John welcomes Craig back into the studio to chat face to face for the latest How Would This Be A Movie, looking at trapped Russian pop stars, relationship saboteurs and an abandoned Cinderella city.

We also answer listener questions on writing schedules and supporting characters, including a deep dive on Sebastian the crab’s personal life.

In our bonus segment for premium members, Craig shares how he’s been getting ready for production in Calgary.

Links:

• Rachel Syme Twitter
• Russian Man ‘Trapped’ on Chinese Reality TV show Finally Voted out After Three Months by Helen Davidson and Andrew Roth
• league-soccer.html"> European Super Soccer League by Tariq Panja and Rory Smith
• The Saboteurs You can Hire to End your Relationship by Christine Ro
• Haunting Photos Reveal a Massive Abandoned Town of Disneyesque Castles by Jessica Cherner
• Dawn of the Necromancer on Kickstarter
• How the Internet Archive Digitizes Old LPs
• crossword-puzzle-tournament-dr-fill-artificial-intelligence.html"> Dr. Fill and AI
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• Outro by Andrew Smith (send us yours!)
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