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Zach Langley Chi Chi joins us once again to talk about William Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest, as well as Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation starring Helen Mirren as a gender-swapped Prospero.

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Our guest this week is David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize Winner and America's foremost playwright, known for such plays as American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, and movies such as Oleanna, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Untouchables.

He joins us to talk about his masterful new novel, Some Recollections of St. Ives, which poses as a memoir of a teacher at an idyllic private school.

We have a wide-ranging chat about his work in the theatre, the movie business, and his thoughts about modern education and culture.

Pre-order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1648211402?&tag=skyhorsepub-20

And watch David's new film starring Shia LaBeouf, Henry Johnson, here: https://henryjohnsonmovie.com/

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This is a snippet from the Patreon-exclusive aftershow, Back Matter, where our guest this week, Emmalea Russo, reads Sini's astrological chart. Later, we discuss the 2024 film, The Uninvited, directed by Nadia Conners and starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal.

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On this episode we talk to poet, author, and astrologer Emmalea Russo about her new novel, Vivienne. We talk about the "cancellation novel", women artists, astrology, hippie women, Catholicism, and porting poetic structural techniques onto the novelistic form. A great discussion!

And over on the paid aftershow at Patreon, Emmalea reads Sini's natal chart (so much Gemini!) and we discuss the 2024 film, The Uninvited, directed by Nadia Conners and starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal. To listen, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit

Buy Emmalea's book here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Vivienne-Emmalea-Russo/dp/1648210643

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This is part two of a collaboration with Book Club From Hell, another great Australian book podcast. Head over to their feed for part one where we discuss the classic Australian psychological thriller novel, Wake In Fright by Kenneth Cook (1961).

And on this episode we will be discussing the almost lost forever film version from 1971, starring Donald Pleasance and Chips Rafferty.

This is a fun one folks, and painfully Australian. Get it into ya!

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On this special episode of Back Matter, Psi from Rare Candy podcast and Cody LaDuke join Sini and Fresta to discuss George Lucas' Revenge of the Sith, and nerd out on all things Star Wars.

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This week, Sini is joined by his friend Lucas out at a bar one Saturday night to discuss Camille Paglia's book on art history and visual culture, Glittering Images.

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And over on paid feed, we have a special episode of Back Matter featuring Cody LaDuke and Psi from Rare Candy podcast who join Sini and Fresta to discuss George Lucas' Revenge of the Sith, and nerd out a bit on Star Wars in general.

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Returning guest Alex speaks with us about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: what makes it so narratively compelling and different to other shows in this franchise, as well as the character dynamics, novelistic elements, soap influences, and much more. We also talk about the unique charm of the strivers on this show.

Meanwhile, over on the Patreon, we talk about the state of sex in current popular culture. Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit

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