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One of our all-time favourite guests, singer-songwriter and producer Mike Viola returns to the podcast to discuss his fantastic new album Godmuffin. During the conversation, Mike explains how he makes time for creativity, how the past informs his present, and how he is coping with the loss of his friend Adam Schlesinger. Mike's first appearance on the show was in episode 20.

In this short, solo midweek episode I discuss (generally without spoilers) the films 'Marathon Man' (by John Schlesinger) and 'The Night Porter' (by Liliana Cavani).

The music video for Stacy’s Mom is problematic at best, and the guys get down to the bottom of it. There’s a lot of speculation over what Stacy’s mother does for work, if the young boy is running a reputable landscaping company or just filling in for a few mows, and whether or not Stacy herself is deserving of his love. Adam Schlesinger strikes again in this hit single from the early 2000s.

Links:

Stacy’s Mom Wiki

Stacy’s Mom Music Video

That Thing You Do

The Benchwarmers

Just What I Needed

Clickhole Article on American Pie’s Stifler

Songs of the week:

Pristine by Snail Mail

Blue Umbrella by John Prine

Oh My God by Ida Maria

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The Click Five was an anomaly that needed to be discussed on this show at some point. The research from this episode lead the guys to the discovery of a legendary song writer Adam Schlesinger, a hero from the early 2000s who’s had a strong hand in several of our favorite songs from the era. The episode gets really fun with an embarrassingly in depth analysis of the music video, as well as the lyrics for the breakout (and only) hit, Just the Girl.

Links:

Just the Girl Music Video

Scene Queens Episode

Eat N’ Park

Eat N’ Park Christmas Star Commercial

The Mmmbop Power Hour Episode

The Paramore Episode

Adam Schlesinger

Stacy’s Mom

That Thing You Do!

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Motorla RAZR

Pod Carnage

Songs of the week:

Holy Hell by Architects

Zombie Bastards by Weezer

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In Episode 110 you will hear a conversation between Brian Fisher, co-founder and President of Human Coalition, and Kira Schlesinger, Episcopalian Priest and author of Pro-Choice and Christian. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

In Episode 109 you will hear two separate interviews. First, Phil talks with Brian Fisher, co-founder and President of Human Coalition. In the second half of our show Phil talks with Kira Schlesinger, Episcopalian Priest and author of Pro-Choice and Christian. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com.

With the brimming—sometimes overwhelming—treasure trove of available information out there, sometimes we lose sight of what’s essential. In this podcast episode, Danny Schlesinger brings us back to the fundamentals of stage craft to help us pack more impact to our shows and make us more effective performers.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Danny got started in entertaining and what training he got
• The importance of theatre training to children’s entertainers
• How he helps kids entertainers with his directing services
• Where entertainers can get training
• The influence of Avner the Eccentric
• The fundamentals of stage craft

Breathing

Use and abuse of volunteers

Tension

The eyes

Focus: doing one thing at a time

• Microphone technique
• The importance of demonstrating control
• The importance of looking professional