Episode 1: You Should Write a Book About That

A press handout photo from the 1976 film The Late, Great Planet EarthA podcast? A podcast!Welcome to Young Adult Movie Ministry, a podcast about Christian culture by Sam Thielman (The Guardian, The Columbia Journalism Review) and Alissa Wilkinson (Vox, Christianity Today). We plan on publishing one episode a week and we hope you enjoy it; if you already have a subscription to the Sidereal Daily Mentioner, that will roll over. Some of the furniture is going to change around here, too, but I’ll leave up my old essays with a note absolving Alissa of my opinions. If you’re a new subscriber, welcome! And if you’re merely curious and not yet a subscriber, please enjoy this episode on us, and consider buying a subscription, it’s cheap and we have lots of amazing stuff lined up for our first season.Details, credits, errata: Episode 1, You Should Write a Book About That, is written by Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson and produced by Sam. The focus of the episode is Robert Amram’s… sure, we’ll call it a documentary adapted from Hal Lindsey’s monster bestseller The Late, Great Planet Earth, a sort of Chariots of the Gods for the wooden pew set. The movie stars Orson Welles and you can get a nice edition of it from Kino Lorber. It’s an important film! Sam knows he said “Neonomicon” when he meant “Necronomicon” and “Arthur Machen” when he meant “August Derleth.” Our theme song is Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5’s Muskrat Ramble, made freely available by the Boston Public Library and audio engineering shop George Blood, LP through the Internet Archive. The header image is a vintage press handout and is property of the original rightsholders. All other content is copyright 2020 Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yammpod.substack.com