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Ep 4: Delighted Directors, Flower-Girl Fathers & Frankenstein (with John Bowers)
In this episode of Doug Reads with Friends, Doug is joined by longtime friend John Bowers — a Grinnell alum and visual effects professional based in Los Angeles — for a wide-ranging conversation sparked by his pick, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. They talk about how they first met (through John’s wife, Leighton), John’s path from Teach for America to Hollywood, and the creative puzzle-solving behind visual effects work before turning to the novel itself. Doug came in thinking he knew Frankenstein and left realizing how wrong he was — and how powerful, philosophical, and surprisingly moving the…
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