Kaiju to YOU TOO with Shawn Pryor

Ben here, also sometimes known as Cheap Chills and this is Cheap Chills: On Art and Monsters. My guest for this episode is author and youth mentor Shawn Pryor. He’s written over 40 books, his latest being Kaiju Unleashed. So Shawn and I cram as much Japanese giant monsters and Tokusatsu TV hero-talk as we can fit in a one hour podcast!

We also talk about the arts industry as a whole, how it’s already being affected so much by AI and what kind of future is out there for creative young people.

Find Shawn Pryor

Shawn on Instagram

ALSO!

I’m sure you’ve heard about the fires that are still going on in Southern California. They have affected a lot of good people, including recent guest and friend of the podcast Dave Wasson. He lost his home in Altadena and just today he posted pictures of his family literally sifting through the ashes of their life. It’s heartbreaking.

If you would like to help out Dave and his family, his friend set up a GoFundMe page-

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dave-wasson-rebuild-after-fire

You can also send general support to those affected by donating to verified fundraisers on this page-

https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california

Thank you.

Here’s where to find some of the films, etc. we get into in this episode:

*Some of the links below are affiliate links, so I may get a royalty on sales at no extra expense to you. Thanks for supporting the show!

* Kaiju Unleashed, Shawn Pryor: https://amzn.to/3Eiclws

* Watch Spectreman on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxggNZmk73g&list=PLWwbiDzEvsEmD9vtv8cN9zeKmq6RBnzDh

* Kamen Rider Vol. 1 DVD: https://amzn.to/3WD1WBE

* Shin Godzilla: https://amzn.to/4jDblmD

* Watch Akumaizer 3 on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/akumaizer-3-collection-06/%5BBunny_Hat_Raw%5DAkumaizer_3_16_(30F1B8F2).mkv

* Godzilla vs. Kong: https://amzn.to/4hfoaBU

* Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: https://amzn.to/4hBwzQ1

* King Kong vs Godzilla, 1963: https://amzn.to/3Ct1EXf

* Seven Samurai: https://amzn.to/3CrIuRE

* Yojimbo: https://amzn.to/3PV1c79