Without a doubt, more than a few times in my life, folks have accused me of being a hypochondriac,

and they are not wrong, but today's protagonist has me beat. Howdy? I'm Jeff Goldsmith,

and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insight

into the creative process of storytelling. And folks, yeah, you know, today is a psychological thriller and my

hypochondria has never gone that far as today's hypochondriac. And I am very pleased to have

with us the writer and director of hypochondriac, Addison Hyman. And one of the things that I

think so great about today's interview is Addison was very forthcoming about what from his personal life informed the film and how he was able to capture that and then put it in a blender and make it filmic and make it something translatable that works in the psychological thriller genre.

So there's really a lot to talk about.

So I know you'll dig this episode.

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