Look, do what you want, but I highly recommend listening to this episode with headphones on because you just don't want to be too loud these days.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling.

And folks, now that your headphones are in, yet, we could talk freely. No

Death Angels will get you. And I'm very pleased to report that today's guest is writer-director

Michael Sarnaski to talk about a quiet place day one. You know, this was Michael's first studio film.

Obviously, before this, he did Pig with Nicholas Cage. So this is a big leap for him,

and it was a really

fun interview in which we were able to go behind the scenes and find out how he rose to

the challenge to make this great sequel. As always, the first part of our podcast is spoiler-free,

so if you haven't yet seen a quiet place day one, go see it in theaters, but you could listen

to the first half of the interview

without even having seen the film. Michael was very forthcoming about his creative process and what

it took to get this film made, so I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking of things to dig,

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