Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Koppelman. Thanks for listening. Today's

guest, long time coming. Mr. John August, incredibly accomplished

screenwriter of such films as Go, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

Corpse Bride.

Screen Ride, a podcast host of script notes

with Craig Mason, who's been a guest on here,

and is a long time friend of mine and the show and John has recently

I mean also we'll get into this has built apps and tons of software for screenwriters to use

and has now become successfully in a big way, an author

of children's books, one in particular the beginning of a series.

Yes.

And the book is called Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire.

Which is just out now, and I know you're on a whirlwind tour of elementary schools,

because you threaten to bring the flu to me from the elementary schools.

Brian compliment I've been hanging out with hundreds of kids. I counted there be a total of 3,000 kids I'll see on this trip so I

have some of them have germs just for you.

Purell, are you using it or do you not believe or do you not believe in Purell?

So I believe in Purell, it also dries out your hands horribly and so you get that sort of like

cracking knuckles and such, but I also just live in soap and water so

after shaking hands I'm always a guy who like excuses myself to the restroom and

washes there. Yeah because if you bring if you bring the purl to the elementary schools then you have to bring the hand cream and then

you get in a lot it's just I'm flying carry on so that's more liquids more level three

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