L-Squared Podcast

The Sweatshirt is such a fun and exciting short film about two friends, Olivia and Sarah, that are hoping to make a routine stop to retrieve Sarah’s favorite sweatshirt from her ex-boyfriend’s house. But when Jeff shows no interest in complying with this reasonable request, they are forced to go head-to-head with one of Chicago’s most despicable exes. Jeff takes the sweatshirt as his hostage, leaving Olivia no choice but to negotiate the terms of the hoodie’s release.

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Writer/Director/Producer Jonah Saesan graced us with his presence to wax poetic about all things police procedural, second city and the people that he loves to work with. 

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Watch The Sweatshirt NOW for FREE at the South Dakota Film Festival through 9/26/20 at: https://southdakotafilmfest.org/vod

Sugar Blasters is a wild short film that gives us an inside look into the seedy world of a 1980s kids cereal commercial production.

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Writer/Director/Producer Sean Skinner was kind enough to come on the show to have a great conversation about nostalgic commercials from our youths.

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Watch Sugar Blasters NOW for FREE at the South Dakota Film Festival through 9/26/20 at: https://southdakotafilmfest.org/vod

Lucid is a great meta short film about a dying man with a dark past seeks to repair the relationship with his estranged daughter.  

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Friend of the show David Mair RETURNS to L-Squared to talk about his newest film.  

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Watch Lucid NOW for FREE at the South Dakota Film Festival through 9/26/20 at: https://southdakotafilmfest.org/vod

Rosie is a wonderful and moving short film about Rose Donnelly, a factory worker who must stand up for her female co-workers when their supervisor ignores blatant harassment and refuses to treat them like equals to their male co-workers.  

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We were honored to have the wonderful writer and director of Rosie, Tessa Germaine come on the show and talk about this great film.  

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Watch Rosie NOW for FREE at the South Dakota Film Festival through 9/26/20 at: https://southdakotafilmfest.org/vod

The exciting, eccentric and eclectic teacher Haley Zacharias came on the show today to talk about her philosophy on teaching. We watched the best teaching movies of all time, The Dead Poets Society, and how that portrays the impact of the 'hero teacher'.

Haley and I spend time reminiscing about teachers throughout our lives that had an impact on us and how they shaped the people we are today. We also touched on the challenges she's faced this year dealing with the pandemic. 

Oh yeah, and Haley is my older sister.

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We here at the L-Squared Podcast know a thing or two about pairing movies together for your ideal double feature. 

Why not a lighthearted yet heartfelt and silly take on Groundhog Day matched up with a film about the frightening descent into a decaying mind and the impact that has on a family dynamic? 

#allegorror

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Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating. 

Author, Counselor, TEDx speaker, the amazing Renee Jones joins me on the show today to talk about my new journey. We talk about all things emotional eating, diets and the ties between the two.

If you are looking to take the journey of weight loss, this episode will change your life.

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4 YEARS OF L-SQUARED. How better to celebrate other than talking about an awful movie, recording at an impromptu episode and having a great time.

Gambling. Air travel. WWE. Edge. Kelsey Grammer. Thomas Jane... How could this fail? Somehow it did.

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Well, we have a mutiny on our hands folks... I did not think I would see the day that we took an episode to talk about the strange world of Japanimation. 

Old Legs joined forces with friend of the show Tyler "Burdettedog" Backus to conspire against me and maliciously enforce a malicious takeover. 

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A new movie came out for us to talk about. This film is extremely relevant and there was A LOT to unpack.

Yeah, I'm thinkin' we're back.

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