Michael joins Jason Lacy and Lucas Rose for an episode of their podcast “What the Fluxtaposed, a slice of life podcast with a healthy portion of video games and infantile humor. Check your ears, we got a live one here.

Michael and Director/Film Professor Joshua Courtade discuss their movie viewing and focus on TV’s history and impact on American society as both a diagnostic tool and shaping device for culture.

Michael and Jared Nedza discuss and share their experiences working for a video rental store at the end of its life cycle as well as catch up on the past year of movie watching.

In this first ep of a 10 Episode Season, Michael and Chris Yiesla (editor) discuss their experiences watching films alone this past year and contrasting it with watching movies in a group setting. How do those we watch a film with affect our opinions and experiences of the movies. Our Question of the week is “WHAT DID MOVIES MEAN TO YOU IN 2020?” The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

I watched the Netflix Documentary “The Social Dilemma” after getting an EXTREMELY strong recommendation from a friend and long time creative collaborator, Todd Lewis, a filmmaker and mainstay actor of the Grand Rapids theater scene. Of course, as usual, I wanted to discuss the movie with him so that conversation is our feature this week. The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

Michael and Shirley discuss both the film “Cuties” (now available on Netflix) and the controversy surrounding it due to its subject matter and content which focuses on an 11 year old girl coming of age in a contradictory and bifurcated world. Whether you can donate $5 or $500, Wealthy Theatre needs your help. Donate today: - wealthytheatre.org/donate The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

Now that the summer is over, I’m ready to jump back into my movie writing and podcasting so when Seth and I saw each other last week and basically couldn’t stop nerding out over movies, I knew that catching up with him was the RETURN of the PODCAST episode I had been searching for. Now I have a couple more podcasts already lined up so you can expect regular podcast episodes on Fridays again and, if we start getting enough feedback again, you’ll see those bonus community response episodes as well. The number to call to leave your submission for next week’s show is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

This BONUS Episode features a Call with Chris Yiesla about Jesus Films. The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

Michael and Seth sit down (virtually) with Ralph Winter, Hollywood Producer of movies such as “Hocus Pocus,” “Hackers,” various entries into the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” Franchises, as well as, more recently, the film “The Promise.”

Michael fields your calls and questions as well as contemplating the National Tragedies currently occurring in our longest and most heartfelt episode yet. https://www.truemythmedia.com/articles/storyspectaclesoul2020 The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

This week, Josh Courtade reminiscences about Celebration Cinema Woodland in Grand Rapids and Michael and Chris Yiesla discuss the film “Never Look Away.” The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬ Movies to watch for next week include: Enter the Void Apocalypto - Amazon Prime Pan’s Labyrinth - Netflix Thunder Road - Amazon Prime

Amongst other things, Michael and guest callers discuss the movies that still keep the magic alive years after a childhood viewing. Our conversation may start with kids movies but it doesn’t stay there wandering through Werner Herzog’s filmography, and revisiting “The Farewell.” The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

Our first show starring the community we have begun to form around True Myth Media and the films we all love to talk about. The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

Michael discusses a new plan for the Podcast in this time of quarantine. The number to call to leave your submission for next week is... ‪(616) 287-0275‬

A pre-recorded podcast with Virginia Anzengruber, Michael, Seth and she discuss “The Swiss Family Robinson” classic Disney children’s adventure movie, a favorite of two members of the roundtable discussion. The other member, not so much. Also, I’ll share some thoughts and ideas about movies, media, and community in this time of Quarantine2020.

Michael and his wife Katie discuss Quarantine2020 and their binge of “Emma” adaptations.

Michael, Seth, and Karl discuss Bong Joon-ho’s movies, style, themes, where you can find his films, and their all around admiration of his work as a director.

Michael and Sarah Nawrocki, from Wealthy Theater, discuss the venues March and Early April Cinema Line-up.

Michael and Seth sit down with Mark Clayman, Career Services Director at Compass College, the film school from which they graduated. They discuss Mark’s journey’s in the film industry, becoming a Christian, and his role in the making of “The Pursuit of Happyness.”

This week, Michael and Seth will be discussing the Tarsem Singh movie, “The Fall,” with Virgina Anzengruber of the Listening at the Fire and Super Hungry Podcasts.