Category: Television
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Episode 62: Veronica Mars
Independent filmmaker Jen Prince joins Mark and Joe to discuss one of her favorite shows, Veronica Mars.
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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 40: Spider-Man
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined by a veritable Swiss Army Knife of writers, Mark Leiren-Young. Their guest has written in multiple genres and formats, including television, animation, journalism, comedy, theater, and film. And he loves him some Spider-Man. Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut too, so you know that Mark LY gets along with…
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Episode 39: Babylon 5
View on Zencastr The lads are joined by Noah Chinn, a Canadian writer of SFF, contemporary fiction and retro mysteries. (The latter two under the pen-name Noah J.D. Chinn.) Mark kicks off the podcast by asking Joe and Noah if there was anything weird happening to their hair in the 90s, which is also when…
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Episode 38: Doctor Who Fandom
View on Zencastr Joe and Mark are joined this week by D.G. Valdron, a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. (And author of one of Joe’s favorite books, The Mermaid’s Tale.) The topic of this week’s discussion is Doctor Who, in particular the expansive, creative and fascinating world of fan-produced films, plays and…
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Episode 17: Powerpuff Girls
View on Zencastr Writer and encyclopedist David Perlmutter takes Mark and Joe on a deep dive into the history of cartoons. Along the way they discuss what they grew up with in terms of cartoons – Smurfs and G.I. Joe for David, Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones for Joe and Mark – and how developments…