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AADL Talks To: Andy Sacks, Photographer and Documentarian
Andrew Sacks is an award-winning photographer and documentarian in the Ann Arbor area. He came to the University of Michigan in the late 1960s to study art and immediately joined the Michigan Daily newspaper, covering a variety of assignments, from sit-ins and student demonstrations to regional and national political campaigns. During this period, he also played jazz piano with various Ann Arbor musicians. Andy recalls the people and some of the many memorable events that shaped his life and work over the years. Andy’s vast photo negative collection is available at the Bentley Historical Library.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #70 - The Night the World Ended
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Johnny Gin believes the world will end in three hours, so how should he spend the rest of his life? Plus, Al picks the actor that he thinks is the best known in the episode. It is not a character you'd expect.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #69 - The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Ernest Findlater has three dreams. One involves Lalage, a South Sea Island woman. The other two involve the death of his wife.
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AADL Talks To: Jay Cassidy, Award-Winning Hollywood Film Editor and Former Photographer for the Michigan Daily
In this episode, AADL Talks To Jay Cassidy. Jay is a Hollywood film editor known for his work on dozens of feature films. He has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Film Editing for Into The Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle. He also edited An Inconvenient Truth, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Jay came to the University of Michigan in 1967 and was a photographer and editor for the University's newspaper, The Michigan Daily. He talks with us about the political and cultural events he witnessed in Ann Arbor during the late 1960s and early 1970s and how his experience at The Daily helped shape his work as a photographer and film editor. Over 5,000 of Jay's photographs taken for The Michigan Daily are available in the Jay Cassidy Photo Collection at the Bentley Historical Library.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #68 - Vicious Circle
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Manny Cole kills a man to rise in Mr. Williams' criminal organization. But they don't call it "Vicious Circle" for nothing.
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What Scares Us - Episode 22: Poltergeist
Join us for a deep dive into Poltergeist, the 1982 horror classic from director Tobe Hooper. In this episode: We talk about the Spielberg-of-it-all, help ourselves to chicken AND steak out of the fridge, and swim with (real) skeletons.
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AADL Talks To: Rick Ayers, Former U-M Student Activist and Member of the SDS and Weather Underground
In this episode, AADL Talks To Rick Ayers. Rick is faculty emeritus at the University of San Francisco where he was an associate professor of education focusing on English language arts and teacher education. In the late 1960s, Rick followed his older brothers to the University of Michigan and was soon radicalized by the civil rights and anti-war movements, participating in protests and demonstrations with the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Weather Underground. Rick traces his fascinating journey as a draft dodger working with deserters in Canada through his decision to enlist in the U.S. Army where he would eventually go AWOL and live as a fugitive for seven years. Rick also shares his memories of the vibrant campus film culture and the people -- including girlfriend Gilda Radner -- who shaped his student experience at the university, and he reflects on the legacy of the 1960s protests in light of today’s political environment.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #67 - One More Mile to Go
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Sam Jacoby (who gets neither name in the episode) murders his wife and tries to dispose of her body but is hampered by the most helpful and least helpful cop in the world. Then, Amy and Al discuss the library archives, Hitch rehearsing for his later films, and how the cop seems to have nothing better to do than follow Sam around. Al throws out some possible interpretations and Amy wonders, up to this point, how many episodes feature a husband murdering his wife.
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What Scares Us - Episode 21: When Evil Lurks
Join us for a deep dive into When Evil Lurks, the 2023 Argentine supernatural horror movie directed by Demian Rugna. In this episode: We marvel over how disgusting this movie is, make fun of Christopher's TV settings, and compare the main character to Wilson from Castaway.
If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org.
And for more episodes check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #66 - I Killed the Count, Part Three
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Count Mattoni is STILL dead and the list of confessed killers has expanded to four. But which one of them actually did it? Then, Al engages in a little silent "Blackmail."
