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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.

Ep93: Baking Bond w/ Jeremy Eden and Kaitlin Fleharty!

The KtS PODCAST gets high on Chicago's Gorilla Tango Theatre, as creators Jeremy Eden and Kaitlin Fleharty sit down with Ian to discuss their upcoming shows, Thunderballs: A James Bond Boylesque and High Five: The Very Best of Marijuanarama(both opening on 4/18)! Learn how these two creative juggernauts found burlesque parody (and each other!) in this lively chat that covers writing, choreography, and criticism.

Also, Ian talks about the latest KtS Contest and counts down to the Third Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival!

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Ep94: Vin Number

Ep92: Born Every Minute