Mar 06 2025 80 mins 3
The backstory behind Ted Hughes’s original book THE IRON MAN is a tragic one, and the subsequent film by Brad Bird has a heartbreaking story all its own. In episode 338, join Luke Elliott & James Bailey as they discover an unexpected connection to Sylvia Plath, try to wrap their heads around a "Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon," defend animation’s reputation as a medium, explore questions of consciousness around artificial beings, and finally cast their votes on which one is ultimately best: the book or the movie?
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Luke Elliott
- Recent publications: “Your Black Apron Meal Kit Has Arrived” in the Even Cozier Cosmic anthology https://bookshop.
org/a/23566/9781630230975 - “Beyond Heaven” in the Beyond the Vanishing Point anthology: https://a.co/d/
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James Bailey
Music:
- “Last Dawn” by Ross Bugden https://youtu.be/wWjgsepyE8I?
si=2LkPHQZ1x-1HPUto
