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Back to SearchPMP#175: Podcast of the Planet of the Apes
Season 4 Episode 175
We discuss the ten films that all started with the 1968 Charlton Heston vehicle (based on Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel) through the latest offering, Ki…
2 years ago
PMP#174: Fallout Plays Post-Apocalyptic
Season 4 Episode 174
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al discuss the new Amazon TV show based on on the video game series that launched in 1997. How does one best adapt a san…
2 years, 1 month ago
PMP#173: Cowboy Beyoncé? (Cross-Genre Music)
Season 4 Episode 173
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al look at pop music and the idea of genre. Beyoncé is beloved enough that she can do whatever she wants to musically, …
2 years, 1 month ago
PMP#172: Curb Larry David’s Shtick
Season 4 Episode 172
The incredible post-Seinfeld improvised sit-com Curb Your Enthusiasm has had its finale, and so Mark, Lawrence, Sarah and Al reflect on its format, i…
2 years, 2 months ago
PMP-NEM Crossover: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown
Season 4
When we write, how much is planned vs. improvised? How much is inspirational vs. double-or-triple checked? How does this factor weigh into how much m…
2 years, 2 months ago
PMP#171: The Traitors – A Multi-National Reality Game Show Phenom
Season 4 Episode 171
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the American version, and to a lesser extent the British and Australian versions, of this reality game show …
2 years, 3 months ago
PMP#170: Poor Things and Other Yorgos
Season 4 Episode 170
We discuss the 4-Oscar-winning film Poor Things as well as the other creations of writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos, including most notably The Lobste…
2 years, 3 months ago
PMP#169: Doctor Who? (When?)
Season 4 Episode 169
Do you Who? Did you Who back in the day, or just from the point of the 2005 revival? Did you Who through Tennant, Smith, Capaldi... Were you still on…
2 years, 4 months ago
PMP#168: Writing Women’s Fiction w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott
Season 4 Episode 168
To celebrate the publication of the latest novel by one of our hosts, Sarahlyn Bruck, we bring back acclaimed actor/author Kathryn Leigh Scott to joi…
2 years, 4 months ago
PMP#167: “May December” and Other Docudramas
Season 4 Episode 167
When we've already heard about someone's personal scandal in the news, do we need to also see it dramatized with A-list actors? We discuss Todd Hayne…
2 years, 5 months ago