RUINED CHILDHOODS
Brothers/cinephiles Dan and Jon explore Hollywood’s trend of reviving franchises with long-awaited sequels, prequels, spin-offs, remakes, and/or reboots.
On each episode, they talk through a film or franchise and imagine how it could be revisited.
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ABOUT THE HOSTS
JON RICHARDSON
Jon is media arts professional living in Portland, OR. Podcasting entered Jon’s life in 2011 and hasn’t stopped since. For a full list of work he’s created, visit jondrichardson.com/podcasts. When not recording podcasts, Jon is usually working on The WALT, hanging out with his daughter and two dogs, or watching movies.
DAN WIENER
By day, Dan is a high school language arts teacher in Seattle, WA. By night, Dan is spending time with his family, grading papers, or recording Ruined Childhoods. Before becoming a teacher, Dan lived in New York and worked as a theatrical actor, but has always been a movie lover.
Jon and Dan are also brothers! Growing up in suburban New Jersey, Dan (nearly 6 years Jon’s senior) and his love for films rubbed off on Jon and their combined love for cinema resulted in countless movie theater visits, “Blockbuster nights”, and conversations that leave everyone in their vicinity thinking “what’s up with these guys?”