REALTALK 09/22/25 (Jimmy Kimmel - AI despair

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5AM StoryTalk

Cole Haddon

47 episodes

3 days ago

Are you confused by the 21st century, too? Every week at the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast, host Cole Haddon is joined by some of the world’s biggest artists and intellectuals to try to make sense of where we’ve been, where we’ve ended up, and where we’re going – all through the lens of art. Haddon has been a professional screenwriter, novelist, and comic book writer for 20 years. He created the NBC/Sky TV series ‘Dracula’ (2014) and wrote the novel ‘Psalms for the End of the World’ (2022), amongst other less-cool accomplishments. This podcast is recorded on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Australia.

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REALTALK 09/22/25 (Jimmy Kimmel - AI despair - KPop Demon Hunters)

5AM StoryTalk

13 minutes 31 seconds

2 months ago

REALTALK 09/22/25 (Jimmy Kimmel - AI despair - KPop Demon Hunters)

In today's plog, we discuss: white supremacist marches around the world - Charlie Kirk's assassination - Karen Attiah getting fired for directly quoting Kirk - Jimmy Kimmel canceled by the U.S. government and a cowardly corporation - the risk to artists for speaking up IRL and in their work - what's the point anyway? - Amazon 'reconstructing' Orson Welles' 'The Magnificent Ambersons' using AI - Paolo Sorrentino's 'Parthenope' - French expressionism at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne - and how much my kids (and I) love 'KPop Demon Hunters'.

5AM RealTalk is a 5AM StoryTalk plog where I discuss the highs and lows of my life as a screenwriter/novelist and human being - what I'm struggling with in my work, what's inspiring me, what's causing me to lose sleep.

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In this plog, I mention it was the 20th anniversary of me arriving in Hollywood. You can read about my hilarious first year in L.A. as an aspiring screenwriter here: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-young?utm_source=publication-search

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5AM StoryTalk would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast is recorded, the Djarra people of the Kulin Nation and pay respects to Elders past and present.

This podcast's music is provided by my brilliant friend Cary Brothers⁠⁠.