Thomas and Justin produce a regular podcast, processing their creative, professional and personal journeys. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Topics: Our weekly prolific pace of 2022; Justin considering moving abroad, Thomas finishing his new film project, and more!

Topics: Excuses for our hiatus and the new film project Thomas is working on.

Topics: Why Are We Nostalgic? Favorite Concerts, Vinyl Records, Video Games, Land Line Phones, Thomas’ Film Projects, and more!

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"Beloved - Kiss It Goodbye Live DVD" is available here on YouTube.

For more on the band Beloved, visit their Facebook page here.

"Only Murders in the Building" is available on Hulu. 

The Shashibo Cube is available on Amazon.

Topics: Bomb turkeys we love, Last Action Hero, The Lake House, Orange County, and more!

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"Last Action Hero" and "Orange County" are available on HBOMax.

"The Lake House" is available to rent on iTunes, etc. 

"Rudy" is available on Amazon Prime. 

"Ted Lasso" is available on Apple TV+.

Topics: Good Movie Titles, Good Book Titles, How to Build A James Bond Movie Title, Why Some Titles Work and Others Don’t, COVID Concerns, And More!

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"Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novik is available wherever you get your books. 

"Pig" is available to rent on iTunes, Amazon or wherever you rent movies. 

"Keep the River On Your Right" is, in fact, a documentary, and its full title is: "Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale".

Our featured musical artist Margolnick can be found on Apple Music, Spotify and on Instagram @drakemargolnick.

Topics: “Down & Dirty Pictures” by Peter Biskind, “Dune” by Frank Herbert, Online Login Portals, “Alone” Season 8, Current Movie Exhibition Trends and more!

Notes:

"Foundation" is coming to Apple TV+ September 24. 

"Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry" is available on Apple TV+.

Topics: The Cannes Market; Justin’s Work; Mare of Easttown; No Sudden Move; I Think You Should Leave; Gunpowder Milkshake and more!

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"Gunpowder Milkshake" is available on Netflix. 

"I Think You Should Leave" is available on Netflix.

"Mare of Easttown" is available on HBO.

"No Sudden Move" is available on HBO.

Topics: A Quiet Place Part 2; Bo Burnham’s Inside; Taking Tolls; Fly Fishing; Saints & Cinema Podcast and more!

Show Notes:

Thanks to Tom Cochrane for "Life is a Highway".

"A Quiet Place Part 2" is currently in theaters. 

"Inside" by Bo Burnham is available Netflix.

"Saints & Cinema" Podcast can be found at https://www.saintsandcinema.com. 

Topics: Movie villains, real world villains, art influencing life, politics, the military, Justin learning to whisper, project updates & more!

Show Notes:

Featured music: "Transgressor" by Quiet Company. www.quietcompanymusic.com

"The Mitchells vs The Machines" is available on Netflix. 

"Inside" and "Make Happy" by Bo Burnham are available Netflix.

"Nanette" by Hannah Gadsby is available on Netflix. 

The mountains are literally all over the world. 

Topics: Nev’s career, Catfish the Movie, Catfish the TV Show, Dancing with the Stars, vintage cars, motorcycles, the band Luxury and their documentary Parallel Love, fatherhood, social media and more.

Show Notes:

Nev Schulman can be found at www.nevschulman.com.

Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury can be found at https://www.parallel-love.com.

Featured musical guest Luxury can be found at https://luxury.bandcamp.com.

"The Mitchells vs The Machines" is available on Netflix. 

Topics: Justin’s novel, getting an agent, Thomas’ film, the Cannes Film Market, Buddha & Confucius, cultural addictions to productivity, spending time with our kids, a backyard firepit & more!

Topics: Story structure, models of drama writing, Die Hard, John Woo, and more!

Show Notes:

Google "Freytag's Pyramid" for myriad discussions on this structure model. 

"The Myth of the 3 Act Structure" by Film Critics Hulk

Poetics by Aristotle

The Might Ducks: Game Changers is available on Disney+.

Topics: Thomas’s favorite films of 2020, Justin’s favorite animated films, The Academy Awards, The Independent Spirit Awards, heavy metal, and more.

Show Notes:

Bad Education is available to stream on HBOMax.

Nomadland is available to stream on Hulu. 

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is available to stream on Netflix. 

One Night in Miami is available to stream on Prime. 

Minari is available for rent or purchase. 

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is available on Netflix. 

First Cow is available to rent or stream on Showtime. 

The Killing of Two Lovers will be available to rent May 14. 

The Assistant is available to stream on Hulu.

Sound of Metal is available to stream on Prime. 

Topics: The alchemy of getting movies made, financing movies, production pivots, how vaccines work, and more.

Show Notes:

Visit blurb.com for more on Thomas’ photo book recommendation.

Topics: Recording artist John Mark McMillan joins us for an in-depth discussion on his musical journey. He discusses turning a dream into a plan, making a living as an indie music artist, social media marketing, mistakes young artists make, and more.

Show Notes:

Visit www.johnmarkmcmillan.com for John Mark’s music and social links.

Topics: Writing dialog for film and novels, hard world building versus soft world building, and more!

Show Notes:

Just read dialog excerpts from the books "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng and "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. 

Thomas played dialog excerpts from the films "Michael Clayton", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "Goodbye Solo", and "Hell or High Water".

"Derek DelGaudio: In & Of Itself" is available on Hulu.

"Uprooted" by Naomi Novik is available wherever you get your books. 

Topics: What Justin does as a scientist, what Thomas does as a film director, the COVID vaccine, a book recommendation, free coffee and more.

Show Notes:

"The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin is available on Amazon.

Panera's Coffee Subscription is available on their website. 

Topics: Two types of creativity, creative environments, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Alone and more.

Show Notes:

"Imagine: How Creativity Works" by Jonah Lehrer is available on Amazon.

"Beat Saber" is available on beatsaber.com. 

"Alone" is available from the History Channel and on Hulu. 

Topics: Typewriters, Samsung, the problem with Netflix, our experiences with trauma and the things people say that effect us, another mixed drink recommendation and more.

Show Notes:

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is available on Netflix.

Topics: Our backstory, launching Bad Theology, working through crises of identity and finances, plot vs. situation, Justin’s scifi novel, Thomas’s current screenplay, Pixar’s “Soul” and more.