Category: Episode
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Episode 57: The Wire
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark invite Tony Schwartz, a veteran freelance first assistant director and line producer for film and television, to make the case for why everyone should watch The Wire. Tony is currently producing his own projects. He’s also on the faculty of the New York Film Academy, in Burbank. Because Joe…
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Episode 56: The Gates
Mark and Joe are joined by the writer and broadcaster, Lisa Brandt, to discuss massive environmental art installation by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude, known jointly as Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
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Episode 55: War of the Worlds
Canadian science fiction writer Hugh Spencer joins the lads to talk about one of his favorite bits of audio – the original radio play of The War of the Worlds.
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Episode 54: Nick Patterson
Joe and Mark are joined by the writer Tom Bradley. 3:AM magazine described Tom as “… one of the most criminally underrated authors on the planet.”
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Episode 53: Little Shop of Horrors
Actor and university friend of Mark, Blair Young joins the podcast to talk about life as a thespian. He also discusses the play that inspired him to become an actor and keeps him enthused about the profession.
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Episode 52: The Versifier
Joe and Mark are joined by the famed cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling, from his studio in Torino (Turin), Italy. The discuss Primo Levi’s prophetic AI, The Versifier.
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Episode 51: Fahrenheit 451
The lads are joined by writer and poet, Abigail Grimes, so they can discuss the classic Ray Bradbury novel, Fahrenheit 451.
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Episode 49: Alice in Wonderland
Mark and Joe are joined by author Jenn Thorson, who has written humor, humorous science fiction and two novels set in wonderland. They talk about the original Alice in Wonderland books by Lewis Carroll.
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Episode 50: Duck Soup
Writer and editor Ira Nayman returns to the podcast to help the lads appreciate and understand the early movies of the Marx Brothers, including Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business and Animal Crackers.
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Episode 48: René Magritte
View on Zencastr Author and critic Michael Antman joins Joe and Mark for a wide-ranging discussion about visual arts and writing. Michael started out as a poet. After switching to fiction, he’s had two novels published by indie presses: Cherry Whip and Everything Solid Has A Shadow. He likes to explore themes of self-knowledge in…