These are bonus, non-traditional episodes of Derailed Trains of Thought.
Here’s a little surprise for our faithful listeners! In editing our last episode, we had to cut out a couple of sections of discussion for time restraints. But they’re interesting enough that we thought we’d share them with you in our week-between-episode
Read MoreFor this week’s Side Track, we follow up on our interview with Nathan Marchand, author of the newly released Pandora’s Box by presenting an audio version of the book’s prologue. Thanks to Natasha, my wife, for performing the narration. Enjoy!
Read MoreHello, there! No new podcast this week, but we have A Bit of Story for you. This is a recording of one of Nick’s flash fictions, “Man,” read by the author. Tim gives a nice introduction so have a listen. Hopefully it’ll tide over our legions of fans until
Read MoreWe promised, we delivered! Here it is, the full Hitchcock interview with Brian Scherschel. We cut A LOT from the initial interview to fit into the regular podcast, so here’s all 50 minutes of our discussion on Hitchcock, his methods, and his films, Notori
Read MoreHello, all! A brief, unexpected Side Track here. I had the pleasure to sit down with Donald Merriman for a short interview. If you’ve never heard of him, he’s a self-proclaimed “Christmas Crusader” and quite an interesting fellow. I’m sure you’ll enjoy wh
Read MoreIt’s been awhile since our last Side Track (like 2011!), so when the Children of the Wells gang got together recently, we thought we’d have a round table discussion of what makes us tick as creators. You know Tim and Nick, of course, but here’s also Greg
Read MoreIf you’ve ever listened to Derailed Trains of Thought, you know that Tim and Nick mention Star Wars almost every episode. If you’re not living in a cave, you know that a new Star Wars movie just came out. I’ll give you three guesses what this Side Track d
Read MoreSneaking in at the end of 2016, here’s a two-part Side Track. The first half consists of a discussion on some of our favorite stories of the year, cut from Episode 72, after we discussed “Five Strangers in Search of an Exit” with the Children of the Wells
Read MoreIf there’s anything we repeatedly reference on Derailed Trains of Thought (and there’s plenty), Star Wars and Final Fantasy are certainly in the Top 10. So, in today’s Side Track we bring you lost recordings on both unearthed for the public–first, Tim an
Read MoreIf you haven’t heard, there’s been a new Star Wars movie. Oh, and some streaming show featuring a cute green creature and an armored dude. So, of course, Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden are digging into these two new Star Wars adventures like Jawas into a Mu
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