Our humble adventurers learn to embrace their destinies, to run their own races, and to appreciate carrots, peas and onions. It’s a whole journey.

Episode Breakdown:

• In today’s Taver Talk, we’re discussing our favorite album closers. (00:02:14)
• The songs from this segment:
• The Beatles - A Day in the Life - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
• Damien Rice - Eskimo - O.
• Tom Waits - Closing Time - Closing Time.
• Radiohead - True Love Waits - A Moon Shaped Pool.
• Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - Hidden Track - Poor Boy / Lucky Man.
• Whitey Morgan & the 78’s - Long Road Home - White Morgan & the 78’s.
• Bob Dylan - Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Blonde on Blonde.
• Hugh Jackman - From Now On - The Greatest Showman.
• Deep Purple - April - Deep Purple.
• We then move on to discuss Forrest Gump - Peter introduces the movie. (00:34:56)
• We talk about our personal experiences with this movie. (00:42:48)
• We discuss interpretations of the story of Forrest Gump and other things we’ve taken from it. (00:45:46)
• We get a bit deeper into the character of Jenny. (01:01:45)
• We briefly touch the storytelling techniques in the movie. (01:08:40)
• We bring up our favorite parts in the movie. (01:12:24)
• We compare a few points between the movie and the book it’s based on (Goodreads). (01:21:03)
• We mention Michael Conner Humphreys, the actor who plays the young Forrest. (01:25:32)
• We summarize our thoughts about the movie and the experience we had watching it and discussing it (01:26:16).
• We then take a vote and see whether Forrest Gump belongs in our CQEG or not! (01:32:55)
• Before we close this episode, we’re introducing the subject of our next episode - the Culture Quest Podcast 1-Year Party Episode. (01:35:42)
• Stick around and check out a promo clip for the SpyHards podcast (@SpyHards). (01:38:18)

The Culture Quest Radio playlist is on Apple Music and Spotify! It includes all of the songs that we’ve discussed on Tavern Talk and the CQ Radio special episode.

 

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Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The Feather theme, by Alan Silvestri, played by Ynon Hermon.

The episode was recorded on Sep. 26th, and originally released on Oct. 18th, 2020.