The Lost Records Journal and StrangeCast co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt are now back with the second part, aptly named 'Side B,' of episode 101 of Player 1 vs The World's flagship Life Is Strange fan podcast! It's time to continue all of the latest news and discussions around Don't Nod Entertainment, Deck Nine, Square Enix’s Life Is Strange series, Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and much more!

🚨✍️ Watch ‘Side A’ of episode 101 of StrangeCast, which is available on all RSS feeds for podcasts, here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7ayI79Ovh8Q

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The pre-StrangeCast podcast chat between The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

01:52 -- Ashly Burch recalled her experience of landing the role of Chloe Price in Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange

04:08 -- What Ashly Burch is saying about trauma and Chloe Price now after her 2015 role in Life Is Strange

08:32 -- Michel Koch talks Gus and Pam in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and Gilmore Girls’ Luke Danes influencing the Blue Spruce owner and bartender

16:02 -- Michel Koch’s insight on the ‘map theme’ between Twin Peaks and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’s Velvet Cove

19:52 -- Michel Koch discusses Chromatics and Beach House, dream pop, ex-Chromatics star Ruth Radelet and both music and Life Is Strange

27:08 -- What Michel Koch had to say on Swann Holloway’s portrayal as an introvert in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

29:44 -- Don’t Nod Montreal art director Sam Bradley drops a behind-the-scenes look and insight into adult Swann Holloway’s tattoo in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

34:49 -- Miscellaneous news: ‘The Art of Jusant – The Great Expedition’ is now available and Jusant artist Edouard Caplain shared a message about the artbook

35:44 -- Miscellaneous news: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden wins the 2024 Xbox Excellence Award

37:22 -- Miscellaneous news: Life Is Strange: Double Exposure developer Deck Nine posted about Diamond Washington’s birthday

38:33 -- Comment from the listener(s)! (Thanks, @hellaradusername and @yoke466! 😉)

43:30 -- Spread The Arts

50:33 -- Outro

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Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Our Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

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It's the first episode back for StrangeCast after Player 1 vs The World's flagship Life Is Strange fan podcast celebrated its 100th episode milestone! Of course, that means The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt are here to talk ALL of the very latest news and discussions around Don't Nod Entertainment, Deck Nine, Square Enix’s Life Is Strange franchise and Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage!

'Side A' of episode 101 of StrangeCast is out today on our YouTube channel and all RSS feeds for podcasts. Stay tuned for Thursday (29th May) for 'Side B' of this StrangeCast podcast episode, which includes even more talk around the Life Is Strange series and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The pre-StrangeCast podcast chat between The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

02:23 -- PSA (a final reminder): why all of Player 1 vs The World’s podcasts have adopted the ‘Side A’ and ‘Side B’ format for every episode going forward

03:25 -- Jonathan Stauder and Aysha Farah, both formerly of Deck Nine, reacted to Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s award win at The Webby Awards 2025

14:32 -- Life Is Strange: Double Exposure writer Aysha Farah on her interpretation of Max Caulfield’s ‘trauma’ in Deck Nine’s polarising 2024 title

34:11 -- French union STJV speaks out on the ‘results’ of its battle with Life Is Strange 1 & 2 developer and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage publisher Don’t Nod over the proposed ‘PSE’ (redundancy plan) implementation

45:13 -- Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory has now turned 10 years old this month; what does Adam think about nicefield’s take on Episode 3: Chaos Theory?

48:31 -- Miscellaneous news: Studio Tolima’s Koira is now on sale for PC users on Steam

49:08 -- Miscellaneous news: Tiny Bull Studios’ The Lonesome Guild, which is published by Don’t Nod Entertainment, is teased for the showcase at the AG French Direct 2025

49:37 -- Outro

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

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Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Our Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

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It's now time for the second part, aptly named 'Side B,' of Player 1 vs The World's milestone 100th episode of our flagship Life Is Strange fan podcast, StrangeCast! Of course, StrangeCast is *THE* place to be for all of the latest content around Square Enix's Life Is Strange franchise, developers Deck Nine and Don't Nod Entertainment and Don't Nod Montreal's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage!

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- Pre-podcast chat between Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt; this is the second part of Player 1 vs The World’s two-part 100th episode of StrangeCast

02:10 -- Adam’s podcast personality for StrangeCast and The Lost Records Journal and what he’s actually like in real life

03:58 -- Don’t Nod shares more details about the ending of Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage in its 2024 annual financial report

08:03 -- (SPOILER WARNING FROM HERE ON OUT) Don’t Nod reveals three inspirations behind Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

13:14 -- Don’t Nod Montreal’s next project after Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is hinted at in the financial report

22:34 -- Don’t Nod opens up on the ‘priority development areas’ in the ‘coming period’; it wants to put its titles ‘on mobile gaming platforms’

25:39 -- Don’t Nod once again makes its stance clear on working with third-party publishers

30:29 -- Don’t Nod CEO and chairman Oskar Guilbert sends a message about Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

33:27 -- Don’t Nod drops an eye-opening assessment on three areas of impact for developers in the gaming industry

