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23 Oct 2025
The latest 5AM StoryTalk Podcast ep has dropped! SCOTT DERRICKSON - the writer-director behind 'Sinister', 'Doctor Strange', and, most recently, 'Black Phone 2' - joins me for what might be his most candid and revealing interview ever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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23 Oct 2025
The latest 5AM StoryTalk Podcast ep has dropped! SCOTT DERRICKSON - the writer-director behind 'Sinister', 'Doctor Strange', and, most recently, 'Black Phone 2' - joins me for what might be his most candid and revealing interview ever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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23 Oct 2025
A bonus episode with 'Black Phone 2' co-writer/director Scott Derrickson is also available. He returns to 5AM StoryTalk to break down the first 20 minutes of a seminal artwork from his life - Dario Argento's iconic 1977 horror film, SUSPIRIA. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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23 Oct 2025
If Apple isn't your jam, you can 5AM StoryTalk's epic conversation with 'Black Phone 2' co-writer/director at all your favorite podcast players here: pod.link/1807437928/episode/…
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5 Oct 2025
THE CAIRNES BROTHERS (writer-directors '100 Bloody Acres', 'Scare Campaign' & 'Late Night with the Devil') discuss the genre/horror renaissance taking place in Australian cinema today.
Listen to the whole 5AM StoryTalk Podcast chat with the brothers here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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3 Oct 2025
KELLY FREMON CRAIG (writer-director, 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.') describes how she outlines her screenplays 'by feelings' and then tries to dramatize this 'concerto of feelings'.
Listen to my entire 5AM StoryTalk Podcast chat with Kelly at the link below.
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3 Oct 2025
Listen to my entire 5AM StoryTalk Podcast chat with writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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2 Oct 2025
THE CAIRNES BROTHERS join me for some 5AM StoryTalk this week! The Aussie writer-directors of horror films like LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL go deep into their craft, growing up on Ozploitation films, and being part of Australia's current genre renaissance.
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2 Oct 2025
You don’t want to miss the Cairnes Brothers’ 5AM StoryTalk bonus episode, either. The filmmakers return to break down a seminal piece of art from their lives - the criminally under-appreciated 1980 film, THE STUNT MAN.
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2 Oct 2025
If Apple isn’t your jam, you can find the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast’s chat with the Cairnes Brothers at all your favorite podcast players here: pod.link/1807437928/episode/…
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2 Oct 2025
Why did our culture abandon any ideas of a better future and is science-fiction partly to blame for that? Moreover, did sci-fi help make our 21st century dystopia inevitable?
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1 Oct 2025
Actor Thomas Jane - who has starred in three @StephenKing movies (inc. 'The Mist') - breaks down what makes a great King adaptation and why he thinks King's novels are so important to literature. Is he wrong?
Listen to my entire chat with Tom at the link my the first comment.
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1 Oct 2025
You can listen to my friend Tom Jane talk more about his life, art, and, of course, Stephen King at the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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30 Sep 2025
The paywall has dropped on Dr. Kevin Hand's 5AM StoryTalk Podcast bonus ep. The astrobiologist and director of the NASA’s Ocean Worlds Lab breaks down a seminal piece of art from his life – CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977).
Listen for free now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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30 Sep 2025
If Apple isn't your jam, you can listen to this 5AM StoryTalk Podcast bonus episode with Dr. Kevin Hand at your favorite podcast player here: pod.link/1807437928/episode/…
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29 Sep 2025
Karen Horne - DEI pioneer and former Senior VP of North America Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Warner Bros. Discovery - wonders what kind of industry leaves $10 billion on the table?
Listen to my entire 5AM StoryTalk Podcast chat with Karen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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26 Sep 2025
Director Sophie Hyde ('Good Luck to You, Leo Grande') discusses the value of creative introspection to her otherwise deeply collaborative artistic process. You can listen to the rest of my conversation with Sophie at the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast here: pod.link/1807437928/episode/…
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25 Sep 2025
DEI pioneer KAREN HORNE visits the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast to discuss the backlash against DEI in Hollywood. Let’s throw out the political hyperboles & outright lies and try to understand this issue — and what’s at stake for America & our culture — better. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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25 Sep 2025
If Apple isn't your jam, you can listen to 5AM StoryTalk's conversation with DEI pioneer Karen Horne at your favorite podcast player here: pod.link/1807437928/episode/…
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25 Sep 2025
Be sure to check out my bonus episode with Karen, too. She returns to take a look at the CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THREE SEMINAL PIECES OF DIVERSE ART IN HOLLYWOOD'S HISTORY she selected — 'A Different World', 'Barbie', and 'Sinners'. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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