464 - Lights Out with Marty Schneider

464 - Lights Out with Marty Schneider

Author: Jeff Stormer August 10, 2025 Duration: 1:20:57

Marty is one of the hosts of Breaking Mayberry, an anti-nostalgia podcast focused on watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show) and assessing what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation.

We wanted to talk TV, and storytelling, and the weird politics of creating collaborative art, and so we sat down with Lights Out, a game about the last day on set of a long running TV show.

BREAKING MAYBERRY: https://pod.link/BreakingMayberry

LIGHTS OUT: https://toomanyfeelings5.itch.io/lights-out

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ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: http://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/

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SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer

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THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com



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