Paul Schrader. Elmore Leonard. Tom Arnold. Dave Grohl. It's like the freaking Traveling Wilburys had a baby! Four babies, I guess. Anyway what I'm saying is Schrader's 1997 faith healer comedy TOUCH involved a weird bunch of people. Luckily we have the great Jane Altoids joining us to sort it all out! We're talking stigmata, daytime TV, self-parody, tonal control, and more.

Everything goes very normally on this episode and Jake behaves in a way that is completely fine and actually impressive. Not only does he come across as rhetorically powerful, he also sounds pretty handsome. He doesn't basically start crying when Ian lightly disagrees with him at all. You'll find all this out when you listen to the episode, which you should do!

Further Reading:

"Touch: Paul Schrader adapts Elmore Leonard's quirky novel of faith & healing" by David Skal

Talking Trash: The Cultural Politics of Daytime TV Talk Shows by Julie Engel Manga

"The Social Gospel and Socialism" by Jacob H. Dorn

The Century of the Holy Spirit : 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal by Vinson Synan

Further Viewing:

GET SHORTY (Sonnenfeld, 1995)

JACKIE BROWN (Tarantino, 1997)

OUT OF SIGHT (Soderbergh, 1998)

 

Follow Jane Altoids:

https://x.com/staticbluebat

https://x.com/pacino_pod

 

https://www.podcastyforme.com/

Follow Pod Casty For Me:

https://twitter.com/podcastyforme

https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/

https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme

Support us on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe

Artwork by Jeremy Allison:

https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart