Arts
This week we welcome Dr. Walter J. Packard (Bryn's Dad) to the podcast for a heart-to-heart. Twitter: @WJPACK2 0:00:30 Bryn introduces "the big guns" 0:02:25 Nilsa's Dad… 0:03:00 Is Bryn famous, yet? No… not yet. 0:04:25 "Kinky Boots" with Dad and Broadway's survival. 0:09:00 "12 Years A Slave" worth seeing, even if you don't want to see a super-heavy movie about people being terrible in an institutionalized way. 0:12:30 Walter's first memory of Bryn: he was late. 0:13:45 Grandmothers and desperate measures 0:14:55 Bryn's relationship with classy horror movies as nurtured by his grandmother 0:21:45 "Some horrible things can't die" 0:22:35 Nilsa's in absentia observation: "I think you just enjoy reacting to things" 0:24:00 Bryn Packard is presented in "Feel Around" 0:24:35 LOUD NOISES! 0:29:30 A shout-out to Romero's "Day of the Dead" and intestine yanking 0:31:25 Nature vs. nurture 0:33:45 Bryn and his Dad love "Halo". A lot. 0:38:00 We sure talk about serial killers a lot- what is this, 1996? 0:40:00 Childhood in Florida 0:43:45 Grade-mongering, the Air Force Academy and money 0:51:15 Is Bryn in a state of financial rebellion? Is he just lying to himself? 0:54:45 The text message 1:00:05 "Bryn Packard's Dad is essentially an older Bryn Packard" 1:01:00 Bryn's mom 1:04:00 Laura's experience with Bryn's mom 1:05:25 Email scams and warning signs and Fronto-Temporal Dementia 1:09:30 Dad took care of her on his own for quite a long time 1:10:00 Yes. Bryn really said that. 1:12:00 Barry Peterson's "Jan's Story" 1:15:00 Having the resources to care for ourselves 1:18:25 Why pursue a career in the arts? 1:19:05 Go buy some of Leslie Scruggs art! http://lesliescruggs.com/ 1:21:00 Picking-up the bill 1:25:15 Shared demons 1:27:20 We've got to wrap this up, Dad's got to get to Birdland, with his lady 1:28:30 "I have to say, I like my son." Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz