0:00.0	166. Ninety-six. Middle-aged banking executive Arthur Hamilton is feeling a little unfulfilled. On paper, he has it all. A powerful job, a glamorous secretary, a big house in Scarsdale, New York, a devoted wife,
0:40.1	but there's an emptiness, a dissatisfaction.
0:44.4	One day, he receives an enticing offer, a second chance at life.
0:50.2	With a staged death and a nifty bit of cosmetic surgery,
0:58.7	Arthur could transform into a younger, more handsome version of himself,
1:04.2	move away, assume a new identity, and begin a whole new life.
1:07.4	What could possibly go wrong.
1:17.7	Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of man-made monsters
1:20.5	and we discuss John Frankenheimer's twisted psychological body horror seconds.
1:38.8	Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munser and as ever I am your host.
1:43.2	In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre,
1:45.2	one subgenre at a time. We are currently in the midst of our 11th season exploring the evolution of man-made monsters,
1:51.3	and this is part 13. In this week's episode, as that intro suggested, we are going to be
1:56.5	talking about one film and one film only seconds from 1966, directed by John Frankenheimer.
2:02.9	This is a brilliant film. It's quite an experience. I would recommend everybody watch the film
2:08.2	before you listen to our discussion. So joining me to discuss seconds, I've got a brand new guest
2:14.6	with me. She is a writer, critic, broadcaster. She also wrote a book on seconds. So what better time to have her join the podcast. Welcome, Emma Westwood. Hello, Emma. Hello, Mike. How are you? I'm good. Thank you. I'm good. It's bright and early 9 a.m. on a Sunday morning for me right now because I'm talking to you in in Melbourne so it's
2:34.4	Sunday night for you right 7pm yeah I'm coming from the future exactly yeah beaming you in
2:40.1	from the future so thank you so much for being here Emma just as it's your first time on the
2:44.4	podcast just tell people a little bit about who you are and what you do yeah that's uh that's always
2:49.4	a hard question to answer isn't't it? I would say,
2:51.9	I would say I'm a writer at heart. So I came from background in arts journalism and I
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