(2016) Anne Marie DeSimone joins our Universe Box podcast pals for Tina’s beta jaunt into a surreal Stepford-esque world where a government experiment has turned every citizen into a telepath. Tina must fix a crumbling marriage before she’s stuck in this reality forever.
I stopped by the Daily Tech News Show Friday Hangout this week to plug Everly Heights Tales. We go into the weeds on my creative philosophy and why I’ve decided to reclaim the “driver’s seat” from AI for this storytelling project I’ve been building since 2020.
Jason Howell interviews me about Everly Heights, using tech as a creative, and I make him into an Everly Heights character!
I talk to an actor I have an awful lot of nostalgia for: Paul Zaloom, best known as Beakman from the hit ’90s educational series Beakman’s World. This hour-long interview traces Zaloom’s journey from his own “Everly Heights,” Garden City in New York state, to his work in avant-garde theater and puppetry.
Hear more about how Wheeling, West Virginia inspired the world of Everly Heights in this bonus episode. Butch Maxwell, the host of Butch Maxwell’s Complete Waste of Airtime, interviews me live on WKKX 1600 AM to chat about the the real-life locations and people that inspired some of the episodes this season. We also talk a lot about theater, comedy, and finding the right balance between comedy and drama.