I mentioned a while back that I'm cohosting a podcast on the movie "Captain America: The First Avenger," which we analyze at the rate of one minute of movie per episode. We premiered on Dec. 1 and post every M, W and F, so we've got nine up already!
My pals Jim O'Kane, Hal Bryan and I have had some great guests in the first nine, including Joe Johnston, the film's director (ep. 1); writer Mark Evanier, one-time assistant to Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby (ep. 2); actor Billy Campbell, the Rocketeer himself, who actually guested as an expert on Norway, where this minute of the movie is set and he now lives (ep. 4); and one of my favorites, Judd Winick, a writer and cartoonist who did a Captain America story for the same Marvel kids' anthology I did an Avengers story for (ep. 9). We've had an amazing assortment of quality guests so far, especially considering that there's nothing in it for them but the kindness of doing us a favor.
Jim and Hal have done many "Movies by Minutes" podcasts together but this is my first as co-host, and I feel like I'm still learning the ropes. We work as far as we can in advance, of course, but record episodes out of order depending on the availability of guests. It's a challenge to remember and not repeat what you said "yesterday," especially when you did yesterday's episode two months ago or haven't done it at all. I hope to get decent at it by the time we finish.
Perhaps my favorite moment of the experience was when I had to reschedule lunch with one of my daughters because, as I explained to her, "I'm doing a podcast with Hitler."
We try to keep each episode around 25 or 30 minutes--as Jim says, a Peloton workout's worth of time--but some have topped 45 because the guests were so fascinating. I hope that comes across to listeners and they feel the same. I'm having fun.
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