Ep. 175 - Maclain Nelson - Writer, Actor, Director

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Maclain Nelson is a very talented writer, director and actor. In the episode, we talk about how he came to love theater and film, his time at BYU, his mission, meeting his talented wife and his involvement in films such as The Saratov Approach, Moving McAllistar, Once I Was A Beehive, and his new hit film, Once I Was Engaged. We also talk about his very popular BYUtv show ShowOffs as well as his work directing multiple films for The Hallmark Channel. Maclain is so driven and talented. He is a great example of applying talent and creating success.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:12.0	Day Saints.
0:13.0	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:17.3	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:25.7	Hello, friends, and welcome to episode 175 of the Latter Day Lives podcast. I'm your host, Sean
0:32.5	Rapier. It is so good to be back with you after a three-week vacation. I am so rested and relaxed, and we've
0:41.5	got some great shows lined up and an excellent show for you today. But before we get into
0:47.0	this week's episode, we do want to thank our reviewers. We have three new five-star reviewers on
0:53.2	Apple Podcasts.
0:54.8	I want to thank Boy Mama 5, Marceita 13, and Domenthenus.
1:02.0	And I'm sure I'm pronouncing that incorrectly.
1:04.4	Sorry about that, but you all left such wonderful reviews on Apple Podcasts.
1:08.9	And that just so helps us to be found. We're actually up to
1:13.4	497 ratings on Apple Podcasts. We'd love it if you could help us get over the 500 rating
1:21.7	number. It'd be really great. And our average ratings and reviews right now, 4.7 stars out of five, which is just wonderful.
1:31.1	So we sure appreciate everybody's support of the show.
1:35.0	It's just fantastic.
1:36.8	This week, my guest on the show, McLean Nelson, he is the director, producer, I mean, just everything for the new film once I was engaged,
1:46.9	which is also from the Once I Was a Beehive.
1:50.3	It's in the same family of films.
1:52.8	And I just loved getting to sit down with McLean and have this conversation.
1:57.4	He's a fascinating guy.
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