Vol. 2, Ep. 16: Beep Beep Yeah

Young Adult Movie Ministry

Hello! We have acquired a wonderful producer, John Kemp, an old friend of Sam’s who offered to help a bit ago and whom Sam in his generalized lack of organization finally followed up with much more recently. John’s great, as you can hear, and we’re thrilled to have him aboard. This may also mean a more regular pod sked for a bit, and as such, we offer yet again a plea to subscribers: Please become one! This month (April, not March, as Sam says on the pod), if you subscribe, we will enter you in a drawing to receive an autographed copy of Alissa’s book! We’ll draw the names out of a hat on a future ep.

This week we talked about Drive My Car, a gorgeous film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi about cars and love and fatherhood and Uncle Vanya. Sam talks a little about having been a stage actor briefly; Alissa read the original short stories and has wise thoughts.

This episode of Young Adult Movie Ministry is produced by John Kemp. Our theme song is Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5’s Muskrat Ramble, made freely available by the Boston Public Library and audio engineering shop George Blood, LP through the Internet Archive. Don’t Look Up is copyright 2021 Netflix; brief audio excerpts from the film are used here for purposes of review. Trust us, that’s all we had to do with it. All other material is copyright 2022 Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson.

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