Matt is a London born, kiwi raised, visual development artist, illustrator and drawing tutor currently based in Auckland, NZ.

Matt chats with us about finding a consistent paycheck as a recent animation graduate, working as a lead background artist at Mukpuddy, teaching and learning from students as a drawing tutor and teases their new pitch for a mindfulness-based pre-school show 'Be with Zeze' PLUSthe secret origin of the satay egg!

Visit Matt at his website MattHaworthArt.com and follow him on matthaworthart

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Rick Sweden is a production design and concept artist for such diverse projects as Bro Town, Monster Beach and even Shortland Street. Yeah, THAT Shortland Street.

Rick currently lives in Australia and has recently been working for Princess Bento, a new Melbourne based animation studio, a collaborative effort between American and Australian production companies, to help bring Australia's unique comic voice to the world with Adult Swim hits 'Smiling Friends' and 'YOLO: Crystal Fantasy'.

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Do you dare listen to our ghoulish guests spin terrifying tales of All Hallow's Eve in the Land of the Long White Cloud?

00:44:08 ~ Mike Glasswell shares how he brought Halloween to his neighbourhood by turning his home into a zombie survival experience for local trick-or-treaters.

01:13:42 ~ Ryan Cooper and Alex Leighton discuss being inspired by E.T's depiction of Halloween as kids, defying New Zealand's 'Grow Up' attitude and how Halloween brings out the best in people.

01:33:00 ~ Doug Macfarlane, Horror Superfan, geeks out over his favourite genre, shares new and old favourites and how many different films can fit under that seemingly small label.

01:53:30 ~ Matt Haworth discusses a bizarre small-town English tradition called 'Penny for the Guy' and the utter dread of staying up late to watch banned Video Nasties.

02:11:56 ~ Alan Parr returns from seeing his favourite film 'An American Werewolf in London' on the big screen and how his parents introducing him to blood and guts over milk and cereal.

02:31:00 ~ Diego Soriano discusses learning how to make a costume from scratch and the benefit of communal crafting.

02:48:50 ~ Bryn Kettle and Josh compare their favourite Halloween specials to help answer the question 'what makes a truly great Halloween special?'

An extra special thanks to Dane Jacobs for the fantastic Halloween version of the MukPod theme!

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Liam Maguren is a self-described 'human movie radar' for Flicks, New Zealands go-to film and streaming guide, as well as a filmmaker, animator and friend of Mukpuddy.

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Bryn Kettle is an animator turned storyboarder at Mukpuddy, as well as a multi-talented character designer and writer.

Also, it was raining really hard when we recorded, so apologise for some background interference.

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Simon and Josh immediately break our own rule and discuss a lot of Star Trek at the top of show. Jump to 25:00 to skip the Trek Talk.

We look back at the previous months guests before jumping in to discuss all the movies, comics and even radio dramas we've been enjoying. We also celebrate two of our favourite actors: Nichelle Nichols and David Warner. If you don't know who they are, listen in as we share all our favourite memories from their storied careers.

Joel Spencer is an animator for Mukpuddy but is perhaps best known as JoelyMoley for their independent, conversational and absurd animation.

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Chris Maguren is a self described 'animation generalist' who like his family, works hard and plays hard.

As a team leader at Mukpuddy, he manages a team of animators, on top of his regular animation duties.

He also does regular freelance work and still makes time to play sports and enjoy his other hobbies.

We chat with Chris about the first nationally celebrated Matariki public holiday, great strides for Te Reo and the amazing animation depicting New Zealand's early history for The Aotearoa History show.

We also discuss a memorable job working on Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the importance of spreadsheets and a whole bunch of movies.

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Watch the Aotearoa History show at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAotearoaHistoryShow

Get your copy of A. Jane Dove's novel Cities of Cloud and Earth: Fifth Class here https://www.amazon.com/Cities-Cloud-Earth-Fifth-Class/dp/0473633248

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Aleks is back (already) to chat with us in person about the Vision Feast Film Festival, which has just celebrated it's sixth year recognizing, celebrating and cultivating the creative community in New Zealand and around the globe. Festival Founder Aleks explains the origins, ethos and potential future of Vision Feast.

And after about 2-hours of that, we really lay into Jurassic World: Dominion. Hooray!

Visit the Vision Feast website to enter your film for the 2023 competition or see past winners and entrants: https://www.thevisionfeast.com/

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Alan Parr is a writer and animatic editor at Mukpuddy, in addition to writing his own kids book 'Wilbur's Cosmic Cone' (illustrated by Mukpuddy's own Anna Lee).