Competitive Literature is a podcast where hosts Julie Greiner and Grace Freud (Thomas) compete each week to determine who has the best opinions on a book picked, and judged, by our guest. Who is smart? Who is bad? All that and more will be answered on Competitive Literature.
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Ever thought of making your own movies? Brandon Rhiness and Faizel Janmohamed are two indie filmmakers who started with nothing and are now working in the indie film scene in their hometown of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They talk about their own experiences and interview others working in the indie scene.
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Episode 8: Baseball Player Turns Filmmaker - An Interview with Jarvis Greiner
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On today's show, Brandon and Faizel speak with Edmonton filmmaker, actor and baseball player Jarvis Greiner about how he became such a prolific producer of movies in the Edmonton film scene. Afterwards, our hosts discuss Predator 2!By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 7: Cosplayer Becomes Filmmaker - interview with Steve Pace
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On today's episode, Brandon and Faizel speak with Edmonton filmmaker Steve Pace about he went from drawing caricatures on the Halifax waterfront, to a cosplayer, to making his own movies! In the second half of the show, our hosts discuss the 1987 action movie classic "Predator"!By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 6: Special Guest Actor/Writer/Director Laura Fuentes
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Brandon and Faizel speak with actor, writer, director Laura Fuentes about her work on Grotesque 2, I'm Haunted 2 and her experiences in the theater world. Later in the show, Brandon & Faizel talk about 80s nostalgia. Are we remembering the 80s correctly?By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 5: Special Guest Actor/Model Elena Hlebnicova
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Brandon and Faizel speak with actor/model and all-around artist Elena Hlebnicova. Later in the show, Brandon and Faizel discuss censorship and whether PG-13 horror movies should even be a thing.By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 4: Special Guest Actor/Singer Elizabeth Chamberlain
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Brandon and Faizel speak with actor Elizabeth Chamberlain, star of Grotesque (2022).By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 3: Special Guest Rapper/Director Spencer Richard
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Musical artist Spencer Richard has ventured into the world of filmmaking with his new movie Dance With the Devil. Brandon and Faizel talk with Spencer about how his career started and how he got his movie made!By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 2: Special Guest Actor/Producer Julie Whelan
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On this episode, Brandon and Faizel speak with actor/producer Julie Whelan who is known for her role as Ariel in Hot Box (2019) and Blanche in Grotesque (2022). Julie also wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning short film Hide Away!By higheruniverseinc
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Episode 1 : Meet Brandon and Faizel!
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Brandon Rhiness and Faizel Janmohamed are filmmakers from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Brandon is known for Grotesque (2022) and Faizel is known for Give and Take (2021). The indie filmmakers started this podcast to talk about their experiences in the indie film scene outside of L.A. and they hope to encourage others to follow in their footsteps!…
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Hello old friends, Grace here. In the last couple of years, I've started a comedy duo with my friend April Clark called Girl God and we just launched a new podcast titled The Girl God Experience. I'm uploading the first episode onto the ol' Comp Lit feed because I thought you all might want to check it out. Thank you!…
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Demi Moore's Inside Out with Jourdain Searles
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Julie and Grace talk to film critic and writer Jourdain Searles about Inside Out, Demi Moore's wild and moving autobiography. Follow Jourdain on Twitter at @Jourdayen and make sure you subscribe to Competitive Literature so you never, ever, ever miss an episode.By Julie Greiner and Grace Freud
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Station Eleven with Jen Ashley Wright
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Julie and Grace talk with author Jen Ashley Wright about Emily St. John Mandel's thrilling tale of pandemic theater kids, Station Eleven. Follow Jen on Twitter @jenashleywright.By Julie Greiner and Grace Freud
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The Secret History with Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport Pt. 2
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This is it. Julie and Grace's greatest battle of wits yet comes to its thrilling conclusion as podcast grandmasters Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport (Hollywood Handbook) choose who is worthy to join their little clique and who is an absolute fucking idiot who read The Secret History by Donna Tartt wrong. Check out Hollywood Handbook's Patreon and …
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The Secret History with Sean and Hayes Pt. 1
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Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport from Hollywood Handbook join Julie and Grace to admire and explore The Secret History by Donna Tartt, the only book that has never been adapted into a movie and the first book we've covered that couldn't fit into only one episode. Part two is out next week, until then why not check out Hayes' excellent deep dive in…
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Lindsay Katai (Infinity Train) uses her expert skills as an avowed critic of horror literature to absolutely grill Grace and Julie to a crisp about Shirley Jackson's classic psychological thriller, Hangsaman. Follow Lindsay @LindsayKatai and check out her podcast Teen Creeps.By Julie Greiner and Grace Freud
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Writer of comedy, comics, children's novels and more Daniel Kibblesmith joins Grace and Julie to talk about John Gardner's Beowulf-inspired novel Grendel. But who did a better job of reading the book and is therefore an objectively smarter, more important person? Listen to find out! Then follow Daniel at @kibblesmith, Julie at @JulieAbridged, and G…
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The Sneetches with Rajat Suresh and Jeremy Levick
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The scholarly pair of Rajat Suresh and Jeremy Levick join Grace and Julie to talk about Dr. Seuss' most important work: The Sneetches and Other Stories. Follow Rajat and Jeremy on Twitter at @rajat_suresh and @jeremylevick, and remember to subscribe to Competitive Literature wherever your grubby little hands get your dirty little podcasts.…
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Confessions of the Fox with Harron Walker
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W Magazine columnist Harron Walker joins us to talk about the first and only novel ever written by and/or about transgender people, Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg. Follow Harron at @HarronWalker, Grace at @GraceGFreud, Julie at @JulieAbridged and subscribe to this very podcast if you haven't already!…
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Multi-hyphenate cartoonist, editor, professor and more Steenz joins Grace and Julie to dive into BTTM FDRS, the acclaimed graphic novel Ezra Clayton Daniels and Ben Passmore. Who understands what this book has to say about gentrification, race and art? Who doesn't? Find out all that and more in this week's episode of Competitive Literature. And the…
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When Grace first met her future father-in-law and data scientist Doug Freud, he insisted she read a particular book. A book he brings up in just about every conversation they've ever had. Doug joins Julie and Grace to discuss that book: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.By Julie Greiner and Grace Freud
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A Series of Unfortunate Events with Jamie Loftus
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Grace and Julie kick off Competitive Literature with world renowned book reader (Lolita Podcast) and book eater (she ate Infinite Jest) Jamie Loftus! She decides which of our hosts has the better opinions about A Series of Unfortunate Events. Follow Jamie @JamieLoftusHelp on Twitter and listen to The Bechdel Cast and Lolita Podcast, out now whereve…
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Competitive Literature, a podcast about which of our hosts, Julie Greiner and Grace Thomas (ClickHole, Funny or Die, The Onion), has the best opinions about some of the greatest and least greatest works of literature, is coming this January! Subscribe now to be notified when the first episode drops.By Grace
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