Oliver Barrett is a multi-time Clio award-winning artist and designer from Cleveland, Ohio, now residing in Austin, Texas. He works with movie studios, directors, ad agencies, sports brands, game developers, publishers, and more. He spent nearly a decade as a graphic designer before forging his own path as an artist.

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Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.

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New Release Radar:

Black As Diamond by UM Agoawike

You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews

Books Mentioned:

Redwall - Brian Jaques

Needful Things - Stephen King

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons - Peter S. Beagle

The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle

The Godfather - Mario Puzo

Homeland - RA Salvatore

The Forever Desert - Moses Ose Utomi

Traitor Son Cycle - Miles Cameron

Masters and Mages - Miles Cameron

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

The Lost World - Michael Crichton

Sphere - Michael Crichton

Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichton

Games mentioned:

Eve Online

Expedition 33

God of War (2018).

Movies Mentioned:

The Godfather

The Godfather PT 2

Jurassic Park

The 13th Warrior

The Ritual

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Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.

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Rising Thunder by Neal Shusterman

New Release Radar:

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

Year of the Mer by LD Lewis

Books Mentioned:

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

Arc of a Scythe - Neal Shusterman

Animorphs -  Katherine Applegate & Michael Grant

Traitor Son Cycle - Miles Cameron

Masters and Mages - Miles Cameron

The Primal Hunter - Hogarth

Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock

Needful Things - Stephen King

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

Shows Mentioned:

For All Mankind

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Join Evan and Chad for a discussion of the 2026 blockbuster Project Hail Mary, adapted from Andy Weir's 2021 novel of the same name.

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Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother’s life. Prepare to enter the Forever Desert.

A Library Journal Best Book of the Month!

They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City of Lies?

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New Release Radar:

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews

The Lighthouse at the End of the World by Philip A. Suggars

Books Mentioned:

Traitor Son Cycle - Miles Cameron

Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock

The Legend of Drizzt - RA Salvatore

The Forever Desert - Moses Ose Utomi

1922 - Stephen King

Dresden Files - Jim Butcher

Kingdom Come - Mark Waid

Movies Mentioned:

Project Hail Mary

The Lego Movie

Into the Spiderverse

Nuremberg

Schindler's List

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A hearty and healthy morning to you all! Your Minute of the Mondays is here, so grab some sun and a cup of joe and join your hosts Evan and Chad for another exciting episode. 

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New Release Radar: 

Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar

Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence

Books/series mentioned:

The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan

Traitor Son Cycle - Miles Cameron

The Black Company - Glen Cook

Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock

A Short Stay in Hell - Steven L Peck

We Need to Do Something - Max Booth III

Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith - Charles Soul

Rest Stop - Nat Cassidy

Shows mentioned:

Strange Angel

Solo Leveling

Movies mentioned:

The Imitation Game

Bugonia

Barry Lyndon

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The sun is rising earlier and your favorite podcast has come in right on schedule! cozy up to this week's Monday Morning Minute! 

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Moorcock's Epic Pooh

New Release Radar: 

The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by CM Waggoner

The Book of Fallen Leaves by AS Tamaki

Books/series mentioned:

The Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu

Dresden Files - Jim Butcher

The Bound and the Broken - Ryan Cahill

Traitor Son Cycle - Miles Cameron

The Daughter’s War - Christopher Buehlman

Shows mentioned:

Pluribus

Breaking Bad

Better Call Saul

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Good morning everyone! Evan was in Seattle in a dark and dingy hotel room while recording this, but the podcast stops for no man in a Seattle hotel. 

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Entwined by HM Long

The Thousand Orcs by RA Salvatore

Books/series mentioned:

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Malayan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson

The Bound and the Broken - Ryan Cahill

The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher

The Lies of the Ajungo - Moses Ote Utomi

Traitor Son - Miles Cameron

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison

The Green Bone Saga - Fonda Lee

Shows mentioned:

The Beauty

Movies mentioned:

The Substance

Uncut Gems

Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Episode Eight: The Last Jedi

Star Wars Episode Nine: Rise of Skywalker

Shang Chi and the Ten Rings

Thunderbolts

Avengers: Doomsday

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