Category: Episode
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Episode 15: Alien
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined by Tim Blackmore, an author and professor at Western University’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies, in an engrossing discussion about the 1979 classic movie Alien. They take a deep dive into the design elements of the movie, which has inspired Blackmore in his own work and…
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Episode 14: The Overstory
View on Zencastr The Overstory is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel that had quite a meaningful and moving impact on this week’s guest: the writer, naturalist and limnologist, Nina Munteanu. Nina considers herself an environmental activist and ecologist, and much of her fiction is written in a sub-genre of SF: eco-fiction. She’s also a lover…
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Episode 13: George Carlin
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark talk to John Corcelli, author of Frank Zappa FAQ, about his latest book on George Carlin. The trio take a fascinating deep-dive into the work, life and genius of the comedian, actor, philosopher, social commentator, and just plain funny guy George Carlin. As is often the case on Re-Creative,…
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Episode 12: Children’s Games
View on Zencastr Mark and Joe revisit childhood with Canadian author Arlene F. Marks, as they discuss the painting Children’s Games, by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Arlene explains why the painting is so important to her as a writer. Like the painting, which shows 230 children playing 83 different games of the…
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Episode 11: Cat’s Cradle
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are flying without a guest this episode, as they discuss Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut. They talk about Vonnegut’s life, in particular his experiences during World War II; Vonnegut was captured during the Battle of Bulge and then lived through the firebombing of Dresden. They talk about how this…
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Episode 10: Lifeforce
View on Zencastr Sometime in the 80s, Hailey’s Comet reappeared in the sky. About the same time, Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce appeared in theaters. Corey Redekop was never the same. He joins Mark and Joe to discuss the 1985 cult classic, directed by the man who also made such films as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist.…
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Episode 9: A Grimm Night
Melissa Yuan-Innes joins hosts Mark and Joe to talk about A Grimm Night byTranscen|Dance Project, an interactive theatrical experience in which audiences are welcomed, masked and set free to roam explore a part of a dance version of Grimm’s fairy tales.
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Episode 8: The Color of Light
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark talk to author Robert Chazz Chute about his work and one of his greatest influences, well-known author and screenwriter William Goldman, focussing on Goldman’s novel The Color of Light. While many may recognize William Goldman’s name as the screenwriter who wrote the Oscar-winning scripts for Butch Cassidy and the…
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Episode 7: Appalachian Spring
Joe and Mark discuss “the Dean of American Composers” Aaron Copland’s seminal composition Appalachian Spring with one third of the Arrogant Worms, Michael McCormick.
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Episode 6: O Lucky Man!
View on Zencastr Mark and Joe talk to author and former Amazing Stories editor Ira Nayman. The three have a wide-ranging and mind-bending conversation about the multiverse, theories of time travel, the nature of satire, and, of course, cannibalism. Nayman considers O Lucky Man! a “cinematic version of Candide.” Directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring…