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With Jay S. Bell and Welcome to Cottonmouth
Welcome to Cottonmouth, the town of misfit spies. What does the US government do with spies and special operators when they pass their expiration date?
July 13, 2025
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With Ryan Pote and Blood and Treasure
Ryan Pote joins the show to talk about his debut novel Blood and Treasure. We’ll discuss how Ryan’s background, his writing habits, creating Ethan Cain, Blood
July 6, 2025
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With Christopher Clay and Renegade Immortality
Renegade Immortality is a tactical adventure. Following the deaths of his wife and daughter, special ops agent Cody Willis struggles to cope with his overwhelming
June 29, 2025
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With Rob Hart and The Medusa Protocol
With Rob Hart and The Medusa Protocol On today’s episode, we are joined by best selling author, Rob Hart to talk about The Medusa Protocol the
June 22, 2025
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With Jonathan Rogers and The Mirror of Amun-Ra
We sit down with Jonathan Rogers, the director of The Mirror of Amun-Ra a short pulp-adventure film introducing a new hero: Cleopatra Pryce. On this episode,
June 15, 2025
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With Martin Rooney and Blood Feud
Suit Up! With Martin Rooney’s debut thriller: Blood Feud When terminal cancer pushes Cain to the brink, an assassination attempt thrusts him back into a life
June 8, 2025
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With The Fountain of Youth and Justin Scott
Justin Scott makes his Suit Up! debut to discuss The Fountain of Youth, the new release you didn’t stay home to see. We discuss the
May 25, 2025
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With LS Goozdich and Fire in the Tall Grass
Suit Up! With Luke Goozdich and his latest book Fire in the Tall Grass. Under the guise of helping a woman find her husband and a
May 18, 2025
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With Mark ONeill and To Catch a Spy
Suit Up! With Mark ONeill and To Catch A Spy, his debut novel! Estate approved sequel to the novel To Catch a Thief by David Dodge and
May 11, 2025
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With Nathanael Hummel and Treasure Is My Trade
Suit Up! With Nathanael Hummel and Treasure Is My Trade, his debut novel! We talk about the origins of Nate Colt, alternatives titles which never
May 4, 2025
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With Jim Towns and Killer Ex
Suit Up! With Jim Towns, indie filmmaker and author. We’ll be diving into his action film Killer Ex, writing Braddock’s Falls, martial arts, the beginners mindset and
April 27, 2025
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With Skip Heller and Mojave After Dark
Suit Up! With Skip Heller and Mojave After Dark Today we discuss Skip’s new album, record parties, CS Lewis, desert Exotica and much more. Follow
April 20, 2025
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With J.C Albaugh and The Legend of Yamashita’s Treasure
Suit Up! With J.C Albaugh and The Legend of Yamashita’s Treasure, the first of his Raider series. Jack Carter finds himself out of the Marines
April 13, 2025
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With Andrew Ludington and Splinter Effect
Suit Up! With Andrew Ludington and his debut novel: Splinter Effect. Described as Indiana Jones meets Outlander, time traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward maneuvers through the past
April 6, 2025
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With Sam Whitfield and Night of the Vigilante!
Suit Up! With Sam Whitfield and Night of the Vigilante! His latest book of vengence against the cartel is a spin-off of his larger espianoge
March 30, 2025
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With Eric Beetner and Real Bad, Real Soon
Suit Up! With Today’s guest, Eric Beetner. We’ll talk about Eric’s latest book, Real Bad, Real Soon, the origins of the Carter McCoy novels, film posters, stunt
March 23, 2025
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With Scott McCrea and Targets West
Scott McCrea joins the Podcast to talk about his new book Targets West. Described by Scott as James Garner as James Bond, Targets West is a thriller
March 16, 2025
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With Travis Davis and One of Four
Suit Up! On today’s episode we are joined by Travis Davis to talk about his award winning novel One of Four. We discuss the overlooked stories
March 9, 2025
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With Dominic Piper and Acid Yellow
Suit Up! With Dominic Piper and his latest PI Beckett novel, Acid Yellow. We talk about how the Daniel Beckett series started and evolved, the research
March 2, 2025
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With Jack Reacher and Roland Hulme
Suit Up! With Jack Reacher and Roland Hulme. We talk about Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, comparisons with James Bond, the Amazon show in past,
February 16, 2025
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With Eric P. Bishop and Babylon Will Rise
Suit Up! With Eric P(aul) Bishop, author of Babylon Will Rise. We’ll discuss writing ensambles, continuing the Omega Group, giving characters something to believe, and much
February 2, 2025
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With Fighting Heart of Man and Men’s Adventure Fiction Podcast
Welcome back in 2025! We’re joined on the show by Nathanael Hummel and Luke Goozdich to talk about their collaboration on Fighting Heart of Man Vol 1.
January 19, 2025
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Ranking The John Wick Films with Eric Bishop
Grabbing clips for Instagram of past episodes, I found this extended conversation Eric P. Bishop and I had discussing the John Wick films, it was
January 4, 2025
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With The Best Books of 2024 and Scott Hebert
Happy Holidays! In the final episode of 2024, Scott Hebert returns to discuss our favorite reads of the year. Get ready to build your reading
December 29, 2024
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With Steven Hartov and Ménage à Noir
On today’s episode we are joined by Steven Hartov, NYT Best Selling Author of The Last of the Seven. His latest publication is Ménage à Noir,
December 22, 2024
2024 Suit Up Gift Guide
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December 15, 2024
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With Terry Mancour and Practical Adept
Terry Mancour returns to the show to discuss book 17 of the Spellmonger series, Practical Adept. In today’s interview we discuss the expanded world building in
December 15, 2024
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With To Have & Have Not and Jeff Circle
Suit Up! With a cinematic classic. Jeff Circle made the claim To Have and Have Not is better than Casablanca, but is it true? Find
December 1, 2024
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With Tom Straw and The Accidental Joe
On today’s episode we’re joined by Tom Straw, best selling author of The Accidental Joe. Together, we talk about fountain pens, writing and narrating The Accidental
November 17, 2024
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Noir-Vember is here and I’ve got the list of the top five you should be reading (but probably haven’t heard of) (friends would be proud
November 9, 2024
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With Raymond Benson and The Black Stiletto
Suit Up! We are joined again by Raymond Benson to talk about his epic saga, The Black Stiletto. A five book series which manages to be
November 3, 2024
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Spies, Lies and Private Eyes
Recently, I had an amazing opportunity to join Terrence McCauley on his show, Spies, Lies and Private Eyes. We chatted about One Man’s Treasure, and
October 28, 2024
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With Terrence McCauley and Chicago ’63
Today we’re joined by Terrence McCauley, award winning author of multiple generes. We’ll be discussing his latest novella, Chicago ’63, the upcoming JFK Dallas trilogy, westerns,
October 20, 2024
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With Starlite Pulp and American Muse Vol 1.
Suit Up! With Starlite Pulp and their merry band of rogues. We’ll talk today with Brian Townsley, Alex Slusar, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, and Manny Torres
October 6, 2024
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With National Treasure and Scott Hebert
Suit Up! For Treasure hunting! National Treasure is twenty years old, does it hold up? Joined by Scott Hebert, we review and discuss the good,
September 29, 2024
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With Gregg Podolski and The Recruiter
Suit Up! With Gregg Podolski, author of The Recruiter. We’ll talk about his debut novel, the influence of Indiana Jones, his love for physical media,
September 22, 2024
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With David Darling and the Egyptian Enigma
Join today’s episode, author David Darling uncovers the mysteries of his latest book, The Egyptian Enigma. We’ll discuss how he started writing, the name change of
September 8, 2024
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With King Solomon’s Mines (1985) and The Men’s Adventure Fiction Podcast
On today’s episode we are joined by the hosts of the Men’s Adventure Fiction Podcast, Luke Goozdich and Nathaneal Hummel to discuss one of the
September 1, 2024
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With James R. Benn and The Phantom Patrol
Suit Up! Join the show as we talk with James R. Benn about his Billy Boyle series, crafting memorable titles, writing historical fiction, Ian Fleming
August 18, 2024
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With Romancing the Stone and Roland Hulme
Suit Up! Revisit the 80’s with Roland Hulme as we discuss the romance tropes in Romancing the Stone, the good, the mediocre and the early
August 12, 2024
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With Jeff Circle and The Writers Dossier
Today we’re joined by Jeff Circle from the Writer’s Dossier. We’ll talk about how he started the Dossier, writers who everyone should be reading, Bogart
July 28, 2024
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With Sean Jacques and Doe Run
Suit Up! With Sean Jacques and Doe Run. Today, we’ll be talking about books everyone should read, Sean’s journey from screen writing to novels, his
June 30, 2024
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With Eric P. Bishop and Breach of Trust
With Eric P. Bishop and Breach of Trust! We’ll talk about the release of Breach of Trust, publishing the second edition of The Body Man, building writing
June 23, 2024
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With Oswald Black and Wedding Bandits
Suit Up! With Oswald Black and Wedding Bandits. On today’s episode we’ll talke about how Oswald wrote his debut novel, what his marketing for the
June 17, 2024
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With Matt Sherman and Bond Events
Suit Up! With Matt Sherman, he’s a James Bond expert who facilitates and organizes Bond events around the globe. We’ll discuss his books on Bond,
June 2, 2024
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With Voodoo 5 and Skip Heller
Suit Up! With Voodoo 5 and Skip Heller. Returning to the Podcast, we talk the history and creation of exotica music and how it was
May 19, 2024
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With Ice Station Zebra and Steven Hartov
Suit Up! With Ice Station Zebra and author Steven Hartov. We discuss the carrer of Alistair MacLean, writing ensambles, life experience in story, and the
May 5, 2024
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With The Goonies and American Pulps
Suit Up! With The Goonies, we revisit this nostalgic childhood film with Matt Pagorgis and John Borges from American Pulps! Does it hold up? We
April 7, 2024
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With Brian Nelson and The Great Unmaking
Suit Up! With Brian Nelson, author the Course of Empire Trilogy. We’ll be discussing the final installment, The Great Unmaking along with Connan the Barbarian, world
March 17, 2024
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With Matt Bauer and The Other Fellow
Suit Up! With Matt Bauer, director of the award winning documentary The Other Fellow. The film tells the story of real life men named James Bond
March 3, 2024
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With Gary Phillips and The Unvarnished
Suit Up! With Gary Phillips, author of The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp Collection, One-Shot Harry, Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem among many others,
February 25, 2024
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With Phillip Thompson and Not Dead Enough
Suit Up with Phillip Thompson, best selling of author of the Colt Harper series. We talk about the latest instalment, Not Dead Enough, along with his
February 18, 2024
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With Jim Beard and Sgt. Janus
On the show we’re joined by Jim Beard, a prolific writer who brings pulp style to new stories. He’s the mind behind Sgt. Janus, the
February 11, 2024
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With Charles Ardai and the 20th Anniversary of Hard Case Crime
Charles Ardai, Edgar Award winning author and editor of Hard Case Crime, returns to the show! We talk about the upcoming titles for the 20th
February 4, 2024
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With The Best Books of 2023 and Scott Hebert
The final episode of 2023, join the boys in their conversation about the best books of 2023 from their annual reading. Check out Scott’s website
December 24, 2023
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We ran the numbers, here’s the Top Ten Podcast episodes of 2023 #10 #9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
December 16, 2023
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With John C. Bruening and The Midnight Guardian
Suit Up! With John C. Bruening author of The Midnight Guardian series and co-editor of Flinch! Books. Today we’ll be talking about golden age heroes, indi publishing, writing
December 3, 2023
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With Eric P. Bishop and Ransomed Daughter
Suit Up! With Eric P. Bishop, author of Ransomed Daughter and The Body Man. Today we’re talking about starting his own publishing business, book marketing, novellas and much
November 19, 2023
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With Steven Hartov and The Last of the Seven
Suit Up! With Steven Hartov, author and adventurer. We’ll be talking about the craft of historical fiction, Hemingway, his latest book, The Last of the
November 12, 2023
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With The Mummy (1999) and Scott Hebert
Join the boys as they discuss The Mummy (1999). Is it the best of the post-Indiana Jones adventure films? Topics include: Daring adventurers, sexy librarians,
November 5, 2023
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With Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Brian Townsley from Starlite Pulp
Suit Up! With Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood. We talk Tarantino’s love letter for old Hollywood with Brian Townsley from Starlite Pulp. Our conversation ranges
October 29, 2023
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With Jerome Preisler and Net Force
Suit Up! With Jerome Preisler, author of Net Force: Moving Target among many others. Today we talk about writing tie in novels, narrative non-fiction, rebooting Tom
October 22, 2023
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With Tony O’Neill
Suit Up! With Tony O’Neill, author of Down and Out on Murder Mile, Digging the Vein, Sick City and Black Neon. We talk about his background in music, how
October 15, 2023
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With High Time to Kill and Blake Powers
Suit Up! With High Time to Kill, the third Raymond Benson written James Bond continuation novel. We are joined to discuss the start of the
October 13, 2023
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With Raymond Benson and Zero Minus Ten
Suit Up! with Raymond Benson, author of Zero Minus Ten, the Black Stiletto, the Mad Mad Murders of Marigold Way and more. Today we’ll be
October 1, 2023
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With Joshua Mohr and Farsickness
Today we’re joined by Joshua Mohr. He’s an author, teacher, father and storyteller. We’ll be talking about his latest book Farsickness, it’s development, art and writing,
September 17, 2023
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With Bob Deis and Bill Cunningham and Men’s Adventure Quarterly
Suit Up! With Bob Deis and Bill Cunningham, today we talk about men’s adventure magazines, the art of Ron Lesser and the genres of men’s
September 3, 2023
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With Dial of Destiny and Scott Hebert
We’ve reached the end of the road to Indy 5, today we are joined by Scott Hebert to talk about the Dial of Destiny. Follow
August 20, 2023
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With Matt Scott and The Ayatollah Takedown
Suit Up! With Matt Scott, author of the Surviving the Lion’s Den series. We’ll be talking about how he became an author, the role of
August 6, 2023
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With Frank Bill and Back to The Dirt
Suit Up! With Frank Bill on today’s episode of the Podcast. He’s a New York Times best selling author, his most recent book “Back to
July 23, 2023
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With Matt Bird and The Secrets of Character
Suit Up! With Matt Bird on today’s episode of the show! He’s the author of The Secrets of Story and The Secrets of Character, two
July 9, 2023
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With Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Scott Hebert
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June 28, 2023
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With Brian Townsley and Starlite Pulp
Brian Townsley from Starlite Pulp joins the show to talk about his book, Trunk Full of Zeroes, the origins of Starlite Pulp and their Review
June 25, 2023
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With Temple of Doom and Roland Hulme
Suit Up! With Temple of Doom, the best prequel ever made. Joining the show is Roland Hulme to share his thoughts and memories of Temple
June 18, 2023
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With Nolan Knight and Gallows Dome
Join our conversation with author Nolan Knight. We’ll be talking noir, short stories and his latest book, Gallows Dome. Follow Nolan! https://www.instagram.com/nolan_knight_/
June 11, 2023
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With Raiders of the Lost Ark and Scott Hebert
We’re covering the big one today, Scott Hebert joins the show to talk Raiders of the Lost Ark, the iconic start to the Indiana Jones
June 4, 2023
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With Bob Deis and Wyatt Doyle | Men’s Adventure Library
Today we’re joined by Bob Deis and Wyatt Doyle, the co-editors of the Men’s Adventure Library series. We’ll be talking about he rise and fall
May 28, 2023
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With the Treasure of The Sierra Madre and Emmet Van Driesche | Road to Indy 5
Emmet Van Driesche joins the show again to talk about The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), another of the influences of Indiana Jones and
May 21, 2023
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With JR Sanders and the Nate Ross Novels
Today we’re joined on the show by JR. Sanders, author of the Nate Ross novels and the non-fiction book Some Gave All: Forgotten Old West Lawmen
May 14, 2023
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With Gunga Din and Mike Monson
Continuing the Road to Indy 5, we’re talking Gunga Din (1939). Joining us is Mike Monson, editor of Grizzly Pulp. It’s a great episode, talking
May 7, 2023
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With Skip Heller and The Hollywood Film Noirchestra
Today we are joined by Skip Heller, musician, band leader and singer songwriter. We’ll be talking about his love of books, the noir genre, and
April 23, 2023
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With The Naked Jungle and American Pulps
Matt Pagourgis and John Borges from American Pulps are back to talk The Naked Jungle (1954) and how it inspired elements of Indiana Jones. Follow
April 16, 2023
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With The Last Wish and Scott Hebert
Scott Hebert joins us again to talk about a modern masterpiece: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish we discuss storytelling, art, dialogue, and all the
April 9, 2023
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With Zorro Rides Again (1937) and Blake Powers | Road to Indy 5
On the road to Indy 5, we’re watching Zorro Rides Again (1937) and joined by Blake Powers from Bond Life Chicago to breakdown this serial
April 2, 2023
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With Scott Von Doviak
Today we’re joined by Scott Von Doviak, author of The Charlesgate Confidential, Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema and the upcoming Lowdown Road. We’ll
March 26, 2023
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With the Quiet Man and Drew Hannush
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Joining us to celebrate this holiday is Drew Hannush from the Whiskey Lore Podcast to discuss The Quiet Man (1952). We’ve
March 19, 2023
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With MacKenna’s Gold and Emmet Van Driesche
Today we’re joined on the show by Emmet Van Driesche as we continue down the road to Indy 5 with MacKenna’s Gold. Will film surprise
March 12, 2023
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With Terry Mancour and The Spellmonger
We’re joined on the show by Terry Mancour, author and Archmage to the Spellmonger world. On today’s episode we talk about writing, building a science
March 5, 2023
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With Secret of the Incas and American Pulps | Road to Indy 5
Secret of the Incas (1954) inspired much of the character and appearance of Indiana Jones and we’re joined to talk about it by Matt Pagourgis
February 19, 2023
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With Casablanca and Roland Hulme | Road to Indy 5
On the road to Indiana Jones 5, we’re covering the influences to the Indiana Jones franchise. To start this series, we’re going for the big
February 12, 2023
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With Thai Scott and A 20 Year Plan
Today we’re joined on the show by Scott Hebert to talk about his trip to Thailand. We also discuss his future creative endeavors, new plans,
February 5, 2023
With The Best Books of 2022 and Scott Hebert
Welcome to the 2022 edition of the best books! We are joined again by Scott Hebert to discuss our top six best books from 2022.
December 26, 2022
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With The Alter Ego Effect and Scott Hebert
Scott Hebert returns to the Podcast to discuss The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life by Todd Herman. We
October 2, 2022
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With Blake Powers (BondLifeChicago) and The Anthony Horowitz Bond Trilogy
We are joined on the Podcast today by Blake Powers from Bond Life Chicago. A fellow midwesterner, Blake offers his thoughts on the Anthony Horowitz
September 11, 2022
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With the Great Gatsby and Roland Hulme
He’s coming back on the show to breakdown and discuss The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Together we analyze the themes, characters, and writing
August 21, 2022
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GETTING SATISFACTION BY FOLLOWING YOUR OWN PATH | Fully Booked
It was a delight to be a guest on Fully Booked The Hidden Gems Author Podcast. On the show I talked about my writing perspective,
August 14, 2022
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With Roland Hulme and High Point
Today on the Podcast we are joined by Roland Hulme, a digital Don Draper with a Hemingway Complex. A best selling author of romance adventure
August 7, 2022
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With Drew Hannush and Whiskey Lore
Why is whiskey spelled with and without an “e”? Drew Hannush, our guest today, tells us this and more as we discuss the myths, history
July 24, 2022
Men Writing Romance?
It was a delight to sit down with romance author Roland Hulme and discuss Indiana Jones, Story Structure and of course, Reason and Romance. It
July 19, 2022