A to Z with Clint and Katie Clint Wells, Katie Featherston

This week 'A' is for Auditions! Clint and Katie walk you through the hilarious (and sometimes humiliating) experience auditioning for various bands and movies. Enjoy!

This week B is for Bachelor Nation! Katie educates Clint on a deep dive of everything The Bachelor including it's success rate, spin-off shows, notable hookups, the sexy-time date night and the Chris Harrison drama. Note: This episode was recorded in the late fall of 2021 and therefore some of the details may have evolved regarding Chris Harrison. Opinions should be contextualized within the time frame they originated. - AtoZ MMGMT)

I hope you analog nerds are ready because this week 'C' is for Cassette Culture! Clint takes us down the nostalgic highway to talk about the history of cassettes, why they're becoming fashionable again and the importance of engaging in physical media.

D is for DATING! In this episode Katie breaks down the intimidating world of modern dating and Clint continues to be grateful for his marriage.

0:00 Intro: We’re excited about this topic // Analog VS online dating
1:50 A quote: online dating is a marketplace // so many choices! Katie talks fast and a lot.
3:55 Clint can finally get a word in: speed dating
5:30 Katie briefly shares about the two times she felt rejected on first dates
6:00 Dating sites! The breakdown
7:00 Clint finds the weird dating sites
9:30 Hot Sauce dating meets Food Allergy
10:00 C & K break down Tinder
10:30 Hinge and Jim-bob
11:30 Bumble and gals having the control
12:30 Clint is the father of a daughter // access to women // dick pics?
13:30 Only do it if it’s fun!
14:15 On paper, should have been a good match date gone wrong...
15:45 Katie makes a friend on a date
16:30 Katie dates the inventor of speed dating... or did she?
18:40 Clint is in the goo goo dolls!
19:15 Speed dating date: part 2 Katie gets dissed. But finds her mom’s engagement ring.
20:50 Clint’s pal is out of a 20 yr relationship and is casually dating lots
22:13 Do you penpal or do you get to the date?
22:45 Desirability trends: STATS // women decline as they age and gets smart
24:45 Sex doesn’t last that long. Can we have a convo too?
25:25 You know what? Katie has another dating story. Musician dude with kids.
27:00 Musician dude insta stalks Katie
28:00 Musician dude.. are you a married dad of three?
30:00 Clint paints a picture of our date
30:45 Leaning out of an Uber - I’ll always love you!
31:05 Clint wants to know: How can men talk to women now?
32:45 Katie can tell the good guys from the gross ones // vegas story// Katie is in love!
34:00 Clint gives women credit fortelling the difference // IRL interactions
35:20 Will the pendulum swing back the other way? IRL is irreplaceable
36:00 Safe guys vs Keep your guard up
37:00 Clint asks about catfishing
38:40 Pete Buttigieg met Chasten on Hinge!
39:15 Clint tells a story by way of an analogy// MP3’s
41:30 Katie has some stats on dating stuff.
42:50 Men vs women biggest fears // Clint’s guitar on a mountain top
44:35 Clint’s Dreamworld
46:45 Katie’s Dreamworld aka she is so in love. // Marco Polo
49:00 Wrap up!

E is for Eraserhead (1977), a surrealist horror film written, directed, produced and edited by David Lynch and one of Clint's favorite movies of all time and one that Katie had never seen. Together they talk through the her first impressions and the themes of the movie, how it was made and it's impact on film culture.

0:00 intro // trailer
2:15 Katie’s movie notes are like a weird poem and she needs a hug
3:00 The movie is a dark dream // movie details
3:40 Katie shouts out the pod email
4:30 Clint watches the movie (with a Sammy) on a tour bus. No bandmates show. // Katie is afraid of the movie.
6:00 Clint tells us David Lynch movie facts
6:45 What would a synopsis for this movie even be???// world building
9:45 Dinner scene was C and K’s fave scene // sound design
11:50 Hi listeners! Go watch the movie, maybe?
12:00 Zipped into the future. Everyone’s seen it now.
12:25 Katie took notes! // The man in the planet.
14:40 LOTR
15:40 Clint likes evasive artists
16:45 Clint can’t figure out what it means. But it’s all in the shot.
17:15 Visually dark film // don’t make it hard for the audience to enjoy the film
18:45 Are the actors puppets?// storyboarding
21:00 Why are the moments so extra uncomfortable?
22:25 Good movies move you either way
23:15 Katie hated this movie more than anything, BUT...
25:20 Menstruating chicken // women have fits
27:00 Actors and character development and motivation
29:45 Casting of the mom - too beautiful
30:40 House is scary// where did the puppies go?
31:15 Alien baby wrapped in gauze and is ill.
32:10 Fear of fatherhood?
34:35 Sad moment: In bed and she recoils // could have been a Team
35:30 Lady in the radiator
36:55 Clint thinks it’s beautiful, Katie thinks it’s pretty rough. // Henry’s room.
38:15 Katie likes dark and disturbing. // Claustraphobic.
39:10 Beautiful girl across the hall// No stopping this longest kiss ever
41:05 Head pops off //Pencil factory
42:15 Criterion Collection! (not an official sponsor)
44:10 Friends chemistry is masterful, but not super interesting
45:10 Clint thinks katie should watch it again. Katie considers this.
47:35 Some sort of transference occurs with this film // make the brain work
49:50 End of film wrap up - Henry wakes up from dream
51:25 Is henry in heaven?
53:00 DWTN LA and Katie doesn’t go to the beach often
53:30 In a dream world, Clint?
55:10 In a dream world, Katie?
56:55 clint recommends Mullholland Drive
57:30 David Lynch gets elephant man
58:25 Katie reiterates her hate, but loves that she had a reason to watch it
58:50 Is Clint a psychopath? Absolutely not. Maybe?