37:12 -- Don’t Nod Montreal has “implemented contextual colors” for the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller; what Don’t Nod Montreal studio executive producer Luc Baghadoust had to say on the new update

40:09 -- Kid Katana Records has tested and approved the Lost Records: Bloom & Rage vinyl

40:31 -- Milk & Bone (Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin) talked about people playing their track ‘Forgone,’ which featured in Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

41:54 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @DeathsAvarice! 😉)

51:34 -- Outro

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

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🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Our Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

Follow Player 1 vs The World on social media! ⬇️

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It's a landmark episode for Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast. Four years on from its debut on our YouTube channel, our flagship Life Is Strange podcast has finally reached 100 episodes! The Lost Records Journal and StrangeCast co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt are back to mark the special occasion for the Life Is Strange podcast that was made by fans for fans in 2021.

Our 100th episode of StrangeCast is a two-part special, which has been divided into 'Side A' and 'Side B.' StrangeCast's Side A drops today (14th May) and Side B will arrive on Friday (16th May). There are a lot of bits for Adnan and Adam to cover in the two episodes, including all of the latest news around Deck Nine, Don't Nod, Square Enix's Life Is Strange franchise and Don't Nod Montreal's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage!

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The usual pre-podcast chat between Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

02:27 -- What Aysha Farah, a writer on Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, said about Deck Nine’s polarising 2024 title on her recent appearance on the 'Aunty Sochelle Hour-ish Show' podcast

15:33 -- Beethoven & Dinosaur’s Mixtape, which will be published by Annapurna Interactive, is now heading to the 2025 Tribeca Festival in June

25:43 -- Don’t Nod on the commercial success of Life Is Strange and Vampyr and the French developer and publisher’s royalties from its backlog, including details on Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Jusant

35:49 -- Don’t Nod on the major critical success of Life Is Strange since its 2015 release

42:40 -- Don’t Nod on what is next for the company after the reorganisation project and the delay for Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

53:47 -- Miscellaneous news: Life Is Strange comic book writer Emma Vieceli is hosting a free acting workshop at Letchworth Comic Con in June

54:30 -- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage developer Don't Nod Montreal showed its support for La rue des Femmes, a women’s shelter in Montreal

55:02 -- Don’t Nod Montreal art director Sam Bradley has shared new concept art from Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

57:18 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @ThomasMurch! 😉)

01:05:47 -- Spread The Arts

01:13:08 -- Outro

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6

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🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Our Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

Follow Player 1 vs The World on social media! ⬇️

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Welcome back to Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast, with The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt chatting about all of the latest news around Deck Nine, Don't Nod Entertainment, Square Enix's Life Is Strange franchise and Don't Nod Montreal's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

Just an FYI, folks: this week will be a double-header week for our podcasts. That’s right, The Lost Records Journal and StrangeCast are both intended to return this week. For important context, too: we recorded this episode of StrangeCast straight after The Lost Records Journal; both episodes were done on Saturday last week. Stay tuned for the return of The Lost Records Journal at some point this week!

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- Pre-podcast natter between Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt, including the schedule for StrangeCast and The Lost Records Journal

04:36 -- Deck Nine's Life Is Strange: Double Exposure won in the 'Public Service & Social Impact: AI, Immersive & Games' category at The Webby Awards 2025. Don't Nod's Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden lost in the 'Action & Adventure' category

19:10 -- Webb Pickersgill, who was the performance director on Life Is Strange: True Colors and Double Exposure and co-director on Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, has taken up the role of 'co-dev director' for Deck Nine's cinematic co-dev partner service

27:59 -- Jonathan Stauder and Aysha Farah both reacted to the two 2025 Gayming Awards nominations — ‘Game of the Year’ and ‘Readers Award’ — received for Deck Nine's Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

37:30 -- Publisher Pix’n Love Games shared a teasing update about the artbook ‘The Art of Jusant - The Great Expedition’ for Don't Nod's 2023 puzzle platformer Jusant

41:41 -- SPOILER WARNING FOR LOST RECORDS: BLOOM & RAGE: comment from the listener! (Thanks, @lilbigjp1989! 😉)

45:28 -- Spread The Arts

01:04:57 -- Outro

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

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🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9

🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Our Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

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Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast has returned and Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt sit down to talk all things Don't Nod Entertainment, Deck Nine, Square Enix's Life Is Strange series and Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

PSA: both StrangeCast and The Lost Records Journal will be dropping this week. We recorded both podcasts back-to-back on the weekend.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- Pre-podcast natter between Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

03:19 -- The schedule for StrangeCast and The Lost Records Journal this week

03:59 -- French developer and publisher Don’t Nod reported its 2024 full-year results

09:12 -- PSA: transparency from Adnan about Don’t Nod

10:01 -- Adnan and Adam discuss Don’t Nod’s earnings, including what the Life Is Strange developer said about Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

36:06 -- Tessa Rose Jackson, who was the score composer and songwriter for Deck Nine’s Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, won the ‘Best Music in Game’ award at the Buma Music in Motion

