Owners with Farmers Insurance in Malibu, California. Bart Baker is one of the most dependable insurance brokers in the western United States, as designated by Goldline Research. He has served on Farmers Insurance Group’s President’s Council for nine consecutive years and is a Top of the Table qualifier of the Million...

Ep. 62 Bart Baker - Ear Biscuits YouTube’s reigning king of music video parodies, Bart Baker, joins Rhett & Link this week to discuss how he got his start working for Jerry Springer and making videos in the porn industry, what he really thinks of the musicians he parodies, and why he laughs when reading the large amount of hateful comments directed toward him on his channel. Is there more to Bart Baker than the harshly parodic persona he’s built a career on? You be the judge. Go to lynda.com/rhettandlink and try it FREE for 10 days on us! *NOTE: This conversation contains adult themes and language.