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5 Great QuestionsS2: Episode 1 | Jesus? Yes please, just hold the sermonsJesus? Yes please, just hold the sermonsYoung people are flocking back to church - but do they need yet another interpretation?For the full post visit Substack2025-05-2721 min
5 Great QuestionsEpisode 7 | Erin Friday: Fighting the Gender Identity Cult5 Great Questions | The PodcastEpisode 7 | Erin FridayErin Friday is a Northern California mom, lawyer, and advocate for children and teens to be allowed to grow up happy in their own bodies.Erin and I crossed paths at the Orange County premiere of the film 'Dysconnected' - a film on detransitioners I shot with longtime collaborator Don Johnson.Erin and her daughter's full story can be heard on Prager U at:https://www.prageru.com/video/how-erin-friday-saved-her-daughter-from-the-trans-cultErin's non-profit is https://ourduty.group/In the summer of 2023 E...2024-10-011h 01
5 Great QuestionsEpisode 6 | Sasha Stone5 Great Questions | The PodcastEpisode 6 | Sasha StoneBorn in Southern California towards the end of the hippy era, Sasha had a bit of a cliched life growing up in Topanga Canyon in the 1970's. Free sex, free drugs, and a single mother with a revolving door of boyfriends,Sasha found her salvation in movies, eventually leading to a self-started career begun in the early days of the internet, with the popular Academy Award prediction site 'Oscar Watch' (now Awards Daily), a successful site valued by Hollywood studios and publicists.A lifelong liberal...2024-08-281h 32
5 Great QuestionsEp. 5 | Wade Baynham of The BasicsWade Baynham was a founding member of the 90's coffee house band the Basics. Together with his wife Kelly and a revolving door of drummers and sound men, the Basics toured constantly between 1991 and 2005, from San Diego to Seattle and back, mostly playing at small venues in Palo Alto and Santa Cruz, summer camps like Mt. Hermon, and Coffee Houses like Mountain Roaster's in Felton, where I first saw them.Wade and the Basics never acheived the success they sought, and attempts to measure that success would bring much pain - even causing Wade and Kelly to split...2024-08-181h 15
5 Great QuestionsEp. 4 | Your whole life is determined by two choicesWelcome to The 5 Great Questions podcast, where I ask people interesting questions, and you get to hear their answers.My guest on episode 4 is a former roommate, but only for three months some 18 years ago. And yet somehow that short stint at a NorCal bachelor pad was part of a pivotal season for Jeff Dunkin of Bellingham, WA.Jeff's story is likely relatable for many early 20-somethings, especially those who left college prematurely, who sensed something else pulling them altogether. From Northern Washington, it isn't hard to see how San Diego would send the siren call...2024-03-071h 07
5 Great QuestionsEp. 3 | Tell me about a loss you've grieved, other than a deathEpisode 3Alden OlmstedSari LamelaWelcome to The 5 Great Questions podcast, where I ask people interesting questions, and you get to hear their answers.My guest on episode three is longtime friend Sari Lamela, a powerhouse entreprenuer and promoter who left Hollywood to become a happily married woman in Northern Virginia. In episode three Sari answers the question: "Tell me about a loss you've grieved, other than a death."A tough but relevant question almost everyone can relate to. Sari delves into her Hollywood dream, when it...2024-02-2031 min
5 Great QuestionsEp. 2 | Dawson's Creek + Organic American Spirits = a cross-country Vision QuestEpisode 2Alden OlmstedChristopher SellWelcome to The 5 Great Questions podcast, where I ask people interesting questions, and you get to hear their answers.My guest on episode two is longtime friend and former lost teenage soul Christopher Sell. Chris is a middle school teacher in middle California and is a multi-talented storyteller specializing in thoughtful acoustic songs and the occasional screenplay. Chris is happily married with three kids, one dog, and a trampoline in the backyard.I introduce the podcast and welcome Chris, and then I unleash him for...2024-02-0148 min5 Great QuestionsHow failing out of law school and watching Dawson's Creek led to a cross-country Vision QuestEpisode 2Alden OlmstedChristopher SellWelcome to The 5 Great Questions podcast, where I ask people interesting questions, and you get to hear their answers.My guest on episode two is longtime friend and former lost teenage soul Christopher Sell. Chris is a middle school teacher in middle California and is a multi-talented storyteller specializing in thoughtful acoustic songs and the occasional screenplay. Chris is happily married with three kids, one dog, and a trampoline in the backyard.I introduce the podcast and welcome Chris, and then I unleash him for...2024-01-3148 min
5 Great QuestionsEp. 1 | How I found my spouse without a cell phoneEpisode 1 Alden OlmstedDonald J. JohnsonWelcome to The 5 Great Questions podcast, where I ask people interesting questions, and you get to hear their answers.My first guest on my first episode is longtime friend and film collaborator Donald J. Johnson. Don is an author and filmmaker and devoted family road tripper, and has a great answer to the question "How did you meet your spouse without a cell phone."I introduce the podcast and welcome Don, and he shares a recent anecdote from a trip to the upper Midwest to set...2024-01-191h 05
The Midnight Watch Podcast#42 - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - R- (2004) With Guest Alden OlmstedWes Anderson's biggest adventure yet and possibly his most colorful film as well hit the screens in 2004 to mixed reviews. Failing at the box office initially, as time passed it became a classic. Bill Murray brought his star power to an eccentric cast in a story about life, jealousy, love and revenge. Its weirder than it sounds. Join Jeremy and Josh along with guest indy filmmaker Alden Olmsted as they go deep into The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
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