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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep04: Doug Jones / The Avengers' Dark Shadows

Join Kicking the Seat as we celebrate one month of podcasting! In this week's episode (number four, if you're keeping count), I discuss the fall and fall of Holliston, the cosmic disappointment that is The Avengers' billion-dollar box office, and the global financial crisis.

Oh, and I also interview El Fauno himself, Doug Jones! Regular readers will recognize this chat from early last month (actually, last fall), but presented here is the unedited* version. That's right, gang: you're in for even more Silver Surfin' goodness from America's favorite psychic fish-man!

Before I go, I'd like to give a shout-out to Meghan who, through the grapevine, helped me to vastly improve the quality of this week's episode through the power of positive thinking.**

As always, you can click the link below (left for listening, right for downloading) to access the show.

Hey! that kinda rhymes!

Catch ya next week. Thanks!

*Okay, there's a smidge of editing: my intro has been clipped.

**Quality not guaranteed, but good spirits and a healthier attitude about podcasting go a long way.

Ep05: Bailout / Battleship in Bloomington

Ep03: Larry Cohen / The Meh-vengers