“Have you ever wanted to return?”
“To childhood? I’ve been back there ever since I left.”

With all the pomp and circumstance we’re capable of mustering for an episode recorded in the wake of the 2024 US presidential election results, we finally arrive at the advent of the man himself - Orson Welles is born! We talk about the early years of his life growing up in Kenosha and Chicago, the formative death of his mother when he was just nine-years-old, and the travels, arts, and influences that began to form his own auteurist visions.

Follow us on our (admittedly limited) socials to keep up with assignments and other exciting Welles-related news:

• @wellesupod on Bluesky and YouTube
• Read Hope’s blog at highimhope.com
• Listen to Hope’s other podcasts - High on Cartoons Presents DuckTakes! and The Matrix Reclamations
• Follow Stephen at @chewywalrus on Bluesky and Letterboxd
• Listen to Stephen’s other podcasts - Disenfranchised Podcast and The Pod and the Pendulum
• Check out Stephen’s novel - Check In, Check Out - on Amazon, now available in paperback or ebook: https://amzn.to/44idk8y