7. "The One Where Josh Bernhard Showed Up"

In this week’s episode, we welcome special guest Josh Bernhard, who visits and discusses his secret origin with Mint, how his love of writing led him to working in the world of television and film, and how he balances his creative process with earning a living. Along the way we have a discussion about “bad guys” and how to take creative criticism.

If you want to see some of Josh’s work, Pioneer One is on Amazon Prime (or you can Google “Pioneer One”). He also has a website (Joshbernhard.com) and he is @joshbernhard on Twitter

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: 30 James introduces the show and special guest Josh Bernhard. Josh talks about his own history with Mint Condition. We touch on topics of Magic: the Gathering, Babylon 5, and the Star Wars trading card game

12:30 Josh recalls when he and James first met, and this leads to a discussion about how truly evil Darth Vader is, and how it is okay for “bad guys” to be bad guys. We touch upon other villains like Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2 and Heath Ledger’s Joker.

26:40 We get into some of Josh’s current job, working as a freelance editor and personal creative projects. We talk about screenwriting and directing as well as balancing the pros and cons of making your passion your job.

36:48 Joe asks if the artistic muse gets in the way of doing creative work for a job. This starts a discussion about how to take creative criticism

45:00 Josh talks about how the struggle to figure out how to make a movie when he was growing up shaped him and instilled in him respect for the creative process.