#124 Pt 1 – Being Someone You’re Not: Acting, Deities, Tour Guides & Learning Introspection With Tom Everatt

Tom Everatt; actor, presenter and all-round great conversationalist is the guest this week, to talk about acting, his life, morality, mutual friends and more!

In more detail, Mike & Tom talk about how they both know Tonya Todd (who introduced them) and their time on her show (52 Love podcast), Neil Gaiman is then discussed along with norse mythology, which leads onto a discussion on human’s desire for a deity & religion, before Tom talks about his time as a tour guide, why Tom decided to become an actor (including a brilliant story from his childhood) and how he learned to be more introspective when in drama school & more!

Tom’s Instagram: @Taeveratt  - Festival Players Site: http://thefestivalplayers.co.uk/ - Golden Age Theatre Company Site: https://goldenagetheatre.com/

Tonya Todd was on episodes 97, 101 and 114 of Genuine Chit-Chat and has her own show called The 52 Love Podcast: http://mstonyatodd.com/podcast/

Part 2 will be out next week (Patrons already have access to this) and it focuses on Tom & Mike discussing free will & determinism, political discourse & idealism, ideaological tribalism, how isolation has affected our ability to communicate, how negativity can become a drain on people, the news cycle, being a good person & much more, all with plenty of anecdotes & analogies sprinkled in – so make sure you tune in next week for that (or support the show on Patreon to hear it now)!

Supporters of GCC on Patreon have access to part 2 of this episode already, for only as little as £1 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!

Last episode, Mike spoke with Scott Weatherly about one of his favourite Marvel comic book characters; Moon Knight! In more detail, Scott explains Moon Knight’s first appearances, an overview of his character, appearance and potential psychological disorders, how his character has changed over the years, what Scott wants from the upcoming series and comic recommendations and more!

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-53 are out now, with ep 53 detailing the 50th issue sort-arc named Hope Dies, while ep 52 was about the villains of the sequel trilogy and 51 was about Aphra & force-sensitive space mould! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw

Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3

Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here:  http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ

Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m

Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT

Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF

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