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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep18: The Mid-Majors of Summer 2008 / Where's Graham?

Pull the emergency brake, gang: The KtS Podcast is about to fly off the rails! This week, we wind down Summer 2008 retrospective with a look at the Mid-Majors (Kung-Fu Panda, The Incredible Hulk, Wanted, and everybody's favorite Will Smith movie, Hancock)!

Along the way, we debate the pseudo-science of predicting blockbusters and busts, talk about a movie contest you can't enter, and somehow manage to lose Graham for half the episode.

Dad or grad, friend, or foe, atheist or Jedi--you don't wanna miss this paean to professional podcasting!

Ep19: Three Men Iron Stuff Out

Ep17: The Flops of Summer, 2008 / Sell Everything!