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  2. Take Two | Stranger Things producer on why the show’s a cultural phenomenon | 89.3 KPCC

    If you’ve never seen Netflix’s series "Stranger Things" you should know that it’s creepy. Really creepy.

    Set in a small town in Indiana during the 1980s, the show focuses on different characters as they slowly come to the realization that something deeply disturbing is going on in the town following the disappearance of a local boy. It’s got mystery, horror, blood, guts, twists and turns and good old 1980s nostalgia. And it’s resonated with audiences, becoming a full fledged cultural phenomenon.

    "To be right in the sweet spot of talked about culture, that is, even for me, you know having made 11 movies, I haven’t experienced this before," said Shawn Levy, executive producer and director on Stranger Things. "I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out why and it’s hard to unpack that."

    Stranger Things was created by twin brothers, Matt and Ross Duffer, who brought the project to producer Shawn Levy. He’s the guy behind the family films like the "Night at the Museum" franchise, "Reel Steel" and "Cheaper by the Dozen." 

    But when pressed, Levy thinks it’s the tone of the time in the 1980s that audiences connect with. 

    "The world felt safer. The world, and it breaks my heart to say this, but the world was safer. And I know that a lot of us yearn for the relative innocence of that," he explained to Take Two’s Alex Cohen. "And I do think that the show transports us back to a cultural and global climate that was fundamentally more comforting. It was fundamentally less scary."

    To hear the entire conversation with Levy click on the audio embedded at the top of this post.

     

     

    http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2016/09/26/52338/stranger-things-producer-on-why-the-show-s-a-cultu/

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  4. Mostly Harmless Podcast With Dammit Damian — 43 - THE SANDLOT’s director David Mickey Evans talks his love of Baseball, Cinema, his career and 20 years of THE SANDLOT.

    David Mickey Evans, director of THE SANDLOT was kind enough to set some time aside before his scheduled 20th Anniversary showing of The Sandlot in Colorado Springs. We hung out and talked about David’s early love of Baseball, his escape into the worlds of Star Wars and Ray Bradbury. We also talk his early career and dedication to "making it," and of course we talk about THE SANDLOT’S 20th ANNIVERSARY! All that and more below!

    http://mostlyharmlesspodcast.com/43-the-sandlot/

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  9. Middle School | This American Life

    This week, at the suggestion of a 14-year-old listener, we bring you stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school. Including a teacher who transforms peer pressure into a force for good, and reports from the frontlines of the middle school dance.

    http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/449/middle-school

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