Smooth Talk

"Gonna get you."

We got ourselves a triple adaptation, folks. In this episode, we discuss Smooth Talk, the 1985 film directed by Joyce Chopra based on the short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, inspired by a 1966 news article, "The Pied Piper of Tucson" by Don Moser.

Topics include Matt's pursuit of the film rights to works he can't afford, Joyce Carol Oates's incendiary Twitter presence, her Masterclass, the fictional biography as a literary form, the documentary Joyce at 34, female filmmakers and the adversity they face, Charles Schmid the serial killer, and ancient tactics for child-rearing.