The Origin Story Podcast

Michael and Hank Owl are back again to give their “shoulds” and “wills” for the 2026 Oscar Ceremony.

Happy New Year!!

It’s Hank and Michael’s annual year end episode where they make their communal top ten list of movies they saw released in 2025!

Joseph Mancuso is a Los Angeles based actor, writer, and editor. He spent 20 years in theater, performing on renowned NYC stages like The Cherry Lane and The Public, starring in Hanoch Levin’s American debut, Retzach. His TV and film credits include The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Shades of Blue, and Pee Wee’s Big Holiday. As a producer and editor, Joseph has worked on projects for A&E, National Geographic, and Netflix, including the docuseries Against the Odds, which has over 8 million YouTube views. His writing earned recognition at La Femme International Film Festival, winning “Best Series” for Life, Coached and his first written feature film, Smile… The Worst is Yet to Come is set to premiere in New york City in January 2026.

Joseph’s Socials:
Instagram
The Most Human of Things (Joseph’s Substack)

Links
T. Schreiber Studio
SMILE, THE WORST IS YET TO COME
Chloe Lenihan
Life, Coached
Geographer
Jim Cummings
THE METHOD: HOW THE 20th CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
Kristen Stewart Interview
Lee Strasburg
Sandford Meisner
Stella Adler
Shauna Kanter
InViolet Theater Company
The Late Henry Moss movie mentioned, THIS SO CALLED DISASTER
THE FERVENT YEARS
REAL LIFE DRAMA
ON WRITING
INTENT TO LIVE
SORRY, BABY
THE SECRET AGENT
THE MASTERMIND
MARTYR

We wrap up our annual Halloween podcasts with Jennifer Lee and King’s second book . . . and pledge to do a follow up on the film adaptations in December.

Next week: ‘SALEM’S LOT by Stephen King with Jennifer Lee.

Tons of spoilers and laughter ahead. Next week: THE OMEN II.

Next week: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

And then: THE OMEN II

David’s Website
David’s Instagram

David on other podcasts:
Go Between the Covers
Between the Covers Youtube
Scared Lit – Less

Ramona Ausubel
Larissa Fasthorse
SAVE THE CAT
Tommy Orange
Craig Johnson
David’s Other Writing on the Webpage
David and Tommy Interview

GOODFELLAS
BILLY JACK
TAMPOPO – food movie. RAMEN!
The Owl Farm
Gimme Shelter
Tonight’s the Night
Sean Sherman
Owamni
Martin Cruz Smith

Suehyla’s Instagram
Podcasts Featuring Suehyla:
The Artist Inclusive Podcast
How Do You Do? (audiobooks)
VENUS – Launchpad Series
Steve Yockey
Suehyla’s IMDB
Smite
Amadeus IMDB
Peter Shaffer
Milos Forman
Tom Hulce
F. Murray Abraham
Cynthia Nixon
A Christmas Carol – Guy Pearce
Elizabeth Gilbert – Your Creative Muse

And also whom we think deserves to win. Or maybe whom we want to win. Sometimes both.