Ep. 177: The Aurora Encounter featuring James Kirkland

 Sci-fi July: An Infinity of Titles has landed! Listeners Sci-fi July is going to out of this world this month starting with a banger 1986's sci-fi western, THE AURORA ENCOUNTER. We are joined this week by special guest James Kirkland making his NWPP debut. James is a comedian, actor, author of the The Bill Walton Mysteries series of books, and you may have seen or heard his work on his podcast: MicroDrama Doses, where he and his co-host watch and review vertical films.Directed by Jim McCullough Sr. and starring Jack Elam as Charlie, a washed up actor and blatant checkers cheater and Peter Brown as Sheriff, the hunky boyfriend and (surprise) town sheriff. THe AURORA ENCOUNTER set in 1897 follows the residents of Aurora, Texas who are visited by an extraterrestrial being whose presence divides the community, and also brings them all together. Awwwww....what could go wrong?! Join us as we learn about Marc's long musical history with this film, Ryan's long history with Weekly World News and his fashion industry ties to Bat Boy. James explores his theory we all have a little Charlie in us, and Erica ponders a new direction and genre for Steamin'! This is an episode that you won't want to miss! For more about the New World Pictures Podcast, including previous episodes, t-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, other merch and more, we DARE YOU to head here: https://newworldpicturespodcast.com/For all the shows in Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network, head here:  https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/ #scifijuly #scifiwestern #auroraencounter #nwpp