39:36 -- Adnan and Adam chat about Tessa Rose Jackson’s award win for Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

46:27 -- Deck Nine’s Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is nominated for ‘Game of the Year’ at the Gayming Awards 2025

47:44 -- Adnan and Adam talk about Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s latest award nomination

53:45 -- PowerWash Simulator now has a Life Is Strange Easter egg in it

57:16 -- Miscellaneous news: Daniel Diaz’s birthday (including reaction from Life Is Strange 2 writer Jean-Luc Cano) and Life Is Strange 1 & 2 artist Edouard Caplain doing a workshop in Vancouver, Canada

58:53 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @wickdaline8668! 😉)

01:07:32 -- Spread The Arts

01:12:47 -- Outro

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6

🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangecast/id1600336966

🟡 YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

🔵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d22ad45-cd79-4897-ba7b-04b096366025/strangecast

🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9

🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Our Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

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Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast returns for an all-new episode! The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt are back to talk all of the latest news around Don’t Nod Entertainment, Deck Nine, Square Enix and the Life Is Strange series.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- Pre-podcast natter: Adam has completed his move across the States; plus, Adnan and Adam talk about the StrangeCast podcast chat with former Deck Nine developer Baqir Shah

04:19 -- Deck Nine asked for ‘Social Impact’ award back from former developers after Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s win at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2025

27:45 -- Adnan and Adam discuss Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s nomination in the ‘Public Service & Social Impact’ category at the Webby Awards; Adam finally snaps about Double Exposure and Square Enix

40:27 -- Studio Tolima’s Koira, which is published by Don't Nod Entertainment, is out now; Adnan and Adam chat about Koira’s release, including the review scores and its Metacritic consensus (at the time of recording)

48:44 -- Life Is Strange: Forget-Me-Not writer Zoe Thorogood reveals that she never received the Life Is Strange comics that she ordered

52:06 -- Adnan and Adam react to dj2 Entertainment co-founder and producer Dmitri M Johnson insisting that the Life Is Strange TV show has not been shelved; is the TV adaptation from Legendary Television and dj2 Entertainment about to surface?

01:05:42 -- Deck Nine – the Colorado-based studio behind projects like Life Is Strange: True Colors, The Expanse: A Telltale Series and Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – has turned 28 years old

01:07:57 -- Rosiee Thor responds to Life Is Strange fans asking for more prose novels in the series after the release of Life Is Strange: Steph's Story in 2023

01:11:38 -- Miscellaneous news: Life Is Strange Episode 2: Out of Time’s 10th anniversary and Don't Nod’s stock hits a 52-week low amid market turbulence in the world

01:15:43 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @Bluejaythesamuri! 😉)

01:22:57 -- Spread The Arts

01:29:55 -- Outro

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➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

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Ex-Deck Nine dev Baqir Shah speaks exclusively with Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast about his work as the lead level designer on Deck Nine's Life Is Strange: Double Exposure and on Virtual Sky Interactive's indie title Cafe New York 9/11.

Where to find Cafe New York 9/11, Virtual Sky Interactive and Baqir Shah. ⬇️

▶️ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3550370/Cafe_New_York_911/

▶️ Virtual Sky Interactive: https://www.virtualskyinteractive.com/

▶️ X: https://x.com/virtualskyint

▶️ Baqir Shah: https://x.com/bakershah

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

01:12 -- Adnan and Adam chat with Baqir

06:00 -- Baqir on Cafe New York 9/11

13:14 -- Baqir on working at Deck Nine and on Double Exposure

14:21 -- The behind-the-scenes for Max’s return -- alongside the debut of Safi -- in the Nebula Bowling Alley

16:42 -- The level designs being shifted to different moments in Double Exposure

19:30 -- Does Baqir feel that AI could be a threat?

25:54 -- Baqir's pitch for Max to put in her earphones as a throwback to Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange

30:18 -- The average number of times a scene could undergo changes

31:42 -- The song choice behind Max’s earphones moment

32:21 -- Baqir’s input in Chapter 1: Still Life for Max’s headache and nosebleed

35:09 -- Baqir on the level design for the Overlook and pitching how Safi’s body is found

39:19 -- The collaborative approach between different teams at Deck Nine

41:01 -- Baqir on his team's work with the environments

43:00 -- Baqir's cigar business and his return to the gaming industry

48:58 -- Baqir on the different Caledon University locations

50:08 -- The lake sequence in Chapter 3: Spin

52:35 -- Baqir on hopping from level to level

53:29 -- Did Baqir ever meet Hannah Telle?

58:08 -- Baqir on layoffs in his career, including during his time at Deck Nine

01:04:12 -- Did anything turn out better in the final product of Double Exposure that Baqir had worked on?

01:07:47 -- The authentic music in Cafe New York 9/11

01:09:43 -- Adnan and Baqir discuss their cultural background

01:14:57 -- Baqir on where to find Cafe New York 9/11 (support indie devs!)

01:15:55 -- Baqir on Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

01:17:19 -- Outro

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The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

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