Hey StoryTalkers old and new, this is a trailer for Season 2 of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast!
I’m Cole Haddon — screenwriter, novelist, and comic book writer — and if you're as confused by the 21st century as I am, then you've come to the right place. Every week at this podcast, I'm joined by some of the world's biggest artists and intellectuals so that we can try to make sense of what's going on in our culture. I’m talking where we've been, where we've ended up, and where we're going – all through the lens of art and storytelling.
This upcoming season’s guests include filmmakers Kelly Fremon Craig (writer-director, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.), Scott Derrickson (writer-director, The Black Phone), Radio Silence (directors, Ready or Not), Cinco Paul (creator, “Schmigadoon”), and the Cairnes Brothers (writer-directors, Late Night with the Devil), cyborg anthropologist Amber Case, digital rights activist Lizzie O’Shea, DEI pioneer and former SVP of North American DEI for Warner Bros. Discover Karen Horne, screenwriter, author, and podcast host Emily St. James, historian and author Dr. Surekha Davies, and actress and dear friend Erin Cahill – who’s going to pop up around the holidays to help me make sense of why Hallmark Christmas movies have become so important to so many.
The conversations don’t just end when these episodes do, though. Every 5AM StoryTalk interview is accompanied by a bonus ep in which my guests return to discuss at length a seminal piece of art from their lives. I like to think of each of these as mini-master classes, though what they teach you isn’t always as obvious as what the subject matter might suggest.
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Credits
The 5AM StoryTalk Podcast is hosted, written, and produced by Cole Haddon. Cary Brothers provides the soundtrack, which is borrowed from his song “Cool City”; you can learn more about him and listen to and buy his music at his website here.
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Lastly, Here Are Five 5AM StoryTalk Podcast Episodes To Get You Started
I’ve chosen these five to give you a sense of what to expect from this podcast…
Q&A: John August Wants to Make Things Happen
Welcome back to 5AM StoryTalk’s podcast, a place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role that art plays in our lives. Today, I'm joined John August — screenwriter (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
What I Learned From My First Hollywood Script Sale
Welcome back to 5AM StoryTalk’s podcast, my friends — a place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role that art plays in our lives. Today we’re going to be discussing how I broke into the Hollywood film/TV industry and how I learned to trust myself in a busine…
Q&A: Kevin Peter Hand, Director of NASA's Ocean Worlds Lab, Is Ready for a Revolution
Welcome back to 5AM StoryTalk’s podcast — a place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role that art plays in our lives. Today, I'm joined by friend Dr. Kevin Peter Hand — planetary scientist, astrobiologist, and director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s
When Did We Stop Dreaming of a Better Future?
Welcome back to 5AM StoryTalk’s Podcast, my friends. Today I’ll be exploring why our culture abandoned any ideas of a better culture and what role, if any, science-fiction played in this.
Bonus Episode: Liz Hannah Talks David Bowie's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'
This week, Liz Hannah — the Golden Globe-nominated screenwriter whose credits include the feature films The Post, Long Shot, and Lee, and co-creating the TV mini-series “The Girl From Plainville”) — joined me for some 5AM StoryTalk, which you can listen to
