Episode 294: Pontypool (2008)

Special Guests: Bruce McDonald, Tony Burgess
Guest Co-Host: Maurice Bursztynski

Mrs. French's cat is missing.

In a rather different take on the typical zombie story, Bruce McDonald's Pontypool (2008) has the English language as the infectious agent which drives people mad. Written by Tony Burgess (and based on his novel, Pontypool Changes Everything), the film stars Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy, a shock jock from the big city now working in backwater Ontario with his audio engineer Laurel-Ann (Georgina Reilly) and producer Syndey Briar (Lisa Houle).

Mike discusses Pontypool with See Hear's Maurice Bursztynski.

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Links:
Buy Pontypool on DVD
Buy Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess
Buy the audio version of Pontypool Changes Everything
Listen to the CBC Radio Play
Visit the official Claude Foisy website Visit the official Bruce McDonald website
Follow Tony Burgess on Twitter
Follow Bruce McDonald on Twitter
Listen to Maurice's band, the Ice Haloes
Listen to the Love That Album podcast
Listen to the See Hear podcast
Listen to the Faculty of Horror Pontypool episode

Music:
"English is Infected" - Claude Foisy
"Words" - Missing Persons
"Talk Talk" - Talk Talk
"No More Words" - Berlin

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Episode 262: Secretary

Special Guest: Judy Dodge Cummings, Claire Cavanah
Guest Co-Host: Rachel Kramer Bussel

Adapted by Erin Cressida Wilson from a short story by Mary Gaitskill, Steven Shainberg's Secretary stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young woman from a dysfunctional family who goes to work for Mr. Grey (James Spader), a lawyer with a penchant for kink.

Erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel joins Mike to discuss Secretary and 50 Shades of Grey. Interviews include the co-founder of Babeland, Claire Cavanah, and the author of Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Judy Dodge Cummings.

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Bonus: Interview with Steven Shainberg

Links:
Buy Secretary on DVD
Buy Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Judy Dodge Cummings
Buy Secretary by Erin Cressida Wilson
Buy Bad Behavior (stories) by Mary Gaitskill
Be sure to LIKE Mary Gaitskill on Facebook
Visit the official Rachel Kramer Bussel website
Be sure to follow Rachel Kramer Bussel on Twitter
Get Rachel Kramer Bussel books on Audible.com
Visit the Babeland website

Music:
"Bleed Like Me" - Garbage
"Vibrator" - Motorhead
"Whatchamacallit" - Esquivel
"Bathing Blossom" - Angelo Badalamenti
"Spank My Booty (Reprise)" - Lords of Acid

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